Hey Reader,

Last Friday night, I went to see Melissa Etheridge in concert with two of my high school besties.
It was a fabulous night, and let me just point out that we were out past 10 p.m. The music? Ah-mazing.

The crowd? Glorious.

It was basically a sea of middle-aged women belting out lyrics like we’d never left our youth.

There’s something about live music—especially the kind that once blasted from your car stereo—that messes with your sense of time.
Suddenly you’re 17 again.
Except this time, you’re singing every lyric while low-key calculating how long it’ll take to get out of the parking lot.

It’s easy to get wistful in moments like that.
To remember when we were louder, wilder, more certain.
When no one questioned if we still mattered.

But looking around at this concert, seeing these smiling, singing women was living, breathing, dancing proof that we’re still here.​
Still showing up. Still celebrating. Still standing—even if it hurts a little more than it used to.

Which makes my frustration with how women are treated in the world even more intense.

In healthcare? 🩺 Research funding for women is getting slashed.
​ In media?​
Middle-aged women get ignored, young women get objectified and both are underestimated.
​In business?​
We’re underfunded, undervalued, and still carrying the weight of everyone else’s needs.

And yet:
👉 We make the majority of household buying decisions.
👉 We vote in record numbers.
👉 We are raising kids, caring for parents, launching companies, and changing policies.

The world wants our money, our labor, and our patience.
But not our ideas.
Not our innovation.
Not our leadership.

Haven’t you had enough?

Here’s what I think:​
You don’t age out of mattering.
But you might have to remind people of that.

That’s the work I do through The Circe Collective — helping women get seen, heard, and respected with:

✔ Media kits & messaging that clarify what you do
✔ Podcast placement & press strategy
✔ Thought leadership content (articles, books, and more)
✔ Social + content strategy that works even when you're juggling everything else

Because we’re not done. We’re just getting warmed up.

Stay fierce,
Danielle

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P.S. You can be the woman who shows up for everyone else and the one who belts out Melissa Etheridge lyrics on a Friday night. If this newsletter gave you a second to feel both—to remember both—I’m so glad.

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​P.P.S. Want to support the newsletter, the off-key singing, and the work of helping women get seen and heard? Buy me a coffee. Every cup fuels the words, the work, and the occasional dance break. 💃

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​P.P.P.S. Visibility isn’t a luxury—it’s a lifeline. When women are seen, heard, and believed, the world shifts. Let's keep shifting.

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