The Half Nester keynote

You just heard the talk.

Thank you for being in the room. If something landed, here is the one thing worth doing before the day gets loud again.

The short version

The season Val named

The Half Nester season is the in-between. Some kids are still at home. Others are leaving, in college, or starting adult lives. Meanwhile your parents are aging, your marriage is shifting, and your own identity is changing too.

It is the stretch nobody named, so nobody built anything for it. That is what the LEADS framework is for: five places to come back to when the season feels noisy.

  • LLiving with Intention
  • EEmpowering Body & Mind
  • AAspiring & Adventuring
  • DDesigning Life & Space
  • SSustaining Your Soul

Take one pillar a day

The free Half Nester Email Course walks you through all five, one short video a day for about three weeks. Eighteen lessons in all. It is free, and every lesson has an unsubscribe link.

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Take something home

Worksheets, planners and reflection guides for each of the five pillars, free in the library.

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Book Val to speak

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Not ready for any of that? Just read something honest instead.

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