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 #52: Is It Time for an Empty Nest Dog?
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why bringing a dog into your family can be great when you have an empty nest. How your relationship with your dog can help with loneliness and sadness. What some of the powerful research findings are regarding pets and people. How a dog can help bring some welcomed...
Continue readingEP #51: Drinking More than You Want in Midlife, Interview with Rachel Hart
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why there are many women “in the middle” who drink more than they want. How and why the amount you drink can change over your lifetime. Why shame is associated with drinking more than you want. How stress and anxiety can be challenging when you’re trying to drink...
Continue readingEP #45: Why I Said Goodbye to my Medical Practice, Interview with Katrina Ubell, MD
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to question your happiness in your career, especially as a physician. How having aging parents helped me realize my career wasn’t a good fit with my life. How lack of flexibility in my job as a pediatrician became the final straw. How approaching a milestone...
Continue readingEP #44: When You’re Too Busy
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s common in midlife to feel too busy. Why feeling too busy is actually caused by the way you think about time. How feeling too busy can create unnecessary stress. How feeling too busy to cut a mango helped illuminate a problem with priorities. Why feeling too...
Continue readingEP #43: Empty Nest from the Inside Out, Interview with a Kid who Flew Away
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s really like to leave home and go away to university. Why living with other students is an awesome intermediary stage of life. How being away at camp is both similar and different to going away to college. How cleanliness is greatly appreciated. How having a lot...
Continue readingEP #42: When you Get a Midlife Wake Up Call
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What a midlife wake-up call looks like. What a wake-up call feels like. How to take the important next steps when you get a wake-up call. How wake-up calls can seem obvious but still be surprising. Why milestone birthdays, like turning 50, can really shake you up. The...
Continue readingEP #41: How to Build an Adventurous Attitude, Interview with Stacey Newman Weldon
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s important to take baby steps when it comes to trying new things. How you never know where you’re going to get insight that will change your life. How blogging can help you share your story and grow your business. Why it’s important to shift your thinking...
Continue readingEP #40: How Selling my Business Helped Me Discover Myself Again, Interview with Sara Petroff
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How getting too busy after a significant death in the family can prevent proper grief. How to finally make a painfully difficult business decision. How walking through fear can be one of the most important things you need to do. How it can be time to move on...
Continue readingEP #39: Why What You Loved as a Kid is Important in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why it’s important to understand what you loved as a kid. How identifying what you always loved growing up can bring you insights in midlife. How to look at your passions and interests from your childhood in a different light. How clues from your past can help you...
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