The Menopausal Magic of "I have arrived" with Jeanne Cotter

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01/09/23 • 66 min

Wild + (finally fcking) Free: Real, Raw Stories of the Disruptors, Rebels + Revolutionaries

Jeanne is a friend I knew on the Sunny Coast yonks ago and have reconnected with since she moved into my neighbourhood a bit over a year ago. She's 61 and she's the perfect example of who I want to be when I grow up - radiant, joyful, unapologetically her Full Self! She also happens to be an amazing artist, and someone who has reignited in me a deep yearning for creativity just for the sake of play and self expression.

In our episode, Jeanne and I dive into so much - menopause, marriage, manifesting, and all sorts of magic- including:

Jeanne's first (abusive and dysfunctional) marriage at 21, swiftly followed by a baby at 23 and divorced at 24, and a second (stale, dysfunctional) marriage at 25 which lasted for 26 years; and how when her youngest left home she decided to leave too.

how a deep knowing that it was time to be free and finally find out how to be by herself emerged from the culmination of quitting smoking (Jeanne says healing addiction creates so much more space in the mind and it was on quitting that she found her superpowers), her Dad being critically ill and her failing marriage

the leap of faith that saw Jeanne start her own graphic design business, and how hard and lonely that was at times, but how her drive for security drove her early business journey and money making drive

all the subsequent nudges, Universal winks and gut-led leaps which has led Jeanne to not only circle back to living in the same city she raised her small children in, but also meet her husband and find her dream house

how Jeanne asks her angels and guides for specifically what she wants, and the very detailed manifestation list - including perfect teeth! - that led her to meet her soul mate Brian and get engaged after a whirlwind 3 month courtship

how as part of her journey, she discovered art, which had always been part of her in many different ways through her life, and how she described discovering in her late 40s soft pastels as "feeling like something had woken inside of her"

Jeanne's firm anchor belief that by trusting serendipity or coincidence to work it's magic, your life will unfold as its meant to and how trusting herself finds her at 61, blessed to be living her best life with gratitude and joy.

You can find Jeanne's divine art skills - including online tutorials at Delicious Art.
** Please note that due to first day back for 2023 recording this interview and two others have a few sound quality challenges for me the host ... ooopsie! Please listen past them and enjoy this episode nonetheless and be assured that we're back to high quality after this wobble! **

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In our episode, Jeanne and I dive into so much - menopause, marriage, manifesting, and all sorts of magic- including:

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Heart Healing and the Happiness Trap with Cat Marshall

Cat Marshall is a Fearless Fairy Godmother to female entrepreneurs, helping them heal the hidden wounds of their heart to embody their worth, evolve their intuitive powers and expand their impact.
Walking away from a settled personal life and career, Cat spent a decade breaking the mould of her own life and rebuilding it from scratch. She went from the grief of believing she would never have children of her own, to soul-seeking adventures in Bali on a 0% credit card; from the surprise of having 2 baby boys, to her older son’s cancer diagnosis at the age of just 3; from start-up business failures and her own journey of growth and spiritual awakening, to becoming a Heart Healer and bestselling author.
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- how after her then partner proposed to her she found herself thinking “ummm, something just doesn’t feel right here”, and how saying no to the “happiness trap” of thinking just because you have all the things (relationship, career, nice house, plant-buying trips on weekends) that you “SHOULD” be happy, has set her free in ways she couldn’t imagine
- how focusing on doing what she loves and following her heart led her to meeting a martial arts partner who quickly become her life partner, and how she found herself unexpectedly pregnant in her late 30s after grieving not having kids
- how from the outside Cat appeared confident, but this was far from her internal feelings that nothing was ever good enough and she was never meeting her own expectations, and how her journey of healing transformed her to evolve deep levels of self-love and trust, and develop her intuitive gifts
- how the practise of extreme gratitude and connection to everyday magic has helped her traverse some extremely difficult times, including navigating being between homes with a newborn while her partner retrained as a firefighter, and traversing the past 3.5 years of her older son’s childhood cancer journey after he was diagnosed with Leukaemia.
When not child wrangling her 6 and 4 year old boys, Cat can be found healing hearts around the world, and paddle boarding on the stunning coastline in West Wales, UK, where she now lives.
You can find Cat and her spectacular self online at:
Website: www.catmarshall.co
Facebook: www.facebook.com/catmarshall77
Instagram: @catmarshallco
You can also get your own paperback copy of her bestselling book ‘The Awakened Warrior Toolkit’ here.

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Emma is a novelist, feature writer, photographer, professional speaker and accountability coach. She has been writing fiction since she first fell for Anne of Green Gables at fourteen and is the author of the YA novels Unrequited: Boy band meets girl, Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess, the non-fiction title, I Don’t Have Time (co-authored with Audrey Thomas), and the parenting memoir Wits’ End Before Breakfast! Confessions of a Working Mum. Along with her schoolfriend, dual ARIA-winning composer, Sally Whitwell, Emma co-wrote two musicals, Deadpan Anti-Fan and Fairytale Derail, based on her teen novels.
She wrote her first adult novel, The Last Love Note (released 24th January - order on presale here, in the wake of her husband’s death. It’s a fictional tribute to their love, an attempt to articulate the magnitude of her loss and a life-affirming commitment to hope.
Well this was always going to be a beautiful conversation with Emma, a woman I have been connected with via a mutual friend, and last saw in person just before the most unfathomable tragedy struck her life. Since then, I have been observing Emma and her courageous family step through grief, and continually chose, again and again to lean into joy, connection and meaning together.
In this episode, Emma shares:
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- The gift of a major creative endeavour co-writing and launching a High School Musical with school friend Sal and drama teacher Ness in the first year after Jeff’s died and how through the blessings of glitter cannons and disco balls, this provided the perfect distraction from to her overwhelming grief
- Emma’s decision to move out of the home where Jeff died and build a new home (starting with literally sitting in the dirt visioning her desires for a light-filled sanctuary) has been an essential step in the grieving process.
- Emma’s advice to her 30 year old self, and that how even knowing the fact that she would “survive the unimaginable loss of her life partner” would probably not change anything she did
Order a copy of the Last Love Note right here.Find Emma online here
Mentioned in this episode: Megan Devine: Refuge in Grief