Midlife Rising
This is not just another midlife podcast about belly fat, Botox, or bone broth.
We’re not here to help you stay young, offer makeup tips, or share recipes to sneak kale into your brownies. If you’re looking for hacks to stay small or “age gracefully,” this might not be the space for you.
We’re here to burn down the old rulebook - and help you rise from the ashes.
We unpack the invisible systems and internalized conditioning that keep midlife women stuck, over-functioning, and exhausted. We talk about the links between patriarchy, stress, and menopause symptoms. This is the conversation behind the conversation—raw, wise, and necessary.
We’re Sheri and Jen - twin sisters, former “good-girls” turned paradigm-breakers, and your new favourite midlife truth-tellers. Our unfiltered conversations crack open the things women don’t say out loud. We’re here to offer you the tools, re-frames, and permission slips to finally stop performing and start becoming.
Expect “why didn’t anyone tell me this sooner?!” kinds of insights, advice to nix your menopause symptoms without HRT, and paradigm-shifting “aha” moments that make you want to take your power back.
So if you’re ready to stop performing, and rise into the woman you were always meant to be - pull up a chair. We saved you a seat.
Midlife Rising
9: Masculine vs. Feminine Energy: The Way You’ve Been Living Fuels Midlife Symptoms
Some women think peri-menopause symptoms are purely a physical problem. They're wrong.
Of course, many symptoms manifest as physical ones. But what if the physical symptoms are actually fuelled by something deeper…like a hidden societal norm that keeps many women living in overdrive?
In this episode, we get into this hidden conditioning. We're talking about the concept of masculine and feminine energies. It's not a new concept, but no one has linked it to menopause symptoms. That’s exactly what we do in this episode.
These energies are not about gender, but about the two forces we all carry within us. The problem is, when they are out of balance, we feel stressed, and eventually, physical symptoms.
Here’s the problem: Western culture celebrates the masculine — the doing, the achieving, the logic, the linear — and devalues the feminine — the being, the feeling, the creating, the cyclical. After decades of running on masculine overdrive, midlife and menopause hit like a wall.
We’ll show you how the imbalance between these energies is at the root of so many midlife struggles, and how reclaiming your feminine side can actually ease symptoms, restore balance, and reignite your fire.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- What masculine and feminine energies really are
- How our culture rewards masculine traits and shames the feminine
- Why this imbalance shows up so strongly in midlife and menopause
- What your body is really craving
This episode is for you if:
- You’re exhausted from always “doing”, and never have time to just be
- Menopause symptoms are wearing you down, and you’re searching for a deeper why
- You’re ready to stop following society’s rules and start listening to your own body and energy
If you're ready to get started rebalancing your feminine energy, get our free Midlife Starter Kit HERE.
Get the details for our Midlife Red Tent Retreat in the Sacred Valley of Peru.
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Jen: @jenreimercoaching
Sheri: @sherijohnsoncoaching