There’s something so powerful about reclaiming middle age not as a decline, but as an arrival- into clarity, agency, sensuality, and self-trust. I love how you frame women’s groups and retreats as necessary spaces of remembering and undoing. Thank you for naming the beauty, confidence, and freedom that come with becoming, and for offering a vision younger women can actually look forward to.
I love this entire post and especially the list. I’m in my mid 40s and raising adolescents who can’t wait for the independence that will come with age. We should take that same energy, be SO FUCKING EXCITED to be crones!! The things you list are amazing reasons to relish this stage. Thanks for this writing, and can’t wait for this list to grow during your sabbatical.
There’s something so powerful about reclaiming middle age not as a decline, but as an arrival- into clarity, agency, sensuality, and self-trust. I love how you frame women’s groups and retreats as necessary spaces of remembering and undoing. Thank you for naming the beauty, confidence, and freedom that come with becoming, and for offering a vision younger women can actually look forward to.
Thanks so much for reading, and for your contribution, April!
I love this entire post and especially the list. I’m in my mid 40s and raising adolescents who can’t wait for the independence that will come with age. We should take that same energy, be SO FUCKING EXCITED to be crones!! The things you list are amazing reasons to relish this stage. Thanks for this writing, and can’t wait for this list to grow during your sabbatical.
Thanks Aja! I'm thinking I need to get the list up to 50 by my 50th bday!