It’s the 1 year anniversary since your last bleed. I celebrated this milestone in October 2025 and I'm delighted I completed my acupuncture degree while traversing this transition and leaning into Chinese Medicine to manage my symptoms. I’m clearly no longer in the Mother phase in life and not yet a Crone, I'm in the lesser known Maga or Mage phase. Like the Goddess Isis, these terms have other associations, but it’s great to reclaim them! The 4 archetypes are Maiden, Mother,

I absolutely loved focusing on menopause awareness for October 2025. I made a series of Facebook posts each day along with an in-person event at Anahata, Kemptown. The comments, private messages and meeting people in clinic led to heartening insights and connection. It is clear that there is a wealth of information out there and it’s very difficult to pick through to find what is right for you. So I made this step-by-step guide to evaluating health treatments:   1)    What is