Daily Affirmations

Women's Wisdom

by Dr. Christiane Northrup

Wake up all the desire and pleasure that your body is capable of experiencing, let your past go, and follow your bliss just for the health of it.

Sunday, September 30, 2012 | Today

In some Native American cultures, menopausal women were felt to retain their "wise blood," rather than shed it cyclically, and were therefore considered more powerful than menstruating women. A woman could not be a shaman or wise woman until she was past menopause.