What You’ll Learn from this Episode about the Urge to Compare & Despair: Why understanding your urge to compare and despair can help you grow. Why comparing yourself to others can create unnecessary negative emotion in midlife. The common feelings and experiences created when you engage in “compare and despair”. Why it’s common for...
Continue readingEP #164: Why You Need to Get to Know your Midlife Sexual Self with Dr. Sonia Wright
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Get to Know your Midlife Sexual Self: Why libido, intimacy and sex can be big issues in midlife. How Sonia found her passion by helping others find theirs. Why it’s important to think about your sexual self in midlife as a separate phase of your...
Continue readingEP #163: Why You Need to Get Over Feeling Stuck in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Feeling Stuck: Why getting unstuck has everything to do with your thoughts. Why being stuck is a choice. How thinking about how you can help others can help you get unstuck. Why certain types of feelings can actually keep you stuck. Why the responsibility to unstuck yourself...
Continue readingEP #162: 5 Amazing Midlife Questions to Live your Best Life
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about How to Live your Best Life: The five best midlife questions to ask about how to life your best life. Why the questions you ask yourself in midlife out of habit are important. Why asking yourself certain questions will get in your way so that you don’t...
Continue readingEP #161: 4 Midlife Myths Women Need to Put Aside NOW for Their Own Wellbeing
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Midlife Myths: How to look for clues about the origin of the midlife myths you believe. What four common midlife myths are and why they are a problem. How understanding how a myth works in your brain can create more wellbeing. Why being intentional about your beliefs...
Continue readingEP #160: When the Pandemic Tries to Ruin your 50th Birthday with Diane Shephard
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about when the Pandemic Tries to Ruin your 50th Birthday Plans with Diane Shephard: How to rebound when the pandemic tries to ruin your 50th birthday plans. How to rebound when your extensive 50th birthday plans get cancelled. How to think through what’s really important about important milestones....
Continue readingEP #159: Stories that Keep You Stuck in Midlife
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Stories that Keep you Feeling Stuck: Why the stories that you tell yourself can keep you stuck. How to move forward when you catch yourself believing a story automatically. Why it’s a good idea to be curious about your thoughts. The three different ways that stories can...
Continue readingMidlife, Mindfulness & Being the Queen of your Brain Domain
Midlife can be a coming of age for many, and it’s often like that with mindfulness. Being in midlife can help you finally feel like a grown-up, at least a little bit. I think of middle age as the perfect opportunity to become the “Queen of your Brain Domain™” and live your best life....
Continue readingHow to Put FIRE into your MIDLIFE FUN this Summer!
Is your Midlife FUN on FIRE? My guess is that it’s not. And you’re not alone! Sometimes, you have to be intentional about living in a way that puts fun into midlife at the best of times. FUN has taken a hit this summer big time. So many are feeling stuck. There are a...
Continue readingEP #158: Finding Peace as a Midlife Woman with Jennifer Forster
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Finding Peace as a Midlife Woman: What it’s like to feel that “nudge” that your life needs to change. How to move forward when you don’t have a clear plan forward. How to rediscover who you are in midlife, perhaps who you always were. Why we’re conditioned...
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