Peri Corner
I, Chrysalis
This time two years ago, I barely made it to one of my favourite sitting logs in the forest. It was the early afternoon and it was unseasonably cool, so I was wearing my brown corduroy jacket with fuzzy lining. I had only begun exploring the forest and stayed relatively close to the road due to my ever-increasing fatigue. I often stopped at this log to …
Healing Is Hard. So Don't Do It Every Day.
Image: @cryptid.energetics on Instagram I don’t actually feel like that meme suggests, I just thought it was funny. In fact, most days I wake up annoyed that I have to do more work to ‘kill’ or undo my bullshit conditioning. So this piece today will be just as much for me as it is for you, dear reader.
The "oof" of turning 40 - a very vulnerable share - (and a sale announcement)
This is going to be a very vulnerable post - buckle up. I hesitated writing this, but I always end up erring on the side of well, this will probably be relatable to someone, somewhere - so fuck it. So, fuck it. I had no idea what turning 40 would feel like, but I think I’d been bracing for something because what is classically portrayed in media about th…
The Wisdom Of 40, Part One: 24 Hour Copperhead
It wasn’t long ago that I wrote a piece entitled “The ‘oof’ of turning 40”. I was experiencing a lot of intensity about this rite of passage - and especially what women go through as a result of the patriarchy / male gaze. I’m still wrestling with many emotions surrounding this, my sexuality (especially how it is viewed externally to me) and a whole hos…
The Wisdom of 40, Part Two: Sacred Selfishness
Earth EP by Maurice Fulton Fair warning, I’m going to be talking about perimenopause quite a bit here via this tiny slice of internet - I promise it is not to intentionally bore or frighten you, my dear readership, but possibly prepare those who are younger (and who bleed) of what’s to come, and provide insight into forthcoming chapters of life.
The Perimenopausal Nervous System, Part One
Hi friends, I am so pleased to finally be releasing this collaboration between myself and my friend + colleague, Veronica Rottman. Veronica is a somatic trauma practitioner and ‘moss babe’ (the antithesis to ‘boss babe’) who I have had the life-changing pleasure to know and work with. I began my exploration of the nervous system 3 years ago, and while th…
The Perimenopausal Nervous System: Part Two
Art: sistercody on IG Veronica: Perimenopause is the epitome of change itself, brimming with unanticipated psycho-emotional, mental and physical downshifting. For most, change activates the nervous system into survival states, especially when the change involves
The Perimenopausal Nervous System: Part 3 - Our Best Advice
How to navigate perimenopause effectively! Veronica: Taking measures to center nutrition and exercise is fundamental not just in peri, but most definitely throughout our entire lives. While diet and exercise is important, this cannot and does not address the root cause of trauma in our nervous system. When womenʼs frustration naturally arises because they…
Liberated from the male gaze
It was a subtle shift at first, as many shifts are. About a year ago, I began noticing that I didn’t get checked out by men nearly as much as I used to. I have a couple of younger female friends, and I couldn’t help but observe that if we went out together, they’d get gawked at and I wouldn’t.
My aging reflection
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