What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How empty nest can open the door to re-designing your home. How you can find happiness in unexpected places when your kids leave, including with your new found space. Why thinking about how you want to feel in your home can involve paint color. Why it’s important to...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How it’s common to think about what you can’t do in midlife instead of what you can do. How the concept “50 Unplugged” is being used to refer to “unplugging” from negative aging stereotypes so you can get excited about your life. Why falling in love with your...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How you can have a huge, meaningful impact on people without knowing them personally. How being confidently authentic, even when you’re too “extra” for some, can be incredibly impactful. Why the saying, “die before cry” when there’s a stressful work situation, isn’t the only option for women. Why...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Tips to avoid a disastrous relocation experience. How having an empty nest can open exciting doors to relocate. Why Internet searches can make moving to a new town more complicated. Why it’s important to really understand what you want when you think about moving. How it becomes difficult...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Tips to decide to pursue art full-time as a pre-retirement plan. What it’s like to manage your mind when the timing isn’t right in your life. How to be patient with yourself as you learn new skills and try on a new identity. What it’s like to finally...
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to have a drastic empty nest experience after all your kids leave, including triplets. What it’s like to realize that your childhood dance training gave you teaching skills you never appreciated. How an empty nest can quiet down your life so you finally have the...
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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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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How a wake up call can really push you forward when you’re hesitant about change. How losing loved ones can shake you up and help you think about what you really want in life. What it was like to think about leaving a 25 year job only 5...
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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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What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why being young at heart is a state of mind. Why you fight aging. Why thinking “I just don’t look as good as I did” isn’t useful at all when it comes to your feelings. How feeling silly can be related to thinking you’re young at heart. How...
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