Today’s episode is all about gratitude for sharing midlife with your dog. Do you relate to this? There is a lot of evidence-based research to support the importance of regular gratitude practices in your life. There’s also a lot of research to support the wide variety of health and well-being benefits from relationships with dogs and companionship with animals overall. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-415-encore-gratitude-for-sharing-midlife-with-your-dog/...
Jul 03, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 415
Today’s episode is all about failing in advance and why it can be a sneaky way midlife women stay stuck. Do you ever notice that you give up before you really try to be successful with your goal, beliefs, or opportunity? It’s usually because you have hidden beliefs, thoughts, and fears that you aren’t yet fully aware of. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-414-failing-in-advance-the-sneaky-way-midlife-women-stay-stuck/...
Jun 26, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 414
Today’s episode is all about waiting vs. creating in midlife and what effect it has on you and your happiness. As a midlife woman, you may be surprised that even if you know what you want and what your priorities are, you still may not be moving in that direction. In fact, you may find yourself waiting rather than creating your life. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-413-encore-waiting-vs-creating-in-midlife/...
Jun 19, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 413
Today’s show is about style for petite women in midlife. When you’re a “petite” midlife gal in a world that says you need to be tall and skinny to look beautiful, it can be challenging. Developing your style can be a fun way to help you feel amazing and look your best, whatever “best” means to you. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-412-style-for-petite-women-in-midlife-with-sandy-okamoto/...
Jun 12, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 412
Envy can be the gift that helps you create the perfect, most fun, and fulfilling personal bucket list in midlife. Your bucket list will be full of ideas that have the capability of keeping you entertained for years. Midlife can be a great time to start thinking about your bucket list. It seems like it should be easy for you to determine what you really want to do in your life before you run out of time. However, this is not the case for many. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-411...
Jun 05, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 411
Today’s show is about creating your own bonus family in midlife with Dr. Jann Blackstone. It’s highly likely that you’re either navigating a blended family situation or have someone close to you who is. You probably also know that there are many challenges, no matter your age and stage, including adult children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents. My guest today is Dr. Jann Blackstone. Jann specializes in child custody, co-parenting, divorce, and stepfamily mediation. She is the author of m...
May 29, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 410
Today's interview is with Laurie-Ann Murabito. Laurie-Ann is a professional speaker who went from helping companies like Johnson and Johnson and American Towers with their leadership to helping coaches, consultants, and service providers learn how to write and deliver captivating presentations to use as their best form of marketing all because of an incident at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-409-burnout-a-wake-up-call-a-midlife-transition-to-becomi...
May 22, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 409
Today’s interview is about how to live a healthy, active, passion-filled life at 99 with the First Lady of Fitness, Elaine Lalanne. You may recognize her name because she and her husband, Jack Lalanne were likely on television talking about exercise when you grew up. Elaine is a sparkling, vivacious, and inspirational health and fitness expert, motivational speaker, and prolific author. Known and loved universally by thousands worldwide for her warmth, spontaneity, and ongoing advocacy for livin...
May 15, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 408
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 Place Finder LLC in 2017 after three disastrous empty nest moves herself. These experiences greatly informed some of her best advice! Margaret helps in...
May 08, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 407
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 momentum and go after your goals. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-406-what-first-then-how-midlife-clarity-hack-to-get-unstuck/...
May 01, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 406
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. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-405-less-stress-more-conversations-about-end-of-life-planning-with-marni-blank/...
Apr 24, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 405
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 important. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-404-permission-to-play-with-in-midlife-why-creativity-is-self-care-in-disguise/...
Apr 17, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 404
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 of connection and lifelong friendships in her 60s through AARP's Ethel Gathering Groups. She’s a living example of how it’s never too late to create ...
Apr 10, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 403
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 reasons for this, including vanity, inconvenience, and discomfort. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-402-why-i-finally-said-yes-to-a-cpap-a...
Apr 03, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 402
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 provider levels. Because of her work in both the public and private sectors, she has a distinct understanding of the complexities in delivering quality heal...
Mar 27, 2025•43 min•Season 1Ep. 401
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 Watch and Research Center in Cape May, New Jersey. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-400-doing-what-you-love-protecting-whales-dolphins...
Mar 20, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 400
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://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-399-3-ways-to-stop-wasting-time-in-midlife-to-regret-proof-your-life/...
Mar 13, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 399
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://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-398-5-ways-to-learn-to-trust-yourself-to-get-unstuck-without-certainty-in-midlife/...
Mar 06, 2025•31 min•Season 1Ep. 398
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 transform the health and the lives of women over 50 through her fitness and weight loss strategies. Alicia is an expert featured in major outlets includi...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 397
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-Marie was 52 and Barb was 46 when they came out. No, they are not a couple but work colleagues. Anne-Marie is a graduate of Yale Divinity School, an or...
Feb 20, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 396
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 Heart Health Prevention and Wellness. Dr. Paeschke is a board-certified cardiologist and health coach with over 25 years of experience caring for peop...
Feb 13, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 395
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’re too old to do, what you find out can be revealing. You may believe limiting beliefs about what you can really do, think, feel, and try on purpose. ...
Feb 06, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 394
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 Haanstra; today's interview helps shine a light on the experiences of many working family caregivers. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-...
Jan 30, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 393
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 insight for you. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-392-the-positive-power-of-envy-in-midlife/...
Jan 23, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 392
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 her skills as a journalist, documentary filmmaker, TV producer, and even time off as a stay-at-home mom in a podcast business that shares stories abou...
Jan 16, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 391
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 opportunity to be intentional about the direction of your life, especially your next chapter. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-390-e...
Jan 09, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 390
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 prevented you from truly imagining what’s a priority for you and who you really want to be during your valuable time on this planet. Learn more: https...
Jan 02, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 389
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 Should Celebrate Family Traditions in Midlife) that’s a powerful idea for a new tradition for the new year. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/pod...
Dec 26, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 388
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 present in a way that can foster love, understanding, and even a sense of belonging. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-387-intentional-story...
Dec 19, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 387
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 banking background. She’s now retired due to ill health. Gillian also has lots of life skills and hobbies that she’s accumulated over the years. Now 6...
Dec 12, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 386
