The midlife transition for women is a time of great upheavals. Being the least researched demographic, very little is known about this demanding time.

Sometimes, the universe will give us a nudge; it’s time to change. Shortly after that conversation, I was lying in bed one evening tossing and turning and tossing and turning, looking at the clock 12, 1, 2. Ugh, I have to go to work tomorrow; I need sleep! I opened my laptop to YouTube and started a relaxing meditation.

Summer. The unofficial start of this season is Memorial Day Weekend. The official day is June 20th, the longest day of the year. With all the added sunshine, people are heading to the beach or the mountains to get outside, breathe again, and throw off cabin fever from the winter.

Midlife is the time of a woman's life when she is sandwiched between two generations of people: her young adult children and her aging parents.

Moving is complicated, affecting every aspect of your life physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. But it can also be exciting, being on the threshold of a new life poised for adventure.

One day you are sitting at the breakfast table across from your husband that you’ve been married to for twenty to thirty years. His head is down reading the paper you are answering phone messages or scrolling through your Instagram account.

Life transitions never travel in a straight line, rather one of ups and downs. The transition from a life lived in addiction to one lived in recovery is no different.

As Thanksgiving comes upon us, we recall the story of the Puritans, who left Europe to change their lives to live in a new place in a new world.

“The essence of life takes place in the neutral zone phase of transition. It is in that interim spaciousness that all possibilities, creativity and innovative ideas can come to life and flourish.” — Susan Bridges

Letting go can be hard because it means letting go of aspects of your past – aspects of you.

Life changes and subsequent transitions, always begin with an ending.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” — Victor E. Frankl

It all begins with an idea.