Message In The Middle

Marianne DeMello-Smith

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A place to explore life's difficult lessons through inspiring stories, interviews, book clubs, and discussions focused on personal development, perseverance, self-empowerment and self-discovery.

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Ashley McCombs Mizell's Emotional Story Of Losing Her Vision But Finding Her Way - Part 1

Message In The Middle

02/25/23 • 27 min

5.0

Imagine being in your late twenties and already having the life you always dreamed of. Married to your high school sweetheart, healthy young family, and working in a field where you can bring your creativity and passion together and get paid. That was Ashley McCombs Mizell's life until she lost her vision to an auto immune disease called Sarcoidosis.
Join me in an emotional conversation with Ashley as we discuss:

The tricky and devastating disease that took her vision, Sarcoidosis.
The lowest moment where Ashley contemplated suicide and how she turned her perspective around.
The hard reality she faced in the ride home from the hospital.
What new normal looks like for Ashley and her family.
Childhood bullying
Her discovery that she can do everything, just differently.
Finding a new passion (and reshaping an old one - photography).

Ashley's Links:

My Links • @blind_momofboys • Milkshake Website Builder (msha.ke)

Connect with Marianne:

Website: Message In The Middle with Marianne
Message In the Middle Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/
Email: Contact | Message In The Middle with Marianne

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Give Yourself Permission to Do What's Right for You During the Holidays - A Discussion with Victoria Longo

Message In The Middle

11/19/22 • 28 min

5.0

In this episode I continue the discussion around managing and preparing for the holidays. My guest and I discuss:

Setting healthy boundaries during the holidays
Learning to listen to your intuition
Giving yourself permission to do what's right for you vs what others expect

In this episode my guest is Victoria Longo, an internationally known psychic/medium, energy healer and yoga instructor. She spent her childhood immersed in the 'woo' since it was common for her mother to see dead people. As she aged however, Victoria buried all that wild, wacky and weird stuff deep, deep down and did her best to fit into societal expectations. It wasn't until she quite literally lost everything, after spending years in misery, that she dug up all those buried interests and realized that reconnecting with the woo allowed her to step into her own gifts and finally find her happily ever after.
You can reach Victoria:

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Surviving and Thriving After Loss - A conversation with Katie Joy Duke

Message In The Middle

11/05/22 • 55 min

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In this episode you will hear Katie Joy Duke talk to me about:

The loss of her daughter
How she is choosing to not live in the past, and instead is choosing to be present and look toward the future.
Choosing love over fear what does that look like for you
Choosing acceptance over resistance
Identifying her fear and using it instead of letting it stop her
Allowing yourself to be happy again after loss or grief
How she used the lessons learned with Poppy’s death in her cancer journey
Combining western and eastern modalities of healing
The Power of a Positive Mindset

Katie is an author, mindset coach, transformational speaker, and mother of 2 daughters...one living and one in spirit. Katie practiced social justice law for 9 years before having a full term still born birth of her first-born daughter Poppy.

Motivated to heal from her devastating loss, she left her legal career in 2016 and spent 6 years writing her bestselling memoir, Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss, and Reinvention which was published in May of 2022.

Unfortunately, Katie's story doesn't stop there. Only days after submitting her final manuscript to her copy editor Katie got her first mammogram and at the age of 41, and Katie was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She completed 5 months of chemotherapy in August and has a long road of treatment ahead of her, but she is on the road to recovery and making a difference in the world at the same time.

You can reach Katie @:
Website www.katiejoyduke.com
IG @katiejoyduke
Linktree for all podcast interviews is https://linktr.ee/katiejoyduke
Katie's Book: https://www.amazon.com/author/katiejoyduke

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Are You Always Fighting With Time? Learn How to Make Time Work For You With Time Strategist Jaimee Campanella

Message In The Middle

02/04/23 • 37 min

5.0

Jaimee Campanella is a time strategist and productivity consultant who mentors and guides parents, professionals, and entrepreneurs to take control of their time. She is the creator and principal facilitator of the Time Power program that gives people the essential tools and strategies to avoid overwhelm and tame chaos so that they can regain control of their time for good.

In this episode we explore ways to:
Be in the moment with your family and not feel like you have a million things to do (playing is not wasteful)
Quiet the racing mind so you’re not thinking of the 8 million things you need to do when you’re trying to settle into sleep
Not feeling guilty about time spent on self-care.
Why the key to living an abundant and balanced life is inside of YOU and your willingness to shift how you relate to time” what does that really mean?
Whether or not 'To Do' lists are an effective tool
How to avoid the Sunday Scaries

Jaimee's Links:

Website: jaimeecampanella.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeecampanellaco/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/jaimeecampanellaco
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimeecampanella/
Youtube: Time Power created by Jaimee Campanella
Free Training: 3 Shifts to Take Control of Your Time: https://www.jaimeecampanella.com/training
Time Power Family Calendar: https://www.jaimeecampanella.com/family-calendar-details
Learn More about the Time Power Program: https://www.jaimeecampanella.com/time-power

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Design Your LIfe With Intention - A Conversation With Katrina McGhee

Message In The Middle

08/13/22 • 33 min

5.0

Katrina McGhee is a Career Break and Sabbatical Coach - a certified life coach with an MBA - whose signature Take the Break program helps mid-career women create happier, more fulfilling lives by designing bold and transformational life breaks.
Informed by her own intrepid and successful career break, Katrina’s RSVP Framework guides her clients as they create their life-altering career break experiences. They return from their breaks recharged, inspired, happily-employed and forever changed. On their time off, her 50+ clients have traveled the world, launched a business, changed careers and more.
Katrina is an enthusiastic world traveler and digital nomad. Her advice on career breaks, money, and travel has been shared across various outlets including Forbes, Smarter Travel, Thrive Global, and Yahoo.

Connection Links

IG: https://www.instagram.com/kmcgheecoaching
FB: https://www.facebook.com/katrina.mcghee.50

Website: www.kmcgheecoaching.com

Free Training: www.bestbreakever.com/freetraining

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Supporting Someone You Love With Dementia, An Honest Conversation With Carolyn Birrell

Message In The Middle

03/11/23 • 41 min

5.0

Join me in this captivating discussion with Carolyn Birrell as she talks about her journey "Walking with Fay" in the midst of her mother's Dementia. In this episode we will touch on:

How a loved one's Dementia diagnosis can sneak up on you
Signs of Dementia
What a day in the life can look like while caring for someone with Dementia
Highs and lows of caring for someone with Dementia
Lessons learned from the other side of the Dementia journey
Ways to ease your interactions when dealing with someone who has Dementia
Ways to connect when you're dealing with someone who has Dementia

Carolyn was a young retiree who had relocated after a successful career working for the American Cancer Society and then later, as a real estate agent. Soon after her move, she was faced with the realization that her mother had dementia and could no longer live by herself. As a result, Carolyn and her sister relocated their mother, and Carolyn spent the next eight years caring for her aging mom while learning all things dementia.

As Carolyn was going through this journey, she journaled about her feelings and the interactions with her mom and eventually she used those journals to write the book, Walking with Fay.
You can see more of Carolynn here:

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Grief Is Love With No Place To Go - A Conversation On Living Life After Loss with Tim Bigonia

Message In The Middle

10/01/22 • 47 min

5.0

Let's dig into Life after Loss with Tim Bigonia, host of the Journey to Grateful, Navigating Through the Loss of Life and Love podcast that was created after Tim suffered his own personal loss and realized he had "messages" to share with others going through their own loss or dealing with grief.
On this episode we will talk about several grief/loss related topics:

Grieving isn't something that only comes with a death, it can be a job, relationship...This one is huge
Grieving is not linear, it's a tangled ball of string
Thoughts on visiting one of your together happy places
Sharing memories can be comforting
Dare to grieve
Don't get caught up in other's beliefs
It's ok to ask for help and the type that works best for you

Tim's Podcast: Journey to Grateful (found on the standard podcast platforms) or accessible via his website: JOURNEY TO GRATEFUL – Navigating through the loss of life and love

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What to Say to Someone Going Through a Loss or Dealing with Grief with Dr. Victoria Wilson Crane

Message In The Middle

10/29/22 • 47 min

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In this episode I talk to Dr. Victoria Wilson Crane, a published author, of the book ‘Sixteen Days: A Sudden Death. What to Say?’ and an advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist.
In this episode you will hear topics related to loss and grief recovery.

The story of her family's sudden loss
A guide to understanding how to support people going through grief
40 common reasons for grief
How our past grief impacts us in present day grieving
The biggest misconceptions around grief?
The Grief Recovery Method

You can reach Victoria @
Website: https://books.drvictoriawilsoncrane.co.uk/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-wilson-crane
Instagram: @Vicwilsoncrane
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-wilson-crane
Facebook Sixteen Days: https://www.facebook.com/sixteendaysthebook
Twitter: @victoriacrane

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Master Your Mindset and Face Your Fears with Imposter Syndrome Coach Rachel Lounds

Message In The Middle

07/16/22 • 36 min

Join me in learning more about Imposter Syndrome with Confidence coach and Imposter Syndrome Specialist Rachel Lounds.
Rachel has over 25 years working in the advertising industry and has always had a deep interest in human behavior and positive psychology, so after quitting her job in advertising she decided to retrain to become a coach and focus on the very real but detrimental consequences of imposter syndrome on female success. Rachel trained with the Australian Institute of Professional Coaching gaining a Life Coaching Diploma in June 2020. She has a BA in English from Lancaster University England, studied Introduction to Psychology from Monash University, and with the world-leading expert in imposter syndrome Dr. Valerie Young at the Imposter Syndrome Institute.
Now, armed with the necessary knowledge and training, coupled with her experience, Rachel is helping women overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome to reach their career and personal goals. She is a licensed associate of The Imposter Syndrome Institute, the world's #1 source of imposter syndrome solutions, to deliver the Rethinking Imposter Syndrome program, and it is her mission to help professional women bridge the confidence gap so they can excel professionally and personally. Rachel loves helping her clients power up their potential to ditch self-doubt, find their purpose, and maximize their careers/lives through 1:1 coaching, group coaching, and interactive workshops.
Connect with Rachel for a FREE 15-minute consultation to talk about where you are at, what you would like to change, and how to make that happen or to discuss bringing the Rethinking Imposter SyndromeTM program to your organization or team.
Website: www.poschologycoaching.com
Instagram: @poschology_coaching
Linked In: Rachel-lounds

When You Remember Who You Are, Life Begins To Open Up With Maria Jordan

Message In The Middle

07/23/22 • 24 min

Join me for a conversation with Maria Jordan, The Wise Woman Coach.

Maria is a Midlife Transformation Coach and helps women experiencing big life transitions, who have lost sight of who they are!

She guides them through their unique journey from Lost to Found; to remember the woman they once were AND discover the woman they are becoming. So, they emerge feeling confident, empowered and with a strong sense of self.

As a child, Maria was persistently bullied which resulted in low self-worth and a particularly detrimental people-pleasing habit! In her forties, Maria underwent what she now fondly refers to as “the great unravelling;” experienced through the loss of her career, home, bereavement, and divorce. This was the catalyst for her spiritual awakening and rebirth.

The priceless gift within such loss was that through inner work and healing, Maria finally found herself!

She discovered that she is a sensitive soul who feels things deeply and decided to fully embrace this gift to help herself and positively impact the lives of other women.

Links –

www.thewisewomancoach.co,uk

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sherememberedwhoshewas

maria@thewisewomancoach.co.uk

www.linkedin.com/in/the-wise-woman-coach

Resources –

She Remembered Who She – 21 Soul Journaling Prompts

https://www.thewisewomancoach.co.uk/she-remembered-who-she-was/