by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Authentic Self, Blog, Love yourself, Obstacles to Success, Transformation |
I woke up in a funk. I was upset and pouting, feeling totally controlled by and at one with this little girl inside of me. My head aches on the right side, above my temple with a slow dull persistent ache that doesn’t want to be consoled. The ache feels like...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Obstacles to Success |
Imagine that all the love available in the world is in one extra-large giant pizza. Like a real pizza, there are a limited number of pieces. If you take more than your share than someone else gets less. It doesn’t matter whether it’s love, money, career,...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Commitment, Obstacles to Success |
Do you ever have a morning like this? In this moment, my thoughts are scattered. I feel all over the place. I don’t want to work. I want to drink a cup of tea (hot chocolate deemed too caloric), cuddle with my 14-year-old dog, now snoring softly beside me and read...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Meaning and Purpose, Obstacles to Success |
Kathrine Switzer ran her 40th marathon on April 17, 2017, in Boston. At 70 she is well beyond what many of us consider midlife but she shows us that age is only a number, not a state of mind. In 1967 when she entered the Boston Marathon at age 19 using only her...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Conscious Living, Empowerment, Obstacles to Success, Women in Midlife |
My garage is full of stuff. Our office is in the process of moving, and the excess furniture is in my garage. I still have way too many items from my mother, after her death a couple of years ago. It’s time to let go of the stuff and keep the love. On top of that,...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Obstacles to Success, Own Your Magnificience, People Pleaser, Relationships |
Today I choose to own my own my inner champion, my own superhero, my own knight in shining armor. Like many of my fellow recovering people pleasers, I have spent too much of my life waiting for another to take care of me, provide me with enough money, or advise me on...
