Women in the Middle®: Loving Life After 50 - Midlife Coach Podcast

Your dog can teach you many life lessons, especially in midlife. I always knew the relationship with my dogs over the years were significant, but I didn't really understand the whole extent. Through loving my dog, I realized several significant insights. Unconditional love is one of the most intense and life changing emotional experiences you can share with your dog. But there's more; you can also...

Who knew that mermaids could play an important role in learning how to dream again? It's important to believe that the best might just be yet to come! My guest today is Carmen Mantione. Carmen suffered a huge loss in her early 40's when her husband died after suffering with an aggressive cancer. She was a widow at 42 and was at a loss as to what to do after his death. She ended up taking a vacatio...

Genealogy can help you with defining your family legacy and is perfect to explore in midlife. My guest today is Laurie Hermance-Moore and her passion is finding information. As a genealogist accredited by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGenSM), Laurie Hermance-Moore helps clients craft their family's legacy. With thirty years of research experie...

Turning 50 and dealing with your new empty nest can be a wake-up call that turns your life upside down. That's what happened to my guest this week, Kelly Christian. Kelly's a woman who has owned her own private dyslexia tutoring practice for close to a decade but felt like life was turning upside down as she headed into her 50's. She knew she needed to make some changes but didn't know where to st...

Grief is a pretty common emotion in midlife. Experiencing loss is part of the human experience. My guest today is Krista St-Germain; she's a Master Certified Life Coach, grief expert, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-203-re-evaluating-your-life-after-grief-in-midlife-with-krista-st-germain/

Finding and acknowledging what makes you happy can be a critical skill in midlife. Looking for personal happiness clues in your life can really help you be happier long-term. One of the best sources of personal happiness clues may be your childhood. You will likely find clues to your happiness in obvious places as well as non-obvious places. Once you know what has made you happy before, you have a...

Skin cancer in midlife can be extremely scary. May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and I'm so pleased to be able to share important information. My guest this month is someone who knows all too well how important it is to increase your awareness about skin cancer because she's a survivor of melanoma. She's also my sister. Learn more here!

Long-term friendships in midlife are a beautiful thing. To help me celebrate the 200th podcast milestone on the Women in the Middle, I've invited some of my personal long-term friends to the podcast this week. Learn more.

This is a mini-episode to let you know about an exciting new coaching opportunity for you if you're feeling stuck about your midlife career. It's called Clear on Career and it starts May 12, 2021. If you're in a midlife career funk, you don't have to feel so alone. It can be extremely frustrating to waste so much time feeling stuck like this. Learn more.

Curious about planning ahead for pre-retirement, retirement or just midlife in general? You might just be sitting in and on a gold mine. My guest today is Dorothy Mazeau, Founder of Golden HomeSharing Connections and its online database, Golden Girls Canada. If you're like me, you probably remember the TV show the Golden Girls. What a fun idea it was to live with your cool girlfriends. Well, it tu...

Do you struggle with problem-solving in midlife? It's not uncommon for some of us to get stuck and have more difficulty with decision-making and moving forward. This can get in your way and prevent you from accomplishing your goals. When problem-solving isn't effortless, it can create a lot of stress and regret about not accomplishing your goals. You can be really hard on yourself and end up makin...

Do you love what you're doing and what your career is doing for you in midlife? It seems like an obvious question, but really think about it. You might not be as intentional now in midlife as you could be. My guest today is Mindset Coach and Business Advisor for Coaches, Jennifer Trask. She's all about filling her life with joy in her career and being a digital nomad. Learn more here.

Have you felt really stuck about something in midlife? Once you're stuck for awhile, the next thought could be, who can help me? That's when you just might wonder if it would be worth it to you to hire a midlife coach. Does this sound familiar? If you want to save time and apply the coaching concepts you're learning here on the Women in the Middle Podcast, getting help with understanding your thin...

Do you know what you crave in midlife? It's common to be more disconnected from this kind of feeling as adults. However, you were likely an expert at craving what you wanted as a kid. As midlife women, it can be difficult to understand what you really want; this confusion about your desire can lead to feeling stuck in midlife. Join us today as we look at some basic questions to help you access wha...

Right now you might be thinking about food a lot more than usual. With all of the pandemic related stress, you might want comfort and to be comfortable. Food is one of those topics in life that comes with a lot of emotion attached to it. It's critical to understand how you think about food so that you can empower yourself to be intentional about eating. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-19...

It's hard to believe one midlife year has gone by in the pandemic. It would have been impossible to predict how the experience was going to go. This episode is a retrospective. The midlife experience was both similar and different; everyone's experience around the world was also similar and different. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-193-midlife-in-the-pandemic-one-year-retrospective/

Are you afraid of dying too soon in midlife? It's a common fear but one that is often a little more difficult to talk about. When you think thoughts about running out of time, which are also common, they're usually related to fear of dying too soon. Understanding this connection is really useful. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-192-the-fear-of-dying-too-soon-in-midlife/

Midlife career transitions can be challenging and exciting. This week's guest shares her story of new beginnings and career transitions as someone who is passionate about education. Gail Baker is a Co-Founder and past Head of School of The Toronto Heschel School and Co-Creator of The Intergenerational Classroom. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-191-following-your-passion-as-an-educator-in...

Who do you think you are in midlife? It's a great question to ask yourself now more than ever. This week's episode is all about how thoughts that label yourself can have negative effects that you're not even aware of. Midlife women get used to responding to other people's opinions and limiting beliefs about them. You can learn a skill to help raise your awareness to your habitual pattern and learn...

Making a career change in midlife can be scary and confusing. My guest today is Carolyn Gillespie and she was feeling stuck in her career. As you can imagine, this is super common with women our age. Carolyn felt stuck and wanted a new job. But she knew she needed to get more clear about what she actually wanted and to get over the hump of being stuck. She also knew she needed to gain confidence a...

Numbing your inner experience leads to more stress rather than less. It's a quick fix but it rarely helps you find what you're looking for. This week's guest, yoga expert Stephannie Weikert, shares her personal story of self-discovery and self-acceptance in midlife. Stephannie is someone who went from stressed and full of self-doubt to calm and confident. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-...

Vision boards and dream awareness activities are great first steps when it comes to thinking about what you want for your future. It's common not to take the time that's necessary to even think about your future and how to avoid regrets. When you do finally make some plans, it's still important to set priorities and drill down to specifics. Many times, a vision board alone won't help you do that....

What makes you uncomfortable can change in midlife. I like to call this kind of discomfort "squirm worthy." This is when you don't know whether to laugh or cry, but you know you're uncomfortable even if you don't know why. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-186-what-makes-you-squirm-in-midlife/

Sometimes your most creative problem-solving happens when you least expect it. Today's interview is with Michelle Fishburne, someone who was laid off during the early part of pandemic and turned it into an opportunity to make a contribution. Michelle was a single, empty-nester 57-year-old without a job and without a home. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-185-creating-a-career-on-the-road-...

When you're stuck, it's easy to think you're no longer on the right path. What this means to you is subjective; there are so many reasons to think it. It can be extremely frustrating though. Being stuck is difficult enough, but to start to question whether or not you're on the right path…that's different. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/ep-184-are-you-on-the-right-path-in-midlife/