We are ALL Wild Women….We are all shapeshifters and shamans…and if you don’t believe me, just look at how we shapeshift through the month….our monthly cycle takes us through four archetypes each month (Maiden, Mother, Medicine Woman, Crone)…at which point in the month do you become Wild Woman? We shapeshift through life, all the roles we shift into…..and at last …
Lets talk about Sex!
Initially I wrote this for my HelloCervix blog, but since many perimenopausal women might identify with some of this, I decided to share it here…. Now, this doesn’t come easy. I was raised a good catholic girl and talking about this stuff is really hard! Yeh I can talk about wombs and bleeding til the cows come home- but sex, …
Rainbow Warriors Prophecy
While there are many Native American prophecies, some of them are much more popular than others. This one in particular, has been gaining a lot of coverage as it seems to be coming true. One of the most common versions of this prophecy has been shared by Dr. Lelanie Fuller Anderson, known as Mrs. Cherokee. She has written many books …
Top Ten Tips for Your Moon Pause….
Now many women don’t think they need to consider menopause until they reach at least 50…well I’m here to tell you the earlier you think about it and get to know what’s coming up the better! Looking back I would say the signals of change began around age 42 for me… Stress was impacting big time and migraines became the …
Journeying Around the Life Spiral…..Feet Firmly on your Soul Path
The Deepening Woman Journey, is a journey around the life spiral as taught to us by our mentor Gail Burkett. This is a map of womanhood, a map of our thresholds as we travel through our lives. On the Deepening Woman mentoring we will guide you back over the first threhsolds of your life using questions and journalling, shamanic journeys, …
Kate and Rachael chat about all things cervical! Smears, Lletz, cancer…..
I connected with Kate when her book was shared on a Facebook group. Kate learnt about the cervix the hard way, when a common medical procedure called LLETZ, which removes abnormal cells from the cervix, caused her to lose her sexual function. Sex became painful. She lost her libido, and her ability to orgasm. She was too scared to go …
Who Holds The Women Who Hold The Women?
I’ve had a tough week. Premenstrual, which in perimenopause means a ramping up of all the ‘manifestations’ – migraines, insomnia, hot flushes, night sweats, and dark, dark moods. My body is calling me to stop, to rest, to have peace and quiet, to go within. How do I let go of it all? Who can hold me so I can …
We are missing the Grandmothers
During a women’s circle today, some of us perimenopausal women were saying how much we need elder women to guide us and offer their wisdom. We are struggling to find our wise elders in our communities. We are struggling to “do it all”- work, raise the kids, do the housework…men are struggling just as much as women. We are all …
‘Why Does Mummy Bleed?’ – Living Through Learning Book Review
I was interviewed recently by Adeola Sheehy-Adekale for Learning Through Living- see the “Presence” and “Happiness” issues for my book review of “Why Does Mummy Bleed?” and interview. “Rachael Crow is the founder of Moon Times, a business whose focus is to empower women in body appreciation, environmental awareness and self-respect. She is an ‘agony’ aunt, a teacher and healer, …
Interview for Learning Through Living Journal
I was interviewed recently by Adeola Sheehy-Adekale for Learning Through Living– see the “Presence” and “Happiness” issues for this interview and my book review of “Why Does Mummy Bleed?” You call yourself an Eco Menstrual Revolutionary, what does that mean? To me a revolutionary is someone who is making changes, and i’ve been challenging women about their menstrual products for …