02/24/2026
Michelle Oravitz was my instructor in the Wholesome Fertility Method and recently shared the following and I have totally seen the truth of in my own years of work with women. I have quoted some of her email below.
"A 2022 study in Frontiers in Psychology looked at women with natural cycles and tested their creativity three times in one month:
During menstruation
During ovulation
During the late luteal / premenstrual phase
Each time, they were given a simple creative task.
It sounds almost silly, but it measures three key dimensions of creativity:
Fluency: how many ideas you can generate
Flexibility: how many types of ideas you can come up with
Originality: how novel or unexpected your ideas are
When the researchers analyzed the data, one result stood out:
Originality peaked during ovulation.
They also measured mood, energy, and hormones. Women did feel a bit more positive and energized mid‑cycle, but that didn’t fully explain the creative spike.
One evolutionary hypothesis is that this creativity functions as a subtle biological signal of fertility and vitality
a bit like how birds sing or display colors.
It may be one way our bodies express reproductive health.
If fertility can enhance creativity… could creativity also support fertility?
When you’re creating your brain shifts:
From fast, analytical beta waves
Into more relaxed alpha and theta waves
Alpha/theta states are associated with:
Relaxation and imagination
Flow and presence
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system
In this state:
Cortisol decreases
Dopamine and endorphins increase
Blood flow moves away from the overthinking prefrontal cortex into deeper emotional and sensory regions
Chronic stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline can:
Suppress GnRH (ovulation hormone)
Delay menstruation
Reduce implantation rates
When we enter a creative “flow state” we send the body a very specific biochemical message:
“It’s safe. We’re not in danger. It’s okay to create.”
In this sense, creativity becomes medicine:
an energetic treatment that restores rhythm, flow, and fertile potential."
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zvPB2Xw6CR4LuzqSAwtmH?si=tYiehep0Qk6JrFcyuClxpA
