The Menstruality Podcast - How to Transform Menstrual and Menopause Shame (Jane Hardwicke Collings)

6 hours ago

Following Intuition, Taking Retreat and Finding Your Path in Menopause (Lara Owen)

*This bonus episode is the next in our ‘Wise Power Retreat’ series *where Alexandra is interviewing people about what menopause revealed and awakened in them. Alexandra and Lara have been working alongside each other in this field for over 30 years.* Dr Lara Owen is an author, teacher, researcher, consultant, *mentor and an expert on the culture, politics and organisation of the menstrual cycle and menopause.* *She wrote one of the first books to be published about the power of the menstrual cycle,* Her Blood is Gold, *and is one of the leading lights in the field of menstrual and menopause education, sharing from an incredible wealth of personal experience, as well as academic research. *We explore:* * *How Lara worked with her intuition in menopause* (including following the impulse to move herself to the south of France for a three year menopause retreat!).* * * *How Lara moved with her menopausal grief at not having had children *and how she made sense of her story, and embraced the gifts of her adventurous and creative life without children. * * * *How Lara’s radical educational and cultural work around the menstrual cycle and menopause evolved during her menopause transition, *leading to her new masters-level course is designed to develop your understanding of menstruation today in the contexts of business, feminism, health, law, politics, popular culture, sustainability, spirituality, sport, technology, and wellbeing. *You can now order our new book! *Wise Power: Discover the Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging here: https://www.wisepowerbook.com *---* Registration is now open for our Menstruality Leadership Programme: menstrualityleadership.com *---* *The Menstruality Podcast is hosted by Red School. *We love hearing from you. To contact us, email info@redschool.net *---* *Social media: *Red School: @redschool - https://www.instagram.com/red.school Lara Owen: www.laraowen.com

47 min