Embracing the Wise Woman

Receptivity. Bearing witness. Honoring the No. Stepping fully into the Feminine. Embracing the wisdom.

Recently I crossed into the winter phase of this life transition that is midlife. Alexandra Pope calls it the cocooning phase. I felt a stillness settling in, a receptivity. A sinking into my feminine energy. I crossed a threshold into my wise woman years. There’s a deep sense of peace around me & within me. A deep inner knowing, an embracing of this new me.

Paraphrasing from Ashley Turner- the origin of the word Crone is Crown- we crown ourselves with wisdom. A wisdom & power earned only by living. A power that the patriarchy tries to strip away.

I’m grieving the loss of wisdom from my family matriarchs. My paternal grandmother passed on at age 41. My maternal grandmother passed away when she was 58- before she could share her wisdom. I’m so grateful I have my mom with me to share hers!

I feel my ancestors with me stronger than before, as I move towards my crone years.

Normally wisdom is passed down through the generations. I don’t have kids but I do feel like I am being guided to share my wisdom with others.

I feel at peace knowing that this is my path.

This rite of passage is meant to transform you. A caterpillar can only become a butterfly by embracing the cocoon.