How to want more without feeling guilty for new moms: honest answers for Blue Ash

For Blue Ash readers · honest answers

In Blue Ash, life looks handled from the outside: the lawns, the schedules, the well-kept routines. The question is whether the inside still feels like it's growing — or just running.

And this is Blue Ash: an established Cincinnati-area community where the houses are cared for, the calendars are full, and the question 'is this all?' shows up right on schedule That context matters more than any general advice ever will.

🎧 A note for Blue Ash readers (in her voice)

“I should be grateful, but I still feel unfinished. If you've ever said that, this book was written for you.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

Signs you'd only tell a stranger

You fantasize about a different life for exactly nine minutes at a time, then the alarm goes off.
You've built a beautiful waiting room and called it a home.
Gratitude is real — it's the alibi that isn't.

The gratitude / growth ledger

Two columns on paper: 'What I'm grateful for' and 'What I'm pretending not to want.'
You don't have to act on column two today. You just have to stop hiding it from yourself tonight.

The plateau in Blue Ash isn't a failure. It's a platform — the question is only what you build on it.

The book's third path

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency refuses the two usual endings — get rich or get zen. Instead it argues for a third: keep your gratitude, keep your nerve, and let the two raise each other.

Reader questions from Blue Ash

Why is it only $0.99 on Kindle? To make the decision easy. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, and the $14.99 paperback is the same book in a format you can gift.

Is this aimed at women? It's written with a broad, warm voice that lands strongly with women 30-60 — book-club favorite territory — and plenty of husbands keep borrowing it.

Start with the free sample

Read the opening chapter on Amazon — no purchase needed. The Kindle edition is $0.99, and it's free with Kindle Unlimited.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

Read it on Kindle Unlimited for free · paperback ships Prime · Questions for clubs on the main site.