Who Holds The Women Who Hold The Women?

Rachael CrowBlog

I’ve had a tough week. Premenstrual, which in perimenopause means a ramping up of all the ‘manifestations’ – migraines, insomnia, hot flushes, night sweats, and dark, dark moods. My body is calling me to stop, to rest, to have peace and quiet, to go within. How do I let go of it all? Who can hold me so I can …

How to Ease Flooding!!

Rachael CrowBlog

Flooding is one of the biggest issues women are coming to me with – from young women just starting their periods, through to women who have just ‘put up with it’ for years, to women in perimenopause who have just begun to experience it. The medical term for excessive bleeding is menorrhagia. So I want to remind you all, that …

Moon- Pause Sharing…come sit and have a cuppa and a chat with me

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#therealtruthaboutmenopause   Breaking taboos, breaking the silence against ‘menopause’ women are speaking out more and more on their journey to elder. We are going through a process of self initiation, our bodies are initiating us , but while in this cocoon of change, we are changing woman, don’t expect too much from us! Here I share my top tips for …

Acceptance…a teaching from my womb

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I’ve been posting over on my Instagram about #selflove and #selfkindness which to me feels a huge part of acceptance and surrender. For me, my cycle awareness has taught me a lot about acceptance- especially now I’m in peri-menopause and I just don’t know what’s going on with my cycle! Because I have practiced listening to my womb for so …

Reclaiming our Thresholds…Community is KEY!

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THIS IS THE COUNTER CULTURE TO SOCIAL MEDIA. This is real connection. Those of you who have followed my story will know I moved to Wales with “Community” as my goal…and interestingly along side my failed community venture (read more about that here!) I’ve come to see that I did manage to create community…..in the Red Tent, in our Mother …

Balancing our hormones…naturally!

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My top tips for hormone balancing…whether you’re in perimenopause or generally out of balance- these tips will help support coming into balance….hormone imbalance can effect us in so many ways….   * digestion challenges (bloat, constipation, etc) * PMS or PMDD * Infertility * PCOS * difficulty gaining muscle or losing weight * breast implant illness * Endometriosis * Fibroids …

#vaginarevolution It’s Time We Empowered our Vaginas!!

Rachael CrowBlog

So in my last newsletter I spoke about reclaiming my power at my cervical examination by asking to insert the speculum myself 🙂 This got me thinking about vaginal health in general, and then pondering more specifically on vaginal dryness that can happen when breastfeeding and more common when in perimenopause, menopause and beyond. I was to start this #vaginarevolution …

The Real Truth About Menopause

Rachael CrowBlog

In response to the BBCs Truth About Menopause a few of us who work in the field of positive menopause will be putting out some #therealtruthaboutmenopause posts! I believe menopause is a women’s Initiation to wise woman! Whilst some of the symptoms can feel debilitating, if we can change our view about them, feeling into them as our body initiating …

Breaking the Patriarchal business model

Rachael CrowBlog

In response to whats going on in the world right now, on global scale, UK scale and community scale, I’ve been sitting with how we women can model a better way of being in business. I wrote a bit about this in my last newsletter- how I see the Wise Womans Way of running a business. I’ve been in business …