What You’ll Discover About Opening the 5 Doors of Friendship in Midlife with Stacey Tessa K. Battat
- Why opening the 5 doors of friendship in midlife can be life-changing and fulfilling.
- Why midlife transitions offer an opportunity to reassess your friendships and the connections you want.
- How taking yourself on a “date” can help you reconnect with your interests before seeking new friends.
- What Tessa’s five doors of friendship are: play, inspiration, generosity, value alignment, and creative alchemy.
- Why it’s important to bring more playfulness, laughter, and curiosity into your friendships after 50.
- What you can learn about appreciating different ways friends express generosity without expecting everyone to contribute identically.
- How you can use envy as a clue to understand what you want more of in your social life.
- Why saying yes to invitations and initiating plans, even when you feel uncomfortable or fear rejection can help with friendships.
- Why it’s important to get clear about what you want before letting worries about how to make it happen stop you.
- Why revisiting happy highlights from your life can be used to rediscover activities and connections that brought you joy.
- Why noticing how busyness gets in the way of friendship and making intentional time to connect can be an important insight.
Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle® Podcast!
Today we’re talking about the importance of midlife friendships. Friendships after 50 deserve your attention, especially when your life, interests, and priorities are changing.
My guest today is Stacey Tessa K. Battat.
Tessa is a self-proclaimed relationship geek, who encourages others to see friendship as one of the soul’s greatest paths on the journey of becoming more whole.
Tessa also facilitates and hosts workshops and women’s circles that focus on integrating embodied practices to deepen our connection with ourselves and others.
She holds an MA in Consciousness Studies and is committed to a deep curiosity about what awakens the human spirit. Tessa is a speaker, author and the passionate endive behind The Open Nesters podcast, empowering people to live more open-hearted and courageous lives as they age.
Based in New England, Tessa shares her life with her partner, husband of 36 years and podcast co-host, and together they have three strong, kind and loving children, a wise and wonderful daughter-in-law and a love-filled grandson.
Join us as we discuss how these five doors can help you appreciate existing friendships and discover new connections that reflect who you are becoming.
You’ll also hear why getting clear about what you want matters, how expectations can affect your friendships, and why making time for connection is an important part of regret-proofing your life.
Please enjoy this interview!
Featured in this Episode
- Next Chapter Midlife Quiz: www.midlifequiz.com
- Talking with My High School Friends Turning 60 This Year
- Envy for Good: The Unexpected Tool for Figuring Out What You Really Want
- Reinventing the Family Farm for Midlife Happiness with Adrea McFadden
- When You’re Too Busy in Midlife
- Celebrating Friendships in Midlife
Connect with Stacey Tessa K. Battat
- Website: https://theopennesters.com
- Book: The 5 Doors of Friendship
Connect with Suzy
- Follow Suzy on Substack: https://substack.com/@womeninthemiddle
Midlife Doodle-Think™ Club: Slow down with Zentangle-inspired doodling. As a Certified Zentangle® Teacher (CZT), I invite you to slow down and create a space to think. Doodle-Think™ is about a simple, mindful doodling practice for midlife women who want more presence, clarity and confidence; no art skills or creative talent required! Join here! www.doodlethink.com
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Midlife QUIZ: You’re also invited to take the free “Next Chapter Midlife Quiz” to discover if your next chapter is trying to get your attention! It only takes about 90 seconds! You can start the quiz here: www.midlifequiz.com.
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Download Suzy’s eBook: 50 Ways to Celebrate Life after 50: Get unstuck, avoid regrets, and live your best life: www.50waystocelebrate.com and Amazon
OTHER RESOURCES:
- Free Resources
- Free Monthly Webinars and Workshops offered by Suzy Rosenstein: https://suzyrosenstein.com/webinar/
- Email your feedback: info@suzyrosenstein.com
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