Menopause and Mind - Cutting the Crap Collage Workshop

Menopause and Mind focus on raising awareness of the impact of menopause on mental health, and provide support for people experiencing menopause-related mental health struggles. Our focus is on well-being, transformation and connection. We explore creative approaches to mental well-being and practices of collective care. In this workshop, we will work with collage to explore share, and connect with others about our feelings around menopause and the climacteric. Come and join us for an inclusive space of fun, friendship and creativity that will allow you time out to process, reflect and transform!

What is an intuitive collage? Intuitive collage bypasses your censoring mind and can surprise you with new information about your inner life. The workshops provide a symbolic release of emotions. They help you to meet and accept the inner parts of yourself that you do not normally express. Intuitive collage expresses the various aspects of your personality in visual form, and this will help you to understand, organise and sort out your inner landscape so that you can witness it compassionately. The imagery and colours in an intuitive collage can reveal and externalise emotions more powerfully than verbal self-expression.

T he event will take place at the Queery Cafe in Brighton further information about the venue is available on their website: https://thequeery.co.uk/info/

While we want to make this event accessible to all we realise that everyone’s needs are different, so if you would like to chat with one of us about access needs before coming along please email us at [email protected] so we can talk you through the spaces, and their possibilities and limitations.

About Menopause and Mind

Menopause and Mind focus on raising awareness of the impact of menopause on mental health, and provide support for people experiencing menopause-related mental health struggles. Our focus is on well-being, transformation and connection. We explore creative approaches to mental well-being and practices of collective care. In this workshop, we will work with collage to explore share, and connect with others about our feelings around menopause and the climacteric. Our spaces are intergenerational so if you are menopause-curious or not sure if you have started peri-menopause yet, or want to reflect on your experiences post-menopause you are still welcome to join us, to learn and share.

Inclusivity

We recognise that the mainstream narrative of menopause does not include everyone and discriminates and excludes many marginalised voices, including (not exhaustively) LGBTQIA+, trans voices, minority ethnic voices and neuro and physical diverse groups. We also recognise the negative impact that adverse childhood experiences have during menopause and that menopause happens at many ages, and impacts on those experiencing POI (Premature Ovarian Insufficiency) and surgical menopause can be particularly challenging. There is a lack of information of the impact of other conditions, such as endometriosis, on menopause due to a lack of high-quality research. Menopause and Mind embrace menodiversity and welcome any person experiencing menopausal symptoms from any background. We are open to feedback to improve our sessions, and to ensure that we are using inclusive language and approaches.

We support the aims of the Menopause Inclusion Collective and are a trans-positive organisation.

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