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Exploring Gender, Wellness, And Being A Late Bloomer with Leah Blooms: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 9
What if, in your mid-40s, you realized that the very way you’ve been trying to present yourself to the world all along…wasn’t actually YOU? That’s the story you’re about to hear from today’s guest, Leah Blooms. Leah is a mentor, a writer, and artist focusing on intimacy, mental health, gender, sex, and practical self-care. Growing up in a conservative Mormon family, Leah initially follow the expected path, getting married and starting a family young. After struggling with health and wellness issues for decades and searching for answers through a variety of methodologies, Leah (with the help of her now-ex-husband, Joe) finally settled on a missing piece that had been left…
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Financial Planning As Self-Care with Melissa Joy: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 8
“Self care” is often associated with pampering practices like pedicures and retail therapy. But what if getting really acquainted with your finances – and what they can do for you – is one of the most important ways you can care for yourself and your future? No matter what you hope to do, be, or accomplish in the “what’s next” of your life, the fact is that having a good grasp of your finances opens up a world of options. In this episode of Mother of Reinvention I talk to Certified Financial Planner Melissa Joy about the many reasons women put off financial planning – but why NOW is the…
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Reinventing With Intention With Christine Koh: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 7
When you’re already juggling a dozen projects, how do you make space and time for something new – especially if you have no idea how it’s done? That’s the dilemma author, podcaster, business owner, designer, and all-around renaissance woman, Christine Koh, found herself facing when she decided to add “getting bylines in major publications” to her repertoire. There was just one problem: Christine didn’t actually know how to do that. But by getting intentional about her goal and reaching out to her network for help, she quickly added “published in the Boston Globe, CNN, and The Washington Post” to her already-illustrious bio. In this episode of Mother of Reinvention, Christine…
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The Accidental Activist – How Regular People Can Make Change For Good, with Karen Walrond: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 6
Injustices seem to be piling up all around us – and yet the noisy, polarized world we inhabit can make it really hard to know how or when to use our voices. So how do we find the courage and conviction to speak up and take action when we know something is wrong, while staying positive and open? Today Karen Walrond, author of the upcoming book The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How To Work For Change Without Losing Your Joy, identifies the formula: courage to be vulnerable (and sometimes, wrong); curiosity to be interested in other people’s experiences, and compassion to really listen and build bridges, not walls. If you’ve been feeling…
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From White-Knuckling Life To Embracing Balance with Yoga Instructor Lisa Segar: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 5
Do you know when you can give more – and when it may be time to hold back? The practice of yoga – and specifically, learning to strike that delicate balance between not giving up when things get challenging, but also resting when it’s the right thing to do – has been a big part of my personal reinvention story, so I’m excited today to talk to Lisa Segar, one of my favorite instructors at my local studio, Yoga Life. For years I mostly knew Lisa as the instructor who taught 4:45 Vinyasa Flow on Thursdays and 7 PM Restorative on Mondays, so it was an honor to get to…
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Rewiring Your Brain Using Gratitude With Nancy Davis Kho: Mother of Reinvention Episode 4
If, like me, you’ve ever had a bit of a cynical attitude about gratitude journals and other thankfulness projects, this episode is for you! The year she turned 50, writer and podcaster Nancy Davis Kho embarked on an ambitious project: to write thank-you letters to 50 people who had impacted her in both positive and negative ways, ultimately helping to shape her life. That undertaking eventually became a book: The Thank you Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude At A Time. In today’s episode of The Mother of Reinvention Show, Nancy and I discuss “milestone” birthdays, how to rewire your brain toward positivity, how gratitude helps strengthen resilience and…
