Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude
Welcome to a series of conversations about themes relevant to preventing burnout hosted by Maude Burger-Smith. In Season 1 we look at the behind the scenes of working and parenting in cultures around the world. In Season 2 we discuss various aspects of hormonal transitioning in perimenopause and how these may show up in our lives.
Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude
Midlife, menopause and finding meaning - a conversation with Kellie Stirling
Kellie is a somatic coach, facilitator and guide - a certified Developmental Coach and VITA™ Integrated Sexuality, Love and Relationship Coach. She holds post-graduate qualifications in Complex Change and Adult Development, has been an Executive Coach for 15 years and is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner as well as a mother and a cancer survivor..
Kellie works at the intersection of adult development, systems thinking, integrated sexuality, embodiment work, somatic experiencing, leadership and business to support people through big changes in their lives during parenthood, midlife and menopause, and elderhood rites of passage; and other life transitions like grief, divorce and big career changes. You can access her free ebook here Magical Midlife and Menopause and see more about her here
In this conversation we explore:
- some of the meh and restlessness that often shows up in midlife
- menopause getting “the blame” for midlife
- ego and meaning, emotions and societal conditioning, truth
- the menopause “muse” and shapeshifting
- how we could create change on a micro level and where to start
- the radical act of listening to ourselves
- some reframes around supporting our health
And so much more!
Here are some of Kellie’s favourite resources:
Should we all be on HRT - Prof. Susan Davis and Simon HIll on the The Proof podcast
Demystifying HRT - Kellie Stirling and Dr Fatima Khan, Talkin about Midlife podcast
- Hormone Repair Manual - Lara Briden
- Menopause Brain - Dr Lisa Mosconi
- Menopause the wise woman way - Susan Weed
- The Wisdom of Menopause - Christiane Northrup
Download these 3 resources to support you:
- Perimenopause phases and timing - check where you are right now
- Indicators of hormonal changes - use this as a tracker and support in conversations with your medical practitioners
- Menopause Experts - this is a list of the guests that spoke to me for this season. They are all awesome and might be helpful for you to connect with.
Want to work with me? Enrollment for my next female leadership programme EXPAND opens shortly - you can see full details here