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The Rules of Midlife Love Are Basically “Don’t Annoy Me”
Separate sinks. Separate beds. Maybe separate houses. Some of us are just trying to stay attracted and rested.
Jul 29
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Midlife Wellness Bingo
At some point, midlife wellness stopped feeling like self-care and started feeling like a part-time job.
Jul 23
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Things I Don’t Want To Be Responsible For Anymore
When competence stops meaning obligation!
Jul 21
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Angela Burk
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Why we keep calling midlife a “crisis”
…and why it doesn’t show up the same way for men and women
Jul 14
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Angela Burk
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Real Girls Obsessions 8
More books, people, products, podcasts, and places earning our love.
Jul 6
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Angela Burk
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Say Hello to Her: Our Cover for The Real Girls Guide to Midlife Is Here!
Oct 30, 2025
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Angela Burk
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Welcome to The Chaos!
Jun 13, 2025
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Angela Burk
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This Wasn’t a Pivot. It Was a Decision.
Jan 15
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Angela Burk
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The Great Midlife Hair Migration
Jan 9
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Angela Burk
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The Emotional Junk Drawer
What a breathwork session taught me about blame, baggage, and the weight women were never meant to carry.
Jul 16
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Angela Burk
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I Have the Teen Words. I Still Don’t Have the Context.
Things I keep hearing, mostly understand, and occasionally need translated!
Jun 29
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Angela Burk
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And Now, Our Real Girls Guide Midlife Workbook
Real Girls Guide to Midlife helped us notice. This workbook helps us decide.
Jun 24
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We Laughed So We Wouldn’t Burn the House Down
What the women, moms, wives, and girls of the ’70s and ’80s were actually trying to tell us
Jun 23
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Midlife, Menopause & the Internet Group Chat: A Q&A with Ana Allen
The woman behind @anasbubble on older kids, ADHD, overstimulation, and why midlife women suddenly feel seen everywhere.
Jun 16
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Real Girls Obsessions Part 7
The group-chat-approved books, people, products, and internet rabbit holes currently winning.
Jun 11
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Angela Burk
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How Dr. Alexis Dunne & Menopawsy Became Midlife's Newest Duo
Four women, one group chat, and a wildly fun publishing adventure!
Jun 8
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Angela Burk
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The Search for My All-Rise Thing
The strange urge to become slightly more interesting to myself.
Jun 5
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Angela Burk
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Who’s Carrying What?
What midlife reveals about effort, roles, and the friendships we keep!
Jun 2
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Angela Burk
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What are you currently overthinking that absolutely does not deserve this much airtime in your brain?
An over-thinker’s monthly wellness check!
Jun 19
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What pushes you into a mood faster than you expect?
Small annoyances, big midlife reactions!
May 20
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What's something you used to low-key tolerate that now gets an immediate hard no?
Formerly fine. Now absolutely not!
Apr 10
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Angela Burk
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What’s your current sleep “routine” giving?
Sleep is now only a suggestion!
Feb 27
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Angela Burk
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Reframe of the Month
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July Reframe
Hustle has an expiration date!
Jul 2
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Angela Burk
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June Reframe
Pulling back doesn’t mean caring less!
Jun 3
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Angela Burk
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May Reframe
I Don't Need a Ten-Year Plan to Make My Next Move. Direction beats certainty.
May 2
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Carrie Drew
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April Reframe
Not everything I handled was mine to hold!
Apr 2
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Angela Burk
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