Why Your Energy Changes All Month: The 4 Phases of Your Cycle
Some weeks you feel unstoppable, other weeks you can barely move — and it's not you being inconsistent. Menstrual cycle coach Stella Artuso explains the four phases of your cycle, and why your body was never meant to run the same every day.
Your cycle has four phases — think of them as seasons
Your menstrual cycle isn't one steady state — it moves through four phases, each with its own hormonal landscape. Stella Artuso describes them as inner seasons: menstruation as winter, the follicular phase as spring, ovulation as summer, the luteal phase as fall. Your energy, mood and focus shift with each one — and that shifting is by design, not a flaw.
Why your energy changes week to week
There's a reason you feel outgoing and capable some weeks and quiet or inward others. As hormones rise and fall across the month, so does your natural energy. Stella's point is that this isn't inconsistency to push through — it's information. When you know which season you're in, the changes stop feeling random and start making sense.
PMS and period pain as messages, not punishments
Stella reframes the harder parts of the cycle. PMS and period pain aren't your body failing or punishing you — they're signals worth listening to. Symptoms are a form of communication, pointing toward what needs attention. The shift is from fighting your cycle to working with what it's telling you.
About Stella Artuso:
Stella Artuso is a menstrual cycle coach and somatic educator who helps women understand their cycles and live in rhythm with them. Her work centers on cycle awareness as a path to energy, creativity, and a deeper sense of self-trust.
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Is It My Mood or My Cycle? Mental Health & the Menstrual Cycle — with Dr. Sara Cohen Fournier
My Period Stopped — and I'm Not Pregnant: Understanding Hypothalamic Amenorrhea — with Elena Gelibter
Iron, Ferritin & Methylation: Why Your Blood Test Says "Normal" But You're Exhausted — with Dr. Michal Waldfogel
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