Making decisions ahead of time is a powerful place to operate from. When you consider what you want your midlife years to look like, you have options that can open up fulfillment and joy. Midlife does not have to be hard or sad.

This quote stopped me in my tracks and will not leave my mind. Consider it for yourself: "Ten years from now, you'd give anything to be this age again, this healthy, this cute, and have this time again. Go do something that makes you proud of yourself today."

If you're a mom whose children are starting to become more independent, you might be wondering what life will look like ten years from now. It can be hard to imagine when you've lost yourself in mothering. But if you're interested in still finding purpose, maybe it's overcoming loneliness, or setting yourself up for success with coping with empty nest syndrome, and embracing life to thrive after children leave, then you're going to love this episode.

Stevie Nicks said it best… "well i've been afraid of changin' / cause I built my life around you / but time makes you bolder / even children get older / and I'm getting older too…"

These lyrics speak to my soul. They did even when my kids were young. I can remember imagining how hard it would be to be at that place where your kids are no longer in your day to day, and it made me feel kind of melancholy.

But lately I've been thinking about the line "time makes you bolder." Is that actually true? And if so, what does that look like?

Listen in and discover how to make your midlife your best chapter yet.

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