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!
What is healing (and what it’s not)
What does healing mean? As with many words in the English language, we give them different and multiple meanings so that not even different dictionaries define healing in exactly the same way.
In this article, I provide dictionary definitions of healing, the etymology of the word healing, describe what healing isn’t and give my definition of healing.
The power of liminal places for healing and change
During the course of your life you will arrive in liminal spaces many times where you finish one chapter in your life but the next one hasn’t started yet or when you know you need to make changes but don’t know what to do or are avoiding change. Being in a liminal time in your life can make you feel fear, worry, anxiety, uncertainty and even panic. You feel the fear because this is an incredible and powerful window of opportunity.
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.
7 causes of lack of safety and how you’re affected (even if you think you’re safe)
Not feeling safe is at the core of many of your struggles, worries and problems. But even if your life feels okay and you think you feel pretty safe, you will still be affected by a lack of safety, you just might not realise it. In this article, I’ll reveal how lack of safety exists and how it affects you.
What is it like to not be safe? Here’s 31 signs that you might be affected by lack of safety
Not feeling safe is more common than you realise. You might not know that you don’t feel fully safe or that what you’re really seeking though your goals and actions in the world is deeper levels of safety. So here’s my list of 31 signs that a lack of safety might be impacting your life.
What does it mean to feel safe? A soulful definition and 5 core components of safety
Many people don’t feel truly safe, they just don’t know that’s what they are experiencing. Here's my definition of safety and the 5 core components that contribute to feeling safe to help you understand what it means to be safe and assess how safe you feel.
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