In this enlightening episode of the Wealth Witches Podcast, host Katelyn Magnuson welcomes Christy Villasenor, a fractional director of operations and business strategist dedicated to empowering women in business. Christy shares her expertise on cycle syncing, a powerful tool for enhancing productivity by aligning business tasks with the natural phases of the menstrual cycle.

The conversation starts with an introduction to cycle syncing, breaking down its various applications, from exercise to productivity and business management. Christy provides an in-depth explanation of the four phases of the menstrual cycle—menstrual, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal—and how each phase impacts energy levels and productivity. She offers practical tips for tracking these phases and planning business tasks accordingly, emphasizing the importance of self-care and rest.

Christy also addresses the unique challenges faced by individuals with chronic illnesses and neurodivergent conditions, sharing insights on how to adapt cycle syncing to enhance personal and professional efficiency. The discussion extends to the importance of being a detective of one's own patterns and energy levels to optimize personal and professional efficiency.

Throughout the episode, Katelyn and Christy explore the broader implications of cycle syncing, including its potential to shift the way we approach productivity and business planning. By the end of the episode, listeners will have a comprehensive understanding of cycle syncing and its practical applications, along with actionable strategies to implement in their own lives.

Key Takeaways

• Understanding what cycle syncing is and how it can be applied to different aspects of life, including exercise, productivity, and business.
• Overview explanation of the menstrual, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases, and how each phase impacts energy levels and productivity.
• Strategies for tracking energy levels, planning business tasks according to the cycle, and the importance of self-care and rest.
• How cycle syncing can be adapted for individuals with chronic illnesses or neurodivergent conditions to optimize productivity and well-being.
• The importance of being a detective of your own patterns and energy levels to enhance personal and professional efficiency.

Guest Bio:

Christy Villasenor is a Fractional Director of Operations & Business Strategist dedicated to empowering women in business with diverse energy needs. As the driving force behind Her Strategic Partner™, she collaborates with visionary leaders to build strong foundations and thriving teams. Christy's early experiences in operations and mentorship have shaped her into a compassionate and driven leader. Committed to causes such as LGBTQ rights, neurodivergent advocacy, and chronic illness awareness, Christy strives to create a more inclusive and compassionate world.

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Instagram: @christyvillasenor_

Website: https://www.herstrategicpartner.com/

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Hello, and welcome magical creatures to the Wealth Witches podcast.

This is a place where we brew up financial empowerment and mix in a little

sprinkle of magic. I'm Katelyn Magnuson, your guide on this

enchanted journey to financial enlightenment. Here, we honor all

identities and invoke our inner witches to create holistic wealth and prosperity.

So grab your crystals, open your minds, and let's get ready to conjure some

financial clarity.

Welcome back to Wealth Witches. Today, we have a guest speaker,

Christy Villasenor. He's a fractional director of operations

and business strategist dedicated to empowering women in

business. She's the deriving force behind good things indeed collaborating

with visionary leaders. Christy's early experience in ops and

mentorship shaped her into a compassionate yet driven leader.

She's passionate about causes like LGBTQ rights, neurodivergent

advocacy, and chronic illness awareness. Christy,

I'm so excited to have you today. I'm so excited to be chatting about

cycle thinking, especially with your business as something that I've been kind

of hyper focused on the last, like, 3 to 6 months. So thank you for

being here. Thank you for having me. It's

actually a very fun topic to hyperfocus on, so that's great.

Yeah. The unpacking of a little neurodivergent, like, doubling of things.

So I I mean, first off, we didn't chat about this

part of it beforehand, but, my question for you is how did you get started

or, like, where did your interest start with cycle syncing and

working with your cycle? Well, probably

early before I even realized it was a thing,

I was in this journey of not using birth control

anymore because I felt like that was, you know, causing I already have

chronic illness issues. I don't need more things on top of that. And

birth control works for some people great, but for me,

it was, I thought it was a an issue that I was giving more getting

more migraines because when you already have migraines, the birth control does does not vibe

with you at all. So first, I started tracking my cycle with

that. I started using, reusable products, you

know, all all of that. And when I started going into

business, funny enough, the books that probably launched us, and I ended up reading more

books and a whole bunch of other stuff, you know, hyper focusing myself,

was due last by Kate Northrup, and I love her

book. It is geared towards moms, and I'm personally not a

mom. But there's a lot in there that I just loved so

much about, syncing your cycle of, you know,

kind of healing your cycle, but also how it works with productivity,

your business, and there are a lot of good nuggets there as

well as the moon phases as well if you happen not to be menstruating

for any reason. I love that. And just to back up for a second because

I realized I just dove right in, what is cycle syncing in your own words?

Like, can you kind of give a rundown for anyone that's, like, maybe wondering or

hasn't heard of that before? So depending on

which atmosphere you're in with cycle syncing, there is cycle

syncing for exercise. There's productivity, which I'll be talking about.

There's seed cycling. There's a whole bunch of cycling going on.

Where where I love to live is productivity and cycle

cycle cycle syncing. And Five times fast. Yeah. Yeah. No.

But it's just like I gonna correct myself. I'm like, if I say it again,

it's gonna be worse somehow. But what I like to

do is kinda follow the 80 20 rule because we cannot

control everything in our lives and have it so where

depending on the phase of the cycle on, my cycle I'm in,

I match what things I'm doing either in my life or

my business so I don't overexert myself, and I

can take on those, like, boost of energies when they're happening.

So I'm not trying to do the opposite thing at the opposite timing of energy

wise. So syncing your business tasks

or even your household tasks or whatnot to your cycle

is where I'm going at. Okay. I love that. No. I think that's

great. I had started noticing ebbs and flows in my

energy probably 2 years ago, mostly in my creative

energy. And it was really interesting to me because I was not menstruating at the

time and trying to find when that was so that I

could have some predictions so that I could be planning my week accordingly.

Because there's nothing like and you probably know the phase, and I'm horrible with

the phases. But there's nothing like being super, super low energy and being like, well,

I was gonna do 15 TikToks this week, but, like, I cannot bring

myself to do it, and there is no spark here. And then having the week

where I've laid out all of my client calls and being like, damn. I have

all the creative energy. Like, I wanna do everything and not having the time. And

that was, like, so frustrating for me to feel like I was balancing those, but

balancing balancing them improperly. Right.

And so the phases do you wanna just start talking about I love that.

Yeah. Looking right here. So, typically, people start,

with the menstruation phase. And every time I'm gonna talk about a phase,

I'll also give a moon phase in case you are not menstruating because that can

also affect you. We are mostly water. The moon affects

water, so it will affect us. Now if you wanna get more deeper into

your astrology, there's gonna be transits and whatnot that affects that. But for the

sake of this, podcast, I'm not gonna be able to go through all that.

So for the menstrual phase is when your energy basically is

flat. Either it's getting flat if you're in the

beginning of it or it's about to go completely flat. It's a great

time, and this is where the new moon is. So think about it more

darkness, more like you're turning in your, you

can go deeper into your intuition, but not so much, you know,

getting, out there or even being super

creative. You might be depending on, you know, other factors that you have, like I

said, other transits you have going on. But, generally, this is a looking

within time, deeper connection to yourself, a lot of rest, a lot

of self care. And this is a good time for course

correcting as well because you get to look more

demonstrative instead of being in action mode.

The other phase you probably mentioned is at the end of the cycle about to

go into it, so I'll get there in a moment. But the next phase after

that is the follicular phase, and that is your high

energy. That is great for creativity. It's great for planning,

you know, creating goals, putting seeds in new goals, all of the

new beginning stuff. And that is the next phase of the moon

where it's getting a little brighter towards the full moon. For

that one, a lot of people struggle with the transition

between the menstrual phase and the follicular phase, especially if you're a person that

has chronic illness because you're try your your energy is just trying to catch up

to you. So with that, if you're somebody with chronic illness, because this is what

I'm always gonna infuse as well, is you can rest,

be horizontal, and be creative. So if you're still kind

of in that weirded between menstrual and follicular, do your

creativity from your bed. I have a lounge chair in my office for that

exact reason. Sometimes I my body has not caught up to my brain.

My brain wants to be creative while my body is like, no. Which is totally

great. But once you're able to get into that more

high physical energy, that's when you can record a lot of your videos or you

can plan your videos or anything like that. This is a great time

to harness when you're in a launch as well. So when you're

in a launch, like, this would be a great time to do, like, the big

push type of situation and all of the initial

creation of marketing efforts. And then you're gonna go into the

full moon or ambulatory. And for some people, this lasts a day. Some people,

this lasts 2 to 3 days. I tend to do the 2 to 3 day

rule. Great time for collaborating, communicating, all

the things that you wanna be out there. If you are

menstruating and your hormones tend to be, you know, leveled off, this is

actually a great time skin wise. So it's also a great time to record

because your skin is probably the best at this time too. You're probably glowing,

all of that good stuff. But with

some people with chronic illness, sometimes that high energy kind of also would

probably put you pretty flat too. So depending on where you are

with your energy levels in total again, you could totally do a lot of this,

like, horizontal if you need to. But you think you'll really underestimate

how much we can do horizontally. Yes. And I feel

like a lot of people just don't take advantage of that. Everybody wants to like,

for example, I'm super comfortable all the time. I'm not gonna

be uncomfortable when I'm working because once I'm uncomfortable, I start losing

if you're if you listening, you know, the spoon theory, I will

prioritize my spoons. So if I don't have to get ready for the day, I'm

not going to. I will work in my pajamas if I need to, and I

will work on my couch, my bed, or my lounge chair if I need to.

I will get more things done if I prioritize my energy that

way. When a lot of this, productivity

for the menstrual cycle affects more of my brainpower because my body and

my brain aren't always connected and they're kind of fighting all the time.

So if you can, go ahead and

lay down and do some work, miss Twine. I'll give you that

permission if you need it.

Oh, and then the last phase is the luteal phase. So this is a time

that gets tricky for some people because they're trying they're going into their best

phase. So they're starting to lower their energy. So this is

when you can start turning more inward. You can focus on

details. And because you're finishing your cycles, it's a good way to

remember. If you're finishing your cycle, that means you're finishing

projects. So this is a good time to put bows on projects and finish that

out before your menstrual comes, and then you have to do the whole, like,

I need to rest all over again. So it's kinda like a big circle,

if you think about it that way. And like I said, if you don't

menstruate for whatever reason, either birth control or it's not that

phase of your life or you just don't menstruate at all,

follow the moon. That would be my best recommendation there for

that, and then you could cycle sync with the moon. Love that. Okay. I think

that's fantastic. That was a really great run through. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I do have a question, and I'm gonna totally put you on the spot here.

So what if you are a menstruating human and you're

not menstruating with Oh, my

God. It was the full the full moon. Right? You said? New

moon. What if you're menstruating with the full moon? What does that

do for your, like, cycle thinking? Like, if you do have that to menstruate, you're

just doing the same thing? Mhmm. So you follow

your energy levels first off. So if you're, menstruating

with the full moon, which I have at some point in my life,

that's totally fine because a lot of people,

they will put themselves in boxes. I'm not a fan of putting yourself in a

box. This is more of a guidance. So if you're menstruating with a full

moon, you're just doing everything according to your cycle versus the

moon. The moon is there if you need it. It may

or not affect your actual energy levels, so you may be a person who

has more energy during your menstrual cycle if the moon is

affecting you. And that's the only real difference to it is that you may

just have more energy during times that you wouldn't. I noticed

that when I was, sinking that direction with the moon,

I had shorter cycles personally, which I thought was interesting.

And I also only needed, like, one day of rest versus, like,

the majority of the time of rest. Oh, that's really interesting. Yes.

Right. Okay. Mhmm. Exactly. So

that's not it's not really, like I've talked to people

before where it's like, well, that seems backwards. It's not. Everybody works differently.

If we all, technically, if we all sink to the moon, then we're all

gonna be out of commission at the same time. Right. Doesn't work.

Absolutely. Okay. So we have the 4 phases. And, again,

if you're not menstruating, you can sync to the moon cycle.

And if you are menstruating, kind of go by that. Keep track of your energy

levels. What would you say is a good way to be

kind of tracking or being aware of that? Like, do you, you know, have,

like, a journal or something that you're noting, or do you put notes on your

calendar? Like, how are you kind of keeping track of where your energy level's like?

A lot of this is just self observation. Yes.

So I've done, a lot of different methods over the years, and I've worked with

my clients with whatever method they tend to pull towards because

whatever you're tending to pull towards is gonna be easier for you. I've noticed

especially with us neurodivergent work, folk, it's not gonna work if

you don't wanna work it. So, personally, right now, and I

can tell you what I used to do. Currently, right now, I use Clue.

I know there's this big whole, like, app situation that happened a few months ago.

I'm comfortable with Clue. I like Clue. It has a lot of features even for

the free version. And then I also mix it with my calendar in the sense

that, whenever Clue says my

period's about to come, I actually block those days off in my calendar

so I don't book calls. So that's how it shows up in my calendar. And

then I will also mark when my ovulation should be ish. I

don't test for that anymore. I used to, and just I figured out

that mine's pretty regular anyway. So whenever that's gonna be, I

put, as much as I can, that that's the day I would prefer to record

all my, like, reels for the next month or my videos or whatnot because I

have more energy and I can do it. Or if

I already have the videos, maybe I recorded, like, a whole ton for a quarter,

which happens whenever I have, like, a ton of energy All of the

energy. All of the energy. That would be a great period of time in my

month so I can do some outreach and try to sell some,

you know, some of my offers or my services or whatnot because I'll have much

more energy and more, like, charisma to do that.

So that that would be a great way to also track your energy

is if you're doing something and it feels horrible each time, that's that's

not the best time for you to do it. Now can we control our lives

completely like that? No. That's why I would fall back for the 80 20 rule.

But when I first work with clients, what I have them do is actually

we'll do a month of every single day. They would kinda

put their overarching energy for today, and if they're tracking their

cycle, where they are in their cycle to see how it actually shows up. And

then I would suggest to do that for at least 6 months to get a

full snapshot. And if you have any, big life change or

event or whatnot or you get very sick or anything like that,

start tracking it again because sometimes that will affect it and will shift things around

a little bit. I think that's awesome. Okay. That I think is a really

actionable tip to take away. And I'm seeing so so many similarities

between, like, the functional astrology that I've been working with. I mean, so much of

this is just tracking and observations. And, like, how are you

as a unique human impacted by the

lunar phases, by the transits, by your own, like,

ebbs and flows and energy throughout the month. And, like, how do we put that

all together into one nice little, you know, tied up bow, which we'd all

love for it to be nice and tidy. But Mhmm. I think I think you

bring up a really great point by saying, like, the 80 20. Right? And we

I use 80 20 in so many things in my life. But we're not striving

for perfection, for exactness, especially when you mix chronic illness,

neurodivergent, like, anything else into it. Like,

there are times where I might be high energy, but I am

absolutely laying on the couch, audioing things into, like,

chat, GPT, or, like, putting them into notes or Voxering or

sending all of the Slacks because I just being vertical

is not going to happen that day. Right? It's gonna happen as little as

possible. So taking the cycle side of everything and

the energy levels and those fluctuations that come through those different portions of your

cycle, how do we take this and then

start using it to plan for efficiency in our businesses or in

our corporate careers or in our lives so that we're able to

work with our cycles instead of against them. And

to add a very long run onto that, I did want to

address that I think of for a lot of us, this is something that's not

talked about. It's being talked about more often. But for many of us,

the 24 hour, like, you can I'm sure we probably speak to this a little

bit, but, like, we're set up for a 24 hour day and, like, menstruating

humans or like, we don't that's not our day.

My my energy levels look very different from my spouse's energy

levels, and it's just fascinating to

have been trying to shove, like, a square peg into a round hole for all

of these years of, like, yeah, you're gonna be 5 AM club, which, like, there'll

be 5 AM club. Get up in the morning. Yeah. You're like, yeah. I'm going

to bed at 5. I'm not, like, 5 AM club. Get up. Do your

workout. Do all the things. And, like, I am not super high energy generally

in the morning. Like, I'll be alert, but, like, there's the cadence of

my days change throughout the month versus having the

cadence of my day be consistent but change throughout the day.

Yes. A 100%. The 24 hour

cycle is exactly what you said. It's more built for non mainstream

humans, so more it it's patriarchy,

basically. And we do much better,

I would say, monthly broken down by week. Now

each phase isn't exactly a week long, but that would be much

easier way to plan your month is by week. So,

that's how I would suggest it for most business owners is looking your

month over versus your days over. And what I

would also suggest is having buckets of things you're doing

versus every single minute of the day planned. I know it's a shocker

hearing from a productivity coach, but I do not like that.

It doesn't work for a lot of people I work with at all. Like, they

can plan for the best and then nothing happens. So instead of wasting

all your planning and creative efforts with planning, with

that, do it in a way that would make more sense to you.

So when you're talking about more like business tasks and things like that

I'm gonna go through the cycle again because this is just how my brain works.

The menstrual phase would be a great time for you to review how

you did the months before, for you to rest, for you

to do more self care activities even in business. So if for

you, a self care activity is actually doing your bookkeeping, then do that.

Yes. For me, a self care task for

my it would be inbox 0. So making sure that it's fully

inbox 0, like, around the time my menstrual is about to hit so I don't

have to worry about it. So self care tasks do

exist in your business and in the corporate world. Just making sure that

you're set up to be able to rest is a self care task.

That's also, as I mentioned before, time for course correcting. So when you're reviewing your

previous month, what do you need to change for this upcoming month? What

do you need to focus on or readdress,

have conversations, plan out when you're having any difficult

conversations, when you have the energy to to do that or

any amazing conversations when you have the energy to do that. So it's a great

time just to think basically and not do.

And then, when you get into the follicular phase, again, this would be a

great time for, like, launches. Follicular and

ovulation are great times for, like, launches. So if you're planning a launch,

look to see what your calendar looks like, especially if you're doing a live launch

and you're, like, the main person of that launch. Make sure that that lines up

to you as much as you possibly can. So that would be a great time

for those activities, more in-depth planning if

you need a little bit more. You had some scribbles from your menstrual phase and

then you wanna go deeper later on when you have more energy and then,

even creating new relationships because it's a great time for, like, new beginnings. And then

your obiocerase phase, that is when you're gonna focus

on all the communication, all the collaboration, all the creation of the

videos, all of that. And if you're more in,

the corporate world where you're a an employee and not somebody

who's running the business, this is a great time for you to

schedule some important meetings, or even if you're a

salesperson in your in that business that you're in, it's a great time for you

to use your energy to attract new clients or anything like that. Probably a great

time for you in general if you're a salesperson because that will give you a

lot of energy to get it done. And then the luteal phase,

again, you're gonna start turning inward. You're gonna finish up projects. This is

a great time to finish up projects. Finish putting in the work before your menstrual

hits you in your flat. I'd love that. Okay. Again, with the

circle. I know. All it all is the circle. There's so much the

the more aware I think or the more that I pay attention to it, the

more I keep seeing seasonality around me or cycles. Right? Our everything

is based on cycles, Whether it's day cycles, month

cycles, seasonal cycle, annuals. Like, there's all of these

cycles that I'm just seeing. And it's like, there are times where

it's like paying attention to all of them. You're like, who's

okay. This is impacting it this way. Great. We're gonna

notice this. We're going to acknowledge

it because I think that there are times, especially when I was working corporate or

before I was, like, as aware of my own cycles, like, energetically

where it was really easy to be hard on myself. It's like, oh, my God.

I don't have energy and, like, the negative self talk. Like, you're just lazy. Like,

why don't you have this? You know, dah dah dah dah dah. Versus, like, am

I patting myself on the back on the week that I have all of the

energy to do all of the things? No.

But then why am I be nagging myself on the weeks where my energy is

lower? So, like, being able to recognize that and just like, oh,

yep. Okay. This makes sense. Like, that tracks where I am. I know 10 days

from now, roughly, that I will have more energy. Like, this is what it'll look

like. Cool. Is so nice.

And I do the same thing in business. Right? Like, we have cycles that go

through in business and, like, revenue and changes and, like,

new clients and bookings and to, like, being able to mark on the calendar and

look at it and go, yep. The same thing happened last year. The same thing

happened the year before. Like, this too is part of the season. It's part of

the cycle. How do we work with it instead of against it? But if you

don't know or you don't recognize, then, like, only have so much information that you

use to plan. Yes. So being a detective

of yourself in your business or your job is the

most important thing you can do, is always observe,

maybe write down notes for the next time or when you're about to, you

know, go through all your inner work for your menstrual phase.

But it's good that you brought up seasons because seasons affect me not

just as a person, but as someone with chronic

illness. I don't do well in the heat, so summer is not my best time

to get most of my stuff done anyway. Winter, oddly enough for me,

I'm a winter gal. Once it's cool, I am happy, and I can get a

lot of things done. So with that, the

seasonality also affects your energy levels, especially

uniquely to you as a person. Trying to figure out when you have the

most energy overall in that season will help you because then you can also

plan your year much better. Like, for example,

if you want if you're a personal chronic illness and you want to

have a big thing coming up, you can do a lot of the legwork

in the season, for example, for me in winter, then when you have the most

energy because you know there's not gonna be a whole bunch of things affecting other

parts of you. And then you can plan your maybe

again, I'm gonna use me because I just did this this year. Instead of

dying in this in the summer here, I went to an Alaskan cruise,

which was amazing. So I disappeared for, like, 10 days in a much

cooler environment. So you can plan all that so much better

if you are a detective of yourself and start learning as much as you can

about you as a unique person and not putting yourself in boxes,

but seeing where you fit, when you fit there because you

will change as you go through week, through month, through year, even

in through, again, back to big transits. Every 5

years, things happen, things like that. No. I I think too,

I'm my prime season is

fall.And I have a little glimpse since I too don't do well in, like,

the very, very, very heat of summer. Like, August, we are not

great friends. But early summer, late

spring and fall, all of the energy.

But, 2, that has changed depending on, like, where I

live. Yep. Not all I like winter's a

medium energy. Spring's kind of low energy. When I

live somewhere else, that wasn't always the case. Like, the weather, the environment,

like, the seasonality, all of it impacts. My love I've never heard someone

say it that way, but being a detective of you

Yep. Yeah. Why would you not?

Like, we're all unique. We all have different cycles. We all have different, like,

factors that impact us. I I love that. That's gonna be

my go to quote. Well, funny enough, I wanted to

be a detective, so but life brings me

here. And

and, yeah, with any big life changes, you're you're going to have

to be a detective of yourself all over again. Either you

have a new chronic illness, diagnosis,

just bought a house. That's me. Like, you have to figure out where all your

energy starts to shift and then resettle back down. Because it's kinda

like when you're kinda like when you're cleaning too. You're getting all the dust all

over the place and you have to see where everything's about to settle to see

where you're gonna need to put everything. It's kinda like, oh my gosh. I'm gonna

give you so many metaphors right now about unpacking what I'm trying to do.

But it's it's it's really that. It's like learning your new

space and how your body is reacting to that new

space regardless if that is a physical space or an emotional

space too. Well, that so much of this brings you back to, like,

meditation practice. Right? Because, like, where can you be observing and not judging and, like,

just letting the the thoughts, the emotions, like, anything that comes up, like,

just exist. And being an observer prior

to just, like, snap judgment or taking action based on what where

where can you be mindful and observant without

just having to do all of the things right away? Like,

it's so easy. I think especially in the, like, hustle hustle hustle. Go

go go Do everything, all of the things every day

to conscientiously, like, take a step back from that and intentionally,

like, slow it down, observe,

and course correct instead of having that, like, frantic energy,

having the, like, calming, grounded, centered,

like, peaceful energy

that just feels safer,

feel better, feel more sustainable.

Exact no. Sustainability is one of the things I always focus

on. Is your business sustainable? Is your

household sustainable? If it's not sustainable, and I'm not talking about, like, eco

products even though that's great and all, energetically

sustainable. If you the the main goal I would

love people to walk away with when I'm working with them

specifically and, actually, any any service I do is sustainability

in your business, your energy, whatnot. Because if it's not sustainable,

you're gonna burn out. And I've been there. That's how I ended up with one

of my main chronic illnesses. It's not fun. I highly do not suggest

it. And and it it it has to do

back with, I don't know if you've ever read the book, Laziness Does Not Exist.

I don't know if we've found it. But I own it. It's sitting on the

bookshelf in the other room. It's a great book. Even if you only get through

chapter 1, it will piss you off, but in the best way.

And and getting away from the you have to

work in order to feel worth something. No.

There are different types of productivity. One that I

focus on the most is kind of like

inactive productivity, if you wanna say it that way. I don't like saying it that

way, but it's the best way to get it through people where rest is

productivity. If you don't rest, you cannot do x, y, and z. If

you don't rest, you cannot plan. You cannot be a good leader. You

cannot run a business. You can't you can't really do anything. You will burn out,

and then everything else will change. And if everything changes, guess what? You're

back at square 0, and it's not fun. Right.

So maybe clarifying that resting isn't just sleeping. No.

It's not. I And that's a really common misconception. It is.

So you know what? Let me give you some of my more, like, resting, but

I'm not actually just, like, laying around, which I do love.

But for me, sometimes, resting is organizing things. You know?

But that's because I'm a Virgo, and I'm just, like, crazy that way. But I

love, doing little projects that don't

necessarily mean something's gonna come out from it. Like, I'm not

stressed to do it. Maybe it needs to get done. Most likely, it doesn't at

that very moment, but it helps me kind of rest and get into myself.

Because in a way too, a lot of those little activities that you do that

are rest or self care or even things like that are a

sense of, like, what is what do they call it? Like, active

meditation where you're not just sitting there in your thoughts, which for some people,

it's really good. For some people, it doesn't work at all. They just kind of

go into chaos. But you can, like, wash

dish dishes and just let thoughts come to you. It's great.

You can showers are great. Baths are great. You can lay

around. That's totally fine. I like playing video games because, like, I'm

doing something, but I'm not. Like, I feel like I'm doing

something, but I'm not, because, obviously, it's not giving me any money, which would be

great if it would. But Oh, man. Yeah. Which I hope people make

money from that. I just don't wanna do that. Gardening is one for me.

Yeah. Being able to be out there and do something productive, but, like, restorative

and, like, active meditation. Yeah. Oh, and then, like, for

example, my boyfriend, he has been playing his

piano and violins. That's his son's rest.

After, you know, packing the entire day, he goes, sits down, and

plays his piano. And that's his sense of rest because it is something that

is just for him, not for anyone else, and he just gets to be with

himself. And, also, if you're an extrovert, you can do things

like, honestly, going to a party, which doesn't sound great to me because

I'm kinda no. Going to a party for extroverts, that's their rest

because they're refilling. So Yeah. That's the opposite

for me. Yeah. No. I I'm just just like that. Unless I'm, like, in

my ovulatory phase where I'm just like, yeah. I don't wanna do

that. But so 2 2 ways you can think of

rest. Is it filling your cup, or is it you're helping your cup not

overflow? That is your rest. So either

giving you energy or removing that anxious energy, that is your

rest. That is, like, the basic way you can think about it. I love that.

I love that. Those are great examples of rest that's not just

sleeping. Because, yeah, I think for so many of us, we're like, oh, yeah. I

rested. I slept outside. But, like, did you sleep and then just, like, work

16 hours and not do at, like We need a little bit more to

take care of ourselves. Window shopping is my favorite way of

resting. I'm not a anybody. I'm not

spending money, but I'm not doing anything that causes

me stress either. I'm just kinda like, oh, that would be fun. That would be

fun. There's so many different ways to go

about rest and self care. I love having a self care menu,

especially when I'm overanxious or even either depressed or

just really stressed. I can look at my self care menu and be like, I

need a 5 minute thing, that, or I need an hour thing, that,

or I need something to get my energy up. I'm gonna go dance it out,

Something. So if you don't know, when you're in a good

position, make your self care menu, and then you could pick from it. And that

Oh. During different types of your phase cycle. You can

actually plan your self care menu with yourself with your,

cycle so you can pick things as you need them. I like the self care

menu. Yeah. They're it's amazing. I love it. It's a great

idea. Okay. Take note of decision fatigue because you've already decided that you

like it. Mhmm. Oh my god. No. That's great. Yeah. Because that's

that's such a real thing. Especially, normally, when I'm needing self care the most. It's

been like, okay. Now I do have to go through, like, figuring out what I

wanna do, planning the thing. Like, do I have to drive to the do I

have to do that? And all of that that goes into it is just

it can make you end up on the couch watching Harry Potter marathons, which,

like, well, that's not the end of the world and can absolutely be a form

of rest, may not always be the most restorative go

to. Yeah. Granted, the other

day, I did watch Grey's Anatomy the entire day, and then I restarted it over

again because of what I That's just Yep. Yep. Yep. That's

yeah. Just the background loop. Yeah. That David's David's self care show is

South Park, which is always it's good. It has the nice thing is it has

so many seasons just like Gray and Dove. And so you can just Mhmm. And

loop and wherever you are. Yep. And it's just and I'll do the same thing.

And so one of the 2 will normally be playing. But, yeah, I I love

that. Long shows because it feels like you're watching a different show when

you started over again because Grey's is 19th season. Like, you're literally

watching, like, 5 different shows. Mhmm. No. It gives

yeah. It gives so much more content to be able to, like,

embrace. So that's yes.

I love that. Okay. So, Christy, anything else, if like

someone were to have one main takeaway and I have a feeling I know what

you're gonna say, but I want you to say it anyways. If anyone would have

one main takeaway when it comes to cycles and productivity and,

like, thinking your cycles with your business, what would you want them to take away

from this? Well, now I'm not sure what you think I was gonna

say, but I'll tell you after you say yours. I was

gonna say, be a be a detective

with grace. So like you said, don't judge

yourself. Just observe yourself, see where things are going, and then

implement them as you need. I figured you were gonna say be a detective of

yourself. So okay. Right on. Right on. Go. I was like, you know, that that's

the biggest takeaway that I have from that that it just keeps, like, and it's

hilarious because my astrologist will, like without saying it, it says the same thing. Right?

Like, so much of this is just observation and, like, noticing patterns and which,

like, speaks to the neurodivergent side of me by far. Like, I'm a patterned person.

Like absolutely. Like, let's pattern recognition the shit

out of this and figure it out. And so it's just funny that I keep

seeing this recurring theme coming up in my life. So, yeah, that's the one that

had really stuck with me. So I'm glad we picked the same model, though I'm

sure anything else you put out would have been valuable. If anyone's wanting

to connect with you more or, like, follow-up or go over, like, how to

cycle sync with their own business or anything else that you offer, where's the

best place for them to find you? Like, what what are you doing right now

that they can be involved in or subscribe to?

So the best place where I hang out where people can, get in touch with

me would be my Instagram. And I'm sure it'd be linked somewhere here

because my name is annoying to write, but it's be this and then underscore.

So that would be the best place. Now coming

up, which it's in development now, so it just

depends on when you're listening to this. The so the great place to

go find this would be my Instagram, is I'm coming out with

a tool where you can put in your information for your mental cycle,

and then it'll give you what you what you I don't like to say it

should, but what you could be doing throughout different parts of your cycle,

and we'll help guide you through a month or even 3 months depending on

which tool you're using. Oh, I love that. How cool. Okay. What a great

resource. And I think if you if you pop a note our way when you

have those, we'll add that to the notes too so we can find it there.

But, also, yes, your Instagram will be in the notes. Oh my gosh.

What a valuable chat. Thank you so much. This was really great to,

like, flesh out and, like, increase my understanding of it as well as I'm, like,

delving further into it this year. No. Thank you. I always love

geeking out on this because we I think we've talked about this

before. There's not too many people talking about this

because everybody's like, oh, menstrual, taboo, ew.

It's not. It's literally a part of our lives that we

experienced for decades, so we should be talking about it.

Decades. Like, that's that's the wild thing. And then

there's always, like, the cycles both before and after that as well that, like, can

impact energy levels and everything else that goes in. No. I it was really

funny because the I recorded a podcast earlier this morning with someone and we were

talking about the taboo that goes along with, like, money and sex and,

like, women's health and, like, there's so many taboos or things that just are,

like, not talked about, like, they should be. And so that's such a big part

of what I'm wanting to do here is just have those discussion, because I'm having

them in my own personal circles. Why should we not be having them in

a more public arena? Like, I'm not embarrassed about it, and I

don't care if anyone else thinks it's gross. Like, that's their thing. It's a part

of my, like, regular life, so let's talk about it

instead of just, like, shoving it, you know, into some little shame box. Yeah.

And the more we talk about it, the less shame there'll be around it.

Absolutely. Thank you so much. Everyone, check the notes.

We are gonna have all of Christy's links in there so that you can go

follow along because you put up a lot of really

valuable content when it comes to productivity, energy management, like chronic

illness. I know that I found just a lot of your free Instagram content to

be incredibly helpful throughout the month. Thank you.

So amazing. Well, awesome.

That's a wrap for this episode of the Wealth Witches podcast. I hope our

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