The Rising Journal
One of the quietest reasons many women feel stuck in midlife isn’t lack of courage, confidence, or opportunity. It’s the absence of clear personal boundaries. In my work with women navigating midlife...
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the transition from the reflective energy of the Wood Snake year in 2025, and shifting into the forward-moving energy of the Fire Horse for 2026.
In my w...
From the quiet wisdom of the Wood Snake to the focused energy of the Fire Horse — this is how we move forward without losing ourselves.
In my work with women navigating midlife reinvention, this is o...
If you’ve been reading along over the past few weeks, you may have noticed something shifting quietly in you.
Perhaps you’ve started questioning old patterns.
Perhaps certain expectations feel heavier...
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 ...