A new wellbeing journal, designed to empower women by heightening their awareness of their emotions, creativity and energy throughout their menstrual cycle, seasons and lunar phases, has been created by two Staffordshire women.
Women’s therapist, menstrual cycle & menopause educator Susanna Guest, (50) of Cold Meece, has helped hundreds of clients to live a life more in tune with their natural cycle through a combination of coaching, retreats and workshops. Now, she has collaborated with her friend and client, Liz Berwick (41), of Eccleshall, to create The Wild Wisdom Journal for menstrual cycle awareness, menopause support and wellbeing.
Susanna explains: “Liz and I are both very experienced at exploring our cycle shifts and bringing that cyclical living – the ebbs and flows – into our life and businesses. We use journals but we both felt that the journal we really needed and wanted, didn’t exist yet. So we created it and the feedback so far has been amazing!”
Described by others as “a beautifully crafted journal and an anchor” and “a gift everyone should give to herself”, The Wild Wisdom journal is designed for daily use for 12 months. It includes sections for daily menstrual cycle tracking, a week to view journal, inspirational prompts, a guide to the lunar phases, seasonal intention setting, a yearly overview and space for ‘creation and dreaming’. The journal is for women with or without a menstrual cycle, and for women going through menopause.
Liz and Susanna feel passionately about living in alignment with both inner and outer cycles and empowering other women to do that too.
Co-creator Liz is the owner of Simply Scrumptious Cupcakes and the Liz Berwick Cake Academy and is also a wellbeing advisor for Weleda UK.
She explains: “Understanding the different phases of my cycle and living life and work more in sync with those, has been such an empowering process. With 3 businesses to run, 2 young children and the challenges the pandemic has thrown at us all, being in tune with myself, my energy and natural cycle has been important. It has helped me be all the things I need to be, do all the things I need to do, but at a more sustainable pace, compared to pushing myself all the time. It has given me space to reflect and process emotions in a healthy way that feels powerful and enlightening. And that is what we have created for others, with the Wild Wisdom Journal.”
The journal has already won praise from happy clients and wellbeing experts, described as “an absolute gift that every woman should give to herself” and is being snapped up by women buying for themselves or as Christmas gifts for friends and family.
Susanna concludes: “The women I work with tell me that the simple art of paying attention and witnessing their cycle shifts, leads them to really meet their inner tendencies and step into their power. That’s what it’s all about.”
Priced at £25, the journal can be purchased at www.wildwisdomjournal.co.uk. For every journal sold, a donation is made to the Period Power charity, which works towards eradicating period poverty in Staffordshire, the West Midlands and beyond. Liz and Susanna have also pledged to plant one tree for every journal sold, through the TreeSisters social change and reforestation charity.
A book launch event will be held at Walton Community Centre on Saturday, October 30, from 2-4 pm, and an online event will take place on Friday, November 19, from 7-8 pm.
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