The MyPeacein50 Blog

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years talking about boundaries. I’ve written about them. Taught them. Wrestled with them personally and professionally. I even created a Boundaries in Leadership Tool...

I first heard about power poses years ago, when I was invited to do one as part of a meditation designed to cultivate confidence before a big day. The instruction was simple enough:
Stand up. Put your...

I have a confession to make.

I am a fixer.
A hard-core fixer.

If you want something done, I’m your girl. I make sh** happen. When someone I care about is struggling—emotionally, professionally, logi...

For much of my life, saying “no” did not come easily.

Not because I didn’t feel overwhelmed.
Not because I didn’t sense my energy draining.
But because I didn’t yet know how to recognize those signal...

There’s a quiet kind of power in claiming space. Not the kind that demands more square footage, better furniture, or a perfectly curated aesthetic—but the kind that says: this is mine.
This is where I...

There’s a particular kind of quiet that comes with the turn of the year.
Not the loud, glittery kind that insists on reinvention or resolution, but a softer pause. A moment to breathe, to look back wi...

Every year, without fail, something happens to me during the last week of December.

It’s not subtle.

I wake up with an almost irresistible urge to clean out all the things. Closets. Cabinets. Drawer...

“The most wonderful time of the year.”

That phrase can feel painfully out of sync when your calendar is overflowing, your nervous system is already stretched thin, and the unspoken expectation is tha...

Last week, I wrote about how music and sound can reconnect us to our truest selves — how a single lyric or vibration can bring us home in an instant. This week, I’m turning the volume inward. If sound...

I have a confession to make. One night, sitting around the dinner table at a friend’s house, we got into one of those unexpectedly deep conversations — the kind that starts casually and ends up somewh...

Last week, I wrote about gratitude — how it’s not about ignoring reality, but about noticing what still holds us when life gets hard. This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I feel that holdin...

It’s November. The time of year when pumpkins get replaced with turkeys, and inboxes fill with reminders about the power of gratitude. We’re told it boosts our mood. That it’s a scientifically backed ...