Making Midlife Magic

For today's special birthday edition of the podcast -- three bones of wisdom from Wally, my dog. I don't actually want to switch places with my dog, but I've learned a lot from Wally and the other dogs I've loved. In today's podcast, what Wally teaches me about my animal body and love. 

Snuggle up with your dog or any other creature you love, and have a listen. 

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How do you think of the relationship between your mind and your body? Are they friends? Warring spouses? Neighbors who never talk? If you have chronic pain, you might feel like your body has betrayed you. 

Thoughts like these compound the physical pain with emotional pain. 

In this episode, we look at how to have a better relationship with your body.  I hope this episode is useful to listeners with chronic pain  – and everyone else with a human body. Creating a partnership between your mind and your body is the first step to giving your body full voting rights. 

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Do you think life coaching isn't for you because you don't feel drawn to all this talk about believing? Are you a cynic, a skeptic, or some other variety of non-believer? 

If so, this is the episode for you. 

In today's episode, I offer life coaching for cynics and skeptics. Your doubt is not only not a problem -- it's a superpower! In this episode, I'll explain why and will give you three key takeaways that will let you use your doubt for yourself instead of against yourself. 

Take a listen and let me know what you think! 

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In last week's episode we traveled to the future and in today's episode, we travel to the past. Too often we travel to the past to bring back self-doubt and regret, and throw our previous self under the bus. In today's episode, I offer a different way to think about decisions you've made in the past and share how to have compassion for your previous self. 

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In this episode we go to the future to get advice from a different version of ourselves. We'll get wisdom from Back to the Future -- not from Marty or Doc but from the mayor of Hill Valley, Goldie Wilson. Being in relationship with our future self changes our relationship to the present and can help us decide what to do next. 

Take a listen and give a gift to present you. 

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In today's practical magic, how to take all the things you want to do and get them out of your head and into your calendar -- in a way that actually works. To do this, create a list that starts with remembering who you are, how you work best, and what you need. From this, you can create a do-able list that actually lets you have a loving relationship with yourself and with all the activities of your life. Take a listen and let me know what you think ([email protected])! 

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In today's episode, how to have a new relationship with your to do list. Most of us have a love/hate relationship with our list. We feel good when we cross things off our list, but terrible about all of the things still on the list.  The list becomes a metric that we use for how well we use our time. Today's episode changes all that by showing new ways to think about the list. Listen to the episode and hear what the list is trying to tell you. 

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What were your best decisions? What were the emotions you used to fuel those decisions? In today's episode, we take a trip to the past in order to shape our future, by writing the biography of our emotions. I'll offer you three powerful questions to start you on your way. 

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When we tell the story of our life, we usually start with events -- graduations, weddings, births, jobs, travel. 

But what are the feelings that fueled those experiences? 

Telling your life story through the lens of your emotions powerfully offers a new way to make decisions about your future. 

Take a listen and let me know what you think at [email protected]. And come back next week for practical magic on how to figure out your emotions' biography. 

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Our ride or die friend wants there to be more of us in the world. So if we want to be our own ride or die -- if we want to have our own back -- we need to make it easier to put more of ourselves into the world. This episode will tell you how to do just that, by creating more safety for yourself. We'll visit the ALPS and come back with practical magic to be Lacey to our own Cagney, Holmes to our Watson, Benson to our Stabler. You get the idea. 

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