Practical Wisdom: It’s Good to Be Alive

This Sunday, January 11, is my birthday. A big one. Sixty-five.

I still don’t quite know how that’s possible. Five years ago, the big “C” made the future feel uncertain. I wasn’t sure I would arrive here at all. So this birthday doesn’t feel like a milestone marked by candles and numbers. It feels more like a deep exhale. 

I’m marking it in the most honest way I know how. I’m releasing a new book, available January 11th.

This book was written with my sleeves rolled up and my heart open. It carries vulnerable stories, hard-earned truths, journal prompts, simple rituals, and practical tools for what I believe is one of the most powerful transitions in a woman’s life. Menopause.

Menopause matters because it’s not a footnote or a medical inconvenience. It’s a profound biological, emotional, and spiritual shift that touches nearly half the population, yet remains wildly under-researched, under-discussed, and often dismissed. Hormonal changes impact sleep, mood, memory, metabolism, and nervous system regulation. Careers are affected. Relationships shift. Identity reshapes itself. 

And beneath all of that, something else is happening.

Menopause is a threshold, a time when old roles loosen their grip and a woman’s inner authority begins to rise. It’s a season that asks for truth, boundaries, rest, and self-trust. When supported well, it can become a passage into sovereignty and deep wisdom rather than exhaustion and confusion.

That’s why this book exists.

If you’d like to help me mark this birthday, here’s how you can make it even more meaningful.

This Sunday, January 11, you can support the launch by purchasing the Kindle edition for $1.99. The paperback is also available if you want to hold it in your hands, and I ask that you purchase the Kindle version as well. Kindle and paperback are counted as separate categories, and bestseller visibility helps this work reach women who truly need it.

If you’re willing, after reading a chapter or two, I’d be deeply grateful if you’d leave a review. Reviews matter. They help other women decide if this book might serve them and help name something they’ve been carrying alone.

It will be live on Amazon tomorrow, and it will be available January 11th right here.

It’s good to be alive. I’m so grateful to be here. And I’m honored to share this moment, and this work, with you.