after divorce

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? If, like Harry Potter, you swallowed the Felix Felicis, “Liquid Luck” potion that empowered your success? Or if, like Elphaba, the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West in “Wicked,” a creative spell endowed you with magical powers? With super-powers? Once you’re fed up with feeble Kryptonite-style habits that have stranded you on the back-burner of your own life … Pow! You can trade weakness for energy. And kapow! … you can train up your atrophied muscles of potential, and develop strong, mindful actions as the resilient hero in your own life. Today you’ll hear how to pack a punch with all the tools in a coach’s magic kit—to claim the force to fuel your reinvention story at midlife-plus.

Mentioned in this episode:
Next! The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work, by Joanne Lipman
Attitude is your Superpower: How to Create an Incredible Life-Changing Success, by Eduardo Clemente
The Twelve Shifts: Your Superpower for Creating an Invincible Life, by Jamil Frazier

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Think of this whole episode as an opportunity for you, yes you, to fill in the blank. Better yet, know that this isn’t a game, but a vital component of how vital you will be or won’t be in your second act of life … after the empty nest … after you give up people pleasing and step into the best times of your life.

The crucial sentence is “Age Doesn’t Matter Unless …” and let’s see how some proactive baby boomers fill in that blank. And more importantly, how you fill in the blank.

Mentioned in this episode:
On amazon:
Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live, by Dr. Becca Levy

The 20 best-selling books written by Louise Penny starting in 2012 when she was age 53 through the year 2023 at age 65: https://www.louisepenny.com

Rita Wilson Now & Forever Duets, 2022: https://music.apple.com/us/album/rita-wilson-now-forever-duets/1641140886

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Gone are the days of clueless job hunting! Resources and advice abound for “all the things,” from online job postings and networking (think LinkedIn) to resume templates, career coaches, on-topic blogs and much more—including specific tips for the over 50 job-seeker. Whatever your situation, from rebounding after a layoff or unexpected termination, to re-entering the workforce after caregiving for kids or elderly parents, or if you're ready to go part-time for a less-stressful career, I’ve got you covered. I’m repeating an early, extremely popular episode of the podcast here, originally titled “What fuels a colorful parachute for you at midlife-plus?” and recommending that you also take a listen to the in-depth interview with career expert Danielle Bradley just a couple of weeks ago in Episode 43. All these tips are money! Meaning they are practical, from real life experience. With them, you have a real roadmap that keeps you on course and cuts out the excess.

Danielle Bradley’s Bonus “LinkedIn Profile Booster” for Fired-Up Podcast Listeners:
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What Color is Your Parachute? 2023 edition at amazon.

AARP Foundation Website: Back to Work at 50+ Section:
https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/income/back-to-work-50-plus/

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Are you stuck on the back-burner in your life? But ready to put yourself up front from a ho-hum existence? Yearning to escape an empty nest that isn’t as comfortable as you had hoped? Tired of putting others first but want to prioritize yourself without guilt? If you’re listening to me then you're feeling the potential inside, ready to rise up and seize a splendid second act in midlife-plus. You’ve heard here about vision boards, identity shifts, reinvention, doable change, insightful journaling and role models. Also that you’ll know what the just-right transformation is for you, when it “feels” like the person you want to be, and is unique to you. For a surprise element, learn what your shoes say about your before and after journey!'

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Ignite the path to your dream career with Career and Life Coach Danielle Bradley who has helped thousands of clients move from stuck to a successful job, especially in midlife and beyond. She’s got a before-and-after story of her own, and knows how to navigate through any fears and become easy with current-day tools like LinkedIn and optimal resumes. Danielle guides job-seekers to go from “blah” to being hired for their best role yet. I had the pleasure of working with Danielle several years ago, and today was updated on the practical and proven modern-day strategies she uses with job-hunters from all walks and situations in life. Listen to Danielle to overcome any doubts, and draw inspiration for doable steps in landing a job matched to what you really want. Grab your Bonus as a Fired-Up Listener (LinkedIn Profile Booster) https://coachwithdanielle.com/fireup

Find Danielle on
Website: https://coachwithdanielle.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellebradley1/

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Mentioned in this episode: The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

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When you get what you pay for from a workshop, so far so good. But when I got more, more, way more, from the “Think It, Ink It, Shrink It” bootcamp in November … well, mind blown!. And credit where credit is due: this remarkable event was taught live by Corinne Crabtree for her No BS Weight Loss members. It launched my much-deeper dive into journaling. It became my “think outside of the box” journaling. It spurred an engaging journaling practice that I’ve done now for 63 days straight! Today I focus on the foundation and the prompts that began my plunge, and what I have discovered on my own since. You don’t need a daily streak, but putting pen to paper or using a journaling app on the regular is life-changing.

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"Friends in later life are like fine wine,” said Amy Poehler, “they get better with age and sometimes make you want to dance on tables!” The significance of role models in your life, and how fun it can be to identify with them was Part 1. But surrounding yourself with true, great friends is more important for a transformed, satisfying, life with growth and pizazz at midlife-plus. Find out why, in this Part 2 episode, along with specific steps you can take to find best friends when you're beyond the age of moms' groups and meetings at the playground.

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Once you get charged up about living into a new, changed, and joyful self, what will you be doing? So many exciting, doable things, to transform … at your unique pace. And we’ve talked about them. With this podcast and/or coaching you uncover your potential, let it shine, and realize the identity you want most in midlife-plus.

 What we’ve talked about are insights, actions, and tools to carry along your path from releasing people-pleasing to then pleasing yourself for life change—without hurting others who mean the most to you in the process.

 But In reviewing the year 2023 episodes I realize there’s a one+ shiny, more fun step I’ve given short shrift—kind of skimmed over it. The first part of that one step is my topic today and it’s called “the role model effect." Find out why!

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Is your competitive streak a notch higher after holiday gatherings? From charades to grab-bag steal to drop the candy cane in the bottle or maybe a little beer pong, we’ve been stepping up our games, so to speak. And it’s been a blast. Next step: leveling up… why? … how? Listen up and learn!

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The New Year is young, but the practice of setting resolutions is old, tired and fruitless. So today, for those of you raring to go beyond the doable and just-right goldilocks pace of change I typically encourage, well today I’ve got some juicy options. Discover how your deeper desire, creative thinking and massive action can propel you to achieve what you never thought possible.

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Why, why, oh why do we still cling to the tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions? Because, on January 1st, they promise to be so effective? Nope, nope, nope. They’re so superficial that the second Friday in January is now well known as “Quitters Day,” when nearly 25 percent of resolutions are dropped flat. Listen up to learn why it’s time to drop the resolutions list off of your annual to-do list and discover how true life transformation is actually achieved.

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It’s Christmas Week, but already here interrupting “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” … on repeat, are the annoying New Year’s TV Ads. You know, the ones for diet programs that are supposed to inspire you to plunk down determination and cash. Come on, in 2024 we no longer need to be fooled by these truly depressing sales pitches. "Fool me once, shame on me," the saying goes … but, "fool me over and over again," and, well, shame on who? Today there’s so much strong, realistic evidence for what truly works long term for those of us ready to live a life with less weight and less stress … hey even happiness while we do it. My go-to expert is Dr. Lisa Oldson who helped launch this podcast with the most popular episode to date! Before you give in to the bright and shiny diet ads pummeling us this time of year, give a listen to this repeat episode for so much valid and current information on what really works at all ages!

Connect further with Lisa Oldson, MD:
Websites: www.smartweightlosscoaching.com and www.oldsonmedical.com
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-weight-loss-coaching-podcast/id1683418958
Instagram: @LisaOldson

You can reach me via email at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com with any questions you have about creating your best life at midlife+.

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"People can take advantage of your kindness if you let them. Setting and enforcing boundaries is essential for self-preservation and maintaining healthy relationships." So said multiple-award winning actress Angela Bassett, who should know. Because despite her talent, drive and proven tough climb to success, she has remained a kind, active supporter of too many worthy causes to count. Most notably for our interest on this podcast, Bassett is passionate about empowering women. And her words here matter. There’s a difference between kindness and the kind of people-pleasing that can suck the joy of giving right out of you. Self-preservation—that is self-love and self-care—is like the oxygen mask you must put on yourself first in order to have your own happy, healthy life. The unique life you want that enables both giving and getting.

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I have a very special guest today. She is a deeply respected colleague of mine, a fervent advocate for women and has dedicated her life to helping them get clear on who they are, what they want and if their marriage is enhancing or diminishing them and the life they desire.

Should I mend or should I end is one of the most excruciating decision to make. Living in a high conflict marriage means you are attempting to make this decision after years or decades of being abandoned, diminished, belittled and abused. Fear and uncertainty can cloud your judgement and decision making abilities.

This is Kate’s zone of genius!! For over a decade she has been guiding women through the tender exploration of what has occurred in their marriage, what they desire and how to untangle thoughts, feelings and behaviors that have left them stuck and discouraged. I am so excited to speak to her today and share her new book, hot off the presses!!

Kate Anthony is the author of The D Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage, host of the critically acclaimed and New York Times recommended podcast The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast and the creator of the groundbreaking online coaching program, Should I Stay or Should I Go? which helps women make the most difficult decision of their lives using coaching tools, relationship education, geeky neuroscience, community support, and deep self-work. Kate is certified as a Domestic Violence Advocate, a Co-Parenting Specialist, and a High Conflict Divorce Coach.

More ways to connect with Kate:

• Buy Kate's book: https://www.amazon.com/Word-Making-Ultimate-Decision-Marriage-ebook/dp/B0C15TVKFR
• Listen to Kate's Podcast: https://kateanthony.com/podcast/
• Follow Kate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedivorcesurvivalguide/

Journey Beyond Divorce Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Book a Free Rapid Relief Call: http://rapidreliefcall.com
• Take the "Relationship Health Quiz" Quiz: https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/relationshiphealthquiz

Where are you on your list? You know, that checklist running nonstop in the back of your mind. Or, since it’s the holiday season, the list that is now sprinting nonstop in the front of your mind! I and my guest experts have repeatedly shared the case for your self-care, not only for a happier life, but to elevate your self-image, at least as high as the importance you give to other people, by giving to them first … by putting them first … by often—eek!—people pleasing. My heartfelt hope, and message for you today, is to give you another way to advance your own priorities for yourself, in times of seasonal stress as well as—and this is the fun part—to get going, on goal-getting.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Today I’m grateful for you and for this holiday giving me an opportunity to, for the first time after 30-plus episodes, to revisit a real favorite. I’m highlighting an early broadcast featuring a deep dive into self image/identity with my life coach guest, Janine Durso. She’s always lived with important responsibilities from her role in a large family to an impressive career and later the challenging parts of juggling it all that led her to tackle real stress and change her life. Janine’s identity evolution now manifests as the beliefologist, guiding her clients to use the proven framework she created and bust limiting beliefs to pursue exciting reinvention in midlife and beyond! You’ve heard a lot about living into your desired identity on this podcast, so I’m excited to invite you to hear our conversation with a new ear, and more informed mind. Listen up to create a doable, vibrant vision for your second act identity—the one that is uniquely you. Janine did it for herself and her loved ones, and so can you!

Follow Janine @janinedurso_beliefologist on Instagram, and get onto her list for her new program or secure one-on-one coaching at her website: janinedurso.com.

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If Halloween started you down a scary seasonal path to holiday overwhelm, never fear! “Good witch” Becky Blackburn Heiman, my encore guest expert, has the practical, supportive advice you need to hear. She’s The HOSS Lady, that is: Home Organization Simplification Specialist. Listen in as Becky shares tips on trimming tasks to get you guest-ready and much more for the full season of celebrations. And, she’s got the goods for your self-care to enjoy it all.

Facebook page with daily challenges: https://www.facebook.com/becky.b.blackburn.3
Website: https://www.thehosslady.com/getstarted
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hoss-lady/id1595469572

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Saturday Night Live character, the self-help guru Stuart Smalley, became famous for acting as the host of "Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley," and known for his catchphrase, "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!" If that’s your misguided idea of affirmations, think again … really! Today I explain the real-life value of affirmations, tailored specifically for you, as a powerful tool for life transformation inside and out. Let’s unpack it as you listen today!

The Morning Sidekick Journal (Volume 1) by Habit Nest. A 66-day guided morning routines journal to “Conquer Your Mornings, Conquer Your Life.”

Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset), by Jon Acuff

The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit, by Mel Robbins

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Everybody’s doing it … it seems! Except the skeptics, the naysayers, to anything “woo woo” that popular culture embraces. Today I’m talking about gratitude … the practice of gratitude journaling to be precise. If you’re doing it—well, you know. If you’re skeptical—well, I get it. Whatever you think about the benefits—or not—of practicing gratitude, I’ve got the goods on how good it is for the transformation you’re seeking at midlife and beyond. Actually, at any age.

Thanks: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier by Robert A. Emmons, 2007, and also by Emmons, published a year later: Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier
The Gratitude Journal—Five Minutes a Day for More Happiness, Positivity, Affirmation, Productivity, Mindfulness & Self Care
Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journeyby A.J. Jacobs, 2018
The Gratitude Sidekick Journal by Habit Nest. Completely guided gratitude journal that helps you build a HABIT of gratitude w/ daily content & dynamic tracking prompts.

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Just in time for Halloween, which officially launches the busy holiday season, here’s a short and sweet trick-or-treat episode, born out of last week’s podcast that’s been on my mind—who would have thought that the subject of menopause, mostly as it relates to weight loss and well-being, would stick in my brain for so many days? Well, it’s because the holistic approach by the guest expert, Dr. Diedra Manns, offered such gems of practical advice. She focused on so many ways each of us in the stages of menopause can seize some control over symptoms and relieve stress. It got me thinking about continuing her emphasis on self-care so today I’m offering up a deeper dive, a Halloween bucket list of treats that you truly deserve. Sure, a spa day, mani, pedi or sassy haircut are sweet, but the best gifts wrap you in nurturing, persistent health.

Mentioned in this episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried, bestselling author, including: The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep and Sex Drive; Lose Weight; Feel Focused, Vital, and Energized Naturally

https://a.co/d/anBf4Sx (amazon)

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