Well & Worthy Life | A Podcast for Midlife Women

Deanna welcomes Bridget back for this episode on the importance of joy. Joy is one of the hardest things for people to cultivate. Bridget explains the dangers of “borrowing trouble”, which is giving attention to negative emotions and situations, which then gives them power. The two touch on the importance of positive thinking and the large role it plays in living a joyful life. 

One of the most powerful ways to create joy is gratitude journaling. Deanna recommends using Gratitude, a mobile journaling app, or a physical journal to record what you are grateful for each morning or night. Doing this enables you to either start or end your day on a positive note. Seeing a list of what you are grateful for can help you bring joy back into your life during the most difficult times. 

Work is one of the main areas where people can struggle to find joy. Deanna and Bridget explain the importance of finding things to love about your job, even if it is difficult. If there are negative people in your life, they stress that you should attempt to distance yourself from said negativity or at least choose to not let it affect you. 

Above all, focus on progress over perfection. Baby steps are what creates progress and it is important to celebrate small successes rather than focusing on what went wrong. 

What practices do you use to bring joy into your daily life? Share with Deanna on Instagram!

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Deanna is back with her good friend Bridget in this episode, where the two discuss the importance of proper deep breathing to relieve stress and improve overall health. Like Deanna, Bridget is a certified health coach and a graduate of the Institute of Integrated Nutrition. 

Most of us do not practice deep breathing on a daily basis, even though it is one of the easiest ways that we can greatly reduce stress. Deanna and Bridget cover one of the most common excuses for not practicing deep breathing, the benefits proper breathing can have on your health and some of the best ways to integrate deep breathing into your life. These include the STOP method, as well as 4, 7, 8 breathing. 

Deanna shares the positive effect of kundalini yoga, which focuses on breathing exercises, had on a family member during the early stages of dementia. She stresses how kundalini yoga can offer fantastic benefits to anyone looking to improve their physical and mental health. 

Stress can manifest itself in many ways in your life; even a person living a healthy lifestyle can still be negatively affected by mismanaged stress. Deanna and Bridget offer their routines for integrating deep breathing into their lifestyles, including using apps and smartwatch technology. 

Share how you integrate deep breathing into your daily life with Deanna on Instagram! @wellandworthylife

Check out Insight Timer, the app Deanna uses to practice daily deep breathing: Insight Timer

Fellow FASTerWay to Fat Loss coach Whitney Abraham joins Deanna in this episode. Today’s conversation is about how to create confidence and what it takes to be confident. It doesn’t take much, and when we have that confidence, it can change our lives. Whitney spent ten years of fundraising in a high-pressure environment. After having her babies, her priorities shifted as they do for most women. She decided to leave her job to stay home with her babies, but she says that this marked the beginning of her dark years. We hear about how she felt so alone, unfulfilled, and guilty. However, this situation allowed her to find herself again. After entering the FASTer Way to Fat Loss program, Whitney gained back some confidence that she had lost. This confidence was then applied to other areas and led to her getting certified as a coach. Deanna talks about how Whitney rose to the top so quickly, and Whitney gives her own thoughts on the reasons. Over the years, Whitney has realized that her optimal split of time is 40% with her family and 60% with her business. There is no wrong split; you just need to figure out what is best for you. Deanna and Whitney then discuss some of the challenges of balancing business and work at the same time. Whitney reveals her time-blocking habits that allow her to accomplish everything she wants, taking us through her average day. Ending this episode, she tells us the simple formula that will create confidence in your life. Whitney’s website:https://www.whitneyabraham.com/

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Deanna is alongside Neillie Butler in today’s episode. She was actually a client of Deanna’s, and despite also living in Birmingham, the two had never met until recently. That changes now as the two finally get together to talk about overcoming obstacles. Someone might look at Neillie and think she has it all but you never know what someone is going or gone through so be careful to judge.

Today Neillie is an open book and she shares those obstacles that she overcame so that it might help someone else going through something.  She and Deanna want all the listeners to know overcoming obstacles aren't easy but it is possible.

Neillie recalls how a learning disability made schooling very difficult for her at a young age. She shares a shocking statement that a teacher made in front of her and her parents. Progressing through the education system did not get much easier as she was diagnosed with cancer in her freshman year of college.

After getting married, Neillie and her husband divorced after about eighteen months. She and Deanna agree that a lesson that should be learned from a divorce or any obstacle is the mindset of “it’s not what happens, it’s how you respond.” We can choose to stay down when confronted with hardship, or we can choose to use it in a positive and constructive way.

Neillie worked for a company that did corporate events and decided one day that she wanted to start her own business. She explains why this seemed like a crazy idea at the time and tells us her husband’s justified response. We then hear about how she bootstrapped the business to find success. Every day is still filled with challenges, but Neillie welcomes them and thinks strategically about how to move forward. She brings up some of the obstacles that get presented in the wedding planning business and the importance of giving people slack.

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In this episode, Deanna welcomes back Luisa McClure. She is a FASTer Way to Fat Loss Coach, nutritionist, and registered dietitian.

Today she and Deanna will discuss the importance of skin care at any age and how what we eat can affect our skin’s health. You are what you eat, but this statement is often associated solely with our internal health. Luisa explains that it applies to our skin as well and tells us the top three nutrients that are the best for keeping our skin looking great as we age. Deanna then reveals one of her favorite products that she uses daily and stresses the importance of clean ingredients.

With certain diets that people go on, they sometimes eliminate important micro and macronutrients.  Luisa brings up the dangers of not eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. She says that it’s important to “eat the rainbow” before getting into some misconceptions about eating healthy fats.

64% of our skin is water, which goes to show why hydration is the most crucial factor in maintaining healthy skin. Being properly hydrated can come from simply making sure to drink enough water each day, so Luisa shares a tip on how to make sure that you’re meeting the threshold.

Eating for healthy skin doesn’t have to be hard; it’s about taking small steps and making progress instead of perfection. We all want to look and feel our best. If we eat the right nutrients and put the right things on our skin, we’ll look and feel so much better.

Check out the blog post on all the products Deanna used to keep her skin healthy.

Check out the earlier podcast with Luisa on Menopause.

Deanna's favorite products for her skin.

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In this episode, Megan, a style coach, joins the show. Megan worked in New York as a trend forecaster. However, she felt it was not relatable to most women. The fashion industry made Megan feel like she needed to change. She knew there had to be more to fashion, so she dove deep into the world of coaching.

As a style coach, Megan works with her clients to figure out their goals. What’s missing, and what isn’t working? Then, Megan focuses on the client’s body type. What works best for your body type? Like everything, your style will change throughout the years. If you are still dressing yourself the same as you did ten years ago, then you are in a style rut.

It can be overwhelming to narrow down your style goals. The first step in finding your goals is an hour-long strategy discussion. Deanna got help with her closet from Megan and learned that physical clutter will create mental clutter. Sometimes the bigger the closet, the harder it is to get dressed. With less in your closet, you can actually end up having more options.

Megan wants her clients to style themselves in the most beautiful way without changing anything about their bodies. Most women are looking to up-level their confidence and this is a great way to achieve that.

If one of Megan’s clients wants to lose weight, she will work with them to buy the right sizes. Everything comes down to knowing your body type. Later, Megan discusses renting outfits, controlling our images, and where to find style inspiration.

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Megan's Website: Style Yourself Chic

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Today Deanna is explaining intermittent fasting. It’s not a diet; it’s an eating schedule. When our body is in a fasted state, it can heal itself and our cells turnover. On the other hand, while we are eating, our body has to digest that food.

During the fasted state, our bodies can work on burning fat. Remember when the media told us to eat six small meals a day? Well, we are all different. What works for one person may not work for another person. Intermittent fasting will work for most people. When you eat small meals throughout the day, your body does not have a chance to recover.

Our body’s number one energy source is carbs. When we are in a fasted state, we can get into fat burning. There are all sorts of various ways to do intermittent fasting. The method Deanna utilizes is sixteen hours of fasting and eight hours of eating. This is probably one of the easiest intermittent fasting schedules. It’s challenging to do twenty-four-hour fasts – you can always try this monthly rather than weekly.

One of the reasons Deanna started fasting is because she wanted to learn more about it. Plus, there are many health benefits like losing weight, slowing down the aging process, mental clarity, reversing type two diabetes, increasing growth hormones, and reducing the chances of cancer. Deanna says everyone should try intermittent fasting. Once you try it, you will realize how straightforward it really is. A typical start of the day for Deanna is coffee, exercise, and then she breaks her fast around 1:00PM.

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Do you wonder what sex looks like in your 50's and beyond?  As I have hit menopause I have been trying to figure out what is "normal" about sex as I get older.  Well, there is no "normal".  You have to figure out what works best for you and your spouse.  But sex continues to be important to our health as we age.  Today on the podcast I am talking with Jess from Naked Talk With Jess.

We are talking about three ways to enhance sex in your 50's and beyond.  We get quite candid and share our own experiences with you.

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Bridget is back with me on the podcast discussing how to stay healthy during the winter months and what to do when you feel the first signs of a cold coming on. Of course, I am feeling a cold coming on now so I am implementing all of these tips.

 

 

Are you ready for the Holidays?  I love the Holidays but sometimes there can be a whole bunch of stress that goes along with this time of year.  Today I am sharing some things to think about and plan ahead to lessen your stress before it even starts.

If this helps, please let me know by sharing on social media and tagging me @wellandworthylife.