Crossing a threshold and the alchemical shift of menopause with Stacy Vajta, the Feisty Crone

I’m delighted to share this conversation with Stacy Vajta on the Sage + Siren podcast.

By chance, I read The Creative Threshold: Returning to What’s Natural by Stacy on Substack. From my late fifties, and as I turned 60, I’d been experiencing a nudge that I called now or never. Stacy spoke of this too. She mentioned the same words I’d been writing in my journals as I experienced this unexpected transformation in my life. Stacy calls it an alchemical shift and refers to menopause as a threshold.

The Creative Threshold: Returning to What’s Natural

Artist, creative and community guide, Stacy is on a quest to live with purpose and joy, and to help others do the same.

In Stacy I found a kindred spirit. We spoke about life getting better at 60, listening to our inner voice, and the importance of creativity to reconnect to our self. I especially love Stacy’s words about the healing power of art.

Last year, the shift I experienced took me by surprise. It was so different to what I learned about menopause over the years. Stacy and I talk about this, the legacy we would like to create in the world, how pursuing goals changes at 60, and the need for community.

I loved our conversation and hope you will too.

Where To Find Stacy

• Sacred Art and Story (website)

• The Feisty Crone (Substack)

• Instagram

• YouTube

• Pinterest

We mentioned …

• Sharon Blackie, Hagitude

• Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey

• Justine Gaubert, Crone Club

• David Hawkins, Map of Consciousness

• Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves

• Bonnie Horrigan, Red Moon Passage

• The Red School

Be My Guest

If you would like to join me on the podcast as a guest, please get in touch.

Sage + Siren is about the shifts that take place for us in our late 50s/early 60s. I’m interested in hearing positive personal stories and how life can change in ways we might not have envisaged.