What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How a feminist perspective can help you become even more aware of the ways you think about your body. Why the thoughts you grow up thinking don’t only come from your parents. How you can surprise yourself with awareness of how your own thoughts about your body don’t...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to envy your kids’ college plans. What it’s like to learn to trust your adult children when they travel. How empty nest can open doors for your own midlife adventure. What lifestyle changes are like when you move to Austria. How noticing that you’ve always...
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When you think about it, being young at heart is a state of mind. What’s so great about midlife mindfulness work is that you learn that we have way more control over what we think than we might expect. Thoughts about the way you think about age is a great example of this; you...
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Happy Birthday to Women in the Middle! There’s excitement in the air my friends! The Women in the Middle Podcast is turning 1 !!!!! Yes. It’s true. MY BABY IS TURNING ONE. I really can’t believe it. Much like when you’re kids grow up and get ready to move out. So much has happened...
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Interview with Dr. Jackie Auguste. How achieving your goal doesn’t always protect you from a midlife funk. How you can love your job but still need more. How you know that something’s missing in midlife. What it feels like when you can’t ignore something that you need to feel fulfilled. How creativity can show...
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Ladies, I’m in menopause and having a midlife love affair…with my tweezers. I can’t imagine going a day without them. Without holding them in my hand. Without being so grateful we know each other so intimately. My tweezers know my deepest, darkest secrets. We’re all quite aware of many of the physical changes that...
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I’m only 53 and am surrounded by retired friends. I love having friends of all ages. Lately, I find myself going to retirement parties just as frequently as 50th birthday parties and baby showers! It’s a phase of life that I know less about and I’m fascinated to learn more. Just fascinated. Not because...
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Many of us feel stuck from time to time in our lives. Midlife. Mind muck. Stuck. Yuck. Feeling stuck is soooooo common when we roll into our midlife transition years. You know, milestone birthdays, 40s and 50s, perimenopause and menopause. We’ve been told that it’s a time of great opportunity. That doors can be...
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Is midlife transition a midlife crisis? I seemed to manage my 40th birthday with flying colors. I decided I would have a birthday party at a nice, smoke free pool hall. We celebrated with speeches, funny songs and a beautiful, custom cake. Lots of fun. I felt great. I remember doing some thought work...
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Menopause and joy aren’t two words that can commonly be found together in a happy little headline. I’m here to suggest that sometimes they just might go together just fine. Maybe not as nicely as peanut butter and jelly. Perhaps not as great as apple pie and vanilla ice cream. And maybe not right...
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