168. How Conscious Menopause Can Change the World (Alexandra & Sjanie)
Oct 17, 2024
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In this enlightening discussion, Alexandra Pope, co-founder of Red School and author of 'Wise Power,' alongside Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, also co-founder of Red School, delve into the transformative journey of menopause. They explore how this phase can awaken new powers and capacities, promoting personal empowerment and introspection. The conversation touches on navigating energy shifts, enhancing imagination, and fostering resilience. Their insights reveal how honoring menopause can not only facilitate individual growth but also bring about broader societal changes.
Menopause is a transformative phase that can enhance personal power and creativity, promoting inner peace and self-awareness.
The cultural narrative surrounding menopause often misconstrues it as a period of decline rather than recognizing its potential for renewal and leadership.
Deep dives
Menopause as an Empowering Transition
Menopause is portrayed as a transformative phase that can awaken new powers and capacities if approached with respect and understanding. The discussion emphasizes that this stage should not be seen as a decline, but rather as a profound opportunity for personal growth and development. By honoring this transition, individuals can reach a state of inner peace and claim their power, allowing them to thrive in this new phase of life. This perspective encourages a shift away from the traditional narrative of menopause as merely a time of loss or suffering to one that highlights potential empowerment and leadership development.
Understanding the New Narrative around Menopause
The prevailing cultural narrative often paints menopause as a period that signifies the end of usefulness or desirability, which is identified as a significant misconception. This perspective overlooks the potential for rebirth and renewal that the menopause process offers. By framing menopause as a natural and necessary transition in life, a deeper understanding can foster compassion and support for those navigating this change. The conversation stresses the importance of acknowledging the profound transformations that occur during menopause, akin to the developmental changes experienced during puberty.
Post-Menopause Powers and Abilities
Post-menopause is characterized by a shift in personal power and capacity, emphasizing a new form of energy and authority that emerges after the transition. Individuals may experience a decrease in physical energy but gain enhanced discernment and the ability to focus on what truly matters. This newfound wisdom allows for impactful contributions to society as individuals align their actions with deeper intentions. The concept of 'cathedral thinking' highlights how post-menopausal leadership can focus not only on present needs but also on future generations, fostering a long-lasting impact.
Creating a Supportive Community during Menopause
The importance of community and support during the menopause journey is highlighted as essential for navigating its challenges. Engaging with a group that understands the complexities of this process can provide comfort and validation, creating a safe space to share experiences. Programs focused on menopause, such as workshops and courses, emphasize the need for ongoing education and mutual support to help individuals embrace their transition positively. This communal approach not only aids personal growth but also reshapes the cultural understanding of menopause, creating a nurturing environment for those impacted by these changes.
It’s world menopause month, and we’re continuing the menopause conversation we began two weeks ago, where we explored how to navigate the dark night of the soul of the menopause process (it’s episode 166), and we’re continuing by looking at the powers that the menopause initiation can awaken in us, if we refuse to abandon ourselves during this betrayal phase of menopause.
In their book, Wise Power, Alexandra and Sjanie talk about menopause as being a pHd in power. When it is respected, honoured and dignified, the initiation of menopause can bring you to a place of deep peace within yourself. And even more than that, the menopause process can actually help you to grow new capacities, powers, and kinds of intelligence. It’s a huge learning curve - a massive upgrade in your skills, ready for your life’s third act.
In today’s conversation we’re looking at how these powers can change us personally, and through us, how they can change the world, including;
How the current conversation about menopause is unfolding in the world, why there is so much suffering and what is missing.
How to work with shifting energy levels in menopause, as a gateway to more discernment, empathy and authority.
How menopause enhances your imagination and intentional capacities as well as supporting you to potentise all that you do.