Midlife Mommas: A Girlfriends Approach to Life After Menopause - Forgive Your Former Self! 3 Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self: Part 1 of 3

Forgive Your Former Self! 3 Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self: Part 1 of 3

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01/12/22 • 27 min

Midlife Mommas: A Girlfriends Approach to Life After Menopause

We are SO excited to bring you this 3-part series to being 2021!

We know Christmas is over but doesn't want more gifts? This series is 3 Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self:

Forgive your former self
Be present with your current self
Prepare your future self

This idea came from Jon Acuff, who hosts the podcast, All It Takes Is a Goal and we thought it was so fabulous that we are riffing on it to apply specifically to midlife.
So what does it mean to forgive your former self?

Have you ever felt stuck because of a decision you made in the past?
Do you find yourself ruminating over past actions or words?
Does the soundtrack in your mind remind you that 'you shouldn't have said that' or that 'that was a dumb thing to do'?
Do you let past actions ruin current joy?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's a sign that you aren't forgiving your former self..
Join Cam and Amelia as we give you real life examples of how we've inadvertently robbed ourselves of joy by reliving questionable decisions and actions. We tell you how we short-circuited the negative self-talk and moved on to more joy and contentment.
We give you our tips for letting go of expectations (joy killers) and how to experience, acknowledge and work through any feelings of guilt or shame and then how to let it go!
As always, please subscribe, leave us a review, and we would love it if you'd take a screenshot of yourself listening and post on Social and tag us, @thehelpfulplate, @heymomma_cam, @midlife.mommas.
Join us on the midlife journey!
Websites: www.camoyler.com and www.thehelpfulplate.com
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/midlife.mommas
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/midlifemusclewithcam

If you have any burning topics that you'd like us to tackle, please let us know!

Stay Connected!
Amelia

Website: https://www.thehelpfulplate.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thehelpfulplate/

Cam

Website: https://www.camoyler.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/heymomma_cam/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heymomma_cam

Midlife Mommas IG: https://www.instagram.com/midlife.mommas/

Please share, rate, and review the podcast. We appreciate you! ❤️

We are SO excited to bring you this 3-part series to being 2021!

We know Christmas is over but doesn't want more gifts? This series is 3 Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self:

Forgive your former self
Be present with your current self
Prepare your future self

Have you ever felt stuck because of a decision you made in the past?
Do you find yourself ruminating over past actions or words?
Does the soundtrack in your mind remind you that 'you shouldn't have said that' or that 'that was a dumb thing to do'?
Do you let past actions ruin current joy?

Stay Connected!
Amelia

Website: https://www.thehelpfulplate.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thehelpfulplate/

Cam

Website: https://www.camoyler.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/heymomma_cam/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heymomma_cam

Midlife Mommas IG: https://www.instagram.com/midlife.mommas/

Please share, rate, and review the podcast. We appreciate you! ❤️

Previous Episode

Midlife Themes of 2021: Looking back so we can launch forward

Here's what we know:
We aim to be 1% better every day!
Join Cam and Amelia on a walk down 2021's Memory Lane. For many, it was a trying year. But we hope like us, you learned some things along the way. We hope you can grab onto the positives, the opportunities and to the hopefulness.
Cam and Amelia focus on the good things and most of all, the lessons. Here is a sampling of our 'take-aways' for 2021:

Embrace, don't brace.
I (and that means you too) can do hard things.
Intentional relationships.
Health is a journey

These are just a few of the ideas we unpack. This is a fun, yet thought-provoking conversation between 2 friends.
Resources:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiA_c-OBhDFARIsAIFg3exOu2bzmNicwoWQYYBFRb-81c08XlkkvrdyhHUcrCSNh2j7tSuVEeIaAuKwEALw_wcB&hvadid=282579595593&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010019&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2424375453137082775&hvtargid=kwd-486806483233&hydadcr=15492_10339794&keywords=atomic+habits&qid=1641333072&sr=8-1
As always, please subscribe, leave us a review, and we would love it if you'd take a screenshot of yourself listening and post on Social and tag us, @thehelpfulplate, @heymomma_cam, @midlife.mommas.
Join us on the midlife journey!
Websites: www.camoyler.com and www.thehelpfulplate.com
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/midlife.mommas
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/midlifemusclewithcam

If you have any burning topics that you'd like us to tackle, please let us know!

Stay Connected!
Amelia

Website: https://www.thehelpfulplate.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thehelpfulplate/

Cam

Website: https://www.camoyler.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/heymomma_cam/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heymomma_cam

Midlife Mommas IG: https://www.instagram.com/midlife.mommas/

Please share, rate, and review the podcast. We appreciate you! ❤️

Next Episode

Enjoy Your Current Self! Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self: Part 2 of 3

If not now, when?
In this 2nd part of our 3-part series on Gifts to Give Your Midlife Self, we discuss the present.
How has your life changed in midlife? Are you finally enjoying yourself?
Do you tell yourself that you'll enjoy life when you.....(fill in the blank)? Sometimes we set goals, and think, 'I'll be happy when these goals are reached.' Whether it's weight loss, a professional accomplishment, raising kids to adulthood or simply getting your chores done, we all do this from time to time. The problem with allowing your happiness to hinge on a goal, or a future accomplishment, is that it never comes! Once that goal is reached, there's always something else on the horizon.
Even when you reach a goal, the feeling of success is temporary. You may feel euphoric for a time, but then you have to get back to 'real life'.
Cam and Amelia propose that you live for today! Carpe Diem. This means living 'mindfully'.
In this episode, Cam and Amelia share personal stories of how we've conquered reliving the past or living in fear of the future. You can't change the past and you can't dictate the future, so why not be in the here and now??
We cover the pitfalls that keep us living in the past or fearing the future. We talk about the negative soundtracks that play in our heads, tying us to a reality that avoids the current moment. This takes real effort, but it is SO worth it.
All we have is the current moment. Join us and learn how to live in it!
As always, please subscribe, leave us a review, and we would love it if you'd take a screenshot of yourself listening and post on Social and tag us, @thehelpfulplate, @heymomma_cam, @midlife.mommas.
Join us on the midlife journey!
Websites: www.camoyler.com and www.thehelpfulplate.com
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/midlife.mommas
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/midlifemusclewithcam

If you have any burning topics that you'd like us to tackle, please let us know!