Empowered Midlife Alchemy Blog
Wisdom + soul healing for the second half of life
A sacred space for women at the threshold – exploring spiritual awakening, healing and transformation in the middle seasons of life
Welcome, dear one.
This blog is a place where I share insights, stories, and practices to help you navigate the deep transitions of life — especially the often-hidden initiations of midlife.
It weaves soul-centred reflections, healing insights and poetic truths for sensitive midlife women navigating spiritual awakening, life transition, and the call to reclaim their deeper power.
You can browse the posts intuitively below. Each post is tagged by theme — so if there is a category you would like to explore in more detail, just click on the category label to see more posts on that subject.
I hope something here meets you where you are and reminds you:
You’re not alone, you’re full of potential and midlife is holy!
Become a Safe Space to Process Your Emotions for Liberation and Wisdom
Sometimes when I’m working a big growth edge in my life, I wake up feeling fear and dread in my stomach, mostly fear. When I feel intense feelings that I don’t like my old pattern is to get rid of it by pushing it away, ignoring it or dissociating from it. This was how I survived some overwhelming felt experiences in my childhood.
The problem is that these strategies may bring some temporary relief but they aren’t very effective in the long-term. Resisting any unwanted feeling tends to amplify it and can lock it in, especially if the feeling is coming from a young part of you that needs your holding and care and another part of you is pushing it away. Trying to ignore it on the other hand can lead to reactive behavior or disconnecting from the body you are here to inhabit and fully live through.
In this article I will explain:
the role your feelings play in your life and why they matter
what you need to know about tending to your feelings (and what not to do)
and how to become a safe space for you feelings so that you don’t get stuck in them and can discover the wisdom they may hold
Creating a safe space this festive season
Merry. Happy. Jolly. Joy. These are some of the most used words at this time of year.
But the reality for many people is that they don’t feel merry, happy, jolly or joyful. They are experiencing sadness, grief, loneliness, depression and anxiety. This might be you too.
These feelings can be exacerbated at this time of year because there is an expectation and focus on being festive and joyful to the exclusion of these other feelings that are ignored or pushed aside or even shamed (along the lines of “It’s Christmas! Be happy!”) These other feelings want and deserve care, attention and a place at the table as well.
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