Alderroot Healing & Renewal
I'm Dr. Heather Burns. I'm a midlife doula, a soulful coach, and seasoned eco-spiritual facilitator.
I work primarily with women in midlife who want to deepen and expand their life-joy and sense of ease. They want to turn towards their soul's knowing, be guided by earth and spirit, and be in supportive community with other women.
I help you root into your Self-energy and earth wisdom to feel more grounded, calm, confident, cared-for, and connected.
What would it feel like to be deeply supported in the mystery and uncertainty of midlife transition?
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What if you could move through midlife transition feeling more grounded, calm, and enough?
What if you could stop trying to please everyone and do everything and tune into your soul's knowing?
What if you could enjoy midlife with more magic and sparkle? More laughter and sisterhood?
​We're in charge of so much-- taking care of others, holding leadership roles, doing all the things that keep our families and work places together. It's not uncommon to feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and lonely during the busy time of midlife.
The fast pace and many pressures of our dominant culture and the current unraveling of our social structures and climate can leave us feeling dysregulated and disconnected from our soul’s knowing and purpose. And from each other.
Our sense of aliveness and joy gets dimmed.
And women in midlife are experiencing the challenges of perimenopause and menopause, a transition process which heightens our sensitivity (we feel more irritable and raw), lowers our sense of resilience (we feel more tired and tender), and leaves us feeling unmoored (we feel unexpectedly lost or unsure).
Through this time of transition (which typically lasts 7-10 years!) you might notice that you're feeling:
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much more irritable and anxious
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more burned out than usual–so tired (and probably you’re not sleeping well either)
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like life as usual just doesn’t fit you anymore (the spark is dim or gone)
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a deep longing for more space for yourself
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exhausted by the cycle of never doing or being enough
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a soul-level yearning for something more, even if you’re not quite sure what
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disconnected from who you thought you were and what you thought you wanted
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a yearning to find or spend more time with your people
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In this transition time we experience deep identity changes and big soul-level shifts. But our dominant culture largely ignores and discounts this momentous change.
In this tender time of change in our lives, we are often left feeling isolated, discouraged, and lost. You may be wondering….is it just me?
Nope! It certainly is not.
But we need other ways to experience midlife. I support you in:
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Honoring midlife transition as an unfolding and sacred process
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Recognizing your soul’s need for extra care and attention at this tender time
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Offering guidance through seasonal earth connection and nourishing eco-spiritual practices
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Inviting you into sisterhood with other women, where you are held in relationship and ritual as we move through the mystery of midlife together
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I understand how hard it is to be a busy and sensitive woman in midlife at this time of climate crisis and crumbling social systems. I understand how hard it is to feel whole and happy within dominant systems that pretty much ignore the significant physical, emotional, and spiritual changes that we are going through at midlife.
These dominant systems support profit, production, and urgency over our well-being.
But, there’s another way to move through midlife transition. I believe that we need soulful and sacred spaces where we can be seen in our difficult moments, and where we can let ourselves unfurl into the mystery of who we are becoming.
Instead of feeling alone and unseen in this exhausting time of change, I'll help you gently turn toward your soul’s knowing, receive divine guidance and support from the living earth, and enjoy meaningful connection with other women who are also experiencing the messiness of mid-life transition.
