My Black is NOT Cracking.

I'm not Aging. I'm appreciating in value!

Last week I wrote a post, and I said: Courage now doesn’t look like jumping without a net. It looks like me and my trusty notebooks, my investment spreadsheet open, deep breaths taken and still saying to myself, “I believe in myself enough to try.” I promised myself that before my birthday, I would take …

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There’s a special kind of courage that shows up as you age.It’s not loud, like that gold lamé (The name of a fabric!) jumpsuit you wore to a black-tie event. (I sure did!) This courage is quieter, calculated, and accompanied by a touch of anxiety. Did I say a touch? When you’re younger, you gamble on …

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There’s a quiet panic that settles in when you realize you’re in what feels like your final act. Not the dramatic kind. No curtain call. Just a slow, unsettling awareness that the road behind you is longer than the one ahead.  And sadly, it feels as if the life you imagined never fully arrived. (Or …

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Photo by Mark Fletcher-Brown As a follow-up to my last post, I wanted to talk more about the importance of figuring out your “reason.” Your “Why.”   And your “why” may even change from time to time, (growth perhaps) but there are actually anti-aging benefits to always having one. Multiple studies have shown that having a …

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Okay, so everyone that personally knows me is quite aware that I’m a huge Earth, Wind & Fire fan. But no, I’m not talking about their hit song “Reasons.”  Although some of the lyrics do apply.  Well not the “I’m craving your body” part!   But for sure, the “I don’t want to feel, and I’m …

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