⭐ Micro-Essay: When Life Forces a Reset December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl Sometimes the universe doesn’t nudge—it shoves.It hands you a diagnosis, or a heartbreak, or an ending you never saw coming.It rearranges your world without warning, without permission. And suddenly, you’re...
⭐ Micro Essay: The Art of Protecting Your Peace December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl After 50, peace becomes priceless—and you finally understand why. You know exactly who drains you.Who exhausts you.Who takes without giving.Who brings chaos disguised as charm.Who mistakes your empathy for weakness....
⭐ Micro Essay: The Courage of Being Seen Again December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl After heartbreak, loss, or divorce, stepping back into the world requires a kind of courage no one talks about. You’re carrying history now—grief, growth, lessons, scars.You’re not the same person...
⭐ Micro Essay: The Beauty of Not Having It Figured Out December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl There’s a strange freedom that arrives after 50.Not knowing your next chapter no longer feels like failure—it feels like possibility. Life blows up the plan.Relationships shift.Work changes.Dreams evolve. And suddenly…...
⭐ Micro Essay: The Slow Burn of Healing December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl Healing after 50 isn’t dramatic.It’s rarely a breakthrough moment or a cinematic epiphany.It’s the slow, stubborn burn—the way one morning you wake up and notice your chest doesn’t tighten quite...
Micro Essay: Reinventing Yourself at 50 and Beyond December 02, 2025Susan Lehmkuhl Reinvention isn’t a crisis — it’s an opportunityOne day, you wake up and realize half your life was lived doing what you had to do.Now comes the part where you...