I'm so excited to see where your past takes you next.

My great-great-grandmother, great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and baby me. Oh the history these women have seen.

Where you are right now is the culmination of everywhere you’ve ever been. Everything you’ve ever known. Everything you have seen, done, and heard.

My precious grandmother, my soul’s mate, now 95, was born in the great depression. Her family was so poor that they had to move almost monthly, chasing crops, and starting a new life each time. (Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds tells a story similar to my grandmother’s.) Each day, each week, was a question of survival that shaped how she’s lived since. Each of her chapters has been its own story, a culmination of the others, and a launch pad for the next.

I’ll be 49 this Wednesday. I did a big thing last week, the sort of thing that I tell myself takes months of dedicated time, and thus put off over and over because who has months of dedicated time? But I did it in one hour by pulling together pieces I’d written over the last decade, organizing them based on some principles I’ve developed in the last few years, and trusting that my first draft was supposed to be messy. It’s not finished, but neither am I. This story is still being written. It feels meaningful and purposeful to know that all of my chapters keep culminating. Even more exciting? I may only be halfway through this life- one with the potential for more surprises than my imagination can even conjure.

Sometimes we forget all of the places we’ve been. We forget that they have the potential to be mined for our next chapters, to give even the painful and hard bits some purpose.

Thanks for being right here right now. I’m so excited to see where your past takes you next.

Rising Higher, Together

This May 17 we will host our first-ever LIVE Uplifters gathering. I’m pouring decades of experience designing events and workshops into this. We still have a few tickets left, so I hope you’ll join me and our guests from the first year of The Uplifters Podcast for a day of collaboration and creative growth in NYC on May 17.

Check out the agenda and get info on tickets HERE. Help me celebrate my birthday by using code BIRTHDAY for 50% off of tickets this month.

Paid Subscriber Bonuses You’ll Find in Today’s Newsletter

✨ You can listen to every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Substack, or wherever you get your podcasts. For those of you who are more visual, you’ll find a video of Amy Cohen and me below. Grab your tissues and have a good cry with us. My Emmy-winning husband says it’s the best episode yet, so if you haven’t listened before, this episode might be a good place to begin.

✨ Each month, I thank our paid subscribers with a community workshop featuring one of our Uplifters Ambassadors. Last Wednesday, I hosted a workshop led by Coach Sam France of Episode 17 that helped us understand the intersection of sleep issues and mental fitness. I learned so much that I’m already using to rest easier. Thanks, Sam! Check out the video below if you missed it live.

✨ Announcing our April Workshop: Clearing Clutter to Make Space for Self-Care. When your life is filled with excess belongings, making space for healthy habits can be challenging. Join Clutter Coach Melanie Cohen (no relation to Amy) and me for a workshop to help you carve out space for what matters most.