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...
Continue readingEP #62: How Midlife Envy can Lead to Moving Abroad, Interview with Leslie Ender
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...
Continue readingEP #61: How to Find Joy when you Quit your Job without a Plan, Interview with Rose Schmidt
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Find Joy in Midlife when You Quit Your Job without a Plan with Rose Schmidt: How to find joy in midlife when you quit your job without a plan. How a wake up call can really push you forward when you’re hesitant about change. How...
Continue readingEP #60: How to Think and Grow Young: Being Young at Heart
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...
Continue readingEP #59: Why a Midlife Mentor is a Priority, Interview with Jenny Shih
What You’ll Learn from this Podcast Episode about the Priority of having a Midlife Mentor with Jenny Shih: How a midlife mentor can help you in life and in business. Why it’s hard to anticipate who you may learn from as a midlife mentor. Why soul searching is critical to creating a business that...
Continue readingEP #58: How to Use Words to Change your Life, Interview with Mary Shores
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How your basement is a metaphor for your unconscious mind. How the words you use show you your unconscious belief system. How midlife can be the perfect time to focus on strengths. How using your personal strengths to do things differently can change everything for you. The real...
Continue readingEP #57: Starting a Scary, New Thing like Running, Interview with Jill Angie
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why you procrastinate doing things you want to do. Why consuming (e.g., buying courses and clothes) feels like you’re really doing something and can be appealing. What it’s like to overcome fear and overwhelm to try something new, like running. Why it’s important to figure out the actual...
Continue readingEP #56: When you Realize you’re a Grown Ass Woman
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 readingWhen your Podcast has its FIRST birthday!
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...
Continue readingEP #55: Why you Need a Midlife Mentor, Interview with Kendrick Shope
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Why you Need a Midlife Mentor with Kendrick Shope: How having a midlife mentor can help you in business. How sometimes you don’t anticipate who your midlife mentor will be. Why it’s sometimes important to NOT take yourself too seriously in business. Why it’s important to figure...
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