To 50 & Beyond | Midlife | Wellness | Recovery

Bonus episode  Embracing the Shift  In this episode, I talk about current events surrounding us with the COVID-19.   Some of us are shifting beautifully into our new reality, and others feel more like it's a BIG LOUD PIVOT.  Listen in to get support, love, and encouragement to do you!  Join my email community for bonus episodes, special offers, and weekly midlife musings.  Leave me a podcast message or review.  Say hello on Instagram  

Episode 108  You Can Overcome Anxiety with Dennis Simsek    In this episode, I'm talking with Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy, about living a life free from anxiety, and chronic anxiety.  Dennis shares his story of suffering from chronic anxiety in his late twenties to early thirties, and how he has overcome.  He lost great relationships with people due to his increasing anxiety levels during social interactions, and his fears of being judged wrongly by people. If you are someone who has struggled with anxiety for years or it's new to you during perimenopause (and beyond), this episode will help you know you are not alone, and there are things you can do to turn it around.    Introducing Dennis Simsek:  Dennis Simsek is a Certified NACBT Life Coach and NLP Master Practitioner.  Dennis helps individuals and groups see where the obstacles in their life are, and guide/mentor them to reach their goals and full potentials. Through his program, YouTube videos, articles, podcast episodes, and coaching sessions are al

This is a bonus episode about what is happening in our world with the COVID-19.  My hope is to reach you in a place where you need to hear that there is hope and you are not alone, and to empower you to take action today! Download 25-Things to UPlevel Your Life Today

Bonus Episode  The Unromantic Side of Drinking  Show Notes Today's episode is all about the flip side of drinking and what happens when you think other people are able to "handle" alcohol.  I spent two years in indecision about whether or not I needed to quit, wanted to quit, or could moderate.  Those two years, exhausted me and I look back on them now as a big waste of time.  I don't want any woman in the middle of life to waste precious time thinking that alcohol is romantic.  It's ethanol in a pretty bottle with a cool name.  To schedule a free coaching session, please email here.  To join my email community and receive secret bonus episodes, please click here.   

Episode 107  Belonging in Long-Term Recovery  In this episode, I talk with Ann VerSteeg about long-term recovery, being a single mom for decades, and overcoming some of life's most traumatic experiences.  With alcohol clouding life as a teenager, she never knew what was real or imagined until she got sober. Annie is a 67-year old single sober badass with two adult children.  Annie got sober when her kids were six and four.  She was a midwife and then became a Lactation Consultant.  She has an 11-year old Lab, Jimmy, two grandsons, and lives in San Diego, California.  Some of the topics you will hear:  What depression feels like  Her Fertility Journey, not infertility journey  Getting divorced and dealing with the “new” wife  Betrayal and how it changes your life forever  Being a mom and letting go of control  Her daughter’s drinking at fourteen  Taking medication now for depression  Anti-depressants and how they have helped Annie's Sober Journey  At 30-weeks pregnant she learned her husband was in love with

Bonus episode:  Money Time: Downsizing, Budgets, and Money Language In this episode, I talk about my family's downsizing experience, how we are budgeting and tracking our money, and the disempowering money language that is holding us ALL back from living an abundant RICH life.    SPECIAL OFFER: ELEVATE Group Coaching    Download Get Your Glow On! Bonus Episode   Schedule a Free 30-minute Coaching Session    Listen to My Money Story Part One    Subscribe to the Podcast and leave me a message     

Episode 106  What it Means to Live a Sober Lifestyle  In this episode, I talk about how to make a sober lifestyle work for you and how to decide if sobriety is something you would like to explore.  Email me for a free coaching session.  Join the To 50 & Beyond FB community.  Say hello on Instagram.     

Bonus Episode  You Are Not Alone  In this episode, I talk about a moment I had this week where I ugly cried and said "I am all alone."   What happened next, helped me and it will help you too!    Email me Join ELEVATE     

Episode 105 Life at 50 with Amy Dresner  In this episode, I talk with Amy Dresner, author, writer, former comedian, and recovery advocate about turning 50, ageism, dating, money, and aging parents. Topics include:  Getting sober in her forties  Amy's story of recovery Aging parents and illness Gratitude for aging  Amy's writing career + book My Fair Junkie  Dating and aging Dating apps  Celibacy Ageism  Financial worries Epilepsy from drug use and crystal meth  Sex addiction  Drug addiction   Amy Dresner is a former comedian, as well as a recovering addict/alcoholic and epic, fuck up. She’s been a writer for the addiction/recovery magazine theFix.com since 2012 and freelanced for Addiction.com, Psychology Today, After Party Chat, Good Men Project, Refinery 29, among others.  Her first book, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean,” was released by Hachette in 2017 to rave reviews by critics and readers alike. She’s appeared on the television show The Doctors as well as been a guest on D

Bonus episode Alcohol is Not a Solution  For years I drank to "solve" shyness, sadness, perimenopause, grief, and more midlife experiences.  What I have found after six+ years of sobriety is that alcohol was never the solution to helping me, it only hindered me.  To schedule a coaching session, click here.  To join ELEVATE, click here.   

Episode 104 Becoming Your Own Best Friend with Caroline Hinchliff  In this episode, I talk with Caroline Hinchliff, a holistic nutritionist, author, and wilderness guide.  Caroline helps women build unshakable confidence in their bodies and finally feel good about food.  Caroline shares her story of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail for five months to find herself years ago.  She talks about the commonality of being your own worst enemy and getting to the point of becoming your own best friend and changing the dialogue with yourself.  Bullet points:  Binge eating + purging Setting out to feel better  The gift of aging Using food for pleasure  Shifting out of fear and shame and judgment and into a place of exploration, pleasure, and reward Having a “good” job but hating it  Abusive relationships + feeling lonely  Struggling with food + body image for years Redefining the external factors of success Simplistic living and living on less than you think you need Having an out-loud conversation with yourself  How to

BONUS  Aging with Anxiety and Alcohol  In this episode, I share my story of when I started drinking at 14 to when I quit at 45.  The story I told myself was that I needed alcohol to be social and to be liked.  I was wrong.    Free Coaching Session  Enroll in ELEVATE   

Episode 103 The Gift of Community with Dawn Nickel  In this episode, you will hear from Dawn Nickel, the founder of SHE RECOVERS. Dawn talks about turning 60 this year and how she wants to go into her third act of life and she is spending a lot of time in self-reflection.  Also, how she discovered at a young age that there had to be more to life than substance use and addiction.  Uncovering what led her to drink and using drugs. Today, Dawn is working on her workaholism.  She talks about putting in long hours and catching herself so she doesn’t do it every day.    Bullet Points:  Self-reflection going into 60  Childhood emotional trauma  Recovering from perfectionism Building She Recovers Blacking out from workaholism Anxiety and workaholism  Working 12-15 hours somedays  Sleeping 8-9 hours a night  Surviving stage 3 colon cancer  Where to choose an area in your life to heal first  Getting connected to stop isolation and get help  Dawn Nickel is a thought leader in the women’s recovery sphere and the creato

BONUS: How to Prove Yourself Wrong  It's so simple!  In this episode, I talk about how to prove yourself wrong so you build confidence and vitality in the middle of life.  The drama that you create by living in the past, worrying about the future, and not taking action today.  This drama is what keeps you from proving yourself wrong.  It doesn’t need to be this way.   Enter the 100th Episode Book + Beauty Bundle Giveaway Request a complimentary coaching session       

Episode 102 Un-Becoming Codependent In this episode, I talk with Stephanie Curtis about what it was like to marry young, leave the marriage, and marry again to an alcoholic husband.  Stephanie recounts her days in a marriage where Budweiser was the mistress, and how she made the decision to leave the marriage and work on her own recovery from codependency.  For years Stephanie fought desperately to save her husband, her family, and herself from the overwhelming destructive power of alcoholism, addiction, and abuse. Ultimately, she realized that in her attempts to lift him up, she was burying herself. The only way to find peace and protect her family was to redefine them completely. Now, as a single mom of two, she chips away at the armor she welded on over the years as protection. And hopes her story provides light to those cowering in the darkness of addiction - both the alcoholics and the unseen heroes - the spouses. Topics include:  Abusive Relationships  Getting married at twenty  Having an affair in her

On the first Saturday of every month, I will share what I have learned in working on my money story in 2020.  Topics discussed in this episode:  Valuing myself + questions that I need to dive deeper into Tracking Income + Expense  What's working for me now  How I accomplished my Money Time Habit  To learn more about my Money Story:  My Money Story Part One  My Money Story Part Two  Money Shame with Linda Parmar    To schedule a free 1:1 session, click here.  To enter the 100th episode giveaway, click here.    To join ELEVATE Group Coaching, click here.   

100 Episode Book & Bundle Giveaway Episode 101  The Byproduct of Getting Sober with Jaime T.  In this episode, I talk with Jaime T., CEO of Hype Girl Healing, a virtual community for women that hosts healing circles.  Jaime answered her soul's work in 2019.  Her heart's true passions and desires became abundantly clear: to begin healing the hurt that we all experience, and begin talking about the true potential and power each one of us has; to help women achieve true, undeniable happiness, through connection, conversation, love, and kindness coaching.  Some of the topics discussed:  Drinking as a teenager The social norm of drinking, especially in the beverage service industry Went through a move to California  Did a cleanse in 2017 and everything changed Hibernating because of cold weather and stocking up on alcohol.  Binge Drinking  Ego Sabotage  Finding Fitness after removing alcohol  Feeling the FEELS - anger, rage, regrets Finding an outlet to feel your emotions  Intuitive Exercise  Working with wom

In this bonus episode, I talk about parenting and my view of how I feel about my role as a mom and what I'm still learning.   Enter the 100th episode giveaway.  Join ELEVATE  Request a free coaching session   

Episode 100  Mastering Resilience After Trauma and Tragedy with Amberly Lago with Amberly Lago  Enter the Book & Beauty Giveaway In this episode, I talk with Amberly Lago about the power of choice and control and using resilience to survive (and thrive) tragedy. Amberly Lago is a leading expert in the field of resilience, transformation, and health and wellness. She shares her passion for turning tragedies into triumphs at exclusive workshops, public events, corporate summits, and schools. Amberly offers a carefully curated set of practical tools to teach others how to tap into their superpower of resilience and persevere through any of life’s challenges. Amberly offers hope and solutions for anyone living in chronic pain and has been featured on NBC’s TODAY Show, Hallmark Channel, TEDx, and featured in magazines such as Health, Fit Pregnancy, Shape, and Disability Magazine. She is a Texan living in California with her husband and two children and is out to change the world. Bullet Points:  Aging and soc

Bonus: Shedding Imposter Syndrome + Trying to Fit In  In this episode, I talk about what imposter syndrome is and how "fitting in" is no longer an option in the middle of life.  Please subscribe to the podcast here.  To work with Lori:  Schedule a free 1:1 coaching session  Join ELEVATE Group Coaching  Leave me a message or question to read on the show.