Midlife can feel like everything is falling apart, but what you’re experiencing is a normal, powerful identity shift. Here’s why the unravelling happens and how it can become your turning point back to yourself.
Fall has this way of reminding me that letting go is natural. The trees don’t cling to their leaves, even the most beautiful ones. They just… release. And in that space, new growth eventually has room to happen. Lately, I’ve realized the same thing happens with people in our lives. I’ve lost a lot of…
The Moment Everything Felt Broken When I hit my 40s, I didn’t recognize the woman in the mirror. And if I’m honest, I didn’t like her very much. On the outside, life looked fine. I had the career, the family, and even appeared confident. But inside, I was carrying habits, beliefs, and expectations that were…
My grandpa used to love telling the story of how, even as a little girl, I could never sit still. He’d laugh as he recalled how I’d dash through the room, barely stopping long enough for a hug. “I got to go, Grampa. I got to go!” That’s what I’d say, again and again. He’d…
Realigning my midlife journey If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be revisiting some of the biggest decisions of my life, I probably would have rolled my eyes. After all, I’ve shared openly about how I blew up my life piece by piece. My marriage, my career path, old habits, even my…
If you’d told me 18 months ago I’d be questioning whether to go back to my marriage, I would have laughed. And yet here I am. Eighteen months after leaving my marriage of almost 22 years, certain I was never going back, here I am, beginning to wonder what if? Separation was the best thing…
There was a time when I called it “self-care.” Pouring a glass of wine at the end of a long day. Keeping the peace instead of speaking up. Staying busy so I didn’t have to feel the truth bubbling under the surface. It looked like strength. It looked like balance. It looked like I had…
Midlife burnout is something we don’t talk about enough, especially among high-achieving women. If you’ve ever felt like doing it all was quietly breaking you, this one’s for you. This week, I’ve been sitting with a familiar feeling. The heaviness of an overfilled plate. I’ve always been someone who pushes. Pushing my limits. Pushing to…
It felt like I woke up one day with amnesia. Not literally, but I looked around at my life, at the version of myself I was living in, and didn’t recognize any of it. It was like I had been sleepwalking through the years, checking boxes, following a script I didn’t even remember writing. But…
There’s a unique kind of pain that comes with parenting through change. Especially when that change is your own. When I began my journey of getting sober and working on myself, one of the hardest things I had to face wasn’t just my relationship with alcohol, it was my relationship with my kids. I carried…