The Mindful Midlife Crisis

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian reflect on the amazing insights shared by our Season 5 guests with their best good pal, the always entertaining Matt Hazard! Thank you for listening to the Mindful Midlife Crisis! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Topics you want us to cover? Emai...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This week, Billy talks to Talent Acquisition Mastermind and host of the Jess Get Hired podcast Jessica Fiesta George about how we can make our LinkedIn profiles work for us during the job search.  For more information about how to make your LinkedIn profile stand out, listen to the follo...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This week, we talk to Brian Gallagher .  Brian is a former Corporate American turned Global Citizen. After a career in finance, several years as a fitness studio owner, and giving away 99% of my belongings, Brian left the traditional path to see the world and live life on his own terms....

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This week, we talk to Bryan Piatt .  Bryan is the host of the Take What Serves. Leave the Rest podcast.  Bryan is also a former TV news anchor in the Twin Cities who now serves as a mental health advocate as both a breathwork Facilitator and meditation guide.  Bryan is currently enrolled...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This week, Billy and Brian talk to Kari Schwear .  Kari is an executive coach, "gray area" drinking expert, speaker, and author who helps high performers move out of the gray areas in their lives so they can establish healthy boundaries that transforms them from “fine” to fabul...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This week, Billy and Brian talk to near-death survivor Danny Bader. Danny is a best-selling author and sought-after speaker whose life was transformed after he died when 8,000 volts of electricity ripped through his body.  Danny then came back to life from a place where he connected with...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy talks to Rich Bracken , a global keynote speaker, media personality, and award-winning sales & marketing executive.   Listen to Rich's podcast Enrich Your Soul wherever you get your podcasts!   Rich routinely works with companies, firms, and individuals across the country...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to Val Jones , a master coach for purpose driven women who are ready to uplevel their life, relationships, and income. She is also a corporate coach in the United States for Chanel, the Air Force, Chevron, Warner Brothers, CNN and many more. Val is also the host of T...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to Deanna Bryant , host of the Revive Your Midlife Marriage podcast.  Deanna is a retired English teacher turned relationship coach for midlife couples. After facing her own midlife marriage struggles and getting outside help to overcome them, Deanna went back to sch...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to Christine Chang , a bestselling relationship author and speaker. She helps high-performers create ideal relationships by teaching self-awareness, boundaries, accountability, and communication skills. Christine's podcast Show Up and book Show Up: Finding Love...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy talks to Jesse Ross , a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, executive coach, and international speaker who has delivered over 400 speaking engagements at colleges, conferences, corporate and nonprofit companies, with a large number of those being Fortune 500 companies incl...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to Janet M. Taylor, an Organizing Expert with over 28 years experience.  She is the host and producer of the Got Clutter? Get Organized! podcast.  Janet was crowned Clutter Free Queen by Rachael Ray in 2018 , and she is here today just in time for spring cleaning to...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Welcome to Season 5!  Billy is back from the Pacific Northwest and Puerto Vallarta, and he's had A LOT of time on his hands to overthink some things, so today he shares the gray areas that have been weighing him down lately, and Brian offers up advice about how to gain some clarity...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian reflect on the amazing insights shared by our Season 4 guests with their best good pal, the always entertaining Matt Hazard!  Matt Hazard also shares which episodes belong in his Mindful Midlife Crisis "starter kit":   --Episode 19--Comp...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to disenchanted former educator and current digital nomad Dr. David DeMarkis.  We discuss: --What exactly is the pursuit for higher consciousness, and how did this idea develop? --What about his doctoral program turned him into a disenchanted educator --What his life...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to endurance athlete, personal trainer, and owner of Performance Running Gym Aaron Boike.   We discuss:  Aaron's transition from powerlifter to endurance athlete. Why people approaching midlife need to continue prioritizing their health, especially strength trai...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. This is the second half of our two-part interview with Kolin Purcell and Anna Schlegel.  Did you miss Part 1?  Go back an episode and get caught up!  Then join us for this episode!  Billy and Brian talk to yogis, breathwork specialists, yogis, and retreat leaders Kolin Purcell and Anna S...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to yogis, breathwork specialists, yogis, and retreat leaders Kolin Purcell and Anna Schlegel about the breathwork seminar the two of them led while Billy was at the NGor Island Surf Camp in Dakar.  Kolin and Anna discuss:   Why do you breathe? Why is becoming aware o...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian ask pediatric operating room nurse and trauma-informed yoga instructor Marie Nutter: --A lot of our season has focused on reinventing ourselves after facing tragedy or trauma, and your story follows that same script. Can you share with us your...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. TRIGGER WARNING:  This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation.  Discretion advised.  If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or suicidal ideation, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) In this week's episode, Billy...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. While Brian celebrates with his colleagues, Billy talks to cancer survivor and host of the Dose of Joy podcast Joy Huber about:  --Her journey as a cancer survivor --Learning to "live with joy" while still battling cancer --How she has reinvented her life or shifted her perspec...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to equity consultant Jodi Pfarr about:  --The four components of societal systems: individual, organizational, communities, and policies.   --How societal systems get in the way of our potential. --The 18 Normalized and Non-Normalized Soc...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to transformational coach and FINE Is a Four-Letter Word podcast host Lori Saitz about:  What values and beliefs were instilled in her growing up and how those evolved into coaching people to say 'f*ck being fine' The moment in her life that made her say &a...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian talk to the hosts of the Trash the Checklist podcast Dr. Yolanda Holloway and Tiffany Byrd.  We discuss:  What they mean by "trash the checklist" How they both came to realize that their lives had become too much about crossing off tasks from a "life checkl...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to The Mindful Male podcast host Greg Scheinman.  Greg helps men maximize middle age and achieve a better quality of life.  He’s the host of The Midlife Male podcast & newsletter as well as a performance coach, author, speaker, adviso...