Perimenopause relates to the time of life when significant reproductive hormonal changes occur, as a person with ovaries runs out of eggs.

It often starts in your 40’s and lasts on average over 4 to 6 years, up to 10 years.

Perimenopause primarily impacts people assigned female at birth (AFAB) who have ovaries, including cisgender women, transgender men, and non-binary individuals.

Common impacts and symptoms include mental, physical and emotional shifts, including hot flushes and night sweats, sleep problems and tiredness, headaches, aches and pains, dry vagina, sore breasts, mood changes, forgetfulness and brain fog, anxiety or depression.

It can also be a time of spiritual significance and distillation of our values, needs and deepened meaning of purpose.

Here is a simple fact sheet with medical definitions.

Absolutely not. You know your body best and if you are over 35, not feeling yourself and experiencing several common perimenopausal symptoms, then you’re welcome to our group! Many medical professionals are still catching up on the latest research on perimenopause, meaning many people are undiagnosed.

To get the most of your membership and rejuvenation, attending each monthly session is recommended. However, nourishing yourself with self-care is the most important value underpinning the PWP membership. If you are unable to attend a PWP live session, please let me know and I can send you through the slides from the evening to go over in your own time. Due to the private nature of each person’s perimenopausal experience, live sessions will not be recorded.

Absolutely! This is a safe and welcoming space for anyone experiencing perimenopause, including people with ovaries, or identify as a woman, trans. queer, non-binary or intersex folk. This is an intentionally safe, affirming and non-judgemental space, where our community can feel secure and each benefit from shared experiences and perspectives. Inclusivity and safety is paramount here 🌈🌻✨

We welcome menopausal and post-menopausal people as an important part of our community. Whether you’re in peri, menopause, or beyond, you can still benefit from experiencing regular creativity and self-care. You will also likely have significant perspectives and life experiences that can benefit the group too. While the research will be focussed around the perimenopause period of life, the creative experiences can be adapted to suit your individual ways of being.

Absolutely not! Just as you don’t need to be an olympian to swim, you don’t need to be an artist to engage in creativity! I have been a teacher and artist for almost 30 years, and I have a myriad of ways to share creativity in a way that is open, fun, gentle and accessible. The arts are a wonderful human experience, available to everyone.

The PWP Member’s Studio is the online hub for your membership. It includes your zoom link, the monthly themes and materials list and some bonus content you can access throughout your membership.

It’s free and you’ll gain access from 1st January 2026, or instantly whenever you sign up after that date.

Yes, absolutely. You can receive membership content for as long or as little as you like.

To cancel your membership, log into your customer account, navigate to "Account" and then "Subscriptions"

Find the membership you want to cancel, and click "Cancel subscription". You can also disable auto-renew to let the membership expire at the end of the current billing cycle. 

You will have access to the membership content until the end of your current billing month.

Please note, I am unable to refund membership payments, as the content is available to you for the full duration of each monthly billing cycle. So if you’d like to cancel your membership, do it before your next billing date :)

Peri-Women-Pause is a creative, educational experience, using therapeutic arts techniques and research to support your mental and emotional nourishment during perimenopause.

While I facilitate and support a sense of shared community and belonging in our monthly sessions, the workshops are not dedicated to sharing meandering or open chats about our peri experiences.

At the end of each session will be an optional 10 minute share space, where you’ll be invited to briefly share what you found meaningful during your creative process.

Outside of this, there will not be suitable time for participants to share, as most of the LIVE workshop will be dedicated to your learning and creativity.

No. Peri-Women-Pause is not designed or intended to be group therapy.

Peri-Women-Pause (PWP) offers a relaxed and nourishing environment designed to help you carve out time for meaningful self-care.

Participants can explore naturally therapeutic arts and crafts alongside experiential education, while attuning to your innate needs, especially during times of a fluctuating capacity.

For clarity, PWP does not:

• offer individualised medical, or professional mental/emotional health support

• substitute for professional therapy

As a participant, it is essential to prioritise your self-awareness and self-care. Please take time out whenever you need during the live workshops, and engage in ways that feel genuinely nourishing for your system in each moment.

If you experience any acute physical, mental or emotional challenges during your PWP membership, please seek help from a trusted professional for one-on-one support. I am unable to provide individual support during live group experiences or via email.

Thank you for taking care of your needs and helping to ensure our group is a safe space for all participants to experience 💖

I offer 2 partial scholarship spaces in peri-women-pause at any one time, for those experiencing financial hardship.

The scholarship rate is 75% off the monthly fee, meaning you will need to contribute $14.75 a month.

If you would like to go on the waitlist for a scholarship space, please email me at chrissy@artuition.com.au