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Unmasked by Sarah Russell I shivered when I took them off, those masks of forty years — goodgirlgooddaughtergoodstudentgoodwifegoodmother goodgoodgood. I stood naked in a new day. Who was left? Could I find her? Would I love her? Would anyone? I set out to build a woman without masks. It took a while. I lost people […]

Midlife can be a period of profound self-discovery if you let it be. It’s also a time that has the potential to be creatively robust even if you’ve never thought of yourself as creative. I think for many, this call to creativity stems from a desire to make meaning and connections.  For some people, midlife […]

One summer, I was sitting alone on the dock at a cottage and looking around at the lake, the beach, and the landscaping on the property thinking about what made it so pleasing to my eyes. A single word popped into my head: layers. Layers add complexity, variety, depth, and interest. It’s how we express […]