Midlife Mavericks - Living Life Happy, Healthy, Sexy & Strong

If you have never heard about chakras or are curious to learn more, this is the episode for you!

My guest, Denise Schownald was a registered nurse for over 30 years. Throughout this time she came to recognize the powerful connection between mind and body. In midlife, she seamlessly transitioned into a licensed mental health counselor as well as a published author of several books including Getting Back to Happy and Healing Your Body While Mastering Your Mind.

Some of the topics we covered:

- The various chakras in your body and how they are connected to specific physical ailments.

- How and why you need to clear your chakras.

- Some of the mental health challenges most women battle.

- How our physical health is related to our mental health.

You can learn more about Denise and her practice at DeniseSchonwald.com

If you want a daily dose of motivation and encouragement, check out my book ⁠Daily Inspirations for Midlife Women: A Guide to Peace, Joy, Confidence, and Abundance.

In this episode I'm sharing the lessons I've learned on how to to get through a major life crisis.

If you want a daily dose of motivation and encouragement, check out my book Daily Inspirations for Midlife Women: A Guide to Peace, Joy, Confidence, and Abundance.

For so many women, their lives are noisy and chaotic. That's how my guest Elaine Glass felt as she was going through her divorce and working at a job that didn't feel aligned with her soul. She knew she needed to "turn down the noise" to deeply connect with who she really was.

How she found peace is a lesson for all of us which she shares in her new book Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are.

Some of the things we discussed:

You can learn more about Elaine's coaching work at ElaineGlass.net

This week my guest is Christine Barker, author of Third Girl From the Left, a touching memoir chronicling her time as one of the original cast members of A Chorus Line and her personal experience with the AIDS epidemic.

We discussed the shame and secrecy so many gay men were forced to endure in a time of homophobia and fear around AIDS. In particular, Christine shares the story of her beloved older brother Laughlin, the life and business partner of Perry Ellis, and her parents refusal to accept him even as he was dying.

I know you will enjoy this interview as well as her book which will truly move you. You can grab a copy here - https://a.co/d/5v2ktPC

For Pride Month I'm highlighting people who have experienced first hand the intolerance, homophobia, and cruelty that the LGBTQ community have faced for decades.

This week my guest is Wendy Cole, who finally was able to live her authentic life when she transitioned at the age of 67.

Today, Wendy coaches not only transgender people but even their family members on how they can support them.

We covered so much ground in this interview and it's equally heartbreaking and uplifting to hear about how she was treated by her family and even doctors in the 1960's and where she is today.

To learn more about Wendy and her services you can visit her site - Meet Wendy Cole

You can learn about my coaching services at Alison-Jacobson.com

And head over to Amazon to grab my book Daily Inspirations for Midlife Women: A Guide to Peace, Joy, Confidence, and Abundance.

In this episode I'm sharing how I dealt with a situation that was keeping up at night stressed out and anxious.

The reason we feel anxious, stressed and fearful is because we've lost control and feel vulnerable.

Here's how to turn that around.

You can grab my free guide - Five Steps to Release Fear and Live Boldly.

Every day I hear from women how hard it is to date in midlife.

Junie Moon is the CEO of Midlife Love Out Loud, a Global Love Mentor and author of Loving the Whole Package: Shed the Shame and Live Life Out Loud.

Junie was in a challenging marriage for over 20 years in which she was constantly walking on eggshells, afraid to stand up for herself or ask for her own needs to be met. She finally ended the marriage but her old patterns repeated themselves. Until she started working on herself with the help of a relationship mentor who helped her get her voice back so that she could ask for what she wanted without feeling guilty or ashamed. She also learned how to date successfully so she wasn’t wasting anymore time looking for her soulmate. 

Now she works with women who want the same thing.

Some of things we discussed:

Learn more about how you can work with Junie here.

Take Junie's quiz here and figure out your love avatar.

For midlife women, the risk of fractures due to osteoperosis are high, with some estimates as high as 1 of every 2 women.

But, if you get a diagnosis of osteoporosis, while it's scary, it's not necessarily an emergency says Dr. John Neustadt, a researcher, integrative medical expert, and best selling author in the field of Osteoporosis.

As a special gift to my audience, Dr. Neustadt is offering a free copy of his new book Fracture-Proof Your Bones: A Comprehensive Guide to Osteoporosis. You can grab it here.

Some of the things we discussed on the show:

We also discussed what suplements women in midlife should be taking and how to be an educated consumer when shopping for them.

You can learn more about Dr. Neustadt and his company Nutritional Biochemistry, Inc. here.

I so enjoyed speaking with author Bernadette Catalana that I invited her back to speak more about her book Daughter Lessons.

Since she wrote the book, her mom has died and that changed the way she's viewed her relationship, as many of us do when we lose our mother.

We talked about our relationships with our own daughters and how they've been shaped by the relationships we had with our mothers.

This is an episode every woman can relate to.

You can grab Bernadette's book on Amazon here.

And, you can grab my book, Daily Inspirations For Midlife Women: A Guide to Peace, Joy, Confidence, and Abundance here.

Has your doctor ever discussed testing your hormone levels? For that matter, have they discussed much around perimenopause or merely offered an anti-anxiety drug?

That's the case for most women.

In this episode I'm speaking with Linda Stephens, a nutritionist, personal trainer and coach for women in midlife. She's developed a comprehesive six week program taught virtually, Midlife Mastery, that educates wome on how their bodies change in midlife. The program covers science-backed data for hormone balance, longevity, mood, libido, and weight loss.

Some of the things we discussed:

Linda has a pdf check list of what we should be looking for

The book she mentions and recommends we all read is

Learn more about my work and grab my free stuff at ⁠Alison-Jacobson.com⁠