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There are certain privileges that come with a fresh set of corn rows, and one of them, we decided, was an excuse for a spontaneous road trip. So on a morning that offered no particular reason to stay put, my husband and I pointed the car north toward the Plateau de Valensole — and went.

What happens when you take a wedding dress into a lavender field

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I moved from New York City to a vineyard in Southern France and somehow ended up learning that the secret to a great omelet is... waiting until tomorrow to eat it. 😂 Tonight's dinner: a traditional Provençal onion omelet made with 12 onions, farm-fresh eggs, and a healthy dose of French patience.

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I moved from New York City to southern France at 47 to attend university—and what I learned about renting in France could save future expats a lot of stress. In this video, I share the story of a rental arrangement that taught me the importance of the quittance de loyer: https://youtu.be/ElUS0x0jXj

the quittance de loyer

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You find it only after you're willing to go alone.

The Reinvention Diaries  The Loneliness of Starting Over We love to celebrate new beginnings. We talk about the excitement, the possibilities, and the glamour of transformation. We admire the mountaintop—the achievement, the breakthrough, the dream realized. But before you reach the mountaintop, you have to cross the valley. The valley can be dark. It can be isolating. It can be frightening.…

You find it only after you're willing to go alone.

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I'm beginning to understand why menopause can feel so destabilizing—and it has very little to do with gray hair, expanding waistlines, or changing skin. The most difficult changes have been the ones no one can see.

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Last week was hard. I'm not going to dress it up. Hormonal depression. Mood swings that came from nowhere and swallowed whole days. Vertigo that made me feel unmoored in my own body. For anyone navigating perimenopause or menopause, you already know this particular kind of suffering

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I spent years learning to be thankful for things I couldn't yet touch. A love I hadn't met. A life I hadn't built. A version of myself I had not yet become. Today, when I sit overlooking the vineyards of the South of France, married for the first time at 50.

I had absolutely no evidence that any of this would happen.

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Today I found myself thinking about every woman I have ever judged for having low energy. I want to apologize to all of them. Especially now, when I am beginning to understand the sheer weight of hormonal shifts, physical discomfort, emotional exhaustion, and the invisible labor of simply existing

Some Days Are Not For Performing

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Today's conversation is about something that rarely gets discussed during periods of transformation: the relationships that change when you begin changing yourself. When we decide to reinvent our lives, pursue our goals...

Things Shift During Flight

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Growing up in New York City taught me resilience, ambition, creativity, and survival. In this personal reflection, I share how the Bronx shaped my identity — and how moving to southern France taught me how to finally slow down.

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New York City raised me. She gave me ambition, creativity, resilience, curiosity, and the audacity to believe that a little Black girl from the Bronx could build a life far beyond what she could see from the Grand Concourse. My parents met while attending Columbia University in the early 70s

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I spent weeks frustrated over YouTube monetization approvals despite surpassing every requirement. Every 10 days another rejection. Another “your account is under review.”Then something clicked:If I have to beg for access to something I already built... … is it really mine?

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Someone asked me what makes a great relationship. Off the top of my head, I gave them three words: laughter, listening, and likability. I called them the Three Owls — and I want to linger on that last one, because likability is the most underrated quality in love.

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This Is My Gift to You 🌿

Start by clicking the link below…https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeyfuB8hjFoYxG8jhEqJ9zTAVBhwoSWy7BGKVUvdU0LvvWOg/viewform?embedded=true To my new subscribers—welcome. Truly.You didn’t just click “subscribe.” You chose to lean into something deeper… curiosity, possibility, maybe even a quiet knowing that your life is asking for more. And for that, I want to say thank you. This…

This Is My Gift to You 🌿

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The flow is strong. The ideas are coming fast and free, cascading into one another before I can even capture them all. There's a creative momentum building that I genuinely didn't anticipate when I started this practice. Working from our home overlooking the Mediterranean, the vineyard rolling out

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"Aren't You Afraid of Looking Foolish?" —

What Women Over 50 Hear When They Dare to Change Top pick — emotional hook + specific audience + implicit challenge I DIDNT REINVENT MY LIFE OVERNITE, I SHIFTED WHAT I BELIEVED WAS POSSIBLE… “I want to talk about a comment I received on a recent video. Now, this person clearly hadn’t watched it — they saw the thumbnail and reacted. And out of what I believe was genuine concern, they suggested…

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In August of 2023, I was days away from losing my apartment. A short-term rental, and the time was almost up, and I had nowhere to go. I genuinely did not know where I would be sleeping in a matter of days. I was getting ready for bed, when something inside me became urgent. Do it. Do it now.

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