Another great post Ashley. I have been very lucky with fertility and conceived almost immediately. Now I watch my teenage daughters (13 and 15) in amazement. I can’t believe these beautiful human beings came out of my body. I have many moments of gratitude. And now as a 48 year old yoga practitioner I am learning so much about menopause! Shocked to learn that so much of women’s well being is focused on fertility, but so little studies on menopause. (We have no use after child bearing years?) But luckily this is changing!! I keep my body and mind healthy by daily yoga, exercise, meditation and healthy food. But also, putting boundaries! I just don’t do the shit that I don’t want to do and don’t hang out with people who deplete my energies. So, yes, as one door closes (on youth, fertility, beauty etc) I’m looking forward to this new door that opens: into focus on my creativity. It’s actually exciting! And I feel stronger than ever… 🤞that this continues
Thank you for sharing your experience Imola. I'm excited to see us collectively coming back to the idea of the "crone" as a wisdom holder and a position of power rather than as a stage of life to be forgotten and denigrated. Grandmother, after all, has the word grand in it 😊.
Another great post Ashley. I have been very lucky with fertility and conceived almost immediately. Now I watch my teenage daughters (13 and 15) in amazement. I can’t believe these beautiful human beings came out of my body. I have many moments of gratitude. And now as a 48 year old yoga practitioner I am learning so much about menopause! Shocked to learn that so much of women’s well being is focused on fertility, but so little studies on menopause. (We have no use after child bearing years?) But luckily this is changing!! I keep my body and mind healthy by daily yoga, exercise, meditation and healthy food. But also, putting boundaries! I just don’t do the shit that I don’t want to do and don’t hang out with people who deplete my energies. So, yes, as one door closes (on youth, fertility, beauty etc) I’m looking forward to this new door that opens: into focus on my creativity. It’s actually exciting! And I feel stronger than ever… 🤞that this continues
Thank you for sharing your experience Imola. I'm excited to see us collectively coming back to the idea of the "crone" as a wisdom holder and a position of power rather than as a stage of life to be forgotten and denigrated. Grandmother, after all, has the word grand in it 😊.
So true!!!