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The Year of Nine: Clearing Space for What’s Next

December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

The Nine Year teaches that endings aren’t punishment — they’re permission to begin again, softer and truer than before.

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#SlowAndSacred #Numerology #NineYear #EndingsAndBeginnings #SeasonalRitual

As one cycle ends, we breathe — and begin again.

IN THE DEEP WINTER: A Creative Therapy Survival Guide

December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Winter strips everything back.
This guide gathers what helps you stay warm, grounded, and creatively alive when the world goes dim.

IN THE DEEP WINTER
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#DeepWinterMagic #SeasonalLiving #RitualAndRest #CanadianWinters #SlowLiving #Comfort+Joy #WomenWhoCreate

Making It Through the Dark Season With Your Hands, Heart, and Humour Intact

Why I’m done auditioning for belonging

November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

“As an eldest daughter, I was groomed to please. If there’s one truth I’d give my younger self, it’s this: people-pleasing will lead you straight to destructive life decisions.” #Belonging #MidlifeReckoning #CreativeHealing #Authenticity #CroneRising

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The Cost of Fitting In

Karma Isn’t Vengeful — It’s Honest

November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Karma isn’t punishment — it’s reflection; the universe mirroring back the truth of how we live, love, and choose.
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#CroneRising #FeministWisdom #SlowLiving #Alignment #Karma

The quiet consistency of living in alignment

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November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

The season closes, but the rising continues.
Curiosity, gratitude, and creative sovereignty — our quiet rebellion against invisibility.

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#CroneRising #WomenOver50 #CreativeSovereignty #VisibilityMatters #QuietRebellion

EPISODE 025 | Reflection: Turning Shit into Sunshine (aka Lessons from Season One)

November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Linda Sivertsen on creativity, gratitude, and living a life without regret. This conversation with Lee Currie celebrates steady work, self-trust, and the beauty of aging with purpose.
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#CroneRising #LindaSivertsen #MidlifeCreativity #WomenWhoWrite #GratitudePractice

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EPISODE 017 | Reflection: Aging as Deepening, Not Decline - Crone Rising with Lee Currie

October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

What happens when reinvention, soft power, and truth-telling meet at the table of cronehood? Lee threads together the lessons — asking where YOU might need reinvention, peace, or truth.

#CroneRisingPodcast #Reinvention #SoftPower #TruthTelling #AgingWithCuriosity

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In this solo reflection, Lee Currie threads together wisdom from recent Crone Rising conversations with Nancy Irons-Murray, Danielle Rousseau, and Wendy Jackman. She explores themes of reinvention, va...

EPISODE 016: Wendy Jackman: Adoption, Art, and the Fight to Be Seen - Crone Rising with Lee Currie

September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

New episode: WENDY JACKMAN joins Lee on Crone Rising to talk about adoption, invisibility, dissociation, and the healing power of creativity and truth-telling. A raw conversation.

#CroneRisingPodcast #WomenWhoSpeak #OwnYourStory #CreativeHealing #AgingOutLoud

www.buzzsprout.com/2374262/epis...

In this conversation, Wendy Jackman joins Lee to explore what it means to stay visible in a culture that often demands silence and invisibility—especially for women. Wendy shares her journey through a...

EPISODE 015 | Danielle Rousseau: Validation, Visibility & Soft Power

September 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

This week’s Crone Rising episode features DANIELLE ROUSSEAU. From nursing to astrology, Danielle shares her journey of being seen again, embracing soft power, and making peace her priority.

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#CroneRising #SoftPower #MidlifeWisdom #WomenOver50 #FindYourPeace

EPISODE 014: Nancy Irons-Murray: Wisdom at the Crossroads of History and Humanity

August 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Episode 014 of Crone Rising features retired educator Nancy Irons-Murray. From the army to the classroom to European battlefield tours — her story is one of legacy, learning, and choosing relevance again and again. #CroneRising #WomenOver50

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EPISODE 013 | Reflection: The Spiral Path to Relevance - Crone Rising with Lee Currie

August 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Crone Rising Ep013 is live! I reflect on conversations with Sharyn, Gabrielle & Cathy—exploring seeker, sword, and hearth energies. Relevance isn’t attention. It’s resonance.

www.buzzsprout.com/2374262/epis...

#CroneRising #ElderWisdom #FeministFire #SpiralPath #MidlifeMagic

In this deeply reflective solo episode, Lee Currie weaves insights from three powerful Crone Rising conversations—with Sharyn Flood, Gabrielle St. George, and Cathy Zielske—into a tapestry of truth, r...

August 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Cathy Zielske doesn’t believe age = wisdom — and she’s got 12 years of therapy to prove it.
Episode 012 of Crone Rising is a raw, funny, and refreshingly honest convo about growing up (finally).
🎧 Out now. www.buzzsprout.com/2374262/epis...

#CroneRising #CathyZielske

August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Too tall. Too early. Too much. At ten years old, I found a way to disappear — in full view. A new Spilled Ink essay: Cure for Growth is now live.

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#SpilledInk
#FeministMemoir
#CroneRising
#CanadianWriters
#WomenWhoWrite
#RealStories
#FamilyDynamics

Cure for Growth

Bad habits, good reasons

August 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Gabrielle St. George joins Crone Rising for an unfiltered conversation on power, protest, and no longer playing small. New episode live now! 🎙️ @crone.rising.pod #CroneRising #WomenOver50 #MidlifePower

www.buzzsprout.com/2374262/epis...

EPISODE 010 | Sharyn Flood: Reclaiming My Relevance

July 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

“I wasn’t very good at choosing life partners… because I wasn’t listening to myself.” — Sharyn Flood on Crone Rising. A powerful midlife story about truth, growth, and letting go of ‘shoulds.’ Ep 010 is now live. #CroneRising
open.spotify.com/episode/6oJt...

EPISODE 009 | Claire, Pat, and Judy: On Kindness, Sovereignty, and Staying Sharp

July 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Kindness. Sovereignty. Relevance. In Episode 009, I reflect on what I learned from Claire Barron-Sluga, Pat Sanagan, and Judy Azzopardi — three extraordinary women who've chosen to stay visible. #CroneRising open.spotify.com/episode/4lLk...

EPISODE 008 | Judy Azzopardi: There’s No Crying in the Boardroom (But There Is Wine at Book Club)

July 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Reinvention isn’t just possible — it’s powerful. Judy Azzopardi shares how she reclaimed relevance, built a business from friendships, and keeps growing at 70. A bold, honest Crone Rising convo: open.spotify.com/episode/3RyO...

#ReinventionAt70
#PowerOfFemaleFriendship
#LifeAfterCorporate

EPISODE 007: Pat Sanagan on Choosing Visibility: Aging, Advocacy, and Authenticity

July 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Thank you to all of those who have been listening! And to all of my fellow Crones who show up fully as their generous, wise, kind, vulnerable, and brilliant selves as my guests. open.spotify.com/show/0Q2DbJB...
Interested? Send me a DM!

#CroneRising
#CroneWisdom
#AgingOutLoud
#ReclaimYourVisibility

July 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

This week, I’m joined by Pat Sanagan, unapologetic truth-teller.
We talk about reclaiming energy as we age, navigating relationships with grace (and boundaries), and choosing visibility on our terms.

open.spotify.com/episode/6mDI...

#CroneRising #WomenAgingOutLoud #CroneWisdom

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mDIrV2G0HLPO8Smpokpzd?si=ff1d9f3d0df5472e🎧

July 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

This week on Crone Rising, I’m joined by the brilliant Claire Barron-Sluga — a lifelong facilitator, connector, and community-builder.
This one’s warm, wise, and full of heart.
🖤
Come listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0qFm...

#CroneRising #SeenHeardValued #ArchaeologistOfTheSoul

EPISODE 006: Claire Barron-Sluga a Conversation on Being Seen, Heard, and Valued

EPISODE 005: Living Permission Slips (What I Learned from Robin, Catherine, and Mary Elizabeth)

June 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Episode 005 of Crone Rising just dropped!
This one’s a solo — it’s about permission slips, becoming, and the beautiful mess of aging out loud.
Listen now, Crone-folk: open.spotify.com/episode/50wH...
#CroneRising #AgingOutLoud #PodcastDrop

THE PODCAST: Crone Rising is LIVE!

June 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

Super excited about this! Subscribe. Share. Show up and take up space. Welcome to Crone Rising!

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Why I started a podcast at 60 - and what I hope it sparks

A Soft Start: Why I’m Choosing Sacred Over Speed

May 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Lee Currie

@leecurrie.bsky.social

A Soft Start: Why I’m Choosing Sacred Over Speed
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Welcome to Lessons in a Good Life - a sacred space for slow living, feminine wisdom, and soulful visibility. Pour a cup, take a breath, and come closer…