In our struggle to belong we adjusted ourselves to fit society's boxes, smiling convincingly behind a shiny facade and keeping parts of us in the dark. The hormonal and cellular flux of midlife surfaces what's long been masked, ignored or exiled. A seismic,  physical, psychological and spiritual shift. Mother nature ruthless in her alchemical process, strips us to our core. As we become more aware of this process we notice that the structures and roles that defined us begin to crumble. What felt safe and comfortable is no longer firm ground, no longer sustainable. Society blames the loss of youthfulness, an hormonal deficiency and offers us a pill. This is far from the truth for many of us. Midlife is a call, an initiation to step into our own authority. To take the path we secretly dreamed of, the one where we value who we are at our core.