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letting go

heart sabbaticals & powerful bleeds

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Sophia Alexandra
Nov 12, 2023
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I’m writing this on day 7 of my menstrual cycle, welcoming the surge in oestrogen as I recover from what was one of the heaviest bleeds I have ever experienced. A deep, deep purge.

It was also the first bleed in over a year w…

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