Programmed Productive Pandemic

Written by: Alexis Bernier

Hustle culture is killing the feminine essence of life. If you're aware of the 7 Hermetic Principles, then you're familiar with the Principle of Gender. In short: everything has its masculine and feminine aspects. And I mean everything. This isn’t about male vs. female, it’s about energies, the fundamental forces that shape our reality.

Let me break this down:

• Feminine essence is creativity, rest, intuition, receiving, the moon, water, and the cyclical flow of life.

• Masculine essence is structure, action, pursuit, logic, the sun, mountains, and linear focus.

Both are necessary. Both are sacred.

So why has our society become addicted to only the masculine?

Allow me to take it further: the male body runs on a 24-hour hormonal cycle. Men can often wake up and do the same thing day after day with little fluctuation. But women? Women have a 28-day cycle, our energy, mood, and productivity shift throughout the month. When we force ourselves into a “do-it-every-day-no-matter-what” model, we burn out. It’s not just unsustainable, it’s unnatural. And here’s the kicker: even men are suffering under this system. Because no human is meant to go, go, go without pause, without breath, without rest. This society has adopted a grind mindset without understanding (or caring about) the consequences. The more tired and disconnected we are, the easier we are to control. As a strong woman, I spent most of my life in masculine energy, constantly moving, achieving, producing. Even when I was sick, even when I was exhausted, I pushed through. Because that’s what “success” looked like. That’s what I thought I had to do to be worthy. But here’s the truth they don’t want you to see: This isn’t a mistake. This is by design.

The Programmed Productive Pandemic is the silent disease of our generation. It’s the system’s way of enslaving every soul stuck in the rat race. From the moment we’re children, we’re conditioned to believe that our value comes from doing. That if we stop to breathe, we’re lazy. That rest is weak. That success is only achieved through constant movement. But think about it… Who does this mindset really serve? A system built to profit off your exhaustion. A society that celebrates burnout and calls it “ambition.” A culture that fears softness, stillness, and intuition, because it can’t be controlled. They don’t want us aligned. They want us to be obedient little soldiers: producing, consuming, repeating. But we’re waking up. The antidote? Reclaiming the feminine. Rest. Creativity. Flow. Pleasure. Deep intuition. Slowness. Stillness. Being. You are not a machine. You are not here to live on autopilot. You are a powerful, cyclical, feeling being, and when you stop playing by their rules, you begin to remember your truth.