This Life

In today's episode, I'm wrapping up This Midlife in Bold podcast with a life update and sharing with you my word of the year. Listen, share, and tag me on Instagram @midlifeinbold and let me know what your word of the year is for 2022 and your thoughts on this episode. Thank you for being a loyal listener. I wish you a very, very BOLD new year! I'd love to connect with you! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join me for my weekly live trainings. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE breakthrough and clarity session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

Midlife women are all too familiar with this story on today's episode. You wake up one day at 45 (or, insert your age here) and you realize you have no idea who you are, what you value, or how to put yourself first. Purpose? What's that. You're just trying to get from day to day. Floating on the lazy river of life, cruising on autopilot. Whether you want to call it survival mode or denial mode, you wake up one day, curled up in a ball of your own tears after life has knocked you down and you say, "Who am I? and "I guess this is it." This is the story that my guest, Tandy Reagan, shares on today's episode. She shares how she went from heartbreak, loss, despair and rampant negative thinking to being grounded in who she is, what she wants and believing she is on her path to creating a 'second act' with purpose. Tandy is a nurse, single mother, graduate student and woman in the middle of life who wants more. Her journey began to unfold when Tandy decided that putting herself first was the key to finding her voice, owning her value and using her strengths to overcome her fears. It's a conversation that's all too relatable with a very good ending! I'd love to connect with you! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join me for my weekly live trainings. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE breakthrough and clarity session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In this episode, you’re going to hear a conversation I had with some of my clients who are working with me in my program, The Midlife Without Regrets Method. You’ll hear from three women in the middle, with different stories and backgrounds, yet all with the same goal: to change their stuck story, to overcome their fear of change, so that they can live the life they want, instead of settling. They are doing the work on themselves so that they have no regrets when they look back at this pivotal time in their life’s journey. No regrets doesn’t mean everything goes as planned. No regrets means that you took a starring role in your life and did not settle for status quo out of a lack mindset or out of fear. No regrets means you went for it and learned how to overcome your fear. Because if I know one thing, I know that regret lasts longer than fear. I also know that when you put your energy into moving yourself forward, even if you don’t end up where you intended, you end up on a path that was meant for you and often times, better than what you could have ever dreamed. Connection and Community: I'd love to connect with you! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join me for my weekly live trainings. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE breakthrough and clarity session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

I'm fired up in this episode about the damaging and harmful messaging to women about aging. Can we please stop buying into the myth that youth is good and getting older is bad? Please? I'm so annoyed that the anti-aging "fixes" pushed on women so that they can take "years off" is a thing. Please. Can we just stop? By it's definition 'anti' means against. So, am I supposed to be against living? Against growing older or living a long time? I don't know about you, but I'm not against living a long time. Nope. I'm just getting started. I'm just becoming me with each wrinkle, extra pound, and aching body part. So, f*$k anti-aging. I'm pro-aging. I built my entire business and brand for the sole purpose of encouraging women to embrace all the possibilities for life by living their midlife years and beyond as BOLD as they want. My mission is to change the narrative around aging. Aging is not something to be hidden, avoided at all costs, and masked. Age is something to celebrate. Aging is a privilege. So yeah, you bet I'm pro-aging. Connection and Community: I'd love to connect with you! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join me for my weekly live trainings. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE breakthrough and clarity session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In today's episode, I have a conversation with midlife entrepreneur, Jennifer Greenwood. Jennifer is a solo mom of two kids, a Life & Wellness Coach, a yoga teacher, the creator and founder of The Real Life Reset System and owner of Breeze Wellness. Jennifer works with busy moms around the world who are doing everything on their own by helping them lose the endless exhaustion, gain more control over their days, and level up their overall energy without having to completely tear their lives apart. Jennifer shares her story of courage and risking it all to be brave despite all the uncertainty so that she could do more than just exist on this earth. You will find Jennifer's act of bravery inspiring and encouraging as she shares her personal account of being in an abusive relationship, starting over from scratch, and being a solo mom well before she even left her relationship so that she and her kids could thrive. Jennifer can be found on Instagram at @healthyjenbreezewellness on Facebook at Breeze Wellness or you can visit her website at https://breezewellnessbc.com/. Connection and Community: I'd love to connect with you! You can send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE breakthrough and clarity session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In today’s episode, I interview a client of mine, Ms. Celine Matthiessen. Celine enrolled in my signature program, The Midlife Without Regrets Method, just four months ago and has kicked fear to the curb by committing to the process and doing the work so she can live a BOLD midlife. In just four months, Celine has gained clarity, confidence, leaned into using her strengths, created an exciting vision and is taking a lot of decisive action to live the life she wants instead of the autopilot life she was living. Life hasn’t been easy for Celine. In fact, she suffered one of the biggest tragedies a young woman could face early on when she lost her husband at age 37 and her daughter, Anika, was just 5 years old. Understandably, the loss of her husband when she was just 37 left her on autopilot for over a decade trying to keep it all together. Once Anika was off to college, Celine knew she had to change but she lacked the energy, tools, and support to figure out how to make the changes she wanted on her own. Through The Midlife Without Regrets Method program and 1:1 coaching with me, Celine started her journey to get unstuck in October with a goal to sell her empty nest and move to the beach, to start living BOLDly. Celine currently lives in The Colony, TX a suburb of Dallas and is a Vice President of Insights and Analysis at a local firm where she assists clients in entering new industries and markets, launching new services, and understanding market forces and future. Celine welcomes you to connect with her on LinkedIn so please don’t hesitate to send her a request to connect with her https://www.linkedin.com/in/redleafinfo/. Have you heard about my free 4-day workshop, The Midlife Mindset Makeover? Join me virtually for 4 days February 1-4 at 4pm PST and work with me in an interactive environment to gain clarity, confidence, courage, and more as I share with you tools and strategies to shift your mindset from stuck to unstuck so that you can live the life you want. Registration is free so click here to save your spot todayhttps://loukiam.com/freechallenge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

After a much needed winter hiatus, I'm back with a new episode this week. Today, I'm sharing my thoughts on a few things: my stance on pro-aging, how fear shows up in your life, what anniversary I'm celebrating in 2021, and how and why I chose my word of the year. I am on a mission to normalize transformation in the middle of life...to create a BOLD movement of women over 50, 60, 70 and beyond and I can't wait to see how that movement continues to unfold in 2021. Are you coming along with me? If you're a woman in the middle, I sure hope so! Connection and Community: I'd love to connect with you! You can send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community, Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of a FREE session with me, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

I wrote permission slips for my students for years but I rarely gave myself permission. Permission to step into my authentic life is something I've only recently allowed myself. Permission is one of the benefits of getting older for me. Now, at the beginning of my next chapter, I am unapologetically granting myself permission to be, do, and have what I want in this phase of my life. In today's episode, I share with you the ten types of permission you can give yourself if you're a woman in her 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. Life is short so give yourself permission to create a life that feels good to you and allows you to walk into the fullest expression of who you are - mind, body, and soul. To register for my free masterclass on December 15th, The 3 Secrets To Get Unstuck So You Can Be Unstoppable In Midlife That No One Is Talking About, secure your spot by clicking here: https://start.midlifeinbold.com/live-training. Want to connect with me? Send me an email at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or better yet...join my free Facebook community of over 700 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

Starting over (yet again) is a common experience in midlife. If you're a woman in the middle, you have probably had to start over more than once. In today's episode, I share my thoughts on starting over and it's this:  starting over never happens from the same place. The last five years of my life have been nothing but starting over, again and again. But, I really never start over from the same place because I have more knowledge, more skills, more experience, more courage, and more bravery. So, all of that gives me a huge advantage for the next change I encounter. So, while it does suck to have to start over again and again whether by choice of forced circumstance, the alternative is not having the opportunity to start over again and instead being stuck. Now, that would really suck! So, the midlife mindset switch I made is that getting to start over is a privilege not a burden. Connection and Community: I'd love to connect with you! You can send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, or join my free Facebook community of over 650 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

Regrets don't feel good. The "coulda, woulda, shoulda" that many women in the middle talk about when they look back on their life adds up to one big pile of regret. The good news? There's still time to regret-proof your life! I work with women, mostly over 50, some younger and some older. Midlife is a time in your life when you often start to reevaluate your life - your choices, your career, where you live, your relationships - and think about what's next by asking the question, “Is this it?” If the answer is NO and especially if it’s a HELL NO, it’s time to take a serious look at your life and figure out what it will take to make the changes and reinvent the parts of your life that are no longer serving you. So, in today's episode I share the ten things I needed to have in place as I embarked on the transformational journey of regret-proofing my life. To connect with me, send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 600 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In this interview, I invited Cynthia Williams to talk about balancing all the roles as a woman and as a business owner. Cynthia is a wife, a mom of two, and a business owner. She is the owner of Holistic Integrative Wellness Centre (HIWC). HIWC, which was established in 2013, is a functional medicine practice and wellness center offering acupuncture, massage, yoga, functional medicine, IV nutrient therapy, herbs/supplements, and many other holistic healthcare modalities. Cynthia is doing it all and with optimism and positivity! She wears so many hats and she does it all with a limitless mindset. Cynthia is an Illinois licensed Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC), has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing, and is finishing up her Doctorate in Nursing. In addition to all that, Cynthia is also a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) in the state of Illinois, an herbalist and has a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. Cynthia had a vision from a young age and to get a head start on her career, she began working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), while still in high school. She worked as a CNA for 7 years until she became an RN. While working as an RN, Cynthia began to gain interest in Oriental Medicine, after becoming aware of the growing need for alternative healthcare options. As the owner of Holistic Integrative Wellness Centre, Cynthia is able to provide a continuity of care for her clients by being both the Eastern practitioner and the Western practitioner. She believes that combining Eastern and Western medicine gives her the ability to incorporate holistic and intuitive thinking with critical thinking, which allows for a deeper level of understanding about what the client is experiencing. Cynthia can be reached at mindbodysoul@holisticintegrativewellness.com, you can visit her site at https://holisticintegrativewellness.com/ or follow her on Facebook and Instagram @holisticintegrativewellness. To connect with me, send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

Who says you can't reinvent yourself in midlife? I call bullshit! Today's episode is a recording of a presentation I did this past summer as a guest speaker on a virtual summit called the Train of Positivity. The biggest complaint I hear time and time again from women in the middle is that they are stuck. They want to make change but don't know where to start and what to do in order to get unstuck. So, in this talk, I share my 'ABC' formula for getting unstuck! After over 40 years of saying 'NO' to myself and living life on autopilot because I was afraid to make a change, I finally faced my fears and said, 'YES.' My mission is to help other midlife women get unstuck and stop being afraid to redefine what midlife looks and feels like so that they live the life they want, not the one they're settling for. To connect with me, send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, where I will assess your current situation and give you my professional recommendation on what your next steps should be, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- 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/midlifeinbold/message

In this episode, I have a conversation with Terrell Salley-Holliman, CEO & Founder of Living Loving You Well, LLC. Terrell's business focuses on helping "wonder women" who are entrepreneurs and ambitious professionals take action to improve their physical, emotional, and mental well-being while juggling the often opposing demands of their time so that they can live a balanced life. Terrell's professional career started in the halls of Fordham University in New York then on to Wall Street to a franchise owner and now, in the middle of life, she is taking on entrepreneurship. Terrell and I met in a business coaching program for online entrepreneurs and I was instantly attracted to her zest for life, upbeat personality, and determination to reach her vision and goals. She is the definition of a midlife woman living her BOLDest life. I thoroughly enjoyed my time talking with Terrell as she discusses all the roles she, and so many other women, have to juggle, fighting stereotypes and discrimination, taking risks, overcoming obstacles to reach her dreams, and living her midlife years with intention and purpose to serve her calling of helping other "wonder women." Terrell can be found on Instagram at @terrell_llyw or on Facebook at Terrell Salley-Holliman.Mentor.Coach. You can also join her free community, Wonder Woman Tribe: Women Inspiring Balance or download her free resources: 5 min 5 Energy Booster Exercises and Mindful Meditations. To connect with me, send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

I'm here for the growth. All of it. The painful and the joyful parts of growth. The setbacks and the successes. The good and the bad. All of it. So much of what kept me stuck for years was that I didn't approach my goals from a perspective of "What is this here to teach me?" I attached solely to the outcome. When the outcome didn't materialize the way I planned, I labeled myself a failure and I got further and further into my stuck story. Showing up for your life with a mindset of "I'm here for the growth," changes your behaviors from ones that are outcome driven to behaviors that lead to curiosity about your reactions, actions, and inactions. If you get into the habit of asking yourself, "What is this lesson here to teach me?" and you are open to a mindset of growth instead of attaching to a result, your stuck story will slowly begin to disappear because you will have developed a habit of taking imperfect action. To contact me, send me an email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join my free Facebook community of over 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To download my free guide, "The 3 Step Formula to Break Out of Your Midlife Slump and Take Action", click here. Finally, if you'd like to take advantage of my FREE clarity call, schedule your call with me today by clicking here. --- 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/midlifeinbold/message

Priorities. Mine sure have changed over time.  The 50 year old me is proud of the shifts I've made in my priorities. All of the changes I've made have been for one purpose: to better my life so that I can leave a personal legacy behind.  My legacy isn't something I even considered before I hit midlife. Now, it's my larger WHY for my business, for my coaching, and for my projects.  So, in this episode I'm talking about how my priorities have changed in all of the  dimensions that make up my life: my physical health, my mental health, my spiritual health, my finances, my career, my home, my friends and social circle and my intellectual / learning dimension.  I often reevaluate my priorities because it's important to make sure that they are in alignment with goals and my soul so that my actions in life are leading me to leave the legacy behind that I want.  It's important to realign and reassess your priorities at different stages in your life to make sure you are not staying stuck in an old story or pattern. Give yourself permission to want different things in life and then go after them.  You only have one BOLD life to live. What are you waiting for? I'd love to connect with you! Email me at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow me on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, Better yet, join my free Facebook community of 500 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join me for my weekly LIVE training on Wednesday evenings at 6pm PST. To register for my upcoming free masterclass on Wednesday, October 28th at 5pm PST, The 3 Secrets to Move From Unstuck to Unstoppable in Midlife that No One is Talking about, register here: https://start.midlifeinbold.com/live-training. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In this episode, I interview Angela Carter, owner of a boutique yoga + art studio in the Roosevelt Row Arts District of Downtown Phoenix.  Angela is a nutrition junkie, wellness lover, and eternal student. She currently teaches a variety of yoga styles at NRYSH Yoga in Downtown Phoenix.  As a BOLD woman in the middle and a small business owner, Angela shares with listeners the journey she has been on to reinvent herself from the corporate world to owning a studio and how she handles uncertainty and all the twists and turns that life, and especially life this year, brings her way. NRYSH is a play on the word nourish and she started it as a holistic nutrition coaching company about 4 years ago. NRYSH has grown to include the yoga space and is ever expanding.  Most recently, Angela added yoga therapy training to her skillset to better support her clients.  At NRYSH, Angela incorporates the physical, mental, and nutritional aspects of wellness in each customized plan to help enhance her client's overall energy, clarity, and balance in this unpredictable world. You can follow Angela on Facebook at NRYSH, on Instagram at @nryshyoga or visit her site at www.nrysh.org. To contact Loukia, email at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow her on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, and join her free Facebook community of over 450 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear. To register for Loukia's upcoming masterclass on October 28th at 5pm PST, The 3 Secrets to Move from Unstuck to Unstoppable in Midlife That No One is Talking About click here: https://start.midlifeinbold.com/live-training to save your spot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

Season 2 of This Midlife in Bold podcast kicks off with an interview with Autumn Geist.  As the owner of The Collective LHE + Makery in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Autumn has worn many hats, and lived a life full of experiences. The Collective LHE & Makery is Autumn's first brick and mortar business and she enjoys bringing her love of creating experiences, event planning and curating beautiful apparel, home decor and gifts in this creative space, especially in the town she believes is a hidden gem, with lots of growth potential for independent businesses. Autumn is also the founder of The Public, a speech and leadership coaching firm. She loves to champion, and encourage people to find their voice, speak confidently and live their best lives. She is a mother of 3, active in her community, and as a self-proclaimed “queen of connecting the dots,” she loves gathering friends and family over her almost-famous gumbo.   In this episode, Autumn shares her experience with "pivoting" well before it became the trendy word of 2020. She takes the listener through some of her biggest "pivot" moments and shares how her background, upbringing, family, career, and experience of loss has prepared her to live a meaningful and purposeful life in her second act. Autumn is full of surprises, has so much wisdom to share, and is inspiration with a capital "I."   You can follow Autumn on Instagram @thecollectivelhemakery, on Facebook at The Collective lhe LLC + Makery, visit the store in person if you're local to the Chicago area or visit their website at thecollectivelhe.com and shop their online store. #supportsmallbusiness To contact Loukia, email at loukia@midlifeinbold.com or follow her on Instagram and Facebook @midlifeinbold, Better yet, join her free Facebook community of over 400 midlife women and growing called Midlife Women Making Change Without Fear and join her for weekly LIVE training on Wednesday evenings at 6pm PST. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/midlifeinbold/message

In this final episode of Season 1, I'm celebrating a birthday, 50!  In this special Thursday edition of This Midlife in BOLD podcast, I reflect on the journey of my first 49 years, how I’ve stopped the restless searching for the perfect everything and my biggest takeaway: I am enough as I am. On this day, the official halfway point of the year, I'm firmly planted and living life in the middle and I couldn't be more at peace, content, and happy about that.  Now please excuse me, I need to go blow out some candles and have some cocktails to celebrate life in the middle. Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm in my final days of this decade and I'm excited to welcome 50 and a new chapter. In this episode, I'm reviewing life since starting this podcast one year ago, the process of how Midlife in Bold came to be, a new business project I'm working on, the mindset shifts that I have made to overcome my limiting beliefs and own my worth and value, and what I have identified as my biggest barrier to success and living my purpose, resistance. Resistance comes disguised in many forms and can manifest in a number of unhealthy ways. Once you identify how resistance shows up in your life, you can begin to make the shifts to move past your resistance to live life with clarity and purpose. If you've ever started a project or work on a goal and then stopped or avoided making a change and then regretted it, it might be resistance. The good news is, once you realize how resistance is showing up in your life, you can overcome it. Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Affectionately known as the “Loud Blonde” by friends and fans, Kelly Cochran is a professional motivator who shares her message of female empowerment on stages and podcasts across the country. Before diving head-first into entrepreneurship, Kelly spent 15 years working in SEO, brand strategy and project management in corporate America. Tired of hitting her head on the glass ceiling, Kelly ditched the cubicle for good in early 2017. Winner of the 2019 “Top 20 On The Rise” Award for Marketing and named a Female Trailblazer by SDVoyager Magazine, Kelly is the outspoken female voice this generation has been waiting for. Her debut book, "LOUD: Silence Your Critics & Turn Up the Volume on Your Life," launched as a #1 Amazon Best Seller in September 2019. Kelly loves to work with driven, Type-A professionals who are tired of playing small and living life below their potential. Her high-performance coaching powerfully moves her clients out of their comfort zones and into inspired action by focusing on the 3 M’s: Marketing, Mindset, and Motivation. Besides being a coach, author and speaker, Kelly is also an unabashed wine lover and dog mom. You can learn more about Kelly at LoudBlonde.com, follow her on Instagram @loudblonde and join her free Facebook group, the Biz Builders Society at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bizbuilderssociety. Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's podcast, I'm talking about my top 7 challenges and my top 8 gifts that came from taking a leap of faith four years ago. At the age of 46, I drove away from a career of 20 years and embarked on what I call my "Eat, Pray, Love" Entrepreneur Journey...Midwest style! Spoiler Alert:  there was no trip to Italy, India, or Bali, just good old Illinois!  I wish I had someone to guide me along this solopreneur journey so I'm sharing my raw, honest experience of blindly following my passion and how that led to some big challenges, setbacks, and disappointments but at the same time also opened my eyes to how BOLD I am.  I love creating, inspiring, and growing as a midlife entrepreneur and my journey is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to.  So, if you're  a woman in the middle and you're thinking of taking a BOLD leap into being your own boss, you won't want to miss this episode.  Let's get social and connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My guest today embodies the word RESILIENT. Ms. Terran Lamp, MBA, ACSM, CISSN, shares her inspiring journey and how through her struggles she found courage and inspiration.  Her endeavors will inspire you to be the best you can be in all areas of your life.  Terran was admitted into University of Virginia Newborn Special Care unit at 3 weeks old and her story of survival began. She has had multiple heart surgeries and received an implanted pacemaker at the age of 4. Terran was only born with one kidney and was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 10. At age 41, she was told she had breast cancer and in June 2016, Terran underwent a double mastectomy. In addition to her role in corporate America, Terran is making her mark as a successful entrepreneur and community leader. Terran is an author, speaker, international heart health advocate, certified personal trainer and most of all a survivor! An active member of her community, Terran is a National WomenHeart Champion, an Ambassador for the American Heart Association and the Adult Congenital Heart Association and a mentor for breast cancer survivors. Terran was the 2017-2018 recipient of the Macy’s Lifestyle Change Award in recognition for her work helping others be heart healthy and change their lifestyle. Terran was raised in Northern Virginia and spent most of her adult life in California and now resides in Illinois with her husband and cat Max. She has shared her story on corporate and public stages and I am excited to share her story with you. You can find Terran on Instagram @iamterranlamp and on Facebook at Terran Lamp. To connect with me, you can find me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm leaning in to the uncomfortable in this episode and talking about the current events unfolding in our country. At the time of this recording, the United States is in pain. Still in the midst of a global pandemic, 40 million people unemployed, and small businesses struggling to survive, protests have erupted in the streets in cities across this country spurred by the senseless murder of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis. There is a lot of pain and it's time for me to be part of the solution. To connect with me, you can find me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's podcast is all about taking imperfect action!  I invited my first guest to the podcast this week, Susie Madunich, a Midlife in Bold coaching client and owner of an online apothecary called Aromatic Blessings. Susie is 54, a Wisconsin resident, married, mother to four children, as well as some other four legged children, and started living life with no regrets about 8 years ago when she founded her business and started to share her gifts and purpose to help others find relief, physical or emotional, as a folk herbalist and aromatherapist. Susie has been diagnosed with complex PTSD, has survived an abusive marriage, and other losses but because of all of that, she has turned her pain into her biggest success. Susie has turned her mess into her message which is this: follow your dreams because the pain of living with regret is too big of a burden to bear. Right in the middle of life, Susie is making her dreams come true. If you think you can't have the life you desire because of your circumstances or because it's too late, listen to Susie and I bet you will change your mind. You can find Susie at www.aromaticblessings.net or on Instagram and Facebook by the same name. To connect with me, you can find me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dreaming is only something kids do or what you do when you're sleeping or bored, right? Turns out dreams are for adults too but somewhere along the way LIFE happens and the only dream we may have is getting a full night of uninterrupted sleep (hello, hot flashes). There are so many reasons women in midlife stop dreaming. But, the practice of dreaming, of painting a picture in your mind of your future self, is just that, it's practice. So, if you've given up on dreaming because you're focused on the reason(s) your dream can't come true, come along with me in this week's episode and listen to why I think it's important to keep dreaming, especially now as a midlife woman. Connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Many of my clients cringe when I ask them to set goals. Goal is a four letter word to them. Why? Because the way they've been taught to set personal goals often sets them up for failure. Many of us have been trained and conditioned to focus on the outcome of a goal and to self-assign success or failure on how well we meet the metrics of the goal. Personally, I was never taught how to set a goal based on how I wanted to feel.  So, when I didn't reach a goal based the metrics I created, I assigned blame, deemed myself a failure, and decided I was no good at that "thing" and I would abandon the goal. That's why I think personal goals that are focused on metrics and outcomes suck.  As I've entered midlife, I've started to set goals based on feelings, more heart-centered goals, and those don't suck and work way better for me as I share with you in today's episode. Connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, a new version of my podcast emerges as Episode 31 launches This Midlife in BOLD. Still the same me, same inspiration, and call to action to live your best life, but with a specific focus on midlife years and on what it means for me to live BOLD. If you’re tired of living life on auto pilot, wasting precious years of doing the same thing when you know want more, and just surviving in midlife instead of thriving but, you just don’t know how to get out of your own way, I got you my friend; you're in the right place. Nothing gets me more fired up than hearing midlife women say, “Well at our age, we really shouldn’t do that…” Midlife is a time to stop “shoulding” yourself and start saying,“yes” to everything you want to do, have, or be. Life is short and precious so NOW is the time to live your midlife in BOLD. Connect with me on Instagram or Facebook @midlifeinbold or visit me at www.midlifeinbold.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well here we are, three months into 2020. The year of getting your life in focus, creating a vision, oh yeah and navigating a global freaking pandemic also known as COVID-19. There are so many feelings and emotions being experienced by my friends, family, and clients ranging from annoyance to fear to gratitude for some time to nap and wear pajamas. All of those feelings are valid. Heck, I feel some of those feelings all in one hour! Whatever you're feeling during this time is OK. You're OK, even if you're not OK. All feelings matter and you don't need to apologize to anyone or feel bad for how you feel. To connect with me, you can email me at midlifeinbold@gmail.com, follow me on Instagram at @midlifeinbold or on Facebook at Midlife in Bold. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, I'm talking about the power of choice. Listen, it may not seem like you have a lot of choices right now, like whether or not you want 2-ply or ultra soft toilet paper because you'll take whatever you can get, but you always have choices. Recognizing that you and you alone have the power to make choices in your life is what separates you from living your life by design instead of one out of default or guided by fear. You have so much power in your own life to make choices that can either bring you joy and peace or leave you feeling miserable and stuck with a life full of regrets, walking around complaining and feeling left behind. So, while you may not have a lot of choices in the form of what kind of toilet paper to buy right now, you do have the power to choose how to react. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode I'm talking about my 2020 Mantra: Be More, Do Less, friendships in the middle of life, and Oprah. I didn't create any concrete goals when January 1st rolled around this year and so far it's been working for me. I have been enjoying the year and getting back in touch with what makes me happy. I'm accomplishing things and committed to living my best life, but in a more natural and organic way. I'm BEING engaged in life instead of going through life with a checklist and always DOING the things I think I should regardless of whether or not it makes my soul sing. Nope, done with that way of living. In today's podcast, I'm also sharing the details and my thoughts about my day long experience with Oprah at her 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour in Los Angeles, letting you in on the nuggets of wisdom I learned, the clarity I gained and more. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's episode I take some time to share with you the wellness tools, practices, and strategies that helped me get to this middle of life age, healthy in mind and body; it's my personal wellness recipe and I'm giving you my ingredients. I use these tools regularly, some more than others depending on what I'm going through in a particular season of life, and each one of them is important to living a joyful life.  When I have doubt, fear, or wonder where I'm headed in life, I remember that I have gotten to this age, to this healthy place in my mind and body, because of my wellness toolbox. This middle of life season is not a crisis, it's a continuous transformation of a well lived life. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What does it take to cultivate a positive mindset? Listen, it's easy to be negative because it's a symptom of our culture and society--it's everywhere. Every day I have to 'tune out" negative sounds, images and words. Why do I make a habit of doing this? Because if I don't, the negativity drains my energy and when my energy is drained and I'm surrounded by negativity, I turn that negative energy on myself. I get crabby, I get consumed in negative thoughts about myself and I don't move forward. I stay stuck and I don't want to be stuck or waste precious days of my life consumed by negative thoughts. In this episode I share strategies and tips on how to create a positive mindset so you don't get caught in a cycle of negativity that does nothing to enhance This Life of yours. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Balance seems to be elusive to a lot of people. There are even some people that say balance is bullshit. I don't buy that. I believe you create a life of balance. The key word there is create. Balance isn't something you find or that magically appears when your kids are grown and out of the house, or when you're retired, or when you have more money or when, when, when. Balance is created through intentional and purposeful boundary setting. You can define those boundaries and create a life in balance, but it takes work. So, if you keep saying that you wish you had better balance in life, maybe it's time to stop wishing and start creating the balance you desire. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

New Year, Same Me. No resolutions. No magic overnight transformation to achieve that "New Year, New You" bull I keep hearing. Just a midlife woman, trying to be more and do less. Yup, you heard me. Do Less. I have been doing ALL THE THINGS for years and in the process, I have forgotten what it means to just be, to be a human BEing instead of a human DOing. So, I don't feel the need to proclaim my resolutions to the world just because the calendar flipped to January 1. I'll set goals. I will do more than lay on my couch this year. I just don't need to have that all figured out on the first day of the new year. If you're feeling a little directionless, uninspired, or generally lost, you're not alone and everything will be ok. Slow down Be Still. Listen and just Be. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode I share with you my "a ha" moment I had at age 39 and how my definition and image of physical wellness changed after a visit to the doctor and receiving some scary test results. Up until that point, I took my able body for granted and abused it with food and underused it by being sedentary. I discuss discovering fitness and how to eat better in my 40s, how my personal value for my health has changed as I approach "50" and what it means to me to have good physical wellness. Hint? It's not a pant size or a number on a scale. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm known as a person who embraces and makes changes, someone who is ambitious, and also encourages others to take action in their life NOW. So, today's episode might seem like the complete opposite of who I am. I'm giving myself permission to pause. In this episode I share how pushing hard for something you want doesn't always lead to the outcome you desire and it can actually have the opposite effect. Listen as I share how I'm approaching life with a lot more pause and a lot less pushing and driving towards my goals. If you are feeling tired, burnt out, and doing ALL THE THINGS because that's what you're supposed to do not because it's what you want to do, it might be a good time for you to pause. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram at coach_loukia, on Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, I explore what home means to me and how I create the feeling of home wherever I go, especially now that I am away from the only home base I've ever known. So, if you’ve ever felt a sense of not belonging, been away from loved ones, felt disconnected from your home, your roots, your people, don’t have a community of close friends, have moved a lot, or find yourself in a place of life where your normal definition of home has changed due to loss, separation, or a move, then today's podcast might give you a different way to think about home. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I've got recipes on my mind! In this week's episode, I'm giving you my recipe for success. I share my personal experience with gratitude, goal setting, and growth and how all of these "ingredients" have worked to help me create a life that I am proud of and how these practices keep me grounded when change, turmoil, and life happens. I also share with you my new program for 2020: This Life 2020 A Women's Success Circle that will be launching in January. For more information, click here to sign up for details and information when the group registration opens. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, I'm sharing with you the importance of saying "NO" and I talk about how I have stopped apologizing (to myself and to everyone else) for my actions, my inactions, and my journey in life. This middle of life place I find myself in brings me a great sense of empowerment, knowing I have so much life to live yet and so much more I can do, yet also a sense of urgency that time is ticking and I am not wasting the time I have left apologizing for being me or saying yes when I want to say no. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode, I'm coming to you from my new home in San Diego! I'm also calling myself out. I have said never a lot in my life and the fact is, never is pretty restrictive in a world of infinite possibilities. Saying never is pretty darn definite and it will limit your life experiences which will ultimately end up limiting your life. I discuss how I'm not too proud to admit that a lot of the "nevers" I proclaimed when I left my career three years ago mostly turned out to be false. I also discuss how using never in regards to who you are or what you can do prevents you from living This Life, this one and only life, the way you deserve and dream of living it. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Change is afoot again! I'm packing boxes for the second time in less than a year and headed to San Diego. In today's episode, I share two upcoming changes happening for me and how even though it feels like I am coming "full circle" to a place I never thought I'd be again, I am different. So, if you have ever found yourself starting over or going back to a place or situation you never imagined yourself in and struggling with feeling like you are starting at "square 1" again, this episode will assure you that you are not. You are coming to that "full circle" moment or experience wiser and with more knowledge, skills, and perspective to begin again and that is a pure gift. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What stories do you tell yourself? In this episode, I explore a few of the major story lines I've carried with me that aren't true and how those stories became my reality and held me back, and created a negative and limiting mindset in my life. Your thoughts become your beliefs, your beliefs become your actions, and your actions become your life. So, what kind of life are you living? Is it based on a false narrative, a story, that you are telling yourself? Listen, by the middle of life, I've been through some stuff and there are plenty of cracks, bumps, and bruises I can show for it. But, my story doesn't need to be all about the hard stuff because there's been plenty of good stuff too. I'm here to LIVE life and that means all of life, including the rough spots. Change your thoughts, change your beliefs, change your actions, then change your LIFE. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Self-care. It’s a big buzz word in the wellness world. What does it mean exactly? Is it all bubble baths, pedicures, and massages? In this week’s episode, I explore the concept of self-care through your five senses. I share my experience with a healing energy called reiki and I talk about each of the five senses-vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch-and give you some ideas for how you can cultivate each of your five senses on a daily basis to give yourself the care and attention you deserve. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As we enter the final days of 2019, I discuss my journey at the end of 2014 and the one decision that led me down a beautiful new path. I had no idea at the time that one decision would change the trajectory of my life. How will you spend the final days of this year? Will you "ride it out" hoping to just get through the days, or will you make the ending a new beginning for yourself? As I sit here in the middle of life, I feel the urgency to live life well with each passing year and I know that my ending is just the beginning of realizing the dreams and possibilities I have for my life. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I am living life in the "AND" and learning to embrace it. In this episode, I'm talking about how my life is full of "AND" situations. I'm grateful AND I still want more. I'm healthy AND I still love to eat french fries. I'm independent AND lonely at times. Life is one big transition so living in the "AND" is part of that journey. If you've ever felt like you should have it all figured out by now but don't because you're also living life in the "AND" then this episode will reassure you that you are not alone. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As I approach the middle of my life, or midlife, I am not giving up. In fact, I am leveling up. If you are interested in really seeing what This Life has in store for you and you're in the middle of life like me, it's time to level up your gratitude game and your life. In a world where you can be anything, be hopeful about your midlife years. You are just getting started, no time to give up because it's time to level up. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Infinite Kindness. What is it? How do you demonstrate it to yourself and to others? Why does it matter? I share with you some personal stories of friendship and kindness, how it shows up in my life and why it shouldn't be random but a deliberate expression in daily life. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We all need to step back and take a breath sometimes and hit the RESET button because well, life happens. In this episode I open up about my struggles this past year and how I'm hitting the RESET button in order to move forward. I share my challenges with my career change, the behaviors I've exhibited this year that have made 2019 difficult, and what I'm doing about it starting today and going forward. So, if you feel like giving up I'm here to say DON'T. All you need is a little RESET. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Have you ever felt like an imposter in your professional or personal life? I certainly have. Heck, I felt like an imposter recording this episode! Imposter syndrome is real and it plagues a lot of high achieving individuals from all walks of life. If you ever feel like turning around to look for the person who is receiving the praise, award, or accolades until you realize it's you and say, "Who me?" then this episode is for you. I'll talk about what imposter syndrome is, how it's showed up in my life, and some tips on how to overcome it. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wine and pasta? Yes please! In this episode, I discuss the various dimensions of wellness and what it means to be healthy and it might not be exactly what you read about in magazines or see on social media posts. You might be surprised to know that wellness is not just about what you eat and whether or not you can squat and do push ups.  Wellness is complex and it includes much more than what's on your plate.   So, if you're a lover of wine and pasta and think you can't have these things to be healthy, think again.  To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Comparison is the thief of joy. We are taught how to "compare and contrast" early on in our schooling from the time we can read sentences. So, we're used to making comparisons because it is a natural thing to do. When you constantly compare yourself and your life to others, that act of comparison robs you of two things: your joy and the present moment. If you find yourself getting caught in the comparison trap, this episode is for you. I talk about how comparing results in stealing your joy, your present, and minimizes the amazing person that you are. Not only that, but if you are stuck in the comparison trap, you are probably downplaying your accomplishments and shrinking from compliments that are well deserved and earned. To connect with me, you can email me at thislifepodcast@icloud.com, find me on Instagram and Facebook at Erini Yoga & Wellness, or visit my website at www.eriniyogawellness.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app