With her kid in college, a mother faces her first holidays and birthdays without her child at home and asks about how to navigate the heartbreak of empty nesting through holidays and birthdays. Jessica offers some consolation as well as ideas on how to start new traditions to help fill the hole. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions

The mom of a teen worries about the social pressures to excel academically in order to get into a top tier college and wonders both how to support a teen who doesn’t fit the mold and how stop the external pressures from getting to her so that she doesn’t put them on her daughter. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to

A woman in midlife, who tries hard to stay healthy and active, is frustrated by her husband’s sedentary ways and asks how to talk to talk to a spouse about their health and decrease her own resentment about what this might mean for her future, as well as his. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions to parenting teens

A woman in midlife sees her friends making time for creative pursuits but can’t fit them into her own busy schedule and asks how to find time for creativity in midlife. Jessica offers ideas on ways to make the time and prioritize creativity as self-care. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions to parenting teens to sandwich generation challenges

A woman moves to a new town and struggles to meet people and asks how do I make friends in midlife? Jessica acknowledges the challenges and then offers some ideas of ways to find your people. Ask Jessica is an advice column for women in midlife. We cover all things related to midlife from changing bodies to career transitions to parenting teens to sandwich generation challenges to shifts in marital or life partnerships and everything