Hi there – my name is Bry and I’m so glad you’re here.

I started this blog because I wanted to find a place to talk about this mid-life business as a way to work through it but also in the hopes of helping others. I don’t believe that my story is unique or special. But I do believe that when you have gone or are going through something and have learned something from it, it doesn’t hurt to share it. Since a pretty young age I have struggled with anxiety and panic attacks. It started to get really bad when I graduated from college a lifetime ago, and once I found a med that worked for me it became manageable and a non-issue. Until my early 40s. I started to have infrequent dizzy spells and I didn’t think much of it – my mom and brother get vertigo once in a while too. It would happen once every few years – not enough that I felt the need to do anything about it. Fast forward to a few years ago and they were happening about once every few months. One episode in 2024 lasted several months and since then I am always hyperaware of how I feel, what’s the weather doing, how much water am I drinking and so much more. I also had not had a panic attack in almost 20 years until the vertigo became something that I thought about everyday. And if you are reading this, you most likely know that anxiety and stress cause so much havoc on your body, and with something like vertigo it becomes a viscous cycle.

My goal with this blog is to share my journey and also hear about yours. What have you tried? What’s working and what’s no working? Off we go.