By Paula
Written from inside a life, not above it.
On divorce and grief and dogs and nieces and the particular freedom of being exactly this age. The kind of thing you forward to a friend with no explanation because none is needed.
Sometimes It Takes A Refrigerator
On will, way, and the woman who built a flower shop without knowing she needed one.
Aging Gracefully. It's Not For Me.
On rejecting the cultural demand that women age quietly — and embracing it entirely on your own terms.
Aunts
On the particular, powerful, and deeply underrated love of being one.
Bed at 80 Is Better Than You Might Think
My 22-year-old niece told me I would obviously be bedridden by eighty. She was not wrong about the bed part.
Death and Divorce Both Begin With a D
One is not the other. But both deserve to be called grief.
Success That Breeds Silence
The women we perceive as most successful are often the last to leave — and the least likely to ask for help.
she always knew "it's today!"
What our dog teaches us about the only moment that actually exists. For Charlie.
Planning Your Forever Home
The home that is perfect today may not be perfect as you grow older. Ten things worth thinking about now.
Wig Whimsy
I am taking the wigs of whispers and making them spring break wet and wild. On hair loss, grief, glamour, and the spectacular opportunity hiding inside a terrible situation.
Decoding Hair Loss: Causes, Diagnostics, and Cutting-Edge Treatments
Everything you need to know — from what’s happening beneath the surface to the full spectrum of options available today.
Theory
On suits, sisters, thirty years, and the advice that was always right — even when no one believed it the first time.
Sometimes a Gown Helps
We say things that don’t seem to matter. Then, years later, you find out they made it to a McDonald’s parking lot.
Planning For Your Divorce
Just a few words from me before the important stuff.
Corporate America Found Me Attractive. Just Not Too Attractive.
On the unwritten dress code of corporate America, the high wire act women navigate daily, and the one aesthetic objective Paula refused to abandon all the way to SVP.
Il Filo — the weekly brief
Seven stories. One thread. The intelligence brief for women who are curious, deliberate, and building something worth having.
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