Gen X sister, if midlife feels like everything hit you at once—
it did.
You followed the rules. Played it safe. Put everyone else first. Checked every box—career, kids, house, responsibilities—and somehow you're still empty. Still exhausted. Still asking when the hell you get to choose yourself.
Hot flashes while your kids move out or boomerang back. Aging parents while your body stages a full revolt. Career demands while your marriage shifts or dissolves. The endless script whispering: handle it all, smile through it, don't complain, don't need anything, don't make waves.
And that 3 a.m. gut punch: Nobody prepared us for all of this crashing down together.
You've been the capable one. The reliable one. The one who never says no. Performing strength while quietly disappearing.
This book is for women who are done. Done being the always-available machine.
Done shrinking to keep others comfortable. Done waiting for permission to want more.
Inside, I'll show you:
-
The scripts you never chose but have been living by
-
Why the "good girl" act was never going to save you
-
How to face your shadow and take back the power you exiled
-
The real Hero's Journey through midlife chaos
-
How to build a life that doesn't require you to vanish
You've handled impossible shit your whole life and called it "normal."
You've run on rules that convinced you that:
Your worth = what you do for others
Needing help = weakness
Wanting more = selfish.
Fuck. That. Script.
Part memoir, part manifesto, part proof you're way more badass than you've been led to believe.
No toxic positivity. No bullshit. Just the map through the fire.
.png)
The hands-on field manual for Gen X women done thinking about change and ready to do it.
Standalone workbook—no need to read Screw the Script first (though many women grab it after for the deeper stories).
12 chapters of messy, walk-through-fire work:
-
Map your real life right now: the wobbles, archetypes, triggers
-
Burn inherited scripts: people-pleasing, productivity = worth, good-girl guilt
-
Face your shadow and reclaim exiled power
-
Build boundaries that hold (no guilt, no over-explaining)
-
Create daily practices that make the new you stick
-
Write your manifesto and step back into the world unapologetically
The honest work that turns midlife insight into real, lasting transformation.
No fluff. Just you, a pen, and the fire.
You've survived being "good" long enough.
Grab a pen. Let's torch the damn thing and build what's yours.