Mindset Mastery

Manifestation has become a bit of a buzzword lately. It may seem like everyone, from celebrities like Oprah to your yoga teacher, is confidently sharing their “How I manifested xyz” stories these days.

Motherhood is a choice. I chose to be child-free and I have no regrets. I respect women who choose differently but here are reasons why I’m glad I never had kids.

Everyone should take a gadget vacay. It is amazing the things you will learn when you get unplugged. Reset priorities and yourself with an internet sabbatical.

Google ‘what not to wear after age 50’ and you will have your pick of thousands of articles telling you what looks terrible on your old ass body.

Gratitude. It’s everywhere these days. We’ve graduated from “count your blessings” to millions of research dollars being funded to understand this little attitude. (My grandmother would have given you the advice for free.)

Entering midlife is hard enough with all the physical changes going on in your body. But external changes can be even more devastating. A sudden or planned change in employment, marital status from divorce or loss and financial insecurity can thrust you back in time to how you felt when you were twenty. You feel …

At the end of every school year, students will compile their summer to do list. Traveling is usually at the top as well as some concerts or new experiences like rock climbing or hand gliding. But when the end of August rolls around, they are filled with regret that they have barely crossed anything off and have wasted all …

I began to feel the symptoms of  a midlife crisis about 2 years ago at the age of 48. My children were entering their late teens and didn’t need or want me to micro manage their lives anymore. My body was going through changes, mainly slowing down. And though I was usually an optimistic person, …