THE PINK ZONES
Places where women are celebrated as they age in a nourishing and sustaining way and empowered to contribute a wealth of gifts in their later seasons of life.
Join me on this journey to find these magical places,
uncover their secrets and share them so we can
cultivate more Pink Zones all over the world.
THE PINK ZONES
Places where women are celebrated as they age in a nourishing and sustaining way and empowered to contribute a wealth of gifts in their later seasons of life.
Join me on this journey to find these magical places, uncover their secrets and share them so we can cultivate more Pink Zones all over the world.
The Blue Zones is a term coined by Dan Buettner in 2004 to highlight the places in the world that have the most centenarians (people who have reached the age of 100 years).
They have been studied to find out what factors contribute to longevity.
I’m less interested in what simply adds years to a life. I’m on a mission to find and study the places around the globe that have reverence for a woman elder’s role, where she’s seen as a valuable member of her community because of the fact that she has some rich life IN her older years.
Let me tell you my story!
They say that research for a book is actually “me-search” and this is certainly true for me!
I want to find the stories surrounding women in pink zones to show me what it means to come of age “whole and vital” as an elder woman or crone.
I’ve been a licensed naturopathic doctor for over 20 years and fascinated by botanical medicine for longer than that.
As an undergrad studying anthropology, I had the honour of working on a project documenting traditional medicine and health practices through oral histories of First Nation elders in the Northwest territories.
I have often been taught by traditional herbalists that in the land next to a poisonous plant, there often lives its anti-dote.
I’m looking for The Pink Zones as a potential anti-dote to messaging that tells aging women that we are in decline when many of us feel like we’re just beginning to thrive in our second chapter.
Are you longing for an antidote to the self-defeating, anti-aging narrative? Join me in my journey into The Pink Zones, as we discover the people and places that can light the way.
SHARE YOUR STORY
My midlife experience has been full of twists and turns, but it’s just one story.
To fully understand what makes women thrive, I need to hear their stories… your stories.
We don’t just learn what makes people thrive from hearing success stories alone. I want the whole picture:
- What has supported you and what has thwarted you in your experience of midlife, menopause and beyond?
- What are the challenges are you facing or working through now?
- What else do we need to know