Ask Jessica
An Advice Column for Women in Midlife
Together, we can figure out anything!
Each week in my newsletter (sign up here), I share questions from my readers as well as my best attempts to answer them*. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions to parenting teens to sandwich generation challenges to shifts in marital or life partnerships and everything in between (see below for an archive of responses). My hope is that in sharing these questions and answers I can women as we face the midlife journey together.
If you have a question or challenge that you would like me to address in my column, please fill out the form below. All responses will be kept anonymous, so please feel free to share whatever concerns or struggles you are having, as they relate to midlife.
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Ask Jessica Column Archive
Below you’ll find previous questions and their answers. Feel free to browse or use the search bar to find columns on specific topics such as perimenopause, sandwich generation, parenting, diet, career, marriage, and more!
- Hormone Replacement Therapy or Antidepressants During Perimenopause. Which Should I be On?
- How to Enjoy Holiday Foods Without Guilt During Perimenopause
- Ways to Make the Holidays Magical with Teens
- Divorcee is Excluded By Married Friends
- Stopping the College Questions
- How to Reduce Bloating During Perimenopause
- Should I Tell My Kids I Smoke Pot?
- How to Ask Siblings for Help During a Sandwich Generation Crisis
- How to Manage Sandwich Generation Overwhelm
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Managing Mid-Career Frustrations
- What Kinds of Exercise Are Important During Perimenopause
- How to Support a Tween Who is Being Body Shamed by Her Own Mother
- Is Nighttime Snacking During Perimenopause Bad?
- Are We Just Roommates? How to Reconnect in a Long-Term Marriage
- What Are the Important Perimenopausal Symptoms to Discuss with Doctors?
- What is a Healthy Diet for Perimenopause that Isn’t Overwhelming?
- A 5-Minute Face Routine for Women in Midlife
- Is that Weed I Smell?! How Can I Talk to My Teen About Pot?
- I Gotta Go! Why do women have pee accidents in midlife?
- Is Rage During Perimenopause Normal?
- Facing the Reality of Cleaning Out a Parent’s House
- How to Embrace Bathing Suits in Midlife
- Should I Change Careers in Midlife?
- How to Improve My Relationship with My Teenager
- Is This a Hot Flash?
- How Do We Pay For College?!
- What Will We Talk About? Marriage in the Empty Nest Years
- Why Am I Gaining Weight and What Can I Do?
- I Can’t Handle Alcohol Anymore. Why?
*This advice column is solely for entertainment and educational purposes. I am not a
licensed therapist, and this column is not intended to be a substitute for advice from
your doctor, psychotherapist, professional coach, or other qualified individual. See my full privacy and disclosure policies here.