What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Find Joy in Midlife when You Quit Your Job without a Plan with Rose Schmidt: How to find joy in midlife when you quit your job without a plan. How a wake up call can really push you forward when you’re hesitant about change. How...
Continue readingOvercoming Fear to Start Something New when you’re 50 plus
It can be such a drag to want to do something new but be afraid to start, especially when you’re over 50. It doesn’t even make much sense when you think about it. But…so many of us all procrastinate doing things we WANT to do. Can you relate? Here’s what you do instead of...
Continue readingEP #56: When you Realize you’re a Grown Ass Woman
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it feels like to realize you’re actually a grown-up. What it’s like to look around and realize you’re the oldest woman in the group or class. When you notice you’re a bit resistant to do something that you actually want to do. How even when you consider...
Continue readingEP #49: My Decision to let my Hair Go Gray in Midlife, Interview with Perri Bender
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about the Decision to Go Gray in Midlife: What it’s like to struggle with the decision to go gray in midlife. What it’s like to struggle with the decision to keep coloring your gray hair in midlife. Why you can feel chained to this expensive and time-consuming routine...
Continue readingEP #48: Gray Divorce in Midlife, Interview with Eva Sachs
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Gray Divorce in Midlife with Eva Sachs: What it’s like to have a gray divorce in midlife after a long marriage. Why gray divorce is a current trend with boomers. How online dating is feeding into the trend of gray divorce. How there’s more freedom for women...
Continue readingEP #47: Are you playing small in midlife?
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Playing Small in Midlife: What it’s like when you just don’t show up like you know you can in midlife. Why it’s common to play small and stay small in midlife. Why you might choose to stay small. Why you might act this way out of fear....
Continue readingEP #46: Why I Left Teaching & Moved Home after my Husband Died, Interview with Jen Mowrer
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to question your happiness in your career when you have a stable teaching job. What it’s like to be a widow in your 40s. What dating in your 40s is like as a widow. How working with children helped me cope after my husband died....
Continue readingCareer Change: Why I Said Goodbye to my Medical Practice, Interview with Katrina Ubell, MD, Ep 45
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Career Change: The Decision to Leave a Medical Practice with Katrina Ubell, MD: What it’s like to think about a career change and question your happiness in your career, especially as a physician. How having aging parents helped focus my priorities and realize my career wasn’t a...
Continue readingEP #43: Empty Nest from the Inside Out, Interview with a Kid who Flew Away
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Empty Nest from the Inside Out: What it’s like to experience empty nest from the inside out, your kids’ perspective What it’s like for your kid to to leave home and go away to university. Why living with other students is an awesome intermediary stage of life....
Continue reading4 Amazing Reasons to Grow!
If growing is so hard, why bother putting in the effort? It wouldn’t surprise me if you asked yourself that question every once in awhile. Here are 4 amazing reasons to grow, even when you really have to push yourself. I like to call this concept “GROW TIME.” It’s about deciding when it’s time to...
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