Aging
Resilience: Kindness as Adaptive Mastery
“I can be changed by what happens to me.
But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
~~ Maya Angelou
Greetings to all my precious people!!
Last week, we shattered myths about midlife limitations and embraced the science-backed truth that your greatest possibilities may still be ahead of you. This week, we explore the foundation that makes pursuing those possibilities sustainable: RESILIENCE.
But not the “grit your teeth and tough it out” version of resilience our culture promotes. Not the toxic self-reliance that insists you should handle everything alone. We’re diving into revolutionary research that reveals the strongest form of resilience comes not from individual toughness, but from kindness practice and community connection.
This changes everything we thought we knew about strength, adaptation, and surviving life’s inevitable challenges. continue reading
Possibility: The Midlife Renaissance
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
~~ George Eliot
Greetings to all my precious people!!
Last week, we discovered how authentic kindness practice generates sustainable joy—the kind that heals both giver and receiver. This week, we explore what opens when we stop limiting our capacity for transformation: POSSIBILITY.
Not the naive optimism that ignores reality. Not the frantic reinvention that runs from authentic self. But the science-backed recognition that your midlife years may be when your greatest possibilities finally become accessible.
In a culture obsessed with youth and terrified of aging, this exploration is revolutionary: What if everything you’ve been told about decline after 40 is not just wrong, but backwards? continue reading
JOY: Cultivating Sustainable Aliveness
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.”
~~ Marianne Williamson
Beyond Happiness: Cultivating Sustainable Aliveness
Greetings to all my precious people!!
We’ve journeyed through kindness as embodied healing, awakened to kindfulness as warm-hearted presence, discovered how gratitude becomes grace, and explored how your healing naturally wants to serve others through authentic contribution. This week, we dive into something that might surprise you: JOY.
Not the forced positivity that asks you to pretend everything is wonderful. Not the fleeting happiness that depends on external circumstances. But the deep, sustainable aliveness that emerges when you live in authentic alignment with your kindness practice and your contribution to the world.
This is joy as medicine. Joy as fuel. Joy as the natural result of a life lived in service to what matters most. continue reading
CONTRIBUTION: Your Healing is a Gift to the World
“The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.”
~~ Pablo Picasso
Greetings to all my precious people!!
We’ve journeyed together through kindness as embodied healing, awakened to kindfulness as warm-hearted presence, and discovered how gratitude alchemizes into grace. This week, we explore the profound truth that many of you have been feeling: your healing journey was never just about you.
Every moment you chose curiosity over judgment, optimism over cynicism, awareness over denial, courage over comfort—you weren’t just healing yourself. You were preparing to become medicine for the world.
This is the week we explore CONTRIBUTION—not as depletion or obligation, but as the natural flowering of a life lived with authentic intention. continue reading
Creamy Chocolate Grain-Free Banana Bread Recipe
The food industry has been intentional in making you believe that a good tasting banana bread has to be made from refined white flour. They’ve made you think that you will be deprived of nutrients and/or pleasure if grains aren’t included in your diet. The truth is that all of these statements are myths, falling very far from the realm of reality. The real reality is that this Creamy Chocolate Grain-free Banana Bread is a nutritious breakfast or snack option, as it is rich in nutrients and free of gluten, grains and added sugar (except for the dark chocolate chips). Dive into this world of deliciousness and nutrition that is absolutely bursting with moistness and banana-chocolaty goodness. continue reading
