Writing

Essays on transition, identity, and the questions that matter.

On the hum that comes back in your forties, the rebuke that keeps it underground, and what it might actually be telling you.

You are forty-one. Your kids are in school for the whole day now. The younge...

On menopause, the quiet house, and the morning you catch yourself in the mirror and ask: wait, is that me?

A few years ago I was getting ready to give a talk to a group of women in philanthropy. I had ...

When You Find Yourself in the Space Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming

There are those of us for whom our job is just a job, even a career. But our identity is not bound up within it. Work is...

How I found my way to this work.

I spent over a year fighting with my body. Cravings I couldn’t explain. Habits I couldn’t control. For someone who had lost 60 pounds and kept it off for over a decade,...

When someone steps into a clergy role, their congregation welcomes them with clear (if demanding) expectations.  But their spouse inherits a role with no job description, no formal recognition, and ye...