Our guest today Nina Cruz got up very early from halfway around the globe to chat with us about all aspects of conscious parenting. Now before you think you are well past potty training and the ABC’s, don’t worry, this is more about parenting your inner child. We left no stone unturned as we chatted in-depth about many topics from … Read More
Episode 85: Alunas Havens on The Winner’s Paradigm
If you don’t solve trauma it is going to come out again and again. Today’s guest has had to learn that. From his tumultuous childhood to his time in the military and then as a young father, he has learned that a winning paradigm is about being willing to re-calibrate his mindset over and over again. Alunas Havens shares his … Read More
Episode 84: Why You need a Jar of Hearts
Why is it so hard to love ourselves no matter what? We know that loving ourselves is a prerequisite to loving others, as well as treating ourselves kindly and compassionately. Yet literally everyone struggles with this on some level. Cue up habits. Loving yourself needs to be a habit that you place a high priority on. As in we only … Read More
Episode 83: Michele Benyo On Good Grief: Support for Families affected by Loss
Grief is one of those life situations that make us feel uncomfortable and somewhat useless. When the loss is from a child, no matter the age, it can be hard to know just how to comfort the various family members. Our guest Michele Benyo knows this all too well. Michele lost her young son to cancer leaving behind her 3-year-old … Read More
Episode 82: Becca Ribbing on Can You Pass the Getting Honest Test?
Life gets shorter every day and, Coach Becca Ribbing chats frankly about how in midlife, we don’t have time to fool ourselves. Some unlikely habits to distract us from our truth include things like scrolling endlessly on our phones or binge-watching shows. We may falsely believe it is painful to get honest with ourselves, but it is likely more painful … Read More
Episode 81: Kristy Sidlar on Scars are Stories: A Story of Revelation and Transformation
Imagine being thirty-something, and getting a diagnosis of a progressive cardiac condition that will require a heart transplant. Kristy Sidlar was a fit healthy woman, and after collapsing while training for a triathlon, she was told she would eventually need a heart transplant. Her heart condition slowly progressed into middle age and did lead to a heart transplant in March … Read More
Episode 80: Sarah Loverdi on Why People hate to Love Anger
Anger can have negative connotations. But is that fair? As humans, we experience all kinds of emotions, and anger is just an emotion that can be a habit or can be suppressed, or it can be unpredictable. In this episode private counselor and social worker, Sarah Loverdi talks about the benefits of anger, and why we hate to love it. … Read More
Episode 79: Three Terrible Taboos to Avoid for Better Aging
How do you picture your future life? Do you want to be the person who is slowly dying, in pain, and watching life from the sidelines? Or do you wanna be the person who has gusto and who lives life on her own terms until the very last moment? I think we can all agree that we’d like to actually … Read More
Episode 78: Sharing out loud with Heather Danby, Her story of How Mom Happy Hour turned to Addiction
Today our guest is sharing a very sensitive story for the very first time in public. It begins with a young lady who doesn’t even drink in college and later turns into an alcoholic stemming from ‘mommy happy hours’ The challenge of facing this in midlife and during a pandemic is just too important not to share. Heather plans to … Read More
Episode 77: Five Reasons Why Your Willpower Fails and What to Do About It
This is the week (End of January beginning of February) Where New Year’s resolutions most often become a forgotten promise. It is the time when the excitement of a new goal has worn off and the new behaviors are just so damn hard. For midlife and Gen X people women, who have experienced this willpower failure, over numerous years, this … Read More