Midlife Confidence

What does it mean to love and care for our mind, body, and spirit in midlife? While age and time affect our mind and body, our spirit is eternal and limitless. It expands as we give it care and attention. If we have a desire to connect with the divine Creator and sense the meaning of life, honoring our spirituality is the way. When you sense your mind and body slowing down … it’s a good time for your infinite spirit to take the lead.

In this episode:

• What is spirituality, religion, and the spirit part of our being?
• How age and time affect our mind, body, and spirit
• Mindfulness – quieting our mind and calming our body – are one way to grow spiritually

Links:

• Psychology Today, Are Older People Wiser?
• The Power of Stillness – Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints by Ty Mansfield and Jacob Hess

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

One of the best things you can do for your marriage is to be responsible for your own emotions and not give another human being the job of making you feel happy or secure. My husband Mike and I are celebrating 38 years of marriage this month! Listen in on some of our journey to a better marriage. Life coaching has had a unexpectedly big impact on our relationship. When you show up willing to learn to be best person you can be, it can't help but elevate the marriage.

In this episode:

• The (subconscious) marriage manual
• Something is wrong: feeling things should be different
• Expectations can get in the way
• Moving beyond doing things our way or letting another person do it their way without drama
• How being coached and putting mindset skills to work changed our experience of marriage

Show notes:

Let's connect on Instagram!

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When you’re constantly in other’s people’s heads trying to control what they think of you … step back into your own head and make it a safe place for yourself. It starts with realizing that realizing that how other people respond to you tells you about them, not about you. We can decide to like our reasons for what we do, be ok with other people being wrong about us, and focus on connecting with others instead of impressing them.

Links:

• Tara Mohr, Playing Big

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

Time decisions are one of the most important skills we learn in life. God set us up on purpose! Because we can’t do everything we want to, we’re forced to choose. Our choices show what we love and create who we become.

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

What if 2020 was just a warm-up for legendary times to come? If you don’t think you can take any more, let’s get ready so you’re confident that you can rise to meet any challenge that comes. I learned some things from a river rafting adventure that totally apply to the high, deep, and fast times we’re in now. It all starts with zipping up your life jacket. When you're not sure you can handle more uncertainty ... be so ready that you know you'll get through anything.

In this episode:

• Our river rafting tale
• Trading in fear for power, love, and a sound mind
• How to be ready to show up as the hero, not the victim

Links:

• 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
• Choosing Clarity by Kimberly Giles
• Insight Timer App

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

When you doubt that you’ll really do what you decided to do … learn to honor commitments to yourself. You know what feels great? Knowing that you will do what you planned to do for yourself! Self-trust is fundamental to feeling good about yourself and your life.

In this episode

• Self-trust is more important than the immediate goal!
• Start with small steps that are so easy you can’t fail
• We’re terrified to disappoint someone else and yet we disappoint ourselves all the time
• Underneath is the relationship with have with ourselves

Show notes

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

When you’re in a midlife slump … get clear on what you need for a 5-star life. How did you think your life would be when you got to this point? Your values have changed through life experiences, so now is a good time to reenvision the life you want now. What do you want to start, stop, and continue?

In this episode:

• 5 signs of a midlife slump 
• 5 elements of a 5-star life
• Your keeper list

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

Christmas is a time to be together with loved ones … sometimes that isn’t easy or possible now, like this year during a pandemic. Join me as I think back on a couple of sweet memories that make the miracle of Christmas even more precious. A future reunion with our loved ones is certain because of the birth of Christ.

Show notes:

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When you’re discouraged about things you haven’t finished yet … learn to love the process. Having things you haven’t finished feels terrible - because your brain is designed to nag you until you get it done. Of course finishing things when we can is a solution, but it’s just as important to lean in and accept that life is always unfinished business. It’s all about loving the process as much as the completed goal!

In this episode:

• Even God is never finished with His work!
• See the process as the purpose
• Who we are becoming along the way is more important than the completed goal

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]

When an emotional storm is brewing … let it pass through and clear out. “Processing emotions” is a buzzword, but what does it really mean? How do you do it, and what’s the end goal? Accepting and allowing emotions is a basic but powerful skill that can be learned and practiced as often as needed. The opposite is resisting emotions which causes its own problems. We can find peace in the reality that life is an emotional journey. 

In this episode:

• The 4 main dysfunctional results of resisting emotions
• The 4 steps to processing emotions
• How to know when you’ve done enough processing

Show notes:

• Let's connect on Instagram!
• Set up a call with me.
• Email [email protected]