NextAct Notes
Twenty-five years in, and I still believe every woman deserves a straight answer instead of a guess. This is where I give you mine, written for you if you’re in it, and for the people who love you through it.
You’re Not Losing Your Mind. Ten Symptoms That Might Mean You’re in Perimenopause
You’ve been Googling your symptoms at midnight, positive something is seriously wrong. It might be. It’s probably just perimenopause, and it’s more common, and starts earlier, than anyone tells you.
Your NextAct Isn’t a Crisis. It’s a Calling.
Everyone calls it a midlife crisis. What if it’s the opposite? What if the restlessness, the questioning, the sense that something has to change, isn’t a breakdown at all, but a calling you’ve been too busy to hear waiting to break through?
Power Isn’t Something You Have. It’s Something You Do.
You’re waiting to feel powerful before you make your move, but that’s backwards. Power isn’t a feeling you’re issued and then get to use. It’s something you create by taking action. You’ll feel powerful after you begin, not before you do.
Your Brain Isn’t Designed to Make You Happy
You can have a good life and still lie awake cataloging everything that could go wrong. That isn’t a character flaw. Your brain is not designed to make you happy. It’s designed to keep you safe. Once you understand that, you stop…
Why You Feel Like Two Different Women in the Same Week
Some days you feel like yourself. Other days you feel like a stranger wearing your life. That swing isn’t instability. It’s what happens when your body and your identity change at the same time, and nobody handed you the manual.
You Already Know the Truth You’re Afraid to Admit
You’ve been saying I don’t know for so long you’ve started to believe it. But you DO know. And I think part of you has known for a long time.