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Mind/Body Healing Practices for
The Midlife Change
Wise Woman Menopause Wellness Coaching is for holistically minded women who want to approach their midlife transition as a rite of passage, a
mind/body/spirit rite of passage that has the potential to bring healing and empowerment to their lives.
It is also for women who have already crossed the threshold into the Wise Woman years and wish to continue to explore their Wise Woman energies through mind/body practices and feminine spirituality.
It's because of my own experience with a rather challenging midlife transition that I wanted to create this website,
my hope being to offer women undergoing similar challenges some insights and healing practices for the journey.
When I think back, my journey into perimenopause actually started out rather smoothly.
What I remember most were the night sweats that would get me up out of bed to change my pj’s once or twice a night. To be honest, I enjoyed these early middle-of- the-night bursts of heat. They made me feel special, like I was about to embark on an amazing adventure.
Little did I know then how amazing that adventure would turn out to be…
amazing and challenging.
As it turns out, for some women the years of perimenopause (the 8 or so years before the menstrual cycles cease) can be a time of profound healing, a time for throwing off some of the emotional baggage we’ve been carrying so that we might enter the Wise Woman stage feeling lighter and less burdened by our pasts.
If we haven't been able to unload this baggage earlier in our lives,
by the time we reach midlife we may find our minds and bodies overloaded with
unprocessed energies and emotions,
leading to all sorts of mind/body upheaval.
Hot flashes, cold flashes, sleeplessness, anxiety, episodes of panic, burning mouth, intense trembling,
whistling sounds, even feelings of outright madness--
these are just some of the mind/body challenges a woman can find herself faced with during her
midlife transition.
For women who come to midlife carrying the energies and emotions from past episodes of trauma or abuse,
this time of transformation has the potential to turn into a true healing crisis,
or as described in Transpersonal Psychology, a Spiritual Emergency.
Lucky me, I was one of these women.
Fortunately, I was able to find the mind/body tools that enabled me to release the emotions and energies
I'd been holding onto and transform my life through the healing power of perimenopause.
If you’d like to learn more about my experience with menopause, Spiritual Emergency, and healing,
please refer to my sister website Menopause In Crisis where you’ll find information about
Spiritual Emergency and menopause along with links regarding a memoir I've written about my experience.
You can also check out the rest of this website for various articles and radio interviews about
menopause, childhood trauma, mind/body healing, and information about the services I offer.
The most important thing to keep in mind about perimenopause is that
no matter how smooth or turbulent it might be,
it is a transitional stage not a permanent one so it WILL pass!
Before you know it, you’ll have made it through the years of transition feeling refreshed and ready to plunge into the Wise Woman stage with a renewed sense of passion for life!
Please see my article on "Mindfulness In Menopause" for more information on
menopause as a healing journey.
**Please keep in mind that the services and information I provide are not to be used as a substitute for medical or psychological assessments and treatments offered by a licensed professional. They are to be used only as a form of "self care" and as an adjunct to professional treatment. Should you have a condition that requires evaluation by a licensed professional, you will need to obtain a written referral before our work together can proceed.
The Midlife Change
Wise Woman Menopause Wellness Coaching is for holistically minded women who want to approach their midlife transition as a rite of passage, a
mind/body/spirit rite of passage that has the potential to bring healing and empowerment to their lives.
It is also for women who have already crossed the threshold into the Wise Woman years and wish to continue to explore their Wise Woman energies through mind/body practices and feminine spirituality.
It's because of my own experience with a rather challenging midlife transition that I wanted to create this website,
my hope being to offer women undergoing similar challenges some insights and healing practices for the journey.
When I think back, my journey into perimenopause actually started out rather smoothly.
What I remember most were the night sweats that would get me up out of bed to change my pj’s once or twice a night. To be honest, I enjoyed these early middle-of- the-night bursts of heat. They made me feel special, like I was about to embark on an amazing adventure.
Little did I know then how amazing that adventure would turn out to be…
amazing and challenging.
As it turns out, for some women the years of perimenopause (the 8 or so years before the menstrual cycles cease) can be a time of profound healing, a time for throwing off some of the emotional baggage we’ve been carrying so that we might enter the Wise Woman stage feeling lighter and less burdened by our pasts.
If we haven't been able to unload this baggage earlier in our lives,
by the time we reach midlife we may find our minds and bodies overloaded with
unprocessed energies and emotions,
leading to all sorts of mind/body upheaval.
Hot flashes, cold flashes, sleeplessness, anxiety, episodes of panic, burning mouth, intense trembling,
whistling sounds, even feelings of outright madness--
these are just some of the mind/body challenges a woman can find herself faced with during her
midlife transition.
For women who come to midlife carrying the energies and emotions from past episodes of trauma or abuse,
this time of transformation has the potential to turn into a true healing crisis,
or as described in Transpersonal Psychology, a Spiritual Emergency.
Lucky me, I was one of these women.
Fortunately, I was able to find the mind/body tools that enabled me to release the emotions and energies
I'd been holding onto and transform my life through the healing power of perimenopause.
If you’d like to learn more about my experience with menopause, Spiritual Emergency, and healing,
please refer to my sister website Menopause In Crisis where you’ll find information about
Spiritual Emergency and menopause along with links regarding a memoir I've written about my experience.
You can also check out the rest of this website for various articles and radio interviews about
menopause, childhood trauma, mind/body healing, and information about the services I offer.
The most important thing to keep in mind about perimenopause is that
no matter how smooth or turbulent it might be,
it is a transitional stage not a permanent one so it WILL pass!
Before you know it, you’ll have made it through the years of transition feeling refreshed and ready to plunge into the Wise Woman stage with a renewed sense of passion for life!
Please see my article on "Mindfulness In Menopause" for more information on
menopause as a healing journey.
**Please keep in mind that the services and information I provide are not to be used as a substitute for medical or psychological assessments and treatments offered by a licensed professional. They are to be used only as a form of "self care" and as an adjunct to professional treatment. Should you have a condition that requires evaluation by a licensed professional, you will need to obtain a written referral before our work together can proceed.