S.O.F.T. and Strong: Midlife Women On A Mission
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -Midlife. The in-between years when you're no longer young but you're not old yet either. It's that time in your story when you're crying all the way home from leaving your kid at college. Or crumpling up your high school reunion invite because life has not turned out at all in the way you said it would. You're waking up in the middle of the night wracked with financial worry. You're going through a divorce or grieving your spouse or wondering who that man is across the table as you haven't really connected for years. It's exhausted caregiving and a waistline you don't recognize. It's staring out the window blankly and asking "NOW WHAT?" Hey - this is a transition when life doesn't give us the choice about whether we go through it or not. But...there are choices that are in our control. Life doesn't stop here. YOU are meant for so much more. And that's what this podcast is about. Instead of being known as a woman who is "menopausal", WHAT IF you could be seen as a beautiful Woman on a Mission? Someone who is taking all life by storm? Who doesn't back down? Who never gives up? Someone who knows what she wants and isn't settling for less. People know you as confident, intelligent, sensitive and intuitive. You get things done. You can be trusted to follow through. You're a woman with a vision. The antidote for sinking into all the inevitable midlife mindsets our culture trains us to believe is PURPOSE. I'm Bernice McDonald, Midlife Coach, and I'm here to guide you as you get your feet back on solid ground. Life shifts. Like winter to spring. So shift with it! Leave your past missions behind as they're done. Open up your heart and your mind to what's next. Your Next Great Mission. We all have one. And you do, too. Let's answer the Midlife Call. Find our next great mission. Live with purpose. Please come and join us!
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How To Be Resilient & Courageous (+Proud of Your Midlife Self)
July 04, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIt’s now, in midlife, that the last thought on your mind is to be “resilient and courageous”. Ever feel like you're teetering on a high wire, blindfolded, with the world watching below? One minute, you're conquering life's great balancing act, and the next - whoosh - you're in free fall. I get it. The midlife rollercoaster is not for the faint of heart. Fear, uncertainty, and change are the nasty gremlins that come along for the ride, uninvited. Yeah, you've been shoved into the deep e...
3 Ways To Master Your Inner Strength in Midlife
June 19, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBMidlife is a time when you start to ask, "Who am I now? What's next?" Change is, for women, inevitable. It's easy to lose your courage and stop believing in yourself. Challenges are everywhere and you wonder if you have what it takes to actually make it through in one piece. The answer is YES YOU CAN! Enter the "Beautiful Warrior". Who is she? A beautiful warrior is a woman. A woman just like you and me, who turns her midlife experiences into powerful tools for transformation, growth ...
Mission Midlife: 5 Steps To Finding Your Passion
May 24, 2023 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBAre you wondering what the secret is to finding your passion - it seems that everyone expects you to know but maybe you're confused about the whole idea and wondering if it's something that is really going to matter? Discovering your personal mission, your life's purpose is like finding your compass in the forest. It doesn't eliminate the trees, but it does show you the direction. It illuminates your path, adds meaning to each step you take, and brings a sense of fulfillment and joy. Thi...
3 Ways Life Has Prepared You To ROCK Midlife
April 29, 2023 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBMany of us by midlife are afraid to make decisions because we’re afraid the past equals the future. The amazing news about life is this: the past does NOT equal the future. Every phase is a new canvas. And you hold the paintbrush in your hand. THIS is when decide: Beautiful Warrior of Shrinking Violet? Your Beautiful Warrior is YOU taking charge. YOU becoming the boss of your brain and not listening to all the stories it tells you. Truth is, your brain is just trying to protect you. ...
S2 Ep 24: 3 Ways Life Has Prepared You To ROCK Midlife
April 29, 2023 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBMany of us by midlife are afraid to make decisions because we’re afraid the past equals the future. The amazing news about life is this: the past does NOT equal the future. Every phase is a new canvas. And you hold the paintbrush in your hand. THIS is when decide: Beautiful Warrior of Shrinking Violet? Your Beautiful Warrior is YOU taking charge. YOU becoming the boss of your brain and not listening to all the stories it tells you. Truth is, your brain is just trying to protect you. ...
Taking Life On As A Beautful Warrior
April 21, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBSomeone calls you 'fat'. Someone says your work isn't up the standards of the company and to do it again. Someone says your work is wonderful and to be sure that same level of quality shows up on the next project. Someone tells you that your son may have cancer. Someone tells you that your mom is going to need extra care and you're the only sibling near her. Challenges. Something new and difficult that is going to require great effort and determination to get to the other side. LIFE IS...
S2 Ep 23: Taking Life On As A Beautful Warrior
April 21, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBSomeone calls you 'fat'. Someone says your work isn't up the standards of the company and to do it again. Someone says your work is wonderful and to be sure that same level of quality shows up on the next project. Someone tells you that your son may have cancer. Someone tells you that your mom is going to need extra care and you're the only sibling near her. Challenges. Something new and difficult that is going to require great effort and determination to get to the other side. LIFE IS...
So Am I Enough? 3 Ways To Truly Believe You Are
April 14, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBHave you ever downplayed your own work because it wasn't as good as someone else's? Or changed your mind about submitting something, cooking something, doing something because you believed what you could give wasn't very good? These are symptoms of the "I am not enough" way of life. And it's this thinking that will cause you to become smaller and smaller as you get older. Midlife is the time to take a good hard look at this because you don't want to spend the rest of your life withdrawing...
S2 Ep 22: So Am I Enough? 3 Ways To Truly Believe You Are
April 14, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBHave you ever downplayed your own work because it wasn't as good as someone else's? Or changed your mind about submitting something, cooking something, doing something because you believed what you could give wasn't very good? These are symptoms of the "I am not enough" way of life. And it's this thinking that will cause you to become smaller and smaller as you get older. Midlife is the time to take a good hard look at this because you don't want to spend the rest of your life withdrawing...
The Power of Heart: Why Following Your Passion Can Transform Your Midlife
April 06, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBWHAT IF Midlife were actually a Call To Adventure? The only way you hear that Call is to connect to that very quiet place deep inside of you. That's where you'll find your heart. This is a powerful place. A place from which you can learn to be yourself...shut out the noise of what everyone else thinks you should be, tells you to be. The Call challenges us to look deeper into how life has been molding us, preparing us for this time just ahead. A new phase. Midlife. Find the answers to th...
S2 Ep 21 The Power of Heart: Why Following Your Passion Can Transform Your Midlife
April 06, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBWHAT IF Midlife were actually a Call To Adventure? The only way you hear that Call is to connect to that very quiet place deep inside of you. That's where you'll find your heart. This is a powerful place. A place from which you can learn to be yourself...shut out the noise of what everyone else thinks you should be, tells you to be. The Call challenges us to look deeper into how life has been molding us, preparing us for this time just ahead. A new phase. Midlife. Find the answers to th...
How To Feel Like You Belong No Matter What
March 27, 2023 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBEver walk into a crowded room and feel all alone? There is nothing like feeling as if you are in the wrong place. Don't belong. Are not wanted somewhere. WE ALL FEEL IT. And, for women, midlife can magnify this because so many places where they felt at home and needed are shifting. Changing. So how do we handle this? How do we make that vital decision to stay engaged with our lives by building up the crucial connections that our hearts need so badly? That's what we're talking about here...
S2 Ep 20: How To Feel Like You Belong No Matter What
March 27, 2023 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBEver walk into a crowded room and feel all alone? There is nothing like feeling as if you are in the wrong place. Don't belong. Are not wanted somewhere. WE ALL FEEL IT. And, for women, midlife can magnify this because so many places where they felt at home and needed are shifting. Changing. So how do we handle this? How do we make that vital decision to stay engaged with our lives by building up the crucial connections that our hearts need so badly? That's what we're talking about here...
S2 Ep 19: Significance...Who Tells You Who You Are?
March 16, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBYour heart is the most beautiful thing about you. And in that beautiful heart, you'll find every need that shows you how to find your passion and purpose. The 2nd need of your heart is SIGNIFICANCE. To know and value who I am. In this podcast I'm talking about YOU, a potential Woman on a Mission. And, because of that, you are a potential Beautiful Warrior. YOU who have walked through life with all of its hills and valleys, challenges and disasters. It's not the bombs that go off in you...
Significance...Who Tells You Who You Are?
March 16, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBYour heart is the most beautiful thing about you. And in that beautiful heart, you'll find every need that shows you how to find your passion and purpose. The 2nd need of your heart is SIGNIFICANCE. To know and value who I am. In this podcast I'm talking about YOU, a potential Woman on a Mission. And, because of that, you are a potential Beautiful Warrior. YOU who have walked through life with all of its hills and valleys, challenges and disasters. It's not the bombs that go off in you...
With the Heart of a Warrior
March 09, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB"I'm good with life as long as it never changes and doesn't give me any surprises." Don't you wish you could have this level of control? Sometimes we think that, if we did, we would feel safe and certain. Wait a minute! Is that really how we want to live our lives? We're talking about that question in this podcast. Is safe and careful over-rated? Even boring? You're going to find out the secret to feeling ALIVE here. The secret that is the basis for growing a Warrior Heart. And all Midl...
S2 Ep 18: With the Heart of a Warrior
March 09, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB"I'm good with life as long as it never changes and doesn't give me any surprises." Don't you wish you could have this level of control? Sometimes we think that, if we did, we would feel safe and certain. Wait a minute! Is that really how we want to live our lives? We're talking about that question in this podcast. Is safe and careful over-rated? Even boring? You're going to find out the secret to feeling ALIVE here. The secret that is the basis for growing a Warrior Heart. And all Midl...
S2 Ep 17: 5 Burning Questions That Will Tell You How You See Yourself...Really
March 03, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBCARTOON: A midlife woman was telling her doctor - “I need a big belly. You can’t fit this much charm and personality into a small package.” There you go - the positive spin on it. However, it also kind of makes me want to crawl under my blankets and never come out because I don’t want a big belly and I don’t want to rationalize it away. Do you think maybe God made midlife - all these big changes - so that you would realize that you need to pay attention to something? Like a big red flag ...
S2 Ep 17: 5 Burning Questions To Define How You See Yourself
March 03, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBCARTOON: A midlife woman was telling her doctor - “I need a big belly. You can’t fit this much charm and personality into a small package.” There you go - the positive spin on it. However, it also kind of makes me want to crawl under my blankets and never come out because I don’t want a big belly and I don’t want to rationalize it away. Do you think maybe God made midlife - all these big changes - so that you would realize that you need to pay attention to something? Like a big red flag ...
5 Burning Questions That Will Tell You How You See Yourself...Really
March 03, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBCARTOON: A midlife woman was telling her doctor - “I need a big belly. You can’t fit this much charm and personality into a small package.” There you go - the positive spin on it. However, it also kind of makes me want to crawl under my blankets and never come out because I don’t want a big belly and I don’t want to rationalize it away. Do you think maybe God made midlife - all these big changes - so that you would realize that you need to pay attention to something? Like a big red flag ...
S2 Ep 16: Be A Diamond
February 22, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBTwo choices when you come to the crossroads called "Midlife". We all go through it. No one escapes it because, well, Midlife is simply the 'middle' of your life. I totally feel your desire to escape it. And we all get two choices: 1. Sit down. Stare at the closed door behind us for the rest of your life. Imagine all the things you had back there and wish that your kids had stayed young forever, your face wasn't wrinkled and your job was as exciting as you felt on your first day the...
Be A Diamond
February 22, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBTwo choices when you come to the crossroads called "Midlife". We all go through it. No one escapes it because, well, Midlife is simply the 'middle' of your life. I totally feel your desire to escape it. And we all get two choices: 1. Sit down. Stare at the closed door behind us for the rest of your life. Imagine all the things you had back there and wish that your kids had stayed young forever, your face wasn't wrinkled and your job was as exciting as you felt on your first day the...
Instead of Menopausal...A Beautiful Woman on a Mission
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBFrom a post on Pinterest talking about midlife women: "You know you're getting old when you get butt jiggle, bingo wing flap and boob wobble when you brush your teeth"... It made me laugh right out loud because I had just been noticing my bingo wing flaps in the mirror when I was brushing my teeth. It's just like, "Oh my goodness, that skin just looks like crepe paper under my arms". Midlife! You gotta laugh or you'll just sit down and stop trying. What's the antidote to this kind of thi...
S2 Ep14: Instead of Menopausal...A Beautiful Woman on a Mission
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBFrom a post on Pinterest talking about midlife women: "You know you're getting old when you get butt jiggle, bingo wing flap and boob wobble when you brush your teeth"... It made me laugh right out loud because I had just been noticing my bingo wing flaps in the mirror when I was brushing my teeth. It's just like, "Oh my goodness, that skin just looks like crepe paper under my arms". Midlife! You gotta laugh or you'll just sit down and stop trying. What's the antidote to this kind of thi...
S2 Ep 15: A Midlife Woman On A Mission Knows Her Own Heart
February 14, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThere you stand. On the edge of a chasm. You're somewhere in your 40's and there's not much left for you here on this side. Below you see a whole river of loss running between two rocky walls. You feel that loss. Loss of a house filled with noisy kids and schedules to keep running. Loss of your energy and muscle tone because midlife changes are catching up with your body. Loss of love from so many directions. Uncertainty. Fear. "Who am I now?" you ask. "Who am I going to be?" I know...
A Midlife Woman On A Mission Knows Her Own Heart
February 14, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThere you stand. On the edge of a chasm. You're somewhere in your 40's and there's not much left for you here on this side. Below you see a whole river of loss running between two rocky walls. You feel that loss. Loss of a house filled with noisy kids and schedules to keep running. Loss of your energy and muscle tone because midlife changes are catching up with your body. Loss of love from so many directions. Uncertainty. Fear. "Who am I now?" you ask. "Who am I going to be?" I know...
S2 Ep 13: Brave Enough To Do a Life Re-Design When Disaster Strikes
December 11, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBThe BOMBS are the big things that happen that absolutely blow up your life. They happened in the past and they will keep happening... it's impossible to predict. Literally, it's as if you were walking down a sidewalk and a bomb went off just a few feet away from you. The shock wave leaves you reeling - "Wait a minute, this is not what I was expecting. My life was not supposed to turn out like this. This was never supposed to happen." Bombs can be things like Prince Charming saying he does...
S2 Ep 13: Brave Enough To Do a Life Re-Design When Life Lets You Down
December 11, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBThe BOMBS are the big things that happen that absolutely blow up your life. They happened in the past and they will keep happening... it's impossible to predict. Literally, it's as if you were walking down a sidewalk and a bomb went off just a few feet away from you. The shock wave leaves you reeling - "Wait a minute, this is not what I was expecting. My life was not supposed to turn out like this. This was never supposed to happen." Bombs can be things like Prince Charming saying he does...
Brave Enough To Do a Life Re-Design When Life Lets You Down
December 11, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBThe BOMBS are the big things that happen that absolutely blow up your life. They happened in the past and they will keep happening... it's impossible to predict. Literally, it's as if you were walking down a sidewalk and a bomb went off just a few feet away from you. The shock wave leaves you reeling - "Wait a minute, this is not what I was expecting. My life was not supposed to turn out like this. This was never supposed to happen." Bombs can be things like Prince Charming saying he does...
Brave Enough To Love Who I Was In the Past
November 22, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBThe woman you "were" - the one in the past - comes with you everywhere all the time. You hear her voice, you feel her touch, you regret a lot of how she was. And wish she would have made different decisions. But what about the strength she brings you? YES! She brings you strength. This aging gracefully thing has to include making peace with the woman you have been all along your Path. Want to know why she is vitally valuable to you right here, right now where you are today? And how to...
S1 Ep 12: Brave Enough To Love Who I Was In the Past
November 22, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBThe woman you "were" - the one in the past - comes with you everywhere all the time. You hear her voice, you feel her touch, you regret a lot of how she was. And wish she would have made different decisions. But what about the strength she brings you? YES! She brings you strength. This aging gracefully thing has to include making peace with the woman you have been all along your Path. Want to know why she is vitally valuable to you right here, right now where you are today? And how to...
Brave Enough To Love Who I Am
November 15, 2022 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBHow Do I Love Myself?? We get to this place a lot of times in our life where we are focusing so much on how to live a good life. How do we do this? How do we get love? How do we get the body we want? How do I become a person who is happy? How do I be a good mom? How do I be a good wife? How? How? How? "How" is not the question - "Who" is the question. Who am I? Because that answers everything about how I should be in the world. I think this is the most amazing thing that I'v...
S2 Ep 11: Brave Enough To Love Who I Am
November 15, 2022 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBHow Do I Love Myself?? We get to this place a lot of times in our life where we are focusing so much on how to live a good life. How do we do this? How do we get love? How do we get the body we want? How do I become a person who is happy? How do I be a good mom? How do I be a good wife? How? How? How? "How" is not the question - "Who" is the question. Who am I? Because that answers everything about how I should be in the world. I think this is the most amazing thing that I'v...
Brave Enough To Embrace The Magic
May 01, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBRemember the giggling? As a little girl, remember breathing in the fun in life in whatever moment you were living? Life was an adventure every minute, right? Princesses, Knights... imagining doing whatever came into yours and your friend's heads. Then something happened. As we grew, older, life took place, right? Bombs went off scaring you to death. Shock boulders landed on you creating stories that weren't so fun. They told you why you shouldn't be happy. Why you should be cautious. ...
S2 Ep 10: Brave Enough To Embrace The Magic
May 01, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBRemember the giggling? As a little girl, remember breathing in the fun in life in whatever moment you were living? Life was an adventure every minute, right? Princesses, Knights... imagining doing whatever came into yours and your friend's heads. Then something happened. As we grew, older, life took place, right? Bombs went off scaring you to death. Shock boulders landed on you creating stories that weren't so fun. They told you why you shouldn't be happy. Why you should be cautious. ...
Brave Enough To Be Strong on the Inside
April 03, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBBombs drop on you. Boulders flatten you, dropping out of nowhere. Someone throws a rock at you - fast! Ouch! It stings. It leaves a mark. LIFE HAPPENS. What you do next is the MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN THIS LIFE. Who will you be? Will you crumble, give up, shrink away because it's all just too hard? Or will you stand up again. Refuse to be defeated. And become a woman who looks fear in the face and declares, "I will not run. I will become stronger." S.O.F.T. & Str...
S2 Ep 9: Brave Enough To Be Strong on the Inside
April 03, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBBombs drop on you. Boulders flatten you, dropping out of nowhere. Someone throws a rock at you - fast! Ouch! It stings. It leaves a mark. LIFE HAPPENS. What you do next is the MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN THIS LIFE. Who will you be? Will you crumble, give up, shrink away because it's all just too hard? Or will you stand up again. Refuse to be defeated. And become a woman who looks fear in the face and declares, "I will not run. I will become stronger." S.O.F.T. & Str...
S2 Ep 9: Being Strong Starts on the Inside
April 03, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBBombs drop on you. Boulders flatten you, dropping out of nowhere. Someone throws a rock at you - fast! Ouch! It stings. It leaves a mark. LIFE HAPPENS. What you do next is the MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN THIS LIFE. Who will you be? Will you crumble, give up, shrink away because it's all just too hard? Or will you stand up again. Refuse to be defeated. And become a woman who looks fear in the face and declares, "I will not run. I will become stronger." S.O.F.T. & Str...
S2 Ep 8: Brave Enough To Master My Emotions
March 28, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBYou laugh. You cry. You shout. You encourage. You love. You hate. You are a woman and you feel. That's natural. And beautiful! Mastering your emotions means you start to understand them. Is that even possible? THE KEY to Aging Beautifully is to master these things we call "emotions". Yes - it's all part discovering how to love yourself. And everything about who you are. In this episode, we talk about: 1. Your 'Emotional Home' and why you live there. 2. How to step back and see what...
Brave Enough To Master My Emotions
March 28, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBYou laugh. You cry. You shout. You encourage. You love. You hate. You are a woman and you feel. That's natural. And beautiful! Mastering your emotions means you start to understand them. Is that even possible? THE KEY to Aging Beautifully is to master these things we call "emotions". Yes - it's all part discovering how to love yourself. And everything about who you are. In this episode, we talk about: 1. Your 'Emotional Home' and why you live there. 2. How to step back and see what...
S2 Ep 7: Brave Enough To Decide Who You DON'T Want To Be
March 14, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBAre you struggling with who see when you look in the mirror right now? Are you disappointed at how your life is turning out? 50 plus already and you feel this pressure to hurry up or you're going to miss out on making your life what you want it to be. Maybe you're not even sure what that looks like. You've lost sight of what you wanted. Ready to JUICE THINGS UP? To rediscover excitement, fun, pleasure and a sense of self-respect? In this podcast I show you how someone named Rebecca did ...
Brave Enough To Decide Who You DON'T Want To Be
March 14, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBAre you struggling with who see when you look in the mirror right now? Are you disappointed at how your life is turning out? 50 plus already and you feel this pressure to hurry up or you're going to miss out on making your life what you want it to be. Maybe you're not even sure what that looks like. You've lost sight of what you wanted. Ready to JUICE THINGS UP? To rediscover excitement, fun, pleasure and a sense of self-respect? In this podcast I show you how someone named Rebecca did ...
S2 Ep 6: Brave Enough To Start A New Chapter
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB"Should she go for her dream of being a doctor even when her 50th birthday party had come and gone?" She decided, "Yes". She was going to go for it. And so she did. Dreams are not always "just dreams" - they are also callings. Answering their call will light up your life in ways you can't even imagine. Even in this last quarter. This week we're talking about a lady who had wanted to be a doctor for 25 years - she had even been accepted into medical school but had to drop out because life...
Brave Enough To Start A New Chapter
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB"Should she go for her dream of being a doctor even when her 50th birthday party had come and gone?" She decided, "Yes". She was going to go for it. And so she did. Dreams are not always "just dreams" - they are also callings. Answering their call will light up your life in ways you can't even imagine. Even in this last quarter. This week we're talking about a lady who had wanted to be a doctor for 25 years - she had even been accepted into medical school but had to drop out because life...
Season 2 Ep 6: Brave Enough To Start A New Chapter
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB"Should she go for her dream of being a doctor even when her 50th birthday party had come and gone?" She decided, "Yes". She was going to go for it. And so she did. Dreams are not always "just dreams" - they are also callings. Answering their call will light up your life in ways you can't even imagine. Even in this last quarter. This week we're talking about a lady who had wanted to be a doctor for 25 years - she had even been accepted into medical school but had to drop out because life...
Brave Enough To Love All My Parts (Smile)
February 21, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBThis is about the day my boob went rouge. Yes. Seriously. One of those humiliating moments in life that you either transform into a traumatic event or make into a funny story. Sometimes one of the many 'parts' of us end up being something we don't enjoy very much. More like we 'put up' with it because we haven't much choice. Body parts may fall into this category or... roles we have to play may also not be on our most popular list. Aging Beautifully means that we learn to love it all. F...
S 2 EP 5 Brave Enough To Love All My Parts (Smile)
February 21, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBThis is about the day my boob went rouge. Yes. Seriously. One of those humiliating moments in life that you either transform into a traumatic event or make into a funny story. Sometimes one of the many 'parts' of us end up being something we don't enjoy very much. More like we 'put up' with it because we haven't much choice. Body parts may fall into this category or... roles we have to play may also not be on our most popular list. Aging Beautifully means that we learn to love it all. F...
Brave Enough To Lie About Your Age (and make it work for you)
February 15, 2022 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBSEASON 2 of S.O.F.T. & Strong starts off with some surprising advice. LIE ABOUT YOUR AGE! Lying about your age is somewhat frowned upon, I know...but what if there is a time when it works IN YOUR FAVOR (and I'm not referring to getting into those places we would have liked to when we were underage). In this podcast I show you what I discovered about the magical habit of thinking of yourself as younger - and how it can keep you from feeling OLD. Scientific evidence even stands behind this...
S2 Ep 3: Brave Enough To Let Go and Be Anyone You Want To Be (after all...you're over 50)
February 15, 2022 18:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBI want you to imagine a bridge, a beautiful bridge, the best in your imagination that you can come up with. Is it in a park? Is it in a garden? And you're standing there at the beginning of this beautiful bridge. Your bridge, your design. This is about your life. Now I want you to start walking. Imagine walking over that bridge. And you're seeing all the beauty around you... maybe hearing the bubbling water in a canal, a stream beneath the bridge feeling a bit of breeze on your face....
Brave Enough To Be Strong From the Inside Out (especially after 50)
February 15, 2022 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBI've seen it happen way too many times in way too many women's lives as they get older. They become defensive. They become very strong on the outside thinking that that is going to defend them on the inside. And the result is that they just come across as being domineering, controlling, angry, but really what's happening is that they're scared on the inside and so they have to put on this strong front. Now that's why I call this S.O.F.T. And Strong because the 'S' in the S.O.F.T. stands...