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Do you know when you are triggered?

April 17, 2021 Peta Sklarz

I don’t have to feel dirty just because someone brought their dirt to me. It is not mine to take. Confidence happens over time. It isn’t like I can read a book or have an experience and suddenly I am […]

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Defending my boundaries

April 10, 2021 Peta Sklarz

I had a dream last night that I moved into a beautiful new home. I arrived late at night so I didn’t see it all, but I woke up the next morning and started to explore it. I opened the […]

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My first year of being a divorced woman

April 4, 2021 Peta Sklarz

The struggle within me to change and fix myself manifested into relationships where I was trying to fix the other person. So, I am working on being kinder to myself and creating a safe space of acceptance within me, for […]

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Changing Toxic Patterns is hard

March 20, 2021 Peta Sklarz

I don’t have to run away anymore. I don’t have to stuff all my emotions down so that I can’t feel them in order to get through the day. I don’t have to live my life in confusion and anxiety […]

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Are you feeling unworthy? Read This

November 7, 2020 Peta Sklarz

This morning I woke up to rain and wind at the beach, I was cold and I wanted to drink my coffee indoors with a blanket wrapped around me. But my doggy had other ideas and wanted to go for […]

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My New Addiction

December 8, 2018 Peta Sklarz

2018! Where did the year go?  I have been reflecting a lot about where I was at the beginning of this year. I know I was in a completely different place.  But where?  I was scared for sure!  Every new […]

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My heart and brain disagree

December 1, 2018 Peta Sklarz

Last week was hard. I had conflicting emotions and my inner dialogue would not be quiet.  I felt like there was a parrot in my head repeating all my conversations back to me.  I felt like I was starting to […]

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I feel unworthy, but it’s ok

November 3, 2018 Peta Sklarz

I have given up everything.  No alcohol, no toxic relationships, no negative self talk. These were my addictions. These addictions were predictable and safe.  They had a definite pattern.  The pattern started out with me feeling vaguely unworthy and out of […]

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The art of the unknown

October 27, 2018 Peta Sklarz

This time last year I  joined a midlife women’s group in search of some answers to my dissatisfaction with life. I was sure that other women my age were struggling too, so I was surprised to find the group only […]

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My power is beautiful

October 7, 2018 Peta Sklarz

I can’t choose what life throws at me, but I can choose how I respond to it.  No one can get into my head and tell me how to feel or how to act.  Even though sometimes it feels like […]

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What came first, the challenge or the failure?

August 18, 2018 Peta Sklarz

Sometimes I feel like I just want to fail at something, so I set up a challenge and then purposely break my own rules so that I can feel bad about myself. I recently set up one of these challenges […]

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ok universe, I get the message!

August 4, 2018 Peta Sklarz

As I walked to the photography studio, my stomach had butterflies and I felt a little nauseous.  Why was I so anxious?  I searched my mind for the cause of my anxiety.  Everything had been going well so there was […]

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Moving on

July 28, 2018 Peta Sklarz

When my life first started to unravel I decided the answer was to move to Redondo Beach which is close to Los Angeles.  I had lived there until I was 7 years old and hadn’t been back. But when my […]

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I am always right

July 7, 2018 Peta Sklarz

So I have learned an important lesson this week that maybe I should have learned a long time ago, and that is that forgiveness is about me.  I always thought forgiveness meant that I was forgiving someone else for their […]

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I have all the answers

June 23, 2018 Peta Sklarz

Oh, did you know that I have all the answers.  If you are having difficulties I can listen, be there and make you feel better.  I am loyal, and I will use all my energy to help you change your […]

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Am I damaged?

June 9, 2018 Peta Sklarz

Am I damaged?  I used to think that I was, at the very core of me damaged or bad.  And I used to use all my energy to hide my damage to others.  I wanted to appear normal and fit […]

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Am I enough?

June 2, 2018 Peta Sklarz

Does anyone care that I am a nerd now?  That I went from happy hours to book readings, margaritas to tea.  That I went from late nights,  to being excited to go to bed early so that I can get […]

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Denial

May 19, 2018 Peta Sklarz

I was born old.  I am the youngest girl of 6 children and was I born with a strong will. My family used to say I was 5 going on 40.  At a young age I tried to understand my […]

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My beautiful room

April 8, 2018 Peta Sklarz

So, a week ago I bought drawing pencils, paint and paper to tap into my creative side.  Mid week I went back to the art supply store to get more pens, colored pencils and paper  because I got on a […]

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Sometimes happiness costs $9.99

April 1, 2018 Peta Sklarz

So, I had this week off my financial job for spring break and my daughter and I flew to Los Angeles at the beginning of the week and had a wonderful time in the LA sun surrounded by beautiful beaches […]

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Peta Sklarz
midlife crisis
I am sharing my journey because I feel compelled to help others out of the lonely place where I once lived.
Welcome!
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All women are born Powerful, but we give away our power so freely that no one values it, not even us. My message is the reclaiming of our energy and power, and being the woman we were born to be!

This is my personal blog (since 2018) where I  publish a post weekly so that you can follow my journey to finding my voice, creating boundaries, and ending toxic entanglements in midlife.  In the last 6 years I  have changed everything about myself, and I  have a completely different life that speaks to my authentic self.

My first love is my writing, but through my writing I  rediscovered my artistic side and over the last several years I  have sold my original art, and pre-covid I  did art shows.

My first art show ‘The Queens – Awakening the Feminine Energy within’ was on  July 25, 2019 at Nucleus Gallery in Portland Oregon.

My second art show “LA Queens – the beautiful women of LA’ was on September 21st in Santa Monica.

My 3rd art show was December 18th in Downtown LA. I  was invited to be a part of the RAW –  Natural Born Artists show.

Due to the pandemic my Art Shows are on pause.

Recent Posts
  • Do you know when you are triggered? April 17, 2021
  • Defending my boundaries April 10, 2021
  • My first year of being a divorced woman April 4, 2021
  • Toxic Relationship Rehab: Show up! March 28, 2021
  • Changing Toxic Patterns is hard March 20, 2021
  • Practice doesn’t make Perfect, it makes Present March 14, 2021
  • The Way Out March 6, 2021
  • I Deserve Love February 27, 2021
  • It didn’t start with me February 20, 2021
  • Open to Love February 14, 2021
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