Key topics covered about being older and wiser and the reality of wisdom: Why you may not automatically get older and wiser when it comes to wisdom Why getting older doesn’t necessarily make us wiser and what research on aging and wisdom suggests instead The difference between accumulating life experience and building lived wisdom...
Continue readingEP #473: Alcohol Moderation, Midlife Reinvention & Resilience with Michele D. Perron, PhD
Key topics covered regarding alcohol moderation, midlife reinvention & resilience with Michele D. Perron, PhD: The experience of building and losing a restaurant business; bankruptcy and divorce at 40 What the path back looked like: Al-Anon, jail volunteer work, addiction counseling license, PhD at 52 Alcohol moderation coaching as an alternative to abstinence-only treatment...
Continue readingEP #472: Creative or Not Creative in Midlife
What you’ll discover in this episode about wondering if you’re creative or not creative in in midlife: A decades-long belief like you’re “creative, but not really creative,” can hide in plain sight and can feel true. Small creative projects (like making a decorative valence, staining a chessboard table, and doodling whale tails) are proof...
Continue readingEP #471: Heal From Within in Midlife with Medical Intuition with Katie Beecher
What we cover in this episode about What a medical intuitive does, and how Katie’s background as a licensed counselor shapes her work How Katie recognized her intuitive abilities as a young child, and the pivotal moment at 16 when she opened up about it for the first time The connection between her eating...
Continue readingEP #470: 9 Year Anniversary of Women in the Middle Podcast: What Endurance, Discipline, and Letting Myself Be Real Actually Taught Me
What you’ll discover in this episode about the 9 Year Anniversary of Women in the Middle: What Endurance, Discipline, and Letting Myself Be Real Actually Taught Me How a childhood love of tape recorders, NPR, and CBC radio quietly set the stage for a podcast Suzy didn’t know she’d one day host The moment...
Continue readingEP #469: Calming the Cancer Chaos: A Conversation with Dr. Tiffany Troso
What we cover in this episode about Calming the Cancer Chaos: A Conversation with Dr. Tiffany Troso Why Dr. Troso wrote Calming the Cancer Chaos after 25 years of watching patients struggle to understand their own diagnoses and choices The free downloadable workbook included with the book, and why using it (not just reading...
Continue readingEP #468: Joy on the Journey: Joy in the Green Months in Midlife
What you’ll discover in this episode about Joy on the Journey: Joy in the Green Months in Midlife: What Joy on the Journey has to do with Joy in the Green Months in midlife. Why we’ve been taught that happiness lives on the other side of the outcome: the vacation, the degree, the move,...
Continue readingEP #467: A Birthday Reflection: The Gifts of Getting Older Nobody Talks About
What you’ll discover in this episode about a birthday reflection and the gifts of getting older nobody talks about: What wisdom actually feels like from the inside and why it has nothing to do with having more answers. Why appreciating the power of keeping your mouth shut more is one of my favorite things...
Continue readingEP #466: The Day I Realized Animal Rescue Wasn’t My Whole Midlife Story with Amy Castro
Here’s What You’ll Discover in this Episode About the Day I Realized Animal Rescue Wasn’t My Whole Midlife Story with Amy Castro: What led to the day I realized animal rescue wasn’t my whole midlife story. Why animal rescue and sheltering made sense as a career shift. Why burnout and compassion fatigue can happen...
Continue readingEP #465: Wanting Something Just Because: You Don’t Need a Reason to Want What You Want
Here’s what you’ll discover about Wanting Something Just Because: Why wanting something just because you want it (without practical justification, problem-solving or serving anyone else) is one of the most radical and important things you can do in midlife The crystal and beach glass story: how Suzy almost talked herself out of a small,...
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