Reclaiming our Feminine Power

A good friend of mine sent me this inspiring Ted Talk with Kaouthar Darmoni and I’ve been dying to share this with every woman I know! Take a look:

This got me thinking about so many things!

About loving our bodies shamelessly...

About living in our bodies with power...

About shaking our hips and lifting up our arms and taking up space...

Something else this clip has me thinking about is the terminology we have to describe the menopausal stage of life. Some terms I’ve heard for this stage include:

Crone

Golden years

Second spring

“The Change”

Do you see yourself in any of these words? I don’t.

Words have power. So why don’t we have better words, ones that truly reflect how powerful this time of life can really be? Why is so much of the terminology at this stage either a bit patronising or focused on lack, problems, endings? 

I don’t have the answers and I haven’t found the right words yet, but I’m working on it!