If you’re under the impression that midlife is a time to dread, Jane McCann is here to set the record straight.

Better know as The Middle Aged Goddess to her devoted Instagram community of more than 200,000 followers - Jane is proving that this chapter of life can be liberating, joyful and deeply transformative.

Showing up as her wise, authentic self, she inspires women around the world to embrace midlife as a gift: an opportunity for connection, self-discovery, and reinvention.

Through candid conversations about menopause, mental health, loss and learning to love yourself, Jane is shifting the narrative around ageing for women.

In this episode of My Spiritual Side, she opens up about her ongoing quest for personal growth, the spiritual practices that sustain her, and why manifesting a dream life isn’t luck - it’s a conscious choice

In this episode, Jane shares:

• Her spiritual rituals: including a morning ocean swim and coffee
• Her Vedic meditation practice - including the mantra that came to her in Bhutan
• Her connection to White Tara as a guiding deity and “spirit sister”
• Moving through her “dark nights of the soul”
• The complicated relationship she had with her mother - and the realisation, after her death, that some wounds can’t be mended
• Parenting “on the job,” apologising when she got it wrong, and the importance of saying “I love you”
• Practicing the pause before reacting
• Losing her sister at 57 - and how that fuels Jane’s desire to truly live
• How she unexpectedly became an Instagram influencer - and her commitment to using the platform for good
• Learning to love herself, fully
• The unexpected gifts of menopause - including time for herself, perspective and rediscovering childhood joy
• Beginning every day with the words: “Thank you.”
• Why everything she does revolves around keeping herself mentally well
• The role “Madame Universe” played in finding her partner
• Her advice to make meditation part of your day - no matter how brief
• The power of sitting in silence (often in the car)
• How manifesting a dream life is not luck, it’s a choice

Key Quotes

Menopause:

“Menopause gets such a bad rap these days, but menopause absolutely helped me get there [to self love]. As your oestrogen starts to decline, it's almost like you stick your head out like a turtle and go, ‘Hang on a minute, I've been caring for you and you and you and now I'm gonna care for myself’.”

“All the physical stuff that comes with menopause, like the wrinkles that suddenly appear and the tummy… It was a real revelation for me about beauty standards and what I had held myself to. And I realised, I can't do that anymore. There is no way of stopping this. You can have all the Botox, all the fillers, all the things, but you're gonna age and there will be signs of it. So I had to really learn to love all those parts of myself”.

Gratitude:

“My first thought in the morning is ‘thank you’. I've really coached myself into doing this. Put your hand on your heart and say, ‘thank you’. And you lift the corners of your mouth and you smile and it's like an instant mood fixer. While your hand is there, you just say, ‘I love you. Thank you’. It's that easy. After a while, you start to believe it”.

“When people go, ‘you're so lucky’, it's not luck, it's choice”.

“Nothing changes if nothing changes. Because nothing will change unless you change it”.

Key Mantra: Bigger, better, beyond

Books:

Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali

Mother Zen by Jacinta Tynan

Guts: A Memoir of Food, Failure and Taking Impossible Chances by Melissa Leong

Podcast:

BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo.

More Information

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