I had a great conversation with Junie Moon, The Love Coach, who teaches women in midlife how to magnetize their ideal partner and experience Next Level Love. With Junie’s unique heart-centered dating strategies, coupled with some powerful mindset tools that helped her magnetize the love of her own life, she helps women learn to embrace this precious stage of life with confidence, playfulness and ease.

Junie is also an award-winning international speaker, Best-selling author of Loving the Whole Package: Shed the Shame and Live Life Out Loud, director/producer of the film Shed the Shame, host of the podcast Midlife Love Out Loud and a Certified Shadow Work® Facilitator.

After years of walking on eggshells in her marriage, afraid to be her true self, eating tons of food and hitting 200 pounds, she shared her breakthrough. How she found herself, her voice, her life and then finally finding her new love partner as well as letting go of 50 pounds and keeping them off 18 years!...

Today I decided to make a list of the first 10 things that came up for me when looking for positives in the pandemic. And I actually added an extra one for a total of 11!

I got the idea for this topic because a few things I valued have recently returned in my life - things that were lost that I took for granted. And some of the items on my list were added simply because I have a new perspective, a new appreciation for things that, if not for the pandemic, I may not have ever realized.

Looking at the past 18 months with an abundance mindset gives me such better feelings than looking at the lack that many of us felt by losing so much of the little things in our lives we just took for granted.

Have you made a list of the pandemic positives in your life? If not, take a stab at it and see how it makes you feel... 

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My guest this week is Dr. Michelle Gordon, former surgeon and now founder of Menopause Movement: a community of women flourishing through menopause (and life). In this episode, she shares her journey from being the epitome of success, having a thriving career as a medical doctor, only to find it draining and unfulfilling and chucking it all late-in-life for a risky, but deeply rewarding and purpose-driven mission creating an online program for menopausal women. .

When menopause hit her with embarrassing hot flashes, anxiety, self-doubt, stubborn belly fat, and raging moods, Dr. Michelle knew she needed answers. Through trial and error, she began to thrive. This resulted in a transformation in both the disruption of menopause and her life. And that's when she conceived The Menopause Movement, where she helps women, who, like the old Michelle, struggle with the physical and mental challenges of menopause, find support and answers so they can enjoy life again. 

Not only is this...

My search for abundance yesterday morning led me to the topic for this episode... You see, I missed a BIG goal I had set with my team. It was the biggest goal we've set to date and I really believed it was possible. (Hint: Belief is a big part of attracting what you desire!)

But we missed our goal... And as a bit of a competitor, I felt like I lost the game I was playing. And who wants to lose?!?! Not me!!! So I woke up with the attitude of a bad loser - the type who can't see the lessons in the loss.

I laid in bed for a couple of minutes with loser thoughts that just made me feel crappier and unmotivated to get out of bed. Not a good way to start a Friday, or any day for that matter!!! (And a rare occurrence in my life since I love what I do and typically jump out of bed excited to get to work!)

But fortunately, from plunging into the work of abundance and employing this mindset on a daily basis, I quickly became aware that my thoughts were coming from a place of lack and dwelling...

My latest guest is of the age that most are tech-challenged but not her - she loves technology! Meet Adrian, the 60 year old owner of a successful internet-based business who runs it with the help of her 72 year old sister!!! How crazy amazing is that? On top of that, she managed to juggle a full year of cancer treatments and coping with all the ups and downs of the pandemic while growing her business.

After 40 years in the Corporate world, Adrian "retired" to start her own freelance business doing Pinterest Management and coaching, but she’s never afraid to do a little bit of everything on the internet. She loves learning new things.

And she doesn’t let anything stop her, including cancer!!! She handled her diagnosis with breast cancer just as if it was another challenge to conquer. While being treated, she still managed to almost double her business and support her family.

In this interview, we talk about the passion  that pushed her to pursue her own business....

The idea for this episode was triggered by my own aha moments while reading some of the May entries in my book "Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach.

I had never thought about how our environment, the house we live in and the items contained in it are indicators of authenticity AND how this authenticity, or lack of it, impacts a feeling an abundance.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

She has some great questions you need to ask yourself as you are playing the role of "dispassionate detective" while walking around your house. It made me think about past houses and belongings that made me feel inauthentic.

• What surrounds you daily that you need to get rid of?
• What mementos of your past help or hinder your movement into the future?
• Do you have your own sacred space that makes you feel happy and whole?

If you're anything like me, it will make you think about your house in a different way and perhaps make some positive changes to bring more authenticity and abundant feelings into your life.!

Since...

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are." - Brené Brown

Showing up as your own authentic self can be difficult and, for some people, who fear they won’t be accepted in doing so, it can take a long time to  step into who they are and be passionate in living their truth. 

In this week’s episode, I chat with Rachel Freemon Sowers, a video visionary and strategist, who calls herself a Video Vixen Because she helps entrepreneurs show up in front of a camera to connect with their audience and be present to the people they serve.

Rachel shares her own story as a gay woman who hid her own identity for years. Her vulnerability and passion to live authentically is so inspirational and now she encourages other people to show up, shine their own light and step into their own true self so they can live their best life.

To learn more about Rachel Freemon Sowers and her work, just go to:

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In this episode, I was inspired by a training I did for the women inside my "Ignite Your Second Half Soul" free training. You'll hear some of the results from an exercise I had asked them to do prior to the training and I think you'll find what I share interesting and likely very relatable. The exercise involved 2 steps as follows:

Step 1 was to describe themselves in 3 words, without any reflection. Just share whatever are the first 3 words that come to mind.

Step 2 was to ask a close friend to describe them in 3 words. Again, without thinking, what are the first 3 words that came to their friend's mind when asked.

Here's what they learned and what you'll learn by listening to this episode:

• Words have power and some of the words we use to describe ourselves are very disempowering
• Disempowering words do not put you in a state of abundance. In fact, they will do the opposite.
• We are our own worst critics and often don't easily "see" the abundance in ourselves.
• We tend to focus on...

My latest guest is Lucia Knight is a midlife career satisfaction designer and researcher. She spent 20 years in the world of corporate headhunting in the UK and Australia before giving it all up to embark on a MSc Psychology. She runs a career overhaul business called Midlife Unstuck where she helps midlifers who feel career stuck to design work that is MUCH more satisfying, fulfilling and fun.

After a couple of years of feeling progressively "career stuck", her midlife found her diving headlong into a Psychology Masters. This included researching how personality influences work and life satisfaction (some people call this "happiness") and a major research project into the future for people over the age of 50 in big corporates.

Now, she combines her head-hunting, management, coaching and psychology experience to help other midlifers design their work future in a way that fits and feels much better than their current work. She helps them find their ‘superpowers’ to break...

For this 6th Activating Abundance episode, I reached out to previous guests and asked them to provide quotes, poems or stories/experiences they can share about abundance.

I am so grateful to Joy, Marian, Angie, Lisa, Kelly, Sandy, Eileen, and Michelle for taking the time to record a snippet of inspiration for you today.

If you'd like to hear more from these past guests, I've included links below that will take you right to their podcast interview and the show notes that have more information on who they are, what they do and how to connect with them:

Joy Pereira - Episode 66: Tips from a “Joy”-filled Aussie Who Loves “Nerding Out”!

Marian Barnick - Episode 76: Kinesiology: The Importance Of Physical Alignment In Living Your Best Life

Angie Sanders - Episode 28: Finding Hope & Purpose Through Adoption

Kelly West - Episode 85: Breathwork: A Great Soul Connector And Healing Practice

Lisa Bader - Episode 56: A Mother’s Love Of...