In this week's episode, you get a raw audio version of me sharing with you my highs and lows of success. It's my key to happiness, but yet it took me years to overcome the obstacles to have a confident voice. I floated through fine as most of us do, but I kept hearing a whisper inside to pursue something bigger. Do you hear a whisper? I took huge steps in order to make it happen. The defining moment was when I realized my transformational changes were going to help women. I stepped out of a 30-year marriage in order to pursue true happiness. I needed to understand who I was as a woman and my time was now.  Our second chapters of life are a gift. We've made it and we should be so grateful. I want to accomplish all things, check my bucket list, and wake up each day knowing I'm fulfilling my heart and soul and hopefully others along the way.

What you'll learn from this episode:

• My story of failure and transformations
• It's never too late to pursue your success
• My three simple but powerful commitments have helped me create success. 

Kristin Taff is a certified wellness coach, yoga teacher, and retreat leader. She helps midlife women prioritize, nourish, and live prosperous lives.  Her email is [email protected]. You can schedule a FREE consult with her today! 

We sat down with author Robin Moriarty for an intimate conversation about her journey and experiences that led her to write What Game Are You Playing? We soaked up as much as we could for you. She's that girlfriend you want to keep in your life! Her message and inspiration are so on point with WOTR.  Her GUTSY website can be found @ gutsy.world.com.  Be GUTSY and get your REMAKE started! 

Alia Alston, founder and owner of Icebox Cryotherapy, joins Leigh and Kristin for a lively conversation about what drove her to open the very first retail cryotherapy studio in the United States, the trials, tribulations, and unexpected pleasures of opening and running a small business, and how in ten short years she's grown Icebox to a franchise operation with over thirty retail locations across the United States.  Our discussion ranges from the benefits of cryotherapy (many) to the sacrifices you have to make as a female entrepreneur raising a family at the same time.  Alia is an inspiration to any woman out there who is passionate about something she loves, and wants to make that passion into a fulfilling career.

Check out Icebox:  https://iceboxtherapy.com/

Leigh and Kristin discuss the challenges and adventures of dating at midlife, post-divorce.   Hilarious and painfully new experiences abound when you start dating again at midlife.  It's a wild, wild, west out there with dating apps, safety fears, and body positivity issues that you don't have at 25.  

In the midst of major life changes, including both Leigh and Kristin moving AGAIN, their discussion centers around the unglamorous side of a remake.  When your life is changing, it can be easy to resist what you may see as negative changes, but instead you should trust the process, trust the changes as those that are supposed to happen.  

Instead of looking with dismay at what can be perceived as "going backwards"--moving into a smaller house, having to get rid of excess possessions, not having the "success" you thought you'd have or what the world taught you--look at them as a new beginning, your new start, a new opportunity.  

Ginger Duval, Season 1 guest on Episode 13, Sometimes You Have to Pivot, joins Kristin for a lively discussion about women embracing solo travel.  As we return to some form of normalcy, there's never been a better time to start thinking about taking a solo trip for renewal, rejuvenation, reflection, and more.    Even better, in late September you'll have the opportunity to join Leigh and Kristin and a group of other Women on the Remake  at our very first retreat at the beautiful Sugarboo Farms in Blairsville, GA.  Click here to register!  If you register before May 31, you'll get Early Bird Pricing!

Resources

https://www.afar.com/magazine/solo-female-travel-where-and-how-to-go

https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/solo-travel/women-solo-travel

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-places-for-female-solo-travelers

https://www.eronews.com/travel/2021/05/14/what-will-travel-look-like-in-a-post-covid-world

Leigh and Kristin discuss three important keys to your wellbeing.  In what can be a killer month for midlife women, full of events, endings, responsibilities, to-dos, and more, there are foundational behaviors that can help us cope with what life throws at us.   Make no mistake, these keys can help transform your life in ways you can't even imagine.

3 Keys to Your Wellbeing

• Self-compassion matters.  Turn down your inner critic.
• Strengths come from within.  Your authentic character strengths are a core part of your identity.
• What you water grows.  Turn collision into collaboration.

Resources

Unlocking Us:  Brene Brown with Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Self-Compassion Makes Life More Manageable by Sherri Gordon

The 24 Character Strengths

Leigh and Kristin discuss the value of developing resilience at midlife.  Building supportive relationships, practicing self care, sitting with your emotions and experiencing their full breadth,  practicing mindfulness, and working towards your goals are all ways that you can improve resilience; moreover, being able to withstand the stressors that life inevitably throws at you will allow you to continue your midlife remake with a greater degree of satisfaction and success.   If you'd like to join Leigh and Kristin at the first WOTR Retreat this September, click here for Early Bird pricing!

Resources

Building Your Resilience

Developing Resilience:  Overcoming and Growing From Setbacks

10 Ways to Enhance Your Resilience

Rising Strong by Brene Brown

Resilient:  How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson

WOTR Foundational Habits Guide

Manifestation is the theory that through regular meditation and positive, constructive thought, you can make your dreams and desires become reality.  If you really want something and truly believe it's possible, it will happen.  Leigh and Kristin discuss the importance of working to manifest whatever it is you want.  For women in a period of growth and change, like midlife, this means you can bring your remake to fruition with the right mindset, by truly believing it to be your new reality.   

WOTR's Tips for Manifesting Your Remake

• Create the clearest picture in your mind of what you want. Color, smell, sound, taste. Be detailed. Where are you? How do you want to be living your life? 
• Be limitless.  Try new things- none are mistakes.
• Don’t let relationships stand in your way. This doesn't mean cast them aside.  Use them as a way to learn and grow and enjoy the ride, but oftentimes people we are close to can have very strong opinions about what we should do and who we should be.  Manifest your own truest self, not what anyone else wants you to be.
• Make inspiration boards. Put them where you can see them.
• You will have insecure days! It’s okay. Have a sounding board and reach out. Have a community of women doing the same thing you are doing. Join our Sisterhood!
• Have pictures done of yourself that make you feel beautiful? Look at them and remember you are that woman.
• Don’t put up any boundaries to what you can manifest.
• Do not be afraid to invest in yourself and your business.