#202 Navigate Holiday Temptations With Intermittent Fasting
Pursue Your Spark - Midlife Health & Confidence, Menopause Support, Empty Nest Confidence
Release Date: 12/14/2023
243. How to Reset After Summer Without Diets or Guilt
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After a season of rosĂŠ, ice cream, and skipped workouts, many women feel the urge to âstart over.â But hereâs the truth: restriction and guilt arenât the answer. Instead of punishing yourself for summer indulgences, you can embrace a different approachâone that feels empowering, sustainable, and kind. Thatâs exactly what I share in my new post, Reset After Summer: A Midlife Healthy Eating Guide. This isnât about diets, detoxes, or a perfect Monday plan. Itâs about creating a realistic reset for midlife womenâone rooted in food freedom, energy, and confidence. A healthy...
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242. Holistic Psychology for Stress Relief: Bridging Eastern and Western Healing/ Tatiana Miller
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Ever been told âitâs all in your headâ when you know your body is asking for help? That disconnect is more than frustratingâitâs often the very thing that deepens our stress, amplifies burnout, and keeps us stuck. In Episode 242: Holistic Psychology for Stress Relief: Bridging Eastern and Western Healing, I sit down with holistic psychologist Tatiana Miller to explore what happens when we stop chasing symptoms and start listening to our whole selves. Tatianaâs story is powerfulâfrom years of being dismissed by Western doctors to discovering healing through yoga,...
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241. The Confidence Gap No One Talks About
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Ever walk away from a conversation thinking, âWhy didnât I just say what I meant?â That gut punch isnât just frustrationâitâs a sign of something deeper. In episode 241, The Confidence Gap No One Talks About, we unpack why so many midlife women silence themselvesâand how to break that cycle. This episode is about power. The quiet kind. The kind you feel when you reclaim your voice in midlife and finally say what you mean. We explore what the confidence gap really looks like. Itâs not always obvious. Sometimes it hides behind people-pleasing, over-explaining, or...
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240. From Trauma To Times Square/ Amy Thurman
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Sometimes the most powerful journeys begin not with a step forward, but with a fall that forces you to rise differently. Amy Thurmanâs life changed in an instant after a traumatic brain injury left her unable to walk, talk, or see clearly. In Episode 240: From Trauma to Times Square, Amy shares her raw and remarkable story of healing and personal growth in midlife. But her story isnât just about recoveryâitâs about rediscovering purpose and becoming a guide for others. Now a speaker, author, and founder of the Mirror Collective, Amy created the âPolish the Mirrorâ framework to...
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239. Why Overthinking Keeps You Stuck in Midlife
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You know that moment when youâre standing in the kitchen, staring at two different snacks, and you just canât decide? Itâs not really about the snack. Itâs the mental spiral thatâs running the show. In midlife, overthinking becomes the default. Youâre juggling shifting roles, changing bodies, and trying to keep up with everything that used to feel automatic. But now? Every decision feels heavier. Youâre constantly planning, researching, second-guessing⌠and feeling more stuck than ever. In episode 239, âWhy Overthinking Keeps You Stuck in Midlife,â we explore how...
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238. Navigating the Empty Nest Transition / Anthony Damaschino
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What happens after the kids leave? For many parents, the empty nest phase brings a flood of emotionsârelief, sadness, confusion, even identity loss. But what if this transition could be your most powerful opportunity for growth, reconnection, and joy? In Episode 238: Navigating the Empty Nest Transition, I sit down with award-winning author Anthony Damaschino, whose Empty Nest Blueprint books offer wisdom, humor, and practical advice for parents ready to reclaim their spark. A former HR executive, father of three, and now a full-time advocate for thriving in midlife, Anthony shares...
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237. Whatâs Secretly Draining Your Energy in Midlife
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Youâre doing all the ârightâ thingsâgetting enough sleep, eating healthy, even squeezing in workoutsâbut you still feel tired all the time. Sound familiar? In Episode 237: Whatâs Secretly Draining Your Energy in Midlife, weâre uncovering whatâs really behind that constant fatigueâand why more effort isnât the answer. Midlife women are often told to try harder. Sleep more. Eat cleaner. Push through. But hereâs the truth: your exhaustion might not be about what youâre doingâitâs about whatâs quietly draining you. These are energy leaksâthe hidden mental,...
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236. Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship with Confidence / Marta Spirk
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What happens when life throws you a curveball you never saw coming, like becoming a mom to triplets? For Marta Spirk, it wasnât the end of her identity. It was the beginning of something powerful. In Episode 236: Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship with Confidence, Marta shares how navigating life with three newborns became the catalyst for her business journey and how she now helps other women do the same. Marta is a business coach, TEDx speaker, and author of The Empowered Woman: The Ultimate Roadmap to Business Success. In this episode, she opens up about the reality of...
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235. Struggling with fitness after 50, find your WHY first
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You start strong, full of motivation. Then life happens. You get busy, tired, or just lose steam. Before you know it, youâre back at square one, wondering why fitness after 50 feels so hard. In episode 235 of the podcast, Struggling with Fitness After 50? Find Your WHY First, weâre uncovering the real reason consistency feels impossibleâand how finding your WHY can change everything. The problem isnât willpower. Itâs clarity. Staying consistent will always be a struggle if you donât know why movement matters. But when you connect fitness to something bigger, it becomes...
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234. Caregiving, Parkinsonâs, and a Sonâs Mission / Dr. George Ackerman
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What if your biggest heartbreak became your most extraordinary mission? After losing his mother to Parkinsonâs, Dr. George Ackerman turned grief into purposeâcreating a movement thatâs shaking up awareness around this devastating disease. In this powerful episode, George shares what Parkinsonâs looks like, what most caregivers never talk about, and why his mission, Together for Sharon, inspires a global fight for change. Youâll hear his full story in Episode 234: Caregiving, Parkinsonâs, and a Sonâs Mission. George opens up about the early signs of Parkinsonâs disease are...
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