Caroline Jasper’s Mom supported her artistic talent but encouraged her to become a teacher, as a solid source of income.  She chose to teach art! And she became an art student.  In fact, for Caroline, art became Life. After listening to this conversation you’ll be motivated to investigate her web site.  Check it out! www.CarolineJasper.com

Jan Janke shares her personal experience in living “Every Day is a Wonderful Chance to Be What You’ve Dreamed”.  Rather than sit around thinking and wishing for the things she wanted in her life, Jan learned to take action to create her dreams.  A retired school teacher, Jan now hosts a Monday morning “Splash Call”.  You’re invited to listen in:  dial 605-475-3215 and access code 726853# at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time…just 15 minutes and an inspiring way to begin your week.

Pat Monday shares her year of transformation from Where she was to Who she is;  acceptance of not being happy, decisions about herself and her marriage and finally, living the Life she loves.  This conversation takes us inside Pat’s inspiring story!

Need some inspiration?  It’s right here! Just days into retirement, Louise’s husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.  He passed away 2 years later.  She didn’t sit back and feel sorry for herself.  On the long nights when she couldn’t sleep, Louise planned fantasy trips. And, her survival therapy was to bring two of those trips to life; a trek on Camino de Santiago and immersion in an intense Spanish class in Spain.  You’ll laugh and smile through this fun conversation!

Synchronicity is the result of meaningful coincidences;  meaningful coincidences have created changes in Mickie’s podcast!  No more playing small…Today she stood at a milestone in her Life and decided it was time, again, to move from Where she was to Who she is. 

Muhammad Ali said “It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.”  Unhealthy life lessons, thoughts that undermine each of us reaching our true potential, are the pebbles in our shoes.  Soon those pebbles become rocks that weigh us down on our climb to the summit of success.  Mickie discusses those rocks each of us carry in our metaphoric backpack.  She identifies three different types of people and how they deal with their rocks…which are you?

In this episode Mickie asks, “What happens when you decide to break those long-held life patterns…what if you decide NOT to live your life the way everyone else has.”

Everyone in your family smokes so you smoked.  Everyone in your family went to college, so you went to college.  Everyone in your family got married and had children, so you did, too.  And, NOBODY got divorced.

The only thing consistent in life is change.  Don’t let it freak you out!

For 25 years my guest, Tracy Dill, lived with eating disorders controlling her life.  Hear this survivor describe waking every morning thinking she did not deserve to eat; her days consumed with thoughts of how to “get rid of” the food she did allow herself; constant validation, in her mind, for hours of exercise to burn “unnecessary” calories.  Listen to how it all started and how Tracy moved from Where she was to Who she is.  This is an eye-opening conversation.

Mickie uses her life experiences to illustrate the fact that the importance of achieving goals is about how we want to feel.  It’s not about getting the new job or sculpting our bodies…it’s about how having that job or that “look” will make us feel.  Here’s validation that setting a goal isn’t enough;  emotion drives action and success.

Mickie’s youngest sister, Judi, is her guest.  Together they explore memories and perceptions of their upbringing with ten years difference in their ages.  Theirs was a PTA/stay at home Mom who did not drive, as Mickie grew up; she was a long working hours career Mom with pierced ears and a drivers license in Judy’s memory!  Listen as they discuss different perspectives yet how their Second 53 Years are still quite similar.