MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
I think one of the most deeply ingrained beliefs many women carry is that rest has to be justified. If you are exhausted enough, ill enough, burnt out enough, grieving enough, or productive enough beforehand, then perhaps you are allowed to stop for a moment. READ MORE…
I think one of the loveliest things about summer is that it reminds you how little it can take to feel alive again. Not transformed, not fixed, not suddenly living some impossibly glamorous life, but just a little more awake to your own days. A READ MORE…
There was a time when summer felt like something that simply happened around me. The weather changed. The days got longer. People started talking about holidays, barbecues, plans, school breaks, iced drinks, garden evenings, and making the most of it all. Summer arrived on the READ MORE…
There’s a very specific midlife moment that doesn’t get talked about enough: you look around at the life you built and realise… it worked. You did the things. You showed up. You carried the load. You kept going. And yet, something feels off, not terrible, READ MORE…
There’s a quiet moment that happens sometimes when you’re standing in your own kitchen, the kettle’s on, there are crumbs on the counter, a laundry basket is judging you from the corner like it pays rent, you’re wearing the same leggings you swore you’d stop READ MORE…
There’s a particular kind of flatness that can creep in during midlife, not depression, necessarily, not crisis, just… dullness. Like you’re doing the days, not living them. Like your life is functional, even good, but you’re not fully inside it. You’re present, but not vivid. READ MORE…
As this year comes to a close, I’ve been sitting with the truth of how it really felt. Not the version I shared in passing, not the one wrapped in optimism or strength… but the honest version. And the truth is, this year was heavy READ MORE…
In this episode of Letters from Midlife, I answer a tender question from a listener who writes, “…
In this episode of Letters from Midlife, I respond to a letter from a listener who writes, “Latel…
In this episode of Tea with Self, I share how a quiet week of decluttering became an unexpected a…
