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The Power of Connection: How Lifelong and New Friendships Boost Your Health

If you’re like many midlife women, you’re climbing the corporate ladder or maybe even thinking about slowing down into retirement or semi-retirement. You might still be raising kids, sending them off to college, adjusting to an empty nest, making time for your partner, and possibly even embracing the joys of grandparenting. With so much happening,…

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Midlife Awakening: Wake Up and Smell the Opportunities

Midlife has a bit of a reputation, doesn’t it? Traditionally, it’s been labeled with negative terms such as “midlife crisis,” which are often accompanied by impulsive purchases, dramatic makeovers, and restless searches for lost youth. But what if you looked at midlife as less of a crisis and more like a new chapter full of…

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Broadening Your Perspective Can Enhance Your Life

When you’re in the thick of midlife, it can feel like you’re navigating a maze with no exit in sight. What if the way out isn’t just forward, but upwards? By broadening your perspective, you will break free from the limitations holding you back. You will find more joy as you discover more pathways out…

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Habit Stacking Ideas to Make Reaching Goals Easier

I’ve always been someone who sets goals. Not to be confused with someone who always reaches their goals. Like many of you, I’m a work in progress. Over time, I’ve discovered a little trick that has helped me achieve some of my most important goals. We’re talking flossing more (dental hygiene is no joke), strength…

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Benefits of Strength Training for Women Over 40

If you’re like me, to lose weight or stay fit when you were younger, you were part of the ’70s and ’80s cardio workout craze. By the mid-1980s, 22 million Americans were doing aerobics, mostly women, and I was one of them (insert leg warmers here and the song ‘Physical’ by Olivia Newton-John). I didn’t…

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How to Trust You Can Honor Your Hunger

If you’re someone who has been on and off diets your entire life, it may be very difficult to trust your body’s hunger cues. Intuitive Eating has 10 guidelines and honoring your hunger is an important one of them. It sounds easy for some people but, for others, it can be quite challenging if you…

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Self-Compassion Affirmations for Midlife

Midlife and the hustle and bustle of daily life can make it difficult to practice self-compassion. Many of you are probably pretty overwhelmed and busy with all of your responsibilities. Using self-compassion affirmations — inspirational quotes or positive statements — is a wonderful way to embrace a more positive way of thinking. They quickly remind…

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How to Heal a Dysregulated Nervous System

It should come as no surprise to many of you that we are a society that is stressed out! Research shows that most adults report feeling a stress level of ‘5’ on a scale of 1 to 10 each day. (Honestly, I’m surprised it’s not higher). Sadly, 27% of adults admit to being so stressed…