Mastering Midlife Podcast

In today’s episode, Erin Pheil discusses her continuing work and success with MindFix in her mission to help her clients achieve their goals in work and life. She discusses the mental barriers and roadblocks that often hold entrepreneurs and high achievers back and shares techniques to overcome these barriers. She explains why tackling internal resistance is the key to sustainable change and how she and her team identify their clients’ different pressure points.

So many friends and family are having a hard time maintaining relationship with the polarization we are experiencing everywhere we turn. There are people in my family, who I love more than life, who’s choices and “opinion” I absolutely cannot understand. I refuse to allow this divide to destroy my cherished relationships. Today, I discuss how.

In today’s episode, Tej explains how integrating structured free time into his daily schedule keeps his mind fresh and creative by allowing room for thoughts other than just business. He discusses his early days as an entrepreneur when a grueling work schedule left him tired and feeling hollow regardless of his successes.

“Mark, why don’t you practice reading for your audiobook and share it with the podcast audience?”

“Sure, ok….”

And there you have it.

David joins me today to discuss the concept of ‘mindset’ where our perceptions of the external are influenced by our own internal attitudes. He reveals why most people struggle with changing their mindset and explains how his recent book is designed to combat their resistance to change.

Beliefs and thoughts have been plaguing us for 1000s of years.  They stop us from doing things we want to do; they distract us from the good in our lives and can make us believe the craziest things.

Gregory joins me today to share how he decided to major in philosophy in the early days of his post-Army journey into academia. We discuss the various relationships he’s had with the great thinkers of our times and why no single philosopher has all the rules you should live your life by.

Feeling inadequate, fuming and resenting the luminaries in my profession made for an uncomfortable morning.  Journaling and self-inquiry, uncovered the gift.  The resentment tells me more about what is going on with me, then with the person I am judging.  And that’s the good news.

In today's episode, Jessica shares her path from leaving an abusive relationship to finding health, wealth, and happiness in her business and current marriage of 22 years. She reveals how immunity to birth control resulted in a larger family than she ever expected and how this resulted in her being a successful ‘early adopter’ of working from home.

When you do things publicly, you’re going to have haters. If your alive, you’re going to run into not-so-great people.  What do you do with that?  And in 2020, we are all running on fumes, not at our best.  How do we navigate the knees and elbows of the times?