🌿 Halfway through 2026 — let's get real about where you are ✨


Hello Reader,

We're at the midpoint of the year, and I want to do something a little different than your typical check-in email. I want to ask you the questions that actually matter — the ones you might not be asking yourself.

Pour a cup of something good and sit with these ☕:

Career & Retirement 💼

  • When you imagined this stage of your career, is this it? What's aligned — and what isn't?
  • Are you making decisions from a place of clarity and intention, or from exhaustion and "just getting through it"?
  • What would it look like to stop shrinking your ambitions to fit how you're feeling?

Perimenopause & Menopause 🌸

  • Have you named what's actually happening in your body — or are you still chalking it up to stress, busyness, or "just getting older"?
  • What symptoms have you normalized that you deserve actual support around?
  • Are the people in your life — at work, at home — aware of what you're navigating? Should they be?
  • What's one thing you wish you'd known a year ago about this season of life?

The bigger picture 🔍

  • Where have you been putting yourself last — and what's it costing you?
  • What does thriving (not just surviving) look like for you in the second half of this year? 🌟

These questions are meant to stir something. If they do, that's information. Don't sit with it alone — that's exactly what I'm here for.

Hit reply and tell me what came up, or grab a spot on my calendar and let's dig in together. 💛

You deserve more than just getting through it,
Andrea

Find Your Fizz

Former exec. Current coach. Certified Fast Like A Girl metabolic health practitioner. Lifelong believer that the best chapters come after 40. I'm Andrea Bjorkman, cofounder of Find Your Fizz — and every week I send women like you the clarity, inspiration, and real-life tools to reclaim your energy, health, and joy. Because your second chapter isn't just about surviving midlife. It's about sparkling through it. ✨ Subscribe and let's find your fizz together.

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