I was interviewed for that Fortune piece and I was sort of disappointed because... for me, the party idea was more about a rite of passage for stepping into your power. I had talked about actually attending my mom's own perimenopause night back when I was 18... it was super meaningful and filled with stories, tarot readings, cooking together, and wine. She had amazing, forthright, feminist friends--one who'd come all the way from Africa to SF to celebrate her. It wasn't trivial... she was truly changing. For my own part, I was so in love with "The Great" at the time, having an Empress night seemed a no-brainer, but to do it over, I might lean more into the actual mission of what we're doing now, and make it night of sharing how to make menopause less hellish one 'pragmagic' lesson at a time :)
I was interviewed for that Fortune piece and I was sort of disappointed because... for me, the party idea was more about a rite of passage for stepping into your power. I had talked about actually attending my mom's own perimenopause night back when I was 18... it was super meaningful and filled with stories, tarot readings, cooking together, and wine. She had amazing, forthright, feminist friends--one who'd come all the way from Africa to SF to celebrate her. It wasn't trivial... she was truly changing. For my own part, I was so in love with "The Great" at the time, having an Empress night seemed a no-brainer, but to do it over, I might lean more into the actual mission of what we're doing now, and make it night of sharing how to make menopause less hellish one 'pragmagic' lesson at a time :)