Live fully in midlife and beyond
It’s been a surreal week.
Things seem to be changing every single hour.
I kind of feel like I’m on that roller coaster in the dark at Disney, with nothing to hold on to.
A wild ride of challenging emotions and uncertainty.
In addition to the emotions I’ve been having surrounding COVID-19, me and others that I care about have also had to deal with the shock and sadness of losing someone close to us.
Continue reading “A wild ride of emotions this week”
This has been a hugely strange week for me and you and the whole planet.
All of us, world wide, are affected by this one health event.
And I know it can be scary.
For sure, if we watch the news too often, or project too far into the future what this could mean, we can definitely bring ourselves down.
So I think right now, the best thing we can do, is to shift our focus and keep our spirits lifted.
We’re all in the same uncertain boat, together.
And we need to support each other, even if it’s from afar, to keep ourselves healthy physically and emotionally.
Especially my community, who are mostly women like me, over 40, there’s a need to keep healthy.
Continue reading “A challenging time… Time for a challenge”
I’m not generally a morning snoozer these days.
But in the past I’ve stayed in bed after my alarm, awake, internally protesting against getting up to go to work.
“Just a few more minutes,” I’d silently negotiate with myself.
And then it would frustrate me to be rushing around to leave the house.
I remember this being especially true when the kids were younger and I would have to push them through their morning routine.
I dreaded those mornings.
They usually ended in raised voices, defiance, and on occasion, melt downs (mine more than theirs.)
Continue reading “Do you choose to snooze?”