Three Amazing Reasons to Ditch your Bad Underwear in Midlife Ladies, what’s going on with ugly underwear and the whole midlife thing? I remember having nice underwear, back in the day. It was never that fancy. And I never had a lot of it. But I remember having some particularly nice underwear, and a...
Continue readingThree tips to procrastinate less
Most of us are familiar with the fine art of procrastination. It’s a definition we know well; procrastination is all about putting things off or delaying… Until another day… Until another time… Until you finish watching five more YouTube videos about sloths crossing the road or quintuplet babies giggling their adorable little faces off....
Continue readingWhy being grateful for your body is a good idea
How often do you feel grateful? More and more of us are starting to understand the importance of having more gratitude in our lives. Like anything, it takes practice to develop new habits. And for many, feeling gratitude more often is a new habit. But what about the way you feel about YOU ?...
Continue readingGot the “what’s for dinner” blues? 5 great tips to help
Hello. My name is Suzy. I’m a Life Coach. And I have no freakin’ clue what’s for dinner. Sweet child of mine, oh how I love seeing you after school. That smile. That face. Those eyes. And then you ask that question. Before hello. Before you utter any other word. Before ANYTHING ELSE. “What’s...
Continue readingThe surprising reason you’re miserable at work
It can be pretty frustrating to be miserable at work. Midlife misery loves company, so…let’s have an honest talk about that job of yours that looks fantastic on paper. You know which one I’m talking about, right? the job with amazing benefits the job with more paid vacation than you’ve ever had before the...
Continue readingHow to navigate college and midlife transitions better
Life transitions can be hard. I find myself frequently surrounded by handsome young men at the brink of making some pretty stressful college and university choices. Unfortunately, it’s not because of my charming personality. It’s simply because of the age and stage of my high school and college-aged sons and all of their friends....
Continue readingWhen being green with envy is a good thing
Have you ever had that not-so-wonderful shade of “green envy” wash over your body? You know what I mean. It was a time that you noticed you actually felt green with envy, or inadequate or envious because you wanted what someone else had. Now that you’re older, you may have even thought that...
Continue readingThe surprising truth about being too busy
Feel too busy? Being too busy. How often does this come out of your mouth? I noticed a few things about this thing we call “busy” when I was in my backyard recently. I was keenly aware of a particularly loud airplane. I wondered if there’s always been airplane noise like that or not....
Continue readingHow often do you think about what you want?
Did you ever wonder how you spend your “thinking time” on any given day? The first time I was asked to track time and do a time audit was at my first professional job as a tobacco use health educator in a health department. We needed to think about and tally up the time...
Continue readingCan you teach an old dog new tricks? Midlife and learning new things
We are older and we have a young dog. When my husband signed us up for a two-day carting workshop (my dog, Niko the Landseer Newfoundland, my husband and me), I was hesitant. I didn’t see why my dog would embrace the strange skill of actually pulling a large cart. I thought things like:...
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