Midlife Mommas: A Girlfriends Approach to Life After Menopause

Whew! It is hot!
Yep, it's July and no matter where you live, unless it's the Southern Hemisphere, it's summertime! Cam and Amelia both live in locales where summertime heat can easily reach the 90's and the humidity.... well, let's just say it can feel like a sauna outside.

So what do we change when it's hot?

The answers can be individual and quite simple, but solutions to summer survival are important to consider.

How do you change your exercise routine?
How is your hydration status?
How does your diet change?
What about electrolyte balance?
How does your routine change when you go on vacation or travel?

We cover the answers to all of these questions in this episode. So grab a glass of lemonade, a cold beer or a bowl of watermelon and join us!

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How do you express love...to yourself?

Originally published in 1992, Dr. Gary Chapman's book The Five Love Languages is world-famous and much acclaimed. Dr. Chapman's book sought to reinvigorate marriages and create stronger bonds between partners by teaching each individual to recognize how they wish to receive love AND how they express love.

In this episode of the Midlife Mommas, Cam and Amelia explore how we express love to ourselves. There is so much self-actualization going on in midlife and this might be a window into greater happiness. This is part of self-care. We unpack all 5 of the love languages:

• Words of Affirmation
• Physical touch
• Receiving Gifts
• Quality Time
• Acts of Service

Each one of these has value and we all give and receive love in all 5 ways at times. But most of us have a preferred way of expressing and recognizing love.

We hope you enjoy this subject as much as we enjoyed brining it to you.

Quiz:

https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

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Join us for this entertaining episode at Amelia's expense.

Ok, really....Amelia had an eye-opening and life-changing experience recently when she got stuck away from home on a business trip. Thankfully, she pivoted and brought to life some really great tips for thriving in a world of change.

These tips have been vetted by both Cam and Amelia and we hope you find them useful too. As usual, we think our midlives parallel yours and creating adventure out of chaos is the name of the game. No more feeling sorry for ourselves. No more panicking when our plans go to poo. Now is the time for empowerment and action.

We take you through the 'stages' of handling a crisis:

• Stop, look and listen...and don't forget to breathe
• Figure out a plan and then take action
• Reward yourself for a job well done

But this isn't the whole story, Ladies. Listen to this episode for a boatload more tips and a ton of laughs along the way. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously. Look back on your life and revel in all the successes!

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Hey Y'all! We hope you are doing well. This week's episode is all about how to start or REstart your health and wellness journey. The framework is how Cam and Amelia found their way along the path to good health and wellness.

We explain WHY we started our journeys and HOW we kept going. We discuss stumbling blocks and how we overcame them.

This episode gives you a real peek into our lives as we share how we survived our 20's, 30's and 40's and why we are feeling stronger and happier now that we are in our 50's. We hope you find our stories comforting, inspiring and maybe a little bit entertaining. As always, we keep it real.

Peace, Y'all!

We hope you enjoy this episode! We'd love to hear from you. Reach out to us and let us know what you thought.
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'Biohacking' is all the rage now. Do you know what it is?

In the vernacular of the health and wellness space, biohacking is the use of habits, substances or practices that can increase the efficiency of your biology, often resulting in greater longevity (longer life) and easer living (fewer aches and pains, more contentment).

Cam and Amelia bring you some accessible and not-so-crazy biohacks. These are things we've used or done, are currently doing or strongly believe to be helpful in the quest for a longer, happier, more authentic existence. These are things as common and familiar as multi-vitamins or as 'out there' as  nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

If you're thinking about making some improvements, or you feel that lull of complacency in your health goals wearing thin, this is the episode for you.

We hope you enjoy it; we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to us and let us know what you thought.
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We've been getting a lot of questions about dietary supplements, especially Prebiotics, Probiotics and Collagen. People want to know what these are, what they do and if they need them. While there is no 'cut-and-dry' answer to this question, Cam and Amelia give you some firm guidelines to go by.

We explain the difference between Prebiotics and Probiotics. We talk about collagen and how it helps heal the gut lining and promote immune health. As you know, the gut is the '2nd brain', so it's important to keep it healthy.

The world of dietary supplements can be confusing, so we help guide you through the maze of choices. We tell you why these supplements have become popular and explain what health ailments have led their popularity. But not only do we cover supplements, but we also tell you what foods naturally contain these things.

Systemic inflammation is a major health concern. Tune into this episode to learn more about things that can help reduce inflammation so that you can enjoy greater health and well-being!

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How has your approach to friendship changed in midlife?

Friends are important at any age, but Cam and Amelia have found them especially important in midlife. We explore the differences between the relationships we had in our early adulthood to the ones we have now. Women love to be in community, but it's important to set boundaries, invoke honesty and bring kindness into friendships....which we are much better able to do in midlife.

We hope you will join us for this fun and friendly conversation. We discuss how we have changed over the years and what different attributes we look for in our midlife friends than we did in our early adulthood.  We hope you are as happy in your friendships as we are!

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Guess what? If you were born between the mid 1960's and 1979, you are a Gen X'er!

It's the week after Mother's Day and we are talking about all things motherhood. Whether you are a mother or are reflecting on your mother, we all have mothers in our lives who have affected who we are. We thank them, applaud them and love them.

Join Cam and Amelia as we walk down memory lane and discuss the freedom of being children in the 1970's, being latchkey kids, having chore lists and riding our bikes all over town. We talk about how these experiences have shaped who we are as mothers.

Fast forward 40 years where kids are glued to screens, shuttled to soccer, volleyball, baseball and swimming and have information at their fingertips. Us 70's kids have learned how to approach the world in a whole new way as we watch our kids navigate the information age.

Gen X kids had to wait in line to use the phone, look up numbers in a paper phone book and shopped for Christmas presents in the Sears catalogue. Millennial kids use cell phones, Google things and shop online. Oh what a difference!

We cover all things mothers; from the cool things our moms did to the ways we wanted to be different from them. This is a fun and happy episode, ya'll. We hope you'll join us.

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Ugh!  Why am I getting pimples at my age??

This question is almost as common as 'where did this spare tire around my midsection come from?'.

There are many reasons for breakouts in midlife. Cam and Amelia cover some of the most common reasons and we tell you how we handle ours. This episode literally came about as we were comparing notes about zits on our foreheads and jawlines. There are some commonalities among women who get breakouts in midlife, but some things may be unique to your climate, skincare routine, stress less or hormone status.

Just know that you're not alone.
We cover what causes acne in general (Pro tip: it's not chocolate), how it's related to gut health because PS. everything is related to gut health and offer you a ton of tools to combat this troublesome aspect of midlife.

We hope you'll join us! As always, please like, comment and subscribe! Tell your friends, your sister,  and your mother. Our tribe is growing and we're so excited to have you with us on this journey.
 
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