One 40-something on how life is different in her 40s than her 20s. WE often think there is less to look forward to but often there is more— it’s just a change in perspective of how you see the same thing. Then we indulged and thought about it afterward. Now I think and then indulge. […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Self & Wellness’ category
The Best and Worst of Your Twenties
Best Part of Being In Your Twenties Truly being able to not have responsibility to anybody but yourself. As you get older, that is not the case. You can be the last responsibility at this point in life. But in your twenties there’s a sense of complete independence. You’re not relying on your parents. You’re completely responsible for your […] Read more…
Choose Your Power
“I am powerful because I choose to be powerful.” – Ashley Graham This quote reminded me of this post. All you are in this world is what you do. It’s only your actions. Your existence in this world is just what you do. It’s not what you say or what you think. Because […] Read more…
Unpack Your Failure
A discussion on failure from one of my 7×7 mentoring events. The topic…career flux and career change. A group of women from 20 to 40-something share their thoughts on failure: Q. How do we learn from failure? A. Failure is a good thing. This quote from Steve Jobs always helps me keep failure in perspective. […] Read more…
The Perfect Moment
Hello! Wanted to apologize for the typos in Sunday’s post. It was good advice and bad copy editing. Thank you for pointing out to me readers. Here is the fixed post ICYMI! 3 Gifts . I realize this takes away from your experience of the site and will pledge to do better. Being in a […] Read more…
What’s Your Keep Me Going Quote?
We ask all our 40 Women to Watch Over 40 what their “keep me going quote” is…that quote that keeps you from giving up on the days where everything goes wrong and the way out is hard to see. Here a collection of recent quotes to keep us going. What is your mantra? “If you’re […] Read more…
One Thing You Need To Grow Out Of To Grow Up
I call it the drama. That was the funny thing about being 20-something. The drama associated with being twenty and trying to prove yourself and make everyone else happy. You have to grow out of it. You have to develop the ability to teach people how to treat you. It’s how you treat yourself – you […] Read more…
Just Ask. You Have No Idea What You Can Achieve.
Today a story from a 40-something doctor on the power of just asking. ~ When I was in the middle of my residency, I was working so hard. Everyone is beaten down. Residency pretty much sucks. You work 100 hour weeks. So I thought, maybe I will go to vet school instead. And then I thought, I’m […] Read more…