Hello Reader, I noticed something on a Wednesday morning that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since. I was out on the lanai, coffee in hand, and instead of already running through my list for the day, I just sat there. Watched the birds. Let ten minutes pass without once checking the clock. Old me would have called that wasted time. But it didn't feel wasted. It felt like relief. That small moment turned into this week's post, which is really about something I think a lot of us are...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I want to tell you about something small I've been doing before bed that's made a bigger difference than I expected. For a long time, my evenings didn't slow down just because my days got quieter. If anything, I filled that open space with more- more projects, more ideas, more "just one more thing" before I finally turned off the lights. Sound familiar? Whether your evenings are full of a spouse's routine, grown kids who still find reasons to call after dinner, or a project you...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I have something a little different to share with you today. If you've been reading Inspire My Style for a while, you know this space has never really been about me. It's about you, your style, your wellness, your home, your mindset, all the small and large ways we keep moving forward together. I've kept it that way on purpose. But every so often, life hands you a moment too big to keep tucked away behind the usual topics. Recently, I signed the papers on my Michigan home. Sold....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I want to start with a question that might sound familiar. When was the last time you reached the end of an ordinary day, nothing particularly hard happened, and still felt completely depleted? Not from a difficult week. Just from the quiet accumulation of things you didn't even realize were costing you anything. This new post is about exactly that. Ten things that are quietly draining your energy every single day, things so woven into daily life that most of us stopped...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
HiReader, I'll admit something. There have been a few moments over the last few years when I caught sight of myself in a photo and thought, "hmm, that's not quite working." Not the obvious things. The quiet ones. Clothes that don't fit quite right anymore. A wardrobe that's gone a little too dark and heavy. The silhouette we've worn so long we stopped seeing it clearly. That feeling is exactly what inspired my latest post, Common Style Habits That Quietly Age Us, and the simple fixes that...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I want to talk about something that doesn't get discussed honestly enough. Eating well and staying at a healthy weight after 60. Not dieting. Not starting over on Monday. Just the real, everyday business of feeding yourself well and feeling good in your body at this stage of life. I published this post a few days ago and I have to say, it's one of the most personal things I've put on the blog in a while. Because this topic has a long and complicated history for most of us,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I want to tell you something about this week's post before you read it. It's about walking. But it's really about so much more than that. It's about a habit that started nearly thirty years ago, sparked by a man I loved who believed my body was worth taking care of. It's about what thirty years of putting one foot in front of the other has done for my energy, my sleep, my strength, and my spirit. And it's about why walking — simple, unglamorous, completely doable walking — might...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I hope you are doing well as we move into the month of May. Where I am currently living, I'm hoping to be able to put the winter clothes away soon. 🥶 The weather is starting to warm up very, very slowly. But you know what? I am grateful for every day that I wake up to see the sun rise and my home filled with morning light. That is all I ask, no matter what's happening outside my window. Speaking of the wardrobe and clothes, can I tell you about a moment I had recently, standing...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I've been thinking about self care lately, and not in the glossy, spa-day kind of way. More in the wait, does this actually count? kind of way. Because here's what I've come to believe at this season of life — whether you're in your 60s, 70s, 80s, or beyond: most of us are already taking care of ourselves in small, quiet, deeply personal ways every single day. We just haven't called it self care. We haven't given ourselves credit for it. We've been too busy scrolling past the...
4 months ago • 1 min read