It’s a quiet afternoon in my Maryland apartment. Zoe, my quadriplegic dog with more personality than most humans that I’ve met, is snoring at my feet. My hubby Mike is on a call in the next room. I’m at my desk with a notebook open, working on the thing I’m proudest to put into the world.
Hi, I’m Kristin.
I’m currently in midlife. Not surviving it, not powering through it. Building it on purpose, one curated piece at a time. The Well Midlife is where I do that work out loud.
The path here was a winding one. I spent over a decade in corporate finance before a rare disease diagnosis in my thirties asked me to choose differently. I left in 2017 and have been rebuilding a life I actually want ever since. Slowly, intentionally, and with a lot of curiosity.
My Actual Life
These days, life is writing, caretaking, and living midlife in real time.
I run a copywriting business focused on women’s health and wellness brands. That’s the work that pays the bills. The Well Midlife is my passion project, the place where I get to write about the topics I’m digging into and hopefully save other women some Google searches in the process.
When I’m not writing, I’m caring for the people and the dog I love, adding too many things to my cart, working on diamond art, or reading a magazine. I’m still a glossy magazine person, always have been. There’s something about flipping pages that no scroll has ever matched.
Other things you might want to know about me: I prefer old-fashioned pen and paper, especially when I’m planning, and I will die on that hill. Sundays are for football. Go Ravens. A good blowout fixes more problems than it should, and a McDonald’s Dirty Dr Pepper is a perfectly legitimate form of self-care. I will not be taking questions on any of this.
Why this blog exists
I hit perimenopause and went looking for content that actually spoke to me. What I found fell into one of two camps: doom and gloom about decline, or toxic positivity dressed up as wellness. Neither one felt true or even useful. All of it felt like it was written by someone who’d never been awake at 3 a.m. wondering if they were broken, crazy, or both.
I think midlife is something else entirely. Not a crisis to survive, not a sunny rebrand to fake, but a controlled burn. The intentional kind that clears what’s no longer serving you and makes room for what’s next.
So I started building what I wished existed. A place to understand what’s happening in our bodies without the fear-mongering. A place to think about identity, style, and reinvention without the clichés. A place to test the trends, vet the tools, and share what’s worth your attention.
Midlife, curated. That’s the whole idea.
What I bring to this
I’m not a doctor. I am a certified plant-based nutrition nerd from eCornell, a Reiki Level III practitioner, and a 45-year-old woman in the middle of her rebuild. I’ve lost 100 pounds with the help of GLP-1s and a lot of unlearning. I’ve spent years deep in functional medicine, wellness research, and trying things in my own life before writing about them.
What I bring isn’t credentials. It’s curiosity, lived experience, and a writer’s brain that won’t stop digging until something makes sense.
Let’s Connect
I’d love to stay in touch, and I have something for you. The Midlife Edit is my free guide: 35 things to leave behind after 35, the controlled burn version of a permission slip. It comes with your first email when you sign up.
Twice a month after that, I’ll send new posts, honest takes, and the things I’m currently into. No spam, no hard feelings if you leave.
Or join me on Instagram where I share the day-to-day, the inbetween moments, and the realer, messier stuff.
👉 Follow @thewellmidlife and let’s give your algorithm a timeline refresh.
Kristin