Mind Your Midlife: Confidence and Self Care for Women Over 40, with Cheryl Fischer

The end of the year is here! You may already have made some resolutions for the new year, or you may be anti-resolution.  Have you, however, thought back through this year and remembered the things you enjoyed and are proud of? Do you know how to name an emotion that matches with each of those things? This week I'm sharing with you an exercise that will feel fantastic - and that will also imp...

Want to look great in photos... or even feel comfortable being in the photo instead of always being the one behind the camera? If so, you need to listen to this episode!  Christine Hetzel joins me today to talk all things pictures and memories. We're going to talk about camera angles, lighting, emotions, movement... everything you could possibly need to know to like pictures of yourself. List...

Music has power - let's talk about how that works! Music and emotions are our topic this week, and Cilia Antoniou of Self Expressed Babe joins me to share her expertise. We're talking about: music and memories and how they are tied in our brains with emotions, the power of allowing space to express your emotions, whatever they may be, how music helps us release shame and know that it&apo...

So, you've decided to create some healthy habits and cook some healthy meals... but it seems so difficult and complicated! Let's talk about how to make healthy meals and healthy cooking easier.  Health and Lifestyle Coach Jessica Mitchell joins me this week to share with us all her valuable tips. Listen in as we talk about: how important it is that whatever we are doing is sustainable ov...

Emotional eating is something that many of us struggle with often.  There is a comfort aspect to food that originates when we are babies and often continues throughout life. We also might struggle to recognize, validate or feel our emotions - and turn to things like food to provide the comfort, protection or distraction that we want. We might use food to cope with stress or turn to binge eating to...

The holiday season - and winter in general - can be a tough time for our mental state, stress levels, and attitude in general.  We might be stressed, we might have some difficult issues to deal with, we might be overwhelmed with family or events. So, how can we incorporate gratitude and try to stay in a healthy mindset in spite of all of that?  This week's episode gives you two tools: Be pres...

Money doesn't grow on trees.  Money is the root of all evil.  If you have debt, you must be a bad person or irresponsible with money... We hear so many different sayings and views on money as we go through life, and many of these views get saved into our subconscious as beliefs about money. If you believe deep down that money makes people greedy and bad, you can bet that you won't be abl...

Is budgeting all about deprivation and guilt? Or could it be a way to make sure we are living the life we really want to live? My guest this week says that how we handle our money is absolutely about making sure we get to do exactly what we want in life!  Katie Van Wyngarden from Fearless Finance joins me to change our perspective on budgeting and managing money. Listen in to hear: It's not a...

You've dealt with burnout... whether it was career burnout, mental health burnout, relationship burnout... sometimes we need to recover from hitting bottom and try to figure out where to go next and what burnout recovery looks like.   Sabrina Del Duca joins me this week on OMG Teach Me to share her powerful story of overcoming career burnout, finding a job and a calling that light her up, and...

Working from home in your pajamas? Or making sure to always be "camera ready" no matter what? Let's talk about why it matters whether we get dressed each day.  This week we're talking about enclothed cognition and how our minds and bodies react to wearing certain clothes (and to other people wearing certain clothes).  While you might be able to get away with laying around in pj...

Have you ever met a new person and experienced how good it feels when they use your name in the conversation? Did you feel valued and appreciated? You probably did. This week, Lisa Joy Glassman of Active Potential joins me to talk about living in the present moment and how learning to do that can make our interactions with people (and our ability to remember names) even more powerful. You'll...

You decide to get in shape, or lose (release) weight, or make a life change... and a few weeks into it you get frustrated.  It seems as if nothing is changing, and you find yourself falling back into old habits. Why? Your nervous system is signaling to you that it's not safe to make that change. Let's talk about weight loss and safety.  Your nervous system is in control and is working fr...

A gut feeling... a hunch... a thought that comes out of nowhere... a sense that something is just off... We've all noticed our intuition warning us about simple things or major things. It sounds like a good idea to listen to your instincts or trust your gut, but how can we learn to do this better?  How can we get better at making sure our intuition catches our attention, and how can we tell w...

I'm fairly sure none of us had a laughter class in school, and what a shame because there are laughter benefits that affect our mood, hormones, health, and relationships in a powerful way. Sara Alepin and Kristina Kury from the Laughing with Gingers podcast join me today to talk (and giggle) about all things laughter!   We're spending some time on the power of laughter, being your authen...

OMG, we really do need to sleep! When sleep becomes difficult and when we deal with sleep deprivation and sleep problems, we know we need to do something differently. What about when we are trying to live in a healthier way? Sleep affects our immune system and our hormone levels, and there is a direct link between sleep and mental health. This week I'm joined by Cherie Tripp, a Certified Heal...

What if you made a decision right where you are with whatever you've got, and then you move forward fully confident that it is happening? In this episode, discover the secrets to making swift and effective choices, all while keeping your eyes firmly fixed on the ultimate destination. In a fast-paced world where circumstances can change in an instant, learning to trust your instincts and decis...

Our world is rife with political rhetoric and arguments over both the facts of a situation and the solutions.  If we know that minimizing stress is a significant part of living healthy, how do we manage our stress while being informed politically?  How do we keep our blood pressures low and avoid sticking our heads in the sand about major issues in the world? My guest today is Laura Vaught, who le...

Faith Hoskins joins me this week for an episode that you may want to listen to a few times.  We're talking about self-talk... that voice in our heads that is going all day long.  Our brains have a bias towards negativity, so Faith walks us through ways that we can start to shift that negativity and allow ourselves to consider a positive outcome. Why is this so powerful? Our thoughts impact ou...

You want a new job or a promotion or a leadership slot or a new business... so what do you do? How do you make it happen? Let's talk about three steps: break down the skills, find people to look at for evidence, and grow your belief and self-worth.  I share lots of tips in this episode to help you navigate whether a challenge is a healthy challenge or whether it's too far out of reach. ...

"All disease begins in the gut, which also means all health begins in the gut..." Dr. Katie Collier, NP, joins me for an episode on gut health that will give you all the basics of what it means to have a healthy gut, why you care, and how our digestive system plays a role in our health, immunity, and even mental focus. She shares exactly what to eat (did your mom tell you to eat your veg...

If you are a dog lover, a parent, a teacher or all of the above, this episode is for you.  If mindset and nature and fun are empowering and important, then bringing them into our classrooms while kids are still young seems even more important.  Let's start teaching with fun early! Dr. Barbara Vokatis joins me this week to share how she works with her therapy dog in classrooms with kids of all...

Are you raising the next generation of professional women and leaders?  Are we teaching girls and women to be nice or to be kind - and what is the difference? This week is all about finding ways to help girls and women to act with empowered kindness.  What are the ways we can do that and demonstrate that?  I'll share lessons I learned from amazing women mentors in my career, and character tra...

Jen Liss joins me this week to talk about how we can focus on fun to overcome doubt and fear in our lives.  Within the first 10 minutes of this episode, she gave me a sentence that I will use over and over to determine what I want to focus on each day and in each job or task I do.  OMG, I hope it's just as meaningful for you! We're talking about untethering from the web of labels and exp...

What would happen if you smiled more, gave genuine compliments, were fully aligned with your offer, and made sure to listen well?  Whoever you were interacting with would most likely leave the conversation with an impression of increase. Let's talk about why and how to leave people better off than when we found them.  For sales and online influencing, as well as business negotiations, this is...

Feeling good - confident - in what we wear and in our appearance matters.  Style helps us to feel empowered, put together, confident, and positive.  Emotion is the most powerful element to mindset and success and so feeling good is a powerful thing. Style also changes how others perceive us. (Remember the adage, "dress for the job you want?") Amanda Gauger joins me this week to give us s...