What You’ll Learn from this Episode about having the courage to pursue happiness in midlife: Why it can absolutely take courage to pursue happiness. How to connect with your physical body to help you determine what you want in life. Why and how Nadina left human medicine to pursue veterinary medicine. How thoughts about...
Continue readingEP #207: Lessons My Dog Taught Me about Aging
EP #207: Lessons My Dog Taught Me About Aging What You’ll Learn in this Episode about Lessons My Dog Taught Me about Aging. What my dog taught me about aging. Why my dog’s jowls seem adorable but mine aren’t. How you can learn about unconditional love from your dog. How your sense of time...
Continue readingEP #72: Life after an Unexpected Divorce with Lynne Ellen
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Life after an Unexpected Divorce in Midlife: What it’s like to be surprised by an unexpected divorce. How Facebook makes it easy to reconnect with people from your past and is becoming more and more related to reasons for divorce. How noticing your spouse’s strange behavior with...
Continue readingEP #52: Is It Time for an Empty Nest Dog?
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why bringing a dog into your family can be great when you have an empty nest. How your relationship with your dog can help with loneliness and sadness. What some of the powerful research findings are regarding pets and people. How a dog can help bring some welcomed...
Continue readingBig dogs and little owners: How I avoided a midlife crisis
Dogs were always part of my life. Big dogs, little dogs, slobbery dogs, messy dogs. The works. My family bred St. Bernards when I was a young child. We did the dog show thing too and I showed in the puppy class. My dad even became a dog show judge. Having five St. Bernards...
Continue readingThe case of the missing cheese grater—and midlife memory
The mini cheese grater is missing. Midlife memory? Or something else? It’s been missing for a week now and it’s driving my husband and me crazy. This cheese grater was not kept in the kitchen. It was the cutest little green MINI grater that’s used for things like garlic and spices. Or for grating...
Continue readingThe power of old movies, memories and midlife
Memories from childhood are much easier with the help of old movies. Have you had the pleasure of watching old movies from your childhood? I did and it was amazing. My mom had the foresight to transfer all of the old 8mm movies to videotape in the late 80s. I lived about 500 miles...
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