02-12-26 Embracing Grief: Women Over 50 Finding Strength Through Self-Expression
What happens when you give yourself permission to feel, grieve, and express what’s been living inside you for years?
In this episode of Midlife Love Out Loud, Junie Moon sits down with pro-aging advocate and Kuel Life founder Jacqueline “Jack” Perez to explore how poetry became an unexpected path to healing, self-expression, and deep connection in midlife.
Jack shares how unprocessed grief, loss, and life transitions led her to write a poem every day for thirty days, ultimately transforming her relationship with herself and inspiring women everywhere to feel less alone.
You’ll hear about:
- Why unprocessed grief doesn’t disappear, it waits
- How creative expression becomes a healing vehicle
- What midlife loss really looks like and why it matters
- Normalizing aging, emotion, and reinvention
- Giving yourself permission to begin again
This conversation is tender, powerful, and deeply human.
Jacqueline (Jack) Pérez is a first-time poet who, at 60, discovered the transformative power of words—even those that rhyme. Unexpectedly, after a month-long sojourn in Istanbul, Jack felt compelled to explore life’s intricacies stanza by stanza.
Facing significant life moments, as we all do, she began crafting poetry in the wee hours of dawn as a means of expression and connection. Jack shares her vulnerability directly with the reader, QR code by QR code, often hiding in her closet to read these poems aloud. Metamorphosis in Stanzas is a heartfelt debut, capturing themes of love, loss, and renewal while inviting readers to embrace the beauty of change.
When not writing or traveling, Jacqueline is a Pro-Aging Champion and the Founder of Kuel Life, a platform dedicated to normalizing aging for women.
https://therealjackssmack.com
Here are the 3 Free Poems from Jack https://mailchi.mp/kuellife/glimpseintomis
Learn more about Junie here: https://www.midlifeloveoutloud.com
