FACING FORTY

In this episode our host Natalee Cole chitchat about her struggles with gentle parenting as it often comes in conflict with her Jamaican upbringing that leans more towards the authoritarian style of parenting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In today's episode our host Natalee is joined by long time friend and college batch mate to discuss how one moves on after the ultimate tragedy - the death of a child. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode our host, Natalee Cole, reconnects with the audience in a ‘pseudo - tête-à-tête' where she talks about shifting from surviving to thriving. Background music is credited to Alec Koff https://youtu.be/STBM1_mWGK4 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode host Natalee Cole checks in with her audience and tells them whether or not she's rebranding the FACING FORTY podcast and why. Have a listen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Our host has finally FACED FORTY. In today's episode she reflects on her journey, shares some key points she picked up along the way, and addresses her twenty year old self in a letter she wrote to her. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this penultimate episode of season II, our host, Natalee, reflects on the past year, and more, and contemplates the various life-lessons she has learned, and how they have helped her to grow into the person she's becoming. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

This is another chitchat episode with our host Natalee Cole. In this episode she gets candid, and shares the lessons she's learning as she comes face to face with forty. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode Natalee shares her random musings about always having to be a strong independent woman; being away from her daughter for the first time in 5 years; and diving back into the dating scene. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

If you plan to date intentionally, then you need to have questions for your potential partner. In today's episode, our host Natalee Cole shares her 20 must ask questions for early dating. These questions are conversation starters, that can help you and yours determine whether the relationship is a go, early in the dating stage. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

It's never easy to jump back into something after a long hiatus, and the same can be said for dating. Whether the absence from the dating scene is a few months or several years, for some, starting to date again brings a sense of trepidation, and for others unfiltered excitement. Whatever the case may be for you, just ensure that before you start dating again, you heal first. In this episode, our host Natalee Cole, has a chitchat with long time girl-pal, Keisha 'Bree' Brissette - blogger and empowerment instructor - and they share their dating stories and healing journey, as they get ready to hop back unto the dating scene. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

We often engage in self-destructive beahaviours, and when we do, what we are, in fact, doing is sabotaging ourselves. For some of us, we are quite unaware that our behaviours can ruin our relationships, our career, our personal growth; but for others of us, we are quite aware that we are engaging in damaging practices, but we are unable to prevent ourselves. Why though? On today's episode, our host, Natalee Cole talks candidly about what self sabotage looks like / how it manifests itself in our day to day lives, and how we can fix it.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

'Procrastinating' is a problem that many people face. It is believed that at least 25% of the world's adult population, as well as 70 - 90% of students procrastinate. Why do we do this though? Is there something that can be done? In today's candid chit-chat style episode, our host Natalee Cole breaks down the different types of procrastinators, and what you can attempt, to begin to work on eliminating the habit of procrastinating.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

It is very important, if you are in a relationship for the long haul, to be financially compatible with your spouse. What does this mean though? Today finance experts and happily married partners, Meila and Merrick Plummer, join our host Natalee Cole to talk about finances in relationships, and also drop some gems about how, when, where, and why, you should pop the money questions - have that money conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Therapists have often asked survivors to write letters to the abusers as a part of the journey towards healing. These letters are often very helpful to other victims as they provide hope - the hope that they too, one day will be strong enough to pull through. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

The accusatory “why didn't you report it (before)?” is often asked of victims / survivors of sexual assault. We want to ... choose to, believe, that for many, the question is posed out of a genuine case of ignorance. The accusation may not be deliberate, but it's nevertheless declared. Today our host Natalee Cole speaks on why victims / survivors of assault may be hesitant and may refuse to step forward and report. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

On today's Episode our host Natalee Cole sits down with Dr. Dania Dwyer and begin a conversation that more persons need to be having. This is the conversation that surrounds the culture of sexual violence that is so embedded in the fabric of the Jamaican society. It is by no means a problem endemic to Jamaica but it is certainly a huge problem that needs to be tackled. Many women, and quite a number of men have suffered trauma due to sexual violence experienced in this country we call home.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Many persons are unaware that we have such a thing as sexual assault awareness month, so in today's episode our host Natalee Cole, talks a little bit about why this month of awareness is so important not just for her but for all of us.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

“Childhood trauma can lead to an adulthood spent in survival mode, afraid to plant roots, to plan for your future, to trust and let joy in.” Being able to shift gears from survival mode to thriving mode requires first a recognition and an acknowledgment that there is trauma that needs healing. Listen to host Natalee Cole brush the surface of this very important issue. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

“It's not what you are that holds you back; it's what you think you are not.” If you or someone you know struggle with the constant feeling that you are a fraud and people will soon find out that you don't know what they think you know - even though you are fully capable... then you have the IMPOSTER SYNDROME. Listen to our host Natalee Cole, as she shares her experiences with IS and how she's working at evicting the imposter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

2021 is a full 2 months + on its way and a lot has been going on. It's so easy to get caught up in all the mundane things that we have to do on a daily basis that we do not get to water the root of what allows us to grow - we don't get to feed our passion; or pour into our purpose, but these things are necessary. Let's just take a moment to reflect on this. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode our host Natalee Cole talks about the value of our voice. So often we dismiss our experiences and stories because we fail to acknowledge that they can add value to someone's life; we even remain silent about issues that affect and impact us because we are afraid... On today's episode Natalee explores why this is dangerous and how the outdated philosophy of children being seen and not heard can unwittingly lead to our children remaining silent about things that need to be vocalized. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Have you ever really considered what you mean when you say new year - new me? I mean... literally and figuratively? Well, in today's episode, our host Natalee Cole explores why we make and break our New Year's resolutions. She suggests how we may make adjustments so our New Year's resolutions can be more than mere lip service; and also suggests alternatives - activities, that you may adopt in lieu of making New Year's resolution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

We need to talk about loneliness but we often don't, so in this episode our host Natalee and friends sit down and have the conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Do you struggle with depression or anxiety? Do you know anyone who does? This is one of those must-listen / must-share episodes. In this episode our host Natalee Cole shares her struggles with depression and anxiety since her teen years and gives suggestions on how persons may cope or help their loved ones to cope. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Oftentimes as we go about our daily business of trying to accomplish all the seemingly time constrained goals that we just must accomplish we get so caught up and distracted by how this is going or not going that we forget to just live. Today's episode reminds us let go of the timeline and do you... live your life!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

I know that 2020 has been one of those ‘untalkaboutable' years but has it really been all bad? How has things shifted for you since the pandemic? When you close the door on 2020 are there any blessings that you will be thankful for. Today's episode is reflective in nature as I use this episode to contemplate the lessons I have learned in 2020. Oftentimes we see things through one lens, but if we shift the focus even just a bit we might see a whole different landscape. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Oftentimes we do not give much thought to the value we add to our various interactions, nor do we give conscious thought to our worth as individuals. In this episode I reflect on the importance of knowing our value and our worth and how we may determine those by assessing what we bring to the various tables at which we dine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Educators are today operating within one of the most challenging times and even as we are required to go the extra extra mile for our kids there are those among us who will criticize. The truth is we cannot please all the people all the time. Thus, in order to block out the noise we - as caretakers of the world's future brain power - have to focus on the WHY? What is your ‘why'? Is it louder than the deafening din of naysayers? Have a listen to see what our host Natalee Cole has to say about this. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode I get really vulnerable as I share with you how and why I am living the ‘single life'. I quite candidly share my journey as it has been these past two years - how I have learned, healed and grown as a result of this period of singleness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode Primary years educator Andrea Usher and I sit down to talk about living the single life: why are you single? What are the pros and cons of single life? how does one navigate life as a single woman? Does single equate ‘incompletion'? Tune in to hear our responses.

In this episode I sit down with financial experts Meila McKitty Plummer and Merrick Plummer to talk about investment and how we can become better managers of our finances. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

On today's episode we discuss the importance of self-forgiveness and it's role in living a more fulfilled life. We also talk about self-compassion and why we need to extend it to ourselves in the same way we show compassion to persons we love. For this conversation I am joined by veteran school and family counselor Rodesha Thomas who share with us from a counselor's perspective. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

On today's episode I speak with Bridgette and Aaron Blake who were high school sweethearts and have now been married for 20 years. During the episode they share with us what it is like being with each other for so long and what has contributed to the longevity of their relationship. On this episode you will also hear from other marriage veterans who outline what sustains their relationship and give advise to those of us still working on ours. Don't believe me? Take a listen. You'll be happy you did. Thank you for stopping by.

On today's podcast I talk with Keniesha Johnson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is based in Connecticut. We talk about how ageing affects some individuals and some of the things we can do to maintain a healthy mental and emotional state as we transition from one age to the next. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

As we get older we become more capable of sniffing out our own BS and so in this episode I talk about some of the lies we tell ourselves, for whatever reasons, and examine how we can counter those lies in order to live a more meaningful life and grow to love the age we are in. Delve in, have a listen and thank you.

This episode addresses some of the questions and fears that usually come up as one gets older. Within the episode I bring some of my fears into focus as I admit and own up to them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

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