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Women in the Middle® is a podcast for midlife women who are ready to hear some good news about being over 50! Suzy Rosenstein, MA and Master Certified Life Coach shares the good, bad, ugly, and sometimes downright hysterical about growing older and making the changes you want to make so you don't have regrets in your second chapter. As a midlife coach for women, Suzy shares an upbeat perspective along with coaching & guidance about self-care, career boredom, career change, entrepreneur lifes ...
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EP #407: How to Find your Perfect Retirement Location with Margaret Vandergriff
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Finding your perfect retirement location in midlife can be one of the most exciting or confusing times in midlife. This episodes explores the relevant issues to consider when you make the decision to move and relocate to the location for your retirement chapter. My guest is retirement relocation expert, Margaret Vandergriff. Margaret founded Your P…
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Ep #406: What First, Then How: Midlife Clarity Hack to Get Unstuck
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Today’s episode is about a midlife clarity hack to get unstuck. It’s called “What First, Then How and it can deliver powerful results for you. So many midlife women feel stuck about what to do in their next chapter. So many midlife women also love to plan. This midlife mindfulness hack can help you get clear fast, and use that clarity to gain momen…
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EP #405: Less Stress & More Conversations About End-of-Life Planning with Marni Blank
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If you’re fortunate enough to still have your parents, you’re also likely to be aware of how you may feel a lot of overwhelm with your end-of-life planning journey. If so, you’re not alone. My interview is with Marni Blank. Marni Blank is the founder of Begin With The End. She is a recovering lawyer, mediator, death doula, and after-loss consultant…
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EP #404: Permission to Play in Midlife: Why Creativity is Self-Care in Disguise
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Today’s episode is about giving yourself permission to play with creativity in midlife because it can be self-care in disguise. It’s quite common to regret not allowing yourself to be happy. Nobody wants regrets in life. Having increased awareness about your thoughts related to what makes you happy and how creativity can help your happiness is impo…
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EP #403: “The Ethel” from AARP: Giving a Voice To Women 50+ To Navigate Loneliness
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Loneliness is a common experience for older women. Today's interview is with two women who are involved with AARP’s Ethel Gathering Groups, an initiative that is working well to help navigate loneliness with women over 50. Lisa Marcellino, who, after facing isolation following her divorce and while caregiving for her parents, found a powerful sense…
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Ep #402: Why I Finally Said Yes to a CPAP After Years of Snoring & Resistance
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Today’s episode is about snoring, sleep apnea, resistance, and your health. Specifically, I share my personal journey from being resistant to CPAP to embracing CPAP and improving my sleep and my health. When you are a woman who snores and has sleep apnea in midlife, you may not embrace CPAP as a treatment option. There are a variety of common reaso…
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Ep #401: When Your Aging Parents Live in a Rural Community with Renee Schulte
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Caring for aging parents who live in a rural or frontier community has unique challenges. Today’s guest is Renee Schulte, a woman in the middle of being an entrepreneur and prioritizing both her parents’ care and her own self-care. Renee Schulte has over 20 years of leadership experience in the mental health field at the national, state, and provid…
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Ep #400: Doing What You Love: Protecting Whales & Dolphins with Cape May Marine Mammal Research Center
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Welcome to Ep 400! This special episode is part of the Podcasthon initiative, where podcast hosts around the world are featuring charities simultaneously this week. I was super excited when I found my guests today because you’ll be meeting and learning about the folks at Cape May Marine Mammal Research Center, the non-profit arm of Cape May Whale W…
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Ep #399: 3 Ways to Stop Wasting Time in Midlife To Regret-Proof Your Life
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Discover 3 ways to stop wasting time in midlife so you can regret proof your life. Time is a funny thing when you think about the extent to which your perception and experience of it can be so powerful. Aging can create more time urgency as you think about your future and what you may be running out of time to still do. Learn more: https://suzyrose…
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Ep #398: 5 Ways to Learn to Trust Yourself To Get Unstuck without Certainty in Midlife
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Today’s episode is about 5 Ways to Learn to Trust Yourself To Get Unstuck without Certainty in Midlife. Lack of certainty is a reality that so many of us don’t fully appreciate. Believing in certainty can actually get in your way and keep you stuck. This episode outlines 5 specific strategies to help you get unstuck in midlife. Learn more: https://…
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Ep #397: Love Your Midlife Body! Get Stronger with Alicia Jones
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Today’s episode is about how to love your midlife body and get stronger with Alicia Jones. Most would likely agree that your midlife body can surprise you in many ways. So many changes, so much to learn. It can be difficult to understand how to create the health you are interested in. My guest today can help. Since 2006, Alicia Jones has helped tra…
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Ep #396: The Joys and Challenges of Coming Out Later in Life with Anne-Marie Zanzal & Barbara Rowlandson
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Today’s episode is about the joys and challenges of coming out later in life. My interview is with two women who both realized something about themselves after long term marriages and children. My guests are Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barbara Rowlandson; they are the team from Lotus Group Coaching and they both came out later in life as lesbians. Anne-M…
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Ep #395: Preventing Heart Disease: A Cardiologist’s Guide for Women With Dr. Tracy Paeschke
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Today’s episode will help you love and care about your heart. It’s important to care about your heart’s health, and women to understand that heart disease is the #1 killer of women (and men). In fact, heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. My guest today is Dr. Tracy Paeschke, Preventive Cardiologist, Founder, and CEO of …
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Ep #394: Limiting Beliefs as a Midlife Gal
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Today’s episode will help you understand the importance of increasing your awareness of your limiting beliefs in midlife. When you’re in midlife, your decades of experience and life make it easy to believe what you think; sometimes that means your automatic thinking. When you make a specific effort to look for thoughts about what you may think you’…
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Ep #393: Shining a Light on Family Caregivers in Midlife with Christa Haanstra
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Today’s episode will help you understand the challenges and joys experienced by many family caregivers in midlife. Family caregivers, especially those working, face many challenges in midlife as they navigate taking care of the needs of many. Self-care is often ignored and puts many family caregivers at risk of burnout. My guest today is Christa Ha…
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Ep #392: The Positive Power of Envy in Midlife
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Today’s episode will help you understand how to use envy for potential power and positive change in your life. Envy is one of those common negative emotions that can make you uncomfortable. But, when you understand what envy is helping you see about yourself, you can use envy for good, especially in midlife. Your awareness of envy can be a useful i…
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Ep #391: The Adventure of Starting a Podcast in Midlife with Elizabeth Pearson Garr
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Starting something new, like a podcast, in midlife can be scary. It can also feel like an adventure and can be a perfect way to get unstuck and discover more about yourself, what you’re good at and what you like. In today’s episode, you’ll meet my guest, Elizabeth Pearson Garr. Elizabeth made a big transition from her earlier life and is now using …
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EP #390: Encore: How to Get Unstuck with a Midlife Vision Board
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Using a vision board as a tool to get unstuck in midlife is highly effective. It’s not just assembling the vision board that’s important; it’s also the preparation and the follow-up. Of course, it’s a lot of fun to actually assemble the vision board. It can feel like a grown-up arts and craft project. But it’s more than that. Careful planning is an…
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EP #389: Encore: Who Are You Going to Be in your Next Chapter in Midlife
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Today’s encore podcast episode is about thinking about who you are going to be in your next chapter in midlife. When you’re over 50, it’s easy to have been living your life guided by your belief in “limiting beliefs” and personal labels for yourself for decades. This mindset you may have adopted can have a profound impact on your life; it may have …
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EP #388: Encore: The Top 10 Days of the Year: Celebrate Midlife with Connection
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Today’s encore episode is all about how to make a fun and special connection with a “Top 10 Days of the Year” list for your New Year celebration in midlife…or at any age. It’s a special encore episode that is perfect to hear again at this time of year. You’ll discover an idea from podcast guest, Bob Schneeweiss (originally from Episode 78, Why You …
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Ep #387: Intentional Storytelling: Sharing Your Childhood and Life Stories in Midlife
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Today’s episode is all about intentional storytelling and sharing your childhood and life stories in midlife. I think that sharing your childhood and life stories with your family can turn into a deeply meaningful informal tradition that you can be super intentional about. Curating and sharing your stories is a way to connect the past to the presen…
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Ep #386: The Power of Mindfulness when Coping with a Terminal Illness with Gillian Borg
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Today’s episode is all about the power of mindfulness when you’re coping with a terminal illness with Gillian Borg. Gillian was diagnosed as terminally ill in August 2022 and was given less than a year to live. She’s a mother of two beautiful children and grandmother to a beautiful granddaughter. Gillian was previously a debt specialist and from a …
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Ep #385: 5 Reasons Why You Need a Word of the Year in Midlife
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Today’s episode is all about why you need a word of the year and how you can use your word to your advantage. You might be surprised to learn all of the benefits of the simple word of the year exercise. Discover five reasons why it’s a great idea to make selecting a word of the year a priority for you. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast…
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Today’s episode is all about being more intentional about creating new traditions, especially during the holidays. As a woman over 50, it’s common to be more comfortable putting others first, especially related to the holidays, and this can eventually have a negative effect. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-384-new-traditions-in-mi…
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Episode #383: Holidays on Purpose in Midlife
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Today’s episode is all about being more intentional about experiencing your holidays on purpose in midlife. As a woman over 50, it’s common to be more comfortable putting others first, especially around the holiday season. Raising awareness of what you want for yourself, including your feelings, can be a skill that is life-changing and can lead to …
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