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“Glad tidings of comfort and joy”, says the holiday carol. A similar wish could declare “happy stories of cheerful ease!” But is this your usual holiday experience? At this time in our lives, when we are living, creating, and acting from a place of increased sovereignty and power, the depression which can sneak up on […]
I love this time of year. Even though it adds minutes to my already busy morning commute, there’s something so magical about having to thaw frost from car windows and seeing the shimmer of icy on shadowy lawns. Rain is finally showing up in the forecast. There are manic squirrels everywhere, barreling across quiet roads […]
How do you feel about becoming an elder? As you age, do you perceive yourself as growing into a new and valued role? When you say “I am becoming an elder,” how does it feel? Does it ring true? Does the word ‘elder’ have a positive meaning to you? In some traditional societies, aged people […]
It’s been a big, exciting, courageous week here at Vivid. Sixteen new Menopause Mentors are beginning their work to take Vivid Menopause Circles all over the world come this fall and winter! To say it’s thrilling is an understatement. We can’t wait to introduce these courageous women to you, and we will be, soon. This […]
Shadows and Sovereignty There’s a picture over my desk of a wind-bent pine tree leaning over a seaside cliff. To most people it’s just a black and white rendering of the coast. It’s beautiful but it’s not anything out of the ordinary. As I’ve sat before it, though, these last few weeks of writing and […]
When this year began I made one giant promise. Not the sort written at midnight on New Year’s Eve, fueled by holiday indulgences and anxiety at the year ahead and not the kind written in shame-scrawl on the back of an envelope which also happened to contain notes from a recent doctor’s visit. No, this […]
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 […]
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 […]
Love, Love, Loved the Course! It was a coming home for me as I was guided gently in connecting with myself as an elder woman. The wonderful language used in the course around menopause was positive, empowering, hopeful, insightful, spiritual and freeing. The creative focus in its experiential processes really opened opportunities to explore deeply the true essence of being a menopausal woman. Importantly, the online support was an integral part of the process for me. The feedback from the other wise women gave insightful gifts of understanding that moved me into new places of being in my menopausal understanding. At times it was difficult to explore deeply the aspects of the changing body, soul and spirit of my aging self and the other women gently held me on my journey.
- Peta Greenough, Vivid Menopause Journey 2015 Participant
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