Free Range Human
A year that began with losing a job, a collage of my dad on my desk, and Tolstoy’s reminder that now is the only time we have any power. On the turning seasons of life, wide open spaces, and why every moment from here is a bonus.
What the Mother Tree Knows
What can a 3,000-year-old redwood teach us about leadership, endurance, and community? Quite a lot, it turns out. Come sit with me inside the Mother Tree.
The Practice of Beginning Again
A long flight, a retreat I didn't have to produce, and a quiet question about what it means to keep learning in midlife. On shoshin, layoffs, AI, and the discipline of meeting our lives, and the people we love, as if for the first time.
Stormy Weather
When perimenopause sends anxiety to visit, sometimes the only thing to do is ride out the storm.
Imposter Syndrome
A conference room, a contract, and a familiar voice asking who I think I am. Imposter syndrome does not disappear at the edge of expansion. It meets us there, asking whether we will shrink back or name our worth anyway.
Choosing Each Other, Grown-Up Edition
A Valentine’s reflection on love later in life, where experience meets tenderness, truth is delivered with care, and choosing each other becomes a daily, intentional act.
Perimeno-PAUSED
A midlife pause at the edge of sanity, where burnout ends, clarity begins, and we get to choose purpose over perfection.
The Wisdom in our Bones
How we measure a life may as well be in what we absolutely know to be true.