There’s nothing like the “new” thing in your life. A new job. New house. That new opportunity. We get excited like little kids at Christmas as we “unwrap” it. While we love the new, there’s also something to be said about the old-endings. When you achieve a long-term goal. Ending a long-term assignment. Celebrating a finished accomplishment. Beginnings and endings are what we embrace.

It’s living in the middle that can trip us up.

That includes when we’re approaching - or have arrived - at the middle stage of life. You may not consider yourself old per se, but you have quite a few years behind you. And with every birthday, we have even less days ahead.

I am not trying to steal your joy, sis. I am on your team.

But as grown women, we expect to have our life together. We judge ourselves for where we are, especially after we reach our mid-30’s or so. The middle can be an uncomfortable place if we don’t embrace where we are, accept where we’ve been and be content with progress over perfection. To do this, we must coach ourselves to keep moving forward.

And sometimes, we need some outside help to coach us so we can gain momentum — and a new perspective.

Enter in Coach Trina Lewis. Trina and I go way back. She knew the 20-something knucklehead, ratchet me. The “I wanna go to FreakNik but gotta catch a flight back in time to make my Sunday midnight radio shift” me. But that’s the beauty of it. We all journey from where we were to where are now. Yet, there’s more to come; despite when we feel stuck in the middle.

Listen to this convo as we discuss embracing every season of life, keys to getting unstuck, dealing with a midlife crisis, the importance of wellness and more.