REDESIGNING MIDLIFE | Workout Motivation Over 50, Nutrition Facts, Health & Wellness, Fitness, Exercise Inspiration, Menopause Symptoms, Self-Care, Midlife Crisis

Health Overwhelm is a real thing. I couldn't find a definition on Google for it, but it is real and many of us feel it. When we KNOW we have to do something about our health, but we aren't sure what or how. There is so much information out there - how do we decide what to do? What if we choose wrong? This week I am giving you permission to chill out on yourself a little bit. Instead of f...

A few months ago on Instagram, Sara Blakely, the founder and CEO of Spanx posted something that has stuck with me. It was a picture of her drinking out of a coffee mug that read “when you’re getting your shit together it gets lonely. But choose growth over company.”  Let’s face a common reality. Not everybody in your life will be thrilled when you decide to get your shit together. They are comfort...

Sport. Your kid's sport specifically. We get so involved and engrained. Mike and I spent many years, dollars, vacations, blood, sweat, and tears supporting our kids in the sports they chose to pursue. We both love athletics and were more than happy to travel all over the country making sure they both got to learn all the lessons that sport teaches. But then it was over Where once a lot, if no...

Through personal tragedy, Functional Medicine Nutritionist Andrea Nakayama found that there are were things missing in healthcare, some gaps in treatments and how the patient is  viewed. She developed the YES, AND method, where we listen to the medical recommendation and then find out what else can we do. She says we have think differently about where we are taking our own care in addition to medi...

None of us pictures ourselves as a frail, little, old lady. We can’t fathom that one day we wouldn’t be able to go on a hike, walk up some stairs, or even live by ourselves, independently.  Think of the last frail older woman that you saw. Do you think that she imagined herself in her state 10 ,20, 30 years ago? Or do you think that she imagined herself doing all the things that you imagine that y...

Author Nicole Kalil, bringing her new book “Validation is for Parking - How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con” is with me today for the very important discussion about confidence - and how the confidence that we portray outwardly doesn't necessarily match up to how we feel inside. Nicole's story is a cautionary tale and one that a lot of us have experienced and faced. We appear and &quot...

Is strength training, resistance training, weight lifting (whatever you want to call it) part of your fitness routine? It should be. But if it isn't, maybe it's because you believe one or several of the 6 lies  about lifting weights as a woman. I'm here to disprove  those lies and when I'm finished, you'll want to get started right away. Midlife is a wonderful time to star...

I’ve heard so many people say things like: “I can’t lose weight anyway”, “this pain is normal with getting older”, or “lifting weights is too hard” . They just put it out into the universe. What the universe hears is that you are okay with your weight and can’t lose it, that you expect a certain amount of pain, or it will never give you any motivation to lift weights. Watch your words, lest they c...

Women in the world need access to empowering information, with real actionable items,  all addressed in a kind way. That is what Jack Perez, founder of Kuel Life has put together for women 45+. A place of curated content from over 60 midlife women thought leaders imparting their knowledge. Jack has a passion to remind women that we are far more similar than dissimilar. She wants women to know that...

We all want the "smoothie". We want to lose weight and gain lean muscle. We crave more energy, better sleep, and to look good in our clothes. We ache to just feel better. But we don’t want to do the things we know are needed to feel how we want. We don't want the "spinach":  to cut carbs & added sugar, to get more protein, to do cardio or resistance training, to drink...

The belief that you must work out every day to get and stay fit, is a misnomer. It is false. Rest is an important part of any exercise program. I would venture to say that it is the MOST important part. Want to know why? Listen in! Happy Friday fellow Midlife Friends! Take care of yourself and LISTEN TO YOUR BODY! READ THE BLOG Find me on my Website : https://www.lesleylmcshane.com Questions? Emai...

Let’s start normalizing menopause! Stop hiding that you are suffering. Talk about it with….everyone. Menopause symptoms suck. And I’m picking on one of them today in the podcast. If you suffer from the menopause blues like me, I’ve got 4 coping mechanisms to help you through them. Read the BLOG:  https://lesleylmcshane.com/4-coping-mechanisms-menopause-blues/ Find me on my Website : https://www.le...

Author Jim Afremow in “The Champions Mind – How Great Athletes Think, Train and Thrive" says that self-control is the secret of champions. I say self-control is the secret to any health and wellness success.  If you can develop the ability to hold on for the larger reward, you will be successful. If you can bypass tempting treats, such as certain foods or skipping a workout or cutting it shor...

Quitting is so easy when things aren’t going great, when something is just too hard, or isn’t going your way. To be able to say, “That’s it. I’m done. No more. Someone else’s problem. I’ll live with the consequences.” But then the next day comes and you feel regret. You know you let the best of your emotions get to you. If only you had had these three tools to keep you from quitting on the spot. M...

In the area of finding women who are role models in the midlife space, I would definitely put Bossa Bar Founder, Julie Gordon White, and what she has created for women in Menopause right up there. I love the opportunity to support midlife women entrepreneurs who are speaking out, educating, and creating product and services for women just like us. I hope that you are finding the encouragement to v...

How many times have we rushed through a workout to get to our next to-do or spent all of our workout thinking about what we have to do after? I'm guilty for sure.  But taking the time to exercise, to workout, to lift weights, to get some cardio, is YOUR TIME. It is your time to BE IN THE MOMENT and focus on yourself. Don't give that up rushing to the next thing. Put yourself and your hea...

There is nothing more magical than seeing our glass half full and being grateful for what we have and for what we believe is available to us. My guest today, Gratitude & Meditation Expert Lori Saitz, is all about it. She is here to talk to us about how being grateful and having gratitude can get us more of the things we want in life. She does not want any of us to settle for FINE and believes...

Get your midlife in motion and start moving this week. And when you come back next week and hear what encouraging and motivational words I have for you then, instead of saying ONE DAY I WILL, you’ll say – THIS WEEK I DID.  And there is something about knowing that you have just STARTED that will propel you to continue. Find me on my Website : https://www.lesleylmcshane.com Questions? Email me:  le...

You need to connect with your partner. The kids are gone. You just aren't finding that you are "in touch" with who this person is anymore. I've got the BEST ways to reconnect with your partner so that all the rest of your days together will be just like the first. RATE AND REVIEW the podcast - PLEASE! And THANK YOU! Read the BLOG: https://lesleylmcshane.com/connect-with-your-pa...

We are human and are obsessed with the booty, but on the other hand we end up using our own to sit for hours in the same position - at our desk, on the couch, in our car. When our glute muscles aren't activated properly, they get "sleepy" and don't function as they should. Let's talk about what the booty does for us and what we can do for it. I've got 3 ways to start...

If you let quitting win every time something gets hard, you’ll never improve, progress, or master. You’ll just stay stuck in the same place. Getting to the other side of something requires the opposite. It requires NOT QUITTING when you want to the most. Stay the course. Push through. You've got this my midlife friend! Find me on my Website : https://www.lesleylmcshane.com Questions? Email me...

Estrangement is a trauma filled, emotional experience for parents and adult children who are experiencing it. Today I have an emotional replay with my friend Kreed Revere, host of The Estranged Heart podcast. She is here to share her very vulnerable story of her own estrangement from her adult children and what she did to heal herself and start down the road to reconciliation. Make sure to find Kr...

Who do you want to be? What do you want to do? Are you afraid to make a transformational change because of some untrue belief that you don't deserve it or aren't worth it? Stop right now. Stop beating yourself up and stop isolating yourself. Find community and reach for more. Transformation Coach Gina DeVee is back with us today to give us a life update and to share her vision for us as...

Maybe you've told yourself for years that You can’t get fit or you don’t like exercise. Or you’ll never be athletic or that you are not coordinated enough. But do you have evidence of these things or are these just things you’ve been convinced of or have told yourself over the years? Ask yourself honestly, are any of them TRUE? It may be time to change the narrative, change your story, change...

Losing your "midlife middle" won't be easy, but it can be done. If you feel like you've done everything you can, you just have to go back and look at it again while talking through it with someone else. You may see things there you didn't before. Katie felt like she was doing everything she could to lose that 10 pounds that had crept on over a couple of years. She was frus...