My sister talked me and my husband into pickleball last Christmas My official review after one lesson: no, thank you. Then I went back. Now I’m moving meetings around so I can play three times a week, and I am still, objectively, bad at it. That’s the whole story, honestly, I didn’t see it coming, […]

How to Let Go of the Past and Move Forward: The Power of What’s Next Have you ever replayed something so many times in your head that it practically deserves a second season on Netflix? The conversation you wish had gone differently. The decision you’d make differently knowing what you know now. Or maybe it’s […]

I’ve been thinking about all the rooms in our old house that we barely used. You know those rooms. The ones you walk past thinking: Someday we’ll sit in there more. Someday we’ll have people over. Someday we’ll actually put a dining room table in the dining room. Yes, we had a dining room without […]

During our move, I found a box of old letters. And when I say old, I mean OLD. Letters from high school. Postcards Philip sent me when we were long distance. Notes from people I hadn’t thought about in years. And instead of doing what I was supposed to be doing, I sat down. According […]

For seven years and nearly 400 episodes, I talked about menopause, food, workouts, sleep, hormones, stress, and all the things women are told they need to manage better. Those things still matter. I still work out. I still care about eating food that helps me feel good. And I still want to carry my own […]

What happens when you want to improve your marriage, but your partner would rather reorganize the garage than discuss the relationship? You’re willing to try counseling, read the book, listen to the podcast, and have the awkward conversation. Your partner? Not so much. Does that mean you’re stuck until they decide to participate? Marriage coach […]

“What do you do for fun?” It seems like such a simple question. But when someone asked me that after my husband and I moved to Florida, I realized I didn’t have an answer. For years, I would’ve said, “Working out.” The more I thought about it, the more I realized that working out wasn’t […]

Have you ever treated a life decision like it was the final exam? You research every option. Make the pros-and-cons list. Save screenshots. Listen to podcasts. Ask your friends. Open 37 browser tabs. Then you hover over the imaginary “submit” button, terrified you’re about to choose the wrong answer. Here’s the good news: Life isn’t […]

How to Support Your Adult Kids Without Doing Everything for Them You remember standing in the grocery store doing math in your head, so you didn’t have to put something back at checkout. Figuring out how many miles you could get out of $10 of gas. Staring at your first electric bill wondering what exactly […]

I used to love when people said:“I don’t know how you do it.” Of course, I’d pretend it was no big deal.Oh, you know… I just get it done. But on the inside? That praise was fuel to hustle even harder.Add one more thing to the calendar? Sure. Remember every detail? Obviously. Need someone to […]

Why “Just Try Harder” Is Bad Identity-Change Advice (And What To Do Instead)  Have you ever caught yourself saying, “I’m just a bad sleeper”? Or “I’m an emotional eater”? Or “I’ve never had any willpower; I’ve just always been this way”?  I have. More times than I’d like to admit.  This week on Fit Girl Magic, I sat down with business […]

There are women who look lonely. And then there are women who don’t. Today’s post is about the second group. I call her Finding-Your-People Faye. She has a spouse. She has neighbors. She has coworkers. She has kids or grandkids. She has hundreds of Facebook friends, three group chats, and an Instagram feed full of […]