Meet Aunt Susie
Our Mission
At That’s So Aunt Susie, the mission is to create a warm, honest, encouraging space for women over 35 who are rebuilding their lives, protecting their peace, and learning how to create stability after difficult seasons. Through real conversations about personal growth, homemaking, mental wellness, menopause, healing, relationships, self-care, and realistic online income ideas, this space is meant to remind women that they are not broken, invisible, or “too late.” Life may have been hard, but there is still room for peace, purpose, confidence, and a future that feels softer, healthier, and more authentic.
Aunt Susie is a 50 something mother of two grown children and proud Gigi to one beautiful granddaughter who keeps life interesting, loud, and full of love. Life has taught her some very hard, unfair lessons through trauma, heartbreak, anxiety, burnout, financial stress, toxic relationships, health struggles, and years of putting everyone else first while quietly carrying the weight of it all. Somewhere along the way, she realized so many women, especially women over 35, are doing the same thing, trying to hold everything together while slowly losing themselves in the process.
That’s So Aunt Susie was created from that very real place. Not from perfection, but from my very own lived experience. This space is for women who are exhausted from pretending they are okay, women learning how to protect their peace, rebuild their confidence, create calmer homes, heal emotionally, survive menopause and midlife changes, and figure out how to build stability without completely burning themselves out. Around here, you’ll find honest conversations, real-life lessons, humor, encouragement, homemaking, healing, and practical ways to create a softer, more meaningful life, one small step at a time. I know what it feels like to carry heavy things while still trying to show up for everyone else. Like many women, I spent years surviving, over giving, learning hard lessons, and trying to find peace in the middle of chaos. Somewhere along the way, I realized I was not the only woman feeling overwhelmed, burned out, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or quietly wondering how to start over and create a softer life.
My Journey
If I’m being honest, life was hard way before I was 35... Like a lot of women, I spent years surviving things I never really talked about, carrying responsibilities that exhausted me, putting everyone else first, and trying to hold everything together while quietly losing pieces of myself in the process. Somewhere along the way, I realized so many women are doing the exact same thing, struggling silently, feeling invisible, overwhelmed, burned out, anxious, financially stressed, emotionally exhausted, and wondering if it’s too late to rebuild their lives into something softer, calmer, and more meaningful.
That’s So Aunt Susie was created because I wanted a real space for those women. Not a fake-perfect influencer world, but a place for honest conversations about healing, personal growth, peaceful living, homemaking, menopause, mental wellness, rebuilding confidence, creating income, and learning how to protect your peace without guilt. This blog is about rebuilding life one small step at a time, with honesty, humor, encouragement, and the reminder that no matter what you’ve been through, your story is not over yet.
Growth
Finding New Paths
Once I stopped fighting change and started working with it instead of against it, my life slowly began changing for the better. Growth did not happen overnight, and it definitely was not always pretty, but little by little I started learning how to protect my peace, let go of survival mode, rebuild my confidence, and create a life that finally felt calmer, softer, and more honest to who I really am.
Life Lessons
One of the hardest lessons I have learned is that survival mode can start feeling normal if you stay in it long enough. So many women spend years carrying the weight of everyone else’s needs while quietly ignoring their own exhaustion, sadness, dreams, and health. I learned the hard way that constantly rescuing other people can leave you disconnected from yourself, and eventually your mind and body will start begging you to slow down and listen.
Another lesson life taught me is that rebuilding does not have to happen loudly to still matter. Sometimes healing looks like creating a peaceful home, setting boundaries without guilt, learning how to rest, starting over financially, finding joy in small moments, or simply deciding you deserve better than constant chaos. Little by little, those small choices can completely change the direction of your life.
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