Like many women navigating their middle years, I’d grown weary of the constant drumbeat of negativity surrounding this phase of life. Every social media scroll seemed to bring another warning about what was to come – another cream to buy, another symptom to fear, another reminder that society viewed this transition as something to dread rather than celebrate.
Within minutes of our conversation, I felt a shift in the energy. Here was someone who wasn’t just acknowledging the challenges of midlife – she was illuminating the profound gifts waiting to be discovered beneath the surface of our changing lives.