Month: September 2022
Ep #56: Do You Give Yourself Permission to Unplug?
In celebrating the one-year anniversary of this podcast, I’m taking a month-long hiatus from the podcast, my blog, and my work in general. This is the first time in years that I’m taking a vacation since starting my life coaching business, and I really debated back and forth about truly unplugging. For all you listeners,…
Ep #55: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is a term that many of you will be familiar with. As overthinkers, most of us have experienced it at some point. And while feeling like a fraud or not as competent as others believe us to be is uncomfortable enough, it often leads to anxiety and depression down the road, so this…
1/4 Life Crisis
A few weeks ago, I did a podcast episode on navigating through a Mid-Life Crisis. We have a tendency to think that “Mid-Lifers” corner the market on crises, but this is a feeling we ALL go through when we are forced to re-evaluate or recalibrate something BIG in our lives. Transitions and resets are not unique to…
Ep #54: Managing a Quarter-Life Crisis
A few weeks ago, I shared an episode with you all about ways to manage a mid-life crisis. It turned out to be one of my most popular episodes of the podcast, but recently, I was reminded that mid-life does not corner the market on crises. One of my clients is a 25-year-old woman who’s…
Empty Nesting
It has been two weeks since I became an Empty Nester, and I have to admit, it feels really weird. On the one hand, I am super proud of my youngest daughter for going off to college. On the other hand, I find myself walking in circles thinking that I have forgotten something. I forgot my…
Ep #53: Advice for the Empty Nester
For the first time in 28 years, I am officially an empty nester. In spite of thinking I had processed all the feelings because I’m very proud and excited that my youngest daughter is off to college and I’ve done this twice before, there was something profound about the empty nest experience that I didn’t…
Make Yourself a Priority
Why is it so hard to prioritize ourselves?? It is probably because we were told that taking care of ourselves was selfish. But Self-Care is not selfish, it is necessary! We think that if we put everyone else’s needs first, there will be some kind of reward. Like a gold medal? Or a Fairy Godmother to take care…