Changing Conditions, Changing Terms™
Working Within Periods of Ongoing Change
Perimenopause and menopause often bring changes that are physical, emotional, psychological, relational, and practical. Some changes arrive gradually. Others seem to appear all at once. Many are difficult to put into words.
As Black and Brown women, this is happening while life continues to ask a great deal of us. Responsibilities remain. Expectations do not pause. What is changing in us is happening alongside everything else.
Over time, you may begin noticing that aspects of your life no longer fit in the same way. What once felt manageable may require more of you. What once felt clear may not feel as clear. You may find yourself questioning things you once accepted without much thought.
At the same time, there is often pressure to adapt, find solutions, make changes, or determine what comes next.
Before responding to what is changing, it may be important to understand what you are experiencing.
What This Is
Changing Conditions, Changing Terms ™ is a three-session offering for Black and Brown women navigating perimenopause and menopause who are seeking a better understanding of what they are experiencing so they can make choices that fit their reality rather than assumptions about what they should be experiencing.
This work is not organized around fixing, optimizing, managing, or moving you toward a particular outcome.
It is a purposeful space to sort out what you are experiencing under changing conditions and develop enough understanding, trust, and discernment to make choices that fit in the context of your own life.
Why This Approach
Many forms of support are organized around helping women determine what to do.
This work begins somewhere else.
It begins with the understanding that while women may share similar conditions, they do not necessarily share the same experiences, meanings, needs, or answers.
The purpose is not to tell you what your experience means.
The purpose is to create room for you to better understand what your experience means in the context of your own life.
My Role
My role is to stay actively engaged with you as we work through what you are experiencing.
I bring attention to what may be difficult to notice, hold, or sort through alone. I reflect patterns, tensions, and questions that may be present beneath the surface and help create enough room for what is emerging to become clearer.
I do not determine what your experience means, what choices you should make, or what conclusions you should reach.