Midlife Credo Blog
Life Coaches Are a Joke Unless They Have This One Thing
Have you hired a life coach or any other coach that was a flop? Have you worked with one that work who was better than you hoped for? Share your experience in the comments! I've found that most of the time, life coaches are really just people who signed up to sell you...
Reopen America – Easy 3 Step Plan
Shutdowns across the nation have taken a toll on everyone. While some politicians have demanded a myopic focus on Covid-19 deaths, the obvious and predictable collateral damage began to happen. Both isolation and unemployment carry well-documented increases in: Child...
How to Calculate the Death Rate
What is the death rate for Covid-19? Do we know? (Short answer: no, not even close.) Is Covid-19 real? Yes. Is Covid-19 contagious? Yes. Have people died from Covid-19? Yes. https://youtu.be/uv0ie5J2lc0 But none of those topics are the subject of this video. This...
How to Create a Playlist on YouTube – 2020
Many moons ago, I filmed a video showing how to create a playlist in the beta version of YouTube Studio. Now that YouTube Studio is fully functional, the process has changed. This updated video shows you how to create a playlist on your YouTube channel and how to add...
How to Work from Home in 5 Steps – Be Productive
If you are quarantined in your home and trying to figure out how to be productive with all your creature comforts around you, I have some ideas. I've worked from home since 1987 and Sam has since 2001. We've managed nearly every roadblock. Today's vlog features my...
Homeschool Plan While Schools are Closed
Are your schools on lockdown while coronavirus wreaks it's havoc? You've got this! We’ve been a homeschool family since 1994. Five of our six kids have already graduated and gone on to college and adulthood. Only our baby—who is now 16—remains. He’s technically a...
Call Me a First Wave Feminist
Are you a feminist or not? You can call me a first wave feminist. All for equal rights but not wearing a pussy hat for any amount of cash and prizes. And yet, here I am to analyze one of my least favorite, nonsensical anti-feminist quotes. Our generation is becoming...
Midlife Skin? I Tried 3 New Skincare Products
Last June I decided to get a wee bit more intentional than my super lazy soap and water routine. These are the products I added to my skincare regimen: ArtNaturals face serum set (or Tree of Life face serum set)CeraLift ceramides and antioxidantsKilla kit by ZitSticka...
Renpho Deep Tissue Massager Review
Last year I did an unboxing and review of the Theragun I got for Christmas. I still love my machine! But when my kids were using it more than I was, I realized a deep tissue massage gun would be a great gift for a lucky someone. Renpho Deep Tissue Massager to the...
5 Dumb Defenses of J.Lo & Shakira in the Super Bowl Halftime Show + BONUS
Was the Super Bowl halftime show empowering or objectifying? Did you love Jennifer Lopez pole dancing and crotch flashing while Shakira popped her hips while binding herself with a rope? Or did you prefer the big booty twerk off while little girls were crowding the...
10 Ways to Be Happy in Midlife
Midlife hit me like a brick. In May of 2018 my second-to-oldest son, Samson, graduated from high school. Just as turning 29 shook me to the core, but turning 30 was a relative breeze, this latest second-to-last moment in my life felt like the end of the world. I'm not...
Soldier Hollow Tubing Adventure
It's true. For so many years I have been the one to stay home. On purpose. By choice. Going out and doing fun things was awkward, embarrassing, and (very honestly) just trying to figure out what to wear made it too much trouble. Today (yes, today!) we took three of...