What if the discomfort of midlife transition isn’t something to push through or medicate away, but a profound invitation to reclaim your most authentic self? In this episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Debs De Vries brings over 30 years of experience in spiritual and personal development to illuminate the deeper meaning of this powerful life stage.
Debs shares how a vivid dream called her to work specifically with midlife women, guiding them through the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual gifts of this transition. With refreshing honesty, she describes peri-menopause and menopause as a spiritual initiation — much like Persephone’s descent to the underworld — challenging, yes, but ultimately transformative.
We explore the fascinating connection between hormonal shifts and spiritual awakening, revealing how so-called “symptoms” like brain fog, hot flushes, or emotional changes may actually signal the release of outdated patterns and the emergence of deeper soul expression. As Debs puts it: “This is the version of yourself you knew you could be at 15” — before years of conditioning and compromise dimmed your light.
The conversation also delves into Debs’ book, The Voice, the Vulva and the Vagus, where she explores the profound link between the vagus nerve, our voice, and our creative centre. She explains how these three elements form a kind of inner technology, allowing divine vibration to move through us and manifest in the world.
At 68, Debs embodies the vibrant potential of midlife and beyond — reframing ageing not as decline but as a spiral of continued growth, creativity, and expansion. For women navigating uncertainty, confusion, or disconnection in midlife, her wisdom offers both spiritual perspective and practical guidance to reconnect with your authentic self.
Listen now and discover how the challenges of midlife can become portals to transformation, authenticity, and joy.
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