Hagitude
A woman's journey through midlife and beyondstories are spells; they change things
Two books and a course
The content on this website – two books (Hagitude and Wise Women) and a self-study course – is offered by psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie, the award-winning author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, and five other books of fiction and nonfiction.
Our story begins with the bone-deep metamorphosis that begins as we approach midlife, in the years leading up to menopause. As we slowly begin to burn away old identities and outdated structures, we enter a state of conscious incubation in which a new life can be dreamed into being.
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Hagitude course
The Inner Hag whose image we each carry within us reflects our own unique variety of wisdom, the gift that each of us has to offer this breaking and broken world, and our own particular brand of connection to the numinous.
stories are spells; they change things
A book and a membership program
Hagitude: Reclaiming the Second Half of Life is a book and a year-long membership program, offered by psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie – author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted.
Our story begins with the bone-deep metamorphosis of menopause. As we slowly begin to burn away old identities and outdated structures, we enter a state of conscious incubation in which a new life can be dreamed into being.
Hagitude Course
The Inner Hag whose image we each carry within us reflects our own unique variety of wisdom, the gift that each of us has to offer this breaking and broken world, and our own particular brand of connection to the numinous.
stories are spells; they change things
A book and a membership program
Hagitude: Reclaiming the Second Half of Life is a book and a year-long membership program, offered by psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie – author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted.
Our story begins with the bone-deep metamorphosis of menopause. As we slowly begin to burn away old identities and outdated structures, we enter a state of conscious incubation in which a new life can be dreamed into being.
Hagitude Course
The Inner Hag whose image we each carry within us reflects our own unique variety of wisdom, the gift that each of us has to offer this breaking and broken world, and our own particular brand of connection to the numinous.
stories are spells; they change things
Two books and a course
The content on this website – two books (Hagitude and Wise Women) and a self-study course – is offered by psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie, author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, and of Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life; The Enchanted Life: Reclaiming the Magic and Wisdom of the Natural World; Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women and The Long Delirious Burning Blue.
Our story begins with the bone-deep metamorphosis that begins as we approach midlife, in the years leading up to menopause. As we slowly begin to burn away old identities and outdated structures, we enter a state of conscious incubation in which a new life can be dreamed into being.
Hagitude course
The Inner Hag whose image we each carry within us reflects our own unique variety of wisdom, the gift that each of us has to offer this breaking and broken world, and our own particular brand of connection to the numinous.
dreaming ourselves into being
The course: dreaming a new story
Menopause is a time between stories, when the old story fades and a new story is waiting to emerge: the ultimate revelation of who we truly are and always were meant to be. It’s a liminal time, when we hover on the brink of the profound transformation which ultimately leads to elderhood, and contemplate the work of gaining new perspectives on our life, of challenging and evolving our belief systems, of exploring our calling, of uncovering meaning, and ultimately finding healing for a lifetime’s accumulation of wounds.
Join me on the great adventure of reimagining your journey through midlife, and into the second half of life.
‘It is the grandmothers in our oldest European myths and stories who define and shape the ongoing story of the world.’
it’s stories that will save us, in the end
Wise Women
Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond (Virago, 2024) is a new collection of stories about older women from European myth and folklore, by Sharon Blackie. It’s the perfect companion book to Hagitude.
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