Menopause Women’s Circle

Introduction

Through all the stages of her menopause transition a woman can experience many highs and low as well as many dark days with feelings of isolation, low:- self worth, confidence and self esteem. Over the months and years, however long the journey may last for her, a woman can experience very dark and lonely moments, faced with feelings of anger, rage grief, loss, uncertainty, fear and despair. She can, even in the presence of others, be feeling isolated and alone. She can feel like her whole world has been turned upside down and can feel totally inadequate, incapable and unable to do even the simplest of everyday tasks. Work life and relationships can suffer for her at a rapid rate. With that she can feel a sense of failure and of not being good enough as she feels like she is just not herself anymore, perhaps like she is unable to do things she once enjoyed. She may feel like she has lost herself and her identity. Her sense of who she is and was and all meaning and purpose in her life. She can even feel like she has taken a giant step back in life as past pain and trauma can re-surface. Alone she can travel everyday thinking something is wrong with her and feeling like no-one could ever understand her, or want to be with her, because of what she is going through. She can feel isolation in a way she has never done before, feeling like she is the only one going through this. With this and the enormity of the physical changes that are going on in her body, she can suffer from many dark moments of depression and feel a sense of despair, overwhelm, hopelessness, fear, and anxiety .

I know the feelings I have described above well . I have felt, first hand, how it feels to experience the isolation, overwhelm, anxiety, depression and feelings of failure and unworthiness that can arise at this time..and how it feels to have to go that alone…in my case out of feelings of shame , fear and just not feeling safe enough to reach out and share my experiences with another. The feelings of despair, hopelessness, helplessness and disconnection that I have experienced on my menopause journey led me to the point where I was considering ending my life. I just couldn’t see how my life was going to be worth living if it was just going to be like it was for me from now on. I couldn’t face each day anymore, suffering in the way that I was… and all alone . No woman should ever have to face such feelings and such experiences. I felt alone, invisible, shameful and unworthy and no woman should ever have to feel that way.
Sophia Grace

As a result of my own experiences and those that women share with me professionally and personally when talking about the menopause, I feel more than ever that there is a need and urgency for menopause women’s circles. Safe spaces where women can come to share and talk about how they are feeling. So that they no longer have to feel isolated, afraid and alone. Safe spaces where they can come to feel supported, nurtured, held, heard, honoured and empowered. To help us all to care for and support ourselves and each other as we go through the menopause transition.

I am passionate about setting up Women’s Circles to not only help and support women in my very own in-person and online circles but also to help women set up their own circles to create a wider network of Menopause Women’s Circle to help and support each other in wider groups and communities.

Women’s Circles are needed today more than ever in our daily lives. At a time when we find ourselves more and more disconnected from ourselves, each other and also from our innate power, wisdom, truth and divine feminine essence that lies within us all as women.
Sophia Grace

How Women’s Circles can Help You during your menopause transition

Holistic Menopause Women’s circles provide a safe space where women can come together to share their experiences with other women who know and understand what they are going through. It is my hope that, within my Women’s Circles, we will be able to support each other through our menopause transitions, sharing stories, challengers, experiences, wisdom, resources, information and more. Not only, so that we can gain support from other women who are going through the same transition as us. But additionally, so that we all can feel supported, cared for and loved on this journey and be reminded that we are not alone, or going crazy and that this stage of the menopause will pass.

My Holistic Menopause Women’s Circle:

Provides you with a safe and non judgemental space into which you come to open, expand, share and receive.
Provides you with a safe and held space allowing for deep connection to yourself and others.
Provides you with a held and safe space of comfort and support, with nurturing, compassion and understanding.
Provides you with a held and safe space where you have the opportunity to reconnected to your innate wisdom and divine feminine essence within.
Helps to empower you.
Helps you to nurture, care for, support, love and honour your body at this time of transition.
Provides you with a safe space where you can come to be heard and held in the loving wisdom and grace of other women who understand where you are, what you are going through and what the challengers are that you might be facing at this time.
Provides you with a safe space where you know you can come to find support, to share how you are feeling and know that you are not alone.
Provides you with information, ideas, inspiration and wisdom to educate and empower you on your journey.
Provides you with a new, alternate and empowering way of viewing and experiencing the menopause.
Provides you with safe and effective tools, information, sign-posting and resources to help you mange stress, anxiety and common everyday menopause symptoms, and more…

When we hear the experiences of others shared in Women’s Circles, it helps us to see and realise that we are not alone….”its not just me…and I’m not going mad”. were my first words to myself after attending my first women’s circle . This can bring such a sense of relief and understanding that can help us to gain a different perspective of the transition that we are going through and help us to befriend and embrace the process rather than resist and resent it and ourselves and our bodies.
Sophia Grace

what happens in a holistic menopause women’s circle?

In my Holistic Menopause Women’s Circles we gather together, with tea and cake, to share, support and inspire each other in a safe, confidential and held space of loving and belonging.

As the guardian of the circle I protect and hold the space, creating a safe container, in which to hold you and all the women in the circle so that you feel safe to express from your heart whatever it might be that you are able to speak in that moment. Each woman is invited to speak and share their experiences, their feelings and their highs and lows.

You are invited to share but not required to share. We understand and honour your right to share and to not share if it doesn’t feel right to you.

I not only hold a safe space for you to be heard but also inspire, empower and help to bring out the best in you and each and every woman in the circle. Through meditation, ancient practices, breathing exercises, woman’s wisdom, poems and readings, self reflection, journalling and more…. I help you to re-connect to your own truth. To find your truth, your answers and remember that deep intrinsic connection with your Divine feminine wisdom within. Each woman, including you, has within her the wisdom and ability to find the answers to questions that she seeks to help her find greater meaning, purpose, healing and sense of ‘True’ self at this time of transition.

In a Holistic Menopause Women’s Circle:

Every woman has an opportunity to speak, if she wants to.
Every woman is listened to with full attention
Every woman’s experience is validated. Even in moments when we may not agree with her opinion or perspective, we agree to value her experience.
Every woman’s experience of menopause is seen as , valued and respected as being unique. No two women or menopause journeys are seen as the same. In difference, we learn, inspire and help each other grow.
Every woman is given time/quiet space for individual reflection and journalling. Not all woman express themselves verbally, some are more eloquent in writing.
Every woman is reminded of and respected and valued for her own unique, knowledge, skills and wisdom that she holds within. Menopause = the age of the wise women.
Every woman agrees ‘ground rules’ at the start of the group to ensure a safe, confidential and supportive space.

Sharing your challengers, feelings and whatever you may be going through can be a very therapeutic aspect of a woman’s circle. But at the same time a vulnerable one too. A Holistic Menopause Women’s Circle is a held and safe space into which you can come and feel safe to express, be heard and listened to . It is a space where you can speak from your heart knowing that you will be met and accepted unconditionally and without judgement. It is a space where, in order to maintain safety, boundaries and a protection for all that we do not give advice to others or try to ‘fix’ anything or anybody.
Sophia Grace

I look forward to welcoming you into A women’s Circle you very soon

By the time we arrive at our menopause transition, we have already spent so much of our lives giving to others. So much so that we can come to this stage of transition in our lives feeling depleted, like there is nothing left for ourselves. It is at this time that we need time for ourselves more than ever to rest, replenish, restore and give back to ourselves.

However you arrive at the group, however you path /journey that has come before has been, to bring you to where you are today, whether you are feeling depleted, energised, disconnected or connected, lost, alone or more, you will always be welcomed into one of my Holistic Menopause Women’s Circles and offered a time to pause, slow down and take time for you.

Welcome into:- a space where you can feel accepted, heard, held, loved, nourished and supported for who you are. A space where you feel a deep sense of connection and sisterhood, A space where you can re-find and re-claim you and give back to you the self-care and self-love which you so richly deserve.

I look forward to welcoming you to a Holistic Menopause Women’s Circle very soon

Available in person in Lewes, East Sussex and Online worldwide

Women’s Circles are small intimate groups of no more than 12 women in each group. Early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.

Namaste