Women in the Middle®: Loving Life After 50 - Midlife Coach Podcast

Today's episode is all about the road to following your passion. Specifically, my guest today is Joanne Jones, Textile Artist, Designer and owner of Mined reCreations in Ontario.

Mined reCreations is where fashion is meaningful and style has a cause. Joanne makes one-of-a-kind handbags and satchels made from recycled clothing. As if this wasn't cool enough, Joanne's story gets even better. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-138-following-your-passion-to-create-recycle-educate-with-joanne-jones/

Knowing how you can make midlife plans and planning more fun can bring a lot more joy and pleasure into your life. Today's show is all about why you should consider doing this on a regular basis.

In midlife, it's common to feel like you've been spit out at the other end of a chaotic swirling vortex, only to find yourself older and more confused. There are many reasons for this and most of them have to do with the transition into a new and very different stage of life. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-137-6-steps-to-make-your-midlife-plans-more-fun/

Today's episode is all about the game of Mahjong as a Mother and Daughter Tradition. My guests today are a mother daughter team who love the game of Mahj. The thing is that Mahjong turns out to be an amazing way to meet new people, spend time with your family and create an important family tradition. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-136-mahjong-as-a-mother-daughter-tradition-with-cheryl-zeldin-ruth-zimelman/

Today's episode is about weight loss and wake up calls in midlife. My guest today is Weight Loss Coach and Entrepreneur, Cookie Rosenblum, MA. It turns out that she's the perfect person to talk to about this unique combination of topics today.

For over 25 years, Cookie's expertise has helped thousands of women change their bodies and their lives from the inside out. She's a master level life coach, an author and host of a highly acclaimed podcast on itunes. She shares some amazingly helpful weight loss perspective and tips for women in the middle.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-135-weight-loss-wake-up-calls-in-midlife-with-cookie-rosenblum-ma/

Today's episode is about feeling old in midlife. It's important to talk about feeling old because it takes up so much emotional and intellectual real estate at this age and stage of life.

Do you remember when you first felt old? It's funny but feeling old isn't intrinsically positive or negative. In fact, often, when you're young, you probably enjoyed when you felt old. But it's a different story in midlife. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-134-do-you-feel-old-in-midlife/

Today's episode takes a look at what it's like to be an introvert in business in midlife.

It turns out that introversion is a thing in midlife. My guest today is Caroline Wood;

Caroline is an introvert supporting other introverts to build a successful businesses that honours their introversion, rather than feeling like they have to pretend to be an extravert to get ahead.

Caroline teaches that you can be a successful business owner as an introvert without having to pretend to be an extravert. She believes that you're probably going to be more successful being authentic to your introversion rather than exhausting yourself as an extravert. Such good news, right?

Caroline teaches specific strategies and the mindset shift necessary to be open to the wide variety of opportunities available now to build a business that works with your personality, even as an introvert.

That's what I call midlife on purpose. Enjoy the interview!

Lear More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-133-honoring-your-introversion-in-midlife-interview-with-caroline-wood/

The year 2020 is the perfect time of year to create a vision board. This episode is about how to avoid the top three common mistakes that get in the way when it comes to making a vision board that really works.

Vision boards can be exceptionally helpful and fun tools to increase clarity about what you want to create in the future. However, it's easy for many people to make mistakes that will make it more difficult to move their vision and dreams about the future forward into action. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-132-top-three-vision-board-mistakes-to-avoid-in-2020/

Today's episode takes a bit of a different twist on New Year's Resolutions. Not everyone embraces the idea of a New Year's Resolution.

Resolutions can throw you for a loop and bring up all kinds of negative thoughts and feelings. So many of us have had a disappointing experience with them. Like everything else, however, the way you think ABOUT resolutions is directly related to their success. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-131-make-your-2020-new-years-resolution-the-best-one-ever/

Holiday time with family in midlife can be a blast but can also be quite stressful. Thinking about self-care is probably the last thing on your giant list.

This week's episode is all about three simple steps to help you put YOU back on your list. When you learn to invite mindfulness into your life, you also take a giant step toward taking care of yourself. In midlife, this can mean being more intentional about your life.

How you define "intentional" is up to you, but you may not naturally think about feeling on purpose. When it comes to your emotional state, you may be more prone to closing your eyes and hoping for the best.

It turns out that there's more you can do. Tune in to learn three simple steps to increase your awareness and increase the likelihood that you won't have regrets over the holidays. You have more control than you think when it comes to regret-proofing your life!

Don't miss this episode!

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-130-three-steps-to-regret-proof-your-holidays-in-midlife/

My guest today has a unique approach for Alzheimer's and Dementia treatment. As a Speech Language Pathologist, Heather Negin unknowingly had a special set of skills and insights to bring to her personal situation with her parents. This insight has shaped her career and she's never looked back.

As you know, we're inundated with negative messages about adult onset cognitive decline, Alzheimer's and Dementia, and caregiving responsibilities. And, it's totally a midlife thing. As daughters, it's super common to be dealing with this with our parents and others we love at this age and stage of life.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-129-when-your-parent-has-alzheimers-or-dementia-interview-with-heather-negin/