A few years ago, I was the woman who had the calendar, the to-do list, the color-coded everything — and still went to bed feeling like I...

The irony of being a coach and teaching and preaching empowerment to women in their midlife.

You've been calling it "burnout," but this is actually what's going on as you enter your midlife as a woman.

A few minutes before Harper arrived, I was still bargaining with the universe. Lying strapped to an operating table, my husband getting into scrubs, my midwife not yet in the room, I remember whisper‑prayers in my head.