My name is Tracy Allen. I’m a 48 year old successful career woman, wife and mother. I’m also a work in progress, my own worst critic and two anti-anxiety pills away from the breakdown lane.

People that know me seem to think I really have my shit together. Someone that has figured out how to have it all (and then some). But I have a confession to make. Sometimes I feel like a fraud.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my life. I even have days when I feel as confident and capable on the inside as I try to express on the outside. But let’s be real. Life can be tough. Life can wear you down, steal your energy and make you doubt every decision you ever make. And just when you think you have it all figured out…here comes the next life changing event just waiting to drop you to your knees.

Now, try mixing that crazy life with a dead-end job. I have been there. Or try navigating a challenging career without neglecting your family, your goldfish or your sanity. I have been there too.

But good new! It does get easier. Those lessons learned as a 16 year old cashier in highschool can help you forge ahead as a 40-something business woman.

So no matter where you are in your life and career, maybe you can take something away from the mistakes and triumphs I have made in my own journey. And as my career gets brighter, but my life more complicated, we can explore things together.

Good, bad or ugly, this is real life. Let the balancing act begin.