Midlife Schmidlife

I love when I get recommendations for podcast guests from my friends. I feel they know me enough to know who I will click with and who will be great for the show. So when my friend Lara Heacock of Kind Over Matter introduced today's guest to me, I knew immediately that Tracie and I would have a wonderful conversation.

Tracie Nichols is a nature-loving poet, mother of three adult children, amateur photographer, speaker, facilitator and career and leadership coach. She has an incredibly eclectic career path, a deep curiosity about and love for people of all kinds and a deep commitment to nurturing a quiet revolution toward compassion, equity and inclusion. She also holds a masters degree with a ridiculously long name: M.A. in Transformative Learning and Change with an emphasis in Human and Organizational Transformation.

Tracie also says that she is multipotentialed (another term for being multi-passionate), introverted and identifies as an highly sensitive person (HSP). Never heard of HSP? Well if you've ever wondered why the evening news seems overwhelming, you can "feel" the energy of others, are deeply moved by the arts and maybe even can hear the buzz of neon lights...you may be an HSP.

But even if you can't relate to her qualities, this is a wonderful interview about living your giftedness as being truly you.

Tracie shares her story and how she supports people like herself find a career they love and aligns with who they are. We have many laughs and share many stories in this episode.

• Dispelling myths around being multi-passionate.
• The downfall of how society sees a multi-passionate person.
• The challenges that a highly sensitive people face in society.
• Why it's important to live a life as a person who is being true to yourself.
• Why it can be overwhelming to learn that you are a multipotentialed person.
• How multiapotentialed parents are helping their multipotentialed children.
• Her connection with nature and why she feels it's an important part of who she is.
• Who Tracie loves to work with.

• Renaissance Soul by Margaret Lobestine
• Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher
• Pivot by Jenny Blake
• PuttyLike with Emilie Wapnick
• Online HSP Test (free)

TracieNichols.com

I know you are going to love today's conversation with Sherry Trentini. Sherry is a mom of two daughters, one who just graduated from high school. she is from Canada and has lived in Europe and Australia. In mid-40's she finished a Spartan Race but most important, she is a woman who follows her instinct for the better of her family. Sherry helps clients find space with a mixture of Law of Attraction Life Coaching, Feng Shui and Grief Recovery. Not only is she multi-passionate, which I can totally relate too, Sherry has used her own life experiences to help others. And that's something I am really passionate about.

Sherry shares her story about suicide and grieving. We also touch on the meaning of "law of attraction" and how it can be used in your own life.

Here are links to connect with Sherry:

Sherry Trentini Website

The Life Reclamation Project: Home ecourse

Sherry Trentini on Facebook

Today's episode is an interview with former Walt Disney Records executive and now author, Mark Jaffe. Mark's book, Suitcase of Happyness, shares his life experiences mixed with a a blueprint on how we all can choose to live in happiness.

Mark was my first guest for Season 2 of the podcast and I can't think of a better topic for the start of 2017.

Show notes can found at http://midlifeschmidlife.com/episode21/

Liz Applegate interviews Business and Brand Alignment Coach, Hélène Scott who guides multi-passionate, soulful women to help them build a business that they alone were born to create.

The conversation with Hélène dives right into the middle and looks at places where new entrepreneurs get stuck and how to avoid FOMO Syndrome (Fear Of Missing Out Syndrome). Hélène also shares her core message of building a business along side your life not in spite of it. This episode is great for wantrepreneurs, new entrepreneurs and seasoned alike.

Liz Applegate interviews Shirley Weir of Menopause Chicks about positive ways to talk to your doctor about peri-menopause and menopause. Shirley shares steps to take and actual scripts you can use. This is a much-needed interview for women of all ages to bring menopause into the light instead of keeping it hidden in shame. Tune in to learn more on getting the results you are wanting and ways to partner with your healthcare provider.

Liz Applegate interviews Rachel Moriarty of Rachel Moriarty Interiors. Rachel gives advice on sprucing up your home in budget friendly ways. She gives tips to empty nesters on how to repurose the kid's rooms once they have gone off to college.This is a fun episode that takes the stress out of home decorating to create a space you love.

Paula Jenkins, joyful living coach and podcaster of Jump Start Your Joy, joins Liz Applegate for the kickoff of the Midlife Toolbox Series. Paula shares a personal story on joy joy became a "wayfaring" emotion to help her focus and heal. She and Liz discuss the misconceptions of being joyful as well as how choosing joy can often be the bravest choice there is. Paula shares Five Rules for Self-Guidance to help you find your inner balance to find joy.