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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 […]
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” ~ Anais Nin It’s a fresh new week and a brand new month. August has arrived fast on the […]
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. ~Pina Bausch Change is a terrifying word. Especially arbitrary change—change we feel we have no control over. It’s no wonder that the word menopause is not nearly as scary for most of us as the term The Change. “You’re going through The Change.” “She’s experiencing The Change.” It positively […]
In my mailbox this week was a beautiful note. Handmade, with watercolors on simple paper, the cursive words were an invitation to come and celebrate the full moon with dinner. “We have realized,” it read, “that our life needs more celebrations.” It went on to say that their plans were simple, that children were welcome. […]
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 […]
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 […]
When it was all over we’d each had a good taste of what it was like to feel nourished, whole, and happy. We’d danced, played, created, meditated, ate, and dreamed. We’d set specific commitments/intentions for do-able actions for our physical, mental, spiritual well-being. The retreat was long enough that I was able to go deeper into my meditation practice and also able to finish a couple of art projects. In the end, a reminder that often self-care for me, means giving that precious gift of time to me. Thanks for sharing the magic, Bronwyn!
- Maxine Matilpi, 2013 Retreat Participant
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