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ABOUT SONIA
Midlife isn’t the end. It’s the beginning.
After 28 years of marriage, Sonia chose reinvention over retreat. Peace Corps in Lesotho. Solo sailing in French Polynesia. Safaris across East Africa. She writes honestly about courage, solo travel and the extraordinary life that opens up when you stop playing it safe.
How to Start Your Life Over at Any Age/Reinvent Yourself & Find Freedom
Stories, travel dispatches and honest reflections on starting over beautifully. Delivered when I have something worth saying.
BOOKS
Stories worth reading
Freeways to Flip-Flops
A family’s adventure trading California freeways for a year of barefoot living in the tropics of Belize.
My Gutsy Story Anthology
True Stories of Love, Courage and Adventure from Around the World
My Gutsy Story® Anthology
Inspirational Short Stories About Taking Chances and Changing Your Life
FROM THE BLOG
Latest Stories
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Do I Want to Move in with a future partner?
Once again, I’m on a dating site, this time Match.com, only to find myself mysteriously “kicked off.” Not for bad behavior, I promise. Perhaps the universe is trying to tell me to stop trying so hard. I did manage to have one coffee date before Match got fed up with all my attempts to…
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Stories from My Peace Corps Years
Chapter One: The First Night I Thought I’d Made the Biggest Mistake of My Life One October night, exhausted, I was ready to crawl into bed. Peace Corps rules required us to stay in our huts as soon as it turned dark for our own safety. Darkness came quickly, and evenings were usually quiet,…
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Why I’m Finally Ready to Tell My Peace Corps Story
It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since I packed my life into two suitcases and left for the Peace Corps in Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in southern Africa. For years, I wasn’t ready to write about the experience. I needed time and distance to understand how profoundly my fifteen months changed…
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