At 54, Elaine Williams, feels like she is just getting started. Destined with an ability to laugh at herself and growing in confidence every day, Elaine joins the Podcast to share her story for good and help others do the same. In this charismatic and bubbly conversation listen as Holly and Elaine discuss:

• Life and how sometimes we can do a lot of the right things, but maybe not always for the best reason.
• Learning to love ourselves more than caring what others think and how we think we should behave.
• Living from the inside out.
• Letting yourself shine, to give other people permission to do the same.

Elaine has vivacious and memorable way of sharing how her life events have led to this stage. To connect with Elaine further please visit www.CaptivatetheCrowd.com and follow along on Instagram @elainewilliamsfun. For further information about your host, Holly Totten you can visit www.teachingyourselftolearn.com and we look forward to you embracing your third half of life every single day.

Traditionally a community is thought of as a group of people living in close proximity. However, it is so much more than that. Holly is travelling solo today to talk about how her thoughts and experiences of community have evolved and expanded greater than she could have imagined. Listen as Holly reflects on:

• The different types of community we can find all around us.
• Pulling together and pouring out support, love and care in situations of need at certain phases of our lives.
• Evolution from in person communities to online.
• Communities in our third half of life.

To witness and discover more about the Teaching Yourself to Learn community you can join the Facebook page as mentioned in this episode here. As always, connect with Holly further at [email protected] and thank you for listening.

Julie Scott is full of inspiration today as she chats with Holly and infuses this episode with optimism in order to inspire others to to find new meaning and purpose so they can confidently make the rest of their life the *best* of their life". The energy in this episode will make you smile, develop your curiosity and have you nodding your head alongside. Listen as Holly and Julie discuss:

• How beliefs are really just divisions that we’ve made about ourselves and the world.
• The possibilities that can open up when we think about what we believe is what we then see in the world.
• Shifting the way we think about what is possible and how that results in seeing things differently and collecting fresh evidence.
• That 95% of what we worry about never happens and building confidence is about building trust with yourself.

To find out all about Julie please head over to her website www.itsabouttimebaby.com where you will find her book mentioned in this episode and other satisfying resources in order to live your best life.

To connect and find out more about Holly you can reach her at www.teachingyourselftolearn.com  and we look forward to you tuning in to the next episode.

Ducks are content, adaptable and lead a life of balance. They communicate, stick together and respect their limitations. Similar to this conversation between Holly and her guest Wendy Jarvis. Wendy is author of Be a Duck, has a VW beetle named Stan and brings a light and humble approach to this conversation. Listen as Holly and Wendy discuss:

• There are many things we may not be able to do, but those that we can do, we ought to do well.
• Taking a breath, being present and reconnecting within retirement to enjoy, reflect and prosper further.
• Embracing change.
• Letting go and remembering to let negativity ‘slide’ off your back like rain on a duck's back.

The modest and inviting conversation is one that will inspire you to remember there are many more perspectives to people than we realize. To find out more about Wendy you can find out more via her website https://www.wendyjarvisauthor.com/. To connect and find out more about Holly, apply to be a guest and share your story you can reach her at www.teachingyourselftolearn.com

Kerry is famously know as the director and head bean counter at Zinc Business Solutions, and also hosts the Simply Biz Bean$ podcast which is held in a virtual cafe where business finances are as simple as having a cup of coffee! Kerry has worn many hats throughout her life, providing wonderful wisdom and insight all round. Listen as Kerry and Holly discuss:

• Embracing change, loving it and realising how important it is in our lives.
• Hard work ethics, how it is passed down through generations and what that transpires to in the real world.
• Career progression and diving into business ownership at an early age.
• How our enthusiasm, motivation and mindset can bring forward changes we want to create.

The conversation between Kerry and Holly oozes with delight and a familiarity, as two friends continue to discover more about each other. To connect with Kerry further you can find her on instagram https://www.instagram.com/kerryzarb/.

As always, to connect and find out more about Holly you can reach her at [email protected] and we look forward to you listening again next week.

Today marks a very special occasion on the Teaching Yourself to Learn Podcast as Holly is interviewed from behind the scenes for her 50th episode. It is no mean feat to commit and dedicate yourself, alongside learning and exploring every step of the way. The absolute exhilaration and enjoyment which seeps through every word in this conversation is evident. Join Holly as she is interviewed on the other side of the microphone by her podcast production manager Linda Bonney. They touch on:

• What retirement can look and most importantly feel like.
• Wonderful surprises and learnings that happen when exploring the amazing adventure of Podcasting.
• How the things that we do and what we’ve been through throughout our lives set us up for what we’re doing now.
• What’s in store for the Teaching Yourself to Learn Podcast into the next 50 episodes and beyond.

Thank you from my heart to yours for following, listening and supporting beside as we embrace our third half of life. Life is good, conversations are strong and we are all able to teach ourselves to learn each and every day.

If you are interested in becoming a guest and sharing your story please connect and find out more at [email protected].

After slogging hard, giving at 200% to rebuild her career and trying to climb back up the ladder from missing so many years in the workforce - Denise Millet felt cooked and wiped out. At that point an early endometrial cancer diagnosis changed her life. She decided enough was enough and changed her life for the better. Listen as she joins Holly for the Podcast today and they discuss:

• Building a business to sustain us for the rest of my lives.
• How we can judge ourselves from a later perspective, based on what we know now that we didn’t know then. What that means and what we can do to forgive and let go.
• Giving and giving without enough receiving and getting to the stage of needing a year of sleep just to feel human again.
• Asking the question - do we really need or want that? Dissolving from our ‘old’ lives and into a better one.

Denise and Holly have a beautiful connection and conversation throughout this episode and highlight just how wonderful people can be and what is possible. Denise is the host of a weekly show (mentioned in this episode), Marketing Matters. You can find it on the WIN WIN Women TV network and streaming on Amazon Fire, Roku, and Apple TV. To connect with Denise please visit https://www.dmillet.com or reach out via email to [email protected]. For further information about your host, Holly Totten you can visit www.teachingyourselftolearn.com.

Cat Corchado joins Holly for the Teaching Yourself to Lean Podcast today. Cat retired from the US Air Force in 2000 and now helps others navigate the transition process from active duty to civilian through her own Podcast, Sisters-in-Service. Listen as Cat and Holly explore:

• Overcoming challenges and what they look like both inside and outside a military way of living.
• How to adapt, accept and acknowledge when feeling a sense of loss after knowing a certain lifestyle for a large part of your life. 
• Cat’s dreams of Olympic glory. How and what that looked like.
• Working in the military as a single parent, the grit, determination and challenges that came alongside that.

There is something for everyone in this episode, whether you are in the military or not. Feel free to follow Cat and listen along to her wonderful conversations https://www.instagram.com/sisters.in.service/. For further information about your host, Holly Totten you can visit www.teachingyourselftolearn.com and we look forward to you tuning in for the next episode.

Holly is fresh and back from holidays with a special Solo episode on the Teaching Yourself to Learn Podcast today. Holly reflects on a few things that matter most and how they should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least. Listen as Holly chats about the following areas in this snippet for your ears:

• The busy of being busy
• Slowing down to speed up and stopping to smell the roses
• Naming it to tame it and altering our perspective for the better
• Accelerating our mindful decision making and remembering what is important.

For women stepping into their third half of life, Holly invites you to share your perspectives and stories and if you would like to talk about being a guest on the podcast you can find out more at www.teachingyourselftolearn.com. Because you never know who needs to hear exactly what you have to say.

So often we feel like we need to hide certain parts of our identities, whether that is through protecting others, protecting ourselves or what we believe is best for us at the time. Pam Mantay did exactly that. After being diagnosed with sickle cell disease at four years old, Pam values the importance of digging deep to focus on what's important in order to fulfil our purpose. Listen as Holly and Pam discuss:

• The uncertainty of chronic illness and fear that unfortunately is learnt through hiding from ourselves and our faith.
• Not being afraid to step into something new, expand and embrace into our identities.
• How if you don’t know who you are that can create a misalignment within our decisions, opportunities and relationships.
• Finding out who you really are and encompassing all of it.

Pam’s story is inspirational and heartwarming as she leads empires and is building a life she never could have imagined. To find out more about Pam you can follow along on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ittakesmoneyhoney/. For further information about your host, Holly Totten you can visit www.teachingyourselftolearn.com and we look forward to you tuning in for the next episode.