To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle

A round table conversation with three of my friends about finding female friendships, social media, and how relationships change after you get sober.

Episode 124: Friendship, Instagram, and Sobriety with Anne and Leigh Walkup and Jaime T.

Topics discussed:

• Getting sober and finding new friends
• Why likes and comments on Instagram don't matter
• How to find new friends using social media
• Why you can't expect everyone to support you
• Different categories of friends
• Instagram and comparison

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In episode 123, you will learn how to redefine your identity to find your purpose in the middle of life, and own your accomplishments.

My guest is Amy Schmidt, podcast host, author, speaker, blogger, and Founder and CEO of Fearlessly Facing Fifty whose mission it is to empower and encourage women forty-plus to go all in and not lose their identity.

You will love Amy's story and her positive attitude towards beginning life again, in the middle.

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Episode 122

In this episode, you will learn how to remove chaos from eating, drinking, relationships, and self-induced drama that is effecting your life. Removing chaos and drama is all about removing the madness and disorganization and drama from your life and getting back on track with what matters most to you.

Topics include:

Chaotic eating - No plan - just eating. No idea what you are putting into your body because you are too busy and stressed to sit down for 20-minutes a week and plan out your meals. Fast eating, over the sink, drive-through food during the week because you didn't plan and grocery shop.

Chaotic drinking - Reaching for the glass out of stress, emotions, and triggers. Those triggers come in the form of a long day, a spouse, a kid, a co-worker, or out of boredom, or celebration.

Chaotic drinking is waking up in the morning with a desire not to drink tonight, and then you do because of someone else or something else or because you know no other way.

Chaotic relationships - describe Aunt Sally - you say you will get a new job, um... enablers, narcissists, clingers, judgers, doubters, gaslighters, unkind people who are not happy in their life bring their drama into yours.

Self-induced chaos: Holding yourself back from living the life you dream of and do the things you want to do because ___________________.You resist optimism because you only know the negative, and "it's not going to work." Suffocating yourself to fit in or putting things in front of you, which you could easily be removed but are scared to let them go. You worry about the future instead of focusing on the present.

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Episode 121

The Prime Time Woman with JuJu Hook

In this episode, you will hear from Juju Hook, consultant, coach, and speaker. Juju shares how her drinking was showing up in binge drinking, seeing an addiction coach and how he helped her change her relationship with alcohol, taking naltrexone to curb her pleasure from alcohol and drinking, and where she is today with her drinking, how to change your relationships with your thoughts, building a brand with soul and purpose, and what it means to be a Prime Time woman, branding and social media and change your brand even if you don't have a business, and social media tips for the PT gal

For more than a quarter-century she developed the brand strategy for corporations. Today, through online programs, live events, and one-to-one coaching, Juju motivates, inspires, and educates PrimeTime women in topics related to business, life, and relationships. She holds a BA in English and an MBA and is certified as a coach and a yoga teacher. Juju lives in San Diego with her husband and her son. You can find her branding blog at StrategicJuju.com and her program for PrimeTime women at PositivelyPrimeTime.com.

Find Juju here:

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• Facebook Group
• LinkedIn
• Amazon Book Link: Hot Flashes, Carpools, and Dirty Martinis: The Quintessential Guide for Turning Midlife Into PrimeTime
• Instagram: @juju_hook

Twitter: @JujuHook

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Episode 120

The Positive Side of FOMO in Midlife

In this episode, we are talking about FOMO - the Fear of Missing Out and turning it around to a positive look into aging, sobriety, and doing things on your terms.

Fear means change; it's all good!

The biggest question is not what you will miss out on if you (fill in the blank) but what you will miss out on in life if you don't (fill in the blank.)

I will talk about fear when I quit drinking and challenging belief's that alcohol is fun in midlife and how to lean into fear instead of embrace it to start living your desired life.

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Episode 119

Build a Relationship With Yourself Instead of Alcohol

In this episode, I talk about:

• Taking a stand with our black community
• The Black Lives Matter movement and allyship
• Opening up a conversation with yourself no matter how much you want to run from it
• Walking away from alcohol
• My experience in doing the "work" in recovery
• How to ask yourself a simple question to help you start to explore your truth

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Episode 118

How to Manifest the Life You Want with Jerilynn Stephens

Are you ready to manifest your dream life?

Topics discussed in this episode are:

• Removing blocks in your life to manifest the things you want in life
• Figuring out what you want in life
• Eliminating negative people out of your life
• Being given the gift of rehab for HS graduation
• How sobriety has changed her life
• Talking herself back into drinking because "life is good"
• The flat feeling of over-drinking and rules and disappointment
• Getting started in the hair industry in Hollywood
• The beauty industry and why people give up and get a desk job
• How to go towards the outcome of what you want in life
• Hair over 40 and what products and styling tools you should use

Jerilynn Stephens is the author of the book The Five "F" Words to Manifesting Your Life and is a Guild award-winning and 7x Emmy nominated hairstylist. She is the department head hairstylist on The Voice, Shark Tank, Songland, Disney's Fam Jam & various Award Shows.

She has worked as a hairstylist and or makeup artist on 50 plus TV and Film productions and has attracted a personal client list that includes both celebrities and non-celebrities alike.

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Episode 117

Is Alcohol Aging You Faster?

In this episode, I answer a listener question:

Do you think alcohol makes you age faster? I feel like my face is changing daily - I workout, take vitamins, and use expensive skincare - is it the alcohol?!

In humans, aging represents the accumulation of changes in a human being over time, encompassing physical, psychological, and social changes.

We are going to talk about the physical, psychological, and social effects that stem from a long period of alcohol consumption.

Topics discussed:

• The outer effects of alcohol as you age
• The effects of alcohol on your physical health
• The effects of alcohol on your mental health
• The effects of alcohol on your social life
• How to create a sober lifestyle that supports good health
• How to take a step back from alcohol to decide what you want in life

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Episode 116

Respect Yourself and Skip the Crisis with Valerie Albarda

Today, you are hearing from the beautiful Valerie Albarda, Valerie is the founder of Midlife A -Go-Go and YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS EPISODE!! Valerie shares her journey through perimenopause, how she has learned to listen to her body, and respect herself, facing her fears to challenge herself, getting back into the workforce at fifty-five, and taking the crisis out of aging.

Topics discussed:

• Putting age into perspective
• Debunking the myths of midlife
• Facing her fears and trying out to be a TedX speaker
• Bad things happen at any stage of life - it's not a crisis!
• Exploring the myth of the midlife crisis
• PVC's in perimenopause
• Not getting answers from your doctor when it comes to menopause
• Doing your own research to help you through perimenopause
• Listening to your body in menopause and beyond
• Having respect for yourself
• Showing up in life as your real self and not a facade
• Committing to you and following through
• Deciding what to commit to
• Pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone to grow
• Power walking, strength training, and building muscle mass
• Going back into the workforce at fifty-five

Valerie's bio:

In 2015, Valerie Albarda decided to take off the blinders and go through life with her midlife eyes wide open by embracing this dynamic and opportunistic time in her life. That same year, she started Midlife-A-Go-Go to help women navigate this pivotal time in their lives and to understand that they can enjoy the midlife and skip the crisis. In 2018, she added "Midlife-A-Go-Go the podcast!" to her roster. Her podcast meets women where they live – in the second spring of life – and has candid conversations on the ups, the downs, and the "everything in between" of midlife.

In addition to being the force behind Midlife-A-Go-Go, Valerie is a writer, author, and speaker. Her writings have appeared across the web, including on HuffPost, Find UR Cool, Kindra, and Midlife Boulevard.

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Episode 115

Recovery: A Love Story with Jennifer Golden

Re-igniting love with her ex-husband in recovery.

Jennifer Golden is a living proof that you can change your life, and change your relationships once you get sober. For a long time, Jennifer lived a life where every ounce of energy she went to drinking alcohol.

Jennifer's life revolved around when, where, how, and how much she could drink. But on August 12, 2015, she woke up, looked in the mirror, and said NO MORE. She joined the local gym and found that working out took her mind off of drinking. So she kept going every day. She is now 4 1/2 years sober and the blessings keep coming! She loves to share my purpose in her story to help others who are suffering because you aren't alone and we do recover.

Jen is a mom to a 12-year-old boy, works full time in the garbage industry, and is an independent representative for an Activewear company called Zyia Active. Consider her your personal workout gear shopper!

Topics discussed:

• Getting fit after getting sober.
• Exercise for well-being and mental health
• Normal people drinking
• How sobriety helps you to step into who you are authentically
• Exhausting trying to keep up and hide sobriety
• Being open and free in sobriety
• Her dating experience during sobriety
• How she is taking care of herself now during Quarantine
• Finding love again with her Ex-Husband
• Drinking during the day - having shakes and drinking at 7:00 in the morning
• Being devious in sobriety and not being able to stop

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