I'm turning 53 this year. I'm officially in menopause (card-carrying member of the pause, as I like to say). I've been married three times and found my person. My faith is the thread that runs through all of it. I'm a Christian the what would Jesus actually do kind. Not political, not performative. Just someone who genuinely tries to lead with love, extend grace, and lean on that relationship when life gets heavy. You'll hear those tones woven into the conversation, and I'm not shy about it.

Here’s my current messy middle.

My daughter went off to college in New York City, came back home, and we are figuring that out together. My 87-year-old mom just moved out after living with us for two years following my dad's passing. And in the middle of all of that, I'm rebuilding, re-imagining, and trying to get a little more comfortable being vulnerable which, trust me, does not come naturally to me.

I started this podcast because I kept looking around and thinking, why isn't anyone talking about this stuff? The real stuff. The college drop-off that wrecked me even though I thought I was ready. The sandwich generation juggle. The boomerang kids. The friendships that are quietly shifting. The body that is doing things nobody warned you about.

So I decided to start the conversation myself. Let’s be friends.