The Menopause Mission Impossible

Your body feels unfamiliar.
Your mind feels foggy.
Your confidence wavers.
You wonder where you went and how to get her back.

I know, because I have been there and I am still navigating perimenopause.

I have been in the spinning-compass stage, circling back over the same questions:
What is happening to me?
Why can’t I think straight?
Why do I feel so unlike myself?

Menopause can feel like everything is unravelling.
And perhaps, in some ways, it is.

But there is always one golden thread,

and it is you and your relationship with yourself.

Menopause can strip away what no longer serves, what no longer fits, and what was never really you in the first place.

And here is what I have discovered:

What feels impossible is often just the moment before transformation.

When I chose radical honesty with myself first, the spinning stopped. My compass steadied. I could hear my own wisdom again.

I found my North Star, my mission, and alignment between my thoughts, words, and actions.

And today, I am choosing to live in alignment with it.

I am recommitting not to perfection, not to pushing harder when I am in flux, but to moving in flow, fully and gently.
To strengthen my heart.
To protect my bones.
To build muscle.
To restore balance and flexibility.
To move my body in a way that honours this season of life.

This is self-leadership.
This is my reminder that small steps change everything.

This month, I am recommitting to running a joyful 5K with my teenage son and my husband. It has been a while, but this practice brings me back to the mantra my son and I created years ago, somewhere between the first wobbly kilometre and the triumphant final run:

I can do it.
You can do it.
We can do it.
Yes, we can.

This is what menopause is asking of us.
To change the language we use about ourselves.
To soften the self-talk that keeps us small.
To stay in the work of becoming, even when it feels messy.

I do not need to know every step ahead.
I just need to believe it is possible.

Because this is my mission:

❤️ Strong heart.
⭐ Mission possible.
👭 Empowering 7 million women.

It may feel impossible until together we show that it is possible.
One woman at a time.

Katharine x

The Menopause Warrioress - Seven Elements of Thriving Menopause and Beyond

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