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Emergent Power: Midlife Women Redefining Love, Health & Work
Mother. Wife. Daughter. Doer.
For the first half of our lives, these are the identities that define us.
We’re so busy holding up others and doing what we think we’re supposed to that we rarely stop to examine what we want for ourselves.
The second half asks the hard questions. It also forces us to face some of our biggest changes, losses, and challenges. Where do we turn when everything we thought we knew is shifting?
Emergent Midlife Women Redefining Love, Health & Work is a collection of deeply personal stories from women navigating the upheaval, undoing, and unexpected becoming of this season of life. Through illness and grief, career turns, changing bodies, shifting relationships, and unexpected gifts, they discover that what matters most isn’t simply what they lived through, but what grew from it.
Among these thirteen stories, you’ll
A former ballet dancer who discovers that transformation comes from listening to her body instead of trying to control it into submissionA senior people executive who realizes that no woman becomes herself alone and that the right friends can carry us through the career pivots and hard seasonsAn exercise physiologist and Ironman finisher who faces her greatest test in breast cancer and discovers the power of her own breathA hospitality executive who encounters ageism while pushing for a promotion and starts a new career after realizing she no longer needs anyone else to define her valueA travel nurse who identifies a potentially catastrophic near-miss with a patient’s drug allergy that becomes a wake-up call to the symptoms she’d been ignoring in her own bodyTogether, the stories within Emergent Power reveal a deeper We don’t become someone new by leaving the old behind. We grow from her.
Perfect for women navigating midlife, changing identities, career shifts, loss, or simply the realization that the life that carried them through the first half may not be enough for the second, Emergent Power offers clear-eyed wisdom about what we leave behind, what we carry forward, and who we are still becoming.
Featuring powerful true stories
DEBRA BLUE
MICHELLE BRADLEY
DEANNA COX
SHAY MICHELLE DRAPEAU
DANYELE EASTERHAUS
MICHELLE MERRITT
LISA MOGUEL
STEPHANIE MORRIS
AMY PEREZ
KAROLINA SCHVARTZ
NICOLE SCOTT
NICOLE TERNAY
ELIZABETH WELSOME
For the first half of our lives, these are the identities that define us.
We’re so busy holding up others and doing what we think we’re supposed to that we rarely stop to examine what we want for ourselves.
The second half asks the hard questions. It also forces us to face some of our biggest changes, losses, and challenges. Where do we turn when everything we thought we knew is shifting?
Emergent Midlife Women Redefining Love, Health & Work is a collection of deeply personal stories from women navigating the upheaval, undoing, and unexpected becoming of this season of life. Through illness and grief, career turns, changing bodies, shifting relationships, and unexpected gifts, they discover that what matters most isn’t simply what they lived through, but what grew from it.
Among these thirteen stories, you’ll
A former ballet dancer who discovers that transformation comes from listening to her body instead of trying to control it into submissionA senior people executive who realizes that no woman becomes herself alone and that the right friends can carry us through the career pivots and hard seasonsAn exercise physiologist and Ironman finisher who faces her greatest test in breast cancer and discovers the power of her own breathA hospitality executive who encounters ageism while pushing for a promotion and starts a new career after realizing she no longer needs anyone else to define her valueA travel nurse who identifies a potentially catastrophic near-miss with a patient’s drug allergy that becomes a wake-up call to the symptoms she’d been ignoring in her own bodyTogether, the stories within Emergent Power reveal a deeper We don’t become someone new by leaving the old behind. We grow from her.
Perfect for women navigating midlife, changing identities, career shifts, loss, or simply the realization that the life that carried them through the first half may not be enough for the second, Emergent Power offers clear-eyed wisdom about what we leave behind, what we carry forward, and who we are still becoming.
Featuring powerful true stories
DEBRA BLUE
MICHELLE BRADLEY
DEANNA COX
SHAY MICHELLE DRAPEAU
DANYELE EASTERHAUS
MICHELLE MERRITT
LISA MOGUEL
STEPHANIE MORRIS
AMY PEREZ
KAROLINA SCHVARTZ
NICOLE SCOTT
NICOLE TERNAY
ELIZABETH WELSOME
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2026
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October 22, 2026
This book felt like sitting across from dear friends, one by one, who bravely shared personal stories that shaped how they make a difference and how they view themselves in the world today. As someone who genuinely loves hearing stories, I absolutely loved reading this collection.
What stood out most to me was the honesty and heart behind each woman’s experience. I found myself noticing little nuggets of my own life reflected in their journeys, which made the book feel both intimate and deeply relatable. Overall, it was more than just a read. It was inspiring, especially as a woman in mid-life. I closed the book feeling encouraged, seen, and ready to carry its lessons with me.
What stood out most to me was the honesty and heart behind each woman’s experience. I found myself noticing little nuggets of my own life reflected in their journeys, which made the book feel both intimate and deeply relatable. Overall, it was more than just a read. It was inspiring, especially as a woman in mid-life. I closed the book feeling encouraged, seen, and ready to carry its lessons with me.
October 14, 2026
resilience
A heartfelt collection of women’s voices that turns pain into quiet strength and forward motion. Contributors come from different backgrounds and stages of life, yet their experiences converge on shared truths about resilience! Great read!!
A heartfelt collection of women’s voices that turns pain into quiet strength and forward motion. Contributors come from different backgrounds and stages of life, yet their experiences converge on shared truths about resilience! Great read!!
October 20, 2026
This collection of inspiring essays comes from a groups of badass women. Recapturing their power these tales share the heartaches and triumphs beautifully. This is a quick easy read that will leave you inspired once again.
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