Finding Focus with Kathleen Davenport

Finding New Focus as an Intuitive Guide & Spiritual Channel I'm continuing to bloom in new ways. And I encourage all of you to follow your highest excitement and see what doors open and what magic unfolds for you.   I'm following my own highest excitement and bringing my experience as a certified life coach and personal development trainer to the work I do now offering intuitive guidance...

From Breaking Up Is Hard To Do to Finding New Focus…. It’s been a long minute since I recorded a podcast, so I wanted to give you an update on where I’ve been and where things are going.  I’m in an excited and expansive new phase with all sorts of good things happening. I hope you’ll listen in and see what’s on the road ahead as I talk about the women’s retreat I attended that shifted everyth...

  Dating After 50 was a chapter of ups and downs and a badly broken heart, and I had to take a long timeout after that. I recently put myself back out there and let's just say that I may give up dating altogether and just start collecting cats.   I've been talking a lot recently about changing chapters (breaking up with previous versions of yourself, mostly because I'm in the midst of ye...

Do you have a tag line or slogan to get you through your day? I have one that gets me through life (Live a Life that Lights You Up), and I have some that get me through the day or the week. Here's a story about one such slogan that became our battle cry during a weekend round of golf. Maybe it'll inspire you to create your own personal anthem or you can borrow ours! I'm cheering for you!   To...

I was recently asked to give a talk to the local Rotary Club. It was a new term for the president, and she asked if I could speak about "legacy" and the importance of what every single member was doing for the community. In this podcast, I'll share my talk and the key points I wanted to leave with each of the members. I wanted them to know that legacies come in many sizes and shapes. And that the...

A few days ago I was telling a friend about my podcast. As he scrolled through the episodes, he asked me which one he should listen to first. So my organized, logical brain told him to listen to the intro episode first, then it was okay to skip around because each podcast was basically a stand-alone episode.   But what I should have told him was to scroll through the list of episode...

No matter what age, no matter what stage of life you’re in, you need to remember this about people and relationships:  You’ll never be right for the wrong person.   I recently met a man whose girlfriend had just left him. He was agonizing over what he could’ve done differently and why he didn’t see the signs of any problems.   First of all, there’s probably nothing he could’ve...

A few weeks ago I shared a story about a fellow golfer who always looked at her shots in a positive light. No matter where she hit it whether it was behind a tree, in a bunker or actually in the fairway, she always said, “That’s a good shot!” And she went on to make the next shot a great shot.   So the other day I golfed with a few friends. Among them is Dan who is a fighter pi...

Things are never quite what they appear... sometimes you have to adjust your focus! When I visited Florida a few months ago, I hired a taxi to take me to the airport for my return flight. A big black van pulled up to gather me and my luggage. The driver stepped out and I stepped back. He was this big, imposing-looking man, wearing all black and looking like he could be somebody's bodyguard--or a h...

A few years ago I decided to try my hand at dating. It’d been a few years since my husband had passed and I figured I’d give online dating a try. (I may do a whole separate podcast about online dating—that is definitely not for the feint of heart!)   Anyway, I had gone out with a guy, we’d hit it off great and dated for about a month. Things were going great, or so I thought. B...

I’ve talked about perspective before and I want to tell you another story about the power of perspective.   I played some tournament golf in Florida a couple of months ago. My cart partner was a lady named Robyn. Robyn could hit the ball a mile. Sometimes it would go straight down the middle of the fairway, and sometimes it would land in the rough, behind a tree, or in bunker.&...

When I first started coaching many years ago, I worked with a lot of time and energy deprived people. They’d say, Kathy, how do I find more time in the day? How do I find more energy? The best thing I and many other coaches advised was for these very busy people to learn how to say no. Say no to the good so they could say yes to the great things they really wanted to do. No bec...

I was complaining to a golf coach about how hard a particular course was. In fact, I would be happy to never play it again. There were trees that got in the way, water that took my ball, tight fairways, and sand traps that were just no fun at all.   I suppose I was looking to get some sympathy from him. Instead, he responded by saying, "That's a great course, I love it! It's one of my top 3!...

The other morning I had the best attempted pickup encounter. I was outside the Apple Store at the mall waiting for my appointment and doing some people watching. A handsome, tall, older gentleman walks up to me and says "Would you mind doing a YouTube video with me? I need proof I have a girlfriend." He points at an overhead security camera. Grins and gives me a big hug. I just went with it. Then...

If you're trying to reach a new level in business or your personal life, you have to get clear on what you really want.   I was telling my golf coach that I wanted to work on my swing speed. When he asked why, I said because I wanted to be able to get the ball farther down the fairway. He again asked, "Why?" I said because it'll help me get in a better position to get on the green in less str...

I recently asked listeners what they’d like me to talk about and this was one of the many responses I received:   The listener wrote:   "My issue is learning that it is okay to make myself the priority at times. Example: I can’t spend $5.00 on myself but won’t hesitate to spend $100.00 on my family or friends.  Or I don’t make time for myself to do the things I want to do, but will...

As many of you know, I’m a golfer. And a photographer. And many of the lessons I share are drawn from my experiences out on the golf course or photographing people or places. Before I get started, let me tell you this podcast isn’t entirely about golf.  There is a life focus lesson here, so I hope you’ll listen in. In today's episode I'm going to be talking about how daring to...

As a life coach, I get this question—in various forms—a lot.   When are things going to get better for me?  When is my luck or life going to change? When will I be able to….? When will I get past this feeling of loneliness, hurt, despair, being unloved….? When will I get past the blocks that are holding me back?   What you need to realize is this: "When" is a 4-letter word that keep...

I asked listeners what they’d like to hear me talk about and this was a response I recently received:   "You've talked before about having a health scare related to too much stress. Would you mind sharing more about what strategies you've learned/used to change your relationship with stress or how to prioritize to reduce stress?" In this episode you'll learn my backstory about how stress lite...

If there is that sense that you want things to change, then I truly believe that there is the ability to ignite that little flame inside of anyone! I had the great privilege of being invited as a guest for this podcast called Third Chances hosted by a most wonderful person, Vera Czerny. Vera and I instantly connected when she called to invite me on her show, and our rapport was so warm and genuine...

This episode has nothing to do with Finding Focus After 50, but it's Halloween so why not share a true ghost story? "During the night, I kept hearing what I thought was the stairwell door slamming or the next-door room door slamming shut. Every time I'd open our door to look out, I never saw anyone. Yesterday I asked the desk clerk if anyone was staying in the end room the same night we were. He s...

I haven’t recorded anything in a few weeks because I’ve been suffering from allergies and I was so stuffy and tired. I also had family visiting and wanted to spend time with them. But I’m much better now and getting back in the groove.   While my family was in town it was wonderful just to explore and be spontaneous and unfocused from my usual routine. But what being unfocused has d...

For those of you who are contemplating a change...the Universe is saying now is the time to take that action. I get the sense this is something you've been stewing over for awhile. You know it needs to be done, but you haven't been able to take that first step. This quick Focus episode is a push to get you moving on whatever you've been thinking about--but haven't yet taken action. Take a listen a...

“It’s like you’re talking just to me.” I've had more than one person tell me this about the things that I post and talk about, and this is probably one of the highest compliments I can receive.   I write and speak from experience and from the heart, and when I do, I usually have a cup of coffee on my desk.  Prior to the C-shutdown, one of my favorite things to do was to meet one or more...

If you’re in Hawaii and walk the beach lagoons at Ko Olina in the early morning, you’ll see a lovely group of senior citizens (kupuna as we lovingly call them), enjoying the morning playing ukuleles, singing, and dancing hula. They’ve been meeting here for over 20 years. I happened to come upon them a few years ago when I was taking a walk and I’d always see this jolly group of people. O...