The Midlife Improvement Project - Navigating the challenges and adventures of Midlife on the way to an even better you.

In Episode 62, Jenny and I take advantage of the clean slate, fresh start feeling of September to jump back into some of our habits that have fallen off over the summer. The back to school feeling of September makes it feel like another new year.

In Episode 61, Jenny and I share some of our favourite podcasts and what we like about them.  My win this week and Jenny's learn are both related to the busy-ness of summer and how our habits have not been as consistent as either of us would like.   

In Episode 60, Jenny and I welcome our friend and fellow mastermind group member Amanda Devries to chat about the benefit of mastermind groups. She also joins in to share her like and win in our regular segments.

In Episode 59, Jenny and I share our favourite apps that help us to keep good habits. I'm diggin' a walk in the woods and Jenny is loving a parenting book. My win is related to exercise and Jenny's learn is about using rewards to teach new skills.

In Episode 58, Jenny and I share our favourite books on the topic of habits.  We talk about fun at local craft breweries and the new season of Queer Eye as well as Jenny doing a back flip and me getting intentional about this podcast for the future.

In Episode 57, Jenny and I chat about the concept of Minimalism.  We talk about what it is, what it means to us and give some great resources and examples of some people online that can improve your understanding of this topic, if it so interests you.

In Episode 56, Jenny and I check in to see how we are doing with 19 for 2019 lists.  We also check in to see if we are living up to the word of the year that each of us chose back in January. We also get back to some of our regular segments.

In Episode 55, Jenny and I continue our chat with Sean and Dave from Scotland who also have a podcast which is also called The Improvement Project. We answer another listener question about motivation.

In Episode 54, Jenny and I chat with Sean and Dave from Scotland who also have a podcast which is also called The Improvement Project. They are super fun and hilarious and we answer a listener question about motivation.

In episode 53 we are wrapping up this month of June as well as an entire year of habit challenges. We will then give you a sneak peek of what to expect as we head into our second year of podcasting.

In Episode 52, Jenny and I celebrate one full year of podcasting by turning the microphone around to you the listener and asking you the question: What habit have you been working on in the last six months that has made you a better human?

In episode 51, we are doing a deeper dive into a recap of each month and each challenge of our year of podcasting and finding out which habits stuck. 

In episode 50, we are recapping the last year of our podcast and our monthly self improvement challenges and revisiting why we started to do this podcast to begin with!

In Episode 48, we wrap up our May monthly no complaints challenge.  We ponder whether we even care about not complaining. As we wrap up we get excited to celebrate our upcoming one year anniversary next month!

In Episode 48, we share all the fun from our road trip to Detroit to see our online pretend best friend Gretchen Rubin and her sister Elizabeth Craft at their live Happier podcast event. We are soooo excited!!

In Episode 47, it's time for our book report! This month we are reading A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen. We also explore how complaining could have some positive outcomes.

In episode 46, we check in to see how Jenny and I are doing so far with this month's challenge where we are being mindful to stop complaining.  Then we share some compelling research about how complaining actually rewires your brain for negativity.

In Episode 45, it's a new month and it's time for a new challenge. This month, we will be focusing on not complaining, criticizing or gossiping for the whole month. Our words are a reflection of our thoughts and together they create our lives.

In episode 44, it's time for our book report.  This month's book is The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. This book was instrumental in helping my husband John and I take control of our financial situation and we hope that it will help you too!

This week, in episode 43, we dig into the details of how to start building a budget. We also discuss impulse purchases and if we are good at saving money.

In episode 42, we are digging into how your past experiences with money, or your money scripting, can have an effect on your current financial situation.

It's time for a new challenge and this month it's time to take control of your finances. Jenny and I will be using the Mint app to monitor our spending and we will get serious about creating a budget. I hope that you'll play along with us.

It's time for our monthly book report and this month we are so excited to be talking about our online pretend best friend Gretchen Rubin's new book Outer Order Inner Calm. Listen in as Jenny and I share some gems from this decluttering masterpiece.

It can sometimes be hard to let go of certain items as you start the decluttering process. There are some very common questions and obstacles that people face when decluttering, and in this episode we are going to help you walk through them.

In episode 38, we discuss how the first week of our decluttering challenge went and what we have been getting rid of.  The Rockstars of the Minimalism have something to say about living life with less and how having less stuff really does make you happier