Middle Season

I’m really looking forward to being part of the inaugural Women Who Lead Huron event on October 1st, hosted by Huron Chamber of Commerce.

I’ll be speaking about something that feels especially close to home right now:

Leading Through Change & Transformation.

Because transition doesn’t always arrive neatly packaged with a plan.

Sometimes the path you thought you were on changes. Your capacity changes. Your priorities change. YOU change.

And leadership in those seasons isn’t about having every answer. It’s about self-awareness, resilience, communicating with intention, knowing when to pause and reassess, asking for support, and having the courage to take the next responsible step even when you can’t see the whole staircase yet.

After nearly two decades of business coaching, moving into women’s health coaching, building Middle Season. Women’s Health Coaching, and navigating some pretty significant transitions of my own, this topic feels very different to me today than it would have even a year ago.

I’m excited to bring both the coach AND the human to this conversation.

Because sometimes leadership isn’t about pushing harder.

Sometimes it’s about figuring out who you are becoming next. ❤️

October 1 | Women Who Lead Huron

Huron Chamber Launches New Women's Leadership Initiative - Huron Chamber of Commerce On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Huron Chamber of Commerce is announcing the launch of its Women’s Leadership Initiative, a new program designed to support women in leadership roles across Huron County and those aspiring to step into them. The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) is...

I have been TIRED this week. Like… really tired. 😂

Lots of sleep. Lots of rest. And SO. MUCH. WATER. Apparently I’ve been walking around like a human raisin. 💧

But this morning I woke up and actually WANTED to move my body.

Enter: Yoga With Adriene ❤️

I’ve followed her for years and done a bunch of her monthly challenges. If you need to move today but don’t necessarily feel like “working out,” go find her on YouTube.

Tired? Stiff? Anxious? Need some energy? Just need to get your butt off the couch? She probably has a yoga practice for it. 😂

Today my body said move. So I listened.

And WOW, I needed that. ❤️

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MY HAIR WAS AWAKE. I WAS NOT. 😂

Let’s talk about sleep debt in perimenopause.

This was me one morning near the beginning of my perimenopause journey (5+ years ago). At the time, I didn’t fully understand what was happening. I only knew I was awake, exhausted and apparently conducting electricity through my hair.

Fast-forward to this morning, when my Oura ring called me out.

I slept for 7 hours and 14 minutes, which sounds fairly respectable. But my sleep score was only 68. My restfulness needed attention, and both my REM and deep sleep were low.

Because sleep isn’t only about how long you’re in bed. It’s about whether your body is getting the restorative sleep it actually needs.

What I like about is that it doesn’t treat one night as the whole story. It looks at your patterns over time and estimates how much sleep your body typically needs to recover and feel its best.

That number isn’t exactly the same for every body, and our needs can change depending on stress, physical activity, disrupted sleep and how much recovery our bodies need.

Sleep is the foundation the rest of our health stands on.

When that foundation starts to crack, everything feels harder: energy, mood, cravings, focus, stress tolerance, exercise recovery and making the choices we know will help us feel better.

Sleep debt builds when we repeatedly get less sleep than our bodies need. Poor-quality sleep can also leave us under-recovered, even when the number of hours looks “good.”

And one heroic sleep-in on Saturday doesn’t magically fix it. I wish it did!

This can become especially complicated during perimenopause and menopause. Hormonal changes, night sweats, temperature shifts, stress, pain, anxiety and those bloody 3 a.m. wake-ups can all affect how well we sleep. And really, every night at 3 a.m. ugh! However….

This is where I can help!

Together, we look at your whole picture, identify the patterns disrupting your sleep and create realistic changes around your routine, stress load, movement, nutrition, caffeine timing, sleep environment and recovery.

No rigid bedtime boot camp. No pretending you have no responsibilities. Just practical, personalized support that fits your actual life.

If sleep has become the thing knocking everything else off track, DM me, or text SLEEP along with your name to 519-441-8380.

Let’s get your foundation back under you! 🛌 😴