Is it really midlife if you are just getting started? I bet you caught yourself telling yourself it’s too late to change careers, master something new, reinvent yourself, or just be daring...but wait - what was that? YES! You remembered that you're one smart cookie who can choose what you want. I'm your host, Allison Hare and I interview remarkable people who are doing it differently and IT’S WORKING. We discuss timeless, and new ways to approach our modern lives as late bloomers. And here’s ...
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REDESIGNING MIDLIFE | Workout Motivation Over 50, Nutrition Facts, Health & Wellness, Fitness, Exercise Inspiration, Menopause Symptoms, Self-Care, Midlife Crisis
Lesley McShane | Certified Personal Trainer & Accountability Coach | Pro-Aging / Midlife Enthusiast
*It is never too late to feel AMAZING!* Welcome to the place where you are allowed to Redesign your Midlife! Are you a midlife woman craving a happier, healthier, and longer life? Are you ready to prioritize your well-being like never before? Do you find yourself yearning to shed those extra pounds, unlock the mysteries of menopause, navigate your midlife mental health challenges, or simply achieve optimal wellness? You are not alone. I'm your host Lesley McShane and I am on the same path as ...
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The Substance: The shocking horror of Aging
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Taking a decidedly hard left pivot to do a cultural deep dive into the new buzzy movie that everyone is talking about, The Substance starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, and co-produced, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. Shockingly insane, it was like nothing I ever expected and I"m not sure if I recovered. But despite the te…
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Emotional Outsourcing vs. Internal Validation with Victoria Albina
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Have you heard of emotional outsourcing? Me neither! I needed to bring this concept to you and remind us ALL to reconnect with our own powers and purpose when the world is trying to remind us that someone is wrong with us. NOPE! Not on my watch. Victoria Albina (she/her) is a Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practition…
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I've got a bone to pick with the personal development industry. I think you deserve better. And I'm going OFF on it. Timestamps: [00:00:46] Personal development dangers addressed. [00:04:52] The need for new terminology. [00:10:01] Healing vs. Being Broken. [00:16:41] The comparison trap in parenting. [00:18:06] Outgrowing your container. [00:30:17…
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Rethinking Perfectionism: What type are you with Katherine Morgan Schafler Replay
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Where are my fellow control freaks? Such an interesting and way more helpful perspective to rethink and redefine perfectionism. You know when you read a book and it’s so groundbreaking and helpful, you can’t help but tell all your friends, post about it? Well, I was the recipient of essentially being attacked on all sides that I needed to read this…
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Easy lessons learned the hard way: my first 1/2 marathon!
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Training for my first half marathon is no joke. It was a wild ride with unexpected lessons learned along the way and I thought I would document it on Late Learner podcast as I continue to over-share my personal life for your critique, amusement, and benefit. Here's a recap of the episode: 1⃣ Learn a way to identify the right people to help support …
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Stereotypes, social identities, and belonging with Dr. Jay Van Bavel
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Allison continues her series on belonging, talking to Dr. Jay Van Bavel about social identities, stereotypes, and exploring the truth behind our deep need to belong. How do we identify with others? What groups do feel safe with and which ones are considered threats? These are all questions that are important to our lives, our views on the world aro…
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Psychology of How Minds Change with David McRaney Replay
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Allison talks with author and researcher David McRaney about the nature of changing minds and how to get through to someone who seemingly won't bend their beliefs. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: What happens in our brains when we change our mind How opposite opinions can connect What to do when you want to change someone's mind Difference between attitude, be…
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Decoding Adolescents with Cindy Robinson Replay
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Scrap everything you've been taught about parenting. This is a totally fresh approach. The adolescent and teen years are SO difficult. Any way to make this easier? How do you decode what's happening with your child and how to process it. I am so proud to bring this important episode to you with parent and teen coach, Cindy Robinson. Topics covered:…
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School is IN! Can you raise your kids like Stranger Things? with Cindy Robinson (replay)
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What if you rewound the parenting clock back to the 80's TODAY? A recent article has gone viral about a healthier universe not only for our kids, but for us as parents if we adopted the "let go of the reins" and let the kids rule their world. Our favorite unconventional, yet surprisingly logical (and always right when I try her methods IRL) parent …
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Life Updates, raw confessions, and Podcast changes
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It's been a minute since I did a raw life update. Big changes, revelations, and news you can use. I decided to take a totally different approach to this one and would love your feedback on how it lands for you! Timestamps: 00:03:04 - Life Lessons and Updates 00:05:34 - Building a Coaching Practice 00:06:04 - Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster 00:09:25 …
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Disrupting an industry - groundbreaking photographer Jeremy Cowart
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When you get your picture taken, you probably think about being happy, polished, put together, you at your best self. You might even groan at the thought of getting new obligatory head shots for work or LinkedIn or social media or even have some stress over how you look for something celebratory like a graduation or wedding. But what if you got you…
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4th of July SPECIAL: America, you in danger, girl
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America, you in danger, girl! In this special 4th of July episode of the Late Learner Podcast, I take on the big issues around our freedoms in the U.S., especially with recent political events and Supreme Court rulings. I start with a look at the meaning of Independence Day and the freedoms our ancestors fought for, but also voice my worries about …
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Work happy hours - OUT; Real Talk - IN! Revamping biz relationships with Barb Betts
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The days of transactional business relationships and tired golf outings and happy hours just seem a little stale. And not only that, I think we are craving more of a blend to get to know people we do business with as humans. So how do you change the game of your business relationships? Well, I searched and I found THE most perfect person to help us…
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My mother died on June 11, 2021. On the 3rd anniversary of her passing, I am re-releasing the most personal episode I've ever done that captured the moment and the biggest life lessons I learned in her last 6 months. Also, I did a follow-up episode with Kris Jones after the passing of her mom where we discussed how complicated relationships are wit…
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3 ways to enjoy summer when you're burned out
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Work + summer + vacations + kids + pool trips + parties + camps + + + + aaaaahhhh! Summer is a LOT of work! I don't want you to miss the best parts of it by being too depleted to actually restore. You've done everything to make sure your kids have all the best moments this summer - but in the meantime, you're missing ALL the moments because you are…
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Why High Performers Struggle with Relationships with Jason VanRuler
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Why do high performers seem to struggle with their personal relationships? Our guest today is Jason VanRuler, a licensed therapist and author of "Get Past Your Past." Jason provides eye-opening insights into why high performers often struggle with personal relationships. He explains that while high performers excel in business by applying certain s…
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To Podcast or NOT to Podcast: when is it a dumb idea?
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Podcasting is great and all but it's NOT for everyone. Have you been on the fence about starting yours? Or started and got stuck or overwhelmed along the way? I put together 3 major reasons NOT to podcast so you can be clear either way and move ON or move FORWARD. Timestamps: 00:00:35 - The Appeal of Starting a Podcast 00:01:59 - Podcasting's Growt…
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Dealing With Elevated Stress & Cortisol Levels? | Why Working Out Could Be The Solution You Are Searching For
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Do you wear your stress like a heavy jacket that you never take off? Does it keep you from doing the things you know you need to do for your midlife health? Does it cause you stress eat or skip your workouts? You wouldn't be alone. Being stressed and skipping workouts is a vicious cycle. One you need to break. Because when you workout, your stress …
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Your Weekly BOOST | Don't Get Mad, Don't Quit, & PREPARE For When You Feel You Can't | Your Midlife HEALTH Needs You
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Have you ever had a pact with someone else like a family member or a friend, that you were going to do something together - to lose weight, to train for an event or trip, but then you ended up quitting and she didn't and reached her goal? And you didn't. I’m here to tell you that if YOU don’t do it, someone else will. And you’ll be pissed. But I as…
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Moms in Charge: Redefining Motherhood & Community with Boss Mom's Dana Malstaff
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Sheesh! As moms who are juggling our families, our selves, our businesses, and everything else under the sun, the state of motherhood is shifting in a new way. My guest, Dana Malstaff, founder of the big and beloved Boss Mom community, podcast, book, and business has a very unique perspective that will change everything for you. Building a communit…
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Need Midlife Motivation To Commit To Overall Health? | If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It
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Why do so many – and not just midlife women – struggle with their health, with their fitness, with making nutrition a priority? Especially when they know that focusing on these things will bring them overall vitality and longer life? I’ll tell you why. Because it is hard to do all the right things, especially when we’ve been conditioned that things…
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Monday Motivational Musing | Are You Making Your Workout and Health Goals Too Big Of A Deal? | STOP!
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In this episode, I am challenging the conventional wisdom around health journeys, urging all of you not to turn them into grand declarations. Instead of broadcasting every step, I suggest a quieter, more effective approach: simply commit to yourself and take action without fanfare. By avoiding the pressure of public announcements progress becomes m…
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A new social media strategy for Gen X with Chelsea Peitz
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Social media for Gen X? More heart and humanity, less hacks and hustle? YES PLEASE! Chelsea Peitz is my guest today and she's flipping everything we know about social media on its head and creating a MUCH more productive space to connect and create meaningful relationships. I can't wait for you to hear this! She's SO refreshing and real. Timestamps…
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Your Monday Inspiration | Don't Let The Scale Lie To You - All Progress Moves The Needle
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I've had the privilege of witnessing the ebbs and flows of countless women on their midlife health journeys. One undeniable truth that emerges time and again is the rollercoaster of emotions tied to progress, especially when it comes to weight. Week by week, I've seen elation morph into frustration at the slightest deviation from expectations on th…
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Mindset Matters | Take Your Midlife Health To The Next Level When You Watch Your Words And "Never Say Never"
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In today's motivational episode, I'm diving into the power of our mindset and the impact of words on our beliefs and actions. It's easy to fall into the trap of saying "I'll never," but let's challenge that notion together. By reframing our mindset and embracing the possibility of "I can," we open ourselves up to a world of potential. Join me as we…
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Late diagnosis, high-functioning, high masking ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with Cindy Robinson
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Genius or ASD? In this episode of the Late Learner Podcast, Allison Hare and guest Cindy Robinson discuss being diagnosed later in life with ADHD and ASD. We explore topics like high masking, setting the record straight on why we shouldn't say high or low functioning, and as always, bringing a fresh perspective. We are challenging old paradigms and…
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Too Tired, No Energy To Workout? | SPOILER ALERT: Exercise Energizes And Boosts Your Mood
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No one has to tell me how hard it is to get in a workout early in the morning before work or in the late afternoon when you’ve been working all day. I am right there with you. But did you know that exercise increases your heart rate and blood flow, making you feel awake – more energized? Now you do! The thing is, you have to go get it. No one can g…
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SPRING Is For New Beginnings | Even For Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition | CHALLENGE Yourself This Month
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Winter is over, and so are the excuses of why we haven’t committed to our health during this time. Start your spring by recommitting to yourself. Pick something you want to focus on doing or cutting out through April. Master that. Then add to it the next month. It's amazing what small changes can do when performed consistently. I'm right here with …
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To cut or not to cut: Plastic surgery and culture with Dr. Louis DeJoseph
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What do you do when you look in the mirror and gravity has stricken your once very youthful high and tight face? Not gonna lie - it’s a beeeyach. It can really mess with you. And it’s no secret that our society for centuries and centuries has put premium value on youth as a moral imperative to beauty. And wherever you may stand on plastic surgery, …
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Hello MONDAY! | Your MOTIVATING MOOD | You Are Aging - Get Over It
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The realization is that you are aging, whether you like it or not. There is no going back in time to what you may consider better days in your health. But instead of mourning those days, let’s write a new story for ourselves and for our bodies. Let’s get over the fact that aging happens, but be happy and grateful that we’re still here, and move on …
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[REPLAY] MOTIVATING Your Monday | DON'T QUIT Before You Get To The Corner - That's Where The Rewards Are
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Welcome to a MOTIVATIONAL REPLAY this week. Motivational words don't have an expiration, so I'm sharing these with you again this week. You may be so close and don't even know it. Here's a goose to get you ALL THE WAY to the corner where those reward are waiting! Go get it my friend! And know that I am here with you to make sure you get there. If y…
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Pro aging and debunking skin and beauty myths with Dr. Mary Alice Mina
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What are the skincare and beauty trends that are useful and effective and which ones are marketing gimmicks feeding into a $104B industry? Silicone patches, infrared masks, simplified skincare, what do you actually need? What does it look like to move away from anti-aging rhetoric and move towards pro-aging. The beauty industry has truly shaped our…
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WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? | Questions To Motivate & Fire Up Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition
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If we sat down across from each other and I asked you point blank "What do you really want in and from your midlife health, in your fitness, in your nutrition?" - would you have a good, solid answer? Do you even KNOW what you want? Today we're talking about digging in and digging down on those those. Giving ourselves ammunition to motivate us to ma…
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Answer This Question | Are You Lying To Yourself? | MOTIVATING Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition
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There are many that think they are doing what they should be doing and making all the right decisions when it comes to their midlife fitness and nutrition. But how many lies are the telling themselves? "I deserve this cookie". "I worked out yesterday so I don't have to do it today." "I lifted weights. They were only 1pounders, but they count." "Thi…
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Better Together: 5 Uncommon Love Tips for a rock solid relationship
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Everything we've been taught about relationships is totally outdated and can even create more unnecessary shame. Host Allison Hare shares relationship secrets that are not commonly known and discusses how they can work like magic. This episode is a powerful guidebook for those looking to revive their relationship or set a totally new standard for a…
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You Don't Have To Do It All Today | MOTIVATING CHANGES In Your Midlife Health 1% At A Time
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Are you familiar with the old navigator’s 1 in 60 rule? This is the rule that says that if you deviate just 1 degree from a path, which seems in consequential, in 60 miles you will be 1 mile off course. And a mile off course really is a big deal. We're taking this rule and put it in terms of fitness and nutrition. What good are 1% changes in your f…
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Motivating Your Monday | WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE If You Don't Workout During The Winter?
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Let me ask you...what have you got to lose if you don’t get that body in motion – EVEN when it is cold and dreary outside? Everything. You could lose everything – your physical health and your mental health. So make sure it isn't a choice, it's just something you do. Get that midlife body moving my friend! Find me on my Website: https://www.lesleyl…
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RELATIONSHIP GOALS For 2024 | 6 Ways To Reconnect With Your Spouse In Midlife | FNBB 111
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Most couples have a heaps of unrealized potential in their relationship, but it takes a lifetime of sharing and caring to achieve it. You could be standing on the edge of a complete breakdown of your relationship if you don't tend to it every day. But you could also be getting ready to embark on some of the most amazing days together, so it is wort…
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Rethinking Perfectionism: what kind are you? Katherine Morgan Schafler
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Where are my fellow control freaks? Such an interesting and way more helpful perspective to rethink and redefine perfectionism. You know when you read a book and it’s so groundbreaking and helpful, you can’t help but tell all your friends, post about it? Well, I was the recipient of essentially being attacked on all sides that I needed to read this…
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Cue The Confetti! | REDESIGNING MIDLIFE Turns THREE | All The Health & Wellness Highlights To Get Your Midlife Moving
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How can it be THREE YEARS already!? Are you ready for "The Best Of Redesigning Midlife" - Year Three? I have many, many great tidbits from all of my guests this year. We're talking midlife health, we're talking midlife fitness, midlife nutrition, and we're talking midlife overall wellness for body and soul. Thank you for your support over the last …
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MOTIVATING Your MOVEMENT This Week | Be Okay With Your Overwhelm & Take The First Step
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If you have a LONG WAY to go in your midlife fitness journey, you may feel overwhelmed with the whole thing. But I'm encouraging you to get comfortable with that overwhelm and just start somewhere, anywhere. Because there is no such thing as a "right" first step. There are just first steps. Pick one. And then GET UP and GET THAT BODY MOVING. Make t…
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Using Emotion To Fuel Your Midlife Health Journey | 7 Reasons WHY You Should Start Prioritizing Yourself Today
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You know all the rational reasons WHY you should start taking care of your health in midlife, but you still don't. Maybe it's because your brain has to have emotion triggered in order to make a change that you crave or desire. You'll get ot the rational reasons, but you need that emotional reason to just take the first step. Today, I've got 7 emoti…
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Your Weekly FITNESS INSPIRATION | Be Okay With Not Being (Or Feeling) 20 Anymore
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We have certain ideas of how we "think" we should feel or perform in our workouts at our age. But bottom line: We will never feel the same way we did when we were 20. We won't be able to throw as far, run as fast, hit as hard - and so on and so on. You have to learn to be okay with that and work to just be as fit as you can for the age you are. You…
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Emotionally Uncomfortable to feeling good with Heather Chauvin
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Energetic time management, over capacity, toxic motherhood, rethinking, emotional intelligence, identity death, OH MY! Heather Chauvin, a leadership coach and strategic parenting expert is my guest today and we are giving you the tools you need and discussing shifting identities and the process of letting go and rebuilding. Heather shares her uniqu…
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What You Need To Put Your HEALTH FIRST | Make DESIRE, CHOICE, And COMMITMENT Work For You With Performance Coach Leah Jantzen
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Performance and Mindset Coach Leah Jantzen has heard all of the midlife excuses - I can’t. I don’t have time. It costs too much. I don’t know how. I’m too old. And on and on. She says it's time to put yourself on the hook for a change. Of course you can, change your priorities. Choosing good health doesn't cost anything. Everyone has time. And what…
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MOTIVATING Your MIDLIFE HEALTH JOURNEY | Be Okay With NOT BEING PERFECT
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Find me on my Website: https://www.lesleylmcshane.com Questions? Email me: lesley@lesleylmcshane.com FREE Guide: 4 Steps To Prioritize Your Health & Wellness This Week (And Actually Do It!) Connect with me on Instagram: Get the Redesigning Midlife Updates Find your community at the private Redesigning Midlife Facebook Group Get your MENO WELL bars …
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WHICH IS BETTER? Cardio Exercise Or Strength Training? | FNBB 111
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Want to know which I think is better in Midlife Women Health? Give Friday Night BeerBlog 111 a listen as I read my blog to Mike and he comments (too much) Get ready for a great weekend of working out - even in your house! Get that midlife body moving! Find me on my Website: https://www.lesleylmcshane.com Questions? Email me: lesley@lesleylmcshane.c…
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Needing A TRANSFORMATION In Your Midlife? | Visit CAMP REINVENTION & START LIVING | With Coaches Dana Hilmer & Wendy Perrotti
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Today I am joined by the dynamic duo, Dana Hilmer and Wendy Perrotti, from Camp Reinvention. We get into the universal experience of women in our age group hitting a crossroads, navigating an identity shift, and pondering the ever-elusive question of 'What do I want next?' The key takeaway? Changes are inevitable, but the magic happens when we choo…
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A New Year Of MONDAY MOTIVATIONS | Be Okay With STARTING AGAIN
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Your body doesn't consider you a failure if you fall off the resolution wagon. It is just happy that you are paying some attention to it. It's your own mind that is making you feel like a failure. You've got to brush that aside and just START AGAIN. And when you "fail" next time, START AGAIN, and over and over and again and again if you have to. It…
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EP203: Do Gen X women get the worst of both worlds? Dr. Whitney of Modern Mommy Doc
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In this episode of the Late Learner Podcast, host Allison Hare dives into the topic of hustle culture and its connection to Generation X. She discusses an article she read about Gen X women getting the worst of both worlds and invites Dr. Whitney Casares, also known as Modern Mommy Doc, to share her insights on the subject. Dr. Casares, a Stanford-…
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