Shows / 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
I’m about to turn forty, and nobody gave me a manual. So I’m making one. 40 Before 40 is a limited mini-cast: forty life lessons, one a day, for forty days, before I hit the big four-oh. Short enough to listen to while making your morning coffee, long enough to land the punch. No guru energy, no ten-step framework. Just a woman who’s made many of the mistakes already, sharing what she’s figured out about decisions, confidence, friendship, ambition, and living the life you actually want. Stay…
Episodes
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
A Stranger Told Me I Was an Inspiration for Eating Dinner
I took myself out to a nice dinner in Atlanta. By dessert, a total stranger had walked over to tell me I was an inspiration. It started years ago with a tiny…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
I Was a Bad Friend Until I Hit Rock Bottom
I wasn’t always a good friend. It took hitting rock bottom to see it. My friends kept showing up for me when I wasn’t showing up for them, and it changed how I…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
Being Prepared Is a Gift
Last winter, I made a giant batch of soup for no reason. A week later, I found out why. It’s the story behind the promise I made myself this year, and the…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
Use Your Nice Sh*t
What are you saving the good perfume for? Packing up my grandmother’s bedroom changed the way I treat an ordinary Tuesday. Plus, why the average days might…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
The Boundary Every Eldest Daughter Needs to Hear
Don’t feel like doing something? Give it to the eldest daughter. She’ll handle it. For years, I was my family’s unofficial help desk, until I realized it was…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
The One Question That Makes You a Better Friend
You’re telling a friend about your terrible day, and before you finish, she’s handed you a 5-step action plan. Sound familiar? The ex who was definitely wrong…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
If They Like It, I Love It
Your best friend is dating the wrong person. Everyone knows it. Now what? In this episode, I talk about the college friend who kept taking back the guy she…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
There is No Winner at Life
Married by 30, house by 32, kids by 35? Nobody’s handing out a trophy at the end. I checked. We treat milestones like checkpoints in a race, but there’s no…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
The Post-it That Changed How I Show Up
Walking into a room full of strangers and sure everyone’s sizing you up? Here’s the math that changed how I walk into every room. In high school, I read Kelly…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
Nobody Knows What They're Doing (Including Your Boss)
When you’re a kid, you assume the adults have it figured out. They seem to know everything. Then you become the adult. In Lesson 2 of 40 Before 40, I report…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
The 5 Words That Got Me to London in My 20s
At seventeen, my plan was to walk off the graduation stage and keep walking until I hit New York City. A few years later, I got the real version of that dream…
- 40 Before 40: 40 Life Lessons Before Turning 40
Subscribe to 40 Before 40
This is 40 Before 40. I’m Brit, and I’m counting down to forty by sharing forty life lessons I learned the hard way, so maybe you won’t have to. Short…