The Rising Journal

There’s something that often happens as January draws to a close.

The urgency to hustle change softens into something more self-reflective.
The pressure eases.
And without really noticing it, a diffe...

When January Doesn’t Feel the Way You Hoped It Would

By the time we reach the end of January, something very familiar tends to happen.

The sense of possibility and new hope that came with those New ...

There's a moment in your fifties when it suddenly might dawn on your that your life is not your own, and you are not the woman you had thought or hoped you'd be by now.   You look around and wonder wh...

There’s something about walking through the Palm House at Kew Gardens that always fills me with a quiet sense of awe.  The air is warm and heavy with moisture - be prepared if you go in the winter you...

You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Amazing

Autumn has a way of reminding us that change can be beautiful and is a necessary part of regrowing.  The trees don’t cling to their leaves out of fear of le...

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — Oprah Winfrey

This week, I pressed publish on the very first True Woman Rising posts — and in that moment, I realised something ...