Look at this photo and think about what you see. Each spring I buy flowers to put into hanging baskets along the front patio. The last few years I have bought petunias because they're pretty and the hummingbirds like them. This spring I was surprised to see what looked like a little petunia plant sprouting up from the ground below the basket. As it became bigger and then formed buds, I could see that yes, it was a volunteer petunia. We didn't plant it and I was surprised to s

There comes a point in midlife when many women begin asking deeper questions. Who am I beneath the roles I’ve played? Why do I keep doubting myself? What happens when the life I built no longer feels aligned with who I truly am? On a recent episode of the Midlife with Courage™ podcast, I had a powerful conversation with Toni LaMotta — a former nun who spent 16 years in a convent before beginning a completely different journey: helping women reconnect with their inner voice an