It’s Not Menopause. It’s a Rebirth.
- Christina Welborn
- Oct 15
- 1 min read
Somewhere along the way, “menopause” became a dirty word. A diagnosis. A whispered warning about decline — as if we were drying up instead of blazing open. But the truth is, this shift has never been about hormones. It’s about permission. And control.
For centuries, systems built on compliance have labeled this phase as “the end.” The end of fertility. The end of youth. The end of usefulness. But that narrative was never written by women—it was written by those who feared what happens when a woman no longer seeks their validation.
Because once you stop living for approval and start living from instinct, something ancient wakes up in you. The system calls it instability; I call it unshakable truth.
This isn’t a collapse—it’s an initiation. The transmutation of reproductive energy into spiritual fire. The same force that once created life now fuels wisdom, clarity, and an authority that doesn’t ask for permission to exist.
Ancient cultures understood this. The post-fertile woman wasn’t dismissed—she was revered. She became the healer, the oracle, the one whose very presence could rattle illusions. But in modern times, that power had to be disguised as “imbalance,” because you can’t market pharmaceuticals to a woman who’s no longer afraid of aging.
So let’s rewrite it. You’re not fading—you’re distilling. You’re not losing—you’re refining. You’re not drying up—you’re burning brighter than ever before.
This isn’t menopause. It’s metamorphosis. The shift that happens when a woman finally returns to herself, leash-free and unapologetic.
And yes—they should be scared.

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