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

Talk to Kim Kathy White is a yoga instructor who specializes in working with midlife men and women. Her own experience with joint pain led her to a develop her joint renewal system that she finds helps those of us in midlife. Kathy's story includes using yoga to heal after feeling very disconnected when her first baby was stillborn. She was very surprised to find when she turned 50 that it wa...

Talk to Kim Sherrilynne Starkie has a special project that she is working on. She is the podcast host of 50 Women Over 50 which she uses to connect with women who are her peers and learn about their lives, loves, challenges and fears. Her goal is to share the learning and hopefully,  help women who might feel disconnected or isolated feel they are not alone. Sherrilynne's own story includes s...

Talk to Kim As a young mom, Bridget Belden made a vision board but she forgot to include one vital piece. She eventually realized that she did have regrets and she didn't want to continue on the path she was taking at that time. Her journey led her on a path of empowering other women to live the life they want in the empty nest era. She started Magenta Consulting which supports moms through l...

Talk to Kim We all know how important sleep is for our overall health and Martha Lewis started on her path to better sleep after having a baby who wouldn't sleep. She talks to Kim about what functional health is and how it can help us be healthy. She has some insight into midlife women and the role of hormones in getting good sleep as well.  Martha Lewis is a certified functional health coach...

Talk to Kim Juliet Rose is an author and activist whose goal in life is to make her time count by using her skills and voice to help others succeed and feel acknowledged. She has weathered some challenging (to say the least) life experiences including the death of her daughter which, among other things, caused her to stop writing for 15 years. Juliet shares why she started writing and and today sh...

Talk to Kim Mindy Leishman is a Certified Life Coach, Dreambuilder Coach and Life Mastery Consultant who has done amazing things like manifesting a home in Costa Rica. She shares her story about her 25 year career as a realtor and the rollercoaster of knowing she wasn't living her best life. She has some wonderful insights about finding the passion to live your life how you truly want to.  If...

Talk to Kim Fiona Valentine is a teacher at heart and very creative. She believes all of us are creative but we don't always recognize it even though it's a very important part of who we are. At one point in her life, she pushed her own creativity aside because she did not believe it was important enough to spend time on it.  Listen to her story of feeling stuck and how she overcame it a...

Talk to Kim This episode features Mary Beth Bolles, a wife, mom, grandma, Transformation Coach and EFT practitioner. Mary Beth talks with Kim about how she felt shamed and unworthy and how she finally figured out why. Her journey of strength and courage to face her "wall" and break it down is very inspiring for anyone who has faced that themselves. Mary Beth tells us what being "stu...

Talk to Kim Listen to this wonderful conversation with Lisa Kindle who empowers women through her art, coaching and counseling. She and her husband took a big leap last year and moved from Minnesota to Arizona with plans to offer a wellness retreat under the desert stars with a 40 foot labyrinth and other meaningful activities. Kim and Lisa also talk about using color to connect with yourself and...

Talk to Kim WOW!!!! MIDLIFE WITH COURAGE HAS REACHED 100 EPISODES!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE AND ARE LISTENING TO THIS PODCAST!  ******************************* To say that Rachel Awes is colorful is a major understatement. Just go to her website or follow her on social media and the first thing you notice will be all the beautiful colors! Rachel is a psychologist, author, art playgroundist and c...

Talk to Kim Margo Johnson's journey includes what she calls a major pivot that led to a new career and opportunities for self-evaluation and freedom. When the floor dropped out from under her, a door opened and she talks about that experience including her reluctance to speak in front of others knowing that she needed to prove to herself and others that she could do it. She is a woman who tru...

Talk to Kim Listen in this week as Kim shares updates and talks about her word of the year. If you listen closely you may hear Jake's contribution to the episode.  Are you looking for the good? Sometimes it's difficult but it can be done.  ******************** Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog,...

Talk to Kim If you spent time over the holidays with your aging family members-parents or grandparents-you may have noticed that they need a little more help with self-care, hygiene, or simply getting around. Women over 40 generally become the caretakers in this situation and they may not know that options are available to help keep our relatives safely at home as long as possible or know when it&...

Talk to Kim Tina McDermott is on a mission to live a life of joy and share it with others. Tina battled Lyme disease as a younger person which led her to change her diet and lead a better life overall.  She is an inspirational chef and you will love her energy as she talks about her story and how she shares joy. As a weight loss coach, she helps her clients find their own mission in life by asking...

Talk to Kim Danielle Bernock is the lady on the internet who loves you. She is an author, podcast host, and life coach from Michigan who came into her own after age 50. Her past history of trauma gave her a stoic yet oppressive attitude toward dealing with the life changes we all go through. She talks about her struggles and how she learned to deal with the past trauma in her life that she only di...

Talk to Kim As a young adult, Candy Motzek did what she was supposed to do. She chose a career in geological engineering and then as life happened, she joined the corporate world in order to have a family. She kept saying yes to opportunities despite not really wanting them, and even with all the outside appearances of success, she was not happy.  As many of us do, she became burned out and one da...

Talk to Kim Imagine going to an acting audition and having the casting director being really excited about your name and then when they realize you aren't who they thought, they are visibly disappointed. Lucy Liu (not THAT Lucy Liu) talks about comparing herself to others and how she always felt behind and was always chasing something. Listen to her story of realizing that all of these negati...

Talk to Kim Nicky Clarke is a lovely mother, wife and life coach who is navigating midlife with grace. She uses her own journey through the empty nest time, menopause and the relationship with her family to get to the point that she was ready to help other women navigate this too. She discusses with Kim the need for women to realize that WE are entitled to live the life we WANT to live NOW and not...

Talk to Kim Sandra Lee is a helper, as a Human Design Specialist and Biofield Tuning Practitioner, she helps women make sense of their life experiences, recognizing their gifts, and learning how to manage challenges. Her Biofield Tuning helps them find freedom from stress and energetic chaos that keeps them stuck.  Like many of us, she needed to do a career pivot when the pandemic hit, so after a...

Talk to Kim Joanne McConville survived one of the most scary situations most of us can think of: she went skydiving and her parachute didn't open. She talks about the experience of leaving her own body and making the decision to live or die as she was falling, her recovery, including the nurse-as-patient experience, and how her life is still affected by the fall. She leaves us with some wonde...

Talk to Kim Debby Krusz has found her path by helping others to find a way to fulfill their dreams. She was working a job that made her miserable and finally listened to the voice telling her to quit and start writing.  Listen to this conversation about bees, faith, humor and finding your way in the world. You will find at least one takeaway you can use to live your amazing life.  Connect with Deb...

Talk to Kim Janice Baskin is a wife, mom, grandmother and business owner who shares her journey with Kim this week. She left her original career in the not-for-profit world to start working with her husband after realizing they were better when they spent more time together. She shares her lessons learned through her experience with colorectal cancer and the day someone reached out to her when she...

Talk to Kim Ruthi Mund is a 74 year old energetic dynamo who lives in her faith and wants others to know how to feed their bodies in a healthy way. She did not use the traditional methods of treating her cancer which caused some fear in others around her but she stuck to what she believed would help. Listen to the full story in this lively conversation.  Connect with Ruthi:  Email: ruthimund@gmail...

Talk to Kim Joyce Dales is a Mom who needed to protect her newly adopted child and this journey led her to build a business called Buzzagogo. Joyce empowered herself to learn as much as she could about the way we contract colds and flu and then used that knowledge to develop her Cold Bee Gone Nasal Swab remedy.   You will love hearing about how she developed the product in her own kitchen and how...

Talk to Kim Kim Sorrelle has had a journey of love and loss and she talks about this with Kim this week. You will love hearing about her one year experiment of finding what love truly is in this wonderful conversation.  To learn more about Kim Sorrelle and take her 14 day Love Challenge, you can go to her WEBSITE . Her website includes links to her books including Love Is and Cry Until You Laugh. ...