18/10/2025
Waking up for World Menopause Day, at the little slice of heaven that is ❤️
I took a little pause and moment to journal my thoughts on waking today on my experience of the great pause, its lessons and ways to support.
Every day is different, and we all journey differently. There is no right way, no wrong way to journey into this new chapter in life and I’ve found it more helpful to embrace and get curious about the new versions of me I’m meeting, and evolving into, rather than trying to “reclaim” or hold onto the old “me.”
Ways I support myself;
🫶 Yoga, meditation, mindfulness
🫶 Somatic breathwork and movement to release tension, anxiety and stress
🫶 Journaling - has always and will always be a haven
🫶 Sisterhood - surrounding myself with people who love, get and are there for me: no judgement or competition
🫶 Medicine - yes I teach yoga, and yes I’m on HRT. I see the word holistic as meaning “whole”. I appreciate its not for everyone, its been the balancer my great pause needed
🫶 Family and friends who engage with understanding the changes that have and continue to occur - mind, body, energy.
🫶 Loving-kindness, acceptance and enthusiasm to explore this new chapter!
🫶 Allowing space for the natural closing of doors, old versions and things that will never be again.
🫶 Talk, talk, talk and learn, learn, learn about it.
🫶 Track “symptoms” - or experiences as I like to think of them (in a non-ailment way!)
🫶 Eat what’s helpful, re-connect with new eating patterns and nourishment, fuel my body differently.
🫶 Move, move, move - and laugh! Often!
For me, it was, and is a process of continuing to evolve and return - to wholeness, to myself, some say the great unmasking and I get that! It’s taken time, and now I’m 4 years in. I feel really comfortable saying “I’m a menopausal woman” and honouring all parts of that, because - I am.
Sending love to anyone experiencing the continual waves of this chapter. Unlike the post natal phase, yet similar in many ways - just continual and the new norm. ❤️❤️❤️
