Perimenopause as Portal – A Thorny Invitation to Maturation and Elderhood

TICKETING

General admission tickets are £25.

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Join Kimberly and Kate for an evening to explore the possibility that instead of freaking out, we could be use perimenopause as a portal into a better regulated and authentic way of being where we might serve our communities with our skills and gifts from a place of deep calling and sustainability.

Bringing both the lived experience of traversing the menopause portal and a combined 60 years of professional embodied practice, you can expect a seasonal and nervous system lens on:

• A radical, body-friendly reframing of the second half of your life
• Why perimenopause might be on your side and wish you the best possible life ahead
• The importance of facing the ageing process
• The specific challenges of parenting through this transition
• How trauma shows up in perimenopause
• The toxicity of the mainstream narrative
• How perimenopause equips us to be elders
• Practical steps you can take to make your transition easier

This conversation is so much bigger than whether or not to get on HRT. There will be time for questions and book signing.

About Kate

Kate is a mentor, author, speaker, facilitator, artist and podcaster. The author of Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause, one of the seven best books on menopause according to the New York Times. Kate mentors professionals and people in perimenopause and beyond, 1-2-1 and in groups, is a nature-based Yoga Nidra meditation guide, hosts Life - An Inside Job podcast, has been a therapist for over 30 years and creates multi-level art textile projects. When she’s not doing these things you’ll find her playing in her compost heaps. Her second book, The Perimenopause Journal, is available now. Katecodrington.co.uk

About Kimberly

Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Structural Integration practitioner, author, postpartum advocate, birth doula, yoga teacher and single mom. She has helped thousands of women heal from birth injuries, gynecological surgeries and sexual boundary ruptures. She is the author of the early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester (Shambhala, 2017) translated in 8 languages and the feminist Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power and Use It for Good (HarperWave, 2021), as well as the co-author of Reckoning with Stephen Jenkinson (2022). She is the creator of the 6 hour audio training Reclaim the Feminine: Embodied Sexuality as Spiritual Practice (Sounds True, 2022).

- THE EVENT FLOW -

18:45 - Doors open, time for meeting others, finding seats

19:00 - Introduction to Kate and Kimberly

20:00 - Time for Q&A and book signing

21:00 - Finish

GETTING TO THE VENUE

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A note on refunds - we won't be organising refunds for tickets purchased for this event - you are more than welcome to give tickets to a friend if after purchase you are no longer able to attend.