The Real Challenges of Menopause and Midlife - I get it!

​Physical and Energy Shifts

​Many women notice their bodies changing in ways that feel unfamiliar and difficult to predict.

• changes in energy that don’t respond to “trying harder”

• sleep disruptions, night sweats, temperature shifts

• weight changes even with familiar habits

• brain fog, forgetfulness, slower recall

• new or changing health concerns

• a body that feels less predictable, less cooperative

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For some women, this brings grief, frustration, or a quiet loss of trust in their body.

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Emotional and Nervous System Changes

​Hormonal shifts can affect mood and stress tolerance in very real ways. 

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• mood changes that feel unfamiliar or disproportionate

• anxiety showing up in new ways

• irritability mixed with guilt or confusion

• feeling emotionally raw, more sensitive, less buffered

• less tolerance for noise, chaos, or emotional labor

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A common thought in this phase is: “I don’t recognize myself.”

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Identity and Life-Stage Transitions

​Midlife often brings major life shifts—sometimes all at once:

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• children growing up or leaving home

• changes in parenting identity

• caring for aging parents

• questioning long-held roles

• noticing that certain chapters are closing

This can bring both grief and relief. Both can be true.

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Relationships and Sexuality

​This season can also reshape intimacy and connection:

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• changes in libido or desire

• shifts in what you need emotionally

• renegotiating long-term partnerships

• less willingness to tolerate emotional disconnection

• a desire for authenticity over keeping the peace

• Feeling more comfortable with who they are is a positive factor!

Some women feel closer to themselves than ever. Others feel the tension of relationships that once fit.

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Appearance and Aging

​Aging can stir a lot—especially in a culture that worships youth:

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• Changes in skin, hair, and body shape

• Becoming more visible to yourself and less visible to the outside world

• confronting internalized ageism

• This grief about youth is mixed with questions about what “beauty” means now.

This can bring sadness, anger, vulnerability—and, eventually, clarity. I am more than my body! Youth is not the only standard for beauty!

The Empowerment That Can Emerge

​This isn’t about pretending midlife is easy. It’s about naming what can grow when you begin listening to yourself in a new way. I like to be real, avoid positive toxicity around aging, and find it so empowering! 

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A Shift in Inner Authority

​Many women notice a quiet but powerful change:

• less interest in pleasing or performing

• stronger internal compass

• clearer boundaries

• more honesty with self and others

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This can feel like finally returning to yourself. This is me! If you don't like it, tough! Ahhhh, this is fantastic freedom!

Emotional Truth-Telling

​Midlife often asks for emotional honesty:

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• less tolerance for suppressing what’s true

• a need to feel and process rather than push through

• willingness to grieve what was never fully grieved

• desire for depth over distraction

It can feel destabilizing at first—and deeply freeing over time.

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Reclaiming the Inner World

​Many women turn inward in this season:

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• less dependence on external validation

• more curiosity about meaning, purpose, and legacy

• spirituality that feels personal and real

• wanting life to feel aligned, not just functional get through the day

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This is the point where inner guidance becomes less of an idea and more of a lived experience.

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Creativity, Expression, and the Inner Sage

​It’s common for creativity to reawaken in midlife:

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• desire to express what words alone can’t capture

• interest in symbols, dreams, imagery, and deeper themes

• a pull toward writing, art, reflection, or soulful exploration

• resonance with the Wise Woman / Sage energy

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This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about uncovering what has been waiting.

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Midlife as an Initiation

​One way I understand menopause and midlife is as an initiation.

Not a trendy “reinvention.” Not a forced positivity story.

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An initiation is a threshold—where old identities loosen, and a deeper self begins to emerge.

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Midlife often marks a shift:

• from outward roles to inward authority

• from proving to knowing

• from caretaking to truth-telling

• from identity to essence

That’s why this season can feel untethering and awakening at the same time.

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How Therapy Can Support You in This Season

​This is not about “coping with menopause” like it’s a problem to solve.

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It’s about meeting a life threshold with awareness, support, and depth—so you can move through it with more steadiness and self-trust.

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In our work together, we can create space to:

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• process grief and change without rushing meaning

• work with anxiety and mood shifts through inner awareness and practice

• reconnect with your body during hormonal change with more compassion

• explore identity beyond roles and expectations

• integrate insight with lived, felt experience

• work with symbolism and archetypes when that resonates

• support meaning-making without spiritual bypass

My approach blends thoughtful reflection with deeper inner work. For many women, this brings a sense of clarity, groundedness, and self-trust—especially during a season when so much is shifting. I think its a spiritual experience.

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The Wise Sage Archetype

​Many women feel drawn to the Wise Woman / Sage archetype in midlife—not as a cliché, but as a real inner movement.

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This archetype isn’t perfect or polished. She’s honest. She’s discerning. She’s less interested in performance and more devoted to truth.

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If you’re curious about exploring this energy, we can work with it in a grounded way—through reflection, inner dialogue, imagery, creative practices, or simple questions that help you listen inwardly.

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About me at this stage of life

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This is a season I personally understand. I'm in my early 50s. I am not ashamed of my age; I believe we should embrace it while also acknowledging that it is not easy. I have so much wisdom that I love to share with the younger generation, too! I hope to help younger women and men find their empowerment at a younger age. 

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I know how tender and complex it can be—children growing up, our parents in their 70s, 80s, and 90's - this is a very trying time for us, shifting identity, changing energy, changes in the body, mood, relationships, sexuality, and the deeper questions that start to rise.

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I also know the empowering feeling that comes when you stop forcing and start listening.

You don't have to go through this alone or "figure it out" in your head.

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Let's redefine what aging means to you!