Change is a given

Change is a given. Transformation is that change done in an empowering way. And that latter part is a choice. Your choice.

There are so many opportunities for transformation in our life journey. The world is begging and pleading for transformation all around us. This is why you find my weekly newsletters popping around topics of grief, career changes, leadership, menopause, climate, gardening, writing practices, creativity, around and around.

All of these things matter. And all of these are invitations to cultivate your resilience. That resilience is about renewal and regrowth for a healthy interconnected foundation of wholeness. It is a path back to your true self. The version of yourself that this world needs right now.

This month, I’m sharing another layer of offerings to this transformative work that I’ve been working on over the last year.

Here’s some of the why. 

Menopause transitions can start in what’s called the late reproductive stage of your mid-30s. That’s even before the perimenopause stage (also called menopausal transition) starts. Essentially, if you have a uterus, you could experience changes that affect your cognitive, emotional, and physical self in your 30s. That changes the reality from those beliefs about this being a topic for the 50-60-year-olds only. It’s a topic for now and it is an ongoing process. 

I share about how early menopause transition can start and typically does start because I work with a lot of amazing kick-ass folks who start to question their own capability, and sometimes sanity during this time. And so they often kick into overdrive with trying to do more than they need to because they’re trying to prove that they can to themselves and sometimes others, when it’s actually a time of becoming more intention and purposeful, not a time of stepping up and doing it all like a superhero. But because that time of the 30s and 40s overlaps with the caregiving of children or parents. It also overlaps with promotions and career climbing or career changes. It’s really important to highlight that there are these whole other transitions happening that you likely will experience gaslighting and dismissal and jokes at your expense.

For me, it was the transition that happened when I wasn’t looking. When I wasn’t living connected and integrated, my body was transitioning. This is why cultivating your embodiment connection and practices now and always is so important. And I didn’t know what was underneath the symptoms or what I was experiencing. Instead I took it all to mean something was wrong with me - in a “I’m not trying hard enough” way. So then I tried harder. The harder I tried, the harder I was on myself when I couldn’t keep up. Then I convinced myself that it must mean I wasn’t good enough because my trying hard - my overing as an overer - wasn’t working. 

I want to change this pattern that I saw in myself and so many others. Maybe there’s something here, too, that resonates? You do not have to reinvent all of this yourself, the way I feel I had to. Instead, we are meant to be in community. We are meant to share wisdom and learn through experiences. We are meant to walk together on this journey, and even though each of us will experience it differently, there is a commonality.

Come join us in community during the free webinar on April 3. Sign-up here.