In this episode I share the 3 most important things to get started right this year, if you're ready to truly start fresh and have an amazing year.

#1: Look back and let it go. Don't bring your baggage of 2020 (or before!) into 2021!

#2: Pick ONE THING and make a plan. Think of actions that will inch you toward it.

#3: Drop the old habits and adopt new ones. Identify the habits that aren't serving you and your one thing. And pick a new habit that will accomplish both.

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A single mom driven by a dream to have a different life for her son, one with a better foundation than the broken one she experienced herself as a child. This week’s guest, Dara Salas, set out to improve the odds of winning, by learning all the things she never learned growing up.

A wounded soul who sacrificed her happiness to go live with her father when her parents split. leaving her with a broken heart and a childhood riddled with financial setbacks, Dara has learned to finally take control of her life and rewrite her story of loss and shame, and set out to raise her child on her own terms.

Dara is a 47 year-old restaurant industry worker and soon-to-be podcast host, now in a transition stage, turning her dreams into reality. With her knowledge and expertise, she wants to help teens and their families improve their financial literacy.

Dara is committed to helping teens learn from experts in the fields of finance, relationship building, marketing and psychology to develop...

Today I want to share a different but incredibly effective weight loss solution called The Plan. It has been life-changing for me and I know it can be that for you too!

What you will learn about how your body reacts to the foods you are eating that you may think are healthy is nothing short of jaw-dropping. And if you follow The Plan as prescribed, you will see your weight drop drastically as you develop your list of 'friendly" foods.

I share a bit of the science behind this fascinating approach to weight loss, and hope, if you are looking to make adjustments towards a healthier lifestyle in 2021, this will help you.

It isn't just a weight loss solution though... What I've found is that it is a life improvement solution! You will gain so much more than a new pant size!!! Less aches and pains, less sluggishness and exhaustion, less sleepless nights, less brain fog, and less frustration with other solutions that might not be working for you.

You can find The Plan on Amazon here.

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My guest today is "The Queen of Damn Near Everything!" Yep, that is what she calls herself and she really lives up to her name. Patti Phillips is an international best selling author, stand up comedienne, a blogger, realtor, entrepreneur, artist, traveler, a mom and all around amazing person. And that's just the tip of tiara! (She is literally wearing a tiara during our interview!)

Patti really stood out to me when I came across her Instagram feed so I reached out to her to see if she'd like to be a guest on my show. And she turned out to be a perfect fit as I learned more about her and her mission of helping midlife women to live a royal life.

I love Patti's open and honest attitude as she shares her life lessons as well as her varied interests, including how she got into gigging as a stand up comedienne. She even talks about what she learned from her failed marriages and how she met her new love who appears to be a perfect fit.t.

If you are looking for some midlife inspiration,...

When you have spent most of your life as a mom, it's a major transition to adjust your life without your kids being around. One day they are there and then poof, they are gone! And many of us parents feel lost when the that happens and are left feeling lost and without purpose.

After my Midlife Mindset Mastery last week, I received several emails from women who are struggling with the empty nest and it prompted the idea for this episode.

Since I already had the idea, I didn't use pull an Energy Oracle card as I often do to get inspiration for topics. BUT, right before I hit record, I decided to pull one anyway to see if the card would give me any additional inspiration to add to the topic I had decided upon.

I'm not sure why these card pulls still amaze me... Time and time again, they are EXACTLY in line with what is needed at the moment. I swear it's uncanny and it's made me such a believer that the universe is always listening to us.

As I mentioned on the episode, the card is:...

This episode is by far my most favorite because I get to spend almost an hour chit-chatting with one of my most favorite people, my oldest daughter, Nikki, Johnson, who is now old enough to qualify as a midlifer!!! Shocking I know!

We talk about her entrepreneurial journey and how it has transformed in the past couple of years from running a multi 6 figure network marketing business to starting her own company.

She's a Certified Crystal Healer, a Reiki Level II Practitioner, a Spiritual Coach, and the founder of the High Vibe School.

Nikki's passion is evident as she talks about living authentically and helping other women, especially stressed moms to find joy in their lives by raising their vibrations and building self-confidence

She talks about her initial skepticism about the "woo" and how she began researching the science behind it which led her to a deep interest in crystals and a then desire to get certified. She draws on her extensive knowledge to teach others about them as...

After her business partner and best friend died two years ago from mucosal melanoma, a rare type of skin cancer, my guest Sarah Graham Fuhrmann, was forced to figure out how to carry on the indoor rowing business they had founded together 10 years earlier.

It was difficult not only losing someone she loved but also the person, well-known for her rowing expertise, their "icanrow2" business was built around.

Sarah had to deal with her grief, along with the challenges of "imposter syndrome." She wrestled with how she could possibly run the company without the rowing experience her partner had brought to the table.

But she finally realized she had other extremely valuable, and just as important, business experience as well as other strengths, built over a long career of other jobs. And she also had very experienced "rowing" coaches that had been trained in the rowing certification program she and her partner had created.

Now Sarah, even with the challenge of the pandemic and having to...

Does hard work ALWAYS equal success or can you actually DO LESS and still have amazing success?

I pulled an Energy Oracle card from my deck titled "Action" to inspire this episode and it has a 2 horses galloping, one in front that is white and one that is following in black. The white horse implies intuition and taking action based on your inner voice. And the black horse implies the outer work - the actual tasks that we are conditioned to do that often overtake our life.

What I've learned is that my busy work, while very satisfying in many ways (because I love to check off tasks as I complete them!), was actually suppressing my inner voice that would have guided and enlightened me to do things differently and better. And by applying this inner work daily, meaning intentionally putting inner work on my To Do list, I've found so much more success this past year. 

In October and November, I had my most successful months, in terms of revenue, since I left my corporate job to...

Sara Roach Lewis is a successful entrepreneur, a recognized expert in gender equality, facilitator, strategist, mentor, coach and radio host. Over the last 15 years, Sara has worked with top female leaders and helped dozens of entrepreneurs scale and grow their businesses.

She has the passion and drive to build a platform for women entrepreneurs and show everyone what they are capable of. Sara leads the way to help businesses grow, provide great opportunities for women, and make ambitions happen, all with a common theme of women supporting women. How awesome is that?!

Listen as Sara shares her own story, dealing with a chronic episodic illness while still managing to double her revenues each year, as well as giving tips on how employing a daily mindfulness and meditation practice helped her through her journey!

Today's message is coming straight from my intuition, combined with a card from my Energy Oracle card deck, and it's that operating intentionally in life will lead you to personal healing and happiness.

As I was contemplating the subject to discuss this week, I did what I often do... pulled a card. And the card that came up was titled: "Door to Personal Healing And Happiness." But  later that same day, on THREE separate occasions, the word intention came up. So I thought maybe that's a sign I should talk about intention this week.

I didn't see the connection between that card's message and intention UNTIL I decided to do a 2nd card pull. You see, I needed more PROOF of what I should talk about because my mind wasn't connecting the two... Crazy I know because it's so clear to me now!

So before I decided on the subject of today's episode, I went back to my card deck, shuffled 3 times and picked the card that stuck up the most - because clearly it was wanting to be picked!

I...