The Habit Thrive Podcast ~ Self Care Habits, Mindfulness & Wellness Routines for Women 50 & Beyond

Hey, Habit Thrivers! This week on Episode #112 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we have a short but sweet episode.🤗 We’re going to try a mindfulness practice that will help us “be.” Be present. Be engaged. Just “be.” So settle in, close your eyes (or don’t), and let’s “be”...🙏 Lorrie xoxox Loving the show? Let’s connect! Find me: Facebook: Women's Wellness Community: For women wanting to rock their...

Habit Thrivers, we have entered into one of my favorite months of the year: August, the Sunday of Summer.☀️ The summer is winding down.⏲️ Vacations✈️ are wrapping up. Kids are going back to school.🚌 And a crisp, new fall🍂 is just ahead. This week, on Episode #111 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are embracing🤗 the sense of transition that’s in the air this time of year. While it’s true that we h...

I. Love. Ayurveda.❤️ And, today, on Episode #110 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, I’m sharing that love by talking about 3 steps for using Ayurveda to bring balance⚖️ to your everyday life. Step 1: Practicing Mindfulness The simple act of asking yourself, “How am I feeling?”🤔 helps ground you in the present moment and notice what is happening in and around you. And it doesn’t have to be some grand re...

Hey Habit Thrivers, are you in your summer rhythm😎 yet? I hope so, because now is the time to embrace🤗 that rhythm and look forward to the next month, the rest of summer, and the start of fall. Yes, fall!🍁 Those of you who are already planners know🤔 how the process of thinking forward and planning ahead can bring about more adventure🙌, engagement, and enjoyment😁 than just letting life “happe...

We’ve got another special interview🎙️for you today, Habit Thrivers! As part of our July series on Habits, Routines and Rituals, I’m talking skincare today with my good friend🫶 Shari Miller - a holistic skin therapist, traditional herbalist, and life coach. Shari is also the creator of HEAL Holistic Skincare, a line of clean, green and highly effective plant-powered🌱 skincare. She believes that o...

Lately on the Habit Thrive Podcast, we have been talking a lot about exercise, strength training💪, and weightlifting.🏋️ ✅Going to the gym. ✅Lifting weights. ✅Building muscle. ✅Pushing. ✅Pulling. Whew … is anyone else tired?😩 Well, you’re in luck!🤗 This week, on Episode #107, we are going to practice letting go into sleep.😴 We will start☝️ with a Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique to...

As we continue with our theme of strength💪 here on the Habit Thrive Podcast, we’re focusing today on how our doshas relate to our strength training. Whether you’re a fiery Pitta, an airy Vata, or a grounded Kapha, understanding your dosha can help you tailor your workouts for optimal👌 results. 🩷 Intense, competitive, and strong-willed, Pittas often have a medium build and lots of energy. In the...

In this week's episode, we dive deep into the concept of creating a mindful strength habit 💪and transforming it into a strength mindset🧠 This episode is all about empowering you to feel more present, engaged, and strong—both physically and mentally. Discover how mindfulness can enhance your strength training, keep you safe, and help you seize opportunities to build strength in everyday life💖. K...

The past few episodes of the Habit Thrive Podcast have been all about strengthening💪 ourselves physically and mentally. Today, on Episode #104, we are continuing our strength journey by learning how to✍️ create a strength habit, routine, or ritual. Maybe you already have a strength routine as part of your day.🤷‍♀️ Or maybe you have been thinking🤔 about creating one. No matter where you are on y...

Well, Habit Thrivers, we are coming in strong💪 (pun intended) to another week here on the Habit Thrive Podcast! This week, on Episode #103, I am keeping up the momentum I was inspired🥰 to gather during last week’s spectacular interview! Chatting with Kim reminded me how valuable🫶 a strength routine is for our health and well-being: Not just physically, but also mentally.🧠 So, we are going to s...

Today, we wrap up our May Movement series and kick off the month of June with a special interview!🎙️ I’m chatting with Kim Rahir, who describes herself as “a health coach for middle-aged women helping them drop weight, get strong💪 and boost energy by leveraging muscle mass and mindset🧠 work.” Kim is a former journalist🖊️ and world🌎 traveler who found herself facing an MS diagnosis that caused h...

Hey, hey Habit Thrivers!👋 Welcome to episode 101, where we're launching🚀 into our next 100 episodes (and beyond) on the Habit Thrive Podcast by diving back into the topic of movement and exercise.👟 So far on our May Mindful Movement Series, we have discussed ✅whether or not we ever find ourselves craving habits like exercise and movement, ✅exploring how Ayurveda can have us embracing exercise...

On the Habit Thrive Podcast today, we are celebrating!🥳 I am so thrilled🙌 to announce that today is marked by our 100th episode! 💯 episodes of habits, routines, tips, tricks, stories, laughs, recipes, and ah-ha moments. 💯 opportunities to connect with like-minded women for 20-30 minutes on a Saturday morning. 💯 weeks where schedules, vacations, and even health issues have to align perfectly t...

Here on the Habit Thrive Podcast, we talk a lot about movement.  Walks and skis and dance parties💃. Little movements that make up our days and keep our blood flowing and our muscles💪 working. Today, on Episode #99, we are habit stacking👊 movement with exercise. While movement is something that we incorporate into the moments of our lives - like ✅taking the stairs instead of the elevator,...

Last week on the Habit Thrive Podcast, we touched on whether or not we ever find ourselves craving habits like exercise and movement. On Episode #98 this week, we are kicking off the month of May - and a month of movement 💪 - by exploring how Ayurveda can have us embracing exercise. Ayurveda is a holistic medicine focusing on knowledge, longevity and wisdom 🤓 and describes our life years in 3 se...

The spring transition is a hot topic🔥 everywhere right now: podcasts, newscasts, blogs, social media posts, etc. It seems like` absolutely everyone is talking about changes. Changes in weather🌤, in health and fitness🚴🏼‍♀️, in food🍋, in activities … and, of course, in habits and routines.😉 Today, on Episode #97 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are wrapping up the month of April by taking stock...

On this week's episode of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are diving into what habits and routines we can shift - or even delete🤔 - to shake up our spring and summer.🌷 Now, you may be asking yourself: “Why shift or change anything in the Spring? I mean, what's in it for me?”🤷‍♀️ The simple fact that our routines are routines means it is hard for us to just to change them up!😣 But spring is a natu...

In the spirit of spring renewal, this is a wonderful time to reflect on our habits and routines. 😄 This week, on Episode #95 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are talking about habits to add ☝️ to our spring (and incoming summer) routines. 1) Using a sinus rinse 👃 or neti pot This is a great way to clear out congestion if you are feeling especially sensitive to the pollen 🤧 in the air this time o...

Hey Habit Thrivers, In this first week of April, I have a special treat for you! Today's episode comes from the beautiful shores of Turks and Cacos. Ayurvedically, we are governed by the elements and characteristics of earth and water, and what better way to celebrate that than with a wave meditation! So sit back. Inhale. Exhale. Feel the cleansing, releasing, relaxing - and even energizing - powe...

Do you feel that?🤔 The energy in the air, swirling all around us.🤗 Between the time change, the spring🌷 equinox, full moons and the solar eclipse coming up, we here at the Habit Thrive Podcast are absolutely overflowing🙌 with energy! For the month of March, we have been channeling that energy into our spring and summer🌞 planning. Today, we’re going to counter our uptick of energy with some re...

Here on the Habit Thrive Podcast, we have been planning our next chapter by looking ahead to our spring🌷/summer🌞 selves. This week, on Episode #92, we have an interview🎤 with Business Activator, Sound Healer & Certified EFT Practitioner Lindsay Hindle. Lindsay uses EFT (Emotional freedom technique) tapping to help women embrace themselves🥰 - both in where they are and in where they want to...

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning. -Thomas Edison So let’s make ourselves some good fortune!🙌 This week, on Episode #91 of the Habit Thrive Podcast, we are planning for summer.🌞 Yep, you heard that right!😉 Now is the perfect time to start planning for an awesome summer (and developing habits and routines for the spring🌷, of course). Unfortunately, many of us str...

As we get into the month of March and start preparing ourselves for the upcoming spring🌷 season, we are bringing forward our heart health habits from February into our March theme of Planning Happiness. This week, on Episode #90, we have an interview🎤 with Jane Hogan: “The Wellness Engineer” and founder of the Wellness by Design Blueprint and the Wellness by Design Podcast. Jane is telling us al...

February is gone, and March is kicking off, but we here at the Habit Thrive Podcast aren’t finished caring for our emotional heart just yet! This week, on Episode #89, we are exploring our morning and evening rituals, habits, routines (or whatever you prefer to call them) that bring about a better night's sleep and easier flow to the days ahead. In the morning, cortisol helps us get up, melatonin...

Put your hand on your heart.❤️ Breathe in. Breathe out. Close your eyes👀, and take in the world around you. Maybe you’re sitting next to a loved one🤗 and can sense their presence. Maybe you’re out in the sunshine🌞 and can feel the rays on your face. Tap into your emotions in this moment☝️ and how they are affecting your heart health. For the month of February, we have been exploring the physica...