The moment in midlife when you finally have space again might not be what you imagined. The kids are older, the career is stable, the house runs, and still a sharp question lands: is this it? I’m joined by Baya Salman-Hawk, an “enchantress” with roots in psychotherapy, EFT tapping, and shamanic healing, to talk about what happens when a woman is done performing the roles and is ready to come back to herself, with everything she has lived included.

We explore Baya’s idea of the Enchantress Years, the stage between the mother and the crone where power returns in a new form. Not the power of pleasing, coping, and holding it all together; but the power of knowing what you want, and even without a perfect plan, doing it anyway. We talk about why society makes this transition harder than it needs to be, why role models for later life creativity are still rare, and how stories and myth can either shrink women or set them free.

We also get practical. Baya breaks down EFT tapping for nervous system regulation, stress relief, and emotional clarity, plus a simple way to stop feeding outside noise: “There’s nothing here for you.” Along the way we touch on daily habits like short yoga sessions, walking in nature, letting feelings move through you, and the mindset that changes everything: fail, fail again, fail better.

To learn more about Baya's work visit her website questfortheenchantress.com or check out her Facebook group EFT for Hope.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Baya!

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