Hello and welcome to episode 6 of The Future is Cyclic! I'm very excited for this one because it is actually a mini workshop that is usually only available to my 1:1 and group coaching clients. I've edited and tweaked it especially for the show so that I can present you with: Cycle Charting 101! Whether you're brand new to menstrual cycle awareness and want to set up this lifechanging practice in your life, or are a season charter wanting to breathe new life into your charting, I think you'll get a lot from this episode.

Today I’m talking to you about pre-menstrual nesting energy...what it is, why it happens, and some simple tips that can allow you to use it intentionally so that there's so much more flow and ease throughout the entirety of your cycle.

The pre-menstruum is a challenging part of the cycle for many people who experience gnarly PMS symptoms. Beginning to understand and work with the gifts that this phase offers can be a pivotal way to begin experiencing it differently.

Today's guest is Nicolette Sowder, and she is the founder of Wilder Child and Wild Schooling, representing one of the largest global online communities of nature connected parents and educators. Her experience as a teacher in a traditional classroom strengthened her resolved to help design nature bonded visceral learning experiences outside of those four. She is committed to furthering the outdoor education movement through her work as a forest based educators at strong roots natural learning community, and she finds her center inspiration and a lot of eggs on her 60 acre farmstead in Michigan where she wild schools, her two daughters.

So in our house, we are enthusiastic members of Nicolette's Kids Moon Club, and we're also passionate proponents of lunar led living. Connecting with the cycles of the moon is such a wonderful way to connect more deeply with our own cycles, with the cycles of the earth and with each other as a family. It can also give non menstruating family members an embodied experience of cyclic living. So we're talking about all of that and so much more in this episode, including some simple tips for beginning to honor the moon cycles in meaningful ways with your family. Let's dive in. Hi Nicola. It's so lovely to have you here today.