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The chrysalis

What a gift it is to be 55. I am entering my crone phase of being a woman and I am so excited. It’s made me reflect on who I am now and the wisdom I’ve gathered.

One thing I think we need to talk about more is menopause.

A woman’s life is segmented into phases. The changes to her body are no less than miraculous and create a metamorphosis akin to a caterpillar to a butterfly. Many generations ago, the older women in a girls life walked her through puberty and then again through the transformation into motherhood. Those two transitions change a girl into a woman and a woman into a mother. Physical changes are evident and the hormonal fluxes cement the creation of a whole new person.

But there is another chrysalis of change in a woman’s life. Menopause.

In this youth obsessed culture we have tried to hide or fix the transition from a woman/mother to a crone. Even the word crone emits images of a spinster witch. But that is so far from truth. It’s when feminine energy becomes its strongest. We try to fight the chrysalis of becoming a matriarchal elder to stay young. This is a mistake we need to correct. We as women need to walk each other through this. Our gender was never meant to walk alone. We have forgotten that we communicate with our intuition and we commune with plants as our tribes alchemist of health. The transition to crone is a recalibration, a level up. Let’s celebrate it.

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