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

You can celebrate life more in midlife, especially after 50; this can be your new mantra! My new book,  50 Ways to Celebrate Life After 50: Get Unstuck, Avoid Regrets and Live your Best Life can give you amazing perspective about why more celebration in your life is a good thing. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-183-new-midlife-book-50-ways-to-celebrate-life-after-50/

Pets can have a powerful impact on your mental and physical health. Today's guest, veterinarian Dr. Margit Muller, sheds light on the scientific evidence to support why it's mutually beneficial and fun to have relationships with your pets (which often include dogs, cats, birds, horses and more!). Learn more: CLICK HERE.

Doing a vision board in 2021 is a great idea. For sure, vision boards, or dream boards, are a popular thing to do when you want to be more intentional about your life. But now, during the pandemic, you have an opportunity to be a little more intentional than you might think possible. The reason is that you might want to give yourself a chance to think about how you really want to experience the pa...

COVID-19 related family stress is alive and well in families everywhere. There are so many details to think about, understand and apply that it's no wonder it's difficult to feel calm and on top of your regular routine. My guest today, psychologist Sara Dimmerman, helps shed light on what's going on with COVID-19 related stress and what you can do about it. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/p...

If not now, when? Do you ever notice yourself thinking this? If so, you have a lot in common with my guest this week, Eileen McKenna. Eileen didn't have the confidence to pursue art back in college. She became a graphic designer instead. As she approached 40, however, she tried to figure out what was still holding her back. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-179-finding-my-passion-t...

Joan Lunden stops by the podcast today to talk about her new book, Why Did I Come Into This Room? What followed was an incredibly candid and hilarious conversation about aging. Joan's has such an interesting life. An award-winning journalist, bestselling author, motivational speaker, and women's health & wellness advocate, she has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 30 years. Wome...

Get insight from the top five midlife lessons learned from the first year in the Finally First midlife membership. Join us today to explore consistent feedback about the transformation women are experiencing as they get the clarity, courage and connection they've been looking for by being a member of the Finally First Club. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-177-5-top-midlife-lesson...

Learning how to explore when you're stuck in midlife is not always easy or comfortable. My guest today learned that first-hand but it was well worth it because she successfully got unstuck and is soaring now! Meet Paula Rosecky. She considers herself a "Human Insights Investigator" and is an independent customer insights (market research) professional, facilitator, and leadership coach with a part...

Jewelry Design as a second career in midlife sounds fun, right. Today's episode is about How Designing Jewelry Got My Career Unstuck in Midlife with Nancy Marland. It's funny about career change in midlife. It seems like you SHOULD know what you want once you decide you need to move on from your current job. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-175-how-designing-jewelry-got-my-career-...

Today we're talking about the Best Midlife Career Changes We All Wish We Made in Our 30s. It's funny about career change in midlife. Some women are more open to it than others. Personally, the emotion of fear had way more of an effect in my life on this topic than I ever expected. I was surprised by it. Fear isn't the only thing that gets in the way. I also wasn't even clear on what I wanted when...

Today we're talking about how to reimagine your career to get unstuck in midlife. My guest is Laura Blaisdell, MD, a doctor who took her love of medicine, public health and people and turned it into a successful consulting business. I'm thrilled to bring you this interview with Laura actually because as a past client, she shares the process of her self-discovery and transformation so well and in a...

Today we're talking about how to live less on autopilot and tell stories on purpose in midlife. It can be a real problem when you're not aware of how you speak and recap things that happen in your life. The problem is that much of what you say and think is not intentional. It's also not common to be really connected to the feelings you're creating. Once you understand the relationship, you can mak...

If you're feeling stuck in midlife, you probably know you are going to have to make a change and reinvent yourself to be happy going forward. You may not know what you want yet or how to get unstuck, or even what you have to do, but you have started to become more clear that you're no longer content and that it's time to be more intentional with your life. You know you don't want regrets. Learn mo...

Are you afraid of money and tax issues in midlife? You're not alone. It's common for midlife women to have some fear around money. My guest Chika Obih, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who's owned her own firm for over 10 years now. Chika teaches women entrepreneurs how to get smarter about their taxes so they can make money-generating business decisions with confidence and boost their bottom l...

Are you comfortable feeling vulnerable in midlife? Probably not. Discomfort is what's common but most of us don't realize why it's so important to embrace vulnerability, even when you're naked and afraid sometimes. Today's episode is a funny one, but also drives an important point home about the importance of vulnerability to living a meaningful, purposeful life without regrets. Learn more: https:...

It's not fun to realize you're not as happy as want to be in midlife. You might not know what the actual problem is either. But you have a sense that you want more or need to change something. Meet our guest today, Lisa Russell, a woman in the middle who was stuck. She realized the every day started to feel the same. Lisa was dealing with empty nest related changes and felt herself searching for s...

Uncertainty in life is handled differently by each of us. Interestingly, the experience of midlife and the pandemic each bring their fair of surprising uncertainty and many of us find it a bit overwhelming at times. It's common to think that there is more in life that is certain than not. It's kind of like you lull yourself into a false sense of security by believing that what you have planned, li...

Are you worried about looking your age? You're not alone. When most midlife women think about getting older, they also think about looking their age and it brings up a lot of negative emotion, including worry. Sometimes you don't even know you have thoughts like this that wouldn't be supportive of self-love and pro-aging. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-166-are-you-worried-about-...

Do you "compare and despair?" It can become quite a habit in midlife that doesn't feel good yet it can feel like quite an urge. The tendency to engage in comparing yourself to others and then experiencing negative emotion, like despair, envy, insecurity, anger, sadness, etc. can become an unintentional habit. Like other habits, increased awareness of your thinking can help to break the pattern. Ho...

Sex seems to be a hot topic no matter your age. This is especially true in midlife for many reasons. Things like empty nest and menopause add even more layers to understanding this topic for sure. Our guest today is Dr. Sonia Wright, who's on a mission to help women embrace their sexuality as well as end the emotional pain and isolation associated with sexual difficulties. She believes wholehearte...

Feeling stuck in midlife can be overwhelming. The interesting thing about feeling this way is that it is confusing. Many of us have never been stuck like this before. It's easy and common to look outside of yourself for the answers. It can even feel like your stuckness is out of control. But like everything in life, your feelings are created by your thoughts. Being stuck and feeling stuck is actua...

The questions you ask yourself can both help and hurt you when you're trying to live your best life in midlife. They can be useful and not useful. This is why it's a great idea to understand what's going on up there in your mind. It's so common, especially for midlife women, to ask questions that result in some kind of an answer that doesn't make you feel good about yourself. It's also common to a...

Midlife myths can create a lot of negative emotion. You may not even be aware of how committed you are to having certain negative beliefs about aging and midlife in general. In today's episode, we explore 4 midlife myths women need to put aside now for their own wellbeing. The definition of a myth is simply that it's a widely held belief or idea. Learn more here: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast...

So many 50th birthday celebrations are being cancelled this year due to the pandemic. Today we're talking to a woman who planned a beautifully fulfilling and varied milestone celebration but Covid 19 ensured everything got cancelled. My guest today is Diane Shephard. Diane was very excited about what she had planned this year. When things unravelled, she eventually realized she no longer had anyth...

Today we're talking about the way that the stories that you tell yourself can keep you stuck. Stories are part of who we are. We interpret our lives through stories and use them to help us understand life. The problem is when your stories are on autopilot and don't end up helping you get the results you want. You just keep believing your interpretation without question. Nothing changes. You accept...