Practical Change for Midlife Lesbians

Episode 28: Part 2 of the interview with actor, writer and director Alexandra Tydings, who is best known for her recurring role as Aphrodite in the TV serieses Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules, The Legendary Journeys. Alex shared what it was really like being the scantily clad goddess of love on Hercules and Xena, being an out queer woman while on a show rife with lesbian subtext, her love for acting, and how she has reinvented herself and her career of 2.

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Episode 27: An interview with actor, writer and director Alexandra Tydings, who is best known for her recurring role as Aphrodite in the TV serieses Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules, The Legendary Journeys. For her "pandemic project," Alex became a certified intimacy coordinator and has come full circle from lived experiences in her first roles on Showtime's Red Shoe Diaries to now supporting actors and filmmakers get steamy yet safe sex scenes. This is part 1 of 2.

If you are a midlife lesbian, you are invited to join the private Facebook group "A Group of Our Own." And you can follow Claire and Practical Change Coaching on these social media platforms:

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The world is full of advice about how we should do things. Frequently that becomes a recipe for beating yourself up if what works for one person doesn't work for you. We've all been there - been offered a "system" or a collection of steps that if we follow them, we'll get the results want. We try it out for ourselves, only to find that it just doesn't work for us. And we make it mean that we are somehow flawed, rather than the system being a bad fit for us.

Claire suggests practical tips to actually feel better and make progress on your goals. You can let go of the pressure to fit into someone else's "solution" by acknowledging that wherever you are, it's all a part of your process. I really is okay if what works for one person doesn't work for you.

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Episode 25: An interview with accomplished lesbian distance runner and founder, organizer and coach for Philadelphia running group Lez Run, CC Tellez. CC is also the Associate Director of LGBTQ+ Programing at Students Run Philly Style and has served on numerous boards and in volunteer leadership roles in the Philadelphia area and nationally.

Originally from La Paz Bolivia, CC's story is one of both lifting people up through the power of running, and also addressing inequality, inequity and exclusion, especially for nonbinary and transgender runners who have not been able to participate in runs and races in a way that aligns with their gender identity. Her story is one of making the world expand and be more inclusive, rather than accepting the status quo.

I the podcast, CC tells a delightful story of her personal challenge and connection to an icon in the women's running world: Kathrine Switzer, who in 1967 was the first registered woman to run the Boston Marathon. Here's a link of CC with Kathrine after her 2017 Right To Run 19K race, and you can see Claire, CC and others from their races and Saturday morning runs on Instagram and Facebook. If you would like to support LezRun with a financial contribution, contact Claire at [email protected].

If you are a midlife lesbian, you are invited to join the private Facebook group "A Group of Our Own." And you can follow Claire and Practical Change Coaching on these social media platforms:

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Author Kathryn Nicolai shares how she originally started what has become the immensely popular podcast "Nothing Much Happens" as a project to help share her method of easily falling and staying asleep. Nicolai tells the story of the genesis of "Nothing Much Happens", which now has 85 million downloads, a book of the same title that has been published in 34 languages, and a second podcast called "First This", short guided mindfulness exercises for any time. She also talks about having aphantasia, being vulnerable, acknowledging risk and proceding anyway, and her desire to live a life not ruled by fear. As a bonus, her chihuahua Ladybug makes an audio contribution which would not be denied.

If you are a midlife lesbian, you are invited to join the private Facebook group "A Group of Our Own." And you can follow Claire and Practical Change Coaching on these social media platforms:

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Welcome to the second season of Practical Change for Midlife Lesbians, with host Claire Baker, professional certified coach. You are invited to join the private Facebook group "A Group of Our Own."

January is typically a time for reflection, renewal and resolutions. Claire offers an alternative to the typical resolution – instead of focusing on outputs, set an intention to how you want to feel more of the time.

This episode was recorded along with a live TikTok event. You can follow Claire and Practical Change Coaching on these social media platforms:

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I have Persistent Depression Disorder, also called dysthymia. 1.5% of the US population has it, and 2.5% will live with it at some point in their lives. Not as severe or debilitating as major depression, it is characterized by two years or more of symptoms without much break. People with PDD may be "high functioning" – able to get stuff done – but in my case, I feel like I'm working on feeling "less worse" much of the time. Even with glimmers of happier moments, I regularly feel like I "should" feel better or that I must not be trying hard enough. It's the "shoulds" and the "trying harder" that may actually be making the emergence into a happier affect more elusive. In this podcast episode, I give an analogy of how trying harder can work against us. And I call BS on those who say "It's not that bad," or "You just need to make yourself do the things you don't want to do." We all deserve to be seen and heard, and I call BS on "just do it" as tone-deaf and contributing to making people feel invisible and unheard.

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Thoughts happen, right? It's part of being human to have thoughts pop into our heads. As we get used to a thought, or keep practicing it, it becomes a habit. Once it's a habit, it's easy to belief it as a fact. "My boss is a jerk!" can feel like a fact. But is it? This podcast is all about helping to sort out thoughts from circumstances, what our thoughts do to us and what feelings they evoke. And since we act from how we feel, the results we get are a direct reflection of the thought that started the whole cascade.

With practice, you can change your thoughts when you want to. But it's not as easy as just saying different words that you want to believe. Your brain won't buy it. And your brain will pick up on the vibe of a thought that may sound good, but which is really a wolf in sheep's clothing. This episode is all about sorting it out, and a suggestion for a daily practice to help you get good at seeing how our thoughts ultimately deliver the results we get.

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Midlife lesbian Stephanie Carnahan, founder and executive director of Fawn Hills Animal Sanctuary and Care Farm, is the embodiment of creating Practical Change. When coming out In her early twenties informed her life decisions and she took a path away from a career that involved the care of animals, she created a career working to improve the lives of people. Then, in her late 40's, she and her wife made some key decisions to made her once-upon-a-time vision come true in a different but doable and rewarding way. And, she still has her "day job" while doing it.

This is a second in a series of interviews of women who are creating from a place of interest, excitement, fun and joy without the expectation that it will replace their day jobs.

You can learn more about Fawn Hills Animal Sanctuary and Care Farm at FawnHills.org.

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On this podcast, I share some interesting market research on our community, and how I accidentally stumbled into what felt like a hornet's nest of awful haters and trolls on Facebook. It's hard to ignore the level of venom that gets leveled at our community at the mere mention of us having relationships, even if there's nothing explicit about it. On the other hand, when I broke down the math, my additional insights were a bit more revealing. I invite you to the survey mentioned in the podcast – visit www.PracticalChangeCoaching.com/survey.