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Ever been told you're "too sensitive," "overreacting," or that you need to "just get over it"? This week we're talking about the moments — in relationships, in grief, in the middle of a hormonal hot flash spiral — when other people try to manage our feelings instead of just letting us have them. I'm sharing a personal story, breaking down the four flavors of "you can't tell me how to feel" that show up in midlife, and handing you seven real tools for holding your ground emotionally without losing your mind (or your relationships) in the process.

If you've ever cried in a parking lot over something "small" — this one's for you.

🎧 New episode of Why Am I Yelling? Musings from a Middle-Aged, Menopausal Mom is up now.

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Twenty-five years ago, I lived two blocks south of the World Trade Center. I was in my office when the planes hit — my husband watched it happen from our apartment window. For years, I struggled with even calling myself a survivor, since I wasn't standing in my neighborhood at the exact moment it happened. But I lived in the aftermath — two blocks from Ground Zero — for five years after, and both my husband and I are members of the World Trade Center Health Registry.

On this episode, marking the 25th anniversary, I share my story in full and talk about three things it taught me that I still carry every day:

🔹 How to actually stay clear-headed in an emergency 🔹 What gratitude looks like when it's tangled up with grief 🔹 Why "you only live once" isn't the reckless idea it sounds like

This isn't a history recap — it's what came after.

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What if the most powerful thing you could do right now — in this country, in this climate — was love the people around you?

That's what this episode is about.

Krista is coming in hot for the Season finale of Why Am I Yelling? — musings from a middle-aged, menopausal mom — and she's not holding back. We're talking about what it feels like to watch hatred be normalized from the highest office in the land, what Hunter Biden said on the Friends Keep Secrets YouTube show that stopped her cold, and why she believes love isn't passive — it's the most radical protest available to us right now.

Plus: we're celebrating ONE FULL YEAR of this podcast. 🎉 And then we're taking a summer break. But we're going out swinging.

💛 IN THIS EPISODE:
→ The State of Things — naming what's happening in this country, plainly
→ Hunter Biden's message: "The best way to protest is to love your family, love your friends, and love each other"
→ Why love is not soft — it's a direct challenge to a system built on division
→ THE LOVE TOOLKIT: 7 real, daily practices for choosing love when the world makes it hard
→ A heartfelt one-year anniversary celebration — and a summer send-off

❤️ YOUR LOVE TOOLKIT FROM THIS EPISODE:
1. The Intentional Dinner Table
2. The Love Letter Practice
3. The Neighbor Practice
4. Your Media Diet (protect your nervous system)
5. Love Out Loud — say the specific thing
6. The Micro-Kindness Practice
7. Loving Across Difference — the brave practice

🎙️ Why Am I Yelling? is a podcast for middle-aged moms who have a lot of feelings, zero patience for pretending otherwise, and a deep belief that honesty is more useful than perfection. Hosted by Krista.

We'll be back in September. Until then — go love somebody. ❤️