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, retirement, even clarity itself.
- The story of my Japanese Anemone, one of three plants I brought with me from my old house, and the months it spends green with no flower before it finally blooms in late August
- The real difference between a flower’s guarantee and your own uncertainty in midlife and why “just be patient like the flower” isn’t actually enough in midlife.
- The two levels of tending a plant: the doing, and the mindset behind the doing.
- How my F.U.N. Framework™ (Find Your Thoughts, Understand What You Want, Nurture Your Commitment to Yourself) applies to the parts of your life that don’t look like anything yet.
- A callback to Episode 283 and the idea of amplifying a moment, applied here to amplifying a season that doesn’t look worth amplifying at all.
Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle® Podcast!
Someone booked a Next Chapter Direction Session recently, and told me, like so many women do, that she just needed clarity to finally feel better. I sent her a voice note before we even talked, because I wanted her to hear something first:
What if you’re right on track? And what if this, before the clarity, before the answer, could be a joyful part of your journey?
That question is the heart of this episode. I’m using a plant in my own backyard garden to make the case for something most of us have never been taught: that you don’t have to wait for the outcome to feel good about the process.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Episode 283 — Your Personal Top 10 Days of the Year
- Tom Sterner’s book, The Practicing Mind
- My interview with Tom Sterner on this podcast
- Next Chapter Direction Session → talktosuzy.com
- Women in the Middle Entrepreneurs (my other show)
- Find me on Substack
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Mentioned in this episode:
- Book a Next Chapter Direction Session:www.talktosuzy.com
- Follow Suzy on Substack: https://substack.com/@womeninthemiddle
Connect with Suzy
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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