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Feeling Stuck? 10 Tips to Spark More Meaning and Purpose After 50

Do you ever catch yourself feeling stuck in a rut, just going through the motions each day without much purpose? You’re not alone. Many women over 50 experience similar feelings of stagnation and mediocrity creeping into their lives. The responsibilities we carry and roles we play, while rewarding, can also become heavy at times. When […]

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10 Tips to Live an Extraordinary Life: How to Find Purpose, Pursue Passions, and Continuously Grow

Want to know how to live an extraordinary life? Where you feel fulfilled, you’ve found your purpose, you’re pursuing your passions, and you are continuously growing? Yes?! I thought so…Read on dear reader! I’ve kept this post as simple as possible because it really doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some tips for living

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John Wooden’s Pyramid Guide for Women Over 50 Seeking Purpose

I am a huge (American) football fan, but I admire other sports players and coaches, too. A coach I’ve long admired is legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. He won 10 national championships in 12 years – a feat unmatched to this day! Amazing! Wooden’s secret? A philosophy for success he called the Pyramid of

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Quotes to Live By: Words of Wisdom for Women Over 50

I’ve gathered my favorite empowering quotes to help you explore what matters most right now. These wise words remind us of the power we each have within, no matter our age or situation. They speak to embracing change, finding meaning, and living authentically. “We are taught you must blame your father, (your mother), your sisters,

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Embracing the Beauty of Aging: Living Intentionally After 50

Hello there, lovely ladies over 50! Life has a magical way of getting even better as we age, and it’s time to embrace it wholeheartedly. If you’ve been yearning for that perfect work-life balance, a more meaningful life, and genuine happiness as the years roll by, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s talk about

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Reigniting Purpose for Women Over 50 With the Wheel of Life

In this article, I want to talk about something near and dear to my heart: finding meaning and purpose in life after 50. I know, I know. Many of you may be rolling your eyes and thinking “Oh great, another article about finding purpose.” But bear with me! I promise this one will be different. See, a

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Envision Your Best Future Self: A Motivating Visualization Exercise for Women Over 50 Ready for Positive Change

It’s only fitting that I created this post on my oldest daughter’s birthday! She herself has worked tremendously hard for her success as a newly graduated resident physician in New York City!  As a coach, I often recommend to my clients an exercise where they close their eyes and envision themselves as their future selves. I

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From Invisible to Invincible: Reclaiming Your Radiance as a Woman Over 50

Do you ever feel like you’re just blending into the background? That you’ve made yourself small or invisible in order to feel safe? If so, you’re not alone. Many of us learn unhealthy patterns in childhood that lead us to dim our own light. For me, after losing my mother at a young age, my

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How to Build Up the Confidence to Pursue Your Dream Life

Have you heard the saying that building confidence is like building muscle? You’ve got the potential to be confident (aka to build muscle and get in shape), but you’ve got to do the work to get there. “The work,” for strengthening your confidence, is exercising that muscle called “courage.” The courage to start something new,

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6 Short Journal Prompts that will Dramatically Change Your Life

Journaling is an incredibly powerful tool, not just for self-discovery, but for self-care. Taking the time to get to know yourself, to write down your innermost thoughts – that’s very honoring of your self and your time. Journaling is used for inspiration, reflection, gratitude, healing, knowing yourself, finding yourself… Have you ever tried to write

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Tolerating the Tolerable: How to Break Free of a Frenzied, Frustrating Life

In my book Transforming Divorce, I wrote a chapter called “What are You Tolerating?” I wrote the chapter (and book) to help women going through a major relationship breakup, to look at their lives and assess what they don’t like.   A breakup provides an opportunity, as upsetting as it is, to clean the slate

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How To Use Your Intuition as a Guide to Living Your Best Life

Intuition. We’ve all heard of it, but what is intuition and why is it important? How can we use intuition to create a full life? Intuition Definition Intuition: noun; the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning (dictionary.com).   Intuition is available to everyone, but not everyone chooses to believe in

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How to Reverse Engineer Your Goals To Create An Amazing Life

Some people have not heard yet of the concept of reverse engineering your goals or your life. So, let’s start out with the definition of reverse engineering.   Reverse engineering your life means looking at your life from the end, thinking about the results you want, then working backward from this end point to the

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Goal Setting

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ~Harriet Tubman ​ Most of you are probably familiar with the Wheel of Life coaching exercise (if you’re not – find out more about the Wheel

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Have Fun

Sometimes life just feels way too serious!  As an adult, you have a lot of responsibilities. You need money, time, and energy plus you need to eat, sleep, clothe yourself, pay your bills, and do other things to live in this world. Sometimes, playfulness and having fun is the last thing we feel like doing.

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This is Why Feeling Stressed and Overwhelmed Can Take Over Your Life!

Hey there! I made this video for you! When you’re feeling overwhelmed and stressed out, do you know the steps to take to get you back on your path to a more vibrant life? Are you a little more “snippy,” unhappy, or wake up not very excited to start your day? When you’re caught up

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How I Met My Soul Mate, Part 2: How My Childhood Affected My Choice for a Husband

This is the part 2 of my journey of meeting and marrying my soul mate. In this series of articles, I share how I found authentic and conscious love and how you can, too. In part 1, I wrote about how my childhood set me up for disaster. Entering Adulthood I flunked out of Syracuse

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How I Met My Soul Mate, Part 1: My Childhood Set Me Up for Disaster

This is the part 1 of my journey of meeting and marrying my soul mate. In this series of articles, I share how I found authentic and lasting love, and how you can, too. I remember meeting the love of my life like it was yesterday. I saw him standing in the parking lot of

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The Wheel of Life and Other Amazing Life Coaching Tools

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks of writing e-books and preparing for future, upcoming video e-courses I am creating. Recently I’ve written Vision: How to Have the Relationship of Your Dreams, and I’ve revised Shine!, and The Wheel of Life. These are all immediately downloadable and approximately 30 pages jam-packed with tons of information I use

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Under Construction: 3 Tips for When You’re Going Through Big Change

It’s inevitable.  At some point, if you haven’t already gone through a major life change, you will.  Maybe it’s when your kids grow up and move out, you get a divorce, there’s a job loss, the loss of a loved one, alienation of a child, an illness…things happen that can turn your world upside down. 

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