Letting go of the things that have hurt us isn't easy.  However it's necessary to live a beautiful and amazing life.  Letting go of the past is the only way to move forward. But how? Let's talk about the gentle are of letting go

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is the podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I am using that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Now, I believe several things can lead you to the point where it feels like you're starting over.

For me, it was divorce after a 20-year marriage.

For my sister, it was the very unexpected death of her spouse.

And for you, it's probably something totally different.

I think commonality is when all your hopes and dreams for the future, your plan for your life has totally gone up in smoke.

The rug has been pulled out from under your feet.

Your day-to-day life looks completely different than what it used to.

And it does.

It feels like you're starting over.

And that is a very overwhelming and itchy feeling.

So if that's you, I just want to say, I'm sorry.

I know what that feels like, and I know it doesn't feel good.

But I'm here to tell you, there is hope.

It gets better.

So many women have gone through this midlife curveball and come out on the other side better for it.

I promise you, promise you, it gets better.

And we're going to talk about how to do that.

OK, you are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome, welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

Now, if you remember in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health and growth and goals.

And I said each episode would fall under one of those categories.

And some days, sometimes they might overlap a little bit.

I feel like today's episode actually touches all five categories.

It really does.

And today, we're going to talk about the Gentle Art of Letting Go.

Okay?

And that sounds so whatever, but let's break it down.

So when you've gone through a really difficult thing in your life, whatever has happened that makes you feel like you've got to start over, you probably have a lot of emotion about that.

That's very common.

That's natural.

I'm not here to guilt trip you for being emotional or upset or angry.

That's a very natural response.

I think I've said before, I was angry for a few years.

Like it took me a while.

Okay?

But when we realize that holding on to all this negative emotion is really bad for us, we have to make the conscious choice to start letting it go.

So for our spiritual health, it's not good for us.

I mean, the Bible talks about how we don't need to hold on to bitterness, and forgiveness is what, you know, God wants for us.

And we see these things, blessings and curses, life and death, choose life, and you got to let go of the negativity.

Spiritually, it's there.

Mental health, oh my word, it affects your mental health so bad to get sideways in your own head over things that have happened to you, over something somebody's done, or something that was beyond your control, that just feels so wrong, so unfair, so unjust.

And when we get sideways in our head, it affects every area of our life, doesn't it?

So it really, really hinders our mental health, our physical health.

How many diseases, how many problems that we have with our physical h

We all want a Glow Up - especially after a break up or a difficult season.   I'm talking about knowing things like knowing your face shape and body type.  These things will help guide you in trying new styles and finding the very best you!

Here is a link to the website that really details how to find your body type via measurements and then in turn the best way to dress for it:

https://thewelldressedlife.com/how-to-dress-your-body-shape/

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I am using that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If that's you, I just wanna say I'm sorry.

I know how overwhelming and itchy it feels when the rug has been pulled out from under your feet, and it really does.

It feels like you're starting over.

I'm here to tell you, though, that you're not starting from scratch.

You are starting from experience.

You know more than you did back in your early 20s when you were just starting out.

You know so much more now.

You have experience.

I promise you, it gets better.

You are not alone.

You're actually in the right place, so welcome.

I'm so glad you're with us today.

Let's get down to today's episode.

If you'll remember, in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

And in that first episode, when I talked about physical health, I said it encompassed like, of course, diet and exercise, but it also encompassed our physical appearance.

So today's episode, we're gonna talk about the glow up, right?

Okay, so you looked at women before who've gone through a breakup or gone through a major life thing, and then you're like, they had a glow up.

You've even looked at pictures from high school to college.

Ooh, she had a glow up.

If you've been through a major difficult season in your life, you really wanna have a glow up.

You wanna say, hey, I'm better off for this.

It's, I think, a piece of it's psychological.

But how do we achieve that glow up?

And if you've gone through a divorce, and you're considering the possibility of, maybe will I date again, will I not?

Maybe a glow up is important because you're thinking, I hadn't been on the dating market in forever.

That's how I felt like I had been married 20 years.

So starting to date again was super intimidating, because I hadn't done that in 20 years.

And then I had aged since that last time that I had been dating.

So how do you make yourself, how do you kind of reinvent yourself in your physical appearance and the way you present yourself to other people?

So we're going to talk about that some today.

Please take everything I say with a grain of salt.

The whole idea is for you to be proud of who you are.

I have no desire to promote some weird standard of beauty.

Beauty is found in all kinds of things, and beauty is very, very subjective.

So there's not, this isn't a one size fits all.

This is so you feel good about yourself, okay?

Please, please, please hear me on that.

We're just going to talk about some ideas and some thoughts to freshen your look up so that you feel good about yourself, especially if you're going to put yourself out there.

Maybe think about starting to date again.

I want you to feel good and confident about the way you present yourself, okay?

Good deal.

So, step one, a

It's more important than you might realize to find a reason to laugh, to find a reason to smile, most especially when you are walking through a difficult time. Let's talk about ways you can laugh and smile during a darker season.

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I am using that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

I think starting over can look like a lot of different things.

For me, it was divorce after a 20 year marriage.

For my sister, it was the unexpected death of her spouse.

And for you, it might be something totally different.

I think the common denominator is when all your hopes, all your dreams, your vision for the future has totally gone up in smoke.

Your day to day life looks totally different, and it really does.

It feels like you're starting over.

If that's you, I truly am sorry.

I know how overwhelming and horrible that feels.

But I'm here to tell you, there is hope.

I'm here to tell you, it gets so much better.

Your life can be rebuilt into something amazing and beautiful.

It truly can.

You are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

Let's get down to today's episode.

Today, we're going to talk about mental health.

So if you remember in the beginning, I said there were five areas I focused on when I rebuilt my life, my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

And I said, every episode would basically fall under one of those five categories, right?

So today, we're going to talk about mental health, and we're going to talk about how important it is to find joy.

So to find a reason to laugh, to find a reason to smile, to look for those things in life.

When you're walking through a really difficult season, it can become easy to spiral.

When you're in a dark season, the lens you view the world through, your perspective is negative.

And that's okay.

That is not a guilt trip or anything like that.

That's just the reality of where you are.

But becoming aware of that reality means that you've got to be proactive, and you've got to be conscientious about finding some joy, some light to come in into your life.

And the responsibility is on us, because when we're in that really negative mindset, we don't see joy in the little things.

We don't.

And when life is going your way, and everything's clicking, you see joy in everything.

Look at that sunset.

That's beautiful.

Oh, look at that flower.

That's gorgeous.

But when everything is going wrong, we don't see joy in the little things.

We have to make a choice.

And that's what I'm going to encourage you to today.

Okay?

So this lesson, this concept, really solidified itself in my head several years ago.

And I'm going to tell you the story.

So I just did the math.

I just counted.

It's been 22 years.

So 22 years ago, I was pregnant with my first born baby girl.

And everything seemed to be okay.

I mean, like things were good.

I went to the hospital.

I had a pretty rough labor and delivery.

My blood pressure kept dropping, different things.

I had my baby.

They were like, it was suddenly like she was in distress, but then they told me she was okay.

And then they took her to give her a bath, and she went to the NICU.

And if you're no

Want to solve 80% of your problems? You might not like the answer. It's self discipline. That's right, 80% of your problems can be solved with self discipline. It's an answer that's both impowering and intimidating. It's impowering because I have ownership and control over the majority of my life. But it's intimidating for the exact same reason. Let's talk about taking ownership back and being women that are self disciplined. 

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I'm using that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Now, a few things can lead you to that point.

For me, it was divorce after a 20 year marriage for my sister, it was the death of our spouse.

All I know is the commonality is when all your hopes and all your dreams for the future have totally gone up in smoke.

And what the reality of your life looks like is completely different than what you had envisioned.

And it really does.

It feels like you have to start over, and that is an overwhelming feeling.

It is an itchy feeling.

There are a lot of emotions wrapped up in that.

But I'm here to tell you, it gets better.

You can rebuild a life that is amazing, that won't fall apart on you, that is solid, that has a good foundation.

So that's what we're here to talk about.

You, I promise, are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

So let's get down to today's episode.

And if you'll remember in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and then growth and goals.

So today's episode, I believe if it had to fall under one of those categories, it would maybe fall under growth and goals.

This is a growth topic to me.

And it's, what we're going to talk about is this saying, this phrase, and it just struck such a chord with me, and I really wanted to share it with you.

And it says that self-discipline solves 80% of your problems.

And that struck me as so true and such a helpful thing.

Sometimes when we are going through a major change, and a major transition in life, it feels like everything is happening to us, and we have so little autonomy and control over all the negativity that is going on in our life.

Like major, major things have happened, and it can easily feel overwhelming because it feels like we're out of control.

It feels like things are happening beyond our control.

And we didn't get to say so in some of the worst things that are happening.

I know what that's like, I relate.

But this concept that 80% of your problems can be solved by you, by self-discipline, that puts the responsibility back on ourselves, right?

So yes, there are some things that we cannot control.

But as we're rebuilding our life, I think it's super important to take the responsibility back.

And quit giving the responsibility to somebody else.

My life fell apart because of you.

You've ruined my life.

No, I'm taking responsibility.

I believe my self-discipline can solve the majority of my problems.

Okay, so let's break it down a little bit, and look at what that means.

My mental health, 80% of my problems, maybe, let's use maybe mental health as an example.

Being self-discipline.

Self-discipline in practicing healthy mental health habits.

Healthy mental health habits.

I don't know if that's a great phrase, but a

Dating can be intimidating at any age. But dating after the end of a long term relationship, dating when you are middle aged - that's tough! How do you know if you're ready?  There are a few questions you can ask yourself to get an idea of where you stand and to better gauge if you truly are ready to get back into the game.

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I'm using that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

A few different things could lead you to feel like that place where it feels like you're starting over.

For me, that was divorce after a 20-year marriage.

For my sister, it was the unexpected death of her spouse.

While those two things are very different, the common thing is that all my plans, all my hopes, my entire vision for my future, my dreams all went up in smoke.

My future was no longer going to look the way that I thought it would.

And I had to start over.

That is a very overwhelming, very itchy feeling.

And if that's you, I want to say I'm sorry.

I know what that feels like.

But I also know that it gets better, that there is a way to the other side, and you have the opportunity to rebuild an amazing life.

You truly do.

I've gone through it and come out on the other side better for it, and I know so many women who have.

You are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome, welcome.

I'm so, so glad you're here.

Let's get down to today's episode.

Today, we're gonna talk about dating.

And specifically, when are you ready to start dating again?

So if you've been in a significant relationship, I was married for 20 years, my sister was married, her spouse passed away.

How do you know when you're ready to start dating?

Like, as soon as I got divorced, I knew I was not ready.

It's this thing, like, I don't want to dip my toe in that water and then get in a relationship and go, whoa, too soon, got to back off.

How do you know that you're ready?

So let's talk about it.

Let's talk about some things.

Now, before we get in to some questions to ask yourself if you're ready to start dating, I want to say, if you don't want to date, that is okay.

If you've gone through a divorce, if you've gone through the death of a spouse, and you're just like, no, I don't want to be in another relationship.

That is not something I want.

I'm here to tell you, that's a totally valid choice, and I support you in that.

I wanted companionship, and I think there are a lot of people who do, so either way is okay.

But I knew I wanted to share my life with somebody.

I'm a people person.

I want to be around people.

I need to talk to people.

So I knew that I wanted a relationship.

But like I said, I was very unsure about if I was ready to cross that bridge again, if I was ready to start that.

So let's talk about how do you know if you're ready?

And this by no means is a definitive list, but I'm going to give you four things to ask yourself that may help you gauge whether you're ready to start dating again, like get back out there.

And it's intimidating.

It was not fun.

I don't feel like when I was 20 and in my late teens and in college, I never really loved dating that much.

Like that just wasn't my thing.

I think there are girls that truly do enjoy it.

But then it was so intimidating to start dating in my 40s.

Like that just felt so weird and uncomfortable.

So if I w

Scripture says "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy" Psalm 126:5. What does that mean? How does it relate to living through a difficult season? I propose that the difficult season, painful as it is, offers a unique opportunity to trust God on a different level. Your tears are precious to God.  Don't let them go to waste - sow them.  

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is the podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I'm specifically using that word rebuild because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Now, a few different things can lead you to that point where it really feels like you're starting over.

For me, it was divorce after a 20-year marriage.

For my sister, it was the unexpected death of her spouse.

But I think the common thing here is when all your plans, all your hopes and dreams for the future have gone up in smoke.

And it really does.

It feels like you're starting over.

And that feels itchy, to say the least.

It feels overwhelming.

But I'm here to tell you, you are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

Welcome.

I am so glad that you're here.

Now, if you'll remember, when we first started, I said there were five areas I focused on when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

And I said that each episode would fall into one of those five categories.

So the past couple of weeks, we've been talking about financial health, and ways to save, and ways to earn extra money.

So today, let's circle back around to our spiritual health.

And I want to talk about something that brought me a great deal of comfort when I was going through my dark season.

And it's this idea of sowing in tears and reaping in joy.

Now, this is a scripture, and we can find it in Psalms.

It's Psalms 126, verse 5 and 6.

And it says, Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

Okay, what does that even mean?

And how does that relate to us when we're going through a dark time?

What does that mean?

I'm going to do my best to explain it.

I heard a teaching on this when I was in a difficult season, and it, like I said, brought so much comfort to me.

I had heard, I think, the scripture growing up.

I was not unaware of it, but it had no meaning for me.

I had no grid, no place to put it.

It just seemed like an odd scripture.

Okay, so let's kind of get the context of what it would mean to sow in tears.

So what this is talking about is back in this day and time, right, there would be famine, different things would happen.

So if you were sowing in tears, what it meant was that you were taking that seed, and instead of eating it, instead of feeding it to your children, you have to hold back enough to replant.

You have to go sow it in the field, and hopefully the next harvest will be better than the last, and we'll have plenty.

But it's really hard to say, we can't eat this.

We have to invest it into our future.

We can't eat this.

And even though what's going on right now is so hard, it's even harder, because part of what we have to eat, we can't eat.

We have to sow.

And so they would sow crying and weeping, because they knew that that, what they were sowing into the ground, could have been food.

It could have sustained them, but it wouldn't have lasted, right?

It woul

Winning with money starts with a combination of spending less (covered in Part 1) and earning more. Today I explore different ways to earn a little extra cash. There are all kinds of ways to earn a little more money - none of them will get you rich. But when money is tight sometimes a little bit can make a big difference. From selling old electronics, to simple online tasks - here's my list of little ways to earn extra cash.

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I'm using that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If that's you, I'm sorry.

I know how itchy and overwhelming it feels when your life was going one way.

It was like on train tracks, and suddenly the rug gets pulled out from under your feet, and you are no longer on train tracks.

You're going something different.

Everything has changed.

All your hopes, all your dreams, all your plans for the future have just totally been erased, and it feels like you're starting over.

For me, that was a divorce after a 20-year marriage.

For my sister, it was the unexpected death of her spouse.

All I know is that a lot of women face this.

You are not alone.

I also know so many women come out on the other side better for it.

Like, when you take the time to be purposeful about how you rebuild your life and are careful about what elements you choose to focus on, you can have a life that was better than what you had before.

You really can't.

It's amazing.

We're working on it.

We're working on building an amazing life.

So I'm so glad you're here with me today.

If you remember, last week, we talked about our financial health, because that's one of the areas that I focused on.

When I rebuilt my life, I focused on my financial health.

Money can cause us so much stress and so much anxiety, right?

And getting on track and learning how to win with money is so important, especially for us as women, especially for everybody.

It's just really important to figure this out.

And for some of us, it's like a beast that's been on our back since we were born, because it's been on our family's back.

It's just something that has always been a struggle, but you can win with money.

You really can.

It takes some self-discipline, but you can.

So last week, we talked about ways to save money.

Because if you really want to simplify and boil it down to its essence, the best advice I can say about winning with money is you've got to spend less than you make.

And that's easier said than done, I know.

So last week, we talked about ways to save.

So we're spending less, right?

And we talked about just different ideas, kind of spitballing.

Yeah, I know that you can't implement every idea that I talked about.

But if you can implement two or three and save money, that's less that you're spending and more that you're saving that you can put it into your savings account or you can use to pay down debt if you have debt.

Okay?

So last week was about saving money.

This week is about maybe earning a little extra.

Because those two things work in tandem a little bit, right?

So when money is really tight and it feels like our entire budget is being taken up with necessities and there's just not a lot of extra room, the two things we need to do is we need to figure out where we can save and then how we can maybe earn and bring in a little bit more.

So last week was things that we can do to save, and this week we're going

Winning with Money often needs to focus on both saving money AND earning more.  In part one of this two part series, we talk about different ways to save money some are big some are small but little things add up over time.  Part two will be different ways to earn more money.

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who are middle-aged and feel like they're starting over.

Not every woman experiences that, but if you are, you're not alone.

A lot of things can lead you to the point where it feels like starting over, it could be a divorce, it could be the death of a spouse, it could be a lot of different things.

All I know is that when all your plans, all your hopes, all your dreams for the future have totally gone up in smoke, and it feels like you have to start over, and that really is an itchy, bad, overwhelming feeling.

But like I said, you are not alone.

There are countless other women who have gone through this, and come out on the other side better for it.

And that's why we're talking about it in this podcast.

So you're actually in the right place.

Welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

If you'll remember, in my first podcast, I talked about the five areas I focused on when I rebuilt my life, and each episode falls under one of those categories, right?

So I focused on my spiritual health, I focused on my mental health, my physical health, my financial health and growth and goals.

So today's episode is going to be about financial health.

And this actually is going to be a two-part series, okay?

As we're talking about finances, finances are so important, and they can make you have a really itchy season in your life when your finances are just in the tank, right?

Like, it feels horrible to live paycheck to paycheck.

It feels horrible to not feel like you're in control of the money, that the money is controlling you.

So I feel like it's so important to get a handle on our finances and figure out a way that works for us that we can win with our finances, especially as women.

It just is imperative that we figure this out.

So what I want to talk about today is ways to save money.

Because a lot of times we're in that rut where I use every bit of money I have.

All my bills are taken up with all my income, right?

Like I don't have any left over.

So the two parts today, I'm going to talk about ways to save money.

How can we save?

How can we spend less?

And then the second part is going to be ways to earn more, right?

Because if we want to win with money, we have to spend less than we make.

So let's just come up with different ideas and spitball some ideas with each other about how to spend less and save money, and then how to little creative ways, different things we can do to earn extra money so that we can get over this hump where it feels like we're living paycheck to paycheck.

So we can get over this hump where it feels like we don't have enough to make ends meet and get to the other side where things are better.

So it's going to be a combination of spending less, right?

And saving money.

And you may be earning more, OK?

Because we really want to get a good emergency fund.

We want to pay down our debt and have a good emergency fund.

And when you have that money in savings, mentally, it feels so much better to know that you just have that to fall back on if the car were to mess up, if something horrible were to happen, you have that money to help cover your bills and expenses.

Today we talk about how little things like sight, sound, smell and touch - all have an impact on our mood.  Taking the time to look at these things and how they make us feel allows us to make better choices which in turn sets us up for a better mood.

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If that's you, I just want to say, from the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry.

I know how overwhelming and itchy it feels when all of your plans, all your hopes, all your dreams for the future have gone up in smoke.

And it really does.

It feels like you're starting over.

But I'm here to tell you, you are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

There is hope.

It gets so much better.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

As we get down to today's episode, today we're going to talk about our senses and how that affects our mood.

I think being conscientious of things is the first step to conquering being on top of our mental health and being aware of how things are.

So I think so much of my life, I did things kind of unaware, you know?

The way things affected my mood or whatever, I was just kind of a little bit oblivious to, and becoming really conscientious about how we interact with the world and how that affects our emotions, I think is a big step in our mental health and in taking control of it.

Instead of it controlling us, we control it.

And I think that's super important.

So I think, just taking the time to think about it, as like how our senses affect our mood.

So as we talk about our senses, well, the first sense that comes to mind is sight, right?

So what we see truly affects our mood.

And you know this, you know, if you see a sunset or a rainbow, it kind of puts you in a good mood.

You're like, oh, that's pretty.

But if you see a pile of trash or an animal that's been hit on the side of the road, that can put you in, oh, a not so good mood, right?

So how can we control this to affect our mood in a positive way?

Well, color has a big effect on your mood.

So really dark colors can sometimes, I mean, there is science of psychology behind this, that lots of blacks and lots of really, really dark colors kind of dampens your mood.

But bright colors lift your mood.

And it's slight.

I'm not going to say if you paint your whole house white and yellow, that you'll suddenly be in a better mood.

But colors truly do affect your mood.

And so I think the things you have around your house and the dominant colors matter.

I've noticed some design trends where you have an accent wall that's really, really dark, like navy blue or something like that.

If you're in a difficult season in your life and you're struggling not to feel depressed and sad, I would recommend having a very dark accent wall.

This went so far for me, even as the color of bedding that I chose.

I always tried to choose light bedding.

And then one time, I was on this deal website, and they had some bedding, and it was so pretty.

It was navy blue, paisleys.

It was really pretty, and I bought it, but I realized it just made my room feel dark and closed, and it didn't have the same effect.

And even though it was a beautiful comforter blanket, it really wasn't what I needed as I was going through a difficult season.

And it's not that anything was wrong with it.

It was just, I needed to have bright colors.

I had a bright

I never thought weight lifting was for me. Then I started and was amazed at the benefits of resistance training - especially for middle aged women.  Did you know it seriously helps with the symptoms of menopause?  I couldn't believe it.  But it's true.

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I use that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

If all your hopes and dreams for the future have gone up in smoke, then it kind of feels like you're starting over, right?

And if that's you, I'm so sorry.

I know how itch that feels, but I'm here to tell you it gets better.

There is a light on the other side.

The future is brighter.

It's more beautiful than you can imagine.

I promise you, I am not the only one who's gone through it and gotten to the other side.

There are countless other women around me who have gone through this and gotten to the other side.

But it is better, I promise.

You are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

So let's get down to today's episode.

Today we're going to talk about physical health.

If you'll remember in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and growth and goals.

So with it being the start of a new year, of course we're going to talk about physical health and exercise.

I mean, that just kind of seems like a no-brainer, right?

But this one, I feel like is really important, and I really want you to listen and hear me out on this one, because I think it has the potential to truly affect your life, okay?

What I want to talk about today is resistance training.

I didn't realize all the benefits there were to resistance training, and how specific they were to women who are middle-aged.

Like, I wish somebody would have told me how many benefits there were.

I wish I would have known about it more.

So, earlier in 2024, I kind of started a gym routine.

I go to the gym, I work out, do resistance training.

I started noticing some benefits.

I started seeing some changes that I hadn't seen with other types of exercise, cardio, walking, things like that, that I had done in the past.

So I started looking into it, and I was really amazed, like blown away.

So I kind of want to talk to you about it, and kind of give you the inside scoop that no one gave me, if that makes sense, right?

More research is coming out, I feel like, now, about the science of exercise, and they're really, really promoting resistance training.

But like I said, specifically for women, specifically, really middle-aged women.

And let me tell you some of the benefits that it offers.

So one of the first things is it helps your bone density.

What do we know is women?

What I heard from kind of an early age is women are more likely to experience bone loss.

Women are more prone to osteoporosis.

So I remember these vitamins, they used to have commercials for when I was in high school, they were specific for women to help them with bone density.

Resistance training will help with bone density.

That's just naturally what it does.

It also, as it's helping your bones become more dense, it's strengthening the muscle around those bones.

So another benefit of it is that it helps prevent injury.

Because those muscles around those bones are strengthening and gettin