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

Your personal style can be easily overlooked in midlife. Fashion isn't something that everyone values or prioritizes. But, being intentional about how you look and dress can be more meaningful than you think.

As a women in the middle, you know first hand how quickly time flies. Before you know it, a couple of decades have gone by but you might still be wearing the same clothes. Your priorities don't always include staying current with the latest fashion trends. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-88-how-to-find-your-midlife-fashion/

Midlife memories can mean so much to you as you age. Some memories fade; others get stronger. All memories can really make you think. As a women in the middle, you've been around for more than a few decades and have built up lots of meaningful memories. Sometimes there are visual reminders of your past that you actually have in your home. You may have memorabilia of some sort from your childhood that you've decided to keep for one reason or another. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-87-midlife-memories-memorabilia-things-turning-50/

So many midlife women think that downtime is important but don't prioritize it in their lives. In fact, there's a lot of resistance toward downtime as a concept.

Downtime is one of those topics where there's a big disconnect between what is generally accepted intellectually as something that's desirable AND what actually happens in reality. There are several reasons for this. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-86-how-to-prioritize-downtime-in-midlife/

Many single midlife women feel overwhelmed with online dating and Apps. It's no wonder. The whole dating landscape has changed dramatically since we were in our 20s.

My guest this week is Renee Suzanne, who's a coach for smart, successful women who want to find love. She helps women go from heartbroken to happily-married. Renee believes that true love is possible for anyone who's willing to create the conditions in her life for it to flourish.

The emphasis is on being willing. Read More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-85-online-dating-in-midlife/

Cancer can be quite a wake up call and change your life in so many ways.

Our guest this week is a Ceca Mijatovic, a bad ass life coach who focuses on helping women who know this all too well. She works with women who've been diagnosed with cancer.

Ceca has had her own battle with the "Big C" and it became a catalyst for positive change in her life. Now she wants to help other women use their diagnosis as an opportunity to transform their lives for the better. She's also the host of the Truth & Dare Cancer Podcast. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-84-dealing-with-cancer-in-midlife/

Powerful questions can help you think better and deeper. When you practice asking yourself better questions in midlife especially, you help yourself increase awareness of your actual thoughts. This is because a question isn't the same as a thought, but asking questions sets up your brain to look for answers immediately. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-83-asking-powerful-questions-in-midlife/

Today we're talking about adoption and assisted reproduction from a midlife perspective.

We'll be taking a look at a variety of issues related to the adoption constellation, including the areas of adoptees' sense of identity, attitudes in adoption, policy and legislation, openness, search and reunion, and step adoption, all from a midlife lens. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-82-midlife-reflections-on-adoption-assisted-reproduction-with-dr-michael-grand/

This week is all about what it's like to think you're committed to making a change, but then understanding that you're really not. It's about learning to tell the subtle difference in feeling 80% committed and 100% committed and why this is important when it comes to following through on your goals. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-81-understanding-how-to-commit-to-change-in-midlife/

My guest today is the amazing Amanda Mueller. She went from being, in her words, "the fat woman in the room" who regularly hid in her own skin, to someone who lost over 100 lbs and became a marathon runner.

She successful lost 140 lbs, to be specific. She also fell in love with Minnie Mouse and shares an interesting story about how this helped her start running marathons.

Her story is super inspirational, especially this time of year, when you're probably thinking about your own personal goals, including weight loss and exercise. Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-80-how-to-lose-weight-become-fit-in-midlife-with-amanda-mueller/

This week is all about becoming aware of your beliefs about what's possible for you. We explore what your beliefs are about how you can become the person you want to be.

The reason it's so important is because so many of us well-meaning humans find it easy to practice thinking that we have less control about who we become than we think.

Learn More: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-79-believing-whats-possible-in-midlife/