From Cool, Calm & Collected to Hot, Bothered & Wide Awake... Learning to Breathe Through the Plot Twists

At 52, everything Rowena thought she knew about her body suddenly changed. Her period due date wasn’t her period due date anymore, her sleep vanished for three relentless months, her mental health crashed and even mindfulness - the thing she teaches - wasn’t touching the sides. We talk about the shock of perimenopause simply arriving, the frustration of being told ‘this coil will stop your periods’ (it didn’t), and the way midlife can make women feel invisible - even though in many cultures, women at this stage of life are treasured. And woven through it all is something deeply Rowena: she has never conformed to what society thought she should do. Not in her work, not in her choices, not in how she moves through the world. So when her body threw her a plot twist, she met it with honesty, humour, rebellion and a determination to find her own way through. This conversation is warm, funny and proper relatable. We explore: the moment her body changed the rules why menopause education needs to start in schools how she stopped caring what people think the hippie humour, honesty and wisdom that carried her through and how she’s slowly finding her way back to something softer, steadier and way more grounded Rowena is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mindfulness Practitioner and Midlife/Menopause Coach, blending holistic tools with lived experience to support others through their own midlife plot twists. To find out more about Rowena’s work or to connect with her, visit her on her socials: Instagram @LilacLotusWellbeing Facebook @LilacLotusLifeCoaching