The Mindful Midlife Crisis

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Welcome to Season 4!  In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to Wendy Battles. As the host of the Reinvention Rebels podcast , Wendy interviews bold and unapologetic women, 50-90, who have reinvented themselves later in life to see new possibilities. From traveling solo around...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy is back from Europe (and Africa!) and wants to share the life lessons he learned during his travels!  Hear more about: --why surfers are total bad asses --why only speaking English is a privilege and a curse --how social media is still addicting even when you're traveling --ho...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. While Billy still soaks up the sun under the bluest skies he's ever seen in Portugal and beyond, the guys reflect on the first year of the podcast before making a big announcement for our devoted listeners!  As a bonus, Billy shares his one-on-one conversation with spiritual health...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian reflect on the amazing insights shared by our Season 3 guests with their best good pal, the always entertaining Matt Hazard!  The guys: --discuss why Matt Hazard found this season to be "pretty, pretty woo woo" at times --try to make sen...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian sit down with teacher, writer, psychologist, and consultant Dr. Yvette Erasmus to discuss: --how she feels about her daughter's change of plans to forego college and live with her for another year--her recent trip to Alexandria, Egypt, in which she closed a chapter i...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian sit down with author, presenter, and professional wise-cracker Tom Cody--co-founder of Top 20 Strategies, to discuss: --how we can become the best version of ourselves through Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Ski...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to mindfulness coach Brett Hill about: --how he learned at an early age that what we can achieve and the quality of our life hinges on our ability to communicate well with others --how understanding the somatic experience of emotion can l...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to Global Inclusion and Diversity Business Leader Ericka Jones about: --what inclusion, diversity, and equity training looks like and how it makes us more aware of our blind spots  --how we NEED to use our privilege to ensure people have...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to Teresa Sande, author of Find Your Fierce: Interrupt Impostor Syndrome and Own Your Success , about: --what exactly impostor syndrome is --her experiences, observations, and research on how people experience impostor syndrome through he...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to John Wessinger, author of Ride the Wave: How to Embrace Change and Create a Powerful New Relationship with Risk , about: --how a surfing vacation gone extremely wrong led understanding the importance of embracing the conditions regardl...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to Scott Welle--author, speaker, and founder of Outperform the Norm, a global movement that helps people achieve peak performance in their personal and professional lives--about: --how he got started running marathons and doing Ironman tr...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to certified professional co-active life coach, registered yoga teacher, and yoga studio owner Jill Dahler about: --her transition from Corporate America to life coach and yoga studio owner; --what she means by being "unapologeticall...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to career coach Dr. Dawn Graham about: --why people in their midlife years switch careers --the career-switch process (and how damn frustrating it can be!) --how job-hunting has changed over the years --how we need to rebrand ourselves du...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian interview energy mastery expert Kristen Brown about how we can unblock our best self.  Kristen is a "corporate hippie" who has worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet.  She is also a best-selling author, podcast host, en...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In this week's episode, Billy and Brian try to remember what it's like to talk to each other without having a guest on the show;  get older (but better);  share their successes from Seasons 1 and 2 (and encourage you to do the same!); run down the list of outstanding Season 3 g...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian sit down with Lisa Barnholdt to discuss navigating life in a blended family.    If you want to learn more about how to foster a loving blended family, check out the books referenced by Lisa in today's episode:  -- The Smart Step-Family by Ron...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian sit down with Shannon Essler-Petty to discuss how raising a child with special needs has been a blessing, has shaped her work as an educator who prepares teachers for their classroom experiences, has turned her into a strong advocate for children...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Brian forgets to show up to our interview, so Billy has to retreat to his home recording fort for our second conversation with mental health advocate Tandra Rutledge from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  Tandra shares how she helps her son unlock...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian talk to mental health advocate Tandra Rutledge about how we can normalize and prioritize conversations around mental health with our children so we can kick stigma's butt! If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or suicidal i...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In today's episode, Billy and Brian talk to their best good pal, the always entertaining Matt Hazard!  Matt shares what has resonated the most with him throughout Season 2 of The Mindful Midlife Crisis, including: our guests expertise and vulnerability, how this season of episodes h...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian sit down with Billy's friend (and devoted listener) Mina to discuss her complicated childhood and how she's had to unpack that as an adult, the death of her best friend by suicide, and her current trial separation.  We want to thank Mina for her willingness to b...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Billy and Brian sit down with Dr. Yvette Erasmus and listen to her eloquently break down communications style and how being a more compassionate communicator can lead to deeper, more meaningful relationships.  This is a MUST listen!  One of our favorite interviews to date! As a teacher,...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. In Part 4 of 4 episodes on The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine , Billy and Brian discuss  the emotionally mature female brain with women's health nurse practitioner Krista Margolis.  Krista walks us through the biological changes of perimenopause and talks about why menopause gets...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. Yep, we're still detouring around this pandemic, so we're bringing you some dating advice from dating coach extraordinaire Sally Heart, who helps people find and attract true love in less time! Sally Kathryn shares some dating advice with Billy and makes fun of his height just...

Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com. "Wait, what?  I thought you guys were talking about The Female Brain by Dr. Louan Brizendine?!  What's this?!"  Well, this is what happens when Brian on the Bass has to quarantine due to a close contact...but since we didn't want to leave you hanging, we're movin...