PERI-MENOPAUSE AS AN INITIATION
A 4-month live course to embody the true nature of perimenopause.
Support nature’s potent recalibration, orient to what’s really happening, harness your “black fire” within to burn away what is false, and step into the second half of life in truth
Starts January 11th 2026 - Registration Open
TASTER CIRCLE SUNDAY NOV 2ND - OPENS SOON
Perimenopause is a recalibration of the entire physiology.
It amplifies EVERYTHING.
It brings a full rewiring of our psyche, nervous system, and place in the world; shifting our energy from fertility,
to a void-womb, ever pregnant with potential.
This passage requires time. It asks for patience. It asks for space. It dissolves all we thought we were, so we can embody Truth.
This coven exists to walk with you through that process, helping you attune to and work with the core energy of perimenopause, so you can grow through it with presence and compassion.
• 8 Live Circles • Small Group of 12 • Guided Practices • WhatsApp Community • Book of Wisdom PDF
THE CORE CHALLENGES OF PERIMENOPAUSE
It’s slow
It’s not just our cycle ending. Our entire system is rewiring. All the channels in our body–mind that were once centered on fertility are now being reconfigured. It’s a complete overhaul, and it unfolds in its own time. It cannot - and will not - be rushed. The process is natural and carries its own intelligence.
The cycle changes
The cycle you once knew is shifting. Periods may become shorter, longer, heavier, lighter, or unpredictable. The rest of the cycle may also feel unfamiliar. If you’ve been tracking, you’ll likely notice new patterns; if not, it can feel chaotic. Either way, the cycle mirrors the changes taking place within.
The body changes
The ageing process accelerates slightly during peri, then steadies again after menopause. The end of our cycle is actually anti-ageing. Our body composition shifts, our relationship with our body evolves, and our lifestyle asks for adjustments.
Feeling alone
Moving through this without like-hearted women can feel overwhelming. This process is so powerful that we quite literally need each other. The co-regulation and energetic bolstering that comes from being together with intention offers immense relief and support.
A lack of role models
While women are beginning to awaken to the power and meaning of perimenopause, there are still few cultural examples of how to navigate it. We are the first generation to go through this consciously and openly, which often means we are largely figuring it out on our own.
All of this calls for our presence, patience, and above all, compassion.
Having the support of women who truly understand can completely change the way we see and experience this passage.
THIS PERIMENOPAUSE COURSE WILL SUPPORT YOU TO:
Fully drop into midlife and feel held by our intimate circle, for co-regulation, mirroring, support, and momentum.
Gain clarity on what’s unfolding in your body, psyche, and identity during perimenopause.
Re-align with circadian rhythms to naturally support sleep, energy, hormones, and vitality.
Grieve with support; process losses that are natural during this transition.
Learn to work with ‘black fire’ to burn away what is false and reveal what is true.
Radiate from within by circulating and alchemizing your sexual energy.
Expand your range of expression, feeling and aliveness, rather than staying in the ‘window of f*cking tolerance’!
Clarify your trajectory for the second half of life and name what truly matters most.
Deepen and integrate the work through guided practices between circles.
Receive trauma-informed, clinically-grounded, and deeply compassionate group facilitation with Janelle and Melanie.
“Perimenopause amplifies EVERYTHING we need to embody to live our full potential.”
OUR 4-MONTH LIVE COURSE
IN THE WOMB OF THE GREAT MOTHER
CIRCLE 1 - UNDERSTANDING
In our opening circle, we’ll cultivate safety and cohesion, allowing the group field to emerge. Together, we’ll attune with the Great Mother, becoming conscious of her holding us through this rite of passage, and explore how aligning with the natural pace of perimenopause can deeply nourish and naturally massage the nervous system, rather than simply ‘regulate’ us. We’ll share where we are in this journey and enter a group process that invites us into the wisdom within and the pathway of unknowing, offering each woman her own direct understanding of what is unfolding.
CIRCLE 2 - HARMONISE WITH CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
The circadian rhythms of light and dark, night and day, are the natural rhythms of how we are designed to live. When we are out of sync with this, we are at odds with ourselves. It truly can support our hormones, our relationship with the earth, and can literally transform our experience of perimenopause. In this circle, you’ll receive practical and energetic guidance on attuning your life with these rhythms.
CIRCLE 3 - ACCEPTANCE AND GRIEF
There is a natural process of grieving in midlife. Our vitality shifts, our body transforms, our perspectives change; others may see us differently. It’s important to honor this and create space to grieve, in all its many forms.
CIRCLE 4 – THE BLACK FIRE
Connect with and harness the black fire within that activates during perimenopause. In our circle, we’ll guide this light to specific organs and centers in the body to support the process of recalibration, rewiring, and reorientation.
CIRCLE 5 - THE FALSE VOID VS THE JUICY VOID
As we progress to a void-womb, we need to be able to sit with that space. There is a ‘false void’ of emptiness and neglect, that stops us from truly dropping into silence, stillness, and unknowing. In this circle, we’ll be unblending the false void from the true void, processing out old pain, and anchoring into the void within, and of creation.
CIRCLE 6 - SEXUAL ENERGY & INNER RADIANCE
Beauty is often shaped through the male gaze, creating a false sense of validity. It can also be used as a tool for manipulation. In this circle, we’ll recalibrate to our inner beauty and cultivate inner radiance from the potent life force within the pelvic bowl.
CIRCLE 7 - EMERGING FROM THE CHRYSALIS
How do we live and lead the second half of our lives with conscious choice? This may mean guiding ourselves, our work, our families, or our communities. It might involve fulfilling long-held dreams or living quietly in the woods, speaking with the birds. Whatever form it takes, the world needs wise women - living examples of fulfilled potential for the generations that follow.
CIRCLE 8 - DEATH BED CEREMONY & DECLARATION
Journey to the moments just before your death in this life, to observe your state of consciousness along your current path -clarify what truly matters - and uncover what’s needed to bring that reality into being. We’ll then each contribute a verse to a group poem, declaring our commitment to ourselves and the process of “wisdoming”.
Throughout the course, we’ll capture the group experience in a beautfully curated PDF, featuring insights, tips, resources, and the group poem from our closing ceremony.
BOOK OF WISDOM
STRUCTURE & FORMAT
Live Circles: 2.5 hours each
Time: 7am Dallas (CT) • 8am New York (ET) • 1pm London (GMT) • 2pm Paris (CET) • 8pm Bangkok (ICT) • 9pm Perth (AWST)
Dates: Alternate Sundays -
January 11 & 25
February 8 & 22
March 8 & 22
April 5 & 26
Duration: 4 months
Group Size: Limited to 12 women
Location: Online via Zoom
Guided Practices: Shared after each circle to help you deepen and integrate between sessions
Community: WhatsApp group for ongoing connection, practice, and presence
Replays: Available for 2 weeks after each circle
Book of Wisdom: A beautifully curated PDF capturing insights, resources, and our closing group poem, gifted to you after the final ceremony
Facilitated by: Janelle Sjodin & Melanie Swan
WHO THIS IS FOR:
FOR WOMEN WHO:
Have at least 2 years of personal development as a foundation.
Want to go beyond the superficial ‘miracle supplement and weighted vest’ conversation about perimenopause.
Love deep work, value connection, and delight at the velvety richness of attuning with truth.
“Perimenopause is a rite of passage - nature’s way of honing a woman into Maga, the wise woman”
MEDICINE CIRCLES
Each circle is a rich, transformational field — blending learning, practice, and live healing. There will be rich group process work and system recalibration throughout.
Each one includes, where most relevant,
Opening Excercise
Understanding
Processing
Debrief & Closing
The circle is a living, breathing field that amplifies both our presence and our process. The group becomes a mirror, a magnifier, and a catalyst: what one woman expresses or works through ripples across the field, expanding both individual and collective consciousness.
This is the true power of this live course - the circle reveals and holds what cannot be accessed alone: bringing unconscious material to light, amplifying breakthroughs, and anchoring new states of being.
Each woman’s breakthrough becomes an activation for the whole, allowing growth and integration at depths not possible in isolation.
COMMUNITY
True healing doesn’t happen when isolated — it happens in connection.
In this live course, the community becomes an essential part of your support system.
Through a dedicated WhatsApp group and weekly guided practices, you’ll have space to be seen and to see others, to support and be supported, and to challenge and be lovingly challenged.
Each week, you’ll also meet with another sister for a focused practice, deepening your engagement with the work and uncovering personal truths.
This is the kind of care and support most women give to others - but rarely receive for themselves.
YOUR FACILITATORS
JANELLE SJODIN
A Women’s Midlife Mentor & Circadian Health Coach who specializes in the female nervous system, psyche, and biology. Janelle supports visionary women in restoring their full potential, vitality, and power through the initiatory passage of their second half of life.
MELANIE SWAN
Melanie helps women return to their true nature by embodying the true purpose of the womb and the menstrual cycle, healing multi-dimensional trauma, and restoring the divine masculine and feminine.
INVESTMENT
BEGINS JANUARY 11th 2026
12 places available
In Part
3 Payments
$270
8 x 2.5-hour circles (every other Sunday)
Bespoke practice to deepen each circle
Book of Wisdom PDF
Community
3 monthly installments
In Full
1 Payment
$745
8 x 2.5-hour circles (every other Sunday)
Bespoke practice to deepen each circle
Book of Wisdom PDF
Community
Save $65 when paid in full
Additional payment plans are available for women I’m currently working with, or have worked with in the past. We can discuss options during your discovery call, or you’re welcome to reach out to me directly.