It comes as something as a shock to realise that last time I published a blog was 4 years ago!  That was in a world where I was definitely in peri-menopause but (in hindsight) nowhere near the great initiation itself.  At the time, I remember that every bleed felt...

I am writing this imagining that I am sitting in circle with you, with my breath and nervous system sinking into the safety of a gathering of women in the woods.  The regulation and relaxation that comes for me when women come together, safely held, as we are in the...

Image: David Von Dieter Almost two years ago now, on my 47th birthday and held by a circle of wise and wonderful friends I performed a ceremony for myself.  It arose from spontaneity and intuition and from a deep yearning to feel more connected and deeply held by the...

I can feel it strongly today.  The rage.  The injustice. The urge to smash the patriarchy.  The urge to smash anything really.  The glass in my hand would shatter so spectacularly if I were to hurl it at my husband as a representation of all the crap women have to put...

  Midsummer.  There is a potency in the air, an intensity of energy building until it reaches it’s peak.  For me it is an unsettling time, my nerves are on edge waiting for this bubble to burst, a feeling that it is all too much for my sensitive soul.  Too loud, too...

  You might only be in your early 40’s and be wondering if you’re ill, or worse – mad! Trust me, I’ve been there. But there is another explanation for the roller coaster ride that can happen at midlife. Maybe you’re (peri-)menopausal. Here are 7 signs that you’re on...

Imbolc is only a week away.  It is one of the ancient fire festivals of our land, marking the transition from Winter into Spring.  As such it is a threshold to be crossed. As with all thresholds there is great power in traversing them consciously, with reverence and...

Deep winter.  Stillness, death, darkness and also deep wisdom.  It is a time when our inner teacher is so much closer to us, only a breath away.  She demands that we surrender to her to receive her wisdom. To acknowledge our need to slow down, nurture ourselves,...

What have you been told you are “too much” of?  Too loud?  Too shy?  Too sensitive?  Just too much to handle?  Too wild? I have been reading “Rise Sister Rise” by Rebecca Campbell.  It is a firecracker of a book, one that has nurtured me, challenged me and set me...

Are you one of life’s givers?  One of the carers others are drawn to for support? When the chips are down and it feels like everything in life is a struggle, who is there to re-assure you and to tell you that “this will pass.  It will all be OK.”?  I’m asking because...