Perhaps it’s a reflection of my stage in life, but it feels to me like women everywhere are talking more and more openly about the challenges of menopause. In my role at the front desk, I regularly receive calls from new patients wanting to schedule an appointment with a practitioner for help in relief from hot flashes, anxiety, sleepless nights, weight gain… you get the picture!
Fortunately there are so many practitioners at Vibrant Living who can help you manage these symptoms so that they don’t need to control your life! (Yay!)
However, in my other role at Vibrant Living as an Intuitive Energy Healer, I see the time of midlife as a whole other journey – the invitation to figure out what’s working in our life and what no longer works.
Think of it this way – no one doubts that the ways that we ate and moved our bodies when we are in our 20s are no longer going to cut it once we reach our 50s. It makes sense that we need to step back and evaluate what works for our bodies at each stage – what foods nourish us, what type of movement makes our bodies feel good, etc.
It is the same for other parts of our life. How we show up in our relationships, what’s important to us in our careers, how we choose to spend our time, money and resources – all of that shifts.
And it needs to shift. It is important that it shifts. And that’s what this wonderful midlife phase is about.
Shifts.
So while the sleepless nights and weight gain most definitely get our attention, they are often also pointing us to other parts of us that need our attention. How are you doing? No … really, how are you?
What’s important to you? What is working great in your life? What is no longer working for you as well as you had hoped? How are you feeling about yourself? What are the stories that you have told yourself about life and about yourself – and how are these stories working for you? What limiting beliefs have you placed on yourself that perhaps deserve a refresh with new eyes and an opportunity to unravel and dismantle?
Menopause. Midlife. It’s not just about what’s happening in our physical bodies. It’s also an incredible chance for our life to speak to us in a new way. It’s an incredible opportunity for our ‘Wisdom’ selves (some may call this our ‘Soul’) to speak honestly to us.
It’s our chance to show up for ourselves with courage and bravery and say THIS is what is important to me.
One of the reasons I love doing energy work at Vibrant Living is because I love working with women who are in this incredible stage of life. When we pay attention to our bodies, clear our energy and allow our intuition/Soul to speak to us, we hear/feel/see/know things in profoundly different ways. That’s what I get to facilitate and bear witness to in every session. It’s nothing short of magical. 
And why wouldn’t we want to approach life that way? After all – whether you are in your 20s, 40s, 60s, or 80s …. life is just getting started. Lucky us!
Charlene Gingerich
Intuitive Energy Healer