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Are holiday candy, snacks, and finger foods your Achilles Heel this time of year? Is it all of the yummy, sugary coffee drinks in those cute little Christmas cups from Starbucks? Do you do a pretty good job on everything else, but just can't keep yourself from grazing? You aren't alone? We're all in on this. Snacking happens to the best of us. BUT there are ways to help keep it from...

Tracking your food in a nutrition tracker or food journal is really the very first step in putting your health in good view. Taking care of your health really does start with your relationship with food, or the kitchen as I say. And when you are armed with all of your individual nutrition facts, you are able to define or redefine that relationship. Is your goal midlife weight loss? Do you just wan...

Mike and I are BACK for the 85th Friday Night BeerBlog. Tonight we are talking about being an expert. So many of us doubt ourselves and our experience and don't consider ourselves a so-call "expert" in something, but honestly what is an expert anyway? We talking about the qualifications of an expert and how each of us actually IS an expert at something and it is up to us to share th...

It is so important to take aging and longevity into our own hands, especially when there are things that you can do through exercise and lifestyle change to improve. One of them is your posture . We start out being told by our parents to stand or sit up straight and then we fall off the wagon ourselves as we age. The poor posture we adopt or develop over time has severe consequences in cognitive d...

Author of the book Life Disrupted - Finding Your Way Forward When The World Is Upside Down, Tracy Baldwin is here to discuss how we as midlife women, must learn to adhere to the STOP SIGNS in our life before we face burnout or perhaps a breakdown and left wondering "what is it all for, what am I doing, and is this it?" It's important to acknowledge that we all face STOP SIGNS in lif...

Do you hate to exercise, but know you need to? Have you tried and just can't find any enjoyment in it and find that it is more like punishment? Well, I say that you don't hate exercise per se, you just haven't found YOUR exercise routine yet. There are so many different activities you can choose. You are not limited to Running, Swimming, or Riding a Bike. You just need to expand you...

Welcome to the Friday Night BeerBlog! Self-Acceptance in all forms is difficult, but especially when we look in the mirror. Regardless of the fact that we are all perfect and loved the way we are, we have trouble loving ourselves sometimes. Tonight we are discussing where to start to ease into the self-acceptance that you want and that you deserve. We're starting at the beginning and focusing...

The word "midlife" has grown to have such a negative connotation instead of being associated with the freedom that it actually holds. My guest today, Licensed Counselor and host of the Creating You podcast, Heather McMahon even wonders what is midlife anyway? No one can determine when their midlife is. Think about that for a minute. What we need to remember is that we hold the power to t...

It's the weekend again! You've worked hard to stay on top of your workout plan all week and look forward to perhaps a longer workout on the weekend or time to go somewhere new to workout, but Saturday or Sunday morning rolls around and you procrastinate to the point to not being able to do what you've looked so forward to. You need to put this one accountability factor into play to...

It is the middle of October and the crazy holiday season of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's are on us hard and fast. This is a crazy time of the year and we tend to just not mind our own nutrition and health needs to just "get through" this time of year. And then we find ourselves at the doorstep of January 1st and we make all kinds of promises to ourselves to mak...

After a month off Mike and I are BACK!! We are on the road and in a hotel, but taking time out to record the podcast version of this week's Friday Night BeerBlog. No rest for the weary. SO MUCH happened in September - including a bout of COVID for me. BOO! But during September Mike and I also celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. How can it be that long? That seems insane to me. Despite no...

Functional Medicine Doctor Deanna Holdren is here to talk to us about that #1 worry most of us have at midlife - the menopausal weight gain. So many of us think that it is normal and just something to accept, but that is not true. There are ways to combat this weight gain that are totally within our control with diet and exercsie. In this episode we talk about: What is functional medicine and the...

No one wants to get sick or be sick, but sometimes we just are and the only control we have is how we respond to it and prepare to make a comeback to our fitness journey once our body is ready.  It may have been difficult for you to start a exercise routine to begin with and now you are sick. You may feel that you will lose everything that you have gained and may be tempted to QUIT altogether, but...

Welcome to the conclusion of Self Care September ! And we're talking about the biggest hurdle of all - Self Compassion . Learning to give ourselves grace is the hardest thing of all. We show and give empathy to others all the time, but get stuck in our own mistake cycles. It's time to break that and begin seeing ourselves as the imperfect beings that we are and be okay with it. In this e...

Hey friends! TODAY is a very special day. The New Old You got a much deserved self-care September makeover. You will now find everything you need under the podcast name REDESIGNING MIDLIFE. There's way too much to get into the WHYS in the show notes, so you are just going to have to give this relaunch episode a listen. I do hope you enjoy this new direction because taking time NOW to prioriti...

Are you able to set boundaries? You actually do it every day and probably don't realize it. Some are easy to set, others are more difficult, especially when we think they may make others mad or not like us. People please much? Yes, we all do. Today I'm going through 5 things to consider and work through as you are doing the work to set some healthy boundaries. I hope these things help ma...

It's the WEEKEND! Weekends usually offer us a little more time to get some exercise in so how frustrating when the weekend gets here and we just aren't motivated to move. Well, I've got you. A shortie little workout motivation to help fire you up. Make sure to scroll down and in the review section, let me know you got it done (and a 5 star review while you're there) or find me...

Investing in yourself aka Making yourself a priority are huge components of Self Care . But we routinely make the excuses saying "I don't have time" or "I don't have enough money". Today we are debunking those excuses, when we really just don't believe that we deserve to invest time or money in ourselves. I'm talking about  6 benefits of making that personal...

What is a life well-lived? Look no further than that of Ewing Fahey. Double art major, teacher, newspaper editor, television reporter, magazine editor, wife, mother...world renowned sculptor. Ewing did it all and I had the opportunity to sit down with her to talk about all of the amazing adventures and obstacles she had to overcome in her life. Imagine being in New York City as a twenty-something...

We often don't think of a morning routine as being good self care, but it is SO self care that it should probably be called self preservation instead. A good morning routine will encourage you to spend time on yourself first thing in the day so that when the rest of the day becomes focused on others or eaten up by other responsibilities, you will have that time already put in where you came f...

I passed the ACSM Certified Personal Trainer exam today. It was a BIG P moment for me.  We're on the road, but figured out a way to do this podcast while driving just so I could talk about it and how we should all be more proud of ourselves than others are, especially when we're kicking ass. Thanks for listening - have a safe Labor Day Weekend! See you in October - Mike and I are taking...

Empty Nest coach Allie Hill is back to shower us with love and best tips, strategies, and advice on how to survive an empty nest. 20 million kids are headed to college, which means 20-40 million parents on their own solo journey to deal with an empty nest. It's important to remember that you are not alone on this road, but that there is good support and excellent steps you can take to make it...

Self-Care September will be here next week! Is it really a thing? I thought I came up with the idea, but according to Google, I didn't. I hate when other people have my good ideas first. Anyway, still doing it and we're talking about it and what all of September will be about. And we learn whether Mike even knows what self-care is.  Thanks for listening - and make sure to RATE this podca...

A parent's job does not end when we drop our kids at the college dorm for the first time. While we need to maintain a hands-off approach, we still need to keep a watchful eye that they are managing this new stress in a productive way. And if we see some red flags that they aren't, we need to get them help so that they can develop some strategies to deal with all of the new stress. Dale T...

Are you like me and listen to music all day? Like ALL DAY? And do you have certain music you listen to at certain times and for certain tasks? No? Well I do. Lately, my work "theme music" has been tunes from the Barbra Streisand channel on Pandora. This music has soothed my ears while my other senses and mind have been jamming out some serious work. All Hail Babs! It seems like a strange...