MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Living a simple and intentional life is all about creating more time, space and freedom for the things you WANT to do, instead of just the things you HAVE to do. For many of us, one of the biggest burdens on our time and energy READ MORE…
Life isn’t about the ultimate stopping point, it’s about finding happiness between destinations. Stop living on autopilot and be present in the moment – every moment. Take the time to transform everyday routines into meaningful rituals and you’ll rediscover the beauty of life. Happiness can be found READ MORE…
I have always believed that a home is more than just the place where we sleep, store our belongings, and go through our daily routines. A home holds the energy of our lives. It witnesses our changing seasons, shelters us through difficult ones and quietly READ MORE…
For a long time, I associated learning with formal education. There was a course to follow, a teacher deciding what came next, assignments to complete, and a qualification waiting at the end. Learning had a structure created by somebody else, and success meant keeping up READ MORE…
For years, I thought a good life was one I managed well: a productive morning, a tidy home, work completed on time, messages answered, meals planned, responsibilities handled, other people reassured and problems anticipated before they had the chance to become inconvenient. Rest was allowed, READ MORE…
There comes a point in midlife when you begin to suspect that you do not actually need another thing. Not another cream promising to restore the face you had at thirty-two. Not another notebook waiting patiently for the reinvention that the previous six notebooks were READ MORE…
June is the height of light, long days, short nights, nature bursting with fullness. The solstice marks the peak of the sun’s energy, a turning point where the year tips from growth toward harvest. For women in midlife, June can feel like both expansion and READ MORE…
There are women who talk about freedom, and then there are women who build it, quietly, deliberately, one brave decision at a time. Sif Orellana is the latter. A writer, creative entrepreneur, and founder of Letters from Maison Violette, Sif lives between a 300-year-old French READ MORE…
There’s a quiet kind of loneliness that can exist even when you’re surrounded by people, not because you don’t have a connection, but because the connection you have is still meeting an older version of you. The version who was more agreeable, more available, more READ MORE…
In this episode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I’m talking about the quiet but…
