HeyJaredMidlife Adventure Club
A space for reflections, walking rituals, writing prompts, & real stories from the messy, magical middle. Where trail notes meet a treasured voice memo from your midlife bestie inviting you to breathe + step into your greatest adventure to date!
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there she goes... (opens the original)
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I have held back publishing this for a few days as waves of grief pounded the shore of my heart after my daughter left home, again. We have spent the last 19.5 years living life together (well, mostly)! Last year was her first year away from home. I imagined the second year send off would be smooth, slightly tearful but not lay on the floor in the child’s pose kind of hard. Letting go of a child, no matter what age is a tender thing. No one can tell you how to do it. No one can show you the plan
walking the camino... (opens the original)
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The following excerpts are pieces written in 2023 after walking a portion of the Camino de Santiago in Spain. It was on this walk that I began a new trajectory in life. This practice gave me space to walk with all I was holding~ grief, joy and everything in between. In June while walking along The Fisherman’s Trail in Portugal with my daughter, my book spoke to me (I had been running into a stack of challenges regarding the formation and route to take with this book). She informed me that I was
the middle aged gals guide to unfucking your life (opens the original)
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Somewhere along the way, I forgot to have fun.In the last few decades, I would say two decades of my life, I’ve been focused on mothering, and caring for others. This has looked like clients, students, friends, family members, and a multitude of different chronic pain diagnoses. And what I’ve come to realize, as I have recently been inducted into the 50 club, and in the third month of my midlife gap year, is that yes. I have forgotten how to have fun.The clarity arrived on a recent road trip thr
my book wants to be a walking memoir (opens the original)
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The following excerpts were taken from my writing practice and journal entries over the last few months as my book was calling to morph into a new form. I am uncertain where this journey will lead but I know this book asking me to listen. Maybe you too have been working on a book and have found yourself bumping up against your mind or some form of expectations with your writing life. I found a through line connecting these passages and wanted to share my thoughts as I navigate the path of dancin
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