What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What “strengths” are. Why it’s important to understand your strengths. How understanding your strengths can help you contribute at the highest level. What the Clifton Strengths assessment and tools are all about. How re-connecting with your strengths can help drive your happiness in midlife. How your strengths can...
Continue readingEP #36: Why Multitasking is Bad for Your Health in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Why Multi-tasking is Bad for Your Health in Midlife: Why it’s common to think multitasking makes you more productive. How multitasking actually slows you down. Why multitasking feels efficient. Why multitasking is really “switchtasking.” Tips to focus on one thing at a time. Welcome to another episode...
Continue readingEP #34: Expect the Unexpected when You Have an Empty Nest, Lizards and All
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like when kids go in and out of the nest for years How, even with adult children, the unexpected will happen, for sure How difficult it can be when a pet dies when your kid is away at college or university How your thoughts can block...
Continue readingWhy Midlife is the Perfect Time to Regret-Proof Your Life!
I think that your midlife is actually the best time to regret proof your life. Why? Because you’re older and wiser. Simple as that. Here’s what I mean by regret-proofing. Regret-proofing is what you can do ON PURPOSE to make sure that you don’t have regrets in your life. See what I mean? As women...
Continue readingEP #33: How to Start Regret-Proofing Your Life – BONUS Minisode
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Regret-Proofing your Life: What “regret-proofing your life is all about. 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...
Continue readingEP #32: How to be More Accountable
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Be more Accountable in Midlife: How to be more accountable in mildife. 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...
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 #16: Surprising Lessons from Leaving a Long-Term Job in Midlife with Wendy Goodridge
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Leaving a Long-Term Job in Midlife: Wendy’s experience with leaving her career and the challenges she experienced along the way in midlife. What it took for Wendy to see that losing her job was something that happened for her rather than to her. The biggest epiphanies she...
Continue readingEp #10: How to Adjust to your Empty Nest “Normal” after Your Kids Leave for University
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about your Empty Nest New Normal: My personal experience with empty nest and a kid leaving for university. The questions you should ask yourself about how you feel about your empty nest. How the thoughts you are thinking affect your current situation in life. My tips to help...
Continue readingEp #5: Feeling Like You’re in a Midlife Funk, and Why It’s the Best News Ever!
What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about Feeling Like you’re in a Midlife Funk : What exactly a midlife funk is and how it differs from a midlife crisis. The power of life coaching in midlife and why everyone needs it, especially us women in the middle. Why being in a midlife funk...
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