Upcoming Dates 2026

 

The Voice of Menopause: An Inner Encounter

A Workshop with Dr. Odette Springer

 

If menopause has felt disorienting, unfamiliar, or harder than you expected — you are not alone. “We are charting an undiscovered terrain… in the wilderness of new beginnings.”

 

Menopause is not simply a set of symptoms to manage. It is an initiation — a passage into a new relationship with yourself. This journey is not linear, and no two women experience it the same way. You may experience a wide range of emotions — and yet, beneath all of that, something else begins to stir: something ancient, instinctive, and deeply your own.

 

While modern medicine, Chinese medicine, and other modalities offer important support for the body, this passage is not only physical.

 

It is also psychological, emotional, and deeply personal. Too often, that part is left out of the conversation. This workshop is an invitation to include it — to turn toward the feelings, desires, and truths that may have been set aside for years in order to care for others, to function, or to belong.

At the heart of this workshop is a guided inner practice called active imagination, developed by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung as a way of entering into a dialogue with the unconscious.

 

With gentle guidance, you will be led into a relaxed, receptive inner state. From there, you'll be invited to meet whatever images, figures, or sensations arise within you.

 

These inner figures may surprise you. They may carry grief, or wisdom, or something you have not yet found words for.

 

Rather than analyzing or interpreting what appears, you will be encouraged simply to listen — and to let what is alive in you begin to speak.

Following the guided journey, you will have time to engage with what arose through journaling and reflection. You will be invited to share your experience with the group — and equally free not to. This is a supported and confidential space, and what you discover belongs entirely to you.

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Menopause is also a time of reclaiming a deeper kind of power — not driven by hormones or external roles, but rooted in who you are. A power that holds everything: joy and grief, rage and compassion, fear and desire. It has always been there, beneath years of adaptation and accommodation. It is time to give yourself the same attention and care you have so freely given to others.

 

This is not a workshop about getting through menopause.

It is an invitation to discover what it is opening in you —

and to begin living from that place.

 

 

(Please be sure you can attend before you purchase your ticket. No refunds are offered unless the workshop is canceled or postponed. There is no general ticket holder access to recordings of Women's Wisdom Village Workshops. Access to recordings of the Women's Wisdom Village Workshops is available to Regents' Refuge Members in the Regents' Refuge library stacks. To find out more information about all the benefits of becoming a Regents' Refuge Member, click HERE

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Your Guide: Dr. Odette Springer

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Dr. Odette Springer holds a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and a Bachelor of Arts in Piano from the Manhattan School of Music. For more than three decades, she has worked at the intersection of psychology, creativity, and transformation, helping individuals access deeper layers of their inner lives through writing, imagery, music, and guided inner practices. A classical pianist, composer, singer-songwriter, and Sundance-nominated documentary filmmaker, she brings both artistic depth and creative experience to her work.

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Her doctoral dissertation, Changing Woman: Calling the Feminine Home, weaves memoir, Jungian psychology, Indigenous mythology, and original musical composition, and is currently being adapted into a book. She has published scholarly work on myth, the creative process, and the healing power of narrative, and has presented her research at conferences nationally.

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Rooted in Jungian psychology, Dr. Springer's work centers on active imagination — a psychological practice of entering into dialogue with the unconscious. She developed and taught a course on Active Imagination and the Creative Process at Hussian College in Los Angeles and brings this work into her teaching and mentorship with those navigating grief, trauma, identity, and major life transitions. Through this process, individuals give voice to what has gone unspoken, unlock what has been held, and open pathways for meaningful transformation. This approach is especially resonant for women navigating periods of profound inner and outer change.

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As a book coach and editor, she works with writers at all stages to shape their stories and uncover the deeper truths within them. Known for her clarity, precision, and rigorous scholarship, Dr. Springer is described by clients and students as someone who helps them unearth what their soul most wants to express — and the courage to say it.