It's Your Turn Book
For years, I remember wishing there was a book I could hold in my hands that would help me describe what I was feeling in midlife as a woman. I wanted validation. I wanted language. I wanted to know I wasn’t alone.
Instead, I felt the exhaustion. The body changes. The thoughts that wouldn’t slow down. The quiet resentment. The guilt for even feeling that way. And the loneliness.
I had been programmed to put myself last. And I was very good at it.
But something sparked inside me as I found my way back to myself. A small but steady knowing that there had to be another way to live in this season.
I never thought I would write a book, but with the support of family, friends, and a few coaches who believed in me, it came to life.
It's Your Turn became the book I wish I had back then. I like to think of it as a kind of cookbook for women in midlife — not for food, but for finding your way back to yourself. A guide for rebuilding rhythms of rest, clarity, and well-being in a life that has revolved around everyone else.
Here’s what most of us share, whether we talk about it or not.
Most women, especially in midlife, have a nervous system that has been running on overdrive for years. The gas pedal is stuck. The brakes have forgotten how to slow things down. We’ve been so wired for doing, managing, and showing up that slowing down doesn’t feel natural anymore. It can even feel dangerous.
Once we give ourselves permission to slow down, the real work begins. Resetting. Recalibrating the nervous system. Rebuilding boundaries around time and energy. Nourishing ourselves in ways that are simple, sustainable, and finally our own. And perhaps the most important piece of all, the one most often skipped: the work around our thoughts and beliefs.
That’s what this book guides you through.
I originally dedicated It's Your Turn to military spouses, because that was the world I knew so well. But as other women began reading it, something kept coming back to me, again and again, from women in all walks of life:
“This is my story too.”
Midlife. Caregiving. Identity shifts. Exhaustion. The invisible load. The Helium Hand. Sacrifice Syndrome.
The details may differ. The pattern is familiar.
This book is an invitation to pause, to listen to your body and your heart.
To begin again. Not from scratch, but from your own experience.
If this feels like something you need, the book and audiobook are waiting for you.
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With Love and Gratitude,
Shari
