What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How Jewelry Design Helped with Getting Unstuck in Midlife: Why figuring out what makes you tick is key to figuring out your next career direction in midlife. Why it’s important to prioritize your values when moving ahead with your plan. How being spontaneous when you want to...
Continue readingEP #174: Best Midlife Career Changes We All Wish We Made in Our 30s
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about a Midlife Career Change We All Wish We Made in Our 30s: Why you should reflect on what made you happy at work when you were younger. Why identifying what you liked about old jobs and what you didn’t like can help you now. Why learning to...
Continue readingWhen it’s Fun to Be Scared
When you’re scared in midlife, fear can be interesting…and sometimes even fun. I did something scary. It felt scary when I thought about doing it over the last few years. It felt scary when I made a commitment to do it. It felt scary when I hired help to get it done. It felt...
Continue readingEP #171: 4 Ways to Reinvent Yourself in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Ways to Reinvent Yourself in Midlife: Why it’s more common than you might think to make fear based decisions. Why planning for your next chapter and reinvention can never hit the top of the list in midlife. Why it’s important to be intentional about regret-proofing your life....
Continue readingWhy It’s Important to Learn More about Money in Midlife with Chika Obih, CPA (Ep #170)
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Learning More about Money in Midlife: Why it’s common for some midlife women to have a money block . How empowering yourself around money issues like tax can reduce fear. Why tax literacy can be especially important in midlife. Why help from a financial professional can be...
Continue readingEP #169: Naked, Afraid and Vulnerable in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Being Naked, Afraid and Vulnerable in Midlife: What it’s like when every day starts to feel the same in midlife. How the Finally First Club supports you putting yourself first. What it’s like to have big epiphanies in midlife about overwhelm and procrastination. How to find out...
Continue readingEP #167: 9 Mind Hacks When You’re Feeling Troubled by Uncertainty
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Mind Hacks and Uncertainty: Why it’s so common to assume that life is more certain than it is. How thinking that life should be different than it is can create more anxiety. How both the midlife and Covid-19 experience share much unpredictability. Why understanding what your thoughts...
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 readingEP #103: FOMO in Midlife: 4 Tips to Reduce Fear of Missing Out
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What fear of missing out (FOMO) looks like in midlife. Why you feel FOMO. What FOMO feels like. How your thinking creates feelings of fear and anxiety. Four easy tips to reduce FOMO. Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle podcast! When you feel FOMO,...
Continue readingEP #96: 6 Confusion Hacks for Important Midlife Decisions
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s common to be confused in midlife. Why being confused may actually be serving you. How to get more perspective on the confusing situation at hand. Why it’s important to make a decision instead of indulge in confusion. How to use the “FLOWER POWER CONFUSION HACKS” to...
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