Untangling Me: The Podcast

Meet Wendy! We are so excited to introduce you to Wendy Valentine! Wendy is an internationally published author of Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play, an inspiring book that became a #1 Amazon New Release, Founder of Midlifology™, and Keynote Speaker. She’s also the host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast, The Midlife Makeover Show, inspiring women worldwide to embrace midlife as a powerful new beginning. She is also a friend of Colleen and Tracey's of nearly 20 years and an inspiration to so many women (us included!) 

Nothing is off limits with Wendy and we chat about female friendships, Bunco, marriage, divorce, and more. Wendy shares with us, the story of her years long evolution towards building her best, truest life. Come along for the ride!

Get to know Wendy Valentine!

Website: https://wendyvalentine.com

Instagram: @HelloWendyValentine

Substack: Wendy Valentine

Podcast: TheMidlifeMakeoverShow.com

All are welcome here at Untangling Me, but our girl, the girl who we represent there out in the world, is a midlife woman.  This episode is a conversation about the challenges, funny moments, and ups and downs of being a woman in midlife. Come along for the ride and hop onto our socials or leave a comment of some of your own!

More than one woman has shared that she's hidden in her closet, shower, or back deck to hide from her kids or just get a breath of uninterrupted air with toddlers, but somehow the need to have a nook of our own reappears again and again, even when the nest starts to get empty. Today Colleen and Tracey share their own stories of seeking a space of their own and brainstorm solutions in their own homes. Join us and pop on to our social media and share your own stories!

Colleen and Tracey welcome back professional organizer, Mindy Godding, to get "down and dirty" with specific techniques, examples, and shared stories to help our listeners tackle all the mess! Midlife is a unique time where women are often asked to juggle their own stuff, their kids' stuff, their parents' stuff and frankly sometimes it feels like the whole world's "stuff." Mindy walks us through several examples of challenges she's seen and how her staff supports folks on their journey of decluttering, organizing, moving, and downsizing. Join us for this helpful and important episode!

We had a ball "Untangling the Stuff" with founder of Abundance Organizing, Mindy Godding this week and just know you're going to love her too! Mindy is a 22 year veteran of professional organizing and in this episode she takes on all the crazy questions and scenarios Tracey and Colleen throw at her about the messiness of midlife. She shares her years of experience and we have no doubt you will enjoy her many stories, professional wisdom, and fabulous laugh as much as we did! 

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Colleen and Tracey spend this episode chatting about untangling the mess that’s caused by self-care, specifically how women caring for themselves impacts those around them. In a loose three-episode series (ep 28, 29, and 30), we discuss the little time women have during this season, the complications of  taking time for yourself, the ripples that come with women’s evolving personal development journeys. All of these factors combine to have major impacts on our overall day to day life. Come along for the conversation! 

Do you ever struggle to find space for YOU in all the chaos of your own life? On this week's episode Colleen and Tracey dig into their own experience of "personal development" and how, over time, they have figured out ways to insert some healthy self care into the nooks and crannies of a busy life. Manicures and massages are incredible, but what are you doing each day to really take care of yourself, grow and deepen your own personal wellness, and take space to become who you want to be in this phase of life? 

Don't be mistaken, just because you aren't sending a little one off to kindergarten doesn't mean the end of summer isn't still "Back to School Season." Once your life is divided into school calendars and semesters, it's hard to break the pattern! The rhythm that comes with going 'back to school' reminds us of all the ways families change, children launch, and new transitions occur. Come along side Colleen and Tracey as we explore what this time of year brings up for us, and join the conversation by sharing your thoughts wherever you catch your podcasts or via email at [email protected]

We've talked about Mental Load and the huge toll it takes on many women (Tracey and Colleen included!) but in this episode we talk about a possible counterpoint to mental load...provider anxiety. We break down some of the challenges we see in our own lives related to juggling which roles partners take, how burdens are shared, and the communication necessary when both partners want to be supportive but the tasks feels overwhelming. Join us as we share stories and get real about the challenges of balancing the two sides of the same coin: provider anxiety and mental load.

Today we're untangling - of all things - our hair! - well, all of the conversation around it actually...Should older women only wear certain styles? How do we feel about going gray? Are bangs back (and do we even care)?! Is midlife the perfect time for a big "transition" chop? We decided to have a fun and light conversation about Tracey's new haircut and found ourselves digging into stereotypes, "shoulds," and the inevitable conversation about the challenges women face around caring for themselves and living outside of the expectations the world places on them.