
04/09/2025
40 Years. A Lifetime in Chapters.
I was 9 when I got my first period. No one told me it was coming. I thought I was dying. My mom handed me a kitchen paper towel wrapped in a grocery bag and said, “Hide it.”
That moment taught me shame. But it also taught me resilience. That moment became my first chapter.
Since then, I’ve lived through heartbreaks that shattered me…
And rebuilt careers and communities that revived me.
I’ve been the woman who stayed too long.
And now I’m the woman who knows when to walk away.
I’ve been the giver who poured until she was empty.
And now I pour from a cup that overflows with wisdom, with boundaries, with love.
I’ve cried in business class seats I once dreamed of.
Been ghosted after giving my whole heart.
Fired someone for the first time and grieved the weight of leadership.
I’ve felt abandoned, invisible, invincible, magnetic all in the same year.
But through it all… I found me.
My fire. My softness. My truth.
I am not in a chapter anymore.
I’m writing a new book.
The Book of 40 is about:
Letting my feminine power lead
Loving without overgiving
Healing through community, not isolation
Being magnetic, not available
Choosing peace, presence, and purpose over pressure
If you’ve ever felt like your life was unraveling just when you thought it was coming together…
If you’ve ever questioned your worth after giving your all…
If you’ve ever felt too much, too loud, too tired, too tender...
This post is for you.
You’re not too much.
You’re just on the brink of your next book.
Write it like you’ve waited your whole life to live it.
Because I know I have.
Here’s to 40. And to all the people remembering who they are.