Sometimes your thoughts can be confusing. Especially in midlife. You feel stuck and know that you want to thrive in midlife. But before you know it, you’re reacting to something. Or you’re having trouble making a decision. Maybe you just don’t feel clear about what to do. You might even wonder if you’re having...
Continue readingEP #103: FOMO in Midlife: 4 Tips to Reduce Fear of Missing Out
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What fear of missing out (FOMO) looks like in midlife. Why you feel FOMO. What FOMO feels like. How your thinking creates feelings of fear and anxiety. Four easy tips to reduce FOMO. Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle podcast! When you feel FOMO,...
Continue readingEP #50: The Unbelievable Value of a Mentor in Midlife, Interview with Brooke Castillo
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why Brooke Castillo is one of the most important mentors in my midlife. Why it’s so important for you to have a midlife mentor. Why it’s critical to evolve and grow in midlife. Why it’s not always important to actually know your mentors personally. How a mentor can...
Continue readingEp #14: How to Stop Failing Ahead of Time
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why we tend to want to fail in advance. My recent experience with automatically wanting to fail in advance and how I handled it The best question to ask yourself when your brain comes up with reasons why you will fail. Why there’s no downside to going “all...
Continue readingEp #2: The Model – Your Mindfulness Framework
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: The power of mindfulness and what it’s all about. The most useful tool for managing your mind. How we get the results we have in our life. How The Model works and how to apply it any situation. The importance of understanding the difference between a thought and...
Continue readingThe surprising reason you’re miserable at work
It can be pretty frustrating to be miserable at work. Midlife misery loves company, so…let’s have an honest talk about that job of yours that looks fantastic on paper. You know which one I’m talking about, right? the job with amazing benefits the job with more paid vacation than you’ve ever had before the...
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...
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