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The Deep Dive Have you ever gazed out over a shimmery smooth ocean, perhaps from the deck of a ferry or the small seat of a kayak, and suddenly been graced by unexpected movement? A silver fin, a school of small fish near the surface, or maybe, just maybe, a magnificent whale? To see the […]
Welcome back to Vivid Conversations, our weekly podcast on juicy ideas of importance to women at midlife. Today we’re talking about Rivers and Tides, and the treacherous but rewarding watershed of menopause. Pour a cup of tea (or a martini) and join us for a half an hour of vivid conversation!
We have been taking our own advice to heart this week. We’ve been seeking out the blue sea, cool rivers, even a happy garden sprinkler as we contemplate our tides and turning cycles. {The photo above was taken this morning from my makeshift office on the beach!] Instead of our usual weekly sensory array, we […]
From our earliest adolescent years, we grow accustomed to ebb and flow. Our hormonal cycles and the subtle shifts in mood and perception that accompany them create the background rhythm of our lives, and no matter how we feel about our cycles, their monthly pulse is both a promise of life and a thread of […]
How Do You Love and Honour your Body? Loving our natural women’s bodies is a challenge in our culture, where women’s bodies are pornified, objectified, and commodified as a matter of course. Throughout are lives we are challenged in our attempts to love and honour our physical selves. As we age, this challenge takes on […]
When Annagrace and I dream up our weekly themes, we pull inspiration from all over. We talk and share our own deep stories around the theme. We read poetry and sent it to each other, we daydream and seed night-time dreams too. And we collect images. We create shared Pinterest boards in secret, compiling bits […]
I grew up in a severe and drafty 19th Century farm house with high ceilings and a wood-burning furnace. My dormered room faced out over the tangled old orchard, and beyond that, the grey green sea. That sea was the Bay of Fundy, site of the world’s most extreme tides. Every day the green sea […]
Welcome back to Vivid Conversations, our weekly podcast on juicy ideas of importance to women at midlife. Today we’re talking about Desire, and our special guest is Life Coach and Educator Lianne Raymond. Pour a cup of tea and join us for a half an hour of vivid conversation!
Do I have your attention? What do you think about older women being passionate and sexy? In a culture where sexually explicit images are everywhere, older sexuality is invisible. Why? As an older woman and a sexual being, how does this make you feel? As a younger woman and a sexual being, how does this […]
During the menopausal years it can feel like EVERYTHING in your life is changing. This time of rebirth can be really tumultuous. Self-care becomes very important. Your emotional and physical needs are changing, and your self-care needs change too. Have you prioritized self-care? You may be dealing with children leaving the nest, changes in your […]
What I loved most about the Vivid Menopause Journey was the connection, support, sharing of stories, and feeling excited about a new way to approach menopause. I benefited in so many ways from the Online Journey: in learning about the importance of sleep, nourishment on many levels, self-acceptance at this time, new ideas for managing symptoms and even better ways to think/feel about them. I felt supported in my personal life. The other women were so brave, beautiful, raw, real.
- Lee Robin, Vivid Menopause Journey 2015 Participant
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