Rebranding Middle Age

When was the last time you gave yourself permission to let go of urgency and stop trying to fix yourself? So many women move through midlife carrying the exhausting belief that they should already have it all figured out. That they should be more healed, more disciplined, more confident, or further along than they are. That constant pressure steals our freedom, joy, and peace. In this episode, I'm...

You get to keep writing your story. You have the privilege and the responsibility to take ownership for who you are being and what you truly want for your life. I want to keep growing in freedom and I want to help you do the same. This includes making the conscious choice to "live forward" and "thrive forward" in each new season. In this episode I'm sharing a short clip from my Get to Know Yoursel...

Around the age of 33-34 I went through a significant life shift. Maybe you can look back and witness a big shift around the same time of your life. I started waking up to my old unconscious patterns and seeing that I had power of choice in ways that did not occur to me before that. In my Old Self - New Self - True Self Framework, I was in my Old Self Identity but around 34/35 shifted into the grow...

🎉 Episode 100! A significant milestone:) Thank you for being here with me. Nearly three years ago, I started this podcast before I felt ready, before I could see the whole path ahead, and before I knew exactly where it would lead. One hundred episodes later, I'm deeply grateful that I trusted the nudge to begin. In this episode, we're continuing the conversation about getting to know yourself in...

Midlife is messy. It involves many life transitions and includes a lot of growth and change. A common experience for midlife women is that they feel like they don't know who they are anymore. But since midlife women are chronically hard on themselves, I want you to know that this is a natural part of the growth process. Part and parcel of living long enough to arrive at this season of life. The di...

I want you to know who you are (your True Self) and learn how to be on your own side, always, no matter what. In this episode of The Rebranding Middle Age podcast, I’m sharing 12 soul-honouring practices that will help you know, love, and trust yourself more deeply — starting today. This is not about self-improvement. It's about becoming someone who loves and values herself and knows how to be on...

After years of personal healing and practice, I started to notice 4 key recurring themes or practices that were driving my healing and growth. So, over the past 11 years, I've woven these into my work with other midlife women, watching, testing, and iterating. And I observed that these principles and practices were key in supporting positive transformation or growth for them as well. You can begin...

In a soul-honouring life, we look back to witness and celebrate our progress and to mine for wisdom. We look forward to cast a vision, set goals, and reimagine who we are becoming. But then, we must pull our hearts and minds back so we can live fully willing and present in each moment and each day. Even the super messy, deeply challenging, or pretty wonderful yet not perfect days. In this episode,...

Over the past few episodes I've been talking about elements of a soul-honouring life. Today I'm focusing on the freedom you can experience when you recognize that your capacity shifts in new life seasons. And how honouring your wiring and capacity in different seasons of life is an important way that you can befriend yourself and also create a sustainable and soul-honouring life for yourself. Key...

In this episode I share one of my favourite empowering and life-giving practices. It offers a huge ROI in my life. And I've seen the change that happens for others when I teach them this practice. A soul-honouring life is an expression of True Self in the world. Last episode I focused on how knowing your Core Values helps you be your True Self and make decisions aligned with what truly matters to...

One of the most common search terms on my website or in google that bring people to my site is "how to find your core values" or "what are my core values." Your Core Values are an expression of your True Self in the world. I created a 5-hour workshop to help you not only identify your core values, but understand why this is so beneficial, and how to apply (or live) your core values in practical, i...

A soul-honouring life is a life that is true to yourself. One that expresses your True Self in the world - your gifting, your core values, possibly your core dreams or a soul-calling. It is a life that you feel proud of, take ownership for, an intentional and meaningful life. How you express your core values and gifting will shift in different seasons of life. But you can always walk out your valu...

Notice if a lot of the heaviness, pain, and struggle you're feeling is self-imposed. If so, you can choose to let it go. 20 years ago my life changed when I made a commitment to no longer bully myself (or my body). I stepped over a line that day. And then I started practicing... In this episode I share a short clip from a recent Befriend Yourself Workshop. I share a bit of my personal story and ho...

This is a short but hopefully life-giving episode. I offer you 10 reminders that can help you befriend yourself exactly as you are today. And that can help you enjoy your messy and beautiful life. Resources You can download the PDF of these 10 reminders here: click here. Join the Brave + Beautiful Community: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/community/ Connect with me: Instagram: @a_life_in_progress...

The same over-giving, working harder, people-pleasing, perfectionist patterns that brought you to this season of your life won't create the change that you're needing and wanting. But there's a good chance that while you want to grow, heal, and learn to be kinder to yourself and build a life you truly want, you're still trying to use those same old patterns that leave you exhausted, discouraged, a...

Spring reminds me to hold everything loosely and live open to change. It reminds me that I can only see so far - there is so much more beauty and joy ahead. And each seasonal shift also prompts me to notice that feeling uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe. You'll learn four ways I'm caring for myself right now - they will likely serve you too. And I have a free spring self-care guide tha...

I had a breakthrough this weekend and it felt like 50 lbs were released from my chest. I could breathe deeply and exhale fully again in a way I had not been able to for months. In this episode I share more about this but one part of this breakthrough was realizing that I'd been feeling conflicted internally because ... well, this is NOT the life or family I wanted or dreamed of. Family was my firs...

As a young parent I heard the phrase "relationship over rules." As a young parent I heard the phrase “relationship over rules” as it pertained to parenting. This idea encouraged me that the whole reason for having a rule or boundary was to protect and love my child. Authoritarian parenting was about me feeling in control, showing up from fear, and/or avoiding doing my own emotional regulation work...

Have you ever tackled a decluttering project in your home? What motivated this decision? How did it feel once you got the extra stuff out of your life? Decluttering our inner lives is just as important. But it can feel even more vulnerable than letting go of physical things. Learning to let go of old stories and patterns that no longer serve us is brave and stretching. And it is essential for an i...

So many midlife women approach their healing and growth work from the root belief that they are not good enough, they are bad, wrong, or broken, or that they need to find a "fix" outside of themselves. And then they will feel kinder to themselves, more at peace, or everything in life will fall into place. All this does is reinforce your old self-protective patterns and gives you more of the same....

If you're like most of the women I work with, you are already fairly self-aware. You've already done quite a bit of internal growth work or inquiry. You may have done a lot of therapy, you've read books, you've gotten degrees. You know how to work hard. You know how to do hard things. You know how to show up for people. But you don't show up for yourself. You devalue your own wants and needs and y...

Are you somebody who needs ample time alone? Time alone in your own house? But you judge yourself for having this need? Are you somebody who can feel or sense when somebody else is present in the home, even if they're not making any sound? And even though you love "your people" this takes a toll on you? In this episode I talk about giving yourself permission to tend to your own needs by giving you...

Stop outsourcing your wellbeing, happiness, and even value as a person. Stop putting your life in someone else's hands. Midlife women often do this around holidays or "special days" like Valentine's Day, their birthday, or Mother's Day. Instead of waiting for other people to fill you up or make you feel loved, YOU need to get clear on what you want and need and take responsibility for filling your...

Having a vision for where you are heading, what you truly desire, and the world you want to help build, can increase your happiness and help you flourish. But you don't live in the vision . You must live fully present and awake in this day. This is where you commit to the brave and vulnerable work of daily practice. It's only with daily practice that you bring your vision to life. But also this da...

We're still on the topic of beginning your year on purpose by building a solid foundation of health before you ask yourself to jump into creating/producing/achieving. Have you ever heard the term "Joy Snacks"? This was coined by science journalist, Richard Sima. Joy Snacks are little bites of joy that, when mindfully savored, boost life satisfaction and wellbeing. In this episode, I share 7 Joy Sn...