Loving that Midlife

Are you a people pleaser? Do you put the happiness of others above yourself, even when it leads to anxiety, burnout, and worse? If so, there's help, friend! In today's episode, I talk all about people-pleasing: what it is, why we do it, and how it's actually manipulative, not nice. But, I don't just leave you there. I give you the tools you need to help break the cycle and lear...

Do you have unwritten manuals or scripts for the people in your life? Admit it, you've probably thought more than once that you know exactly how your husband, children, or boss should act, and if they would just do that, then you could all be happy. In today's episode, we'll talk about the scripts/manuals we have for the people in our lives and why we have them. Hint: Getting others...

You are learning to take your thoughts captive and are doing a great job working on your mindset, so why is your body still stressed out and stuck in fight, flight, or freeze?  In this week's episode, I share how I finally made the mind-body connection and learned how working on your thoughts and emotions is only half of the battle. You have to work on your physical body, too. I share all the...

Are you trying to control ALL THE THINGS in your life? Do you have a white-knuckled grip on your children's lives, too? If so, you're not alone.  On today's episode I share a bit more of my backstory, and explain why I spent years trying to control the uncontrollable. I'll also talk about how I eventually learned to stop trying to control everything and everybody in my life and...

We all have painful stories we tell, about ourselves, about our relationships, about our lives. Why? Maybe it's out of habit, maybe it's because we have been a victim, or maybe it's because sometimes we like to play the role of the martyr.  No matter the reason, it's time to let go of the painful stories that are not serving us and learn to re-tell our stories in ways that do....

You've heard you need to process your emotions, but what does that even mean? Well, what if I told you that emotions aren't problems to be fixed but feelings to be felt?  Today we're going to talk about just that: how you can learn to lean into your emotions so that you can process them and get them out, versus letting them hang around and get stuck in your body. I'll share som...

Welcome to the first episode of Loving that Midlife, a podcast for women navigating the sometimes beautiful - sometimes challenging - season of midlife. I'm your host, certified Christian life coach, Lori Buck.  In this inaugural episode, I share a little of my journey into podcasting, as well as talk about life coaching and the power of mindset to shape our lives. We may think our circumstan...

You know you need to take your negative thoughts captive, but what does that mean and how does it work? Is this just false positivity? No! In this episode of Loving That Midlife, you'll find out: Why our thoughts are so important and how they shape our reality, How journaling can help us reflect and recognize our thoughts, How our thoughts, feelings, and actions lead to our results, and  How...

Why is decision-making in midlife so hard? And, why does deciding what to cook for dinner every single day of my life make me want to take to the bed?  In this episode we talk about all things decisions, including: Decision Fatigue - What is it and why are we all suffering from it, Types of Decisions and how to make them, Why we keep "trying" to make some decisions without success, and H...