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Small-group guided circles for women navigating life’s transitions.

Through reflection, conversation, and legacy letter writing, participants gain clarity about what matters most and what comes next.

✨ Free monthly reflection sessions

10/04/2026

Over the summer, I found myself staying at a guest house with the most beautiful, healthy flowers. These caught my eye—and if you look closely, you can see a bee 🐝 right in the center of one of them, almost perfectly camouflaged.

Then this weekend, I was at a garden center choosing perennials for a bare patch of ground next to my garage. Now there’s a little pop of purple there that makes me smile every time I see it.

It reminded me of a trip I took to Vietnam years ago. I was struck by how much people valued fresh-cut flowers. At the time, my very practical self wondered: Why spend money on flowers when they’re a luxury?

And they are a luxury.

But maybe they’re also something more.

Flowers connect us to the natural world—the bees buzzing, the seasons changing, things blooming and eventually dying back. And inside our homes, they can transform an ordinary space simply by being beautiful.

One of my values today is beauty. So it makes sense that I’m drawn to flowers.

But I’m not sure beauty would have made my list 20 years ago. There was a time when I prioritized the practical much more heavily.

And that’s something I find fascinating about values: they aren’t necessarily fixed. As our lives change, what matters most to us can change too.

In Yellow Brick Legacy’s five-week Legacy Circles, we spend time identifying the values that matter to us now—not the ones we think we’re supposed to have, or the ones that guided an earlier version of our lives.

Because once you know what you value, you can start asking a bigger question:

Does the life I’m living actually reflect it?

For me, apparently, part of the answer is planting more flowers. 🌸

What’s one value that has become more important to you as you’ve gotten older?

09/25/2026

Today felt like a day of synchronicity.

I happened to look at my watch at 9:25 on 9/25. A few minutes later, while walking, I wondered: What will I see today that symbolizes fall?

Almost immediately, I heard an acorn drop from a tree and hit the ground.

Such a simple gesture from nature.

The air gets cooler. The acorns begin to fall. The squirrels gather them. And a few lucky ones take root and eventually become trees themselves.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the cycles of life — beginnings, endings, growth, loss, and what we leave behind.

That’s a big part of what we explore at Yellow Brick Legacy: paying attention to where we are in our own lives, what we’re carrying, what we’re ready to let go of, and what we want to nurture next.

I’m not necessarily a believer in traditional religion, but there’s something about fall that feels transcendent to me. Nature makes the cycle so visible.

So along with the pumpkin lattes and sweater weather, notice the acorns.

They’re loud when they fall. Resilient. Nourishing. And sometimes, the beginning of something entirely new. 🍂🌳

Does fall make you think differently about the seasons of your own life?

09/06/2026

College drop-off has a way of bringing up all the feels. 💙

Pride. Excitement. Gratitude. Worry. Maybe a little grief. And that feeling in the pit of your stomach that’s hard to put into words.

I know because I’m right there too. I dropped my daughter off at college this week.

These moments are exactly why I created Yellow Brick Legacy. Transitions have a way of making us think not only about what we’re leaving behind, but about what comes next — for us.

If you’re in that space right now, I’d love to have you join me for a free virtual reflection session on Monday, September 14 at 7:30 PM ET.

We’ll slow down, reflect on what we’re carrying into this next chapter, and make a little space for ourselves in the midst of change.

Bring a journal, a pen, and yourself. 💛

Comment below or send me a message for the Zoom link.

08/31/2026

Just pulled together this tiny care package for my daughter, who’s heading off to her freshman year of college. ❤️

I tucked in this little piece of Ocean Jasper—a stone associated with reducing anxiety and encouraging personal insight. Whether or not you believe stones actually do those things, the symbolism felt pretty perfect for this moment.

Last night we also had our own very informal family “ceremony.” Her dad, her brother and I each wrote her a card about this big transition—our excitement for her, our hopes for her, and some of what we wanted her to know as she heads off on her own.

It struck me as we were doing it how connected this was to the work I’ve been doing with Yellow Brick Legacy.

There’s something about writing that crystallizes what we’re thinking and feeling. And when we write those words to someone we love, it creates a different kind of intimacy and connection. We often say things on paper that we somehow never quite get around to saying out loud.

Writing a letter to someone you love is one of the exercises we do in Yellow Brick Legacy—and last night reminded me why.

You don’t have to wait for some distant idea of “legacy.” Sometimes it’s simply about recognizing a moment that matters, and saying what you want to say while you’re both here to experience it.

This definitely felt like one of those moments. ❤️

08/26/2026

Yesterday afternoon, suddenly my feed was filled with images of Dolly Parton.

It took me a minute to understand why.

How could someone so vibrant and youthful, so generous and courageous, actually leave us like that?

And weirdly, I don’t feel obviously “sad.” Maybe because there is so much of Dolly that keeps on giving. The music, of course. The millions of books that will continue finding their way into children’s hands. The things she built. And maybe most of all, the example she set of being generous, courageous and completely herself.

It almost feels like she’s still here.

Maybe that’s what a legacy can do. A life ends, but so much of the person doesn’t.

Dolly left one hell of a legacy. ❤️

08/09/2026

Yesterday was 8/8 — sometimes called the Lion’s Gate Portal. ✨

Whether or not you believe in portals, I love the idea behind it: a moment to pause, take stock, and become more intentional about what you’re carrying forward — and what you’re ready to leave behind.

Maybe that’s why this view stopped me.

A window. A threshold. A reminder that we can appreciate where we are while still asking ourselves what we want the view ahead to look like.

That idea is at the heart of Yellow Brick Legacy.

In my paid Legacy Circles, a small group of women comes together over five sessions to look at the arc of their lives — the experiences that shaped them, the values they want guiding them now, and even the beliefs they may have inherited but no longer need to carry.

We think about what we want the people we love to know about us. We write a legacy letter. And then we turn all of that reflection forward:

Knowing what I know now, how do I want to live the life that’s still ahead of me?

On August 24, during my free one-hour reflection session, I’ll be introducing something new that honors this same idea — a simple practice for considering what we’re ready to leave behind and what we want to consciously carry forward.

Because sometimes moving into our next chapter begins simply by noticing that there’s an opening.

If you’d like to join me on 8/24, comment below or send me a message and I’ll share the details.

08/01/2026

This photo was taken after dinner in the Adirondacks.

I wasn’t thinking about work or my to-do list. I was simply sitting there, feeling grateful for the people I was with and the life we’ve built over time.

It reminded me that reflection doesn’t always happen in a journal or during a retreat. Sometimes it happens in the quiet moments we don’t plan.

As summer begins to wind down, consider giving yourself a few minutes to ask:

* What has brought me the most joy this season?
* What have I learned about myself?
* What do I want to carry into the fall?

Those questions may seem simple, but they often lead to meaningful change.

If you’re looking for a space to have those kinds of conversations with other women navigating midlife, Yellow Brick Legacy’s next online and in-person cohorts begin in September.

What has been one moment this summer that you’ll remember long after the season is over?

07/28/2026

Last week I hiked Ampersand Mountain with friends. The photos barely capture it. Standing at the summit, we were rewarded with sweeping 360° views and five incredible lakes.

What struck me most wasn’t just the view- it was realizing that after nearly 20 years of vacationing in the Adirondacks, I’d never hiked this mountain or even spent time exploring nearby Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

It reminded me of something I see so often in the women I work with: we assume we’ve already discovered everything our familiar lives have to offer. But sometimes the most meaningful adventures aren’t found somewhere new...they’re waiting in the places where we’ve already built our lives. They simply require us to look with fresh eyes.

Midlife isn’t always about changing everything. Sometimes it’s about rediscovering what’s already there and allowing yourself to experience it differently.

Where in your own life might a new perspective reveal an adventure that’s been waiting for you all along?

💛 That’s the kind of reflection we explore in Yellow Brick Legacy: creating space to reconnect with what matters most and intentionally shape what’s next.

07/25/2026

Last night I hosted a Sip & Color gathering with a wonderful group of women here at the lake. We laughed, painted, and gave ourselves permission to be creative—without worrying about whether the result was “good.”

Then today my mom sent me this photo of a drawing I made when I was about four years old. Apparently, even then I thought a woman needed a stylish handbag. 😊

It made me think about how the clues to who we are often show up long before we realize it. As life gets busy—with careers, caregiving, parenting, and endless responsibilities—we can lose touch with the parts of ourselves that once came so naturally.

Sometimes growth isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about reconnecting with who you’ve been all along.

That’s the heart of Yellow Brick Legacy. I help women in seasons of transition reconnect with what matters most so they can move forward with greater intention and authenticity.

If you’ve been feeling the pull to pause, reflect, and rediscover what truly matters, I’d love to talk with you. I’m currently forming September cohorts, and a brief 1:1 conversation is a great way to see if it’s the right fit.

What did you love doing as a child that still says something about who you are today?

07/18/2026

Yesterday I took a watercolor class and painted this hydrangea.

While it was drying, a house fly landed right on the bloom and stayed there for several minutes. It made me smile. Maybe the painting looked real enough to fool a fly.

As I watched it, I found myself thinking about how often we wait for things to be “finished” before we think they’re worth sharing. A painting. An idea. A dream. Ourselves.

But this painting wasn’t finished. It was still drying. And somehow, it was already enough.

That’s one of the things I love about trying new experiences in midlife. We don’t have to be experts. We don’t have to get it perfect. We just have to be willing to begin. Sometimes the simple act of creating something new becomes the memory that stays with us.

That’s also the heart of Yellow Brick Legacy. I help women in midlife slow down, reflect on the values and beliefs that have shaped them, and write a legacy letter to someone they love—not because life is ending, but because it’s still unfolding.

If you’ve been curious about Yellow Brick Legacy, I’d love to have you join my free online reflection session on Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Send me a message or comment below, and I’ll send you the invitation.

💙 Here’s to embracing new experiences (even while we’re still “drying" 😉)

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