This is the fourth in a series of conversations with women in transition and forms part of the Woman, reWilded series on reclaiming cycle wisdom, woman wisdom in the season of inner winter. With every bleeding story shared on a public platform we get closer to normalising menstruation and dissolving the cultural stigma around perimenopause …
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, …
Qigong dignifies the menopause and aging process, the inner autumn of our life cycle, breathing into and making space and peace with what’s here. It’s ancient spiritual wisdom in action for how we can move the body through life with presence, calm and deep connection with all beings. I could be in the mountains of …
If you are struggling to find a way to be OK in the world right now, you are not alone. Our lives can be thrust into chaos just from a single thought. Listening to the news can send dread molecules coursing through the body. Stop…stop that thought from taking hold into the future, come back …
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 …
Perimenopause, or the early symptoms of menopause, can begin as early as your mid 30s to late 40s. The first hormonal change to occur is a gradual decline in progesterone levels while estrogen can remain stable or increase. Maybe this is the opposite of what you have heard but it is often the reason why …
