Are Anxiety and Doubt Holding You Back?
Years ago, I started down the American Dream path much like everybody else. I was the good girl - it said so on every report card that went out. That meant being quiet and doing as I was told. Yep, straight A’s in that department. And so I learned the value of being...
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Where Does Your Sexiness Come From?
“Hey, Sexy.” My husband walked into the kitchen where I was preparing dinner. He’d been gone all day. I hadn’t seen him in hours. He leaned in, wrapped his arms around my waist, and trailed kisses down my neck. Nope, I haven’t transferred my romance writing over here...
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You’re Stuck, and it’s Probably Because You Hate Your Job
It started out as a lunch with a friend. It quickly progressed into something more. How’s your job, I asked. The tears started falling. And her words began to flow. I hate my job. No matter what I do or how well I do it, I feel like nobody cares. I don’t even put in a...
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5 Fabulous Ways Your Body Changes After 50
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...
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Pursue Pleasure, Not Success
How do we as a society define happiness? According to Wikipedia, in most European languages, the term happiness is usually linked to either a state of mind, or to a life that goes well for the person leading it. In other words, to be happy, most people achieve it when...
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How To Find Your True Voice In Midlife
I remember it very well. It was surreal. I stopped what I was doing and fell to the ground. The world was spinning out of control and I had no idea what to do next. All of my thoughts jumbled together in my mind. What the hell was I doing? How’d I get where I was? I...
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Why Reinvention Depends Entirely On Your Health
“You’re too skinny.” “Why don’t you put on some weight?” I’m one of those who has weighed pretty much the same as I did in high school. The only time I ever put on weight was during pregnancy. Minus the nine-months-on-nine-months-off that I practiced for that time in...
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How To Find Money For Your Biggest Midlife Dreams
Have you ever noticed that financing your dreams is often held to the “chicken or the egg” philosophy? You could make a lot of money with your biggest ideas. But to get there, you need money to get the whole thing started. It’s the “it takes money to make money”...
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Why It’s Good To Visit Your Reinvention Dream Before You Jump
Have you ever jumped in feet first with something … and hated every aspect of it? We’ve all been there. If it’s something minor, you endure it for an hour or two and move on. Outside of a little lost time, you have very little commitment. But what if you dive...
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I Hit The Big 5-0 and All I Can Ask Is “What’s Next?”
Not every woman hitting the BIG birthday is completely lost. But a quick search confirms that for most of us, we approach the big 5-0 in a weird limbo where all we have is confusion, regret, doubt and never-ending questions. Is this all there is? How the hell did I...
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