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

Loneliness is a common experience for older women. Today's interview is with two women who are involved with AARP's Ethel Gathering Groups, an initiative that is working well to help navigate loneliness with women over 50.

Lisa Marcellino, who, after facing isolation following her divorce and while caregiving for her parents, found a powerful sense of connection and lifelong friendships in her 60s through AARP's Ethel Gathering Groups. She's a living example of how it's never too late to create meaningful relationships. In this conversation, we'll explore how Lisa overcame loneliness and the impact of community as she navigated this chapter of life.

We're also joined by Shelley Emling, Editor-in-Chief of The Ethel Circle at AARP, who will offer expert insights into the loneliness epidemic among older women and explain how programs like AARP's Ethel Gathering Groups are making a difference in combating this issue.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-403-the-ethel-from-aarp-giving-a-voice-to-women-50-to-navigate-loneliness/

Today's episode is about snoring, sleep apnea, resistance, and your health. Specifically, I share my personal journey from being resistant to CPAP to embracing CPAP and improving my sleep and my health.

When you are a woman who snores and has sleep apnea in midlife, you may not embrace CPAP as a treatment option. There are a variety of common reasons for this, including vanity, inconvenience, and discomfort.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-402-why-i-finally-said-yes-to-a-cpap-after-years-of-snoring-resistance/

Caring for aging parents who live in a rural or frontier community has unique challenges. Today's guest is Renee Schulte, a woman in the middle of being an entrepreneur and prioritizing both her parents' care and her own self-care.

Renee Schulte has over 20 years of leadership experience in the mental health field at the national, state, and provider levels. Because of her work in both the public and private sectors, she has a distinct understanding of the complexities in delivering quality healthcare to all - especially rural and remote communities.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-401-when-your-aging-parents-live-in-a-rural-community-with-renee-schulte/

Welcome to Ep 400! This special episode is part of the Podcasthon initiative, where podcast hosts around the world are featuring charities simultaneously this week.

I was super excited when I found my guests today because you'll be meeting and learning about the folks at Cape May Marine Mammal Research Center, the non-profit arm of Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center in Cape May, New Jersey.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-400-doing-what-you-love-protecting-whales-dolphins-with-cape-may-marine-mammal-research-center/

Discover 3 ways to stop wasting time in midlife so you can regret proof your life.

Time is a funny thing when you think about the extent to which your perception and experience of it can be so powerful. Aging can create more time urgency as you think about your future and what you may be running out of time to still do.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-399-3-ways-to-stop-wasting-time-in-midlife-to-regret-proof-your-life/

Today's episode is about 5 Ways to Learn to Trust Yourself To Get Unstuck without Certainty in Midlife.

Lack of certainty is a reality that so many of us don't fully appreciate. Believing in certainty can actually get in your way and keep you stuck. This episode outlines 5 specific strategies to help you get unstuck in midlife.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-398-5-ways-to-learn-to-trust-yourself-to-get-unstuck-without-certainty-in-midlife/

Today's episode is about how to love your midlife body and get stronger with Alicia Jones.

Most would likely agree that your midlife body can surprise you in many ways. So many changes, so much to learn. It can be difficult to understand how to create the health you are interested in. My guest today can help.

Since 2006, Alicia Jones has helped transform the health and the lives of women over 50 through her fitness and weight loss strategies. Alicia is an expert featured in major outlets including Shape Magazine, VeryWellFit, and Aaptiv.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-397-love-your-midlife-body-get-stronger-with-alicia-jones/

Today's episode is about the joys and challenges of coming out later in life.

My interview is with two women who both realized something about themselves after long term marriages and children.

My guests are Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barbara Rowlandson; they are the team from Lotus Group Coaching and they both came out later in life as lesbians.

Anne-Marie was 52 and Barb was 46 when they came out. No, they are not a couple but work colleagues. Anne-Marie is a graduate of Yale Divinity School, an ordained minister in the progressive United Church of Christ, a hospice chaplain, a bereavement counselor, a coming out expert, and a divorce coach.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-396-the-joys-and-challenges-of-coming-out-later-in-life-with-anne-marie-zanzal-barbara-rowlandson/

Today's episode will help you love and care about your heart. It's important to care about your heart's health, and women to understand that heart disease is the #1 killer of women (and men). In fact, heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined.

My guest today is Dr. Tracy Paeschke, Preventive Cardiologist, Founder, and CEO of Heart Health Prevention and Wellness.

Dr. Paeschke is a board-certified cardiologist and health coach with over 25 years of experience caring for people with heart disease.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-395-preventing-heart-disease-a-cardiologists-guide-for-women-with-dr-tracy-paeschke/

Today's episode will help you understand the importance of increasing your awareness of your limiting beliefs in midlife.

When you're in midlife, your decades of experience and life make it easy to believe what you think; sometimes that means your automatic thinking. When you make a specific effort to look for thoughts about what you may think you're too old to do, what you find out can be revealing. You may believe limiting beliefs about what you can really do, think, feel, and try on purpose. This will make it harder for you to fulfill your dreams.

Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-394-limiting-beliefs-as-a-midlife-gal/