Resources

Last week, I got laid off. At 62 years old, I suddenly found myself back in the job market. Again. This is actually round two for me in the last few years, which is not exactly a skill I was hoping to perfect at this point in my career, but apparently life had other plans. If you’re a woman over 50 who has had years of job security and suddenly finds yourself looking for work again, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that all those years of experience,

I have been thinking a lot about mindset lately. Probably because the longer I work on my own comeback, the more convinced I am that this may be the most important part of the whole thing. I did a video a while back about finding your why, and I still believe you absolutely need one. If you're trying to make a big change in your life, it helps enormously to know why the heck you're doing it. But here's what I'm figuring out: you can have the best why in the world and still ta

Four weeks ago, I stepped on the scale at 283.1 pounds and decided it was time. Not time to start another diet. God knows I've done enough of those in my lifetime. Not time to punish myself for gaining weight or spend the next year obsessing over every number on the scale. It was simply time to start taking my life back. If you've been following Comeback Over 50, you know that losing weight is only one part of my comeback. I have 100 pounds I want to lose before my daughter's

Can you believe we're already about halfway through summer? Kids are already going back to school in some parts of the country, fall decorations are creeping into the stores, and I'm over here thinking, wait a minute. I'm not done with summer yet! So before we start rushing into fall, I thought this was the perfect time for a little Comeback Over 50 check-in. How is your summer going? And maybe an even better question is: What have you said YES to? At the beginning of summer,

One of the hardest parts of getting older is something nobody really prepares us for: loss. After a decade of heartbreaking losses in our own family, I’ve learned that grief isn’t something we simply “get over.” It’s more like carrying a boulder in your pocket—you never completely put it down, but somehow, you learn how to walk with the weight of it and keep living.

Last Sunday, I poured myself a cup of coffee, opened my laptop, and started talking to ChatGPT like I was sitting down with a coach. I told it where I was in my journey, what had worked the first two weeks, what hadn't, and what I wanted to accomplish this week. Then I asked it to help me build a plan I could actually live with. Within minutes, we had mapped out my meals for the week, figured out my macros, created a grocery list, added a few new recipes so I don't get bored

Laid off after 50? Here's my honest story about losing my job at 59, rebuilding my confidence, navigating today's hiring process, and finding hope for the next chapter.

Everyone seems to have a GLP-1 success story these days. I honestly thought I was going to be one of them. Instead, I spent nearly two years trying Wegovy, Ozempic, compounded semaglutide, and Zepbound, dealing with nausea, vertigo, exhaustion, and very little weight loss. This isn't a story about why GLP-1 medications are good or bad—it's the story of what happened when they simply weren't the answer for me. If you've ever felt like everyone else found the magic and you some

Ladies, June is here! The days are longer. The weather is better. The patio coffee tastes amazing. The flowers are blooming. Camping season is here. Concert season is here. Farmers markets are opening. Life is happening outside again. I love summer. I always have. When I was growing up, my mom had a rule that we couldn't go barefoot outside until it hit 70 degrees. My sisters, brothers and I would call time and temperature over and over waiting for that magical number because

A real-life shift after 50—getting stronger, rebuilding your health, and stepping into a fuller, braver next chapter.

A real look at the patterns that keep women over 50 stuck—and the small changes that helped me finally start my comeback.

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re stuck in a cycle that keeps resetting every time life gets hard. I lived there for years—and I didn’t even realize it.

Permission to want more after 50—reclaim your energy, identity, and purpose without guilt. It’s time to step back into your life.

Every great comeback begins with a breakup - letting go of habits, routines, and patterns that no longer serve you so you can rebuild your life.

For most of my life, food wasn’t nourishment. It was negotiation. I lived inside the cycle of restriction, reward, guilt, repeat. Every new trend. Every new plan. Every “this time it will work.” I kept trying to out-discipline my biology. And when it didn’t work, I blamed myself. I believed I lacked willpower. I believed I was the problem. But let’s be honest. You don’t end up 100 pounds overweight and obese for most of your adult life because you have a healthy relationship