95 Learning to thrive after divorce with Tonya Carter

02/08/22 • 44 min

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Tonya Carter is a Relationship Transformation Coach. She's full of wisdom about relationships, coping through divorce and also just about who we are and can become as we go through life. She's the author of “Divorce Your Story: A Woman’s Guide to ‎Heal & Thrive after Divorce” and she runs a 12-week Program called (T.H.R.I.V.E) that stretches ‎women to look within to awaken their voice, evolve relationally, and lead personally and ‎professionally in all areas of life.‎

We talk about:

How Tonya came to specialize in relationship transformation
Ways women can get stuck in certain narratives especially in midlife
What we can do to stop us getting caught up in regret
What other things women need to divorce, as well as their partner
The relationship patterns women tend to repeat
How women can thrive after divorce
What having a growth mindset means when it comes to life post divorce
How we can embrace our singleness and why that’s important
Creating new narratives around what is possible for us
The importance of doing the inner work – change won’t come without it

And more!

Find more about Tonya:

Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

Tonya's Book: Divorce Your Story: A Woman’s Guide to ‎Heal & Thrive after Divorce

Listen to Tonya's Podcast: The ReInvent U Podcast

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We talk about:

How Tonya came to specialize in relationship transformation
Ways women can get stuck in certain narratives especially in midlife
What we can do to stop us getting caught up in regret
What other things women need to divorce, as well as their partner
The relationship patterns women tend to repeat
How women can thrive after divorce
What having a growth mindset means when it comes to life post divorce
How we can embrace our singleness and why that’s important
Creating new narratives around what is possible for us
The importance of doing the inner work – change won’t come without it

And more!

Find more about Tonya:

Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

Tonya's Book: Divorce Your Story: A Woman’s Guide to ‎Heal & Thrive after Divorce

Listen to Tonya's Podcast: The ReInvent U Podcast

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you’re listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot

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94 Becoming the singing gynecologist with Dr Kristina Dervaitis

Have you ever wanted to do something completely different to what you actually do? My guest Dr Kristina Dervaitis is an obstetrician and gynecologist who has reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter and released a beautiful new album. Now she does both her passions and has modified her life to make that work. She's battled with imposter syndrome and gone ahead with her dreams, and the result is sublime. We talk about her dramatic midlife reinvention.

We talk about:

When Kristina first wanted to be a professional singer
About her musical background
How she juggles singing with being a gynecologist
Her contraception advice on YouTube
The inspiration for her songs and how she comes up with the lyrics
Learning to dream again and stay open to possibility
Using writing to process pain and grief
Deciding not to have children despite working in obstetrics
What the future holds for her medical and singing careers
Doing the work to make dreams happen
Kristina’s advice for women who have unfulfilled dreams

And more!

Kristina's website: kristinadervaitis.com

Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | Spotify

Listen to her latest album: Overdue

Book mentioned in the podcast: The Healing Power of Singing

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Dr. Alyssa Kuhn is a physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist, and founder of Keep the Adventure Alive. She specializes in osteoarthritis treatment because she found people were getting premature surgeries and ending up with life-changing pain in their 40s and 50s because of this condition. She says this can be prevented when you know what options you have and other ways you can find pain relief, aside from surgery.

We talk about:

Why pain and weakness are not inevitable with age
How Alyssa got so passionate about this topic
What we can do to protect ourselves from pain as we age
Why osteoarthritis is a big issue, especially for women
How women can best cope if we get a diagnosis of osteoarthritis
How osteoarthritis differs from regular arthritis
How we can reduce the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis
What we can do to limit the impact of osteoarthritis
How to master arthritis naturally
What it means to still be able to adventure with osteoarthritis
What we can do about knee, ankle and hip pain

And more!

Find more about Alyssa:

Dr. Alyssa's website: keeptheadventurealive.com

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