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Grief Comes With a Casserole. Midlife Comes With Nothing.
You’ve quietly wondered if something’s wrong with you. Tearful for no reason, snapping at people you love, mourning a life that on paper looks fine. You’re not depressed. You’re grieving.
Midlife is full of losses no one files under grief,...
I Did Everything Right. Menopause Didn’t Fucking Care.
Let’s get one thing straight before you spiral: you didn’t do this to yourself. You did the work, the same work that used to work, and your body gained the weight anyway and moved it somewhere it’s never been. That’s not you failing.
Arou...
Getting Older Isn't a Loss. It's Getting Yourself Back.
You’re not scared of getting older. You’re scared of the story they sold you about it.
Here’s the part the story left out. Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen spent decades on this one. Her socioemotional selectivity theory (1999, Ameri...
You're Not Overthinking. You're Chasing Certainty.
You can handle the bad news. It's the not knowing that's wrecking you.
That’s not a weakness. This is wiring, and your brain treats uncertainty as a threat, and during a midlife transition, the unknowns stack up faster than your nervous sy...
Single Mom, Two Kids, and the Most Unreasonable Decision of My Life
You can want a different life and still feel like a bad mother for reaching for it. Both live in your chest at the same time. That’s not a flaw in your character. It’s the cost of choosing yourself after years of holding everyone else up. A...
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I'm a therapist who helps women navigate midlife transitions when you suddenly can't tolerate anyone's bullshit.
I am your big sister explaining what style and outfits are hiding. Feminist fashion psychology for anyone tired of trying to fit in - no matter the cost!
Writer, Editor, Journalist, and Author. Debut memoir (Numb, Party of One) hits shelves in February 2027. As seen in HuffPost, Bustle, CNN, NBC, Food & Wine, The Daily Beast, YourTango, and Medium.
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