Jean Macdonald's Podcast

Do you know what a caterpillar has to go through to become a beautiful butterfly?Norma tells us the the Butterfly's  Story and compares to the journey we make to become a beautiful midlife woman.Norma Sherwin -is The Care Home Manager's Champion, She gives care to those who care for others.If you want to read more articles, watch more videos or listen to more podcasts about topics that affect and afflict midlife women, visit the Midlife Butterfly Club Magazine at no cost.     Just go to https://midlifebutterflyclub.org/magazineCome and join the Midlife Butterfly Club for valuable videos, articles, and podcasts to inform, guide and inspire women in middle life. Explore our online magazine at no cost. https://midlifebutterflyclub.org/magazine/Love Jean

Nothing Exceeds the power of an idea whose time has come.  Victor Hugo Is the new Midlife Woman an idea that is sweeping the world because her time has come?In 15 years this term has come from nowhere to become part of popular culture. Are midlife women a formidable force able to change our society for the better?www.midlifebutterflyclub.org

Maybe you would say, like many people, it depends on the circumstances. Maybe you consider yourself a waverer between Pessimism and Optimism?  Recently I heard the quote ‘Pessimism is for Lightweights’.  I didn’t know what it meant so I thought about it until I think I understand it. Jean is founder and and current manager of the Midlife Butterfly Club and online Magazine to support and inspire midlife women to find and reinvent themselves.www.midlifebutterflyclub.org

Inspiration for International Women's  Day from a story from the Middle Ages.  The Canterbury Tales were published by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1400.  The tale of the Wife of Bath shows the wisdom of women both now and in the Middle Ages. 

The Changing Face of Love & How to find Midlife LoveIn this stage presentation Jean reviews the three phases of love we go through in our life and how we find Love in the third and perhaps most difficult, which she calls Mature Love. She also talks about the different types of Midlife Men you are likely to encounter and how to manage the early stages of a relationship.To learn more about Jean and what she does for midlife women, please visit www.midlifebutterflyclub.org

On 27 January 2023, a British woman Nicola Bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog by the river in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England. Some weeks later her body was recovered from the same river.  What can we learn from the way this case was handled? And how can police attitudes be changed for the better? 

In this review of the Year of the Midlife Woman I have looked the progress we have made towards overturning abuse and discrimination against women in the UK as an example of a country that thinks itself progressive.  The main hope is the growing public awareness of the previously unacknowledged levels of abuse, discrimination, and neglect of the interests of women and hopefully a growing resolve that it should no longer be tolerated.   When we look east, we see a different story where the position of women in some countries is going backwards.  I believe that the cause in both cases is the same and it stems from fear among men about the challenge to their automatic right to superiority and power they feel from the advance of women.   I know that is an ugly description of the situation, but I believe there is plenty of evidence to support it. Nevertheless I think there are grounds for hope as well.  Listen to my Podcast and judge for yourself. 

In our final Emotional Release session Anya Berry takes us through some steps which enable us to take a more positive approach to looking after ourselves at Christmas. Contact Anya at anyaberry4@gmail.com 

Emotional Release from worries about Family & Friends at ChristmasAnya Berry's second session for the Twelve Days of Stressmas .You can join us at no cost for the Twelve Days of Stressmas  - see link belowhttps://midlifebutterflyclub.org/twelve-days-of-stressmas/

Emotional Release from Worries about Money at ChristmasAnya Berry's second session for the Twelve Days of Stressmas . You can join us at no cost for the Twelve Days of Stressmas  - see link belowhttps://midlifebutterflyclub.org/twelve-days-of-stressmas/