Midlife with Courage™-Bold Women Thriving After Forty with Kim Benoy

Talk to Kim In this episode of 'Midlife with Courage,' Kim welcomes Ayo Haynes, a coach, realtor, keynote speaker, and open adoption success coach. Ayo shares her inspiring journey of becoming a mother through adoption as a single woman in her 40s. She discusses the importance of open adoption, mindset changes, and the detailed adoption process. Ayo also offers insights into balancing mo...

Talk to Kim In this episode of the Midlife with Courage podcast, Kim welcomes guest Amber Wardell, PhD, a doctor of psychology and a contributor to Psychology Today. Amber shares her journey and insights on marriage, motherhood, and mental health. She discusses her new project focused on 'aging defiantly' and her book 'Beyond Self-Care Potato Chips: Choosing Nourishing Self-Care in...

Talk to Kim In this episode of Midlife with Courage, Kim interviews Jenny Harkleroad, an advanced mindset coach from San Diego, California. Jenny shares her journey from being a top real estate agent to discovering the power of the subconscious mind for healing and personal transformation. After a life-changing injury and subsequent recovery through mental techniques, Jenny now helps others reprog...

Talk to Kim In the 200th episode of Midlife with Courage, Kim talks with Michelle Drew, a naturopathic wellness professional from Rhode Island. Michelle shares her inspiring journey from being a high-volume recruiter to becoming a naturopathic wellness consultant, motivated by her personal health challenges. After a medically induced coma in 2002 due to stress and poor lifestyle choices, Michelle...

Talk to Kim In this inspiring episode, Kim welcomes Emma Ritchie, a former TV producer turned mindset coach and hypnotherapist. Emma shares her remarkable journey from the high-stress environments of TV production in Australia to overcoming severe health challenges through holistic practices such as Ayurveda and hypnotherapy.  Emma explains how she transitioned her career to help others manage str...

Talk to Kim In this solo bonus episode Kim celebrates the holiday season, offering well-wishes for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the New Year. Kim reflects on 2024, discussing both challenges and triumphs, and shares insights on managing stress by focusing on personal reactions rather than external events. She encourages listeners to embrace change, regardless of age, and teases new developmen...

Talk to Kim This week, Kim talks with Suzy Wraines, an intrepid woman who shares her journey from being a 29-year-old army veteran to becoming a full-time RV-er and eventually a business coach.  Suzy's story is one of resilience and courage, as she navigates through military service, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a passion for helping medical professionals transition into entrepr...

Talk to Kim In this episode, Kim welcomes back Carrie Adelstein, an entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada. They discuss the wisdom that comes with age, Carrie's journey of self-discovery, and her unique approach to intuitive business consulting.  Carrie shares her personal story of courage, navigating her daughter’s autism diagnosis, and how it led to her embracing her intuition in both personal...

Talk to Kim This week, Kim talks with Caroline Rose, an author, speaker, and motivational storyteller. Caroline shares her incredible journey of battling stage four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma through three diagnoses and treatments, including a bone marrow transplant. She talks about the importance of hope, the challenge of managing anxiety related to her health, and finding grace in life's u...

Talk to Kim In this episode, Kim talks with Rose Amante Yodzio, a former elementary school teacher turned integrative nutrition and health coach. Rose made this courageous career transition after facing her own health challenges, including digestive issues and a diagnosis of celiac disease.  Listen and learn more about the symptoms of peri-menopause, such as overwhelm, anxiety, and lack of motivat...

Talk to Kim Ande Lyons is on a mission which can be summed up in the title of her podcast: Don't Be Caged by Your Age.  Ande's background in business as a 4x business founder and global startup mentor eventually led her to her current role as a podcast creator and host of a monthly podcast gathering. She saw many examples of ageism in the business world and found a way at age 66 to nervo...

Talk to Kim Debbie Weiss is a speaker, author and course creator who found herself placed in a caregiving role at 17 years old when her father had a massive stroke. That wasn't the end of her caregiver roles however, as she also experienced a special needs child and her husband who needed care until he passed away. Eventually she figured out that she had lost herself.  She speaks with Kim abo...

Talk to Kim Ahna Mikl shares her story of her own awakening to the realization that our bodies can heal naturally by healing the soul too. She talks with Kim about having the courage to look inside of ourselves to fully and completely heal. This is not easy but so necessary if we want to move forward at any age. While Ahna is not what we would consider a "midlife" woman, she shares wisdo...

Talk to Kim Arlene Cohen Miller is an attorney who now helps others through her work-life balance coaching and transformational mentoring. She shares her journey and the tools she uses to live her best life. Arlene shares her reasons for leaving her marriage and how she had to grow up very quickly in her career and life. She talks about becoming aware of the tools we already have to nurture oursel...

Talk to Kim Jen Aks has an energy that will come through to you as you listen to this conversation. Jen is on a mission to help others get into alignment with their body through the healing power of movement. As a dance educator, she has always been aware of the power of the body to guide us to enlightened living and shows us how to do that. Jen talks about making the difficult decision three year...

Talk to Kim Mary Harries is a Core Energy Coach who found herself checking all the boxes in her life but knowing that something was off. She was a busy mom of 4, a wife and had a successful career as a mechanical engineer and she knew that she wanted something else. She talks with Kim about knowing what she wanted to do but needing someone else to say it out loud before she could fully commit to i...

Talk to Kim Anne Poirier talks with Kim this week about her journey with an eating disorder, her career switch after 30 years and ways to help other women realize that self-worth lies not in how they look but for who they are. So many of us listen to that inner voice that tells us we are not good enough or beautiful enough and Anne wants us all to know we are all beautifully different and unique....

Talk to Kim Shane Barnard has a passion for something that many of us do not want to talk about. She helps other people talk about their end of life estate planning and does it in a comfortable way for all involved. Her focus is on leaving a story or legacy behind when we leave this life. From starting out as an attorney in the foster care system, Shane talks with Kim this week about her experienc...

Talk to Kim Martina Gruppo is a courageous woman. She talks with Kim this week about how she lowered her boundaries so much that she became the victim of a narcissistic abuser. For eleven years, she gave everything and received nothing in return until she started realizing what she needed to do. She also talks about literally seeing the light inside of her being switched back on and the three step...

Talk to Kim This week marks a never-before-done event on the Midlife with Courage podcast. Kim interviews Robert J. Hunt who talks with her about accountability and how he needed to find it in his own life journey. He and his wife found themselves $90k in debt in 2019 and realized it was time to "own it" and get a way out. He shares what they did and how he came to find peace in his dail...

Talk to Kim In this "extra" episode, Kim talks about her family's experience with the band REO Speedwagon and how it brought teenagers and parents together.  Music is so powerful in so many ways and she shares how one band and the people she's met have influenced her in so many ways.  Support the show Have you been listening to Midlife with Courage™ and thinking, "That&apo...

Talk to Kim As we navigate midlife, we learn to listen to our intuition or that "gut feeling" more than we used to. Jennifer Johnson is an ER nurse who has learned how to listen to that intuition in her career and in her life. She talks with Kim about her experiences with bullying, using her intuition, and relationships with doctors, nurses and patients. The lessons she has learned are u...

Talk to Kim Life is full of transitions, especially in our relationships, and Sharon Costanzo experienced her fair share. She talks with Kim today about the courage she found to tell her husband she was not going to keep going the way things were. She also offers some great insight into how to work through the conflict created by transitions such as empty nest and retirement. Sharon wants us to re...

Talk to Kim Annie Gaudreault talks with Kim this week about how our nutritional needs change in midlife and how important it is to pay attention to what we eat. She shares some tips for eating better to support our changing bodies and health needs. She even shares a slightly different definition of the word metabolism and explains insulin resistance. If you are a woman over 40, you need to listen...

Talk to Kim Although she looks much younger, Kyleigh Weathers is a 41 year old woman who has made a lot of choices in her life. She says it best (from her website) as she describes her journey: A Mormon missionary in Argentina one moment and home 6 months later because lesbians gonna lesbian. From U-Hauls in Utah, to RV’s in Georgia. 7 acres in Idaho to a 2 bedroom in Kansas, Kyleigh’s attachment...