The First Rhythm: Charting Your Menses

It comes every month, for most of us. We're all familiar with it. The bleeding, the cramping (for some), the discomfort.

But are we really all that familiar with it? There's more to it than these discomforts. More than the painful symptoms, the irritability, the mood swings, and the rest of the commonly associated discomforts.

If you're familiar with these, but not the benefits, then it's time to sit yourself down and honestly, openly revisit your monthly. It's time to start charting it. Because there are benefits, and it's these that we wish to begin to not only explore, but to make copious use of.

Also, we want to start supplementing in such a way that we are supported in having fewer negatives. Wouldn't that be nice? Less irritability, less stress, less cramping, better sleep. Imagine that, who would have thought these things were possible?

I mean, we're women, aren't we just supposed to endure, no matter what it takes? Aren't we supposed to just live with it, and struggle through like a trooper?

I'm not sure where this idea comes from, and I'm not going to start guessing (that's a controversy for a different blog, were I to start one). However, I do know that it's not an appropriate or worthwhile idea.

There's no reason whatsoever why we should force ourselves to just struggle through when there are not only options for supplementation to help us ease our symptoms, but there are ways of living that are actually *gasp* in harmony with our feminine cycles!

But the first step, the first habit for us to create is for us to chart our cycle. This is as important as Simpleology-- Simpleology only more important as far as this blog goes because it supports us in charting our Menses!

Why do I think charting is so very important?

Because of the differences it can, and probably will, make in our lives. Here are some points to ponder:

Did you know that at certain times of the month....

• you are more organized than others?
• you are literally physically stronger?
• your body purposely and with intent tries to put on weight?
• your body purposely and happily loses weight?
• you sleep better?
• your mood deteriorates rapidly?

Some of these, I'm sure you knew. But these are only a few of the changes going on constantly in your body and your mood and your mindset. I list these to illustrate the fact that we often work against, rather than with, the natural rhythms of our monthly hormonal changes.

Our body changes can be tracked. Once we begin to track them, the changes that happen are amazing. Once we know when to tell ourselves, "Not to worry, this is just hormones. This too, shall pass," and we know when to expect our bodies to be weaker and when stronger... then we can change the way we live our lives.

We can also change the way we feel about ourselves.

Our Menses can be a gift, rather than a curse.

What I personally chart:

• Date
• Cycle day (1-28)
• Weight
• Bloat (location, amount)
• Mood (irritable, positive, unpredictable, moody, etc.)
• Focus (how well am I focusing on tasks?)
• Organization (am I feeling like organizing, or just maintaining?)
• Stress Level
• Energy Level
• Pain (degree and location)
• Hunger Level
• Strength
• Sleep (amount and quality)
• Libido
• Sexual Responsiveness
• Meditation (amount and focus/quantity)

Once I know these things, and have knowledge of the length of my cycle (normally it's 28 days, some vary, however), then I can begin to make changes accordingly.

So this is the first step. Once you have this particular step down, and you have a few months' worth of charting under your belt, you'll start to see a real pattern. You'll begin to understand how your hormones are effecting your day to day life.

You cannot make changes around your cycle until you really, truly, understand and know your cycle. If you don't really know your cycle, and how you feel at each day of your cycle, then how can you possibly really know yourself?

A small note on your cycle days:

• Day 1 = First day of your Menses/Period
• Day 5 = Beginning of the weaker, weight loss period
• Day 19 = Beginning of the stronger, but usually hungrier stage

So, for now, chart your cycle. If you haven't started your period recently, then just begin charting without the "cycle day" notation filled in just yet. Even if it's a couple of weeks before you have a Period, you still have the beginning of a pattern established.

No excuses. Start today, no matter whether you know when to expect your next Period or not.

Change your life by getting to know yourself and your body. It has more impact on you than many of us wish to admit-- and than nearly any of us have been taught to acknowledge.

Well, it's past time to not only acknowledge our bodies and their rhythms, but time to turn them into our dancing partners, and Live the Rhythm every day of our lives.



~ Livin' the Rhythm with Kimberly Weston

Keeping Simpleology simple...

Just to make sure that people understand this... don't bother with all the other stuff involved in Simpleology yet. Like downloading the cockpit and various stuff like that.

Bypass all of that and go to the lessons first, then fuss with the downloads if you find them useful and prefer to do it on the computer instead of on paper.

With a name like Simpleology, you wouldn't think Mark would complicate it so, would you!

Do I Really Need Simpleology?

The question has arisen towards me several times now. A cursory glance or listening to or reading the first lessons seems to convince people that it's too obvious and too simple.

So if you're one asking, 'Do I really need it?' here,'s my answer to you.

If you can answer all of the following questions with a 'yes' answer, then you don't need it. In fact, you don't even need to read this blog (unless you want a chuckle or two):

1. Do you have long term, medium term, and short term goals that you get at least a little something done towards every day?
2. Do you get your priority work done early in the day, and have the rest of the day to do with as you need or want to?
3. Do you find it easy to prioritize each day, what really does need to get done now, and what can wait?
4. Do you do something every few days to increase your strength in areas of finance, energy, and time management?
5. Have you managed to create, on a regular basis, the new habits that you want to create in your life, by doing something that you'd normally do every day, anyway?
   

These are but a few of the benefits that you get from Simpleology.

As an easy example, my mother often told me, "Do your homework first, and then you can have the rest of the evening to play."

Do you do your homework first, and then have the rest of the day to "play" outside of basic daily requirements such as making meals or dropping your children off to their various activities? This is what Simpleology helps make simple and easy to complete every day.

It all seems obvious and clear, but if it were so obvious, easy, and clear for you already, you'd be doing it.

The course is free. It will change your life. It takes 15 minutes each morning.

Yet still, people will tell me, "But why bother?"

I don't know. I guess because you want a better life. I guess because you really, truly do want to make changes and stick with it and really accomplish it.

I guess because you want a household that WORKS.

And that's what this is all about. Living a life that feels fulfilled instead of one of overwhelm, stress, and a sense of being closed in. A life with less embarrassment at the state of the house, a life with less sense of over-weening guilt and shame that we're not what we want to be.

Let's be what we want to be, together.

I'm not where I want to be yet, but I've made so much progress that I really want to share what I've managed so far. You may choose to listen to only those who are "there" if you like. But I think often times, it's the person just a bit further ahead of me that helps me most.

Sometimes I think that the person far ahead of me has forgotten what it really feels like to be me. How hard it is sometimes to get my day going well.

Because she already has a habit that makes it easy for her.

Well, this course gives you the habit that makes it easy for you. It really is the missing step to creating the life you want. It includes the visualizing that we all know we're called to do. It includes so many aspects of working the Law of Attraction.

It does, however, take things a step farther than that. It helps us create the habit of taking daily action, and it removes the guilt from every day living (or at least the "I didn't get anything done today" portion of it).

We're to be reaching for a better feeling place. To do the work of desiring it but without living all day with the sense that it hasn't happened yet.

This program is the key that unlocks that magical place. The place where we do something in the morning towards our short-term goal, and then we can move through the rest of the day with confidence.

Because I no longer have a day when I don't at least do SOMETHING towards my greater goals. And that is a fantastic feeling.

At minimum, I keep up with my house on any given day, and on some days, I even make progress.

And progress, my dear friend, is perfection!



~ Livin' the Rhythm with Kimberly Weston

The Single Most Important Change

If I could convince you to make one single change, it would be this one.

If you asked me, "Kimberly, how can I change my life, right now, for the better. I want a lasting, real change, that will change everything else, too," then this is what it would be.

If you asked me, "How can I overcome overwhelm, create new habits, eliminate much (or even all) of my daily guilt about not getting things done, and make my life easier?" Then I would tell you to do this, and that these things would flow from it.

But then you'd tell me this before you even heard me out:

• "I probably can't afford it." I have news for you. It's free.
• "I don't have time." News there, too. It takes 15 minutes a day. If you make time for it, you'll free up most of the rest of your day, too. So making time for this, makes time for other, more fun things.
• "Nothing can really change your life that way." Nothing that motivates you and then leaves you to your own devices can. But this is an ongoing support for your entire life.

I have seen so many things advertising that they have "The Secret that The Secret™ didn't tell you," and yet none of them have pointed to this program. I wish I didn't have to get in the "The Secret to The Secret™" line, but let's face it, none of these programs have worked for me. I suspect that, if you've tried them, they didn't work for you, either.

So, I want you to succeed. I'm giving out a lot of tips and tricks that will improve your life if you practice them on a consistent basis.

But you've learned a lot that would help you, if you practiced it on a consistent basis, haven't you? You've been inspired before, have you not?

Thought to yourself, "Oh wow! That's amazing. I'm going to do that!" and a week or so later, you've lost that Git-Up-And-Go attitude and you're feeling like it's too much work or not enough time or...

For some reason, it's just not happening.

This is a familiar feeling for almost all of us. And that guilt that follows not following through is even more familiar. The nagging sense of something undone. The nagging feeling that we should be doing more. We should be accomplishing something...

Something. Something more. Something better. Something...

The free program that I'm talking about here will almost certainly eliminate that nagging feeling if you make the decision to put this single habit FIRST on your list of what to turn into a lifetime habit.

I have experienced the life change that comes from daily practice of this action habit. This one habit is the fulcrum upon which your ability to create other new habits hinges. It's the foundation for everything that I'm teaching you. The foundation for creating and maintaining ANY habit or motivational action that ANYONE teaches you.

I don't get paid when you join Simpleology. I don't get paid if you decide later to get any of his other programs.

My recommendation of this program to you is without any strings attached. I simply, truly, sincerely believe in it. I KNOW it WILL change your life if you will dedicate yourself to this one thing first.

It will bring the rest of your life together.

It's called Simpleology by Mark Joyner.

What it has done for me, and I believe with absolute certainty it will do for you if you make it into a habit:

• Eliminated "I didn't get enough done today" guilt that considerably adds to overwhelm
• Helped me create other new habits that have changed my life and helped keep my house clean
• Improved my ability with money
• Kept me consistent in my diet and exercise plan
• Kept me consistent in disciplining Kira
• Assisted me in a consistent practice of visualization and meditation
• Freed up time in my day for guiltless pleasure passtimes
  

In fact, I can't really record all the ways that it has changed and improved my life. Because to do so, I would have to list all the benefits of a regular exercise program, of eating well, of a regular meditation practice, of improvements in money management, etc.

So as you can see, this is the ONE thing you can do, starting today, for FREE, that has the potential to create exponential changes in your life.

I want you to succeed. I want to give you tips that you can come back to a month from now and implement, with an ongoing, lifetime success rate.

This is the foundation. With this, you can create the success you want in creating new habits, be they habits with money, habits of cleaning house, habits with your children, going to school and actually following through on it... whatever.

If you take absolutely nothing away from this blog, please take this. If you do so, then I have succeeded in my ultimate goal:

To give you the tools to change your own life for the better.

Because only YOU can change your life. And the only true way to do that is to be consistent enough to create new habits. Humans require slow changes if they're going to stick. Daily, consistent application of this single program will lay the foundation for all of the changes you want in your life.

www.simpleology.com

Just do it.

~ Livin' the Rhythm with Kimberly Weston