Ep 259: Making Music Matter More in Midlife with Adriana Barton What You’ll Learn About Making Music Matter More in Midlife: Why it’s important to understand the effect of stress, burnout, and menopause in midlife. What it’s like to start studying cello seriously at such a young age. What it’s like to confront one...
Continue readingEP #202: Looking for Personal Happiness Clues in Midlife
What You’ll Learn in this Episode about Looking for Personal Happiness Clues in Midlife: How to find clues for more happiness in midlife. Why you might be feeling resistance to being happier. Why knowing what makes you happier may not be enough. Why it’s important to look for clues to happiness in your childhood....
Continue readingEP #197: Fill Your Career with Joy and Become a Digital Nomad in Midlife with Jennifer Trask
What You’ll Learn in this Episode about Filling your Career with Joy and Become a Digital Nomad in Midlife: Why filling your career with joy and making sure you’re having fun at work is quite relevant. What you need to know if you want to have a laptop lifestyle as a digital nomad. Why...
Continue readingMidlife Lessons from a Mulberry Tree
Midlife lessons are everywhere and sometimes they are surprising. I saw something pretty interesting last week with my Mulberry tree. One day it was full of leaves. The next day, it had none. It dropped ALL of it’s leaves over night. One night. It was standing there naked when I noticed it in the...
Continue readingEP #137: 6 Steps to Make your Midlife Plans More Fun
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about how to make Midlife Plans more Fun: Why it’s common to just plan for adequacy when you try to make midlife plans more fun. How being untethered at this age and stage of life can be advantageous when you make midlife plans. Why you should consider amplifying...
Continue readingEP #95: 8 Top Tips for More Midlife Travel
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about 8 Top Tips for More Midlife Travel: Why you may not make travel a priority. What you might be thinking that’s getting in the way of you travelling more. How your thinking is related to your travel plans. Why understanding the risk of fear-based decision making is...
Continue readingEP #94: Big Midlife Mistakes & 4 Secrets to Avoid Them
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Big Midlife Mistakes & 4 Secrets to Avoid them: Why it’s common to make mistakes in midlife. What the common mistakes are that are so easy to make. How your thinking is related to the midlife mistakes you’re making. Why taking full responsibility for your life outcomes...
Continue readingEP #93: My Unique Midlife Perspective from Losing my Parents as a Kid
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Losing Parents as a Kid: What losing my parents as a kid was like. How your life experience of parental death creates a unique lens from which to view your world. Why sharing a personal life story is important . How knowing that “life is short” can...
Continue readingEP #92: 3 Reasons Why You Should Act your Shoe Size instead of your Age in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about 3 Reasons Why you Should Act Your Shoe Size instead of your Age in Midlife: Three reasons why acting your shoe size instead of your age is a great idea in midlife. How what you think about age can affect your feelings in midlife. How curiosity can...
Continue readingEp #90: 9 Secrets to Get Unstuck in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode About Secrets to Get Unstuck in Midlife: Why it’s common to feel stuck and want to get unstuck in midlife, especially your 50s. Why the way you think about being stuck can affect your ability to unstick yourself. How understanding that your excuses are optional can help you...
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