Camille Miller was sitting beside a pool when she decided to end her 22-year marriage. Her husband had just jumped into the water. Moments earlier, she had asked him a simple question about money, and his answer changed everything. She stayed in the same chair, picked up her phone and called a girlfriend to say …read more
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Meryl Hayton found herself with a broken wrist, a former brick and mortar business, no money and no clear plan of what to do next. Then, walking as fast as she could with her arm in a cast, she decided she couldn’t wait any longer. She closed the book and reached out to a coach …read more
It might look like identity change is a single dramatic moment: a walkout, a public break, a clean line between before and after. The truth is often messier. For many people, the real work of deconstruction happens in the small, repeated choice to keep asking questions after everyone around them has agreed to stop. Bekah …read more
Most people don’t choose the moment their career changes. It chooses them, usually with a phone call they didn’t see coming. One day you’re hitting your numbers and planning your next promotion. The next [day], you’re clearing out a desk that was never really yours to begin with. A career change after layoff is rarely …read more
Meet Amy: The Host of The Art of Imperfect Adulting
Hi! I'm Amy, and I've spent decades collecting "wait a second...am I supposed to actually know how to do this?" moments.
From the supposedly simple stuff (like realizing you have no idea how garbage pickup actually works) to the surprisingly complex (like Googling 'what's that clicking noise in my walls?' at 2 AM), adulting throws curveballs daily. Then there are those conversations that no one prepared us for – convincing a determined toddler that their superhero costume isn't school attire, diplomatically declining your mother-in-law's 'signature dish,' or summoning the courage to ask for that long-overdue raise.
Each day brings another moment where we wish we could phone-a-friend or call in an 'adultier adult' for backup. Just when I'd get one part of life figured out, another would slip through my fingers – like trying to nail jello to a tree. I found myself wondering if anyone actually gets to feel like 'I've got this' for more than a few minutes or hours at a time.
Spoiler alert: I'm still waiting.
But along the way, I've become a mom, stepmom, stepgrandma, runner, triathlete, author, podcaster, speaker, and coach/mentor. More importantly, I've learned that some of the best moments in life happen when we stop trying to be perfect and start embracing the adventure. And when I look back sometimes the best teachers are those with experience. Which is why I work to elevate stories of lived experience.
