Red Tent

Learn from other women's experiences and insights, and find hope, encouragement and support on your journey.

Trusting is really hard. Trusting is what you do when you don’t know what’s coming next but you go ahead anyway. It’s what you ...

On the darkest day of the year I walk with my shadow. We are old friends, and my shadow is wise. She sees me differently to everyone else. She ...

With dark evenings, sheer morning skies and chill in the air, winter has arrived. It’s a time for staying indoors with warmth and soft ...

During the last ten years I have made many improvements to my menstrual cycle by taking control of my health, tuning into my bio rhythms, ...

I cut my hair. It had been a long time coming, but I finally decided to get it done. My hairdresser has known me and my hair for a long time, and ...

One of the challenges with menstruation – and the female hormonal cycle – is that our bodies change. All the time. Some women naturally fluctuate ...

We are busy people today, being efficient and productive in all manner of ways. We remain in control of ourselves. But sometimes this can feel ...

Since my last post Reciprocity and Giving Freely, people have been asking me how to give freely. Giving freely is for most people a learning ...

One of the first things you learn as an anthropology student is that reciprocity is the glue that binds society together. Reciprocity comes in ...

I’ve recently made some amazing friends. We meet every six weeks or so and learn and laugh, share and dream. I am surrounded by these ...

I’m changing. I am feeling peacefully introspect, and in the process I have lost my voice and am just standing still. Being. This change is ...

I have just read Anna Fedele’s brilliant Looking for Mary Madgalene. It is a beautifully sensitive book, based on her PHD dissertation. The book ...

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