Messy Midlife
Messy Midlife is what happens when three women, all naturopathic doctors and one a therapist, going through midlife, pull up a chair to talk honestly. It is all on the table - hormones, families, burnout, and rediscovering who we are. It’s unfiltered, funny, and healing, like eavesdropping on the table of women who just get it.
Messy Midlife
Perimenopause in HSPs (part 3) - Relationships and Self-actualization/Purpose
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Embodiment! Realignment! Transformation!
Karen's favorite thing to talk about - ever. Perimenopause is our chance to reclaim ourselves, especially as an HSP.
Some key takeaways:
- Intuition lives in our bodies. When we retreat into our minds and our cognitive world, we are disconnecting from our intuition. This is especially relevant in perimenopause for both HSPs and non-HSPs because of how poorly understood perimenopause is. It is even more relevant for HSPs who have likely been told that their experiences aren't real for their whole lives and who have learned to retreat inward when the outer world said they were too much.
- Perimenopause is a shift away from being driven by hormones to literally create and provide for a community. It allows our minds and our bodies to return to ourselves. Our work in perimenopause is to realign with our body and to our inner truth.
- There is a purpose in the sensitivities you as an HSP have, and perimenopause provides a clear time of transition that allows discovery and a closer and deeper connection with that purpose.
- Perimenopause can be a time where the limits for an HSP living in a non-HSP world have been pushed to the limit, and change to connect more with yourself and your needs become non-negotiable.
The book Jenn couldn't remember: The Power of When by Michael Breus, PhD
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to HSPs and Perimenopause
02:50 The Impact of Perimenopause on Highly Sensitive People
05:39 Reclaiming Identity and Purpose in Midlife
08:24 The Good Girl Syndrome and Societal Expectations
10:57 The Role of Highly Sensitive People in Society
13:41 Navigating Relationships During Perimenopause
16:31 Transformation and Self-Actualization in Midlife
18:37 Embracing Change and Learning in the Transition
21:11 Conclusion and Reflections on the Journey
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