What is Menstrual Cycle Awareness?
MCA is the practice of paying attention to how your energy, mood, and inner experience shift across the menstrual month — and learning to work with those shifts rather than against them. It's not about tracking symptoms. It's about developing a relationship with your own cyclical nature.
This is for you if:
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You're a counsellor or therapist who wants to understand how your own cycle shows up in your work.
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You're interested in what the cycle might add to how you understand your clients.
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You're curious about cycle awareness in therapeutic practice but don't know where to start.
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You're a trainee, supervisor or allied practitioner looking for an accessible way in.
I discovered menstrual cycle awareness by accident
I picked up a copy of Wild Power by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer not really knowing what I was looking for. What I found changed everything. For the first time, the patterns I had noticed in myself — the shifting energy, the waves of emotion, the days I felt unstoppable and the days I could barely function — had a framework. They weren't problems to fix. They were information.
I've been an integrative counsellor for over twelve years. And I can honestly say that learning to understand my cycle has been one of the most transformative things I've brought to my work — both in the room with clients, and in how I sustain myself in this profession.
Ready to start noticing? Begin here
Download my free guide, MCA for Counsellors, and discover what cycle awareness can bring to your practice. Pop your email below and I'll send it over.
