Gen X. Midlife. Reinvention.
And all the shit nobody warned us about.
I'm Traci. I write as T.E. Crowe and talk as Chaos & Cognac, for midlife women who are tired, funny, and done performing. The show, the book and the workbooks all live here.
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NOBODY WARNED US
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THE BOOK
Nobody Warned Us
I wrote it at 54, staring down 55, pretty sure I was the only one feeling all of it. Then people read it.
“I thought you were talking about me.”
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THE BLOG
FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE
THE SHOW
NOBODY WARNED US
Ten minutes or so on the stuff we were all supposed to have figured out by now. Dating at 50, the face in the car visor mirror, the boundary that made everyone weird. New episodes on YouTube.
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THE BOOK · BY T.E. CROWE
Nobody Warned Us
At 54 I was dreading 55. My dad died at 60, and the math got loud. I tried journaling. Lasted four days. So I started telling stories instead, read a few to my daughter, and she said, “Mom, you need to make this a book.”
This is that book. Burnout, the body, the marriage, the mirror. All the stuff I was sure only I was dealing with.
“I thought you were talking about me.”
WHAT READERS KEEP TELLING ME
IN THE WORKS
Fine. Totally Fine.
What I said vs. what I actually meant. Get the letters to hear when it's out.
THE SHOP
DIGITAL. UNDATED. YOURS.
Printable workbooks and guides for the parts nobody mentioned. Instant download, straight to your inbox.
THE BLOG
FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE
The stories that didn't fit in an episode. And a few that did, and needed a second pour.
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