A review by aideeng
Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, Alexandra Pope

4.0

I wish I had had such a book as an ally when I started to menstruate! Really great and I can’t wait to dip back in and out as I move through my cycle - I’m even looking forward to my next bleed to see how employing awareness of my cycle will change that. The book takes you through the menstrual cycles and aligns these with seasons and the moods we tends to encounter at these times. At its core it teaches cycle awareness and application of the same, and to connect with each season with love, applying tenderness, kindness and time throughout each (in different ways).

I have a few minor criticisms - a few times in the book they mention further resources or two and it feels a little salesy. I’m particularly sensitive to this as I work in sales and it always makes me a little cynical. There are times when I do feel points could be made more quickly (though this could just be me entering my inner autumn), and while the book did come out a few years back now I do feel it seems a little dated when it comes to the experiences of Trans women - there is an acknowledgement at the start that they don’t have a lot of knowledge of the area but personally I felt this could have been given a little more thought or exploration.