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Reflections on identity, transition, and midlife from My Era — for women recognizing who they've become and designing what's next.


Taking on Too Much: What Being Helpful Costs Me
But I’m questioning what happens when someone else’s relief depends on me carrying more stress.
Oct 84 min read


Changing Career Priorities: When Ambition Shifts
A bigger title used to be an easy yes. Now you want to know what it will do to your Tuesdays. That question deserves as much attention as the salary.
Sep 284 min read


The Sunday Night Test
Sometimes you can feel the Monday dread before Sunday even gets here. And sometimes Monday dread isn't even about Monday. Sometimes there’s a weekly meeting on Wednesdays you keep thinking about. An errand you really don’t want to deal with. A conversation you know you need to have. Or maybe there’s one part of your week that makes you think, "ugh, that, again, really!?" every time you remember it exists. That's what the Sunday night test is for. Don't worry it's not for a gr
Sep 202 min read


AI Took My Job. Now What? Rebuilding Your Identity After Job Loss
Losing a job to AI isn't only a career disruption. It can surface a quieter question about who you are once the title is gone, one a new resume can't answer on its own.
Aug 274 min read


How to Rebuild Your Identity After Job Loss
Learn how to rebuild your identity after job loss or a career change without rushing to find a new title, role, or version of yourself.
Aug 134 min read


Executive Burnout in Women
When rest doesn’t fix your burnout, the problem may be deeper than your workload. For many high-achieving women, exhaustion is also a sign that the role they’ve mastered no longer fits who they are.
Aug 112 min read


Is Your Career Your Identity?
Your career can be an important part of who you are without being the whole story. A career shift can reveal how much of your identity came from the work itself and how much came from what you believed that work said about you.
Aug 64 min read
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