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FOR WOMEN OVER 50
Above the Noise
For women over 50 who are done performing a life they did not consciously choose.
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You built this life. Which means you're the only one who can build something different.
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What it means to get above the noise.
Most of us inherited our lives. From our parents, our culture, our relationships, our fears. We made choices that made sense to other people. We became competent at lives we never consciously chose.
You cannot see the shape of a life from inside it. You are too close. Nose against the glass, managing the days, answering the needs. From up here the whole architecture comes into view. The roles. The yeses. The calendar that filled itself while you were holding everyone together.
Getting above the noise is not about burning your life down. It is not a grand reinvention of you, because you were never the problem. It is the slow, honest reckoning with what is actually yours and what was never really yours to begin with.
It is about remembering who you were before you became so good at being everything to everyone.
What you see for yourself, you can never unsee. That is where everything changes.
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Who this is for.
She is the woman who looks fine. The one whose calendar is full and whose chest is tight. The one who can name everyone else's needs but goes quiet when asked what she wants.
She has done the books, the therapy, the journalling. She knows what is wrong. She is tired of knowing what is wrong.
She is ready to stop performing and start choosing. Not someday. Not when the kids are grown. Not when the mortgage is paid. Now.
If you have read this far, you are probably her.
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WORKSHOPS
Live work, in a circle of women.
Some of this work belongs in a room. Or on a screen with other faces looking back. Sitting in a circle with other women who are doing the same honest reckoning — that is a different kind of medicine than anything you can do alone.
If you want to know when the next workshops are happening, live in person or online, leave your email below. I will write to you the day registration opens.
One email when the next workshop opens. Nothing else.
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NOT READY YET? START HERE.
Whose Story Are You Living?
Five questions that show you which parts of your life you actually chose.
These five questions do for your life what a good declutter does for your cupboards. They show you which parts you chose, which parts you inherited, and the one thing you have been waiting for permission to do.
They are not easy. They are not meant to be. There is no wrong answer. There is only an honest one.
Find a quiet corner. Make the tea. Turn off the notifications. This one is for you.
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Have a read first.
No need to sign up on faith. The letters are all here, every one of them, going back to the beginning. Read a few. If they sound like someone you want turning up in your inbox on a Monday, you will know.
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In love, light and laughter, Karen
Karen Amy
space holder · story keeper