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ARE YOU AN AUTONOMOUS WOMAN? What does it mean to be an autonomous woman? Sometimes we think of autonomy as complete independence – – the idea that we don’t need or depend on anyone else in our lives. This take on autonomy has always seemed a bit cold to me – not to mention unattainable. […]
How are you feeling? We are just coming out of the intense energies of yesterday’s Capricorn Full Moon… have you noticed, as we enter the Wisdom Years, that although our bodies no longer cycle so obviously with the moon, that we are still profoundly tuned to and aligned with the lunar cycles? If you are […]
SOVEREIGNTY To stand in my own power. To be the supreme ruler of my body and life. To set my own boundary markers. To own my story and my truth. To make no apologies for my experience and knowledge. To live my own wisdom. To decide whom and what are worthy of my time and […]
Sacred Fire I’ve been waking up in the night with my skin on fire. I try to explain this to my tender and supportive husband: “I feel like I’m bathing in sheet lightning. It’s electrical. It’s hot.” He says “You ARE hot!” But it feels like – I’m on fire. Don’t touch me. I wake […]
Let’s talk about midlife sexuality. Since I’ve been doing this work, I have had many young women approach me and say “thank you, you’ve made me less afraid of aging” or “thanks for what you do, I don’t dread menopause as much now.” It’s wonderful to hear this, of course, and on the surface these […]
Invoked in charms, relied on in illness, called upon in distress, Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica, Urtica urens) is a powerful plant. Healers and wise women consider it a reliable friend, and one of the best herbs for menopause and hormonal health. It may appear ordinary but anyone who’s accidentally stumbled upon a harmless looking patch […]
The last year or so has been a time of deep transformation for me. I slowed down, and said goodbye to pursuits, people, and ways of being that were no longer feeding my soul. I stripped my life down to the bare bones, spent the whole of a winter on the couch healing body and […]
What does it mean to have an empowered menopause? In our society, menopause is misunderstood, pathologized, denigrated, and lampooned. It is dreaded or ignored by those who will experience it, and struggled through in silence by those who are experiencing it. There is an alternative view: Menopause as a powerful rite of passage, an initiation […]
Menopause is a Second Spring ~ so says Traditional Chinese Medicine. This is beautiful, but doesn’t capture the uniqueness of the menopausal energy shift – whatever it is, it’s happening to me for the first time, that’s for sure. In our own culture, I have heard it referred to as ‘post-menopausal vigour.’ That does not […]
It’s time to approach this whole business of aging with an open mind. Those old stories we’ve learned from our culture, the negative stereotypes we’ve internalized? We need to take a good look at those and start to bust the myths and redefine aging based on our own lived experience in our own lives and […]
The Vivid Menopause Program was a wonderful life changing experience for me. Bronwyn is a gifted facilitator and she skilfully led us step by step through the program in a very real and authentic way. The connections which I made with women from various countries was invaluable. Together we dropped down into the deep and murky waters and tides of our menopause stories, emerging empowered and renewed with great mutual support and encouragement. I have learned so much about myself and the life-giving juicy aspects of menopause and midlife .
- Fiona Hughes, Vivid Menopause Journey 2015 Participant
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