The Shifted Life

The Shifted Life An online resource for midlife women and men creating a more meaningful next chapter through a wiser life in harmony with the earth.

08/07/2026

So happy to capture this short clip a butterfly drinking nectar from hyssops in my back yard. Love the bird song too. Hope you are living in harmony with the song of life this season. ☮️

07/24/2026

The last of the seven shifts in my shifted beauty series is about the power of blessing those who cause us trouble. Today I discuss the healing power of the loving kindness meditation as well as a real life example of what happens when we extend our blessing out to those we find difficult. This video closes out the Shifted Beauty seven-shift series, which is part of our focus on the Summer to Bloom 2026. 🌤️
Bless SevenShifts

💔 We need to take action on behalf of the best outcomes but prepare for the worst.
07/18/2026

💔 We need to take action on behalf of the best outcomes but prepare for the worst.

I buy only organic food for this reason.
07/16/2026

I buy only organic food for this reason.

07/14/2026

Being and becoming — we usually only manage one at a time. 🌓
This week’s video is about why both matter, and how I use the new moon and full moon each month as simple checkpoints for the becoming side. New moon is for noticing my intentions and asking what wants to shift.
This month it’s something small: swapping my go-to Greek yogurt for something that isn’t packaged in plastic and doesn’t rely on dairy farming I no longer feel good about. Not a big overhaul — just one simple adjustment toward being in more harmony with the earth.
If you want the being side of this — the contemplative half of the balance — this week’s Substack post on Shift Six is a good place to start. Link in bio.
What’s one small way you’re becoming more in harmony with the earth (or yourself) this month? I’d love to hear it. 🌱
ShiftedBeauty

You do not have to appear beautiful. You are beautiful, just as you are. 🕊️This week’s practice is small on purpose — on...
07/14/2026

You do not have to appear beautiful. You are beautiful, just as you are. 🕊️
This week’s practice is small on purpose — one quiet hour, spent near something alive that isn’t asking anything of you. A tree. A garden. The open sky. Let it remind you what presence actually feels like, without performance.
Byron wrote “She Walks in Beauty” the morning after seeing someone simply be at peace with herself. No effort. No striving. Just presence.
Shift Six of Shifted Beauty is about that same thing: beauty stops being something you produce, and becomes something you already are.
What would it feel like to stop performing this week, and just let yourself be? 💭
ContemplativeLiving MidlifeWisdom BeautyRedefined

This is good news for the middle class. Keeping home ownership possible.
07/14/2026

This is good news for the middle class. Keeping home ownership possible.

A fairly easy practice with great benefits.
07/09/2026

A fairly easy practice with great benefits.

07/08/2026

Some of the most beautiful expansions in our lives don’t look beautiful while they’re happening.
In this week’s video, I share a story from early in my career — years of feeling stuck in the wrong role, before life opened into an experience I never could have planned. I’ve come to think of it as a quiet kind of manifestation: not something you force, but something you receive once you let go of how you thought it should happen.
Has this ever happened to you? A season of feeling boxed in, followed by a sudden, unplanned expansion?
I’d love to hear about it in the comments.
This week’s Substack essay looks at another way beauty expands — through sharing what we’ve made instead of keeping it to ourselves. Link in bio. 🌿

This week's handout for expanding and sharing beauty in your life:
07/06/2026

This week's handout for expanding and sharing beauty in your life:

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