Kids aren’t required for your nest to feel empty in midlife. Like retirement, many parents don’t even think about the whole empty nest thing until it happens to them. The term “Empty Nest Syndrome” is pretty familiar. It refers to parents’ feelings of sadness and even grief after children move out of the home....
Continue readingThe Absolute BEST New Year’s Resolution for 2020
New Year’s Resolutions in midlife can be important but can also freak you out. That’s why you should consider opting for only ONE resolution this year. It’s easy to get all excited about resolutions at this time of year. You might want to lose weight. Maybe exercise more. Perhaps make way more money. Maybe...
Continue readingEP #92: 3 Reasons Why You Should Act your Shoe Size instead of your Age in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Three reasons why acting your shoe size instead of your age is a great idea in midlife. How what you think about age can affect your feelings. How curiosity can help you in your life. What being more present in your life can do for you. Why laughter...
Continue readingEP #91: How to Avoid Common Regrets in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What the 5 most common regrets of the dying are. Why it’s important to understand common regrets in midlife. Why it’s important to think about regret-proofing. What “regret-proofing your life” looks like. Why friendships are important now and later in life. Why it’s important to understand that happiness...
Continue readingEp #90: 9 Secrets to Get Unstuck in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode About Secrets to Get Unstuck in Midlife: Why it’s common to feel stuck and want to get unstuck in midlife, especially your 50s. Why the way you think about being stuck can affect your ability to unstick yourself. How understanding that your excuses are optional can help you...
Continue readingEP #89: How to Reinvent Yourself in Midlife with Frankie Allen
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s important to listen to your inner voice, even when you’re confused. Why it’s necessary for personal growth to include discomfort and uncertainty. How you never really know what your exact life path will be. How a personal mission statement can be critical to help you grow...
Continue readingEP #49: My Decision to let my Hair Go Gray in Midlife, Interview with Perri Bender
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to struggle with the decision to keep coloring your gray hair. Why you can feel chained to this expensive and time-consuming routine. What it’s like to let your gray hair grow out naturally. Why it’s important to take this journey together with your hair dresser....
Continue readingEP #48: Gray Divorce in Midlife, Interview with Eva Sachs
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to divorce after a long marriage. Why gray divorce is a current trend with boomers. How online dating is feeding into the trend of gray divorce. How there’s more freedom for women because more are in the workforce and are entrepreneurs. How there is a...
Continue readingEP #47: Are you playing small?
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like when you just don’t show up like you know you can. Why it’s common to play small and stay small in midlife. Why you might choose to stay small. Why you might act this way out of fear. How what you might be worried about...
Continue readingEP #46: Why I Left Teaching & Moved Home after my Husband Died, Interview with Jen Mowrer
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to question your happiness in your career when you have a stable teaching job. What it’s like to be a widow in your 40s. What dating in your 40s is like as a widow. How working with children helped me cope after my husband died....
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