The menopause transition is a weird-ass time when everything in our bodies and lives is changing.
To get through it, you need:
To Gray Or
Not To Gray
Our group experience to enjoy the f*ck out of the menopause transition.
Lisa with polaroid camera
Zoom Online: All the camp goodness without the mosquitos.
So uh, how exactly does one enjoy the f*ck out of menopause at camp?
You’ll get a bangin’ midlife strut in your step.
All the old rules that no longer fit you are “see ya bye”.
You’ll have a “cabin” full of campmates who get you and who are up for shenanigans.
With all the physical and life changes, now is the time to buck the “shoulds” that we’ve lived for decades.
That’s what the menopause transition is really about.
In camp, you…
Bathe in a steady stream of “we get you” because your campmates are going through the same changes.
Find courage to nix the b.s. in your life and spend energy as you really want to spend it.
Actually feel kinda gorgeous and sexy, even amidst your physical changes and symptoms.
Are more at peace with this “aging” thing that’s happening whether we like it or not.
Gain audacity to follow desires that you wouldn’t have followed before.
Laugh hard. Like, “My face hurts” hard. Because put a bunch of midlife menopausal women in one group together and mischief will absolutely ensue.
Become shockingly unafraid to finally be all of who you are.
Lisa with camp logo mug
“My voice and my courage to express who I truly am and what I want to create - that’s what Camp freed up.”
I’m a professor and historian, and after Camp I put on an event called, “A May Day Celebration - In Honor Of Women’s Radical Dreams Of Emancipation”. Before Camp, I wouldn’t have had the courage to design an event like that because it was an edgy thing to do in an academic setting: ‘What will people think, they’re gonna think I’m crazy because this is so not how you would normally do this.’
Camp got me to the point where I COULD voice this vision even though it was unconventional. My voice and my courage to express who I truly am and what I want to create - that’s what Camp freed up.
Another reason I felt the courage to truly express my vision - I was buoyed up by a whole group of peers who were cheering me on.
- from Jennifer G’s full story here.
Menopause isn’t just physical changes.
The menopause transition is a midlife adolescence where we rebel out of anything that isn’t true in our lives.
And we stand only for what truly turns us on.
As physical changes make it undeniable that we’re aging, the urge emerges to nix what we’ve been “tolerating” in order to spend precious time and energy only on what really matters.
Plus we now have decades of life experience under our belts to know the difference.
And bottomline, we’re just too sweaty to deal with nonsense. Or cranky. Or bloated. Or brain-foggy. Or constipated. Or sleep-deprived. Lol.
Photo: Lisa with camp merit badges.
Imagine the strut in your step after 6 Camp Sessions of…
Waving “buh-bye” to old rules that you’ve followed for decades but that you now realize are crap and never applied to you.
Powering up your mojo to send any time/energy sucking people or situations to the curb.
Genuinely welcoming the unrestrained, unrestricted, unchained you that is emerging, because buh-bye to the old rules and B.S. means even more of fabulous you.
Making choices you wouldn’t have made before. Trying things you wouldn’t have tried before.
Feeling like Aphrodite in your body even while you’re dealing with menopause symptoms and unwelcome physical changes.
Warming up to aging because it’s happening whether we like it or not and when we know how to party like midlife personal growth rockstars, aging takes on a whole new light.
Getting into shenanigans with a group that “gets” you. And by shenanigans, you’ll have to see what I mean. But if you like the word shenanigans, then you’ll like camp ;)
Now THAT’s enjoying the fuck out of menopause.
(Plus somewhere on the page put we need to celebrate ourselves, this is how we come of age into this next chapter, just like all life passages)
“Now I give myself permission to really feel into what I need and desire… and ask for it.”
As someone who grew up people pleasing and fawning and making sure everything’s okay for everyone else, after Camp I see how clicking back into all those old ways of being is bullshit.
Before I used to believe that bullshit, but not now. “Oh no, we did this for the first half of life already, and we are so done doing this.”
Now if I feel stuck or a way I don’t want to feel, I give myself permission to really feel into what I need and desire… and ask for it.
Also, being with the group has caused me to see myself through the lens of these beautiful women and to hear what they would tell me instead - how they would point out where my self-berating logic is flawed, and tell me to use my badassery to lift myself up out of those old tapes running in my head. Plus they would lift me up too.
- from Krisha C’s full story here.
Menopause Coming-Of-Age Camp
What’s Included:
Photo: Graphic design images of stuff ithat’s included in the program.
6 Group Zoom Sessions
Where we do all the good stuff described earlier on this page. A max of 10 campmates per group “cabin” so that we really get to know each other. Sign up and I’ll match you with a meet time that works for your schedule. Each session is 2 hours.
Online Campfire
Log in to our Campfire portal for discussion threads to connect and share between sessions. Marshmallows not included. But you’re welcome to bring your own ;)
Camp Treasure Pack
- An envelope in the mail that has printed goodies to make cool stuff during our camp sessions. Because what’s camp without crafts? Although these aren’t really crafts. They’re more like sacred creations. You’ll see what I mean. And absolutely NO artistic abilities required!
And The Mega-Cool Bonus…
Lifetime Access To Our In-Person Summer Retreats
Whenever we have them. Typically it’s a day retreat once a year in a beautiful indoor space on wild land to roam.
Meet your campmate sisters in-person, and others who’ve completed camp too. Your ticket is free —just take care of food and lodging.
There’s nothing like in-person!
It’s optional, but oh babe, we really want you there.
Hi I’m Lisa, Your Guide
Hi, I’m Lisa Hunter and I’m your guide for the 6-week camp session. I’m the founder of Free Your Menopause, an Interspiritual Minister with a specialty in major life passages and I have over 10,000 hours experience leading amazing women like you. Plus I once opened up for Eminem back in the 90’s. And was in a punk band in my 40’s. You can learn all about me and Free Your Menopause at this link here.
“Lisa’s a sure-footed, divinely-directed medicine woman leading the next wave of feminine unapologetic movers and shakers through circle gatherings and so much more!” - Annette N
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Get a bangin’ midlife strut in your step.
All the old rules that no longer fit you are “see ya bye”.
You’ll have a “cabin” full of campmates who get you and who are up for shenanigans.
“I was always trying to say the ‘right’ thing. Now I say whatever is my first instinct.”
After Camp, I was inspired to go on a 28-day cross-country road trip by myself. From Calgary to Colorado to Seattle to Vancouver and back. Music blaring, windows down, hair flying back, it just felt like freedom.
Plus one of my stops was the Free Your Menopause in-person retreat.
I got into this groove: “Okay, life’s gonna happen and I’ve got all these tools I’ve learned now - if things go sideways, I know I can bring myself back to that feeling of confidence.” And it really helped to know that all the other babes in the group were out there cheering me on and excited about the trip too.
It’s also now easier for me to say things than ever before. Before Camp, I was so worried about what others would think and I was always trying to say the “right” thing. Now I say whatever is my first instinct. If someone thinks it’s too much, who cares, that’s their problem not mine. I was not that way before the program!
- from Maureen W’s full story here.
I broke free from my resistance to be me.
Before Camp, I felt mostly alone, so it felt so good to be with other women in the same place in life. It was a reminder - oh wow I have a lot to give and seeing that other women have a lot to give - we have a lot of wisdom to give the world and each other. I came away with confidence and also a lot more love for my aging changing body.
Also, I’m giving myself more permission to be even more weird! Like showing up with my clients and groups and just giving myself more freedom to be first-thought best-thought. With my social media feeds I actually lost some followers and I’m like great see ya and that’s different for me. That’s REALLY different.
- Beth E.
So much has rearranged to allow me to do the work that I’ve always known I’m here to do.
My heart feels so much support and the sweetness of having you all at my back. The change I really see in my life, a great, great thing that has shifted for me, is that I’ve opened to love in my relationship, and for me that’s, wow, that’s a very big shift. Allowing myself to trust in love. I have also started taking being in service to another level and have found a new partner to work with. I feel so full I can’t quite find the words but to keep it simple, I’m very grateful for the group and each of you.
- Eliana B.
- Shelby M.
I’ve opened to love in my relationship.
Inspiration to stand up and speak loud.
Camp ignited a flame within. I broken free from my resistance to be me and take up space in the world.
- Kelly V.
This has been a sacred circle of women strengthening and nurturing each other, and what I’ve gotten from group is the courage, confidence, love, support and inspiration to stand up and speak loud.
I’m just so grateful to all of you, it’s hard not to get emotional. My life has shifted a lot and in such a supportive way that I can’t wait to keep moving forward. So much has rearranged to allow me to do the work that is so much bigger, and that I’ve always known I’m here to do. And although I don’t have everything planned and figured out, it’s happening and I’m just so grateful to you all for being part of this truly profound shift in my life and for walking the journey with me.
