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January 2004: Dear Midlife Fairy Godmothers Community
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I wish you an enchanting, prosperous, and loving new
year!
January 2004
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Instead of going out for New Years Eve, I sat down and wrote out
the vision that birthed Midlife Fairy Godmother Enterprises (sm) to share
with you. I kept it short. It is my way of sharing a deep part of myself and
my own midlife passage with you also. More will come as time goes on.
I believe that there is a midlife renaissance that is being birthed at
this time in history. The consciousness of the world is changing rapidly.
Women are beginning to experience themselves blossoming during this rite of
passage! By becoming our own Midlife Fairy Godmother and connecting with
this inner archetype, we can access the strength, clarity, and passion we
need to have our inner splendor revealed to us in midlife. Older women will
be changing the world with the divine inner splendor!
The medicine wheels of many cultures show midlife and middle childhood
directly across from each other. This means that in midlife we can re-enter
a period when we were self-confident, followed our own instincts, and
explored our many varied interests. It is a time when we can reclaim the
outspokenness, enthusiasm, adventurousness, and vitality we once had through
connecting with our magical wonder child.
The archetype of the inner Midlife Fairy Godmother can provide everything
we need to move through this most sacred and challenging passage. She is the
personification of the divine love which exists within us and from which we
were made. She is a healing, guiding, comforting, wise and loving presence
that most of us have never experienced in our lives. SHE IS US!
"We have our high priestess or fairy godmother within us. Where we honor
her is in the deepest part of our psyche. In ancient Egypt, she was known as
Isis and was connected strongly with the rhythms and cycles of the moon. She
offers us gifts of the spirit: the gift of inner guidance and universal
love." Isha & Mark Lerner
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The Vision Behind Midlife Fairy Godmother Enterprises (sm)
The doctor said it was rheumatoid arthritis combined with seizures. He
said that the way things were progressing I would find myself in a
wheelchair in less than two years. I was in my late thirties, a single
supermom of two daughters, solopreneur, and actively involved with designing
alternative healing/empowerment ceremonies and practices for women. Little
did I know that I would be using every ounce of knowledge I was imparting to
others on myself.
His words shot terror into my veins. Until that day I treated myself like
I was immortal. I drove myself like many women do. I literally chopped wood
to heat my solar efficient home which I designed and helped build on 40
breathtaking acres on a private lake in rural Michigan. I was so proud of
all that I had accomplished and it all felt like it was going to be taken
away from me. The thought of never being able to dance again brought
enormous heartache.
I realized that in a healthy society we would have places for people to
go and be totally nourished and cared for when they hit bottom like I did.
But our society is big on patching people up quickly through taking care of
symptoms and sending them back out into their lives again....until the next
problem surfaces. So I decided to give myself what my society didn't have to
offer in the form of a midlife sabbatical. It was my gift to myself.
After my daughters went to live with their father I stopped my current
contemporary life. I owned my home so I took out a home equity loan and
simplified my life tremendously. I literally unplugged from society:
no newspapers and no television for five years. I left unhealthy
relationships and reexamined my entire life. I read hundreds of books and
wrote nearly as many journals.
Nature has always been my church and my home was cradled by her. I
meditated on the words of my beloved mystics with walking meditations. I
learned how to be in the silence and not resist the pain which was
horrendous, but to accept it and go into it as I did in natural childbirth.
I had experienced two homebirths with midwives in my late twenties.
During my second labor, I was merging with the contractions as I danced on
the beach and dove into waves. It was a peak experience and I gave birth as
soon as I got home. I knew I could trust my mind/body/spirit/nature
connection now as well.
As the years went by during the sabbatical, I began to experience a peace
that I never knew before. When I didn't resist the pain it felt like someone
was taking it and replacing it with warmth, love, compassion. The more I was
able to stop any resistance and let it go into what felt like the hands of
the Divine Mother, the less pain there was.
The seizures had stopped early on and I was slowly becoming pain free. I
continued to use the mind/body/spirit/nature connection through combining
healing music which stimulated certain areas of the brain like Steve Halpern
and Tom Kenyon with visual art like that of Gilbert Williams. My body's
response was amazing. At times it felt like waves of ecstasy were moving
through my veins.
I kept being drawn inward to what I call the inner beloved literally the
love of my life, breath of my breath, bone of my bone... the essence of who
I am as a soul. It was there that I met my inner goddess/divine mother. She
revealed herself to me one day in a vision. I saw myself playing on the
beach as a little girl. I heard some loud clapping and looked up to see
where it was coming from. There was a fairy godmother perched up on a cliff.
She looked like a grandmother with wings. The minute I laid my eyes on
her, I could feel a love so huge, so unconditional that it filled every cell
of my body. She was delighting in my every move, my every breath, my
presence. There was nothing I needed to do to have her love, just be myself
playing and dancing on the beach. I realized that I was having the
experience that each and every human being longs for...to be accepted and
delighted in just for being human.
One day while I fell asleep cradled in her arms, I dreamt she christened
me Daina, Song of Joy. Daina is pronounced Dinah and is my real name which
means song in Lithuanian. I am first generation American and both of my
parents love music. She told me her name was Sasha. The greatest thing that
I learned in my healing was that joy is the reason we are alive. We were
created to enjoy this earth and in this way we give the greatest thanks we
are able to give to our Creator. The Creator delights in our joys...our
dancing, creating, and playing. Our goal in life is to become as little
children using the trials and challenges we experience in finding our way
back home.
I kept experiencing Sasha in my visions and she has guided me in my
second career helping women access and work with these types of inner
archetypes to heal, to receive inner wisdom, and to learn how to play again
in midlife. I turned 50 this year and I designed Midlife Fairy Godmother
Enterprises. I am ready to launch into the second half of my life dancing
and playing every step of the way.
Warmly,
Daina Puodziunas - Just call me Dinah, Midlife Fairy Godmother
"When sleeping women wake, mountains move." Chinese proverb
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