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Read more about the article The Power of the Clan Mothers: How Indigenous Matriarchs and Menopause Shaped the World’s First True Democracy

The Power of the Clan Mothers: How Indigenous Matriarchs and Menopause Shaped the World’s First True Democracy

Photo by Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash (Open Source Stock) In modern Western society, menopause is often reduced to a private physical nuisance—a clinical diagnosis treated with hormone prescriptions and shrouded…

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Read more about the article The Second Spring: Why Menopause Is Not a Disease, But the Awakening of the Wise Woman

The Second Spring: Why Menopause Is Not a Disease, But the Awakening of the Wise Woman

Photo by Jude Beck on Unsplash (Open Source Stock) For more than a century, conventional Western medicine has viewed menopause through a deficit lens. Clinical textbooks and medical jargon frequently…

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Read more about the article The Inverted Pyramid: How Blackfoot Wisdom Inspired (and Transcends) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

The Inverted Pyramid: How Blackfoot Wisdom Inspired (and Transcends) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Photo by Bailey Zindel on Unsplash (Open Source Stock) In the summer of 1938, psychologist Abraham Maslow spent six weeks living among the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation in Alberta, Canada. Observing…

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