Conversations with women (over 40): Katherine May
The bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment, talks burnout, meaning-making, her midlife autism diagnosis and why she believes we’re suffering from a deficit of wonder
Katherine by Alexa Loy Dent
Earlier this year, I invited the author of Wintering and Enchantment, Katherine May, 45, to come on The Shift podcast for a full and frank chat about her midlife experience. Little did I know how popular that conversation was going to be! So here it is, for those of you who are not yet in the podcast zone, or just want to be able to linger a little longer over her words of wisdom. If you prefer to listen, paid subscribers will find the audio above. (This is a transcript of our conversation, slightly edited to remove ums and ahs!)
Sam: How was your retreat?
Katherine: It was really nice, I’m really glad I did it, but I could have done without having had the flu directly before. And then the week before that I’d had covid, so I just rolled from one thing to another.
S: Somatic illness are the ones that really take you …