Thanksgiving is awesome but without attention to your mindset, there could be some stress! Who doesn’t want mindset tips during Thanksgiving? I can feel the excitement leading up to it now, as I type this blog! There’s so much anticipation with the lead up to Thanksgiving. But…the stress and overwhelm can dampen your holiday...
Continue readingEP #70: Reinventing the Family Farm for Midlife Happiness with Andrea McFadden
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Reinventing the Family Farm & Midlife Happiness: Why it’s important to look to your childhood for clues about what really brings you joy in midlife. How a “midlife funk” can be the push you need to find more fulfillment in your career. How a family farm and...
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 #6: A Look at Your Underwear Drawer & the Importance of Self-Care in Midlife
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 readingRegret-proofing your midlife in Canada, eh?
I didn’t know I would end up as a midlife, American woman living in Canada. Nothing about my childhood would have indicated that this would be my path. In fact, I’m now a proud dual citizen. But as a kid, if someone would have asked me where I thought I would live at this...
Continue readingEmpty Nest: How to stay calm when your kid picks YOUR university
It happened. My kid fell in love with my university and is heading there in the Fall. It’s hard to stay calm. I have to say, it’s wonderfully weird. The whole experience of my three kids figuring out what they wanted to study and where they wanted to go to university has been so...
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 readingTop 3 reasons to celebrate when kids go to college
Will you celebrate when your kids leave for college or university? You may or may not have an empty nest yet, but there are still reasons to be joyful when at least one of your chicadees takes flight and is on their way to a post-secondary education. Let’s turn things upside down, shall we?...
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 readingAre you hiding from change?
You’ve been thinking about making a change. So much so that the change itself has become noisy chatter in your mind. It comes and goes, but it’s there. You hear it even though you’re hiding. It’s not constant, but you hear it. You try to ignore it when you notice it. Sometimes you can....
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