If you look up the definition of a midlife crisis, you’ll find it’s defined as an emotional crisis that hits people somewhere in midlife, where you question identity and self-worth, wondering what’s next in life. Is this all there is? How did I get here? Shouldn’t I have more? It’s an existential crisis where we […]

Goals can be placed in three separate categories: Easy goals Challenging goals Impossible goals Easy goals are what we accomplish every day. I set a goal to finish my laundry today, and guess what? I accomplished it. Easy goals are so ingrained in our lives, we sometimes don’t even think about them. In midlife, we’ve […]

Let me ask you a question. What if someone right now, told you all the answers to your reinvention questions existed in a little place called Sucre, Bolivia. You should travel there immediately, and your plan will magically fall into place. You’ll find your passion. You’ll learn what you’re supposed to do with your second […]

Are you tired of the zillions of ads you see on Facebook or Instagram, promising you the keys to success? Or how about those emails that go on and on with the “secret” formula that will make all of your wishes come true? I’ve bought into some of them over the last twenty years. You […]

A lot happened on my recent trip to New Zealand. It started out as a vacation – a way to take a little time off while spending time with my daughter who has been living there for the past six months. Of course, a month is a long time. It was scheduled to be a […]

I was pissed. Furious. So I did what I always do. I wrote. Have you seen this quote? Don’t annoy a writer. She’ll put you in her book and kill you. Yep. Uh huh. Nothing is as therapeutic as writing a story and making your frustrations go away. Because in storyland, you control the characters. […]

I remember the first time I made a wish. We lived by a park that had a large fountain with bronze statues in the center. On any given day, there were hundreds of pennies lying at the bottom of the water, hundreds of people hoping their wishes would come true. Of course, as a child, […]

I was sitting in a restaurant the other day waiting for a friend. I like being early. I get to do one of my favorite activities … people watch! Yep, I’m a master people watcher. Because people are so interesting! And predictable. I noticed the woman who came in filled with confidence. She radiated sexiness. […]

I get a lot of news articles on reinvention and midlife delivered to my inbox. I had to laugh today when I received several listing out the worst of what midlife means for women. After all, women just seem to fall apart after the age of 40. Our bodies change We need glasses to read […]