Lifeticity

THIS ON THURSDAY 05.14.26 | #53 Hi Reader, You know the feeling. Your life, on paper, looks fine. But something has gone flat. The routine has gone gray. You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. You find yourself scrolling at night, wondering what's wrong with you, why you can't just appreciate what you have. It can feel like a personal failing. I should be more grateful. I just need more rest. Better self-care. A vacation. Sometimes that's true. But often, it isn't. Often, the flatness...

THIS ON THURSDAY 05.07.26 | #52 Hi there Reader, Mother's Day is this Sunday. For some, that brings joy. For others, it brings a complicated ache that's hard to name. We're taught, almost from birth, that the bond with our mother is sacred. It's the one relationship that's supposed to be unconditional on both sides. So when we make the decision to put up boundaries, or sever the tie, we're not only grieving a relationship; we're contending with a lifetime of messaging that says this bond...

THIS ON THURSDAY 04.30.26 | #51 Hi Reader, How often have we heard this? "Just follow your passion and it'll all work out." How often has that worked out for you? Maybe sometimes. Probably not often. Turns out, there's a surprising reason why not. I wrote all about it this week in How to Start Dreaming Again: Why Midlife is the Perfect Time. Maybe you're more familiar with this phrase: "Just think back to what you loved when you were 22. That's your answer." Guess what? It probably isn't....

THIS ON THURSDAY 04.23.26 | #50 Hi Reader, Who doesn't want to feel like this woman? She's happy. Dancing, even. And she lives in a spotless home. I'm happy but am I this happy? And my home looks nothing like this. Spring has a way of making us just want to feel like this woman. But it's sometimes easier said than done. So what does she have that we could use a little bit of? Feeling stuck is pretty universal. Many of you answered my survey about what's making you feel stuck with pretty much...

THIS ON THURSDAY 04.16.26 | #49 Hi Reader, Do you matter? This question probably makes you feel a bit uncomfortable. Or maybe it strikes an immediate chord. Either way, it's a question most of us face, sometimes multiple times in our life. There can be lots of reasons we wonder this very thing. Kids grow up, job or career shifts or disappears, you suddenly find yourself on your own. There's 1 main reason this happens. And there are 5 research-backed ways to regain your sense of you. Tell Me...

THIS ON THURSDAY 04.09.26 | #48 Hi there, So this may sound a bit weird, given that it's April. But as I was writing this week's post, I looked out the window and saw a flash blizzard happening. I mean an actual white-out blizzard so fierce it had to be short-lived. I live in Minnesota, so this isn't anything unusual, but spring had sprung here, or so I thought. But in all honesty, this flash-blizzard was jaw droppingly beautiful. In the way that only nature can be. I was already writing...

THIS ON THURSDAY 04.02.26 | #47 Hi Reader, I've been thinking about spring resets 💐 this week, and not in the vision-board, buy-new-planners kind of way. I think the missing piece is rarely the plan. It's that we haven't looked honestly at what we're actually resetting from. Which brings me to something I genuinely want to know: What's the one thing that feels most stuck or impossible to you going into spring? Not your to-do- list, something deeper. A pattern, a relationship, a habit, a...