In this interview, I invited Cynthia Williams to talk about balancing all the roles as a woman and as a business owner.  Cynthia is a wife, a mom of two, and a business owner. She is the owner of Holistic Integrative Wellness Centre (HIWC). HIWC, which was established in 2013, is a functional medicine practice and wellness center offering acupuncture, massage, yoga, functional medicine, IV nutrient therapy, herbs/supplements, and many other holistic healthcare modalities. Cynthia is doing it all and with optimism and positivity! She wears so many hats and she does it all with a limitless mindset.  Cynthia is an Illinois licensed Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC), has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing, and is finishing up her Doctorate in Nursing.  In addition to all that, Cynthia is also a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) in the state of Illinois, an herbalist and has a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. 

Cynthia had a vision from a young age and to get a head start on her career, she began working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), while still in high school. She worked as a CNA for 7 years until she became an RN. While working as an RN, Cynthia began to gain interest in Oriental Medicine, after becoming aware of the growing need for alternative healthcare options. As the owner of Holistic Integrative Wellness Centre, Cynthia is able to provide a continuity of care for her clients by being both the Eastern practitioner and the Western practitioner.  She believes that combining Eastern and Western medicine gives her the ability to incorporate holistic and intuitive thinking with critical thinking, which allows for a deeper level of understanding about what the client is experiencing.

Cynthia can be reached at [email protected], you can visit her site at https://holisticintegrativewellness.com/ or follow her on Facebook and Instagram @holisticintegrativewellness.

To connect with me, send me an email me at [email protected] or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here.

Who says you can't reinvent yourself in midlife? I call bullshit! Today's episode is a recording of a presentation I did this past summer as a guest speaker on a virtual summit called the Train of Positivity.  The biggest complaint I hear time and time again from women in the middle is that they are stuck. They want to make change but don't know where to start and what to do in order to get unstuck. So, in this talk, I share my 'ABC' formula for getting unstuck!  After over 40 years of saying 'NO' to myself and living life on autopilot because I was afraid to make a change, I finally faced my fears and said, 'YES.'  My mission is to help other midlife women get unstuck and stop being afraid to redefine what midlife looks and feels like so that they live the life they want, not the one they're settling for.

To connect with me, send me an email me at [email protected] or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here.

In this episode, I have a conversation with Terrell Salley-Holliman, CEO & Founder of Living Loving You Well, LLC. Terrell's business focuses on helping "wonder women" who are entrepreneurs and ambitious professionals take action to improve their physical, emotional, and mental well-being while juggling the often opposing demands of their time so that they can live a balanced life. Terrell's professional career started in the halls of Fordham University in New York then on to Wall Street to a franchise owner and now, in the middle of life, she is taking on entrepreneurship.

Terrell and I met in a business coaching program for online entrepreneurs and I was instantly attracted to her zest for life, upbeat personality, and determination to reach her vision and goals.  She is the definition of a midlife woman living her BOLDest life. I thoroughly enjoyed my time talking with Terrell as she discusses all the roles she, and so many other women, have to juggle, fighting stereotypes and discrimination, taking risks, overcoming obstacles to reach her dreams, and living her midlife years with intention and purpose to serve her calling of helping other "wonder women."

Terrell can be found on Instagram at @terrell_llyw or on Facebook at Terrell Salley-Holliman.Mentor.Coach. You can also join her free community, Wonder Woman Tribe: Women Inspiring Balance or download her free resources: 5 min 5 Energy Booster Exercises and Mindful Meditations.

To connect with me, send me an email me at [email protected] or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, schedule your call with me today by clicking here.

I'm here for the growth. All of it. The painful and the joyful parts of growth. The setbacks and the successes. The good and the bad. All of it. So much of what kept me stuck for years was that I didn't approach my goals from a perspective of "What is this here to teach me?" I attached solely to the outcome. When the outcome didn't materialize the way I planned, I labeled myself a failure and I got further and further into my stuck story. Showing up for your life with a mindset of "I'm here for the growth," changes your behaviors from ones that are outcome driven to behaviors that lead to curiosity about your reactions, actions, and inactions.  If you get into the habit of asking yourself, "What is this lesson here to teach me?" and you are open to a mindset of growth instead of attaching to a result,  your stuck story will slowly begin to disappear because you will have developed a habit of taking imperfect action.

To contact me, send me an email me at [email protected] or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, schedule your call with me today by clicking here.

Season 2 of This Midlife in Bold podcast kicks off with an interview with Autumn Geist.  As the owner of The Collective LHE + Makery in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Autumn has worn many hats, and lived a life full of experiences. The Collective LHE & Makery is Autumn's first brick and mortar business and she enjoys bringing her love of creating experiences, event planning and curating beautiful apparel, home decor and gifts in this creative space, especially in the town she believes is a hidden gem, with lots of growth potential for independent businesses. Autumn is also the founder of The Public, a speech and leadership coaching firm. She loves to champion, and encourage people to find their voice, speak confidently and live their best lives. She is a mother of 3, active in her community, and as a self-proclaimed “queen of connecting the dots,” she loves gathering friends and family over her almost-famous gumbo.   In this episode, Autumn shares her experience with "pivoting" well before it became the trendy word of 2020. She takes the listener through some of her biggest "pivot" moments and shares how her background, upbringing, family, career, and experience of loss has prepared her to live a meaningful and purposeful life in her second act. Autumn is full of surprises, has so much wisdom to share, and is inspiration with a capital "I."   You can follow Autumn on Instagram @thecollectivelhemakery, on Facebook at The Collective lhe LLC + Makery, visit the store in person if you're local to the Chicago area or visit their website at thecollectivelhe.com and shop their online store. #supportsmallbusiness 

To contact Loukia, email at [email protected] or follow her on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, Better yet, join her free Facebook community of over 400 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join her for weekly LIVE training on Wednesday evenings at 6pm PST.

I'm in my final days of this decade and I'm excited to welcome 50 and a new chapter. In this episode, I'm reviewing life since starting this podcast one year ago, the process of how Midlife in Bold came to be, a new business project I'm working on, the mindset shifts that I have made to overcome my limiting beliefs and own my worth and value, and what I have identified as my biggest barrier to success and living my purpose, resistance. Resistance comes disguised in many forms and can manifest in a number of unhealthy ways. Once you identify how resistance shows up in your life, you can begin to make the shifts to move past your resistance to live life with clarity and purpose.  If you've ever started a project or work on a goal and then stopped or avoided making a change and then regretted it, it might be resistance. The good news is, once you realize how resistance is showing up in your life, you can overcome it.

Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com.

Affectionately known as the “Loud Blonde” by friends and fans, Kelly Cochran is a professional motivator who shares her message of female empowerment on stages and podcasts across the country.  Before diving head-first into entrepreneurship, Kelly spent 15 years working in SEO, brand strategy and project management in corporate America. Tired of hitting her head on the glass ceiling, Kelly ditched the cubicle for good in early 2017.  Winner of the 2019 “Top 20 On The Rise” Award for Marketing and named a Female Trailblazer by SDVoyager Magazine, Kelly is the outspoken female voice this generation has been waiting for. Her debut book, "LOUD: Silence Your Critics & Turn Up the Volume on Your Life," launched as a #1 Amazon Best Seller in September 2019.  Kelly loves to work with driven, Type-A professionals who are tired of playing small and living life below their potential. Her high-performance coaching powerfully moves her clients out of their comfort zones and into inspired action by focusing on the 3 M’s: Marketing, Mindset, and Motivation. Besides being a coach, author and speaker, Kelly is also an unabashed wine lover and dog mom.  You can learn more about Kelly at LoudBlonde.com, follow her on Instagram @loudblonde and join her free Facebook group, the Biz Builders Society at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bizbuilderssociety.

Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com.