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What do you like to do for fun? I purely enjoy reading, crafting, gardening, researching and just learning.
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Apr 28 •
📣 Meet the Woman Behind This Community
Most of you have heard me mention Charlene. You've seen her name, heard me reference her work. She's been in the background — by choice — while we laid this foundation together. That changes this week. She's stepping in directly, and I want you to know a little about who she is before she does. 🤍 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 🔹 Grew up in constant motion: 4 grade schools, 4 high schools, 4 colleges, a different state and city for each 🔹 Sober since 1981: 44+ years of real, lived tools for self-examination 🔹 Experienced the trauma of abuse in early romantic relationships and healing that comes with a good marriage. 🔹 Married in 1990: celebrating 36 years together this year 💑 🔹 Faced cervical cancer: no insurance, had the surgery, came out cancer-free 🔹 In 1996, a contractor laying new sewer lines in the neighborhood put them in backwards — flooding her home with sewage. Every affected home had to be completely remodeled. She spent 7 months homeless, still in school full-time, working part-time, while her husband fought the contractor and an attorney to make it right. 🔹 Crohn's diagnosis in 2000: medication-free by 2011 🔹 Business/Marketing degree + 2 Engineering degrees + 30 years in research, marketing & copywriting 🔹 Started her business in 2008: then learned how to talk to strangers and speak from the stage by going to Toastmasters 🔹 Certified Mindfulness Practitioner 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: 📚 Always reading at least 3 books at once ... fiction and non-fiction both ✍️ Wrote her first poem at 9, her first book at 11, published in magazines as a teen ... and still writing today 🎱 Plays pool competitively in local, regional, and national tournaments 🔬 Loves science ... physics and neuroscience equally fascinate her 💬 Straight-forward ... she will say it directly, no fluff She's not here to sell you a morning routine or a 5-step framework. She's here because she's genuinely figured some things out ... about clarity, self-examination, and what to do when life gets loud.
May 11 •
Why Nutrition and Movement Have to Work Together
Post-Mother’s Day reflection 🤍 This weekend was a good reminder for me of how much nutrition and movement go hand in hand. You really can’t have one without the other. I had the energy to run around and chase my kids on the beach…and also fully relax and enjoy being there. I indulged on my birthday last week, and again on Mother’s Day, completely guilt free. Because I trust my body.And I know I’m consistently fueling it well. That’s the part I wish more women understood. It’s not about being perfect, it's about building a foundation that supports you. Most of the women I talk to are already doing the basics, walking, staying active, trying to eat better. But if your body isn’t being properly fueled and challenged, it’s easy to feel stuck. Low energy.Cravings.Plateaus. Movement keeps you going. Fueling and challenge are what move you forward. That combination is what allows you to enjoy life fully, the movement, the rest, and yes, even the indulgence, without guilt. Curious, do you feel like your current routine is truly supporting your energy, or just getting you through the day?
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How's Perimenopause Treating You?
If you're in the middle of it, or wondering if that's what's happening to your body...you're not alone. And I'd love to share the One Thing that will make it better. But, I can't. As you know, perimenopause hits each woman a bit differently. Your experience won't look exactly like your sister's, your best friend's, or mine. What I can tell you is that most of us experience the basics in some form or another. And when we share it, we recognize it in each other. The best I can figure, the symptoms started around 45/46. It's difficult for me to pinpoint because at the same time I was managing Crohn's Disease symptoms. For me? It was hot flashes that showed up at the worst possible times like at Christmas Eve dinner with his family, during a networking meeting with fellow business owners Night sweats that had me stripping out of my nightshirt and undies at 2 a.m. Emotional swings worthy of a Major League power hitter. One minute I was laughing. The next? Crying because a commercial about puppies came on. What helped me wasn't anything fancy. I cut back on caffeine, reduced sugar, and made a real effort to drink more water. With the firm support of my husband I learned to recognize when my emotional swings affected others. I used a lot of self-talk to get me through those swings and we both say it saved the household furniture and car tires from excessive wear and tear. It didn't make everything disappear, but it made those symptoms much more manageable. I officially hit menopause at 56. I thought, "Whew...I made it!" And honestly, I had about a year of relief. Then COVID hit. Almost like the flu...so weak, mental fatigue, brain foggy and muddled. Thought it all would be gone after a couple of weeks. Nope. That mental fatigue and brain fog stayed for a few years. Walking into a room and forgetting why. Searching for words I knew I knew. Unable to calculate the simplest math (balance the checkbook). Reading my notes from Quantum Physics and AI Programming classes and not understanding a single word.
May 9 •
I've Been Thinking About the Noise
I've been a reader since I was about 4 years old. By 9, I was writing poetry. By 11, my first book. By my teens, I was seeing my name in print in actual magazines. I'm not telling you that to brag. I'm telling you because people ask me — a lot lately — how I stay grounded when everything around us feels so loud. And honestly? I've been practicing ignoring noise my entire life. Moving every few years as a kid will do that to you. You learn fast how to figure out what's real and what's just the chaos of a new place. You get good at tuning things out. It's not a gift. It's a survival skill I picked up before I even knew that's what it was. But here's the thing I've been sitting with a lot lately... The noise is different now. It's not the kind you can just tune out. It's not a noisy neighborhood or a chaotic new school. It's relentless. It's engineered. It is designed — with real intention and real money behind it — to keep you anxious, scrolling, reacting. And it follows you. Into your bedroom. Into your kitchen. Into the bathroom at 2am. Right there in your pocket, buzzing. That's not noise. That's an occupation. I think it's time we talked about what we actually do about it. Because I have some thoughts — and one of them involves something you can hold in your hands, something with pages. More on that very soon. 👀
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