The Wise Woman archetype is much bigger than the one version of female elderhood our culture tends to recognize. Today, we explore seven Wise Woman archetypes and the different ways intuition, channeling, sexuality, storytelling, healing, silence, and leadership can mature as women age.

I’m sharing a different way of looking at menopause and elderhood, where lived experience and the “crucibles of your life” become part of your earned wisdom. From the tutu-wearing Fairy Godmother to the deeply grounded Medicine Ma, these archetypes give us names for forms of mature feminine wisdom that have often gone unrecognized. Which one are you?