What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about Feeling Like you’re in a Midlife Funk : What exactly a midlife funk is and how it differs from a midlife crisis. The power of life coaching in midlife and why everyone needs it, especially us women in the middle. Why being in a midlife funk...
Continue readingEp #4: Midlife Empty Nest and When It’s Finally Time for Your Baby to Go to College
What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about Empty Nest in Midlife: Common anxious thoughts that plague empty nesters in midlife. My personal “Life Lessons from Mom” list that I run through before a kid leaves for college. The difference between thoughts and facts and why you must understand this distinction. How to manage...
Continue readingEp #3: Do You Feel Your Age? – Tips for Good Mental Hygiene in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about Feeling your Age and Good Mental Hygiene in Midlife: What you need to know about feeling your age and good mental hygiene in midlife. Why we sometimes forget our age in midlife. What makes us feel young or old. The best way to change how you...
Continue readingEp #2: The Model – Your Mindfulness Framework in Midlife and Beyond
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Using a Mindfulness Framework in Midlife: The power of mindfulness in midlife and what it’s all about. The most useful tool for managing your midlife mind. How we get the results we have in our life and make things happen. How The Thought Model works and how...
Continue readingHow to get through your midlife funk
It takes someone older and wiser to get through a midlife funk. Why? Because a midlife funk only happens to someone is actually older and wiser. Hard to believe that it’s even happening to you, right? You probably can’t believe you’re as old as you are. I can’t, that’s for sure. I even forget...
Continue readingFalling in love again at my age…with a pair of shoes
Ladies, it happened. I fell in love again…with a pair of shoes…at my age. At 53, I thought I was too old. I thought I forgot that special feeling. I thought I was over this sort of thing. I thought I would never experience intense emotion like this again. But then….I saw them across...
Continue readingWhy my layoff was the best surprise ever!
When I received a layoff notice five years ago this week, it was an unwelcome surprise. I was minding my own business, deep in thought at work when I got the knock at my door. I was told, “I need you for a meeting.” Even though I was caught off guard, I knew instantly...
Continue readingWhy you should do something scary
We spend most of our lives trying to feel better, be more comfortable and avoid scary things. Most of us don’t go out of our way to do something that creates fear. Wouldn’t you agree? The older we get and more control we have over our lives, the more this seems to be so....
Continue readingThree incredibly simple ways to change your thoughts to create what you want
It’s not always easy to think intentionally. You know you have to change your thoughts. But you don’t yet believe your new thoughts. Sometimes, you also know that you’re in a funk. You feel it. You see it. You’re not happy about it. You’re stuck. And even though you sense that you know what...
Continue readingWhy a midlife funk is the best news ever!
What if being in a midlife funk was a good thing instead of a bad thing? Seriously. Think about it. There are lots of times in your life that something “bad” ends up turning into something “good.” Sometimes it’s surprising, but it’s hard to deny. Midlife transition can be one of those times. Let’s...
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