The D Shift

Valerie Recore is a productivity specialist who focuses on helping women to overcome the challenges that mothers face in balancing multiple roles and expectations. From the overwhelming pressure to "have it all" to the invisible load of household responsibilities, Valerie shares her insights and strategies for reclaiming time, setting priorities, and finding balance.   Valerie shares her tips...

Welcome back to another episode of The D Shift.. Today we have a very special guest joining us, Rick Salmeron, a financial adviser with a unique approach to working with clients. In today's episode, Rick will be sharing his checklist for the first client meeting, the importance of understanding the emotional component of financial advice, and the key to financial success: behavior. Rick focuses on...

This practical and informative podcast focuses on the important and essential nature of sleep for women in perimenopause and menopause. Retired Dr. Lucinda Sykes is an amazing resource and walks us through the importance of sleep, the dangers of sleep medications, and how we can help our bodies and brains restore our natural sleep cycle, even in challenging times.  Lucinda emphasizes the sign...

On this episode of The D Shift, Nancy Perpall, an experienced divorce attorney, shares her insights and advice on navigating divorce and starting anew. Nancy begins by emphasizing the importance of believing in themselves throughout the divorce process. One key recommendation Nancy provides is the importance of getting a prenup for peace of mind and to lower legal fees if there is a breakup i...

This episode of The D Shift features Dinalynn Rosenbush, Speech and Language Pathologist, shedding light on the importance of effective communication and understanding in parenting, regardless of whether or not you are going through a divorce. As an international bestselling author, speech and language pathologist, and parent coach, Dinalynn shares her expertise in helping parents use language to...

On this episode of The D Shift, Beth Allison discusses the challenges and complexities of caregiving for family members with dementia. Beth specializes in supporting individuals caring for parents or family members with dementia or Alzheimer’s. During the episode, Beth shares her personal experience with her mother's diagnosis of Alzheimer's. The conversation explores the importance of planni...

This is a practical episode to help co-parents improve the exchange of information about the kids, even if the co-parenting relationship is difficult or challenging. I welcome Kevin Dorsey, the manager of professional relationships for Our Family Wizard. We talk about Our Family Wizard app and website, which is a suite of resources designed to help separated or divorced parents communicate effecti...

Valarie Tucker shares her story of how she found a career in real estate after a divorce despite being a highly successful hairstylist. She talks about juggling two jobs and choosing to move full-time into her real estate career. As a multi-million dollar producer for the last five years, Valarie works with people buying first homes or those with experience in the residential home market. We discu...

This is an amazing episode featuring Dilyana Mileva, an expert on sleep, breathwork, and yoga as a holistic way to address the symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause. Dilyana shares her journey from a yoga teacher to a menopause specialist and her own experience with overcoming hot flashes, mood swings, and sleep challenges. She advocates for alternative methods like yoga and breathwork instead...

Lynsie McKeown helps us to understand the importance of tapping into all aspects of our being. In this episode, we talked about the difficulties caused by neglecting feminine energy and how focusing solely on masculine energies can lead to disempowerment, toxic behavior, and a lack of harmony in our minds, body, and spirit. By awakening our divine feminine energy, we can move to a place of higher...

Bringing joy and happiness into your life should be intentional. Ali Perry-Davies is an individual who has experienced PTSD, traumatic brain injury, an a destructive and unhealthy and having those issues define her file a period of her life. Ali has learned that making a choice not to stay in that time and place in life starts with a desire to change and carry on with our personal stories. We disc...

In today's episode, Debbie Ausburn talks about the importance of being there for kids and always having their back - especially during times of divorce or when they are in foster care. She emphasizes the need for healthy boundaries while acknowledging the impact of trauma on children's lives. Debbie has a unique perspective on this as a former criminal prosecutor of crimes against children, social...

In today's episode, Dr. Mort Orman shares his experience developing a framework for not managing stress but banishing it from your life. He shares his personal development over the years and how misunderstandings around stress and managing stress contribute to the problem. Dr. Mort shares insight into the truth about stress. He discusses the system he used to treat his own stress and how he now us...

On today's episode, Lorena Tomasini, co-owner of MALM Life Insurance Agency, provides practical insights into important insurance coverage before, during, and after divorce. We start out with the important types of insurance to have, including health and life insurance. Lorena shares details on the types of life insurance and how to ensure you are not over or under-insured. Lorena also shares info...

On today's episode, Dea Irby, The Belonging Mentor, shares her passion for helping people to feel connected. This stems from the foundational statement that everyone wants to feel a sense of belonging and involvement in a positive community. We discuss how focusing on helping others to feel connected in your personal and professional life is the best way to build your self-care and your abili...

On today's episode, Elaine Blais shares how we are perceived as kids and how those "labels" were really designed to create a script that we feel obligated to follow. We have a great discussion about how midlife is a time to disrupt life and to turn things into what we want and not what we think people want us to do. This is an essential part of finding ourselves as women, but it can be overwhelmin...

On today's episode, Marie Perez shares her insight into shifting unhealthy patterns by helping ourselves. We discuss being "fixers" and how that often leads to a lack of self-care. Reflecting on the choices we make in the past helps us to use self-assessment tools to determine where we struggle and what we need to do to make positive changes. Marie discusses her journey in self-discovery and learn...

On today's episode, Amy Janece talks about her experience in finding out how the colors we choose impact how we present to others and ourselves. She shares her personal story and how, as a doubter, she was amazed at the difference in making different choices and aligning her colors with her element. Amy talks about the confidence and empowerment she sees in women who find themselves happy with how...

On today's episode, Todd Creager, Marriage, and Sex Therapist talks about the importance of managing trauma and breaking free from toxic relationships through tapping into neuroplasticity and emotional regulation. He shares his expertise in starting fresh and creating new ways of changing patterns in relationships. The message is one of positivity and having the autonomy to make decisions to impro...

In today's episode, Leanne Kanzler talks about the importance of finding ourselves before entering into the dating world after a divorce. Leanne discusses issues from her own experience as well as those of her friends, colleagues, and clients. Leanne is both a psychologist and a coach, working with people moving into the dating world after going through a divorce or a relationship breakup. We talk...

In today's episode, Lana Kirtley talks about her passion for helping women to move forward on their empowered health journey. We talk about how your health and well-being are always your responsibility, and you have the choice to just treat the symptoms or to resolve the root cause of the problem. Lana talks about how access to information about health issues, no matter where you live, is now avai...

In today's episode, Ricky shares information on how to add happiness and gratitude to your life, even in times of challenge. Ricky has studied different forms of how to create happiness in life and the importance of choosing our thoughts to create the happiness we desire. This includes turning our inner critic into our inner friend and giving ourselves the gift of forgiveness. Ricky busts the myth...

In today's episode, Dr. Ginny Trierweiler shares her expertise on how women over 40 can learn to eat correctly to lose weight and develop a healthy eating approach that is ideal for our bodies. We talk about how common perceptions of “dieting” and how to manage weight loss are derailing our efforts to get and stay healthy. Our conversation also includes how we misuse “diet” information and create...

In today's episode, Heather C. Abbott shares insight into financial management for women going through a divorce. As a CPA and financial adviser, she is also an entrepreneur with a focus on helping others to develop basic money management skills using mindset and money management magic. We discuss how solid money management basics are more effective than the latest in “get rich quick schemes” that...

In today's episode, Myriam-Rose Kohn shares her wisdom on how to find a career you LOVE rather than just going to work in a J.O.B. We discuss how changing careers is not the obstacle that many women (and men) assume. Miryiam-Rose shares her personal journey in changing careers in her life and how she works with clients to complete the necessary steps to find the ideal position that allows them to...