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#3: 3 Secrets to Navigating Midlife Transitions
My relationship with Grandma was complicated at the start. As a toddler, I preferred the pillowed belly and playful nature of my grandpa. As a kid, my boisterous and bold ways were in stark contrast to her restrained and humble manner. “Children are to be seen and not heard,” she’d tell me. As a teen, I was seldom the underdog she always seemed to favor.
#1: The Truth About Midlife
While my work typically helps people discover new paths ("courses") for themselves, today I'm talking about a "coarse correction." Specifically, here are 3 beliefs to practice to help you make your coarse correction.
Honoring Everyone's Favorite 97-year-old Feminist Icon
My relationship with Grandma was complicated at the start. As a toddler, I preferred the pillowed belly and playful nature of my grandpa. As a kid, my boisterous and bold ways were in stark contrast to her restrained and humble manner. “Children are to be seen and not heard,” she’d tell me. As a teen, I was seldom the underdog she always seemed to favor.
5 Signs of Anticipatory Grief + 5 Coping Methods
"How can we make the world less lonely?" is a question I often ask myself (sometimes as I take in another Hallmark Holiday movie, for better or worse).
3 Mantras for When You Might Need a "Coarse" Correction💡
While my work typically helps people discover new paths ("courses") for themselves, today I'm talking about a "coarse correction." Specifically, here are 3 beliefs to practice to help you make your coarse correction.
3 Powerful Questions to Ask When You're Feeling Powerless
A good question has to do with the person we’re about to become...and, like your college party antics of yore, these conversations will happen with or without your conscious participation. ;)
Free Guide to Face Compassion Fatigue, Caution Fatigue, and Pandemic Meltdowns
Compassion Fatigue… Caution Fatigue… Pandemic Meltdowns…we gotta normalize all of these (plus, the desire to order Thai takeout 3 days in a row...just me?), while also addressing them.
Disappointment = Expectations - Reality ...and What to Do About It
Disappointment is a gross feeling, isn't it? It's as if you're slowly tripping during the big game—not fast enough to scare you, but precariously enough, so you know you don’t have your footing in a crucial moment.
No, It's Not Your "Mom Brain"...
Know what I say to this cog fog? Let's turn our mental health into our mental wellth (from hell to well).
From Armor to Curiosity Amid a Golden Anniversary
I've long said that midlife is the time when we begin to disrobe from the armor we put on as pre-teens/teens to manage a complex world. I've been "doing the work" for a while now. And, yet...
Dermaplaning Your Midlife
Midlife places many demands on us. Perhaps chief among them is vulnerability. At a level that might be even further amplified by these pandemic times, amirite?
On Becoming Who You're Meant to Be
Though some people follow their calling at an early age, many Jungian psychologists agree that it’s in the second half of life when individuation truly kicks in.
Birthdays, Satisfaction, Perspectacles, and a Midlife Edit
How can you serve the world, while also seeking satisfaction?
Bonus Moms, Self-Talk Resonance and Pinterest Boards
I'm pro-originality and all about being inventive with language. What I'm saying is that when you're talking to yourself--which I fully endorse...remember my "Talk to yourself more than you listen to yourself" mantra--you want to make sure your words match what you're seeking.
My Longest Crush...and a Few Hard-Earned Recs
Reading is a powerful and consistent way to fuel your imagination and your energy, especially when the idea of continuing seems insurmountable.
Isolation, Neck Wattles, and Virtual Cookbook Clubs
Explore what works for you and yours and let me know the creative ways you’re filling up your connectivity gas tank.
Where are the 46 Business Emails Telling Us How They're Becoming Anti-Racist?
New Year's is like a mild laxative. Many of us midlifers are constipated with difficult, sometimes painful patterns and we sure could use a d”
Loneliness: a Truism for 1 in 3 Adults
"How can we make the world less lonely?" is a question I often ask myself (sometimes as I take in another Hallmark Holiday movie, for better or worse).
A Thorn Birds-Style Love Affair and Lizzo
I lost my 95-year-old friend this week. He was a beautiful human whose ugly end-of-life circumstances didn't honor his wishes. (YES, THIS IS YOUR REMINDER TO GET YOUR PLANS LOCKED DOWN. YES, I'M SHOUTING.)
That Time This Past Week When I Was a Jerk
Fresh off a holiday about gratitude, I'm foregoing another listicle about 5 ways to practice gratitude to instead give you a "warts and all" example of a surprising source of gratitude for me this past week. But first: can we all acknowledge that we each have our own special sh*t show? And that the meaning of life is in turning our sh*t show into a sh*ft show?