Midlife Confidence
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -No need for a midlife crisis – it’s time for your midlife quest! Now is the perfect time to enjoy more peace and purpose in your life. Join life coach Vauna Davis to discover how to get past those thoughts and feelings getting in the way of the life you want. Because a beautiful life comes from a beautiful mind. Get your mind, body, and spirit working together to make that dream a reality. Vauna has lots of experience to share about loving life in the middle as a wife, mom of 4 grown children, entrepreneur, life coach, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. What's possible for you? Let’s find out together! New episodes every 2 weeks. Learn more at midlifeconfidencecoach.com.
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7 Needs You Must Meet to Rock Your Life Purpose [34]
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBMidlife is often a time for reconsidering what we’re spending our precious time on. Having a meaningful purpose in your life is transformative, especially when it involves helping others. But what is it that we’re really seeking when we’re longing to find our purpose? When we get down to it, there’s something we want to feel. Clearly defining what that is can help us choose the right dreams and stay the course instead of burning out or losing interest. [Purpose Series 1] In this ep...
Decision Confusion: 4 Mental Blocks and How to Get Through Them [33]
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWhen you feel stuck and can't move on because you aren’t making a decision ... free yourself with a choice. In midlife there are big decisions to be made. But we can get stalled by four thoughts that stop us from making choices. Learn some ways to get through these blocks and get on with your decisions! In this episode: The wrong choices are obvious How you know you made the right decision You don’t need to know everything, you know enough to decide If you did know, what would...
Awakening Your Ageless Spirit [32]
February 15, 2021 16:33 - 21 minutes - 15 MBWhat does it mean to love and care for our mind, body, and spirit in midlife? While age and time affect our mind and body, our spirit is eternal and limitless. It expands as we give it care and attention. If we have a desire to connect with the divine Creator and sense the meaning of life, honoring our spirituality is the way. When you sense your mind and body slowing down … it’s a good time for your infinite spirit to take the lead. In this episode: What is spirituality, religion...
The Surprising Midlife Marriage Boost
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBListen in on some of our journey to a better marriage. When you show up willing to learn to be best person you can be, it can't help but elevate the marriage.
The Surprising Midlife Marriage Boost [31]
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBOne of the best things you can do for your marriage is to be responsible for your own emotions and not give another human being the job of making you feel happy or secure. My husband Mike and I are celebrating 38 years of marriage this month! Listen in on some of our journey to a better marriage. Life coaching has had a unexpectedly big impact on our relationship. When you show up willing to learn to be best person you can be, it can't help but elevate the marriage. In this episode...
4 Simple Ways to Break Free from Approval Addiction [30]
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWhen you’re constantly in other’s people’s heads trying to control what they think of you … step back into your own head and make it a safe place for yourself. It starts with realizing that realizing that how other people respond to you tells you about them, not about you. We can decide to like our reasons for what we do, be ok with other people being wrong about us, and focus on connecting with others instead of impressing them. Links: Tara Mohr, Playing Big Show notes: Let's ...
Why We Have So Much to Do in So Little Time [29]
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBTime decisions are one of the most important skills we learn in life. God set us up on purpose! Because we can’t do everything we want to, we’re forced to choose. Our choices show what we love and create who we become. Show notes: Let's connect on Instagram! Set up a call with me. Email [email protected]
How to Buckle Up and Be a Hero in Epic Times [28]
January 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBWhat if 2020 was just a warm-up for legendary times to come? If you don’t think you can take any more, let’s get ready so you’re confident that you can rise to meet any challenge that comes. I learned some things from a river rafting adventure that totally apply to the high, deep, and fast times we’re in now. It all starts with zipping up your life jacket. When you're not sure you can handle more uncertainty ... be so ready that you know you'll get through anything. In this episode...
Honoring Commitments to Yourself [27]
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBWhen you doubt that you’ll really do what you decided to do … learn to honor commitments to yourself. You know what feels great? Knowing that you will do what you planned to do for yourself! Self-trust is fundamental to feeling good about yourself and your life. In this episode Self-trust is more important than the immediate goal! Start with small steps that are so easy you can’t fail We’re terrified to disappoint someone else and yet we disappoint ourselves all the time Under...
Midlife Check-In: Are You as Happy as You Thought You'd Be by Now? [26]
January 04, 2021 21:56 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBWhen you’re in a midlife slump … get clear on what you need for a 5-star life. How did you think your life would be when you got to this point? Your values have changed through life experiences, so now is a good time to reenvision the life you want now. What do you want to start, stop, and continue? In this episode: 5 signs of a midlife slump 5 elements of a 5-star life Your keeper list Show notes: Let's connect on Instagram! Set up a call with me. Email vauna@midlifeconfid...
Christmas Reunions Past, Present, and Future
December 21, 2020 13:46 - 13 minutes - 9.2 MBChristmas is a time to be together with loved ones … sometimes that isn’t easy or possible now, like this year during a pandemic. Join me as I think back on a couple of sweet memories that make the miracle of Christmas even more precious. A future reunion with our loved ones is certain because of the birth of Christ. Show notes: Let's connect on Instagram! Set up a call with me. Email [email protected]
The Secret to Dealing with Unfinished Business [24]
December 14, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBWhen you’re discouraged about things you haven’t finished yet … learn to love the process. Having things you haven’t finished feels terrible - because your brain is designed to nag you until you get it done. Of course finishing things when we can is a solution, but it’s just as important to lean in and accept that life is always unfinished business. It’s all about loving the process as much as the completed goal! In this episode: Even God is never finished with His work! See the ...
4 Steps for Processing Emotions – Letting the Storm Pass [23]
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBWhen an emotional storm is brewing … let it pass through and clear out. “Processing emotions” is a buzzword, but what does it really mean? How do you do it, and what’s the end goal? Accepting and allowing emotions is a basic but powerful skill that can be learned and practiced as often as needed. The opposite is resisting emotions which causes its own problems. We can find peace in the reality that life is an emotional journey. In this episode: The 4 main dysfunctional results of...
Where Did My Motivation Go? 15 Reasons Why You’re Not Taking Action [22]
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWhen you don’t know why you aren’t getting things done … stop and uncover what’s derailing you. In midlife, we’re all wondering why we aren’t doing the things we say we want to at times. Here are 15 questions to ask yourself to understand what’s getting in the way. You have real reasons that make perfect sense when you understand them. In this episode: 15 questions to dig deeper into your motivation struggles Knowing what’s going on is the first step to restoring the motivat...
Get Clear on Your Goals and Desires for 2021 [21]
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWhen you’re ready to close out this year and start fresh … understand what you deeply desire to have, do, and be. Think how great it will feel to start the next year off with a simple and powerful list of the things you really want to create in your life. Your desires are calling out to be made real! You can start with something you want to have, something you want to do, and something you want to be. In this episode: Make New Year’s decisions instead of resolutions The value of...
No More Waiting for the Confidence Fairy [20]
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBWhen you’re waiting for the universe to let you know you’re worthy … take the wand and grant yourself confidence. Confidence is a powerful emotion that can help us take action and create the things we want in our lives. Especially when we stop chasing evidence to show us we can be confident, and just decide to be confident now. It’s so much easier to get things done from confidence than from self-doubt! In this episode: Confidence comes from thoughts Recognize and appreciate the ...
Unconditional Peace in an Uncontrollable World [19]
November 11, 2020 02:48 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen your mind and your heart are spinning … rest in the sweetness of peace. Good news, the world doesn’t need to calm down and you don’t have to get your life together before you can be at peace. We can learn how to feel it and hold on to it more often. So put that heavy load down and take a rest in peace even in a messy and uncontrollable life.
Election Resilience: You and God are Still in Charge [18]
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBThe US Presidential election and the country’s response to it are creating a lot of uncertainty for us now. No matter who wins or what happens after, we still have the power over the experience we want in our lives. If you aren’t happy about where we’re headed, the ultimate act of defiance is to live well anyway. In this episode: What is always in your control Getting out of threat and into opportunity Switching from worst case scenario to best case scenario Thrive through any...
Emotional Resilience in Midlife: Why Level Up Now? [17]
October 26, 2020 19:20 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBPandemics, civil unrest and elections don’t mean that your personal stuff gets to take a break for awhile. That’s why emotional resilience is so critical. Building resilience is essential for your own journey – how you want to show up in extraordinary times – and because of the influence you have. People are looking to you for reassurance in tough times! In this episode: We've already increased our emotional capabilities through life experience A story of a seed’s journey 3 trac...
How Can I Stay Centered When Life is Anything but Routine? [16]
October 20, 2020 22:44 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWhen your usual schedule is disrupted … stay grounded and peaceful even in disorder. In midlife you’re pretty sure to have times when you’re off-schedule and can’t run your life as usual. Trips, visiting family, and holidays are just a few things that come up. While we love these events, we can also get disoriented and lose energy when we can’t keep our usual routines. Here’s 5 ideas for staying grounded and enjoying the time. In this episode: My wonderful messy road trip with m...
How Can I Let Go of Parenting Regrets and Mistakes? [15]
October 12, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.7 MBWhen parental regret is shadowing you – envision a bright future for your children. Every parent is guaranteed to have some things they wish they had done better. As our children grow up, we might think some of their challenges are our fault because of our mistakes. But our kids can thrive not only in spite of our failings but because of them! Here are two ideas to help you move past regret. In this episode: One of my regrets with one of my sons Sometimes we provide our kids exac...
How Can I Be the Hero of My Past? [14]
October 05, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBWhen you think your past should have been different … reimagine a legendary story. You know all those things in the past that you feel like went wrong in some way? You’re right, that was hard. Now you can choose to see yourself as a hero who made it through hard times and came out stronger and wiser. That’s much more powerful than constantly thinking things should have been different. In this episode: God can take every single thing that happened and turn it to our higher good Ho...
How Can I Rewrite My Past Story That I’m Not Good Enough? [13]
September 28, 2020 22:48 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWhen you think your past tells you who you are … change the story and meet your best self. If we have created limiting beliefs about who we are based on past experiences, it’s time to clean those up and create stories that help us show up as who we want to be now. You have superpowers to bring to the world. In this episode: 3 ways the past gets in our way now An imaginary story of a ranch woman and the mysterious garden of the past My shy story and how I got to a new story of m...
Relax into Radiant Spiritual Energy [12]
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBWhen your spiritual light is low … rekindle your divine glow. Spiritual confidence is assurance that you and God are working together to co-create your highest self. As we grow into being able to seek inner spiritual radiance we feel more peaceful, clear, warm, light, open, and expansive. In this episode: Faith as an intelligent, powerful force we can plug in to A story of God’s grace A morning celebration routine that cultivates spiritual energy for the day How can we relax i...
Boost Your Physical Energy in Midlife and Beyond [11]
September 15, 2020 00:23 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBWhen your body is dragging … get motivated to refuel your energy with food, rest, and exercise. Ready for an energy makeover? You already know food, rest, and exercise are the answer to a healthy lifestyle and more energy, but whenever we want to do something better our mind has a habit of getting in our way! Let’s talk about not only what to do, but how to get our most motivating thoughts on board. In this episode: Facts + thoughts = powerful new habits. Some facts about exercis...
3 More Ideas to Raise Your Mental Energy Level Part 2 [10]
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBWhen you’re mentally drained … revive your energy level by understanding how your thoughts create your feelings, getting out of “Have To” energy, and tapping into other people’s energy. Low mental energy isn’t something that just happens to us, it’s a result that we created with our thoughts and feelings. That means we can recharge our energy with some new thoughts if we want to! Here’s a few ideas for how to create a more energizing mindset. In this episode: The process of how o...
3 Ways to Recharge Your Mental Energy Level Part 1 [9]
August 31, 2020 16:54 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhen you’re mentally exhausted … recharge your energy level by finding your why, sparking momentum, and resetting your mindset. We need mental energy to accomplish what we want and create the life we dream of. But strong emotions and decisions can drain that energy and leave us feeling depleted. Learn some practical ways to amp up your mental energy level. This is the first in a series about mental, physical, and spiritual energy. Let’s get out of those energy dips and get going! ...
Freedom from Fixing Other’s Feelings [8]
August 24, 2020 19:44 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBWhen you get stuck trying to manage everyone’s emotions … let them have the human experience they came for. Do you have the illusion that you can and should control how others feel? Or maybe you hold back your thoughts because others won’t like them? We all do this sometimes. When we’re always trying to make others feel better, we unintentionally don’t allow them to express their true emotions - and we don’t share our authentic selves either. Learn what true unconditional love is an...
4 Soul-Searching Questions for Parents of Adult Children [7]
August 10, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBWhen you’re wondering who you are now that the kids are grown up … find joy in finally having time to finish your own growing up! Are your kids growing up or already in adulthood? When raising young kids, a lot of your identity and value came from caring for your family. When that stage is over, it can be a challenge to reimagine a new purpose for life. In parenting your job was to get them started and then let them take over – now you get to spend more time working on your own gro...
Mind Your Movement [6]
August 03, 2020 19:47 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBWe’re designed to move, and we’re healthier and happier when we do. But sometimes our thoughts get in the way - especially as we notice signs of getting older. You can be aware and change them up so you have the inner motivation to take care of your body. The most important part is to create the right identity and focus more on building a habit than on the immediate results. Then the benefits will definitely come in time. In this episode: Stop the compare and despair trap with you...
Surfing Uncertainty: How to Know You’ll Be OK [5]
July 27, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen the world is falling apart … know you have what it takes to keep it all together. We’ve had lots of unexpected chaos in just a few months already. Let's talk about uncertainty, even though you're probably feeling much better now than you were at the beginning of all this. Guess what? We’ll face surprising, unexpected and even threatening conditions again and again. So we might as well get good at it. In this episode Wondering – is this the beginning of the global upheaval and...
Healthy Grown-Ups Keep on Growing [4]
July 20, 2020 12:06 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MBWhen you’re bored, restless, and discontented with life as it is … understand you’re starting a normal midlife developmental stage. Just like babies and teens go through natural developmental stages, so do adults! Unfortunately sometimes that stage is called a midlife crisis! It’s designed to motivate you to keep making progress. We don’t want to push those feelings away, instead we can listen to them and hear what they’re trying to tell us. In this episode: What do you think is c...
You’re Closer Than You Think [3]
July 10, 2020 20:53 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBWhen you think you should be farther along by now … realize you’re almost there! We’re so good at compare and despair – looking around at everyone else and thinking we’re behind. Let’s question that! You’ve already done a lot of valuable living. You aren’t starting from scratch. All the things you’ve done count. You’re so close! In this episode: What do you think you should have figured out by now? The Unexpected Race story Getting past limiting thoughts like “I’m so behind” an...
Your Midlife Quest [2]
July 10, 2020 20:53 - 12 minutes - 8.79 MBWhen you're yearning for something else but don't know what it is … set out on your midlife quest. Give yourself permission to discover what that missing piece is. It can be a wonderful journey if we aren’t in a hurry and demand all the answers now. Sometimes we need to go in a room and turn on the light to see what’s there, then decide if we want to stay or not! In this episode: The Missing Key story 3 questions that rise up in middle years of nearly every woman’s life: Who am ...
Begin Your Midlife Quest for Confidence [2]
July 10, 2020 20:53 - 12 minutes - 8.79 MBWhen you're yearning for something else but don't know what it is … set out on your midlife quest.
Cure a Midlife Crisis with Confidence [1]
July 10, 2020 20:53 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBWhen you realize you’re in a midlife growth stage … cultivate your confidence. Do you feel like something is trying to happen in your life? Midlife is a time of change and opportunity for growth. On this first episode, get started being aware of what midlife is trying to tell you. Let’s gather a tribe of powerful, wise women who are ready to thrive in challenging times! In this episode: Introducing the host - a little about me and my midlife journey. Why midlife is a stage more t...