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:
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The scripts you never chose but have been living by
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Why the "good girl" act was never going to save you
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How to face your shadow and take back the power you exiled
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The real Hero's Journey through midlife chaos
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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.
What early readers are saying
"I can't remember the last time I read a book so funny and entertaining that I couldn't put it down."
Screw The Script is a true story about the life of a spirited and determined woman from childhood to midlife. The book is both a biography and toolbox, packed with stories, metaphors and solutions to help the woman who wants her inner fire to burn more brightly, to resist the boring programming about midlife and the forty, fat and frigid stuff. It's about challenging limitations and daring to step out of the script and become your best ever imaginable future self. The process is the goal. Screw The Script will help get you there.
— Gillian Godtfredsen, Founder of Nocna Nordic Coach and NLP Academy nocna.no
"Screw The Script feels less like reading a traditional self-help book and more like having a conversation with your best friend who tells you the truth without sugarcoating it."
The writing is honest, insightful, straightforward and often funny, which makes the messages feel real instead of overly clinical. Rather than giving unrealistic advise, the book walks you through a step by step process that challenges the reades to recognize the limiting stories they’ve been living by & encourages them to rewrite those patterns with authenticity and confidence. You get a mix of humor, directness and emotional insight that makes this book relatable, genuinely transformational and a pleasure to read.
— Judy Askins, CEGE
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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:
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Map your real life right now: the wobbles, archetypes, triggers
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Burn inherited scripts: people-pleasing, productivity = worth, good-girl guilt
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Face your shadow and reclaim exiled power
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Build boundaries that hold (no guilt, no over-explaining)
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Create daily practices that make the new you stick
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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.