If you are widowed, divorced, or never married and looking for dating advice in midlife from a woman who has been dating for over a decade and has a perspective many experts have never shared, this episode is for you! Dish Stanley is on to share her tales of heartbreak, falling in love with herself, and dating with a hopeful mind and open heart.

We discuss why it’s important to focus on self-love, how to figure out your best first date, get her advice on the dating apps, and why it’s better to find a dating coach then get advice from your married friends. We’ve had a therapist on to discuss this topic, but it’s so refreshing and helpful to hear from someone who has so much experience and writes about it regularly. And if you’re married like I am, I think you’ll enjoy it too. If this sounds interesting, tune in and be sure to share this conversation with all of your single friends!

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• Books Mentioned: Great Sex Starts At 50  Peter Attia’s Outlive

Guest Bio: Dish Stanley publishes The Crush Letter, a weekly lifestyle newsletter exploring pop culture, love, friendship, sex and other useful things for an audience over 40. Dish, a former lawyer and active angel investor, was widowed in her 40’s and dated through her 50’s. So she’s been midlife dating for over a decade, which she often writes about in The Crush Letter.

Scott Simon, author of Scare Your Soul and the global movement by the same name, joins me to explore the power of taking small, courageous steps toward personal growth.

Scott shows us that you don’t need massive, life-altering goals to create meaningful change. Instead, it’s the everyday acts of bravery—like striking up a conversation with a stranger, offering a simple gesture of kindness, or embracing vulnerability—that push us out of our comfort zones and help us grow.

Scott even shares how his framework can be applied to dating, helping people open up and approach meeting a potential partner with confidence and authenticity. If you’ve ever felt stuck or unsure how to take action in your life or relationships, this conversation will inspire you to start scaring your soul with small, intentional steps that can lead to profound transformation. Tune in to discover how embracing discomfort can lead to a fuller, more meaningful life. Share this episode with a friend!

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Guest Bio: Scott Simon is a happiness entrepreneur, author, and founder of the global courage-building movement “Scare Your Soul.” With a unique approach that blends neuroscience, positive psychology, and behavior design, Scott has inspired thousands worldwide to embrace small acts of courage as a catalyst for growth and success.

In this powerful interview, Dr. Rachel Glik and I explore how to create a soulful marriage. We dive deep into the essential elements of relationship growth, unpacking critical insights about self-love, healing after challenges, and building genuine connection. Key highlights include:

• The transformative power of self-love in relationships
• Understanding what truly defines a soulmate connection
• Navigating and overcoming relationship challenges, including infidelity
• Practical strategies for cultivating intimacy and spiritual connection

Dr. Glik reveals how loving yourself first is the foundation of any healthy partnership. Whether you’re seeking to strengthen your current relationship or understand deeper relationship dynamics, this episode offers transformative wisdom for anyone committed to genuine, heart-centered love.

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• Book: A Soulful Marriage: Healing Your Relationship With Responsibility, Growth, Priority, and Purpose

Guest Bio: Rachel Glik is a licensed professional counselor with 30+ years as a couples and individual therapist in private practice. Her book, A SOULFUL MARRIAGE: Healing Your Relationship With Responsibility, Growth, Priority, and Purpose, is available now. 

Discover the transformative power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as we explore the intersection of energy work and abundance with certified EFT Master practitioner Carol Look. In this enlightening conversation, we delve into how this revolutionary tapping method can help release deep-seated blocks around money, success, and self-worth. Our expert guest shares practical techniques for using EFT to shift limiting beliefs, reduce financial anxiety, and create an energetic alignment with abundance. Whether you’re new to energy work or a seasoned practitioner, you’ll learn actionable steps to incorporate this powerful tool into your daily routine, helping you cultivate a more prosperous mindset and attract greater opportunities into your life. Share this episode with a friend.

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• Book: The Yes Code: Transforming Sabotage Into Success 

Guest Bio: Carol is a psychotherapist, Founding EFT Master, best-selling author, international speaker and creator of The Yes Code, her signature coaching method. Carol has used EFT Tapping for over 25 years to help clients release their limiting beliefs and emotional conflicts, so they can enjoy lives of exceptional success and fulfillment. Carol is a world-renowned EFT workshop presenter. She is a regularly featured energy medicine expert on leading global telesummits and documentaries.

In this inspiring episode, Francesca explains how Hypnobreathwork can unlock your life’s purpose and connect you to your intuition. Breathwork is a powerful modality and you will learn why and how to use it in this conversation.

Francesca, who is a transformational coach and author of Unblock Your Purpose, shares her journey from corporate success to finding deeper meaning in life and helping others uncover their true potential.

We dive into her groundbreaking methods, including hypnosis and somatic healing, to how to break-free from limiting beliefs and heal emotional blocks and traumas. We also go deep into how to use breathwork to reconnect to your purpose. Such a powerful conversation! Share this episode with a friend.

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• Book: Unblock Your Purpose: Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State 
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• Living in the Light Book by Shakti Gawain

Guest Bio: Francesca Sipma is the founder and CEO of Mastry, the creator of HypnoBreathwork®, and an international speaker. Born to a Vietnamese mother and a Dutch father, she worked in advertising and marketing for top global brands before seeking out spiritual modalities on a multicontinent self-exploration journey. In 2020 she developed Hypnobreathwork and began offering courses and training programs for C-suite executives, world-renowned producers, celebrities, artists, and athletes. She has led sessions for Deloitte, Snap, Upwork, Athletic Brewing, and more. Her work has been featured by Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company. She lives in San Diego.

Lisa Genova, the New York Times Bestselling Author of Still Alice and numerous other books dealing with neurological conditions is back on the show for the 4th time! We are discussing her fabulous new book, More or Less Maddy, which is about a freshman at NYU who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has decided to pursue a career as a comedian.

This captivating book offers a deeply human and scientifically nuanced portrayal of bipolar disorder, blending empathy with education.

Lisa shares her insights into bipolar disorder, the emotional truths she sought to capture in Maddy’s story, and how fiction can break down stigma and foster understanding. Whether you love a compelling narrative — or want to better understand mental health — this episode is for you. Don’t miss the chance to hear from one of today’s most thought-provoking authors and be sure to share this interview with a friend!

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• Buy: MORE OR LESS MADDY
• Lisa’s other fiction books Still Alice  , Inside the O’Briens: A Novel, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Every Note Played
• Lisa’s Non-Fiction Book: Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
• First interview I did with Lisa – Episode 1
• Interview on Memory with Lisa

How can you create a life of purpose and meaning and leave a lasting legacy? In this conversation, Hospice Medical Director Jordan Grumet offers many tools and helps reframe how to live a life of purpose in a way that feels abundant and accessible.

Grumet shares what years of helping hospice patients taught him about living a life without regret. Tune in to learn how and why it’s so important to live a life that is aligned with what is calling to you.

Jordan is the author of, The Purpose Code. How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy. This is a hopeful and empowering conversation so please share it with your friends.

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Guest Bio: Jordan Grumet’s life took an unexpected turn after a profound personal loss reshaped his trajectory. The untimely passing of his father, an oncologist, sparked his journey towards a medical career. He completed his studies at the University of Michigan and earned his medical degree from Northwestern University. This path led him to specialize in Internal Medicine and ultimately to provide compassionate care for the terminally ill in hospice. His unique blend of medical expertise and financial acumen culminated in the 2022 publication of “Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life”. Jordan’s work weaves together medicine, finance, and the significance of purpose, making a profound impact on those seeking a meaningful life.

If you want to approach 2025 with a focus on you, I invite you to take 30 minutes this week for a journaling exercise. Skip the New Year’s resolutions which most people abandon by February and instead, get crystal clear about what you really want. Let me help you structure your time to align with your values. I walk you through five journal prompts. Clarity is the key to deciding where to spend your time. If you feel like 2024 went by quickly and you didn’t achieve your goals, this episode will help set you up for success in 2025! You deserve it! Please be sure to share it with your friends who would benefit from this information. Also be sure to subscribe on your podcast player so you don’t miss an episode.

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“If the average person just more consistently did what they already know they’d be healthier, happier, and be making more money.” – Brian Moran

Brian Moran the New York Times bestselling author of “The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months” is going to share how to get more done in less time. He will take us into this execution system he developed while also sharing easy to implement time management strategies. He also connects the dots back to why it is important to create our life vision so we can structure our time and goals around that vision. You will learn tactical steps that you can use today to move closer to the life you desire. Loved this conversation so much! Please be sure to share it with your friends who would benefit from this information. Also be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss an episode.

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• Brian’s Book: The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
• Brian’s website – https://12weekyear.com/ –

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. Why the 12 week year is an execution system and how that helps you get more done in less time.
2. It’s not enough to know. You have to execute. Knowledge is only powerful if you act on it.
3. Get out of the annual environment. With this program, you are going to stop after 12 weeks and that is your year. Measure your success or failure and measure the progress and then go again. It’s a fluid process. You can use this professionally or personally. You can do anything for 12 weeks and then decide is that somethingI want to do again.
4. Your vision is you’re why. Your goals NEED to align with the vision.
5. At the goal level, know the difference between goals and tactics and outcomes and actions. The actions we have control over. Goals are outcomes.
6. Make sure at the goal level that is measurable – it’s an outcome.
7. Determine what are the most important actions. Most plans are conceptual not tactical. You need to spell out the specific actions and focus on “less is more”.
8. Stay connected to your vision by putting the longer term vision in front of you – laminate a card you can look at every day. Create visual reminders.
9. The difference between a habit and routine is key. Ex, going to the gym is a routine not a habit and routines are what drive success. How you begin and end your day needs a routine. The key is to start off positive. End your day with gratitude.
10. How to manage time. Time blocking – 3 core blocks:

• A. Strategic Block -3 hours blocked during the week. No interruptions – working on the business not in the business. THIS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
• B. Buffer Blocks – these are designed to deal with the emails/low level stuff. Ex, I return calls between 4-5pm. Don’t check your emails when they come in. Block time in to address it.
• C. Break out blocks – schedule time away from work to do something just for you to recharge. The Four Disciplines of the 12 Week Year

• Vision – You have to know what you want.
• Planning – You have to ask – “What matters most?”
• Execution – Then ask, “Am I doing it?”
• Measurement – “Is it producing?”

Guest Bio: Brian Moran, President and Founder of The 12 Week Year, has thirty plus years of expertise as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, consultant and coach. Brian is a recognized expert in the field of leadership and execution. His realization that most people don’t lack ideas, but struggle with effective implementation led him to the development of ‘The 12 Week Year’. His client list includes industry leaders like Allstate, Aon, Becton Dickinson, Dunkin’ Brands, Keller Williams, Mass Mutual, Medtronic, Merrill Lynch, Meritage Homes, Nationwide, New York Life, Papa Johns Pizza, Prudential State Farm and Taylor Made just to name a few.

How can you unlock abundance in your life? Cathy Heller, the inspiring author of Abundant Ever After: Tools for Creating a Life of Prosperity and Ease, is here to discuss the tangible things you can do to get into alignment and manifest the life you desire. Known for her transformative insights on abundance, creativity, and living your purpose, Cathy shares powerful wisdom to help you rewrite the script of your life. I guarantee you’ll hear things in this conversation that you’ve not heard before and walk away feeling like anything is possible!

We Discuss:

• Cathy’s personal journey and what inspired her to write Abundant Ever After.
• What abundance truly means and how to cultivate it in your everyday life.
• The Law of Reception and how it differs from the Law of Attraction.
• How to tune your frequency to fully receive what life has to offer.
• Why possibility lies in the present moment and how to stay open to it.
• The ways we often waste energy banging on closed doors—and how to recognize and walk through the right one instead.
• How to shift limiting beliefs.
• The transformative power of being of service to those who cross our path each day.

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• Website: Cathyheller.com
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• Buy: Abundant Ever After

Guest Bio: Cathy Heller is a dynamic transformational coach, spiritual guide, meditation teacher, and inspirational speaker dedicated to helping individuals find ease, joy, and fulfillment in their lives. As the host of the Abundant Ever After podcast and author of the empowering book Don’t Keep Your Day Job: How to Turn Your Passion into Your Career, Cathy inspires her audience to pursue their dreams and live authentically. Cathy has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands through her teachings. On her podcast, she has engaged in enlightening conversations with a diverse range of creative entrepreneurs, renowned blogger Seth Godin, actor Matthew McConaughey, spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra, author Marianne Williamson, and psychologist Dr. Edith Eger, among others. Cathy’s passion lies in helping people find joy and meaning beyond material wealth, and she has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands through her teachings. Her work encompasses meditation, Jewish mysticism, and career strategies, empowering individuals to expand their potential and make a positive impact on the world. Proud mother to three daughters and four Persian cats, Cathy embodies a beautiful balance of creativity, family, and purpose.

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