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

Today we're taking a look at midlife resistance and midlife regret and asking which is worse. Each one causes pain but in a different way.

There are three common areas where resistance will show up in midlife: career, relationships and self-care. You may not know how much you're resisting a goal until you're really honest with yourself about the results you're creating. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-128-midlife-resistance-or-midlife-regret/

Today we're talking about the secret to finding your midlife passion project, as well a new midlife coaching program, the Finally First Midlife Membership.

Many think that hobbies and passion projects are the same. However, there are subtle differences. Passion projects feel "bigger" than hobbies. You might actually feel compelled to do your passion project where you might simply choose your hobby as a relaxation outlet. The energy is different. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-127-the-secret-to-finding-your-midlife-passion-project/

Today we're talking about my top 10 reasons for feeling grateful for midlife. Notice the word "for." We're taking a look at feeling gratitude for midlife itself rather than feeling more grateful while you're in midlife. This is a subtle but important nuance in today's episode.

Gratitude is really about feeling thankful. You can express gratitude and you can notice that you feel grateful. Either way, studies show more and more that there can be a relationship between gratitude and many positive health and lifestyle effects. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-126-10-reasons-to-be-grateful-for-midlife/

Today we're talking about why you need to actually create community in midlife. That may come as a bit of a surprise to you. But, just like everything else in midlife, it's important to be intentionally as you do midlife on purpose.

Community is, by its most basic definition, a group of people who are connected in some way. There's a feeling of fellowship. There are shared commonalities. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-125-why-you-need-to-create-community-in-midlife/

Today we're getting to the bottom of what triggers your resistance. Even resistance for things you really want.

This can be super frustrating and confusing. You think you know what you want. Perhaps it's a change; maybe it's going after a goal. But you're not seeing the results that are in alignment with what you want. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-124-what-triggers-your-resistance-in-midlife/

Without careful attention, your midlife might not be what you had hoped. Today we're talking about how to avoid what I'm calling an accidental midlife.

Why should you avoid having an accidental midlife, you might be wondering? So you can do midlife on purpose instead of just winging it and responding to life.

Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-123-how-to-avoid-and-accidental-midlife/

A midlife funk might find you ahead of schedule. Being in the military can have an interesting effect on your life. My guest today explains how her military experience and her midlife funk led her to create a fulfilling career that incorporates all of her gifts and interests.

Kalvina 'Kali' Shelton is a Business Strategist & Launch Coach partnering with multi-passionate, service-based women entrepreneurs that are transitioning from corporate back into full-time BOWSE Bawse CEOs. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-122-from-soldier-to-strategist-for-women-entrepreneurs-with-kalvina-shelton/

Learning to think on purpose can change your life, both now and in the future. It's a skill that you can learn how to do, but it will take practice to maximize your effort.

Thinking on purpose will retrain your brain. Your brain isn't used to thinking this way. Most of us think on autopilot; this means that the thoughts we think are habitual, unplanned and unsupervised. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-121-retrain-your-brain-to-think-on-purpose-in-midlife/

Being angry in midlife can feel overwhelming and confusing. It can seem like there's no way out, and if you're not careful, you can set yourself up for regrets.

Today you're going to meet Valerie Runyan. Valerie's a writer and photographer who struggled with a lot of physical pain over the years. Her job didn't help. She was definitely in a midlife funk. As she describes, she went from being enraged with her husband, her job, her house and her city to actually loving her life.

Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-120-angry-in-midlife-how-writing-changed-my-life-with-valerie-runyan/

Thinking about time and running out of time can be a big deal in midlife. In fact, it can create a lot of stress and sadness.

It's pretty common to find yourself stressed about the passage of time, think that time's flying, feel like time's going so fast or even spin about the idea that you're running out of time. Thinking this way can happen even if you're typically pro-aging.

Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-119-thinking-about-time-in-midlife/