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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S2 Ep 4: Brave Enough To Say It Boldly - With Confidence: "I Am..."
February 15, 2022 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBTwo of the most important words you will ever say in your life is, "I am...". The most important sentences you will ever speak in your life start with those words. "I am...". You're so many things. And the most important thing, the strongest thing that you need to build up in your life is your IDENTITY. "I am" identifies who you are. Once you know that, THEN you can stand up for yourself. Feel safe with yourself. Know that you've got this. Anything that comes along. Even aging. Ho...
Brave Enough To Say It Boldly - With Confidence: "I Am..."
February 15, 2022 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBTwo of the most important words you will ever say in your life is, "I am...". The most important sentences you will ever speak in your life start with those words. "I am...". You're so many things. And the most important thing, the strongest thing that you need to build up in your life is your IDENTITY. "I am" identifies who you are. Once you know that, THEN you can stand up for yourself. Feel safe with yourself. Know that you've got this. Anything that comes along. Even aging. Ho...
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....
S2 Ep 2: 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...
Ep 54: From 'Much Afraid' to 'Much Courage': Living Life From the Heart After 50
January 30, 2022 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBAging beautifully takes being YOU - relaxing into who you are, who you were meant to be. But how DO you overcome FEAR and step into being a confident, beautiful woman who makes her own decisions, believes in herself and follows after her heart? The 2nd part of our Story from the last episode reveals 4 things that the heroine, Much Afraid, learned about becoming someone who feels valued and treasured and "good enough". Listen to discover: 1. The key to joy. 2. The one action that releases...
Episode 53: Brave Enough To Refuse To Stay Small (even beyond 50)
January 23, 2022 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MBHer name was "Much Afraid". Scared of what was ahead. Scared of not being loved by the people close to her. Scared to step out on her own. She didn't want love that hurt in any way. She didn't want Sorrow. She didn't want Suffering. All she wanted was that good life. To reach the top of the mountain, the "High Places". To be free. To find that sweet life lived with joy and peace, filled with good things. In this story, we meet a heroine who stepped out of her comfort zone and to...
Episode 52: The Antidote to Loneliness: Love (the kind that conquers fear)
January 09, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBLove yourself and others with the same zest you feel when you approach a bowl of jellybeans. Jellybeans may not be able to fill up the cavern of need inside that we each have to be loved but, in this episode, we talk about what WILL fill that cavern. And it will light you up. Remember: You are a heart walking on a Path call "life". You get to decide who you are and who you're going to be in the last chapter. It's never too late to find that person inside - the one you REALLY are. _______...
Episode 51: Brave Enough to Look Up and Find the Magic After 50
January 03, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWe fear that the magic starts disappearing along with our dreams after we hit the 50 marker in life. And magic - the wonder, the beauty, the miracles - is one of those things that makes life worth living. Could it be that losing the magic is what makes us feel as if we're aging? Hear a story about a miracle that transformed the heart of one women from cold and hopeless to giving and overflowing with love. She looked up - what did she see that opened her eyes and woke up her heart? Miracles...
Episode 50: What's Your Word? Naughty? Nice? Or Simply "Brave"?
December 12, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBCELEBRATING EPISODE #50!! Your word... how do you describe yourself? Are you in the naughty word group? Or the generic "nice" group? Some of us label ourselves pretty harshly. A Christmas ad I saw recently touched my heart. What it suggested was that, for some kids who are fighting illness or long term traumas at the most festive time of year, their concerns are not being "naughty" or "nice" - they are just wrapped up in being "Brave". I thought, "Wow! How true of every woman who has...
Episode 49: Shining Through The Cellulite (& other unwanted life events)
December 05, 2021 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBAre you Brave Enough to embrace the cellulite? Did you know that women start worrying about aging in their 30's? If you live into your 90's, that's a LONG TIME to deal with the signs of a body naturally doing its thing. But you can become one of the Brave ones. A member of the Secret Inner Hero Society who stand tall and wear a sparkly crown because YOU areI Growing older is not for faint of heart - but transforming yourself from being "faint" to being bold and beautiful is not a difficult...
Episode 49: Shining Through The Cellulite (& other unwanted life events)
December 05, 2021 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBAre you Brave Enough to embrace the cellulite? Did you know that women start worrying about aging in their 30's? If you live into your 90's, that's a LONG TIME to deal with the signs of a body naturally doing its thing. But you can become one of the Brave ones. A member of the Secret Inner Hero Society who stand tall and wear a sparkly crown because YOU areI Growing older is not for faint of heart - but transforming yourself from being "faint" to being bold and beautiful is not a difficult...
Episode 48: Brave Enough To Look Like My Mom (& other Scary Stuff) When I Get Old
November 27, 2021 16:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBI love my mom - but, you know, your mom always seems "older" to you. You always think of her as WAY ahead of you in age and stage of life. When you realize that you're starting to look like her...let's just say it gives you "pause". But that's not the only thing we FEAR as we age. Sometimes life is filled with surprises and hard things that make us simply want to put our hearts to sleep instead of having to face them or live through them. But the question is this...how do you want to l...
Episode 47: Maya Angelou: A Brave Woman Who Lived A Brave Life
November 20, 2021 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBHow can we be FEARLESS AFTER 50? Maya Angelou was a model for us. From a life that could have easily defined her "Not Enough", she rose above and stood "Brave Enough" to be herself, to be her best and to walk her Path with courage as a woman thankful for the blessings. This woman has a "Phenomenal" Story. She was brutally honest with her world about who she was even though the public spotlight was on her much of her life. Far from perfect by her own admission, she lived to learn and refuse...
Episode 46: Lea's Brave Story - From Betrayal & Loss to Brave Enough
November 14, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBA woman with a heart of gold. A man who asked for her heart. A marriage she thought was made in heaven. But then a nightmare worse than any of us can imagine...while she worked at bringing him home to live with her, she discovered that he was expecting a child with someone else and married her, as well! This is Lea's Brave Story. How she walked the Path to a place where most women would have closed up their hearts and thrown away the key. And how she found her actual true love along the w...
Episode 45: Look In Your Heart - That's Where the 'Brave' lives...
November 06, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MB"I can't... He'll never fall for me." "It's too late... I hate being naked!" "I'm too old...can't teach an old dog new tricks." SAY WHAT? If these Stories are true for you, then WHAT is that hiding in your beautiful heart? And WHY are you hiding it when you have so much love to give? You will NEVER attract a great love when you're hiding your heart! That's what we're here to do - GET YOUR HEART READY! In this episode, you are going to find out why many older women resemble a balloon A...
Episode 44: Yeah - You ARE Brave Enough Even If You Think You're Not
October 30, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.27 MBIs this YOU? "I'm not brave! I act like I'm brave. I try to talk brave. But I know I'm not..." You and nearly every other woman on this planet. ESPECIALLY if you're moving on past your 40's and 50's and up the age line. Did you know that MOST women shrink back from life the older they get? In today's episode you are going to hear about how I took a look at the older women in my life on my 19th birthday and almost decided to just give up. I was so scared that I was going to have to turn o...
Episode 43: 3 Ways You May Be Pushing A Man Away
July 31, 2021 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBYou are lovely - inside and out. Lord knows, you're trying to be brave by getting out there and dating. But you're asking yourself...Where are all the good guys? The ones who want a commitment - not just a fling? Why is it that every time it seems as if the chemistry is working, it just fizzles out? Is it me? Is it them? Is it that I just haven't met "the one" yet? OK. First of all, you're not alone. You're not the only one. Just because you're friends who you thought would have a tou...
Episode 42: Being Brave Enough To Trust Again
July 26, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBEver said, "I will never trust ANY man ever again..."? Yup - me, too. I've said that. But let's think about this. What's the fallout of making a decision like that? You tie the whole world of LOVE to one relationship - or a few relationships that didn't work out. You end up alone. Shut down. And in a pretty dreary place. Look how much magic you could be leaving on the table! In this podcast we talk about how one woman who found herself suspicious, not only of men, but of everyone, came b...
Episode 41: Being Brave Is Facing the FEAR of Never Finding True Love
July 02, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWhat if...it's not out there? What IF love is not in the cards for me? In this podcast we are going to address this FEAR and how, if you are becoming Brave in your life, you are going to attract love. Confidence in who you are creates a confidence in who you are AS A WOMAN IN LOVE. 5 Steps to growing and nurturing the woman that are who lives in SUCCESS, however that looks for her: Grow more into a strong identity every day. Feed your mind at least 30 minutes a day. Move! Heighten your...
Episode 41: 5 Ways To Grow Your "Brave Enough" Even If You Haven't Found Love Yet
July 02, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWhat if...it's not out there? What IF love is not in the cards for me? In this podcast we are going to address this FEAR and how, if you are becoming Brave in your life, you are going to attract love. Confidence in who you are creates a confidence in who you are AS A WOMAN IN LOVE. 5 Steps to growing and nurturing the woman that are who lives in SUCCESS, however that looks for her: Grow more into a strong identity every day. Feed your mind at least 30 minutes a day. Move! Heighten your...
Episode 40: How To Be As Confident As Wonder Woman On A Date
June 24, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBWonder Woman? Excuse me? I'm way beyond 50, flabby and far from being able to fly...so you're asking way too much. Not asking you to LOOK like Wonder Woman.. . I'm asking you if you SEE yourself as someone who's like Wonder Woman? What do you think? Could you? How you see yourself is how you come across - in life AND on a date. In this episode, I'm going to show you how this affects the way you even approach a date which affects how you feel and how a man feels when he's with you. Shou...
Episode 39: How To Be Brave Enough To Choose "Mr. Right"
June 16, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBThe scariest thing about dating is making that FINAL decision..."Yes. I will spend the rest of my life with you." Right? I this episode we talk about what it takes to, who you need to be, HOW to be as sure as you can be that your "Chooser" isn't broken. Make these Courage Pillars you foundation: Pillar of Courage #1: Know your WHY. You want to be one of the BRAVE ones. Brave Enough For Love. Pillar of Courage #2: The Truth Is... You don't trust yourself to be a good "Man Chooser". ...
Episode 38: Are YOU Brave Enough For Love?
June 09, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.64 MBTo be brave...is to take action even when you're scared. To be brave...is to believe even in love even when you've moved the age needle past 50 and even when you've been hurt. To be brave...is to hold a picture of the life you want just ahead while putting the steps in place to make it happen. Focusing there...living here. To be brave...is to love. Period. To let it be who you are with no strings attached. To be brave...is to create a Plan for love. A "Perfect For Me" Man Plan. (Click t...
Episode 37: Facing the Fiery FEAR Dragon
May 23, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBStop and think - If you could have any love that you could dream up, what would it look like? What's the #1 thing that stands between you and that exact life? What's stopping you? Enter the Fiery FEAR Dragon. Broken love leaves you shattered. And can drain you of all your hope. Especially if you're a woman who is pushing into her 50's, 60's, 70's. Your heart tells you that the same thing could happen AGAIN so it's better - easier - to just NOT try. What if you choose the wrong ma...
Episode 36: To Own Your Excellence Is To R.E.L.A.X. Into Love
May 19, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThe greatest thing you can ever know is Over the Moon, Never Leave Me Love. Beyond 50? Dating...again? R.E.L.A.X.! Part 5 Podcast - "X" is for "Excellence". Own your SOFT power. Discover how to take the most beautiful parts of you out on a date - and win the guy. Moving back toward love after divorce is scary. Add being beyond 50 and it's downright terrifying at times. Why would you put yourself through that? Because you deserve it to find that Great Love out there for you! R.E.L.A.X...
Episode 35: To Ask For What You Need Is To R.E.L.A.X. Into Love
May 10, 2021 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBThe last thing you want is to feel "invisible" again. As if you're not seen. You're not heard. And your opinion doesn't matter. And, let's face it, when you've been divorced, it's most likely one of the reasons you ended up there. But - you have worked through the hurt of it. You are rebuilding a life you're proud of. You don't want to give up on love entirely...So how do you remain open with someone and still have your needs met? A beautiful, romantic, epic love can be yours. You can ...
Episode 34: To Learn About "Who He Is" Is To R.E.L.A.X. Into Love
May 03, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBDoes this sound like you? ...Exciting. Fun. Mesmerizing. Beautiful. No? Hmmm - good news! She's in there! She's just hiding. And she's your Super Girl. In this Podcast, I put this out for your thoughts...Maybe your Super Girl is being dis-empowered by a chunk of Kryptonite that is blocking your way to Over The Moon, Never Leave Me love. We all have those pesky strength stealers that come down like brick walls on our Path, blocking the future. R.E.L.A.X. You're learning how to take tha...
Episode 33. To "Elevate" His Heart is to R.E.L.A.X. Into Love
April 26, 2021 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBDating after divorce can be nerve-wracking. More so, if you're beyond 50. Nervous, Self-conscious. Rusty... How do we do this?? R.E.L.A.X. Breathe. Let your Sparkle out. That's the key. This is the 2nd in a 5 Part Masterclass on learning to R.E.L.A.X. Into Love Again. You've got this! Join me as I offer some wonderful insights I discovered from the one and only Matthew McConaughey - yes, Mr. Handsome, himself. Amazing who you find out has experienced a bit of anxiety when looking for lo...
Episode 32: To Receive is to R.E.L.A.X. into Love
April 18, 2021 22:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBPart 1 in a 5 part Masterclass: How To R.E.L.A.X. and Invite Love In The 'R' in R.E.L.A.X. is to Receive. Being strong on the inside begins to build up your ability to Receive. The R.E.LA.X. Method of Loving comes from that place. It's Strength in Action helping you to put your true self out there into the world. Into relationships of every kind. Into love. As a woman who may be reaching toward those beyond 50 years, you know what it is to give and give and give. You may not have had...
Episode 31: What If You Could See Yourself Through His Eyes?
April 12, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBOne thing I hear from many women over 50 is that there is a serious lack of "good men" left out there. The one thing I say back is...don't give up because there is still one who is looking for someone just like YOU! Dating can be seen as a challenge - or dating can be seen as fun. It just depends how you look at it. An article I recently found said that today is the day of CHOICE. You can write your list and you can expect to find someone to fit it. You don't have to settle. That's a good ...
Episode 30: The Most Beautiful Thing About You
April 04, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWhat do YOU believe is the most beautiful thing about you? I know. If you're a woman, especially one who is inching her way beyond that 50 mark, you won't be able to say it out loud. It's not your hair - though that style is nice on you. It's not your weight - no matter how much you think you'd feel more beautiful if you lost 10 (or20) pounds. It's not your intelligence or that you can lead a meeting better than anyone else. In this podcast we're talking about what IS the most beautifu...
Episode 29: Conflict is Crazy! Use Sparkle Power to Become a Master Conflict Ninja.
March 29, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBYou can stay in your anger and watch your heart slowing closing down forever... Or you can choose the other Path - the Life Is Simple Path. And come out feeling really proud of who you are becoming...with a little Sparkle thrown in. Sparkle Power means stepping into your S.O.F.T. S Strong on the Inside O Open to new solutions (in life, in love) F Feisty, fun and feeling T True to Yourself Running into problems with people is a normal activity on the Path of Life. Opening to love ag...
Episode 29: Sparkle Power Can Transform You Into A Conflict Ninja.
March 29, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBYou can stay in your anger and watch your heart slowing closing down forever... Or you can choose the other Path - the Life Is Simple Path. And come out feeling really proud of who you are becoming...with a little Sparkle thrown in. Sparkle Power means stepping into your S.O.F.T. S Strong on the Inside O Open to new solutions (in life, in love) F Feisty, fun and feeling T True to Yourself Running into problems with people is a normal activity on the Path of Life. Opening to love ag...
Episode 28: You Matter - Your Heart Matters
March 22, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.67 MBSometimes you wonder if it even matters that your heart was so broken. Does anyone care? That's your heart speaking. And it matters. You matter. There is more to you than just heartbreak and a difficult life. And today I wanted you to think about that. Because, IF YOU'RE EVER GOING to get beyond the wall that pain can put you behind - afraid to come out because it might happen again - then you MUST get this. You have to see that there's no person vendetta against you. God is NOT using y...
Episode 27: Aim for UNSTOPPABLE!
March 15, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhat creates SPARKLE? What lights you up, attracting love TO you rather than you having to go chasing it? Wouldn't it be awesome to have permission to be FUN, FEISTY, SASSY like the Downy Un-stoppables commercial lady? Watch it here. What kind of aging do you want to do? What kind is in your heart? To Open To Love Again, you need to be True to Yourself (the 'T' in S.O.F.T.). Take a stand for who you are. Let your "Unstoppables" commercial lady out into the open and find out what you s...
Episode 26: What A Man REALLY Wants (In 4 Magic Words)
March 08, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBNo - it's not the nudge, nudge, wink, wink you may think a man wants. It's not you being totally on his side, under his thumb or never giving him grief. What a man really wants is actually something that YOU, as woman, especially beyond 50, can easily do...because you know about the heart. And THIS is about the heart. Life is Simple Remember - you ARE a heart walking your Path through life. It's as simple as that. Everything revolves around these 2 things: How you see yourself. How ...
Episode 25: F is for Feminine...The Art of Just "Being"
March 01, 2021 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBWho are you? A woman who "takes charge" all the time and avoids feeling much of the time? I call this woman "Sarah". Or a woman who feels and senses and has an amazing intuition? I call this woman "Collette". Both are amazing, capable, impressive women with big hearts. But one lives in her "head" and one lives from her "heart". Though both have use of what we call the "masculine" and "feminine" sides of us, one rarely lets the feminine show up. Which one do you think it is? In this epi...
Episode 24: At Last...My Love Has Come Along. Is My Heart Open?
February 13, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBEpisode 24: At Last...My Love Has Come Along. Is My Heart Open? Yup. Even after 50, my prayer every now and again was, "Lord...send me one of your Knights. I know you have to have some out there." Especially when it seemed so hopeless. WERE there any Knights left who would want a woman like me? Well...God didn't disappoint. And, actually, has a sense of humor. Because on a cold January night, my Knight showed up. And rescued me when my car wouldn't start. But only when I had done some w...
Episode 23: Let Your "Lowell" Out...Release Your Courage
February 08, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBDid you know you have a "Lowell" in you? Lowell is my new Hero. He's clinically blind but he ran in the Amazing Race Canada, 4th Season. I was blown away! I have learned a lot from Lowell about facing life and it's obstacles. Sometimes the Path that you and I are walking is very similar to the Amazing Race. Ever see love that way? What's the next obstacle? The next clue? You rip open the envelope and SURPRISE! There's something new you have to tackle. In this podcast, discover the "Lowel...
Episode 22: Being Strong When You Just Want To Stay In Bed
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBYou slowly wake up...you know it's time to get out of bed. But then - YOU REMEMBER. Your life is so tough. "I can't face it. I can't do it." All you want to do is pull the covers up and go back to sleep - like for 3 more days. Been there. But you know what I found out? You feel worse when you just black it all out. Keeping yourself asleep keeps your heart asleep. Hiding denies something I'm going to tell you about from ever getting out there and proving that YOU have a reason - even a ri...
Episode 21: Find Your Softness In Your Strength
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBSo this Sleeping Beauty princess...how do you think she reacted once she realized what happened to her and woke up? Did she shrink back and become very afraid of life? Or do you think, in typical Disney Princess style, that she pulled her shoulders back, lifted her chin, straightened her crown and determined that she would not let anything like that happen to her again - nor to the people she loved? As they say, "Our greatest impact comes form our greatest pain." (or something like that) ...
Episode 20: Love Is Seeing Him, Accepting Him, Giving Him Room To Be Who He Is
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBDid you know that you can actually deepen love through the eyes? One of the most fun, romantic, juicy times of dating is when you can't look away, right? Words stop. You get that flutter happening in the pit of your stomach and it's like time stands still. Secret: Keep that kind of gazing up (it's called the Soul Gaze) and it will reveal to you all that is needed to touch that man deeply where it matters most...for now and always. Seeing and being seen are two of the most important cures...
Episode 19: What IF you could simply spread your wings and fly?
January 14, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBYou WERE meant to fly. You were not meant to stay small, hiding because you've been hurt before and you're afraid now that it will happen again. The Story, "I can't help it. It's just the way I am" is not gonna work for you if you're ever going to bring out the magic that's been planted in your heart. The world needs you and what's on your heart. Those you love - the ONE you love or will love - needs you to show up exactly as you are... heart full of love. Giving. Contributing. Supp...
Episode 18: How To Stop Being the Victim and Start Being Courageous
January 09, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBHave you ever had someone's words absolutely CRUSH your heart? It can happen anywhere along the Path of our life but particularly when it comes to love. You are vulnerable because our hearts reach for love our whole lives long. What do you do with that? You tell yourself a Story and, if you're not careful, your Story becomes a permanent song you sing. "This always happens to me". "I'm not meant for love". "I'm just not the kind of person who finds love." This is not true for you. Thi...
Episode 17: Think You're Not Enough? Wrong! You Have Treasure In You
January 07, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBSomebody comes along as you're walking your Path...living your life, doing your best. And they blow your world apart. What do you do? Well... if you're like me you tell yourself a Story. Like...I guess I'm not enough. That's just one choice. You could also wave the Magic Wand and flip that Story to the other side - and see life from an entirely different perspective. You, m'Lady, have a Treasure Chest filled with amazingness inside that incredible heart of yours. And that's the secret - ...
Ep 16: NEVER Too Old to Become a Flight Attendant (or whatever lights you up)
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBYou know this, right? YOU can do anything you set your mind to. That's where the magic happens. Even if you're a woman who is 50 and hiding behind her "I'm not enough" Story. I have 3 women who have become my heroes. I don't know any of them personally but I admire them with all my heart because they ignored the "age" thing and took on the world. Their biggest accomplishments came AFTER they were 70, 80 and 90. Yup! For real! Listen and be amazed. And know...YOU are powerful beyond meas...
Episode 15: You go girl! No More Crumbs - No More Big But
December 31, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBHow many times has someone hurt you? What has happened to your heart, as a result? Even though you have SO MUCH love to give inside, you end up closing up and deciding it just isn't worth it. What IF there was a way to stand strong but stay soft? What IF you could open your heart wide AND be the one to decide if you let someone back in there or not? With confidence. With courage. With the joy of just being who you are and deciding to love somebody because you simply can? Here's what I d...
Episode 14: What You Can Learn From A Hallmark Movie (& it's not cheesy)
December 28, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBHave you ever noticed how every Hallmark movie has a pattern? You can predict exactly what's going to happen but we love them anyway because we LOVE love. Despite the fact that maybe you can only watch so many in a row, there is something you can learn from the love we see in these movies that can apply to us in real life. And it's actually a comforting, reassuring fact with a message that tells you... Yes! You can do this. You can find love and you can make it work. There's a secret he...
Episode 13: 4 Steps and Poof! You're back at Love's Door.
December 21, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBEven a feisty, fabulous Beyond 50 woman needs guidance sometimes. You may have a lot of great things going on in your life - but love might not be one of them. We lose our hearts sometimes - along with our trust, our confidence and our certainty. Which way to go? How do you rebuild trust when you're afraid of being hurt again? There's a Path. A bridge of 4 steps or Open Phases, I call them. If you work follow them, they will lead back into the arms of a good man. I know. Looking back, i...
Episode 12: The 5 Stories the Fiery FEAR Dragon Will Tell You To Keep You From Dreaming
December 17, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBLove is what keeps your heart warm like sitting beside a fireplace, sipping hot chocolate, all snuggled up with your grandbaby. Love is also found in the romantic dance that we dance with the partner who sees us, cares about us, want to see us happy and fulfilled in this life. And would die to make that happen. It's a normal, natural desire to want and cherish that kind of love, too. But one thing stops us. The FEAR that jumps out at as after someone has hurt us. It's as if we prick o...