We've been slowly restructuring inCYST over the past few months. It has come after years of working with PCOS and finding that while there are many women who have the disorder, the percentage of those with the diagnosis who are in a place to be committed to good self-care is actually low. Trying to manage that in a large, free, public group setting has been challenging, as just about the time we start to get into a good, forward-focused discussion, someone who is not ready to change resets the energy at the beginning again.
I completely understand that we are all at different places, but my job here is not to convince everyone who reads this blog or joins this group, that they need our services. It's to identify those who DO want the services, are truly ready to change, and help them with that change. I can't be everything to everyone, and my energy is best used in places where it's not a struggle for me to offer it.
So we've been growing a private chat group, with women who have paid for an inCYST membership, and starting to have in-depth, supportive discussions about the journey toward wellness. We still maintain the other group, but it has adopted a more generic energy.
We had a nice discussion yesterday and the women who participated gave me permission to share some of their wisdom. It's so much more pertinent coming from them than from me (I don't have PCOS). So for the rest of this coming week I'm going to be posting some of their thoughts.
I hope you find it helpful.
From D: I am further along in some areas than others — for instance, meditation (something I feel would be helpful) does not come easy to me, but I enjoy yoga so I do that everyday — but I keep pushing ahead in all areas. I'm sure this is the truth for Olympic athlete's as well. An Olympic swimmer isn't likely to be perfect at the backstroke, and butterfly, etc. They do the best they can in all areas and work harder on the areas they are behind in.