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What I Believe

Louise Viveiros
Jul 2, 2017
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Louise Viveiros - What I Believe

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Rising Fierce
Louise x

The #1 Training Tip for Midlife Women! We all know it but do we have LIVED experience of it and are we utilising it within our lives?

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Rising Fierce
Louise x

I’ve shared recently with my nearest & dearest about my strange struggles with anxiety (which I believe is very much linked to my declining estrogen). It’s wild to feel these waves of anxiety when I’ve never felt so connected to myself.

I’m not after a “fix” at the mo, I’m riding this wave to see where it takes me. Sharing as I go.

Things that are helping me - dialing in my sleep, meditation (5mins each morning is all!), tending my soul, foundational movement (I’ve taken my foot right off the gas with intensity & I’m on “chopping wood & carrying water”) 💪🏼

2026 is building pace and I’m moving to my own beat.

I’ve shared recently with my nearest & dearest about my strange struggles with anxiety (which I believe is very much linked to my declining estrogen). It’s wild to feel these waves of anxiety when I’ve never felt so connected to myself.

I’m not after a “fix” at the mo, I’m riding this wave to see where it takes me. Sharing as I go.

Things that are helping me - dialing in my sleep, meditation (5mins each morning is all!), tending my soul, foundational movement (I’ve taken my foot right off the gas with intensity & I’m on “chopping wood & carrying water”) 💪🏼

2026 is building pace and I’m moving to my own beat.

49 and 2 weeks.

I took a day for myself. Time to be. I cried. I laughed. I felt the joy and the sadness of it all. But it was the woman further down the line who said “I wish I were you” and I realised that my very best version of me is right here, right now.

Celebrating all I have and all I am.

Rising Fierce
Louise xx

49 and 2 weeks.

I took a day for myself. Time to be. I cried. I laughed. I felt the joy and the sadness of it all. But it was the woman further down the line who said “I wish I were you” and I realised that my very best version of me is right here, right now.

Celebrating all I have and all I am.

Rising Fierce
Louise xx

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In a world driven to divide us across all aspects of our lives, the female midlife transition has become a hot bed of feisty fanatics, ardent advocates & so much negativity. Once again, the waters are being whipped into a frothy fury and what once was a deeply significant human & soul journey is being overly medicalised and radicalised.

Why can we not take the wisdom of our ancient selves and combine that with the innovations and technological advancements of the modern world? Why can we not find the ease of that middle way, that mid line equilibrium? Because, perhaps, that’s not divisive enough and doesn’t give the strange satisfaction we seem to seek of indisputable truth, of absolute fact. Maybe?

Surely, it’s time for those of us traversing our midlife to take back ownership of our own path. But in doing so facing the fear of swimming against a powerful spring tide, of becoming the witch in the woods…...

Perhaps if we can just stand still long enough to hear our own heart beat and our own breath flow we may just connect to the roots that have carried us this far in life. Seeking solace in our own silence, far from the madding crowd, a place where we can start to hear our own voice once more.

#risingfierce #perimenopausefitness #perimenopausehealth #perimenopausesupport #midlifemagic #geelongwomenspt

In a world driven to divide us across all aspects of our lives, the female midlife transition has become a hot bed of feisty fanatics, ardent advocates & so much negativity. Once again, the waters are being whipped into a frothy fury and what once was a deeply significant human & soul journey is being overly medicalised and radicalised.

Why can we not take the wisdom of our ancient selves and combine that with the innovations and technological advancements of the modern world? Why can we not find the ease of that middle way, that mid line equilibrium? Because, perhaps, that’s not divisive enough and doesn’t give the strange satisfaction we seem to seek of indisputable truth, of absolute fact. Maybe?

Surely, it’s time for those of us traversing our midlife to take back ownership of our own path. But in doing so facing the fear of swimming against a powerful spring tide, of becoming the witch in the woods…...

Perhaps if we can just stand still long enough to hear our own heart beat and our own breath flow we may just connect to the roots that have carried us this far in life. Seeking solace in our own silence, far from the madding crowd, a place where we can start to hear our own voice once more.

#risingfierce #perimenopausefitness #perimenopausehealth #perimenopausesupport #midlifemagic #geelongwomenspt

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

~ ~ ~

At almost 49 I find myself being asked to hold on to my sense of self in a way that only true transformative energy does.

Strength is required, not one of force and overpowering in nature but the type of strength that asks you to confront your fears, your doubts and raw emotions with a quiet compassionate grace and patience. As your confidence wavers can you find the inner strength to persevere through this tricky yet transformative time?

Perimenopause is so much more than protein, resistance training or supplement protocols. It’s a rite of passage. Let’s behave accordingly.

Rising Fierce 🔥
Louise x

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

~ ~ ~

At almost 49 I find myself being asked to hold on to my sense of self in a way that only true transformative energy does.

Strength is required, not one of force and overpowering in nature but the type of strength that asks you to confront your fears, your doubts and raw emotions with a quiet compassionate grace and patience. As your confidence wavers can you find the inner strength to persevere through this tricky yet transformative time?

Perimenopause is so much more than protein, resistance training or supplement protocols. It’s a rite of passage. Let’s behave accordingly.

Rising Fierce 🔥
Louise x

The feeling of freedom…….it’s a huge part of the WHY equation and it needs more air time in a world full of data, metrics, biohacks and tech things. Ultimately we are human, let’s express how epic that is creatively and consciously ✌🏼

Rising Fierce
Louise x

The feeling of freedom…….it’s a huge part of the WHY equation and it needs more air time in a world full of data, metrics, biohacks and tech things. Ultimately we are human, let’s express how epic that is creatively and consciously ✌🏼

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Bara það besta, og mikið af því 💗 @hildurbjorkh 🇮🇸

Only the best and much of it 💗

📸 @helgalitlaa 🇮🇸

My ZORA journey with @the.mana.movement which began in March 2024, is one I’m struggling to articulate (still very much landing & integrating after some big shifts during a week of sailing & ceremony) so here it is for you in visual form ☝🏼

This is the path of Rising Fierce - a lived and evolving experience 🔥

Bara það besta, og mikið af því 💗 @hildurbjorkh 🇮🇸

Only the best and much of it 💗

📸 @helgalitlaa 🇮🇸

My ZORA journey with @the.mana.movement which began in March 2024, is one I’m struggling to articulate (still very much landing & integrating after some big shifts during a week of sailing & ceremony) so here it is for you in visual form ☝🏼

This is the path of Rising Fierce - a lived and evolving experience 🔥

We created a women’s gathering using the traditional tools of movement, heat, cold, food and good conversation to reconnect with ourselves and each other.

The mobility session opened up our bones, the heat of the sauna soothed our muscles, the cold plunge reinvigorated our metabolism, the food nourished us and the heart-felt circular conversations around our midlife transition reminded us that we all hold the wisdom 💫

Just as the heat softens the body, the cold sharpens the spirit. As we sweat together, the layers fall from us and presence arrives. The resilience evoked by plunging into the cool waters empowers us to embrace natural discomfort, bring us back into our bodies and clearing our minds.

The ancient rituals surrounding the communal gathering at the sauna along with the supported cold plunge are more than physical practices – they remind us of the expansion and contraction of life, the intensity and the stillness, the powerful rhythm of being a female human on this earth.

This is the path of RISING FIERCE 🔥

We created a women’s gathering using the traditional tools of movement, heat, cold, food and good conversation to reconnect with ourselves and each other.

The mobility session opened up our bones, the heat of the sauna soothed our muscles, the cold plunge reinvigorated our metabolism, the food nourished us and the heart-felt circular conversations around our midlife transition reminded us that we all hold the wisdom 💫

Just as the heat softens the body, the cold sharpens the spirit. As we sweat together, the layers fall from us and presence arrives. The resilience evoked by plunging into the cool waters empowers us to embrace natural discomfort, bring us back into our bodies and clearing our minds.

The ancient rituals surrounding the communal gathering at the sauna along with the supported cold plunge are more than physical practices – they remind us of the expansion and contraction of life, the intensity and the stillness, the powerful rhythm of being a female human on this earth.

This is the path of RISING FIERCE 🔥

A quick reminder that the simple freedom of moving your body in nature in ways that light you up is the ultimate experience of truly living in the moment - be human ✌🏼#thestoke #risingfierce

A quick reminder that the simple freedom of moving your body in nature in ways that light you up is the ultimate experience of truly living in the moment - be human ✌🏼#thestoke #risingfierce

You are completely cabable of making choices, embracing changes, trying different ways of being and doing, listening to your heart AND not following everyone else’s path as you navigate your own birth across this midlife threshold. We are Rising our own Fierce. Don’t doubt your power.

Louise x

You are completely cabable of making choices, embracing changes, trying different ways of being and doing, listening to your heart AND not following everyone else’s path as you navigate your own birth across this midlife threshold. We are Rising our own Fierce. Don’t doubt your power.

Louise x

Women ARE magic 💫
#risingfierce

Women ARE magic 💫
#risingfierce

One of the best things about this time in my life is that I am truly worrying less about things that used to consume me. I’m not going to claim that I don’t sweat the small stuff anymore but slowly I can feel myself being released from the iron clad grip of previous fears, doubts and anxieties that ruled my world in my teens, twenties and thirties.

When estrogen starts her swan song so many complex things can and do happen but one of the best ones is you simple don’t give as many f**ks or spend as much time ruminating over other people and your imaginings about what they do or do not think about you (because it’s all made up in your head!).

Here’s to Rising Fierce,
Louise x

One of the best things about this time in my life is that I am truly worrying less about things that used to consume me. I’m not going to claim that I don’t sweat the small stuff anymore but slowly I can feel myself being released from the iron clad grip of previous fears, doubts and anxieties that ruled my world in my teens, twenties and thirties.

When estrogen starts her swan song so many complex things can and do happen but one of the best ones is you simple don’t give as many f**ks or spend as much time ruminating over other people and your imaginings about what they do or do not think about you (because it’s all made up in your head!).

Here’s to Rising Fierce,
Louise x

I believe in being ready.

As women, again and again we are asked to embrace the birth, death, rebirth cycle 🌀

Each lap offering us a new depth, a deeper understanding, a bigger capacity to open our heart.

As we moved today we talked, we spoke into story, experiences, and our desire to go within, to find the gems we need to move better (not just physically) in this world. To listen to the wisdom shared was such an honour - to me, all this is sacred work now. Personal Trainer in Melbourne or Shaman in Peru, it’s all the same if intention is there. If that energy moves my spirit and ignites my soul, it’s all the same.

Not many will understand this 👆🏼as it’s my path, my Rising Fierce.

I believe in being ready. In a proactive path. In falling and getting up. In learning & absorbing what is there for me. In other women (more than anything I believe in you).

This IS the walked path of Rising Fierce. Faith and trust 🙏🏻
Louise x

I believe in being ready.

As women, again and again we are asked to embrace the birth, death, rebirth cycle 🌀

Each lap offering us a new depth, a deeper understanding, a bigger capacity to open our heart.

As we moved today we talked, we spoke into story, experiences, and our desire to go within, to find the gems we need to move better (not just physically) in this world. To listen to the wisdom shared was such an honour - to me, all this is sacred work now. Personal Trainer in Melbourne or Shaman in Peru, it’s all the same if intention is there. If that energy moves my spirit and ignites my soul, it’s all the same.

Not many will understand this 👆🏼as it’s my path, my Rising Fierce.

I believe in being ready. In a proactive path. In falling and getting up. In learning & absorbing what is there for me. In other women (more than anything I believe in you).

This IS the walked path of Rising Fierce. Faith and trust 🙏🏻
Louise x

Billie was onto it 💖

I follow heaps of accounts in the perimenopause / menopause space and I’m grateful for the knowledge shared - remembering that their perspective is all about their position and positions change (or they can if you don’t dig your heels in).

So where do I stand in this space? I stand with myself. And I endeavor to help women find their feet at this transitional time so they can walk their path. I will always promote a relationship with movement, movement skills and movement resilience. My bias will involve moving iron and steel. Integrity is crucial. Fire is necessary.

But I am open, open to trying new things, exploring and experimenting. I will wear my felt hat with pride.

I’m having myself a time
I mean I’m having what I want
Wanting what I have
Doing what I like and liking what I do
And I’m having myself a time…….
Acting like loon, lying in the sun & sighing at the moon, I’m in my prime, happy as a bird 🦅

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Billie was onto it 💖

I follow heaps of accounts in the perimenopause / menopause space and I’m grateful for the knowledge shared - remembering that their perspective is all about their position and positions change (or they can if you don’t dig your heels in).

So where do I stand in this space? I stand with myself. And I endeavor to help women find their feet at this transitional time so they can walk their path. I will always promote a relationship with movement, movement skills and movement resilience. My bias will involve moving iron and steel. Integrity is crucial. Fire is necessary.

But I am open, open to trying new things, exploring and experimenting. I will wear my felt hat with pride.

I’m having myself a time
I mean I’m having what I want
Wanting what I have
Doing what I like and liking what I do
And I’m having myself a time…….
Acting like loon, lying in the sun & sighing at the moon, I’m in my prime, happy as a bird 🦅

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Mid Jan 2025. No plans.

Beyond anything else I’m a woman navigating my own path in this thing called life and it’s time I became a willing agent of spirit, of that force far beyond what my mind can conceive but my body knows. I’ve stared this year by purposefully allowing gaps in my world & sitting back allowing things to happen without me forcing or forging ahead. It’s actually very uncomfortable. I have such a need to “know” (to organise / control) and it’s shaped my whole existence to this point……..but now I’m trying something new. Let’s see how long I last 😂

Rising Fierce,
Louise x

Mid Jan 2025. No plans.

Beyond anything else I’m a woman navigating my own path in this thing called life and it’s time I became a willing agent of spirit, of that force far beyond what my mind can conceive but my body knows. I’ve stared this year by purposefully allowing gaps in my world & sitting back allowing things to happen without me forcing or forging ahead. It’s actually very uncomfortable. I have such a need to “know” (to organise / control) and it’s shaped my whole existence to this point……..but now I’m trying something new. Let’s see how long I last 😂

Rising Fierce,
Louise x

Anyone else feeling the heat of the perimenopause “solutions”?! It’s nuts 🫠

So, let’s hash this out. Let’s unravel the chaos and start seeing expansively. I’m suggesting a symposium - online version and in person event so we can take a breath and truly honour what this phase of our lives is all about (fyi it’s not all symptom fixing!).

Stay connected via my newsletter (sign up via my website, link in bio 👆🏼)
Rising Fierce 🔥

Anyone else feeling the heat of the perimenopause “solutions”?! It’s nuts 🫠

So, let’s hash this out. Let’s unravel the chaos and start seeing expansively. I’m suggesting a symposium - online version and in person event so we can take a breath and truly honour what this phase of our lives is all about (fyi it’s not all symptom fixing!).

Stay connected via my newsletter (sign up via my website, link in bio 👆🏼)
Rising Fierce 🔥

An end of year recalibration for some of my Wednesday Warriors. A gentle movement exploration to finish up our year together. Remembering our internal rhythm as we follow the rotation of the universe, allowing those roots to spread deeper into the ground, remaining strong in our bodies as we sway in the winds of change. Never forgetting the power of our internal river as it weaves through the landscape, gliding over and under rocks before reaching its edge and cascading into the deep pool below. We are forever cyclic.

Story in movement. Movement in story. The narrative is unwritten yet ancient.

Rising Fierce
Louise X

An end of year recalibration for some of my Wednesday Warriors. A gentle movement exploration to finish up our year together. Remembering our internal rhythm as we follow the rotation of the universe, allowing those roots to spread deeper into the ground, remaining strong in our bodies as we sway in the winds of change. Never forgetting the power of our internal river as it weaves through the landscape, gliding over and under rocks before reaching its edge and cascading into the deep pool below. We are forever cyclic.

Story in movement. Movement in story. The narrative is unwritten yet ancient.

Rising Fierce
Louise X

Portrait of 48. Take on me.

Yesterday I received some deeply felt, beautiful messages. Today I’m letting those words sink in.

I have a sister wound story I’ve been carrying but I’m surrounded by a small potent tribe of loyal, loving women (some I never see as we live far apart, some I’ve never met as our connection has been online, some I get to hang out with & hug 💗). I want to say thank-you to those women who see me, who listen, laugh and cry with me and encourage me to be me. I see you too & I adore you. I’m devoted to our time together be that for a season, a reason or a lifetime.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

#birthday #love #sisters #healing #thisis48 #ageandwisdom #nofilter #saunaselfie

Portrait of 48. Take on me.

Yesterday I received some deeply felt, beautiful messages. Today I’m letting those words sink in.

I have a sister wound story I’ve been carrying but I’m surrounded by a small potent tribe of loyal, loving women (some I never see as we live far apart, some I’ve never met as our connection has been online, some I get to hang out with & hug 💗). I want to say thank-you to those women who see me, who listen, laugh and cry with me and encourage me to be me. I see you too & I adore you. I’m devoted to our time together be that for a season, a reason or a lifetime.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

#birthday #love #sisters #healing #thisis48 #ageandwisdom #nofilter #saunaselfie

Hear the voices of our foremothers.

Sometimes I doubt the path I’ve taken, this path of Rising Fierce. When it aligns it’s beautiful & powerful however life is unruly & wild, she asks not to be confined to the narrow restrictions of a neatly manicured garden with no resistance or rugged terrain. She reminds you that you are indeed human, flawed, perhaps a touch fragile. She asks that you tread more consciously on your path, that you allow all of you to be there.

I feel like I stand on the thresholds of two distinct spaces, of older wisdom and future thinking. I stand conflicted between two worlds, two ways of thinking. I dance more on one side, then the other. I’m conflicted one day and clear the next.

The message of late has been of stillness, patience and surrender to the unknown. I keep pushing against these, so kicks in the “equal and opposite” and the dance continues.

Louise x

Hear the voices of our foremothers.

Sometimes I doubt the path I’ve taken, this path of Rising Fierce. When it aligns it’s beautiful & powerful however life is unruly & wild, she asks not to be confined to the narrow restrictions of a neatly manicured garden with no resistance or rugged terrain. She reminds you that you are indeed human, flawed, perhaps a touch fragile. She asks that you tread more consciously on your path, that you allow all of you to be there.

I feel like I stand on the thresholds of two distinct spaces, of older wisdom and future thinking. I stand conflicted between two worlds, two ways of thinking. I dance more on one side, then the other. I’m conflicted one day and clear the next.

The message of late has been of stillness, patience and surrender to the unknown. I keep pushing against these, so kicks in the “equal and opposite” and the dance continues.

Louise x

Your perspective of perimenopause will be according to where you are. A practitioners position, & their opinion, is only ever from the viewpoint of where they stand. An interactive, aware, life is glorious as it allows us to shift position, to move to a different viewpoint. As we walk further along a path suddenly our perspective can shift. If we cross the valley we get a completely different perspective. We may weave our way back to familiar ground but we return with new knowledge and fresh wisdom.
From where I stand now I will die on the hill of strength training for women through my lens of Rising Fierce however I remain humbly aware that it’s not a vantage point which everyone shares. And I honour that. I remain open to meandering through this terrain with curiosity and compassion. I hope you can too 🙏🏻

Your perspective of perimenopause will be according to where you are. A practitioners position, & their opinion, is only ever from the viewpoint of where they stand. An interactive, aware, life is glorious as it allows us to shift position, to move to a different viewpoint. As we walk further along a path suddenly our perspective can shift. If we cross the valley we get a completely different perspective. We may weave our way back to familiar ground but we return with new knowledge and fresh wisdom.
From where I stand now I will die on the hill of strength training for women through my lens of Rising Fierce however I remain humbly aware that it’s not a vantage point which everyone shares. And I honour that. I remain open to meandering through this terrain with curiosity and compassion. I hope you can too 🙏🏻

Substack is where I write with my heart, expression unrestrained. It definitely feels like a more solid container than here. This platform is amazing but it really is just a portal. A place of initial connection. The true magic happens via more intimate connections firstly via DMs and then elsewhere via places such as Substack, my Newsletter, or better still, in person for online Zoom connections/1-1Training / Classes / Events. I openly invite you to cross those thresholds and let’s deepen our relationship 🚪 🙏🏻💗

Links all in my bio 💫

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Substack is where I write with my heart, expression unrestrained. It definitely feels like a more solid container than here. This platform is amazing but it really is just a portal. A place of initial connection. The true magic happens via more intimate connections firstly via DMs and then elsewhere via places such as Substack, my Newsletter, or better still, in person for online Zoom connections/1-1Training / Classes / Events. I openly invite you to cross those thresholds and let’s deepen our relationship 🚪 🙏🏻💗

Links all in my bio 💫

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Hey 👋🏼 a few new peeps have popped up here and I wanted to say hello to them as well as my steadfast crew who have supported my work for a long time. I think it’s important I share this video on my feed so you get a hint of what to expect - the path of this midlife midwife is shared through my lens, my place. My intention is to weave alternative perspectives within familiar frameworks. Let us begin here and see where we go. I’m honoured to walk beside you. Rising Fierce, Louise 🔥

Hey 👋🏼 a few new peeps have popped up here and I wanted to say hello to them as well as my steadfast crew who have supported my work for a long time. I think it’s important I share this video on my feed so you get a hint of what to expect - the path of this midlife midwife is shared through my lens, my place. My intention is to weave alternative perspectives within familiar frameworks. Let us begin here and see where we go. I’m honoured to walk beside you. Rising Fierce, Louise 🔥

How do you feel? How is your body, your mind and your soul responding to what you are doing? Is it working for you now at this time?

Cold water exposure is another hot topic in women’s health where dualities are drawn but really we, the women, need to hold the tension of the middle path.

Lots of research citing huge health benefits across the board - limited studies for women and what there is shows is that we don’t need ice cold water and anything from 5-15 degrees elicits the responses that work for us (hence why women have always gathered at rivers, lochs and seasides to immerse into the healing waters since the dawn of time - we’ve always known this wisdom).

Cold water exposure will potentially assist with inflammation & anxiety which are leading characters in our midlife dance. For me, that is enough to get me to the waters edge. What makes me go in is soul led. It’s beyond grit or resilience (bit parts!). I go in and there I find stillness, presence and me.

Working the midline in midlife is key, not dancing in the extremes as the pendulum will swing just as far in the opposite direction creating more chaos. Apply this wisdom liberally to all programs and protocols and you might just find the magic of these years ✨

Rising Fierce
Louise x

How do you feel? How is your body, your mind and your soul responding to what you are doing? Is it working for you now at this time?

Cold water exposure is another hot topic in women’s health where dualities are drawn but really we, the women, need to hold the tension of the middle path.

Lots of research citing huge health benefits across the board - limited studies for women and what there is shows is that we don’t need ice cold water and anything from 5-15 degrees elicits the responses that work for us (hence why women have always gathered at rivers, lochs and seasides to immerse into the healing waters since the dawn of time - we’ve always known this wisdom).

Cold water exposure will potentially assist with inflammation & anxiety which are leading characters in our midlife dance. For me, that is enough to get me to the waters edge. What makes me go in is soul led. It’s beyond grit or resilience (bit parts!). I go in and there I find stillness, presence and me.

Working the midline in midlife is key, not dancing in the extremes as the pendulum will swing just as far in the opposite direction creating more chaos. Apply this wisdom liberally to all programs and protocols and you might just find the magic of these years ✨

Rising Fierce
Louise x

What’s your story?

I’m on a path to discover mine whilst unpicking myself from those stories which are not my own - a physical practice is one element of this voyage.

What is external depends on the interpretation of others, their bias, their opinion.

What is internal is a story of trust, exploration, felt and lived experience. It is mine.

What is yours?

#risingfierce

What’s your story?

I’m on a path to discover mine whilst unpicking myself from those stories which are not my own - a physical practice is one element of this voyage.

What is external depends on the interpretation of others, their bias, their opinion.

What is internal is a story of trust, exploration, felt and lived experience. It is mine.

What is yours?

#risingfierce

I took myself into the bush to lay down amongst the moss, the mud, the dead leaves and wet sticks. It felt so good. My whole body took a breath. And I always say “I should do this more” but I don’t.

I’ve been dreaming a lot this year about traveling, seeing more of the world, experiencing new things & playing with this idea that I need to be living more. I feel like I need to draw in bigger breaths from this one life I have.

But I also love all that I am blessed with.

It’s a strange and complex thing to be a human at this time. And yet when I rest into the earth she reminds me it’s actually pretty simple.

I do wonder if I’m brave enough to allow not knowing, controlling or expecting things from her and my place here, at this time. Can I just let go a little & let myself unravel at the seams? Could I?

All the full moon feels in this one 🌕👆🏼

I took myself into the bush to lay down amongst the moss, the mud, the dead leaves and wet sticks. It felt so good. My whole body took a breath. And I always say “I should do this more” but I don’t.

I’ve been dreaming a lot this year about traveling, seeing more of the world, experiencing new things & playing with this idea that I need to be living more. I feel like I need to draw in bigger breaths from this one life I have.

But I also love all that I am blessed with.

It’s a strange and complex thing to be a human at this time. And yet when I rest into the earth she reminds me it’s actually pretty simple.

I do wonder if I’m brave enough to allow not knowing, controlling or expecting things from her and my place here, at this time. Can I just let go a little & let myself unravel at the seams? Could I?

All the full moon feels in this one 🌕👆🏼

A little bit about me and the creation of Whispers of the Wild - a weekend for women ⭕️✨

16-18 May 2025

Rising Fierce
Louise x

A little bit about me and the creation of Whispers of the Wild - a weekend for women ⭕️✨

16-18 May 2025

Rising Fierce
Louise x

We have to stop believing that some force outside of us holds the answers. Yes at times we all need support, guidance, coaching but ultimately it’s you for you, by you, because of you.

Yet despite knowing this & speaking about this often, I am asked again and again for a list, a protocol, a program so I have created this for you. 👆🏼

It’s not ground breaking. It’s “chop wood, carry water” stuff. It’s covering the basics and all of us benefit from doing simple things, consistently over long periods of time.

There’s always nuance & individual circumstances but that’s the whole point - your path is yours alone so start walking it.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

We have to stop believing that some force outside of us holds the answers. Yes at times we all need support, guidance, coaching but ultimately it’s you for you, by you, because of you.

Yet despite knowing this & speaking about this often, I am asked again and again for a list, a protocol, a program so I have created this for you. 👆🏼

It’s not ground breaking. It’s “chop wood, carry water” stuff. It’s covering the basics and all of us benefit from doing simple things, consistently over long periods of time.

There’s always nuance & individual circumstances but that’s the whole point - your path is yours alone so start walking it.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

The power of the PAUSE.

She won’t patiently wait until she is called, or when it is a convenient time for you.

She won’t quietly subdue her tones to appease sensitive ears.

She will wail and wrestle with you until you acknowledge her and work with her.

Rising Fierce 🔥 #perimenoPAUSE #wintersolstice2024 #birthanddeathcycle

As I tag team with my daughter, each of us crossing the thresholds of change, I sorely grieve the loss of my own fertility whilst celebrating hers. Deeply feeling death and rebirth at the edges of this years winter solstice.

The power of the PAUSE.

She won’t patiently wait until she is called, or when it is a convenient time for you.

She won’t quietly subdue her tones to appease sensitive ears.

She will wail and wrestle with you until you acknowledge her and work with her.

Rising Fierce 🔥 #perimenoPAUSE #wintersolstice2024 #birthanddeathcycle

As I tag team with my daughter, each of us crossing the thresholds of change, I sorely grieve the loss of my own fertility whilst celebrating hers. Deeply feeling death and rebirth at the edges of this years winter solstice.

It’s simple - eat the food.

I will not train women with any intensity if they have not fueled appropriately.

Robust, resilient warriors need to eat the good stuff 🥩🥑🌱🫐

I don’t know why we are still talking about this 🤷‍♀️

(Taken back in Feb my hair was long and blonde)

It’s simple - eat the food.

I will not train women with any intensity if they have not fueled appropriately.

Robust, resilient warriors need to eat the good stuff 🥩🥑🌱🫐

I don’t know why we are still talking about this 🤷‍♀️

(Taken back in Feb my hair was long and blonde)

What she said 👆🏼

NEW DATE - Whispers of the Wild is happening 16th May 2025💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

Link in bio or DM me for more info.

A $250 deposit secures your spot & we figure out the rest together.

This is your time to change the vibrations of your life ✨✨✨

#funtimes #bringthelight #growththroughjoy #womenscircle #womensgathering #hearthecall #whispersofthewild

What she said 👆🏼

NEW DATE - Whispers of the Wild is happening 16th May 2025💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

Link in bio or DM me for more info.

A $250 deposit secures your spot & we figure out the rest together.

This is your time to change the vibrations of your life ✨✨✨

#funtimes #bringthelight #growththroughjoy #womenscircle #womensgathering #hearthecall #whispersofthewild

The Mother

Her energy was fueled by a desire to create, nurture and protect

This energy was powerful, deep and as old as the Earth itself

She threw herself passionately into her projects and fiercely protected her creations

Gently breathing life into her fire, she waited quietly for the women to join her

The Mother

Her energy was fueled by a desire to create, nurture and protect

This energy was powerful, deep and as old as the Earth itself

She threw herself passionately into her projects and fiercely protected her creations

Gently breathing life into her fire, she waited quietly for the women to join her

Let me introduce you to the Women of Whispers of the Wild. The brave warrior women who said YES to the call. The Women who each came with a story, each faced a challenge, each found their gem and who I am externally grateful for 🙏🏻

I struggle to “sell” Whispers because it’s an energetic calling - either this tiny snippet will inspire and intrigue you or it won’t.

I’m calling in the next women of Whispers. This event is like no other, it’s a retreat with backbone, it’s challenging with soft edges, it’s invigorating with deep relaxation, it’s here for you, when you hear the call.

Early Bird Tix on sale now

Link in bio 👆🏼👆🏼

Let me introduce you to the Women of Whispers of the Wild. The brave warrior women who said YES to the call. The Women who each came with a story, each faced a challenge, each found their gem and who I am externally grateful for 🙏🏻

I struggle to “sell” Whispers because it’s an energetic calling - either this tiny snippet will inspire and intrigue you or it won’t.

I’m calling in the next women of Whispers. This event is like no other, it’s a retreat with backbone, it’s challenging with soft edges, it’s invigorating with deep relaxation, it’s here for you, when you hear the call.

Early Bird Tix on sale now

Link in bio 👆🏼👆🏼

Whispers of the Wild - a weekend for Women.

This is a retreat but a robust one 🔥

It’s more of a mini festival 🎉

Women are not fragile beings but we do desperately need deep rest - restorative, active resting & this is where Whispers hits different

Dynamic movement practices woven with exposure to the elements & facing our edges with the heat of the sauna to the chill of the ocean.

Deeply nourishing food to satiate & heal alongside the fireside story sharing to burn through our worn out narratives.

The lost skills of weaving as we express our creativity. The sting of remembering of our forgotten power as we gather in circle.

Feeling the land beneath your feet and with the roar of the great southern ocean in your ears, you will be actively encouraged to embrace yourself again. With the deepest of restful sighs as you sink into your heavenly bed each night you soul will be restored and your inner flame ignited.

THIS IS Whispers of the Wild 🔥

Limited Early Bird Tickets on sale now - link in bio

Whispers of the Wild - a weekend for Women.

This is a retreat but a robust one 🔥

It’s more of a mini festival 🎉

Women are not fragile beings but we do desperately need deep rest - restorative, active resting & this is where Whispers hits different

Dynamic movement practices woven with exposure to the elements & facing our edges with the heat of the sauna to the chill of the ocean.

Deeply nourishing food to satiate & heal alongside the fireside story sharing to burn through our worn out narratives.

The lost skills of weaving as we express our creativity. The sting of remembering of our forgotten power as we gather in circle.

Feeling the land beneath your feet and with the roar of the great southern ocean in your ears, you will be actively encouraged to embrace yourself again. With the deepest of restful sighs as you sink into your heavenly bed each night you soul will be restored and your inner flame ignited.

THIS IS Whispers of the Wild 🔥

Limited Early Bird Tickets on sale now - link in bio

Cold water confessions 🥶🙊 what’s your preferred temp for a dip 🏊🏼‍♀️

Cold water confessions 🥶🙊 what’s your preferred temp for a dip 🏊🏼‍♀️

We all desire to be seen, to be heard, to be connected to ourselves, the natural world and each other. We are human.

The amount of pain we inflict upon ourselves and each other as we stumble around trying to achieve this 👆🏼is really quite amusing. I often laugh at how ridiculously I’m behaving / thinking / being.

I don’t know what the answers are but I’m going to tread more lightly with myself moving forward, to allow the lightness & joy to soften my hard, hurting edges and just crack a smile at this maddening and magical life.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

#mondaymusings #saunalife #finnishsauna

We all desire to be seen, to be heard, to be connected to ourselves, the natural world and each other. We are human.

The amount of pain we inflict upon ourselves and each other as we stumble around trying to achieve this 👆🏼is really quite amusing. I often laugh at how ridiculously I’m behaving / thinking / being.

I don’t know what the answers are but I’m going to tread more lightly with myself moving forward, to allow the lightness & joy to soften my hard, hurting edges and just crack a smile at this maddening and magical life.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

#mondaymusings #saunalife #finnishsauna

There are points in our lives where we stand on the edge of two worlds, a place where we are no longer what we were but we aren’t yet what we are to be.

This is liminal space.

You aren’t always fully aware that you are about to cross a threshold - key rites of passage such as puberty, motherhood etc are easier to spot on the horizon. But some take you completely unaware (on a conscious level - subconsciously you knew it was coming!) and you ‘suddenly’ find yourself in the corridors of change experiencing the sensations of discomfort, irritation, unease (dis-ease), catching your breath as you also can feel expansive, uplifted, yet uncoordinated as you find yourself flying with new wings. Then, it dawns on you, that you have just crossed a threshold.

After Christmas I decided that I needed a compass point to anchor me into this year, I opened my diary and picked a date. I told those who needed to know that I’d be away. I didn’t know where or who with. I played with some ideas and then I landed on @the.mana.movement who just so happened to have an event running in Victoria on the dates I’d chosen. I knew it was where I needed to be. And so it was. And here I am on the other side, wondering what just happened. A shift so deep, so high, so profound that I cannot express it in words.

I am so grateful for the wisdom keepers, the guardians and guides that are ever present once we are open to seeing them.

Thank-you 🙏🏻

There are points in our lives where we stand on the edge of two worlds, a place where we are no longer what we were but we aren’t yet what we are to be.

This is liminal space.

You aren’t always fully aware that you are about to cross a threshold - key rites of passage such as puberty, motherhood etc are easier to spot on the horizon. But some take you completely unaware (on a conscious level - subconsciously you knew it was coming!) and you ‘suddenly’ find yourself in the corridors of change experiencing the sensations of discomfort, irritation, unease (dis-ease), catching your breath as you also can feel expansive, uplifted, yet uncoordinated as you find yourself flying with new wings. Then, it dawns on you, that you have just crossed a threshold.

After Christmas I decided that I needed a compass point to anchor me into this year, I opened my diary and picked a date. I told those who needed to know that I’d be away. I didn’t know where or who with. I played with some ideas and then I landed on @the.mana.movement who just so happened to have an event running in Victoria on the dates I’d chosen. I knew it was where I needed to be. And so it was. And here I am on the other side, wondering what just happened. A shift so deep, so high, so profound that I cannot express it in words.

I am so grateful for the wisdom keepers, the guardians and guides that are ever present once we are open to seeing them.

Thank-you 🙏🏻

My 1-1 coaching clients are my fav but you’ll rarely see me post about them here. Why? Because it’s a private and intimate container, a journey I only share with them. Each is unique. Each is empowering. Some stay with me for years, others for just for a short time. Whatever their needs are, I’m their wingwoman 💪🏼

Women are called into my space for a vast variety of reasons so I don’t even fit into a neat demographic.

I know women’s bodies well.

If you are trying to conceive, you are pregnant, you are postpartum, you are working through perimenopause, you are in your 60s or 70s - I’ve got you.

If you rock up with compromised hips, knees, backs, pelvic floors or with challenges around your cycle - I’ve got you.

If you need guidance building a relationship with sustainable weight / resistance training - I’ve got you

If you want to weave your natural ebbs & flows with your evolving path of spiritual practices with the more mainstream world of exercise - I’ve got you.

If you just want to experience something ‘a bit different’ - I’ve got you.

And from April I’m opening up x2 more Personal Coaching spots for those called to explore ✨✨✨

Rising Fierce
Louise x

My 1-1 coaching clients are my fav but you’ll rarely see me post about them here. Why? Because it’s a private and intimate container, a journey I only share with them. Each is unique. Each is empowering. Some stay with me for years, others for just for a short time. Whatever their needs are, I’m their wingwoman 💪🏼

Women are called into my space for a vast variety of reasons so I don’t even fit into a neat demographic.

I know women’s bodies well.

If you are trying to conceive, you are pregnant, you are postpartum, you are working through perimenopause, you are in your 60s or 70s - I’ve got you.

If you rock up with compromised hips, knees, backs, pelvic floors or with challenges around your cycle - I’ve got you.

If you need guidance building a relationship with sustainable weight / resistance training - I’ve got you

If you want to weave your natural ebbs & flows with your evolving path of spiritual practices with the more mainstream world of exercise - I’ve got you.

If you just want to experience something ‘a bit different’ - I’ve got you.

And from April I’m opening up x2 more Personal Coaching spots for those called to explore ✨✨✨

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Wednesday Warriors is my signature foundational strength and fitness program. It is based on 14years industry and personal experience and it comes from the heart. This isn’t cookie cutter bootcamp!

Suitable for all Women - all ages & stages
👉🏼 Pregnancy & Postpartum
👉🏼 Perimenopause & Post Menopause
👉🏼 Maiden, Mother, Maga and Crone

Small Friendly Groups
👉🏼 Babies & Kids Welcome
👉🏼 Beginner & Intermediates
👉🏼 Max x8 Clients per session

Holistic (whole) Outdoor Fitness
👉🏼 Strength
👉🏼 Cardio
👉🏼 Mobility
👉🏼 Mindset & Mojo

If Weds 9.30am Eastern Beach doesn’t work for you then comment below with your preferred day / time and share this post with friends and let’s build a community for YOU 💪🏼

Wednesday Warriors is my signature foundational strength and fitness program. It is based on 14years industry and personal experience and it comes from the heart. This isn’t cookie cutter bootcamp!

Suitable for all Women - all ages & stages
👉🏼 Pregnancy & Postpartum
👉🏼 Perimenopause & Post Menopause
👉🏼 Maiden, Mother, Maga and Crone

Small Friendly Groups
👉🏼 Babies & Kids Welcome
👉🏼 Beginner & Intermediates
👉🏼 Max x8 Clients per session

Holistic (whole) Outdoor Fitness
👉🏼 Strength
👉🏼 Cardio
👉🏼 Mobility
👉🏼 Mindset & Mojo

If Weds 9.30am Eastern Beach doesn’t work for you then comment below with your preferred day / time and share this post with friends and let’s build a community for YOU 💪🏼

Strength training, if you put it into a pyramid of health & wellbeing, is actually quite a small part of a much bigger picture but it’s a powerful part. It’s often the missing piece for many women too. The earlier we can start building a sustainable relationship with weights and strength, the more adaptable and therefore consistent we can be when our lives evolve.

The path of Rising Fierce ⭕️🔥

Strength training, if you put it into a pyramid of health & wellbeing, is actually quite a small part of a much bigger picture but it’s a powerful part. It’s often the missing piece for many women too. The earlier we can start building a sustainable relationship with weights and strength, the more adaptable and therefore consistent we can be when our lives evolve.

The path of Rising Fierce ⭕️🔥

I found this old footage from the original 2019 Whispers of the Wild Event and it fills my heart just seeing those smiling, powerful women 🔥

The creation and birth of those 3 days took me too my edges and beyond. I am so grateful to my then self for facing my fears and taking that leap into the unknown, it lit a fire and changed me as a woman and a practitioner.

Whispers ran again in 2021 in the midst of those crazy years (navigating that in Victoria between lockdowns was next level!).

And here I stand in 2024 sifting through around the embers of those two magical weekends to see if a Phoenix will rise with W H I S P E R S #3

#watchthisspace

I found this old footage from the original 2019 Whispers of the Wild Event and it fills my heart just seeing those smiling, powerful women 🔥

The creation and birth of those 3 days took me too my edges and beyond. I am so grateful to my then self for facing my fears and taking that leap into the unknown, it lit a fire and changed me as a woman and a practitioner.

Whispers ran again in 2021 in the midst of those crazy years (navigating that in Victoria between lockdowns was next level!).

And here I stand in 2024 sifting through around the embers of those two magical weekends to see if a Phoenix will rise with W H I S P E R S #3

#watchthisspace

If I only shared one thing with the world on Perimenopause it would be the section from my Substack article “A prescription for a proactive perimenopause”……….it reduces what you need to know and do down to a 30sec read! But the work from that point is up to you and it’ll take more than half a minute!

You’ll need to hit the link in my bio 👆🏼and subscribe to my Substack to read this solid gold gem.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

If I only shared one thing with the world on Perimenopause it would be the section from my Substack article “A prescription for a proactive perimenopause”……….it reduces what you need to know and do down to a 30sec read! But the work from that point is up to you and it’ll take more than half a minute!

You’ll need to hit the link in my bio 👆🏼and subscribe to my Substack to read this solid gold gem.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Until next year……….

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

“Every year I come home I book in with Louise and say I’ll do whatever, I just want more of you! We do so many things I would never do with my body and she gets me moving in ways I desperately need but I’m not aware of. I have impossibly high standards when it comes to practitioners, Louise always meets them” Amanda @builtfromthefire

Until next year……….

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

“Every year I come home I book in with Louise and say I’ll do whatever, I just want more of you! We do so many things I would never do with my body and she gets me moving in ways I desperately need but I’m not aware of. I have impossibly high standards when it comes to practitioners, Louise always meets them” Amanda @builtfromthefire

I recently had the honour and privilege to talk with @anita_toi_ on her Podcast “Inner Awakening”. As a mental projector being invited to share my voice with the world is one my highest vibing places ✨✨

When it was published I had to listen to it a few times as I couldn’t remember what I had said and was doubtful that I’d made coherent sense 🤪 but luckily I was ovulating around the time it was recorded and all my brain cells were firing!

If you are curious about who I am and what I do, the work I weave and the path of Rising Fierce I invite you to have a listen - link in bio ☝🏻

I recently had the honour and privilege to talk with @anita_toi_ on her Podcast “Inner Awakening”. As a mental projector being invited to share my voice with the world is one my highest vibing places ✨✨

When it was published I had to listen to it a few times as I couldn’t remember what I had said and was doubtful that I’d made coherent sense 🤪 but luckily I was ovulating around the time it was recorded and all my brain cells were firing!

If you are curious about who I am and what I do, the work I weave and the path of Rising Fierce I invite you to have a listen - link in bio ☝🏻

I’m not sure why this is even a thing but I keep seeing online discussions comparing Pilates and Weight Training for women. It’s kinda dumb. They are two totally different movement modalities with very different intentions and outcomes.

If we want to know which is “better” for women in midlife to invest their time & energy into I’d be asking the woman in front of you & ensuring her needs are met.

Both have a place. Both offer advantages. But you can also do both, you don’t have to choose one or the other.

Personally, with limited time & energy & getting the most bang for my buck, I’m sticking to the weights path. If I had the time, energy and resources I’d 100% do Pilates twice a week too.

We need to stop muddying the waters with almost pointless discussions that confuse women more than they already are and start stepping up into our power of discernment, choice and asking more questions.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

I’m not sure why this is even a thing but I keep seeing online discussions comparing Pilates and Weight Training for women. It’s kinda dumb. They are two totally different movement modalities with very different intentions and outcomes.

If we want to know which is “better” for women in midlife to invest their time & energy into I’d be asking the woman in front of you & ensuring her needs are met.

Both have a place. Both offer advantages. But you can also do both, you don’t have to choose one or the other.

Personally, with limited time & energy & getting the most bang for my buck, I’m sticking to the weights path. If I had the time, energy and resources I’d 100% do Pilates twice a week too.

We need to stop muddying the waters with almost pointless discussions that confuse women more than they already are and start stepping up into our power of discernment, choice and asking more questions.

Rising Fierce
Louise x

Covering myself in mud and playing warriors in the forest is easy for me - it’s weirdly familiar and fun not because I do this all the time but because it connects me to a distant memory I hold in my cells of being a little kid, wild and free. The time before I was quickly contained, learnt to conform and followed the prescribed path.

I adore my wild warrior self. She revisited me in my mid teens and she’s bubbled to the surface again in my mid forties. Each time she visits she reminds me that that part of me is alive and well.

When she emerged at the Wild Woman Immersion it was in response to what was happening on a much quieter, deeper level - I was dancing on the edge of an unfolding and struggling to find my footing. So she came to remind me I do have the courage and strength to navigate the unknown.

A year after this immersion I’m still integrating. Because my survival dance (food, shelter, water, family, work) continues as I take tentative steps with my sacred dance (my unique gifts & what the world needs from me) - ref Bill Plotkin.

Taking the first steps towards our sacred dance needs to be done within a fully supported and experienced container - with those who have genuinely danced. This is @brittanyjanelaidlaw @wildsearch @katelynbyron @groundedwiththerapy. I still well up with tears thinking of the time I shared with these incredible women. My path continues on and theirs is too - this May they are opening this container once again and I gift you a further $99 off the early bird rate until 22nd Jan! Use the code LOUISE99 ✨

I rarely promote anything on my page but if I didn’t share this one with you I’d literally be doing you a disservice. This is absolutely a step within my scared dance 💃🏼

Link in bio for more details 👆🏼

Covering myself in mud and playing warriors in the forest is easy for me - it’s weirdly familiar and fun not because I do this all the time but because it connects me to a distant memory I hold in my cells of being a little kid, wild and free. The time before I was quickly contained, learnt to conform and followed the prescribed path.

I adore my wild warrior self. She revisited me in my mid teens and she’s bubbled to the surface again in my mid forties. Each time she visits she reminds me that that part of me is alive and well.

When she emerged at the Wild Woman Immersion it was in response to what was happening on a much quieter, deeper level - I was dancing on the edge of an unfolding and struggling to find my footing. So she came to remind me I do have the courage and strength to navigate the unknown.

A year after this immersion I’m still integrating. Because my survival dance (food, shelter, water, family, work) continues as I take tentative steps with my sacred dance (my unique gifts & what the world needs from me) - ref Bill Plotkin.

Taking the first steps towards our sacred dance needs to be done within a fully supported and experienced container - with those who have genuinely danced. This is @brittanyjanelaidlaw @wildsearch @katelynbyron @groundedwiththerapy. I still well up with tears thinking of the time I shared with these incredible women. My path continues on and theirs is too - this May they are opening this container once again and I gift you a further $99 off the early bird rate until 22nd Jan! Use the code LOUISE99 ✨

I rarely promote anything on my page but if I didn’t share this one with you I’d literally be doing you a disservice. This is absolutely a step within my scared dance 💃🏼

Link in bio for more details 👆🏼

Rest. Deep restorative rest. The missing protocol for long term health for women, especially in midlife.

We all lament how busy we are. How tired we are. How depleted we are. This is a lifetime of tired. Decades of doing.

We can’t “fix” this overnight with one good sleep or a weekend of Netflix. Even, if you are blessed, a week or two in Bali [insert tropical paradise 🏝️] will only skim the surface of our flagging fuel source. This is a ticking time bomb that needs our full attention and we either start diffusing it slowly now or wait until it explodes later.

I know I’m on borrowed time. Despite certain practices, despite changes I’ve made, the deficit is too large for small deposits.

I wish we all had a fairy Godmother to wave her wand but outsourcing one of our biggest core needs to a flimsy fairytale that keeps us as a passive participant in our own existence ain’t going to solve this challenge.

This is our Odyssey and in it we have choices. These aren’t choices we choose to make but choices we need to make. Before it’s too late.

I am aware of this dilemma. I’m not able to run to my forest cabin or seaside shack just yet. Life still needs tending. My babes need me. Practicalities and responsibilities of my creation require daily orchestration.

The path of Rising Fierce is full of rocky roads and bramble filled tracks. But I still choose to walk it consciously feeling every unsure foot placement and scratch on my skin.

FYI Practical Pointers 👆🏼👆🏼on active resting will be shared in my newsletter community and RF Facebook Group.

Rest. Deep restorative rest. The missing protocol for long term health for women, especially in midlife.

We all lament how busy we are. How tired we are. How depleted we are. This is a lifetime of tired. Decades of doing.

We can’t “fix” this overnight with one good sleep or a weekend of Netflix. Even, if you are blessed, a week or two in Bali [insert tropical paradise 🏝️] will only skim the surface of our flagging fuel source. This is a ticking time bomb that needs our full attention and we either start diffusing it slowly now or wait until it explodes later.

I know I’m on borrowed time. Despite certain practices, despite changes I’ve made, the deficit is too large for small deposits.

I wish we all had a fairy Godmother to wave her wand but outsourcing one of our biggest core needs to a flimsy fairytale that keeps us as a passive participant in our own existence ain’t going to solve this challenge.

This is our Odyssey and in it we have choices. These aren’t choices we choose to make but choices we need to make. Before it’s too late.

I am aware of this dilemma. I’m not able to run to my forest cabin or seaside shack just yet. Life still needs tending. My babes need me. Practicalities and responsibilities of my creation require daily orchestration.

The path of Rising Fierce is full of rocky roads and bramble filled tracks. But I still choose to walk it consciously feeling every unsure foot placement and scratch on my skin.

FYI Practical Pointers 👆🏼👆🏼on active resting will be shared in my newsletter community and RF Facebook Group.

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