Welcome to the
powerful pause journal
Here you will find articles and reflections to help you prioritise slowing down, rest, and taking care of your beautiful female body.
I hope you find them useful and inspiring.
Bea x
Cyclical Living During Perimenopause: Learning to Trust Your Body Again
For years, many women learn to override their bodies in pursuit of success, productivity, and achievement. Perimenopause offers a different path — it’s a powerful invitation to reconnect with your body, honour your natural rhythms, and create a gentler, more intentional way of living.
What Your Envy Is Trying to Tell You
By understanding and managing envy, we can turn it from a negative force into a powerful tool for self-discovery and personal growth. Embrace your feelings, connect with your values, and start living the life you really want.
I Thought I Was Coping. Then I Got Shingles in My 40s
Getting shingles in my 40s, while travelling in Bali, forced me to confront something I thought I already understood: rest. Reflecting on the experience through the lens of women’s health, stress and nervous system regulation, I explore what our bodies might be telling us when we keep pushing through.
Why Almost Everything We Were Taught About Our Periods Was Wrong
What if your period isn't the main event of your menstrual cycle, and many of the things you've been taught about the female body simply aren't true? It's time to rediscover the wisdom of your cycle.
Why Does Everything Feel So Much Harder Before My Period? Day 19-21 & The Transition Into Inner Autumn
Why does everything feel so much harder before your period? Discover why Day 19 can feel like an emotional turning point, and how understanding your Inner Autumn can help you work with your cycle instead of against it.
Why Have I Lost Interest in Sex? What Your Body May Be Trying to Tell You
Perhaps your body isn't resisting intimacy. Perhaps it's waiting to feel safe enough to welcome it.
Why So Many Women Feel Disconnected From Their Bodies (And How to Find Your Way Back)
Why do so many women feel disconnected from their bodies? Inspired by my experience at a Yoni Initiation retreat in Thailand, this article explores body wisdom, feminine embodiment and how reconnecting with ourselves can become a powerful path to healing.
Why Women Hold Tension in the Jaw and Pelvic Floor (and What it Means)
Many women hold chronic tension in the jaw and pelvic floor without realising the two may be connected. Discover the surprising link between stress, the nervous system, women's health and the female body's hidden wisdom.
Perimenopause, Ovulation and Mood Swings: Understanding the Day 12 Crash
Perimenopause can bring unexpected symptoms, including ovulation anxiety, mood swings, irritability, and overwhelm. In this post, I explore the hormonal changes behind my day 12 struggles and explain how cycle awareness can help women better understand and support their changing menstrual cycles.
How to Support Your Actor Partner (Without Losing Yourself)
What practical steps can you take to support each other when one (or both) of you is trying to make a living in the most competitive and most challenging industry in the world?
How to Honour the Feminine in Your Yoga Teaching (and Reject The Patriarchy)
Not all yoga teaching language is neutral. Some of it carries the weight of systems we didn’t consciously choose.
7 Best Yoga Poses for Female Hormones: Supporting Your Body Through Perimenopause
Here are my 7 favourite yoga poses for female hormone health to support the perimenopause, helping to calm the nervous system, and restore balance in midlife.
Self-Discipline: A Reframe That Might Change Your Life
India had been calling me for a long time, and when I finally answered, I thought I was going there to deepen my yoga practice. What I didn’t expect that on my very first day, a single sentence would completely reshape how I understand freedom.
5 Simple Self-Care Hacks for Actors That Are Easy AF
Self-care is a buzzword you’ve probably heard a million times, but when you’re an actor, it’s not just a trend—it’s a necessity.
How to Say No (And Know When to Say Yes)
Struggling to say no without feeling guilty? Discover how healthy boundaries, the wisdom of autumn and the grounding practices of yoga can help you trust yourself, protect your energy and know when it's time to say yes.
The Magic of the Middle: The Sweet Spot of Midlife
If you're worried about getting older, I’ve got a little secret for you: this is the good part!
A Listening Crisis: Why We Stop Listening to our Bodies
We may be overlooking the most essential thing we need: to listen. And not just to others, but to our own bodies.
My Experience of Dissociation
it’s easy to lose touch with ourselves—until a moment of crisis forces us to listen. My own journey began in a high-pressure meeting, leading me to discover the transformative power of embodied listening and the wisdom our bodies offer. I
Why Letting Go Is So Hard (And What Yoga Can Teach Us)
Why is letting go so difficult? Discover how the yoga philosophy of aparigraha can help you release attachment, embrace change and create space for what truly matters.
The Goal of Life Isn’t Happiness (Sorry). It’s Wholeness.
In our quest for happiness, we often forget that life is inherently about balance.
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