Are you Saying NOW to your WOW in Midlife? The ability to actually create more AWE and WONDER in your life really is yours. And, my friend, this weird pandemic time in your life is the PERFECT time to focus on just this sort of thing. You might be scratching your head (with your...
Continue readingEP #148: 5 Togetherness Tips when your Empty Nest Fills Up Again
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about When your Empty Nest Fills Up Again: What You’ll Learn from this Episode about When your Empty Nest Fills Up again: Why it’s important to acknowledge that living with adult children again in midlife is a significant transition for everyone. Why the experience of adult children moving...
Continue readingEP #147: The Beauty and Curse of Midlife Boredom
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about the Beauty and Curse of Midlife Boredom: Why it’s important to understand midlife boredom. Why boredom is common during the pandemic but also common for midlife women. What it can mean for you to understand that your thinking creates your emotions like being bored. How boredom might...
Continue readingThe Call for Calm, Even Now
A lot sure has happened in the world recently that is the opposite of calm. So much intense emotion that’s actually a bit shocking. This public health news story came in with a ROAR. There didn’t seem to be an initiation phase to get “us” fully informed. There wasn’t really a problem that required...
Continue readingPimples at 50 and other midlife surprises
Pimples look pretty cool under a nice magnification mirror in midlife, don’t they? I’m not sure exactly how old I was when I discovered how much fun and also how scary a magnification mirror could be. It was decades ago! I think it must have been when I was about 12 or 13 years...
Continue readingFeeling EMPTY without a NEST
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 readingEP #121: Retrain your Brain to Think on Purpose in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Retrain your Brain to Think on Purpose: Why it’s important to think on purpose. Why you have to make a big effort to think on purpose. How to remind yourself to think on purpose. How thinking on purpose can change the outcomes in your life....
Continue readingEP #120: Angry in Midlife: How Writing Changed My Life with Valerie Runyan
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Being Angry in Midlife: Why it’s so common to be angry in midlife and how writing can change your life. Why it’s also common for a midlife funk to drag on for several years, especially when anger is involved. Why turning 50 can spark a big life...
Continue readingThe Anatomy of a Midlife Spin
Are you stuck in a midlife spin? When you’re caught up in a midlife spin, you probably feel like you have a ton of thoughts swirling around up there. Sounds like a classic thought-loop. If you’re feeling stuck, thought-loops like this are a likely culprit. There are all kinds of reasons that you spin...
Continue readingEP #119: Thinking about Time in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Thinking about Time in Midlife: Why it’s so common to think about running out of time in midlife. Why you need to be aware of how you’re thinking about life passing you by. How you can manage your mind about the way you think about time. How...
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