Midlife Re:Aligned

If our grief series is TL/DR for you or you just want the highlights, in today's episode we talk through some important and personal takeaways from the series and give you four things you can (and should) do.If you're seeing this...I haven't uploaded the checklist for you yet, check back in a few days!***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

From "how to" to "what's available," this episode will open your eyes to resources and options available to you in the grieving process. Here are some great resources! In no particular order... RoundGlass | eol An end of life community with lots of resourcesNational End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) a directory and resourcesGoing With Grace a death doula directoryConnect with Emily on Instagram or Clubhouse @nativedeathdivaOr, find out more about her and her services at nativedeathdiva.com***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

All of us will experience grief and loss in life, it's just part of being human. We usually ignore that fact as much as possible. But, there are things we can do to prepare for those situations. Today we talk with Emily Vass, an indigenous woman death worker and she shares some things we can do to be ready.Connect with Emily on Instagram or Clubhouse @nativedeathdivaOr, find out more about her and her services at nativedeathdiva.com***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

This inspirational episode highlights the stories of six people who succeeded, shifted, or accomplished something amazing in their later years. It's never too late!Links to info about Tim's stories. His people are all living, Michelle's are all deceased. We're trying not to draw any conclusion from that fact. Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee FarmMoose Tracks and Denali Ingredientshttps://moosetracks.com/bloghttps://www.denaliingredients.com/Sky DreamsThe book Tim mentioned: Is This Seat Taken?: It's Never Too Late to Find the Right Seat by Kristin S. Kaufman (affiliate link)Consider this... It's never too late to go out there and do something new, something great, something meaningful. So today's question is, what is that something for you? That new thing? Great thing? or meaningful thing That thing you've been thinking you're too old to do or it's too late to start? And what is one teeny tiny. small step you can take in that direction today?************************************* Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

Much of how our culture approaches the topic of grief and death is both unhealthy and unhelpful. In today's conversation, we talk with Emily Vass about the wisdom that indigenous cultures can offer us about death and grief. Emily's most important advice? Give yourself time to grieve. We need far more time than most people are willing to admit when have a major loss. You will not recover in a few months. Many cultures devote a year (minimum) to grieve the loss of a parent, spouse, or child. She also suggests we need to begin being more honest about how we feel when we're grieving and offers a few scripted phrases to respond truthfully and graciously to those asking how we are. They include: "I wish I were fine."" I'm struggling, but I'm choosing good." "That's a loaded question, but I love you for asking." Connect with Emily on Instagram or Clubhouse @nativedeathdivaOr, find out more about her and her services at nativedeathdiva.com***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

Grief is a messy experience and a messy topic to dig into. Today, Tim and Michelle explain the basics of the 5 stages of grief and why you might want to understand them, even though your grief might not look anything like them.***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day with some emotional caffeine: good news and inspiration in a M-W-F morning show: The Morning Moments Matter Show We can help you transform your morning coffee brewing time into a mini-retreat, starting your day with a practice that engages your body, mind, and heart in the Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

We recognize and expect grief from the "big event" losses like the death of a family member. But there are a lot of other things--particularly in midlife--that bring about grief as well. Some of them are sneaky and it's worth taking the time to understand what they might be. Because when we recognize grief for what it is, we've taken a big step toward processing those sneaky losses. Tim and Michelle are talking in this episode about the different types of grief and how they might show up in midlife.***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day right! We can guide you through a process of engaging your body, mind, and heart each day in our Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

Managing stress is critically important (for why, check out episode 1 or 2!), and Susi Vine gave us some great suggestions for how we should do that in the last episode. Today, Tim & Michelle dig into her suggestions and show you how to apply them. If you want help applying these suggestions in your own life, check out the workbook that goes with this episode. We'll help you walk through some exercises that will help you reduce stress in your own life.HOW TO REDUCE YOUR STRESS***************Connect with Tim & Michelle:Start your day right! We can guide you through a process of engaging your body, mind, and heart each day in our Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

Yes, we as a society are stressed. Yes, that's dangerous for each of us. But, Michelle & Tim talk with Susi Vine in this episode and she offers us several ways to help us manage our stress levels. And it's advice that goes beyond eating right and exercising! Though, those are truly important!***************Connect with SusiwebsiteHappified PodcastInstagramFacebook***************Connect with Tim & MichelleStart your day right! We can guide you through a process of engaging your body, mind, and heart each day in our Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

In the opening episode of a series on stress, Tim and Michelle talk about what stress is, how it affects us, and how it's different in midlife. ***************Start your day right! We can guide you through a process of engaging your body, mind, and heart each day in our Morning Moment Matter Box. We'd love to connect with you on Facebook or Instagram at Connect Over Coffee!Connect Over Coffee

Tim and Michelle talk about:Why another show?What's this going to be? Each of our major "facing our own mortality" moments how we feel about midlifeAnd what we hope this show will bring to you.> > > > Tim and Michelle are the founders of Connect Over Coffee, the Morning Moments Matter Box and the co-hosts of the Morning Moments Matter Show.They live in Middle Tennessee with a teenager, a rescued Boxer dog, and too many ideas and empty coffee bags. You think I'm kidding. But I'm not.