After getting passed over for a promotion at work a woman asks, should I stay or should I go? Jessica discusses managing mid-career frustrations and assessing the best next steps at midlife. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. 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. My hope

Experts can tell you until they are blue in the face that family dinners and social connection are important for a health and emotional well-being, but sometimes what you really need is personal experience to remember why eating together is important. For me, a combination of bonding with people I don’t know very well over food and missing my own family dinners renewed my belief in the power of sharing a meal. The Power of

A woman interested in getting back into exercising after years away asks, what kinds of exercise are important during perimenopause? And how to start them without feeling like a fool. Jessica discusses the different kinds of exercise that are important at this stage of life and offers ideas on how to get started. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career

There are very few things as comforting as a mug full of a warm, spice-infused beverage (after all, why do you think Pumpkin Spice Lattes are so popular?). But there is one that, at least for me, stands above all the rest: chai. And after years of pining for my favorite chai concentrate, that was both expensive and hard to find, I decided to see if I could make my own. The result? This absolutely

A woman struggles to figure out how to support a tween who is being body shamed by her own mother, who happens to be a good friend. Jessica offers ideas on how to become a positive presence in the tween’s life without blowing up the friendship by shaming the parent. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions to parenting