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Forget everything you’ve been told about midlife being a breakdown or a dead-end. For women over 40, midlife transformation is not a crisis—it’s a calling. A sacred invitation to evolve, realign, and step into the most powerful version of yourself. Yes, things shift. Your body, your relationships, your priorities. But what if those shifts weren’t […]

Authentic leadership is about leading from who you truly are—not from who you think you “should” be. By the time we reach our 40s and beyond, many of us feel an inner pull to let go of roles, expectations, and personas we’ve outgrown. We start asking deeper questions about what really matters, how we want […]

Let’s get real—at this stage in life, we know the score. We’ve climbed ladders, juggled careers and families, learned to make the perfect cup of coffee while simultaneously answering emails, scheduling appointments, and (occasionally) remembering to take the chicken out of the freezer. But if we’re being honest, even with all this experience under our […]

Once upon a time there was a girl. She was lovely in every way. She was bright, and kind, and funny. When she smiled, everyone around her felt warm inside. But she couldn’t see any of that. She could only see what people needed – and more specifically, what she could give them. Each week, […]

I passed the same woman in three different aisles yesterday at The Fresh Market. Each time I, I heard her making the same sound: “ugghkk.” As luck would have it, she pulled up behind me in the check out, muttering to herself as she looked around the store and waited her turn. I couldn’t quite […]

David Sedaris once shared that his editor called the title of his collection of essays, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, “willfully obtuse.”

This election has been difficult – on our country and on our relationships. It’s a natural instinct shut down those that don’t agree with us. Unfortunately, we can never heal or grow from that place. But it this is a time for boundaries. Understanding what yours are is the starting point to enforcing them, and to moving forward.

This morning, an Instagram ad for a Halloween T-shirt caught my eye. (When did Halloween get so gory, anyway?) Something else about it grabbed me, though. If you’ve ever worked with a coach, chances are the person you started as is somewhat different than the one you grew into. It’s also likely that the first […]

I was eleven when my (great) Uncle Henry died.  He was a smallish guy with a Brooklyn accent who always had his hands in his pockets and a scratch sheet folded under his arm. He said everything with a smile and a shrug and always repeated the end of the sentence a couple of times. […]