56: Amy Wilding - Writing Beyond Patriarchy

My guest today is Amy Wilding, Board Certified Women’s Hormonal Health Coach, and menstrual rewilding expert, author of Period of Change and Wild & Wise. Amy is a queer and inclusive feminist with a passion for empowering women by helping them to reclaim their inherent sovereignty and wisdom, she has been leading sacred women’s circles, mother-daughter circles, and rite-of-passage ceremonies for well over a decade. She is the founder of Period of Change, a transformative menstrual education programme and rite-of-passage celebration that has supported thousands of girls and their mothers through puberty, menarche, and the reclamation of cycle literacy. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her wife, Aimee, and their four young-adult children. periodofchange.com and @periodofchange We talked about: Her new book Period of Change Pleasure – and teaching our girls about it Patriarchy’s impact on our bodies and minds Shifting the culture from within Moving from force to flow - perimenopause and accepting our difference in energetic capacity The power of women’s circles Why language matters In the Extended Episode available to paid Patreon members Generational shifts and sexual soveriegnty Trans-inclusive language in women’s work Watch the video episode - $9/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Grab the Extended Episode of this conversation from $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Join me for my online class Writing with Fire Resources Wild & Wise Period of Change Gather: a celebration of women’s circles Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy Burning Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.