Midlife with Courage-Flourishing After Forty
Listening to this podcast will leave you feeling inspired and motivated as you navigate your beautiful midlife journey! The stories of other amazing women will start you on a path to finding your own courage to flourish after forty.
Episodes
210 episodes
Embracing Courage and Transformation with Suzy Wraines
This week, Kim talks with Suzy Wraines, an intrepid woman who shares her journey from being a 29-year-old army veteran to becoming a full-time RV-er and eventually a business coach. Suzy's story is one of resilience and courage, as...
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Season 4
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Episode 198
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31:46
Embracing Intuition in Business and Life with Carrie Adelstein
In this episode, Kim welcomes back Carrie Adelstein, an entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada. They discuss the wisdom that comes with age, Carrie's journey of self-discovery, and her unique approach to intuitive business consulting. C...
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Season 4
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Episode 197
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33:24
Finding Hope and Courage in Life's Unexpected Journeys with Caroline Rose
This week, Kim talks with Caroline Rose, an author, speaker, and motivational storyteller. Caroline shares her incredible journey of battling stage four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma through three diagnoses and treatments, including a bone marrow tran...
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Season 4
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Episode 196
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35:14
How to Deal with Menopause Symptoms in Midlife with Rose Amonte Yodzio
In this episode, Kim talks with Rose Amante Yodzio, a former elementary school teacher turned integrative nutrition and health coach. Rose made this courageous career transition after facing her own health challenges, including digestive issues...
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Season 4
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Episode 195
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31:26
Battling Ageism Out Loud and Proud with Ande Lyons
Ande Lyons is on a mission which can be summed up in the title of her podcast: Don't Be Caged by Your Age. Ande's background in business as a 4x business founder and global startup mentor eventually led her to her current role as a podcas...
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Season 4
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Episode 194
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33:55
Finding Myself Again at 50 with Debbie R. Weiss
Debbie Weiss is a speaker, author and course creator who found herself placed in a caregiving role at 17 years old when her father had a massive stroke. That wasn't the end of her caregiver roles however, as she also experienced a special needs...
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Season 4
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Episode 193
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31:08
Choosing You Despite What Others Expect-A Conversation with Ahna Mikl
Ahna Mikl shares her story of her own awakening to the realization that our bodies can heal naturally by healing the soul too. She talks with Kim about having the courage to look inside of ourselves to fully and completely heal. This is not eas...
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Season 4
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Episode 192
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37:42
Finding Joy in the Midlife Journey with Arlene Cohen Miller
Arlene Cohen Miller is an attorney who now helps others through her work-life balance coaching and transformational mentoring. She shares her journey and the tools she uses to live her best life. Arlene shares her reasons for leaving her marria...
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Season 4
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Episode 191
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34:01
Courageously Expressing Yourself with Jen Aks
Jen Aks has an energy that will come through to you as you listen to this conversation. Jen is on a mission to help others get into alignment with their body through the healing power of movement. As a dance educator, she has always been aware ...
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Season 4
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Episode 190
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34:26
Finding Your Inner Energy with Mary Harries
Mary Harries is a Core Energy Coach who found herself checking all the boxes in her life but knowing that something was off. She was a busy mom of 4, a wife and had a successful career as a mechanical engineer and she knew that she wanted somet...
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Season 4
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Episode 189
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30:12
Pausing that Negative Voice with Anne Poirier
Anne Poirier talks with Kim this week about her journey with an eating disorder, her career switch after 30 years and ways to help other women realize that self-worth lies not in how they look but for who they are. So many of us listen to that ...
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Season 4
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Episode 188
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31:46
Telling Your Story with Shane Barnard
Shane Barnard has a passion for something that many of us do not want to talk about. She helps other people talk about their end of life estate planning and does it in a comfortable way for all involved. Her focus is on leaving a story or legac...
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Season 4
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Episode 187
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30:24
Switching My Light Back On with Martina Gruppo
Martina Gruppo is a courageous woman. She talks with Kim this week about how she lowered her boundaries so much that she became the victim of a narcissistic abuser. For eleven years, she gave everything and received nothing in return until she ...
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Season 4
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Episode 186
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35:25
Nobody Cares with Robert J. Hunt
This week marks a never-before-done event on the Midlife with Courage podcast.Kim interviews Robert J. Hunt who talks with her about accountability and how he needed to find it in his own life journey. He and his wife found themselves $...
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Season 4
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Episode 185
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26:00
Living Every Moment
In this "extra" episode, Kim talks about her family's experience with the band REO Speedwagon and how it brought teenagers and parents together. Music is so powerful in so many ways and she shares how one band and the people she's ...
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Season 4
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Episode 184
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8:00
Using Your Intuition in Nursing and in Life with Jennifer Johnson
As we navigate midlife, we learn to listen to our intuition or that "gut feeling" more than we used to. Jennifer Johnson is an ER nurse who has learned how to listen to that intuition in her career and in her life. She talks with Kim about her ...
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Season 4
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Episode 183
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35:04
Finding Courage to Let Go For You with Sharon Costanzo
Life is full of transitions, especially in our relationships, and Sharon Costanzo experienced her fair share. She talks with Kim today about the courage she found to tell her husband she was not going to keep going the way things were. S...
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Season 4
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Episode 182
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30:20
Why Willpower is a Myth with Annie Gaudreault
Annie Gaudreault talks with Kim this week about how our nutritional needs change in midlife and how important it is to pay attention to what we eat. She shares some tips for eating better to support our changing bodies and health needs. She eve...
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Season 4
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Episode 181
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29:01
Navigating Attachment Trauma with Kyleigh Weathers
Although she looks much younger, Kyleigh Weathers is a 41 year old woman who has made a lot of choices in her life. She says it best (from her website) as she describes her journey: A Mormon missionary in Argentina one moment and home 6 mon...
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Season 4
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Episode 180
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29:59
Finally Supporting My Own Dreams with Gail Lynn
Gail Lynn talks with Kim about her journey of childhood abuse, two divorces, many career changes, making a movie with Elvis' stepbrother, illness and thankfully-healing and helping others. She talks about all of this and her invention of th...
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Season 4
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Episode 179
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33:45
Shining a Light On Others with Susan Friedland
Susan Friedland belongs to the "horse crazy girl" club and found herself reading all the horse books she could get her hands on as a child. One of those books was Misty of Chincoteague written by Marguerite Henry. As an adult, she bec...
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Season 4
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Episode 178
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49:11
What's Happening with the Podcast?
This week Kim shares what she has been learning and focusing on related to Midlife with Courage podcast. She is excited to refocus and energize her listeners to live every moment! Kim would love for you to answer some quick questi...
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Season 4
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Episode 177
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9:24
Living Second Chances with Mary Carroll Moore
Mary Carroll Moore is a writer who found herself wanting to explore the world of fiction after a distinguished career as a chef and food columnist and writer. She talks with Kim about her journey including the lessons she learned from her amazi...
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Season 4
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Episode 176
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22:28
Buying Nothing-A Solo Episode with Kim Benoy
This is one of Kim's first forays into video podcasting and she is talking about finding a book at the library and the surprise she found inside. Listen to the end for your homework assignment! *************Kim Benoy is...
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Season 4
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Episode 174
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12:57
We Are NOT Dumb or Lazy-How To Manage the Political Season
Note to the listener and viewers: For what it's worth, I recorded this episode last week before the events of the past weekend.Kim shares her thoughts about navigating the next four months before the election. She is sick of the poli...
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Season 4
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Episode 175
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11:50