What does it mean to finally put yourself first in midlife? Surprisingly enough, putting yourself first can be a little confusing and stressful. The main reason for this is that , for many, the concept of putting yourself first seems to feel more and more foreign as you age into midlife. What typically...
Continue readingEP #108: Guaranteed Success in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why wanting guaranteed success can keep you stuck. What you can learn when you understand what you would do with guaranteed success. Why focusing on guaranteed success is the wrong strategy for success. How belief in success can be what actually propels you forward. How empowering it is...
Continue readingEP #98: Inner Circle Relationships in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s important to be intentional about your relationships in midlife. Why it’s common to take your most important relationships for granted. How changing your concept of relationships can change your life. Why it’s important to regret-proof your life with your relationships.. Seven steps to be more intentional...
Continue readingEP #97: Setting the Stage for Midlife Weight Loss
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Setting the Stage for Midlife Weight Loss: Why mindfulness is critical to weight loss. Why being oblivious to your thoughts may sabotage your diet. How to get more perspective on what you think about your ability to lose weight. Why it’s important to notice what you resist...
Continue readingEP #81: Understanding How to Commit to Change in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why wanting to change isn’t enough to actually make a change. How your personal results are caused by your thinking. Why it’s important to notice what you’re thinking. Why you can’t create change on purpose when you don’t think on purpose. How what you’re actually thinking can be...
Continue readingEP #33: How to Start Regret-Proofing Your Life – BONUS Minisode
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it means to “regret-proof” your life. Why you should regret-proof your professional contribution. Why regret-proofing your relationship with yourself is just as important as other kinds of regret-proofing. Why you should regret-proof your relationships with others. How regret-proofing can help you combat the feeling that life is...
Continue readingEP #32: How to be More Accountable
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What you can do to be more accountable to yourself. What accountability really feels like. What thoughts are useful for you when it comes to accountability. How you can create more accountability in your life. How being accountable to others often feels different than being accountable to yourself....
Continue readingEp #26: How to have more confidence
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why many of you don’t have enough confidence. Why commitments to yourself can feel different than commitments to other people. Why it’s important to follow through on your word to yourself. How letting yourself down relates to lack of self-confidence. How learning to ride a unicycle is a...
Continue readingWhy quitting on yourself sucks
Quitting anything can be hard. It can be stressful and suck big time. But…it can also create a feeling of relief. We usually don’t think of quitting with little things. Quitting usually seems like a “big” thing. Especially in midlife…we’ve seen a lot of quitting by then. Let’s take a closer look. It’s pretty...
Continue readingBye Bye New Year’s Resolutions
Just checking in… I know you probably made some shiny New Year’s Resolutions this year. Were they about a new job? Weight loss? Exercising more? How are they working for you? Just thought I’d ask. I really hope you’ve made the changes you wanted to make. But… Somehow, I doubt it. It’s quite possible...
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