Susie Pettit

Love Your Life: Love Your Life: Midlife Reinvention, Emotional Regulation, & Parenting

If you've spent years taking care of everyone else and you're ready to reconnect with yourself, this show is for you. I'm Susie Pettit, certified parent coach, life coach, and mom of five. Every week, I share practical tools and compassionate coaching to help you navigate parenting, set healthier boundaries, stop feeling responsible for everyone else's happiness, and reconnect with yourself in midlife. We'll talk about emotional regulation, confidence, relationships, people-pleasing, empty nest transitions, and creating a life you genuinely love. I've lived through divorce, bankruptcy, heart s...

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Susie Pettit

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smbwell.com

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

267: Ditch Diets, Emotional Eating and Body Positivity 20.09.2023

Do you want to feel better about your body?  Or want that voice in your head to be nicer to your body? Do you want to feel more in control of emotional eating? Or do you worry about your kids and what you're modeling for your preteens and teens as a mother? Susie Pettit and Rachel Lavin have a great conversation today!  is a published author, professional speaker, Body Love Coach, Certified Health...

266: Let Them Graduate Level 13.09.2023

Have you heard Mel Robbins talking about the let them theory? Or did you listen to the episode I did earlier this summer and have been practicing using this great relationship tool and want more? I did! Which is why I'm bringing you this episode. Join me as we take the let them theory a bit deeper to see how it can help in our marriages, with codependency, with our preteens, teens, our young adult...

265: Anti-Hustle Guide to Productivity and Balance 06.09.2023

Leah Remillet is an international speaker, podcast host, and systems strategist for time-starved entrepreneurs, moms, and professionals. Leah Remillét has helped thousands ditch the overwhelm - without sacrificing their home life, health or happiness.⁣ ⁣ Leah Remillet is the host of The Balancing Busy Podcast, an international speaker, and the Anti-Hustle Growth Strategist. ⁣ ⁣ She's your anti-hus...

264: VALUES 30.08.2023

Get excited for today's episode, where we're about to embark on a journey that is transformative! We're diving   into the realm of discovering and embracing your values. We will uncover the golden key to living life to the absolute fullest. I can't wait for you to listen to this episode as we explore the power of syncing up your day-to-day actions with your core values. It's like giving your life...

263: 5 Questions for a Quick Life Audit [HAPPINESS SERIES] 23.08.2023

Hey, Warriors! It's time to give yourself a break and embark on a personal audit with me. Guess what? Most of us are off track – more than 90% of our daily actions are on autopilot. Let's recalibrate together. Any time of year is a great time for an audit and it's especially great if you're in midlife, in an empty nest stage, or any sort of transition (like your teen kids moving to a different lev...

262: Choose Love [MIDYEAR HUG] 16.08.2023

It's the middle of the year warriors! What a great time to pause and check in with our wellness habits. Today I bring you some of the things I personally do that make a big difference in my life.  If you're looking to shift or improve your wellness in even the tiniest bit, you'll find something for you here!  ⭐️See if the LOVE YOUR LIFE SCHOOL is open!  https://smbwell.com/lifeschool  ⭐️Are we f...

261: EMPTY NEST and Best Parenting Practices 09.08.2023

The empty nest is spoken of often, usually with dread and some fear. Listen in to learn the best parenting practices if you have a teen or preteen at home and for when your kids leave home. Empty Nest Expert Christine Oakfield is an empty nest coach who guides mothers who are nervous about the empty nest ahead. She takes them from freaking out about it to feeling freaking awesome. It is her passio...

260: Parenting Teens and Older Kids [Parenting Series] 02.08.2023

Hello warriors! This episode takes a deeper dive into how we can become the best advocates and supporters for the young people in our lives. Today, we cover why feelings are so vital for teens and how they play a significant role in their growth and development. Don't miss this eye-opening episode on how we can better support our kids and understand their emotional experiences.  If you have an anx...

259: Skin Care + Anti Aging [WELLNESS] 26.07.2023

Guess what this wellness coach has never done a podcast episode on?  Our biggest organ! Today I straighten that out! Master Aesthetician, Natalie Bevans, is on the show to teach us about anti-aging skin care.  She shared so many great tidbits, it prompted me to take action right after our conversation ended! I know you will find some golden nuggets too! Listen in to this pro aging conversation and...

258: Top Wellness Hacks for Women 19.07.2023

It's the middle of the year warriors! What a great time to pause and check in with our wellness habits. Today I bring you some of the things I personally do that make a big difference in my life.  If you're looking to shift or improve your wellness in even the tiniest bit, you'll find something for you here!  ⭐️Get on the waitlist for the LOVE YOUR LIFE SCHOOL! Opening FALL 2023! Learn more (http...

257: Perimenopause and Menopause with Amanda Thebe 12.07.2023

Do you know there are more than 34 symptoms of perimenopause? Join menopause expert and author Amanda Thebe on the show as she shares what she wishes she knew about this passage of our lives.  Listen in and then please share this episode with another person (or 12). No matter our gender or age, the more people know about this stage that all women will go through the better we can support us all. ...

256: Let Them [EMOTIONAL FREEDOM] 05.07.2023

Happy Independence time of year! Do you want to feel more free? More in control of your life and less annoyed when other people in your life do things the "wrong way"? I'm so excited for you to listen in because the two things I'm sharing here have brought me so much freedom and independence in my life (and I want that for you). The Let Them Theory is something Mel Robbins has populized lately and...

255: Internal Family Systems [Parts Work] 28.06.2023

Have you heard of Internal Family Systems or Parts Work?  If you haven't, you'll want to tune in.  Thinking of my brain in this way has helped me heal some serious trauma.  If you have heard of parts work, you'll still want to tune in because my guest today, Therapist and Life Coach Biz Cush, shares some really helpful things to further my practice (plus, we use a real life example from Susie's li...

254: Habit Hacks for Busy Women 21.06.2023

Listen in to learn how to take the awesome learning from past episodes into your life  in the easiest way possible. Yep, you read that correctly! Susie uses her knowledge of habits and the brain to help you busy women have a better summer, heck life!  Listen in to learn two of her favorite ways to change the results she (and her clients) are getting in their lives! ⭐️Get on the waitlist for the L...

253: Tame Your Inner Critic 14.06.2023

This week's lesson in the Love Your Life School is super impactful and one that I can't wait to share with you! I'm teaching how to discern between the inner critic, the inner coach and the inner rebel. The better you can discern between the three, the faster you will reach your goals.  Also, the less you'll be a pawn in your brain's drama.  Let's go! ⭐️Get on the waitlist for the LOVE YOUR LIFE...

252: Your Best Future! 07.06.2023

How much time do you spend thinking of a future you want? Listen in to learn how to use the super computer in your head to manifest your future. It's easier than you think. I promise.  I share in this episode how I went from bankrupt in a basement to breakfast in Bali. Anything is possible if we have these tools. ⭐️Get on the waitlist for the LOVE YOUR LIFE SCHOOL! Opening FALL 2023! https://www....

251: The Life List with Kate Christy 31.05.2023

What is a life list? Time management expert, best selling author, and busy mom, Kate Christie, is on the show today to help us live lives we love.  She teaches how we can get our dreams and life goals out of our head (and off of our never-ending to do lists) so we don't get to the end of our lives with regrets.  Listen in and then join me us as we make our own life lists!  ⭐️Join the Midlife Mont...

250: Break the Codependency Cycle: Want Matches 24.05.2023

Guess what?  Most of us have codependent tendencies.  You aren't faulty or broken. But it does lead to feeling exhausted, burnt out and overly responsible for everyone else's happiness. I am so thrilled to bring you this episode on codependency, interdependency and a fabulous magical tool from Brooke Castillo called the WANT MATCH!  Listen and learn how to use the want match in your relationships...

249: How Happy Are You? 17.05.2023

How many of us say we want to feel happier?  And yet, do you know how?  If you listen to the media and the devices in our hands, we can think that things can make us happier - maybe a new pair of shoes? Yes please!  For sure, if someone's offering you great shoes, take them. But not because will make you happier. Listen in to learn how to be happier.  (and if you listen live time and have tips for...

248: Brain Fog, Brain Health, and ADHD 10.05.2023

Yay! I'm trying something a bit different this week. I've been reading a book (ADHD 2.0) that has me thinking in many different ways - about ADHD, brain health, brain fog, even perimenopause and menopause!  I decided to do the reading so you don't have to. I've been told one of my superpowers is making things simple so as to inspire people into action.  Well, let's go! What's more important than t...

247: Emotionally Intelligent: Mastering the Art of Understanding Yourself and Others 03.05.2023

Emotional Intelligence, emotional regulation and YOU! Oh wow do we have a powerhouse guest today! Ashley Williams is on the show and this conversation left me literally buzzing with outstanding energy. I felt equally ignited and calm! I can't explain the magic warriors - you'll have to listen in to experience it yourself. I am so grateful Ashley came on the show and for you to have this opportunit...

246: Choose Your Hard 26.04.2023

Life can be pretty simple sometimes.  Do you want to feel the short term feeling of discomfort or the long term feeling of regret? Listen in to this week's episode as I dive into the importance of choosing your hard (It's hard to resist the cookie AND it's hard to not be able to zip our pants). I also discuss what happens when those around us say "You've changed" in that judgmental, disapproving w...

245: How to Get Out of a Rut [BURNOUT] 19.04.2023

Have you ever been in a rut? I have! Listen in as I share how I get out of ruts so you can too.  Ruts happen. Burnout happens. Stress happens. I love sharing ways to support you so you can move through it quicker with less drama. Listen in! Click here for the links to the playlists and fun: https://smbwell.com/245 Click here if you haven't taken my most popular class: Finding Joy In Everyday Life...

244: Beat Burnout with IMPERFECT ACTION 12.04.2023

I have great news for you this week!   One of the secrets of living a life you love and achieving your goals lies in DROPPING PERFECTION! In fact, study after study after study shows the less concerned we are with doing it "right", the more progress we make! This means great things for parents of teens, people trying to lose weight, women interested in business building, moms and dads wanting to y...

243: How to NOT be a Martyr with Sue Holt 05.04.2023

Have you ever felt like a martyr before? Resentful for all that you do? Burnt out from all that you do? Susie Pettit interviews Sue Holt today on the show and things get juicy!  Listen in to hear them talk about resentment, division of household labor, mom guilt, shame, did I say resentment yet?  Oh yeah, and how Susie was acting like she wanted to win the "Mommy Martyr Badge" for many of her moth...

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