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December 2025

The Competence Paradox: Why You’re Better at Everything But Believe You’re Worse
How midlife makes you sharper while convincing you you're slipping
 • Ellen Scherr
You're Not Going Crazy. Your Inner Voices Became A Monster.
How I trained my brain to ignore them.
 • Ellen Scherr
Why You Want to Burn the House Down Over a Dinner Question
And what it's actually trying to tell you
 • Ellen Scherr
You Don't Have to Pretend You Have Your Shit Together
The performance is exhausting and nobody's buying it anyway
 • Ellen Scherr
What Happens in Your Brain When You Say "I Can't"
Nothing good. Here's the one word that flips the switch from shutdown to possibility.
 • Ellen Scherr
The Great Unbecoming: When Your Brain Deletes Who You Had to Be
That low-key, keep-the-peace version of you? She’s officially unavailable.
 • Ellen Scherr
You're Not Giving Up. You're Choosing Yourself.
Why walking away isn't what you think it is
 • Ellen Scherr
Welcome to Life Branches
Let's Talk About What Nobody Tells You About Midlife
 • Ellen Scherr
There's a Difference Between Being Loved and Being Accommodated
It took me 18 years before I learned which one I had
 • Ellen Scherr
At 47, I Stopped Calling It 'Starting Over'
Here's what I call it instead
 • Ellen Scherr
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