How do I find a new purpose in my next chapter? How do I use my time? What about my relationships? How do I stay fit and healthy? How can I take my dreams off the back burner? And the biggest question of all is can I really live a productive, meaningful and fulfilled life in my next chapter. Welcome to the Refire, Don’t Retire Podcast where we will answer ALL of these questions and so much more! Week after week, host Dr. Cynthia brings you the productivity tips, and inspirational interviews that can help YOU design a future you are excited about. Dr. Cynthia shares tangible tips she and her clients use to live a vibrant and refired life in their next chapter. Along with sharing her best kept secrets she interviews other women who are also rocking their next chapter.
Meet Lana Hall: psychologist, author, and woman on a mission to empower other women to live a meaningful, authentic and joyous life with full confidence. Lana has taken the best of the best of what she's found works to promote confidence, resilience and a passion for your own life and has put these tools and strategies into a guide book that you can use to navigate your world so that you maximize the amount satisfaction you can get from your life – all while showing up as your authentic self and having fun doing so. These tools and strategies are The Slow Life Project.
When grieving a loss, you may move from one stage to the next and then back again. This is a normal part of the process. So when experiencing a change, do not resist the grieving process. Although at first it may not feel like grief is good, it does help you to close one chapter of your life so you can move on to the next.
Karen Cassidy, executive director of Hildegard house, created Kentucky's first and only comfort care home. She, along with a group of volunteers, provide a home and compassionate care for individuals at the end of life who have no home or loved ones to care for them so that they may die with dignity.
It's a simple fact that we want the things in our lives to remain familiar and stable. We strive to create routine in our lives, and make our world as predictable as possible. Routine and predictability make us feel safe, secure and in control. Because of our desire for predictability, we can often be resistant to change. The status quo feels more comfortable and we are reluctant to stretch ourselves, try new things and take risks.
Amy McLaren is this episode's guest, speaking with Dr. Cynthia about how you can move from passion to purpose at any stage of your life and what you can do to help you identify your passion and purpose. Amy leads LadyStrength, a growing community of driven, entrepreneurial women who aspire to make a positive difference in the world. She understands it's common to struggle with identifying passion and purpose, especially in midlife, being a busy mom of two. She also knows that putting yourself first makes passion and purpose possible, as evidenced by her LadyStrength community, growing an Airbnb business and being a hands-on CEO of Village Impact, the charity she and her husband, Stu, founded more than a decade ago, and she wants to let you know how you can incorporate more passion and purpose into your life.
We all experience change whether we want to or not. Regardless of our age or life experience, change is difficult. It's not that we don't like change or want it, it's that we would prefer for it to happen more easily and on our terms. Unfortunately, change often requires us to give up what's old and familiar in order for something new and better to take its place.
Peggy Bell joins Dr. Cynthia this episode discussing finding the treasure and good in hard times & how women can go after their dreams. Peggy is a resilience coach. We can go from being stuck to becoming unstoppable and she wants to get you there. In addition to her coaching, Peggy is also a best-selling author, co-author, and speaker. Peggy has a deep passion for wanting others to know that it is never too late to go after your dreams. She is an example of having done just that. Peggy believes we deserve to live our lives happy and being true to ourselves.
2022 is almost here. It's time to think about new beginnings and plan a future you are excited about.
Vicki Thomas joins Dr. Cynthia this episode discussing the power of purpose. Vicki grew up on a farm, went to college, climbed the corporate ladder, then later joined the ABC TV Network in New York. After retirement her work, with the non-profit organization “Purple Heart Homes” which helps older veterans live safely in their homes, won her the “Purpose Prize”. Vicki made the Cover of Time Magazine and helped create her current venture “My Future Purpose” which inspires people to get rid of the roadblocks that keeps them from taking a risk.
Many of us experience stress and unhappiness during the holidays. I have 10 tips to boost your happiness this time of year.
Dr. Cynthia talks with Denise Jacobs… speaker, author, creativity expert and founder and CEO of the Creative Dose. Denise helps people unblock creativity through silencing their inner critic. She talks about trusting yourself and following your gut in what you pursue. Denise helps people identify the inner critic and the voice of self-doubt that hold you back from reaching your potential. Much of what she teaches is based specific techniques neuroscience studies.
With Thanksgiving here, let's take time to acknowledge what we are grateful for.
Dr. Jill Deissler has had a very interesting career. She was a flight surgeon in the army, General Medical officer, and Army radiologist. Now during the second half of her life and retirement, Jill initially moved from Pennsylvania to Florida to honestly…. better her golf game. But deep down she wanted to do more and continue to help people. Now Jill does social security disability work. In this episode Dr. Cynthia and Doctor Jill talk about NOT retiring “cold turkey” but finding a way to ease out of the full time workforce, going from complete structure to no structure. Finding a way to ease in to retirement by working part time and taking what you love and putting it to work for you. Creating your own hours, taking vacations when you want, while keeping your mind sharp.
You would think that by the time we reach adulthood, we would recognize time as one of our most precious and limited of gifts. Between career demands, family needs, and a slew of responsibilities in between, we are all probably wishing there would be more hours in the day so that we can spend some time doing the things we really want to do.
Dr. Susan Lovelle, is a former professional ballerina, a plastic surgeon for 22 years, and a lifelong health advocate. Helping people heal, while transforming their body, mind and spirit so they can lead a vibrant life. Dr. Lovelle shares the story of her journey from dancer to physician and where she is today with holistic healthcare at Premiere Wellness. Dr. Cynthia and Dr. Lovelle discuss the most important things to do to be proactive about your health and make lifestyle changes for life.
Celeste is the founder and CEO of Days for Girls. She learned that girls were sickened on cardboard for several days during their menstrual period each month. She learned that girls all over the world drop out of school because of the lack of feminine supplies. She had to take action! Today Days for Girls has reached more than one million women and girls worldwide.
Building discipline - there's a popular myth when it comes to self-discipline… You either have it or you don't.
Author, speaker, writer and TV host Prill believes that age truly is a number. We discuss Prill's book Defying Gravity which highlights the lives of 12 courageous women who never gave up on their dreams. Our conversation is about being bold, trying new things and never giving up on your dreams.
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