The last of a 7 part series Woman, reWilded on reclaiming cycle wisdom, woman wisdom in summer season. “When things fall apart, focus on that which does not change”Sono Michetti It’s our first Qigong session of 2022 and our instructor offers up these words as an antidote to a COVID summer. My first reaction is …
Feminine fire is rising and we don’t need to apologise. The fire ball finds anger and alchemises it into a clarifying, cleansing, skillful energy; a truth bomb. Burning woman sits in the fire of her own creation and lets herself be cooked. Claiming our rage in perimenopause and menopause is natural, says Dr Christiane Northrup, …
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi I am 54 when the team wheels me towards surgery. The nurse looks at me curiously, “Athlete?” I guess in her experience most people my age, lying in my position were either athletes, chronic over-exercisers, had an acute injury, or were born with hip issues. …
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Bones are like a trust fund that matures when you reach your peak bone density around 35 years of age. If you can keep adding to your investment around menopause, you can maintain your bone bank well into your 50s, 60s and beyond. With a recent diagnosis of osteopenia – the first stage of bone …
Women over 50 are the fastest growing sector of the workforce. With the average age of menopause 51, many women will be at the peak of their careers whilst juggling menopause, work and family life. In the UK, research shows that 60% of women aged 45-55 experiencing menopause symptoms say it has a negative impact …
One of the most disturbing aspects of menopause for some women are memory loss, difficulty word finding, times of brain fog, and remembering. What was that movie I saw last week? Where did I leave my car keys?…..For some women these moments can expand into more serious cognitive decline in the form of Alzheimer’s and …
The trees creak and bend in mourning wind.Releasing the night’s stiffness like an arthritic human.Engulfed in the heat and smoke haze,I see the dry, dead, brittle landscape ready to blow,And feel a dull ache in the guts. Yesterday I walked by a tree, That was cradling another’s branch in its arms. In love, the plant cares for …
As dark clouds roll in, is it any wonder you feel cranky, moody, irritable, anxious, and depressed? The mental load of being superwoman in your 40’s and 50’s is wearing thin and women are exhausted and, overwhelmed. Is it possible to have everything – a full time job, a social life, a family life – …
What’s going on? My daughter is having hot flushes in puberty. So are my friends in perimenopause and women I know who are menopausal. It seems hot flushes cross all ages and it is one of the most distressing signs in the landscape of perimenopause and menopause. It’s a signal to the world that something …
It’s been 6 weeks since her last period and her cycles are becoming irregular. It’s never been like this. Her life is full, teenage kids, job, a partner, a sick parent and a growing sense that she’s suffocating under the weight of her life. Is this menopause, she thinks but she’s only 45? Unless she’s …
