There was a survey asking 100 women at what age should women stop wearing high heels. The number one answer was 50.

Nearly 2 years ago, I signed the lease for my studio. I was 51 and about to become a grandmother. I had a great career as a Marketing/Advertising Manager and inching closer to retirement.

Do you think that you will ever be fully recharged?

Let that sink in...

Heather and I had a conversation a couple of weeks back about feeling guilty about not being more productive with our downtime. ‘I should be working on my certifications’ and ‘I need to be working on my marketing deck for my business’. But neither of us could summon the energy. And then it hit me...

Yesterday, I turned 53. It’s been a big year of seeing myself literally and figuratively: a different skin, a new role, and as an individual again. The last couple of decades I had heavily weighed my identity and value into motherhood, being a wife, and maintaining a career. I knew menopause and the empty nest would eventually happen, yet it really hit harder than I had planned or imagined.

It’s a bittersweet time in our lives. Happy and proud of our children’s accomplishments and hard work. Yet knowing you did your job incredibly well means them leaving the nest.