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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
Rumi
Soul Medicine for the Midlife Woman is here
Go on a soul journey in this transformational nine-week programme created by Archeus founder, Georgina Langdale
Nature & the Midlife Woman
This week I share with you some background on why I set up my business Archeus (ten years ago!), some of my thoughts on how I work with Nature to help and support women in midlife and all the changes and transitions it brings from menopause, to changing relationships, caring for ageing parents, and all the grief and joy, living and dying of life.
Menopause and the childless woman
What does menopause mean for the woman who never bore a child? Is it the pain of the sowing of seeds that never came to be? Is it the sense of a gift given and then thrown away, discarded, unused? Or is it a bird that is finally free to sing her own song?
The power of perimenopause as liminal space
I loved recording this episode of The Soul Garden, because it explores the idea of perimenopause as a liminal space that invites us to draw in the potential of our post-menopausal wisdom years. I recorded this because I want to offer up another view of perimenopause. One that reframes symptoms as markers of transformation.
Two ceremonies to mark the beginning and end of menopause
Two ceremonies to change our relationship with the menopause transition are coming up in early March
Changing negative self-talk to positive self-care
The pervasiveness of negative self-talk seemed like the right place to start building the foundation for this year of self-care. I want to identify the things I say to myself and then turn them on their head from negative to positive. Why not try it too and see what happens?
A year of learning to love my (post-menopausal) body
This is written for women in midlife who aren’t gym bunnies or yoga goddesses. This is for women who haven't ticked off another half marathon or swim every day in the ocean. This is written for women who have fallen out of relationship with their physical self under wondering how even if it is possible to reset their relationship with their body.
What happens when 30 women meet 35 years later?
What happens when a bunch of women in their early 50s, who had been in the same year at school, gather together for the first time in 35 years?
Nurturing our inner and outer worlds
The Archeus philosophy is grounded in connection, transition, transformation and a desire to nurture and support body, beauty, mind and spirit.
Let’s talk about pelvic health
Pelvic health physiotherapist Dr. Melissa Davidson treats conditions such as prolapse and incontinence.
Beyond Menopause a different power awaits
It’s World Menopause Day. Once upon a time this transition was a time of welcoming in wisdom and the elderhood of woman. We had rituals and ceremonies that showed us the beauty of age and the lustre of life’s lived experience. But in the space between then and now, there came different gods to worship.
Being a woman in her 50s should be about being accepted, not brave.
It’s time to embrace the natural process of ageing.