Life’s too short
to play it safe.
Ready to get gutsy? Subscribe and I’ll send you my free guide: 5 Gutsy Tips for Solo Cruising. Then stay for the honest stories about solo travel, starting over, and everything that comes after courage.
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
-
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,…
-
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…
-
What Is Solo-maxxing? Why Baby Boomers Can Benefit from This Gen Z Trend
What Is Solo-maxxing? Have you heard about the latest trend called Solo-maxxing? If not, don’t worry. It’s a relatively new term coined by Gen Z, generally those in their teens and twenties. Solo-maxxing describes a lifestyle in which people intentionally choose to remain single rather than spend their time, energy, and money pursuing romantic relationships.…
Get Gutsy
in your inbox.
Stories, travel dispatches and honest reflections on starting over beautifully. Delivered when I have something worth saying.
