HR!Day587 - Embodying the Wisdom of the Elderwoman II: Quitting the Insidious Beauty Contest
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This 3-session series on Embodying the Wisdom of the Elderwoman is offered on the Humanity Rising forum as a way to introduce the purposeful development of the female psyche in midlife and beyond. Since our culture has tended to dismiss or demonize women after the child-bearing years have passed, there is a need to reclaim the sovereign nature of the elderwoman.
In this series we will address the physical, mental, social and spiritual barriers that have been imposed upon aging women and learn how to heal from them. Turning toward a new model and image of the Elderwoman as a wise, powerful, intuitive healer of all that ails humanity, we will share ways women are embracing aging and overcoming the oppressive stereotypes cast upon aging women.
In order for the energy of the divine feminine to return to earth, elderwomen must embody the wisdom that belongs to them and lead the way for future generations of wise women. This restoration of the empowered elderwoman has the potential to turn the tides of cultural misogyny that are leading our world toward self-destruction. It is time for the Elderwoman to rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough.'
Convener
- Rt. Rev. Mary Francis Drake, MA, MSW, is Senior Adjunct Faculty in the Psychology Department at the University of Massachusetts--Lowell Campus and Online. She has been teaching for UMASS Lowell for 35 years. Her teaching, private practice counseling and spiritual direction offerings have focused on women and raising the energy of the Feminine to restore our beings and our planet to balance. With 25 years as a Psycho-Spiritual Counselor, 17 years as a Priest, and now Bishop (2 years) in the Mystical Christian Tradition, Mary Francis continues to broaden her scope in the area of Conscious Evolution by ordaining independent Priests and offering spiritual direction to seekers. She is also a poet and author of 3 books related to her ecclesiastic training and its transforming power: This Much I Know Is True, 2016 (essay collection, amazon.com, lulu.com); beauty, grit & grace, 2018 (poetry collection, lulu.com); and Dancing in the Doorway: A Life’s Journey Between Worlds, 2022, (purposeful memoir, amazon.com, lulu.com). Mary Francis is currently a doctoral student in Ubiquity University’s Doctor of Ministry Program. She is also the mother of 3 young adult children. She has recently moved to Vermont to start a Queen Mothers Home for elderwomen to age in place with dignity and community, harvesting the gold of the elder years for the sake of future generations.
Presenter
- Caitlin Adair is a 73 year old Elderwoman and author of Love’s Body Speaks, a Master Gardener and Embodied Dancer. She lives at ‘The Sanctuary’ in southern Vermont where she and her husband, Peter, welcome guests into the experience of their elemental garden for respite and ritual. ::https://www.lulu.com/shop/caitlin-adair/loves-body-speaks/paperback/product-23538794.html?page=1&pageSize=4::
Co-convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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