Through a postmodern /feminist exploration of postmenopausal women’s textual narratives this research revealed women’s menopausal and postmenopausal ageing life cycle journey as a women’s adult developmental process. Based on the method of creating conceptual meaning, I argue that emerging from women’s narratives, the phenomenon of menopause is limited by a reductionist paradigm. Exploration of the narratives further revealed that a paradigm underpinned by a wholistic philosophy is more appropriate for women as they negotiate this significant ageing life cycle process to postmenopausal status.