Hi everyone – as promised a while ago in my monthly newsletter, beginning today, I’ll be offering a series of special weekly episodes of my This Mythic Life podcast, dedicated to Hagitude. You’ll find me in conversation with a selection of remarkable women, speaking about our experiences of the gifts and challenges we’ve faced in the second half of our lives.
A wonderful conversation, authentic and inspiring. From my vantage point, post-menopause, I really want to shout, to report back to those coming up through what might be challenging times hormonally, that there is a lot of great and joyful living to be done in the years afterwards. 💃🏻
The Writing Changes Lives community that you have created in Ireland (and far beyond!) is a beautiful example of what Sharon and I also write about and work for. My main role in the year-long Hagitude programme is calling forth and curating stories from members on their post-menopause/second half of life experiences, but if you're not joining that I would still hope to find a way to bring your wonderful story of both physical and creative change to our readership.
What a rich conversation. Thank you for discussing the process of menopause as a time of beautiful importance in a woman’s life. I hold so much gratitude for this part of my own life’s journey. After a life time of harrowing mood swings month after month and trying to manage my mental health so that I could function within the dictates of main stream western culture, peri menopause took me on a fascinating 10 year roller coaster ride of revelations and healing. I wish all women could be held and supported in a way I was so they could truly experience this colossal rite of passage and all it has to offer. I’m so excited to begin the Hagitude year program!
Hello Jane: how wonderful to read your words here. I do hope you will be among the Hagitude members who respond to my calls for stories to curate on second half of life journeys! I'm so looking forward to October now!
That's precisely the kind of question we're going to be asking (and hopefully answering!) – how can we provide resources and inspirations for women to navigate that big initiatory journey in a way that's both meaningful and joyful. See you there!
Thank you Sharon, so looking forward… with summer heading for a well deserved rest, your podcast will be a prefect introduction to my favourite time of year! Also Hagitude will be with me very soon, how delightful.
So excited for this first conversation; I am reading A Cure for Sleep right now, and am enchanted, devastated, and amazed while reading; often all at the same time! Thank you~
Thank you so much for spending time with my words, Catherine. If you do join the Hagitude programme, I would hope to receive your writing in turn through my role in calling forth members' stories about their second half of life journeys. But you can also find me over on my own substack channel where that is one of my ongoing themes: not in anywhere like the same depth or range as Sharon and her Hagitude programme are offering mind you!
It's a wonderful book, isn't it. And she has a lovely way of curating the stories of others, which is what she'll be doing in the Hagitude membership program.
A wonderful conversation, authentic and inspiring. From my vantage point, post-menopause, I really want to shout, to report back to those coming up through what might be challenging times hormonally, that there is a lot of great and joyful living to be done in the years afterwards. 💃🏻
The Writing Changes Lives community that you have created in Ireland (and far beyond!) is a beautiful example of what Sharon and I also write about and work for. My main role in the year-long Hagitude programme is calling forth and curating stories from members on their post-menopause/second half of life experiences, but if you're not joining that I would still hope to find a way to bring your wonderful story of both physical and creative change to our readership.
Thank you Tanya! I’ve been distracted by other things of late, but I must take another look at Hagitude. It’s on my radar again now.
Perfect!
What a rich conversation. Thank you for discussing the process of menopause as a time of beautiful importance in a woman’s life. I hold so much gratitude for this part of my own life’s journey. After a life time of harrowing mood swings month after month and trying to manage my mental health so that I could function within the dictates of main stream western culture, peri menopause took me on a fascinating 10 year roller coaster ride of revelations and healing. I wish all women could be held and supported in a way I was so they could truly experience this colossal rite of passage and all it has to offer. I’m so excited to begin the Hagitude year program!
Hello Jane: how wonderful to read your words here. I do hope you will be among the Hagitude members who respond to my calls for stories to curate on second half of life journeys! I'm so looking forward to October now!
Hi Tanya. I certainly will be. Many thanks.
That's precisely the kind of question we're going to be asking (and hopefully answering!) – how can we provide resources and inspirations for women to navigate that big initiatory journey in a way that's both meaningful and joyful. See you there!
Thank you Sharon, so looking forward… with summer heading for a well deserved rest, your podcast will be a prefect introduction to my favourite time of year! Also Hagitude will be with me very soon, how delightful.
So excited for this first conversation; I am reading A Cure for Sleep right now, and am enchanted, devastated, and amazed while reading; often all at the same time! Thank you~
Thank you so much for spending time with my words, Catherine. If you do join the Hagitude programme, I would hope to receive your writing in turn through my role in calling forth members' stories about their second half of life journeys. But you can also find me over on my own substack channel where that is one of my ongoing themes: not in anywhere like the same depth or range as Sharon and her Hagitude programme are offering mind you!
It's a wonderful book, isn't it. And she has a lovely way of curating the stories of others, which is what she'll be doing in the Hagitude membership program.
It looks like an amazing program… I am still contemplating whether I can participate