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Early every Monday morning, I drive along the edge of the sea, straight into the sunrise, which comes either as a soft mist or as a breathtaking quicksilver glisten on the horizon. Leaving my car at the edge of a rutted lane, I pass though a rustic wooden gate, then an allée of young fig […]
In like a lion, out like a lamb. So goes the old saying about March. It’s blustery, changeable, wind-swept, and suddenly, in the very middle, it’s spring (or autumn, depending on where you live). March for me is the month of gigantic, fluffy clouds and unexpected sunshine. It’s the month of new life hatching and […]
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese) On my walk this morning I saw the most wonderful sight: the tiny, pale green points of baby leaves hatching from winter’s buds. There were crocus […]
Who did you expect to be at fifty? How did you expect to live? Did you expect to be wild, or tame? I thought fifty would feel so settled. I would be accomplished and self-satisfied, probably rich, definitely calm. I didn’t consider what the state of my dreams and yearnings would be. Through my thirties […]
During menopause we often experience a calling up of our past selves and old stories. Our hearts are looking to resolve and make peace with old wounds, while also assimilating our varied selves and personas into a whole. While it’s hard to not wince and turn away from reminders of pain and failure, we are […]
A Vivid Menopause February Playlist: If your heart is beating, alive, and your own, then I’m positive that it’s also complex and one of a kind. In other words, it craves love and understanding and it does so in its own unique way. In lieu of a February playlist full of cookie-cutter radio romance, here […]
Welcome to February. Can we start the New Year now? I know I’m not the only one who watched January come and go, waiting patiently for that fresh bright New feeling that never came. I think it’s finally here. This morning clear sunlight spilled into the house, illuminating the dusty corners and brightening the translucent […]
A brand new year, fresh and clean and largely blank usually inspires in me a rush of happiness, the excitement of all unbroken things. I am prone to wake on the first day of a brand new year with relief at whatever happened in December being done. I am used to feeling rather like Anne […]
“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 […]
It’s the weekend before Christmas! How is this possible? Are you needing some joy for your last minute tasks and travels? We have the perfect gift for you: a brand new playlist guaranteed to lift your mood and add a festive background note to parties, errands, baking, whatever you have planned. How about some pretty […]
The Vivid Menopause Online Course went WAY beyond my expectations. Bronwyn led us through each step with beauty and grace. The assignments were at times challenging, but were also balanced out with art and self-care. The group of women that participated were some of the most beautiful and raw souls that I have ever encountered in one place. I never expected to feel such a strong bond of sisterhood and support online, over many different time zones. This course has changed not only how I view menopause, but my overall outlook on living as well. This course helped me break out and claim power I didn’t know that I had.
- Rosanna Der, Vivid Menopause Journey 2015 Participant
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