Dear Midlife...

Today we welcome to the podcast Lucas Lowe who is a partner, dad, boss, Life Coach and CEO of Dorado Consulting Group.   Lucas shares with us his wide range of experiences and expertise that include: Aviation Maintenance, Management, Team Building, Sober Living, Bicycles, Vanlife, Progress and Productivity, Teaching/Training/Coaching, Real Estate Investing, as well as Housing and Community De...

While Heather Wylde Smith is an Ethical Biz Coach with a passion for helping online coaches sell their services without feeling like they are selling their souls, she’s also adept at deep transformational coaching through structured journaling, anger work, and energy healing. In this episode we focus in on how Heather has triumphed over breast cancer and navigated a challenging relationship with a...

Trisha Gudka is a Happiness coach….but, she wasn't always happy. No, ladies, when Trisha reached 40, the age where many of us groan feeling that life is half over, Trisha sighed that she was ONLY 40 and couldn't believe how many more years of life she would have to endure. Like many women in midlife, Trisha had suffered her fair share of trauma over the years that included sexual abuse and even as...

Allyson Roberts knows what it takes to make it in this world. As a young woman, she found herself homeless, pregnant, and forced to live in her car. However, Allyson was able to persevere and harness the power of adversity to overcome her circumstances and thrive. Now she helps others do the same.   Her system of Personalized Science, the combination of brain work and spirituality, combined w...

Trinity and I are really focusing our attention on the idea of identity. So many of us in midlife go through the proverbial "Identity Crisis" where we feel lost, stuck and don't know who we are or where we're going.  Our guest today helps us to get beyond feeling stuck and teaches us to re-write our own stories by knowing our strengths and skills and applying them in new ways. Gloria Coppola...

Kendra Beavis is the Founder, and CEO of the brand strategy studio, MOKA Creative. Although her business has been successful, her proudest achievement has been her personal growth. She survived a tumultuous marriage, battled with several addictions as well as navigated the path through single-motherhood. Each of these moments was a fork in the road for her. At each point, she could have turned to...

Our guest today, Cindy Drummond, found herself in a unique situation. She woke up one day to find her, then, significant other was being arrested for some serious crimes.  In the blink of an eye, Cindy's world had been turned upside down. She fled the situation with her two daughters in tow and had to start again from the basement of her parent's house. She'd lost trust in others and faith in...

Our guest today is Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, a certified functional nutritionist, lifestyle practitioner and eating psychology coach with over 25 years of experience. Mindy is passionate about helping others recover from eating disorders and create a healthier lifestyle. Mindy’s approach to eating disorders tackles the root cause of the issue, and emphasizes that how and why you eat is just as importa...

Today we have an extraordinary conversation with Brian Mattson. He is here to discuss with us Attachment Styles  and how they affect our adult relationships . Attachment styles refer to the particular way in which an individual relates to other people. The style of attachment is formed at the very beginning of life, and once established, it is a style that stays with you and plays out  i...

Hallie Hudson started as a dating coach over 5 years ago with an online coaching program to help women find love later in life. Everything  she does is built upon the foundational belief that “discovering yourself” isn’t about creating or establishing a new identity. It is about removing the stories, beliefs, and patterns others have been using to define you.  The tools we discuss in thi...

Aga Lawrynowicz is a mom of two school-age girls and a stepmom of two college boys. After becoming a mother and discovering that nothing about motherhood went as predicted, Aga dedicated years to her personal healing and realized that empowering moms and creating community are her passions. In her 40s, she quit her oil and gas consulting career to go back to school and receive a coaching certifica...

Terrie Vanover is a Divorce Healing Strategist who went through a horrendous divorce herself and ended up homeless, broke, and broken financially, emotionally and even physically after being hit by a van and suffering numerous injuries. Now she’s living her dream life helping others to heal after divorce and has even created a relationship with her ex where they get along great, hang out, and do e...

Gayle Lynn is a relationship coach focused on “What do you do when your partner wants to have sex with another person?” or maybe YOU want to have sex with someone else? She has a passion to empower women to make educated choices about their relationships. She has personally experienced her spouse coming to her and expressing his desire to have sex with someone else. So many people w...

Dr. Ashley Funk is the Owner and Founder of Paradise Psychology in Fort Worth, Texas. As a Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Funk specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and helping caregivers manage unwanted behaviors displayed by their children. She is also passionate about helping her clients improve their relationships through open, effective communication and healthy boundaries.  Here...

Stephanie Hickey is a certified sex, love and relationship coach with a special interest in relationship dynamics and personal responsibility within one’s relationship. She coaches individuals on topics related to sex, love and relationships and is beginning to move into coaching couples in session but she has a soft spot for the the one-on-one nature of working with individuals and witnessing the...

Azaria Menezes aka The Pussy Fairy is a successful Sex and Relationship coach that works with women, moms, and couples to bust through sexual or emotional blocks, so that they can feel turned on, ecstatic, and orgasmic in and out of the bedroom. Azaria is fueled by a passion for supporting women and couples to be their authentic selves during intimacy and in their relationships so that there is wa...

Hello Dear Midlife Listeners…this is a new approach to our interview format in which we have a panel of 6 women together to discuss the topic of dating in midlife. We expect to use this format periodically to infuse new voices into the conversation. Our goal was to make the dialogue feel like happy hour with your best girlfriends. True to our "no holds barred" approach, the conversation is very ho...

Dr. Mariza Snyder is a functional medical practitioner, women’s hormone expert and the author of eight books: The newest book, The Essential Oils Menopause Solution , focuses on solutions for women in perimenopause and menopause and the #1 National Bestselling book, The Essential Oils Hormone Solution , focuses on balancing women’s hormones naturally.  Other bestselling books are: The Smart M...

Desmond Blackburn spent 15 years selling technologies and helping companies define their organizational strategies and achieve their goals. But, then one day he got stuck and couldn't move forward. He knew what he was capable of, he knew what he had to do, but just couldn't get it done. So, he decided to "wave the white flag" and hired his own personal life coach and got done in 4 months what he'd...

Bri Collins is the owner of BCRN Aesthetics, one of Houston's leading advanced aesthetic injectors.  Bri is a Registered Nurse and uses her experience and extensive training in leading her team to be some of the best in the industry for natural and believable injectable services. BCRN Aesthetics is always evolving and leverages the newest procedures with the team's dedication to education, me...

Amy Denson is a retired professional athlete who was diagnosed with her 2nd autoimmune disorder in 2016. She went from playing professional basketball all over the world to battling professional fatigue and not even recognizing herself in the mirror. From her rock bottom moment, she felt that there had to be a better way and relied on the mindset she built as a professional athlete to pave the way...

It's true…our world is getting harder and harder to navigate, but not always because of what's happening on the outside of us, but instead because of what's happening inside our very own minds. Everyone on this planet needs a little help navigating through this space. I've no doubt that those of you in our audience have experienced so many difficulties in your lives. Our guest today, Mesha McKittr...

Can you recall a situation in your childhood that has had a lingering impact on your life even today?  The trauma could be something large. Perhaps, you were verbally, mentally or physically abused by a trusted family member. Perhaps, the trauma seemed small at the time. Maybe you once got lost riding your bike and feared you might never find your way home. We may not even realize the way the...

Tianna Miller was always physically active however, she credits genetics for her constant struggle with weight, even at a young age. After several comments from friends and family members about her size, she decided to pop in her mom’s old Jane Fonda video and completed her first workout at age 7. It was then that she turned her aspirations to becoming a fitness instructor one day. Tianna achieved...

Christina Tinker is a learning and development leader, leadership coach and facilitator, a published author and continues to explore and evolve herself. Her tremendous and diverse career includes traveling the U.S. and Europe implementing corporate training programs for some of the most prestigious global organizations and spending more than a decade as a senior Sales Executive and top performing...