What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Midlife Vacation Mindset Power Why it’s important to understand what being in midlife means to you. Why being in midlife can throw some challenging obstacles in your way. Why it’s critical to learn to think on purpose, especially on vacation. How to think in a way that...
Continue readingEP #86: How to Prioritize Downtime in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Prioritize Downtime in Midlife: Why it’s important to prioritize downtime in midlife. Why prioritizing downtime can be a struggle. How the concept of productivity is related to downtime. How committing to downtime can improve your life and your health. Why many midlife women think downtime...
Continue reading4 Easy Tips to Worry Less
Is worry something you do every day? So many of us waste too much time on worry, so here are 4 easy tips to worry less. Are you curious why you choose to worry? Sounds a bit weird, right? I know you’re probably thinking, “hey, wait a minute. I don’t choose worry; it chooses...
Continue readingHow to leave food on your plate
People who know me well are quite aware of my love of seafood. I really love eating at seafood restaurants. I guess the bottom line is that I love when someone else makes food for me. Don’t we all? My aunt and uncle from Palm Springs share this love and took me to a...
Continue readingVacations WITHOUT kids: How I forgot how to hold my husband’s hand and other midlife observations
It took years for us to finally take a vacation without kids. We loved to go camping in our pop-up tent trailer when the kids were little. My friends used to joke, “if the trailer is a rockin’, don’t come a knockin.” Truth be told, our trailer was stationary. No rockin’ going on. Just...
Continue readingFamily vacations, sailing adventures, hurricanes and midlife stress
Can you still be a good mom if take your family on a sailing trip with a hurricane or two? I was super excited for our family vacation this year. We would be flying to the Caribbean to board a catamaran to go sailing for a glorious week filled with fun, sun and aquatic...
Continue readingSummer camp can be bittersweet when it’s your kid’s last year
Camp is part of our summer tradition. Or at least it has meant that for the past 10 years. So the fact that I got to go to camp last weekend felt like going home. I also got to see my youngest son, now 16 years old, as the male lead in the camp...
Continue readingLosing my job and rediscovering myself: My two year dream-aversary
Not all anniversaries are created equal, like when it’s related to losing your job. I never thought about losing my job and anniversary in the same sentence. It seems like one of my most prevalent thoughts in my 50s is, “where does the time go?” It was two years ago this week that I...
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