Grownish Women
Grownish Women
Holly Teegarden
Welcome to the Messy Middle Take 2
14 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Season 2 Premiere: The Messy Middle Just Got Messier

Welcome back, y'all, it's been a hot minute! I'm easing back in with a full life update, because so much has shifted in just a month. My mom moved out, and it cracked open a revelation about triangulation I didn't even have a name for until now. My daughter came back home after the roommate thing didn't work out, so we're not quite empty-nesting after all. And I launched a business, Spoken Over Her, iincluding the wild post-it-note moment in my car that led to a whole Bible journal app I never saw coming.

I'm getting honest about the wins too: my marriage is solid, I've healed so much with my stepdaughter, I'm loving being a grandma, and at 52 I'm finally learning what boundaries actually feel like. But I'm also sitting in the messy middle of things like I still haven't worked out (SOS, send help), still wrestling with not being the breadwinner anymore, still figuring out what my day-to-day even looks like now.

And I'm giving you a sneak peek at everything coming this season: career pivoting after 40, hair loss in perimenopause, getting an ADHD diagnosis later in life, why our sleep falls apart, triangulation, and parenting the parent, plus a solo episode on my birthday.

Grab your coffee (or your post-it notes) and get comfy. This one's a lot, in the best way.