To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle

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I recently received an email from a beautiful gal who asked me if I had a last hurrah when I quit drinking, and if it's a good idea to add closure before getting sober.

I was the Queen of the last hurrah! Every diet I started from the age of 8, had a "last meal." Every January 1st had a "last spending spree," and every Sunday for about two years, I had an "I'm never going to drink again" speech.

Until August 11th, 2013, when I quit drinking, there was no last hurrah.

I didn't plan to stop drinking that night, I received a sign, and I took it. A sign which now I know was God, and he said, "Lori, you've had enough," enough to last a lifetime (or two)."

There was no last hurrah for me and in this episode you will hear my experience with what happened after I quit, and if I think you need a last hurrah.

Please reach out if you have a question or a topic you would like to hear on the podcast.

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Episode 131

Do you think that you can't quit drinking because your circle drinks or your spouse/partner drinks? Think again.

This episode will fire you up!

My guest is Connie McMillan, aka The Sobriety Queen. Connie is the Founder of Cocktails and Chocolate, an alcohol-free bar service. She is also a Sobriety and Recovery coach, author and Podcast host.

Connie has an Associates & Bachelors degree in Human Services with a concentration in Substance Abuse.

Connie shares her story of the night she was shot and how her addiction to alcohol began, and ended on the day of her mother's passing.

Topics discussed:

Starting her business and how her business changed when she got sober

How to decide who needs to know what you are doing

Answering the question, does everyone drink?

Self-worth and being honest with yourself

What people said when she quit drinking

What Connie does for fun without alcohol - you will dig it!

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Episode 130

In this episode, you will hear an honest conversation with a woman who realized that alcohol was no longer adding anything to her life, and what happened after she quit.

I'm so honored to have Lucy Blenkinsopp join me on the podcast. Lucy is a holistic well-being coach for women in the middle of life.

Lucy helps women through menopause and beyond, brain fog, weight gain, alcohol dependency, anxiety and the dreaded feeling of being stuck, irrelevant, un-sexy or invisible.

Topics discussed:

• The power of aging sober is a rebellious act
• Well-being and what it means
• Midlife drinking and how it wreaks havoc on your hormones and menopause and life
• Eating and dieting in menopause and Intermittent Fasting
• Finding yourself after you quit drinking
• How to stand up for yourself and not drinking because of others including your husband/partner
• Lucy's experience with HRT
• Aging and grey area drinking
• Healthy habits and how they make life easier
• How Lucy practices self-care and her morning routine

To learn more about Lucy and how to work with her, please visit her website and say hello on Instagram.

Mentioned in this episode:

XX Brain, by Lisa Mosconi, PHD

A very raw and honest reveal of the one lesson I've learned from not only seven years of sobriety, but from 30-years of drinking.

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Episode 129 with my guest Len Jefferson-Springer, Restorative Eating and Certified Holistic Health Coach.

I love Len's perspective on food and eating and making a plan that works for you. I know you will find comfort in this conversation. There are no rules - it's what you want - isn't that refreshing?! Taking the pressure off of dieting and depriving yourself.

Topics:

• How Len got started in her business.
• Getting in and out of the kitchen to support your overall wellness.
• How to get started meal prepping.
• Working on yourself without avoiding what you want.
• Society and food and wellness and why it's unrealistic.
• The levels of meal prepping and how to make it work for you.
• How to change your thoughts to eat what you like and how you like to eat.
• Managing different lifestyles in your home and how to eat for you - not them.
• Using your freezer to save you money and time.
• How to bypass food waste.
• Creating a personal ritual that makes you feel.
• Grocery shopping once a week and what to look for in your food that makes it REAL food.
• How much Len spends on groceries every month in California.

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In episode 128, you will learn how 93% of longevity is under your control and the components of aging for long-term health and wellness.

My guest, Annie Gaudreault is a Holistic Nutritionist and founder of VEEV Health & Wellness. Annie helps women in midlife make sense of all of the health and wellness information so they can make informed decisions and establish habits and systems that support their best health and best life. She helps you realize that aging well is possible and that some of your best years are yet to come.

This episode is packed full of information! Some of the topics include:

• How to recognize food as a relationship.
• Understanding what is happening hormonally as you age.
• The components of longevity.
• The most significant predictors of your health.
• Tracking your emotions through a journal.
• Busting through the myths of aging.
• Being mindful of how you feel.
• Not normalizing feeling poorly.
• Mindful eating and thinking.

To learn more about Annie, please visit her website.

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Episode 127 In this episode, I talk with Paula Fontenelle, therapist, author, podcaster and a woman who lost her father to suicide in 2005. Paula shares her story of loss, recovery and covers topics that will help you break the silence and stigma of suicide. Topics include:

• Paula's story of losing her father in 2005 who died by suicide
• Paula's relationship with her father before he died
• Paula's recovery and how she felt after her father died
• Paula being diagnosed with depression after her father's death
• Experiencing "what if's" after someone you love dies by suicide
• Dealing with feelings of guilt and grieve after someone you love dies by suicide
• Paula's work talking to people who attempted suicide and who lost people they love to suicide
• The need for this conversation and Paula's mission of breaking the silence of suicide
• Debunking the myths and misconceptions of suicide including: talking about suicide putting the idea in someones head, the language when talking and writing about suicide, people "just talk about it" and they won't really do it, people don't want to die, they want to end the pain they are going through, and for the person who dies by suicide being selfish is not true.
• Misleading information between men and women attempting suicide and dying by suicide
• The warning signs of someone who is contemplating suicide
• How to talk to someone and what you should say and not say
• Talking to someone is 95% of the reason why people change their mind about suicide
• Suicide is related to personal crisis and mental health 54% is not related to mental illness
• How can you ask about it simply
• The language around suicide including the Red Flag language
• The continuum of suicide
• Depression and suicide and warning signs in youth
• Social media and bullying for our youth

Paula Fontenelle is a Brazilian journalist who decided to change careers after the death of her father to suicide, in 2005. Since then, she has finished a training in Psychoanalysis, in Brazil, and a Masters in Clinical Mental Health, in Portland/OR. Today she works as a therapist at Life Counseling, in McMinnville, Oregon. As part of what she considers her mission, she hosts a podcast and a YouTube Channel called Understand Suicide, which has listeners from over sixty countries. She is the author of the book Understanding Suicide: Living with loss, paths to prevention (finalist of the Brazilian Book Award).

To find Paula:

Understand Suicide website

Understand Suicide Podcast

Understanding Suicide: Living With Loss. Paths to Prevention.

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Episode 126

In this episode, I talk about what it takes to stop drinking, gain momentum and keep it going without talking yourself out of sobriety.

Topics discussed:

• Why self-awareness matters most
• Finding support and like-minded friends
• How to not talk yourself out of sobriety
• Finding solutions that work for you
• Reducing information overload

To read this episode's full show notes, please click here.

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Learn how to step into your power in the middle of life and start the reinvention you've been dreaming of with my guest, Jennifer Arthurton of Old Chicks Know Sh*t.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Getting through the perimenopause struggle
• Fighting the resistance of menopause and relaxing into it
• How to find out who you are without external help
• Living with a chronic illness and how Jennifer manages her self-care today
• Life after divorce and empty nest
• Losing a 30-year career
• Not feeling like you are where you "should" be
• The three things you need to do to step into your power

Jennifer Arthurton is the creator of Old Chicks Kow Sh*t, a community, and podcast all about inspiring women in midlife to own their experience, knowledge, and wisdom to step powerfully into the next chapter of life. Jennifer is a coach and runs workshops as well as appearing as a guest on blogs and podcasts targeted to the mid-life segment and is available as a motivational speaker for women's conferences and events.

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