The 'Hot Flashes'
- Lorraine Butterfield
- Jul 2
- 4 min read
will always remember the first time I had a ‘hot flash’. I was stood at the reiki table with a client who was in a state of complete relaxation when I felt myself overcome with heat. I thought I was going to faint. Then I could feel the uncomfortable feeling of sweat dripping down my spine. I was drenched.

I couldn’t understand why I was feeling this way. I knew I couldn’t continue. Spirit stepped in and told me that I needed to stand back and sit down, that they would continue to work with the client whilst I sat on my windowsill.
I sat down with a breeze blowing on me and felt so grateful to spirit for stepping in. It took only a couple of minutes for me to regain myself and feel normal, but I had never experienced anything like it. I sat for a minute more to observe the energy of my client, and I could see that their energy was now above their physical body. Guides and Angels all around working with their energy. It was fascinating and incredible. I then resumed my position and continued to work with the client.
Funnily enough, the client then said to me after the session that she could feel herself lifting off the bed and she felt as though there were many spiritual beings around her. I just smiled and said that I had witnessed exactly that.
I was concerned about what I had experienced during the reiki session, and I did become a little fearful of it happening again. I wasn’t sure if it was ‘hot flashes’ or I had been overcome from standing for so long. It wasn’t a one-off event. It happened several times and each time I had prepared myself with water to hand and the guides to step in and assist me. The ‘hot flashes' then changed, and my discomfort was given to me during the night, which made sleeping very uncomfortable. I felt as though my self-care (getting sleep) was being taken away which led to my energy levels plummeting. I didn’t want to feel like this, and I had to question why any of us must experience such discomfort during a beautiful transformation of our lives.
There was programming running about suffering for the work that I do and suffering rather than being able to refill my cup of energy. This was some sort of energy disruption, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
I knew that it was ‘hot flashes’ after doing much reading around menopause symptoms and signs. I was also aware that I was peri menopausal.
I wanted to know more. I wanted to know why women had to go through these very uncomfortable and unpleasant experiences. I know my mum had had issues during her menopausal experience. Every time she went to the hairdressers to treat herself a ‘hot flash’ would come on and make it a not very pleasant experience. I know some women will say, “It’s just something we all have to go through”. That is a belief and do we really all have to go through it?
Why was this part of the female journey taking so much pleasure away and leaving women feeling depleted, sad, tired, hot and uncomfortable and ripping away at their dignity?
I knew that the key to this would be around self-worth. My journey so far on this earth is to learn and to teach how to overcome lack of self-worth and self-love. My soul gift that I agreed to during this lifetime with my Archangel Raphael was Divine Love and Healing. I knew this from the Soul Plan that I had done for myself. (Your Soul Plan can help you understand why you came here and what your higher purpose is on this planet.)
I also believe that you can heal anything. My observation of the Menopause is that there are different levels of suffering and symptoms. This indicates that there are different beliefs and programs running but all would be around suffering/persecution when embracing the wise goddess energy and the disempowerment of that role.
I did a lot of inner work and about a year ago I was guided by spirit to work with menopause symptoms, but I pushed the idea away. I wasn’t quite ready to work on the details of what this program would entail. Then three months ago I got another download from spirit, telling me that I needed to work with the symptoms. That is when I set to work on what program would work the most effectively and I devised the ‘She Who Rises’ program.
I am so excited to be running this program from 22nd July. This event will happen every Monday evening for 12-weeks and it will comprise of an Akashic Record Clearing focused on the areas that have been interfering with the midlife awakening.
These powerful clearings are designed to work with specific issues such as low self-worth, self-sabotage, emotional/boredom eating, low energy and brain fog and much more. To release and clear the subconscious programming created by the collective, past lives and ancestral patterns. The beliefs that have created the suffering.
This is a chance to reclaim you and step back into your power and take control of who you want to be. Not let the menopause steal this away from you.
If you feel drawn to this new program ‘She Who Rises’, there is a currently an Early Bird price available of £395 for the 12-weeks. This price will rise on 8th July 2025. You will be saving £160 by getting your space now.
I would love to see you there with me online as we join forces to rise together to reject suffering and embrace empowerment and joy.
Much love,
Lorraine x
Love your blog, Lorraine, and the story about menopause although I was born into a male body this time. Big hugs, Carsten