What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Underwear, Self-Care and Midlife: Why replacing underwear is self-care in midlife. Why your underwear drawer is stuffed with less-than-satisfactory undies and why that matters in midlife. Three amazing reasons to ditch your bad underwear in midlife. The thoughts that are holding you back from feeling great about...
Continue readingEp #3: Do You Feel Your Age? – Tips for Good Mental Hygiene in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about Feeling your Age and Good Mental Hygiene in Midlife: What you need to know about feeling your age and good mental hygiene in midlife. Why we sometimes forget our age in midlife. What makes us feel young or old. The best way to change how you...
Continue readingEp #2: The Model – Your Mindfulness Framework in Midlife and Beyond
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Using a Mindfulness Framework in Midlife: The power of mindfulness in midlife and what it’s all about. The most useful tool for managing your midlife mind. How we get the results we have in our life and make things happen. How The Thought Model works and how...
Continue readingEp #1: Welcome to the Women in the Middle Midlife Podcast!
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about being stuck in midlife: Why the Women in the Middle Midlife Podcast is perfect for you at this point in your life. My personal story and journey that has brought me to where I am today. The easy-to-use framework, the Thought Model that will help you manage...
Continue readingAre you a woman in the middle? Loving your life after 50
Do you love your life at this point in your life, over 50? I’ve started to think about this age and stage of midlife as being a WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE. Now, we all know that a certain age in midlife isn’t necessarily the “middle” of your life. We have no clue how long...
Continue readingThe #1 reason I don’t feel over 50
Friends, I just can’t believe I’m a midlife gal who’s over 50. It’s mind-boggling to me. Sometimes I forget how old I am. I can’t remember if I’m 52 or 53. It takes me a minute. Then, when I remember, I’m floored that I’m this old. I suppose it shouldn’t be that much of...
Continue readingMindfulness: Do your thoughts need supervision?
Do you practice mindfulness? The concept that your thoughts need supervision is something I learned in Thomas M. Sterner’s book, The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in your Life. It’s all about mindfulness and it’s a powerful concept at all ages and stages, not just midlife. It’s also a concept that gives you...
Continue readingTime flies when your kid turns 21
Friends…time flies. I remember hearing my parents and grandparents say this over and over throughout my childhood. And then…I had my own kids and my firstborn turned 21. In. A. Blink. The passage of time and my own impending empty nest became something I also experienced at breakneck speed. I live in Canada. The...
Continue readingOde to the Neighbourhood Empty Nest
Choosing the right neighbourhood to raise your family in is super important. I was pregnant with my first when we bought our first house. My husband pushed to move into this weird little dated community in the north end of the City of Toronto called “Bathurst Manor.” I hadn’t grown up in Toronto, so...
Continue readingWhat are you too old to do?
What do you think you shouldn’t do, wear or be now that you’re older? I bet you want to think that you’re never too old to do whatever you want, no matter your age. But I’m curious if that’s really honest. There’s a lot of talk in the news right now about an outfit...
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