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Menopause: A Natural and Spiritual Journey
In the past, menopause was a 'hidden' taboo topic with so much negativity associated with it. It was seen as a purely physical process linked with degeneration into old age and ill health. However, with woman living longer it has begun to be perceived as a rite of passage into a new way of living and being, linked with more freedom and energy. Menopause itself can still be very debilitating for many women. This book is personal journey into the time of menopause looking at it from a spiritual point of view first and how spirituality can help with physical, mental and emotional symptoms. It seeks to show it as a natural part of life. Personal insights are linked into meditations and mantras to help the reader fully embrace this exciting time of moving into her 'wise woman' time. It helps women take possession of their menopause, rather than the other way round. The author bears her soul with both honesty and humor. A must for any woman nearing menopause and partners who are baffled by the whirlwind of change!,
110 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 16, 2012
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April 10, 2015
"Menopause: A Natural and Spiritual Journey" is far from being a medical journal or a greying pamphlet unrecognisable in content but instead offers a meditative exploration of Menopause that is at all times fresh, funny and completely genuine. Brown emphasizes the deeply personal and sometimes unbecoming details of her journey; the book is leaden in pure emotion because these events are lifted straight from her life.
The exploration of the symptoms of menopause through good-humoured anecdotes is at all times accompanied by a recurring theme of physical and spiritual regeneration and Brown as a former pharmacist turned writer/clairvoyant seems like the ideal person to tackle this subject matter in an ultimately balanced way. Brown impresses upon the reader she is `being honest' and this truthfulness is potent from the first page and indeed one of the strongest qualities of the book.
She presents notion of everything being connected, the physical, spiritual and emotional and provides mediations and mantras to help the reader through the process. These meditations are very useful and can be personalised in the way that suits the reader. The colourful anecdotes are without a doubt entertaining and you can feel the friendly, supportive nature of the author through the book.
There is not one bit of dull psychobabble to be found but instead a journey detailing the many complexities of Menopause in which the author exquisitely shows the darkly humorous side which often escapes other books written on the subject.
The exploration of the symptoms of menopause through good-humoured anecdotes is at all times accompanied by a recurring theme of physical and spiritual regeneration and Brown as a former pharmacist turned writer/clairvoyant seems like the ideal person to tackle this subject matter in an ultimately balanced way. Brown impresses upon the reader she is `being honest' and this truthfulness is potent from the first page and indeed one of the strongest qualities of the book.
She presents notion of everything being connected, the physical, spiritual and emotional and provides mediations and mantras to help the reader through the process. These meditations are very useful and can be personalised in the way that suits the reader. The colourful anecdotes are without a doubt entertaining and you can feel the friendly, supportive nature of the author through the book.
There is not one bit of dull psychobabble to be found but instead a journey detailing the many complexities of Menopause in which the author exquisitely shows the darkly humorous side which often escapes other books written on the subject.
March 12, 2018
I downloaded it to my Kindle on Friday...and read it cover to cover in one sitting. I then ordered the paperback copy because I am going to work through it properly and I prefer to do that from a 'real' book.
When I had finished reading, it was as if a light bulb had been switched on and was followed by a huge flood of relief that someone else had experienced what I was going through and had come out the other side relatively unscathed. This book is going to be my life saver, I just know it.
Colette takes you through her very own personal journey and I found myself nodding the whole way through - "yep I have that, yep I feel that, yep that's happening to me". But then she provides the reader with the framework and structure to deal with each symptom and issue from a spiritual perspective. I say framework because she shows you how she dealt with it from her shamanic perspective but encourages you to make it your own. There are meditation and mantra suggestions and the idea to find your own goddess to work through it all with.
I cannot tell you how relieved and happy I am to have remembered about this little gem, I haven't even started working with it properly yet but already I am feeling better!
When I had finished reading, it was as if a light bulb had been switched on and was followed by a huge flood of relief that someone else had experienced what I was going through and had come out the other side relatively unscathed. This book is going to be my life saver, I just know it.
Colette takes you through her very own personal journey and I found myself nodding the whole way through - "yep I have that, yep I feel that, yep that's happening to me". But then she provides the reader with the framework and structure to deal with each symptom and issue from a spiritual perspective. I say framework because she shows you how she dealt with it from her shamanic perspective but encourages you to make it your own. There are meditation and mantra suggestions and the idea to find your own goddess to work through it all with.
I cannot tell you how relieved and happy I am to have remembered about this little gem, I haven't even started working with it properly yet but already I am feeling better!
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