❤️ Who I Am

I’m Crissy — a woman who has lived a few lifetimes in one body.
I was a millionaire before 30, a wife at 18 before I understood myself, a 35-year-old mother learning to let go, and a woman who found herself rebuilding her entire life from a 600‑sq‑ft apartment at mid 40s to 50s.

I’ve loved deeply, lost painfully, and started over more times than I can count.
I’ve been the strong one, the quiet one, the lonely one, the hopeful one — sometimes all in the same week.

My life has been a mix of blessings, heartbreaks, plot twists, and miracles.
And for the first time, I’m telling the truth about all of it.

💔 The Plot Twists That Shaped Me

My story isn’t linear.
It’s messy, beautiful, painful, funny, and real.

• I built wealth young — and watched it disappear.

• I survived a messy divorce.

• I raised 2 children — and a third as a solo mom, now faced with the silence of an empty nest.

• I lived in big homes — and then rebuilt my life in apartments.

• I loved men who were younger and weren’t ready — and learned to love myself instead.

• Managed to accomplish a Masters degree.

• I held everything together — until I couldn’t anymore.

At 50 something, I found myself staring at a life I didn’t recognize.
Not broken — just… unfinished.

And that’s where this story begins.

🎙️ Why I Created IB50YO

Because women like us don’t get enough places to tell the truth.

We’re expected to be:

• strong

• graceful

• healed

• wise

• stable

• settled

But what if you’re none of those things?
What if you’re still figuring it out?
What if you’re rebuilding from scratch?
What if you’re lonely, confused, hopeful, tired, and still trying?

IB50YO is the space I needed — so I created it.

A space where women 40, 50, 60+ can say:

“I don’t have it all together… and that’s okay.”

🌱 What This Space Is For

This is for the woman who:

• is rebuilding her life

• is healing from heartbreak

• is navigating loneliness

• is rediscovering herself

• is laughing through the pain

• is tired of pretending she’s okay

• is ready to tell the truth

• is still becoming who she’s meant to be

This is for the woman who thought she’d be settled by now — but life had other plans.

You’re not late.
You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
You’re just human.

✨ What You’ll Find Here

Stories.
The real ones — the ones we whisper about.

A podcast. Where I talk through the things we’re all feeling but rarely say out loud.

A blog. Where I write the chapters of my life as I’m living them.

A community. Women who get it. Women who feel it. Women who are rebuilding too.

🖤 My Promise to You

I will always show up as the real me — not the polished version, not the filtered version, not the “I’m fine” version.

Just me. A Filipina woman, a mother, a survivor, a late‑bloomer, a truth‑teller, a 50‑year‑old still figuring it out.

If you’re here, you’re part of the Itty Bitty 50 Committee now.
And you’re not doing this alone anymore.