Life Makeovers

So many of you express feeling lonely in midlife, so today Cindy discusses the three pillars of loneliness addressed in Teal Swan’s book, The Anatomy of Loneliness, what they are, how they develop, and what you can do about it. She lists the most common relationship fears and why being authentic and intimately knowing yourself is the answer. 

With midlife comes all kinds of losses, whether it’s the empty nest, divorce, loss of job, financial ruin, a health diagnosis, or death of a loved one. Therefore learning how to navigate the whirlwind of change and dramatic emotions that come along with them is imperative. Listen in to find out Cindy’s best recommendations for handling the rollercoaster ride of loss and how to discover who you are now and what you want as you move forward again. 

The days are longer, the birds are singing again, and you may be starting to look around your house and feel a strong desire to declutter or do a deep cleaning of some kind. Today, Cindy addresses some of the best approaches to doing just that but goes further to offer several additional ways you can spring clean your mind and your life, all with the intention of making your life easier, flowing better, and stopping the overwhelm. 

Want to find out the foundation of your health? Listen to today’s interview with Dr. Sally Good, who teaches about both of our brains (Who knew ~ I thought we just had one!?), and all things nutrition, intuition, stress management, prevention of cognitive decline and more. You may be surprised to find out something you do every day that takes less than two minutes can actually prevent dementia. 

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Just imagine what an old set of flatware and the upcoming summer Olympics might have in common! Sounds odd, but listen in to hear Cindy’s thoughts on authenticity, worth, and being 100% committed to the process of healing yourself from within. She explains where the trouble begins for most of us, how it plays out later in our lives, signs we are off track, and what to do to get in alignment for good. 

Today Cindy shares the work of Jamie Kerns Lima, author of the new book, Worthy, which teaches the importance of self-worth and the lies you tell yourself that keep you from feeling your worth. Cindy admits some of the ways she has been affected by these lies telling stories that prove their effect. Learn the key to raising your self-worth so you can create the life you truly want.

What is your vision for your life? Are you living it? The challenges that arise in midlife can be jarring at best which sometimes leads you down a path of hopelessness about the future. Today Cindy shares her vision for you, specific ways you can be happier and healthier, and offers a path to get you there. 

What are you not seeing that’s right in front of you? What are you missing in your life? Today Cindy shares a personal story that brought her to her knees literally, but what came out of the experience were wonderful lessons and powerful questions she believes can be life-changing for all of you. Listen in to hear how something tiny and precious brought to light wisdom to help you drop your worries once and for all.

With Leap Year upon us, Cindy talks about what it means to leap in midlife, what it could look like, and what might be holding you back from making changes you desperately want to make. She tells several stories of real people taking leaps in their lives out of urgency, necessity, or desire. Although she understands leaping takes courage, she challenges us by asking, “What if you don’t change anything?” 

With the new year in the distance now, many of you have lost track of your resolutions or given up on your goals. Change is difficult for most people. Listen in to learn about habit stacking, a new term Cindy recently heard that helps you integrate new behaviors with routine ones, making it easier to accomplish those things most important to you.

It’s Valentine’s Day, so Cindy decided to share her wedding vows with you with a twist! How would your life and relationships be better if you were to vow to love and support yourself every day in every way you can imagine? She also discusses making ourselves victims and others villains and what to do instead. Relationships with others can be challenging. It is important to remember our most effective place of power to change is in our own behavior rather than blaming others with the goal of changing them. 

One of the things women in midlife struggle with the most is aging. But what if you are making it harder than it needs to be?  Listen to hear common fears that come with age, ways to look beyond them by using the gifts of aging, and examples of women who are showing us the way. 

Recently Cindy spent a quiet weekend at home hunkered down due to winter weather in her area. Listen in to hear what she did and why it felt so good. Ironically, shortly after the weekend ended, she learned about four universal healing practices common with indigenous groups all over the world. You might be surprised what these simple practices are and how they can promote your health. 

Do you ever find yourself rigid, inflexible, and unwilling to see or do things a different way? Sometimes we have such strong expectations and ideas of how people ought to be or how life should go that we can miss opportunities to understand others and experience more joy. Listen in to hear what a sway bar is and what it can teach us to bring us greater ease.

Today Cindy shares some indicators that a partnership is generally healthy with what she calls “the normal human factor” of some conflict versus indicators that your partner is abusive and you may be in physical, sexual, or psychological danger. She says one of her favorite resources on the topic of love and relationships to help with the discussion.

How do you measure success? What brings you to wealth and wellness in your life? Listen in to Cindy’s conversation with all-things-amazing, 77 year old Anne Sagendorph-Moon, who shares her radical take on business, social media, aging, color and more. Together they discuss the difference between beauty and radiance, the importance of wisdom and experience, and who your best guru really is. 

To start the year off strong, Cindy offers four ideas to implement that can get you on a path to your best life one step at a time. Find out the easiest way to examine six main areas of your life and the powerful question you can ask yourself to get moving on everything you want. 

As the year comes to a close, Cindy encourages you to spend some time capturing what this year really meant for you and how it can move you forward into the new year. Listen in to hear how to use the four r’s as a tool to make the most of this experience.

You’ve all done all of these, and you know they aren’t healthy or helping you. But did you also realize they are confidence killers? Listen in to hear what these are and how you can handle them differently and get that confidence back on track. 

Cindy heard a new word recently…seriosity, a.k.a. “the state of taking yourself or your life too seriously.”With everything happening in the world, it’s easy to get caught up in worry, anxiety, and stress. And sometimes on top of that, you are your own worst enemy. All the more reason to make certain you are having fun and enjoying the simple things. 

As you look over different areas of your life, notice where you are struggling the most. This is draining and may be a call to put up stronger boundaries. Listen in to hear how Cindy recently had to learn another tough lesson in boundary setting herself and see how it might inspire you to make a positive change for yourself.

On any given day, you can have all kinds of conditions, situations, or experiences that zap your energy. Depression, anxiety/worry, and stress show up often. Listen in to hear some very practical ways to navigate these common energy zappers and begin to get your energy back at the same time. 

When you consider putting your own happiness and health at the top of your list, you wonder if that is selfish. What if your personal peace, joy, and life satisfaction was about more than you? Because, guess what, it is! Listen in to hear highlights from Cindy’s recent conversation with one of her former clients to find out more about this concept and other gems that came forth.

Today, Cindy interviews a former coaching client of hers, Melissa Snoots, who is a nurse and reiki master. She shares how she transitioned from losing everything to opening herself up to more, investing in herself, and finding a way of life she truly loves. Listen in to hear her advice about self-talk, the importance of using our intuition, and recognizing how much we matter. 

Today Cindy discusses the tricky balance between loving others, wanting to please them, and having our own needs in the mix as well. Cindy offers powerful questions to ask yourself about your own relationship behavior and what to do if you are consistently struggling to feel acknowledged. 

It’s really quite simple ~ creating a quality of life comes down to being honest about who you are, what you want, and what you need, and allowing yourself to go after those things. Listening to yourself and holding on to your authenticity will lead you personally and professionally toward the life you really want. 

Challenges, struggles, and downright traumatic events can be extremely difficult to manage. Sometimes it’s hard to believe anything good can come from such situations. Today, Cindy shares a light-hearted discomfort she is experiencing and a wonderful metaphor she recently read that reminded her to always look for the good that can come out of tough times, big or small. 

Cindy highlights some of the main takeaways from Wednesday’s interview with Alissa Bicker, The Consultress, reminding us that with every obstacle comes opportunity. They also encourage us to honor our feelings no matter what while finding a way to live at the frequency of love or above as much as possible. 

How do you turn midlife obstacles into opportunities? On the first birthday of the podcast, Cindy interviews Alissa Bickar, “The Consultress” who shares her journey from grief and despair to freedom, clarity, and joy.

Today Cindy shares two things you can incorporate in your life right now to set the stage for a strong new year.  What do you think they are?

Today Cindy talks about a new way to understand you are more than enough just as you are and some of the ideas you will need to let go of and ways you can approach the logistics of your life differently so you can get behind this once and for all and stop judging yourself for what isn’t happening or what you aren’t doing perfectly if at all. 

By midlife, many women have forgotten their dreams or think it’s too late to dream again. Therefore, we have several ways we sabotage the possibilities for our future. Check out this episode to find out what Mel Robbins has to say about keeping our dreams at bay and try out a simple journaling activity Cindy suggests to get you dreaming again.

As a follow up to Wednesday’s podcast with author Kimberly K. French, Cindy reviews her S.T.A.B.L.E. formula for dealing with difficult or unexpected events in our lives.

Today Cindy interviews Kimberly K. French, author of Unexpected Pivots. Listen in to hear the author’s definition of pivoting and her six step method of navigating these events most successfully.

Isn’t it funny how the most insignificant moments in life can actually remind us of something we really need to remember? Today Cindy shares what came to her mind when she was attempting to help a fly escape the inside of her house and what we can all learn from this experience.

For her final thought this week, Cindy shares something that caught her eye on Instagram…the idea of noticing moments of peace, love, and gratitude in your life (positive emotional reactions) versus only those times we have strong negative reactions. 

Are you trying to guess? I wouldn’t. But listen in, because Cindy shares the thread between these three things and how they all represent a way to make your life better right now. 

Listen in to hear what this acronym means to someone Cindy recently heard speak and how we can use it to help us feel better about ourselves and in our relationships.

Find out the four words Cindy keeps front of mind to help create the life she truly wants. Use this episode to create your own words that can guide your life to be everything you can imagine for yourself. 

Like many of you, Cindy has struggled with her weight and her relationship with her body for years. Today she is sharing something new she has incorporated into her life that has been a total game changer! Her sugar cravings are gone, weight is dropping off, and she is sleeping even better. Listen in to hear more. 

For her final thought this week, Cindy discusses the importance of experiencing pleasure every day, several times a day with easily accessible things instead of just holding out your happiness for bigger celebratory times or when reaching a larger goal.