EP #219: Midlife Memories of Funny Little Lies from Childhood What you will learn about midlife memories and exploring funny little lies from childhood. What you’ll learn about midlife memories and exploring funny little lies from childhood. Why it’s fun to remember little lies from childhood now in midlife. Why it is interesting to...
Continue readingTime to hire a midlife transition coach?
Are you thinking about hiring a midlife transition coach? Hiring a coach is a great idea when you feel stuck. And it’s not a surprise to feel stuck in midlife! Here’s the thing: A lot goes on in the midlife years. There are so many ups and downs and hormonal everything. Career angst. Empty...
Continue readingEP #180: Covid-19 and Extra Family Stress with Sara Dimerman
What You’ll Learn during this Episode about Covid-19 and Extra Family Stress with Sara Dimerman: Why COVID-19 can cause extra family stress and create division within families. Why family meetings are an excellent strategy to cope with stress at home. Why roommates at college and university are also experiencing a lot of stress. How...
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 #48: Gray Divorce in Midlife, Interview with Eva Sachs
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Gray Divorce in Midlife with Eva Sachs: What it’s like to have a gray divorce in midlife after a long marriage. Why gray divorce is a current trend with boomers. How online dating is feeding into the trend of gray divorce. How there’s more freedom for women...
Continue readingEP #46: Why I Left Teaching & Moved Home after my Husband Died, Interview with Jen Mowrer
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like to question your happiness in your career when you have a stable teaching job. What it’s like to be a widow in your 40s. What dating in your 40s is like as a widow. How working with children helped me cope after my husband died....
Continue readingCareer Change: Why I Said Goodbye to my Medical Practice, Interview with Katrina Ubell, MD, Ep 45
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Career Change: The Decision to Leave a Medical Practice with Katrina Ubell, MD: What it’s like to think about a career change and question your happiness in your career, especially as a physician. How having aging parents helped focus my priorities and realize my career wasn’t a...
Continue readingEP #43: Empty Nest from the Inside Out, Interview with a Kid who Flew Away
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Empty Nest from the Inside Out: What it’s like to experience empty nest from the inside out, your kids’ perspective What it’s like for your kid to to leave home and go away to university. Why living with other students is an awesome intermediary stage of life....
Continue readingEP #34: Expect the Unexpected when You Have an Empty Nest, Lizards and All
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: What it’s like when kids go in and out of the nest for years How, even with adult children, the unexpected will happen, for sure How difficult it can be when a pet dies when your kid is away at college or university How your thoughts can block...
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...
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