Name: Debra Driscoll

Menopause phase: Menopause

Place you call home: Split Between NYC + Tobago

What you’re creating: Leader of a movement, author, and business owner.

Age: 52

1. Rituals can be deeply personal. What is one personal practice you’ve adopted to embrace the transitions of menopause?

Casting my gaze to the horizon to see the women before me who had their greatest impact in their menopausal years. I see them and I see myself walking towards them.

2. Have you redefined beauty in this stage? If so, how? Do any of your rituals support this definition?

Absolutely! I am embracing nature as my beauty regime. salt baths in the sea, sand stretches, coconut and castor oil as my go to moisturizer. natural food as medicine.

3. Is there a particular practice—whether it’s movement, meditation, or something else—that has become essential to your well-being in this current stage of your life?

Daily walks in nature. Stretching to honor my body. At least one yoga class a week. My sanity trifecta.

4. What role does your community or your sista circle play in your menopausal and aging experience, and do you share any rituals with other women that support this journey?

Sister support is everything! for the laughter, the I know and me too moments, and the gathering of our wisdom.

5. What does the concept of sacredness mean to you as you age, and do you honor this stage of life through any special rituals?

Sacred is how I see me!

6. Looking back on your pre-menopausal years, is there anything you wish you had known or done differently to prepare for this transition? How does this wisdom shape your rituals now?

I wish I had known sooner to honor the transition as wisdom and not complication.

7. How do you define well-aging, and what does it look like for you?

Well aging is loving who I am and honoring my full self, body, mind, heart and spirit.

8. Everyday Rituals: Share one ritual for each of the following, that you've not shared above

Daily Ritual: Toes in the sand!

Weekly Ritual: Yoga class - stretch and community.

Monthly Ritual: I follow the moon.

Yearly Ritual: My birthday! I celebrate aging.

Connect with Debra:

Website - The BeHer Collective