Listen up, women. Don't let them tell you it's all raging hormones and moods from now on. That's a myth. Menopause isn't when hormones go wild and you lose control of your keel. That already happened! It's called fertility. Don't let anyone make you think this is where you lose your power. This is where you gain it back!
Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause, writes, "What is rarely acknowledged or understood is that as the hormone-driven changes (of post-fertility) affect the brain, they give a woman a sharper eye for inequity and injustice, and a voice that insists on speaking up about them. . . As the vision-obscuring veil created by the hormones of reproduction begins to lift, a woman's youthful fire and spirit are often rekindled, together with long-sublimated desires and creative drives."
Even if you started your family later and are tackling child rearing and menopause at the same time, menopause is when you look up from your mild-mannered, people pleasing life and step back into your true self. If you are looking around your empty nest and wondering where your identity went, menopause is when you can come back to yourself and start where you left off at fertility.
I'm happy to announce a new program in my coaching practice. It's called RE:VIVE!
RE:VIVE! is an 8-week, coach-guided course to prepare body, mind, and spirit to empower midlife and menopause with a wise heart, playful energy, resilient health, and natural body beauty. After 8 weeks working with RE:VIVE!, you find yourself standing at the starting line of midlife (super-hero pose), staring down menopause, and announcing: Bring. It. On. You are poised to take off, radiant, strong, courageous, energized, and rebellious. Menopause? Pfft! You survived 480 cycles of PMS, ovulation, and periods. You've got this!