What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What “strengths” are. Why it’s important to understand your strengths. How understanding your strengths can help you contribute at the highest level. What the Clifton Strengths assessment and tools are all about. How re-connecting with your strengths can help drive your happiness in midlife. How your strengths can...
Continue readingEP #36: Why Multitasking is Bad for Your Health in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Why Multi-tasking is Bad for Your Health in Midlife: Why it’s common to think multitasking makes you more productive. How multitasking actually slows you down. Why multitasking feels efficient. Why multitasking is really “switchtasking.” Tips to focus on one thing at a time. Welcome to another episode...
Continue readingEP #35: Midlife, Mindfulness and Sex with Jessa Zimmerman
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Midlife, Mindfulness and Sex with Jessa Zimmerman: Why communication is so important when it comes to sex in midlife. What the challenges and opportunities are related to sex in midlife. How you know you need to get help. What the most important thing is that you can...
Continue readingEP #34: Expect the Unexpected when You Have an Empty Nest, Lizards and All
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like when kids go in and out of the nest for years How, even with adult children, the unexpected will happen, for sure How difficult it can be when a pet dies when your kid is away at college or university How your thoughts can block...
Continue readingEP #33: How to Start Regret-Proofing Your Life – BONUS Minisode
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Regret-Proofing your Life: What “regret-proofing your life is all about. Why you should regret-proof your professional contribution. Why regret-proofing your relationship with yourself is just as important as other kinds of regret-proofing. Why you should regret-proof your relationships with others. How regret-proofing can help you combat the...
Continue readingEP #32: How to be More Accountable
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Be more Accountable in Midlife: How to be more accountable in mildife. What you can do to be more accountable to yourself. What accountability really feels like. What thoughts are useful for you when it comes to accountability. How you can create more accountability in...
Continue readingEP #31: Orthopedic Surgeon by Day, Musician by Night in Midlife
What you’ll learn about Joy from Being a Orthopedic Surgeon by Day and a Musician at Night in Midlife with Dr. Jackie Auguste. Why no matter what you do, prioritizing joy in midlife is critical. Why being an orthopedic surgeon doesn’t mean you can’t prioritize playing music. How achieving your goal doesn’t always protect...
Continue readingEP #30: How I Quit My Corporate Job to Help Midlife, Plus-Size Women RUN! with Jill Angie
Ep #30: How I Quit My Corporate Job to Help Midlife, Plus-Size Women Run with Jill Angie How Jill Angie knew it was time to quit her corporate job in midlife. What “feeling done” looks like in midlife. What it’s like to teach midlife women to run. What to do when you’re afraid of...
Continue readingEp #29: How I Decided to Go Back to School at 55
What you’ll learn in this episode about going back to school and changing your career in midlife: Interview with Patty Shore, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano, Texas What it’s like to go back to school at 55 years old, in midlife How your child’s high school graduation can...
Continue readingEp #28: When It’s Time To Grow
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How you know it’s time to grow. Why you resist growing. What to do when you think it’s too hard to change. How your thoughts can keep you stuck. Why it’s common to feel stuck in midlife. How embracing discomfort can help you grow. Three amazing reasons why...
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