Explore how women over 50 can use self-compassion to release self-doubt, increase motivation, and live more fully with purpose and care.

The third letter in W.I.S.E.R. stands for Self-Compassion, something I’m finally getting the hang of after decades of wrestling with an annoying but powerful inner critic.

In addition to Wisdom and Intuition, Self-compassion is an important resource that has the ability to change the trajectory of our lives…

Discover the power of combining EFT Tapping with journaling to help women in midlife, writers, coaches and creatives find clarity, calm and confidence.

Remembering to Slow Down

I’ve been reminded lately about how my inner wisdom and intuition are there to serve me, when I remember to slow down and consult with them.

For so many of us in midlife, we’ve spent decades looking after others - caregiving has been a way of life. We’ve spent our energy raising children, supporting partners, friends, caring for aging parents, tending everyone else’s needs but our own.

An invitation to explore the many versions of you!

A friend of mine (thank you Sherry) shared a beautiful poem with me this week by Emory Hall - she describes herself as a poet, creative, mother.

I’ve become a fan simply because her poetry is elegant, poignant, and easily understood…

“Today it was so clear.
It’s not all about the wounds but the waking.”

When Wounds Keep Us Stuck

We often become so focused on our wounds, replaying moments and thoughts continuously, unable to heal emotional wounds or move forward. 

This is a post about life’s lessons from prairie roots on surviving change, building strength, and embracing growth.

Mary Pipher, (author of Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age), once wrote about how a cactus’s withered arms reflected her life - thorns and fruit, pain and beauty. As I stood on the edge of the prairies recently, I realized this vast landscape symbolized my life, how it shaped my inner core, how it taught me resilience and flexibility.

I don’t remember the last time I slept a full night without waking up, even for a minute or two. Sometimes I remember waking up - those are the times I’m up for a bathroom break or when my brain is just too busy to sleep, or when I have to be up early and my internal alarm wakes me every hour on the hour.

Then there are the moments when…

Midlife women can thrive with resilience. Find out how strength, balance, and mindset support health, confidence, and longevity after 50.

Why Possibility Feels Small in Midlife

As a woman in midlife, when I look ahead along a shortened timeline, some possibilities seem out of reach or impractical now, given that aging brings with it health challenges, changing roles, my creaky knees, and the feeling that time is marching on more quickly than I’d like it to. 

When did the doors to some possibilities close or seem suddenly to be on their way to being shut?

Discover how to overcome self-sabotage in the messy middle of midlife by rewriting your health and life recipe with resilience and self-compassion.

A Sudden Twist, A Familiar Fear

It was just over a week ago that a familiar fear tightened its grip on me as my lower back and hip muscles went into spasm.  All it took was a small movement to the right with a slight twist and bend, and there it was, pain that for an instant felt like a vice tightening its grip on my torso.

As if the pain wasn’t enough….

A Twist I Didn’t See Coming

I didn’t expect a simple twist and bend to stop me in my tracks – but that’s what happened one night recently while getting ready for bed. My lower back and hip seized up and for a brief second, I held my breath, willing the pain and tightness away. 

I couldn’t believe it was happening…

Gifts and Gratitude

Before sitting down to write this week, I’d been catching up on my journal entry for today. I wrote about feeling incredibly blessed, a bit more than usual this week with gifted coaching sessions, a visit from one of my besties over the weekend, and an invitation from my personal trainer, Jenn, to contribute to a promotional video for her new fitness program specially designed for those of us in midlife and beyond.

As a woman in midlife, I look back and reflect upon how confused, stuck and overwhelmed I felt about weight loss, food and my body. I’ve lived through decades of changing and conflicting information about dieting, fitness and the best way to lose weight. I can tell you it was exhausting - and lonely.

I’ve come to love thinking about new projects as experiments in which I can just give it a try without worrying whether the outcome is good or bad - it allows me to separate myself from the judgement, pesky fears, the perfectionistic tendencies I’ve wrangled with, including all or nothing thinking.

Last week I began preparing for a week of maintenance….

Discover how the story of the tortoise and the hare reflects one woman’s slow and steady weight loss journey in midlife while managing her health and thyroid (Hashimoto’s), learning to age with intention, shifting mindsets, practicing new habits, and focusing on non-scale victories.

If you’ve ever been told you’re a Late Bloomer, you’re not alone. For women in midlife and beyond, the term “Late Bloomer” isn’t a sign of failure - it’s a powerful reminder that personal growth, creativity, and purpose don’t have an expiration date. In this reflective post, I explore what it means to embrace Late Blooming as a strength as we navigate aging with wisdom, purpose, clarity and choice.

Friends.  Where would we be without them? 

I can’t imagine my life without the women who are my core friends - my besties, my people.  They’re the ones who’ve hung in there with me; who’ve been there through thick and thin; who have seen me at my best and in my worst moments and decided I was worth sticking with.