Creatrix Rising
Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women

In a personal and genre-bending story, Stephanie Raffelock’s second book challenges the maiden-mother-crone archetype. Raffelock posits that the crone or old hag of yesteryear has given way to today’s creatrix, a woman who is “constantly becoming” as part of the first generation “in which women tal......more

Here I am, well into my late 30s, concerned about what my 40s might look like.  While that's not midlife yet, time moves fast. One of the things I first loved about this book was how the author redefines womanhood and age. We're throwing out the old crone reference, with its connotation of dried up a......more

(This review can be found on my blog All the Ups and Downs.) -- There was something about the synopsis of Creatrix Rising by Stephanie Raffelock that really sucked me in. When I read it, I knew that it was a book I would fall in love with. I wasn't wrong! Creatrix Rising is full of great anecdotes. Rea......more

Maiden, Mother, Crone. The three archetypal stages of a woman’s life. The Maiden is young and fair, blooming with life and potential. The Mother is nurturing and giving. And the Crone? Well, we all know what people think of her. Dried up, not much use anymore, withering away to the end of life. In Cr......more

Stephanie Raffelock has an ability to speak to and relate to women through her excellent storytelling abilities, her honest assessment of her own faux pas, and her belief in the power and privilege of being a woman. She shifts our thinking from "wrapping ourselves in the myth of insignificance" to c......more