Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
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A Warrior's Journey With Cancer
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
01/18/22 • 43 min
Many of us know someone personally that has had or has cancer. Cancer has become common among our western population. But it is no longer considered a death sentence, rather there are many success stories and ways to heal the body from this disease.
My guest today, Keely Dyska, has faced cancer with a Warrior’s spirit. She shares her journey from diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma to her treatment plan. Keely opens up about what she discovered about herself along the way, and the change in approach to healing her body today. We are fortunate to have options to how we treat cancer now. There are even designated specialty centers that offer support and non-invasive protocols to beating cancer.
Three of the places where Keely received support in her cancer journey and mentioned in the interview are: (we are not an affiliates of these institutes)
· Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, FL www.hippocratesinst.org
· Optimum Health Institute (OHI) www.optimumhealth.org
· True North Health Center www.healthpromoting.com
There is hope for those with cancer.
(Disclaimer: In this episode, we are not offering medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment plans. We are only sharing our experiences and recommend you seek out medical advice. If you would like to locate a Functional Medicine doctor, try www.ifm.org)
If you know someone in this battle, have them listen.
· It is important for those with cancer to find a strong support system, you cannot do this on your own.
· Get a second opinion and take your time to evaluate your options.
· By getting to the root of the cause, one can have a better success of full healing.
· All systems of our bodies are connected: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritually. If one system is out of balance/lacking, it will cause issues and healing will be more challenging unless you look at your whole body.
Keely wants to show strength and hope to others. If you would like to personally talk to Keely Dyska, message me through Instagram @thrivinginmidlife
www.cherylbeckesch.com
Why You Should Lower Your Exposure to Toxic Chemicals with Therese "Tee"Forton-Barnes
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
12/07/21 • 38 min
Why is it so important to remove and reduce our body's exposure to toxins? Therese of Green Living Gurus and I discuss the affects toxins can have on your health and offer ways and baby steps to begin your green living, non-toxic, healthy living journey.
Therese is an Environmental Toxins Health Coach and the Head Guru at The Green Living Gurus. She is an entrepreneur, activist, and educator. She is spreading the awareness of chemical exposure that could cause cancer and other illnesses!
She helps families and individuals worried about cancer and other illnesses by identifying carcinogens and harmful chemicals in their lives and homes that potentially harm their health. She teaches the Healthy Detox Method, solves chemical confusion, and makes it easier to find safe and healthy products. She also has a household product line called Tee’s Organics - Healthy for You and Your Home!
| Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes, an Environmental Toxins Health Coach (Green Living Gurus) and will guide you on a road to avoid toxicants and chemicals that could cause cancer and other illnesses and lead you towards living a healthier low-tox life. She will help you navigate through the process of making healthier choices and inform you of alternative products and options that are not harmful to your health and the environment. She will help you decrease your exposure to chemicals and hopefully reduce the risk of illnesses and increase your odds of a long, healthy vital life. She teaches the The Healthy Home Detox Method and solves the problem of chemical confusion and makes it easier to find safe and healthy products.
In 2020, Therese pivoted to her true passion: healthy, natural, non-toxic living. Therese brings over 50 years of hands-on, real-world experience in living a holistic, non-toxic and organic lifestyle and is furthering her education and training all the time. In 2021 she started a new business called Tee’s Organics. The product line to begin with consists of: An all-purpose cleaning spray and three room sprays that are also good for linens, sneakers, hockey/athletic bags, cars, offices and more. Her slogan is “Healthy for You and Your Home!” Besides living a healthy life, Therese loves to exercise, sip on organic wine, cook, walk her dog, go to the beach, listen to live music, plan parties, hang with her 92 year old Dad, is an avid sports fan (especially the Buffalo Bills and Sabres) and loves to cruise in her 1971 Cutlass Supreme convertible.
EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:
1) The quantity of toxins in our environments, our foods, our water and air cause an overload on our bodies which affect the immune system then causing illnesses.
2) We as consumers can make an impact by NOT buying these toxic products. You can make changes-there are choices. Slowly make a transition, even if it is one product a month.
3)Take baby steps
4) NEVER buy anything that says "fragrance" or "parfum" on it, because these are chemicals and carcinogenic.
Find Therese at www.greenlivinggurus.com
[email protected]
Instagram: | https://www.instagram.com/greenlivinggurus/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLivingGurus
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW7_phs1GZUPzG21Zgjnqtw
The Transformative Journey of Empty Nest: Interview with Joanne Clark
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
10/26/21 • 31 min
For those women who are in the empty-nest season or facing this transitional time soon, this episode is for you. Last episode I shared my personal experience and feelings of being a new empty nester. Now I present a coach who specifically guides women in this journey to rediscover their purpose, passion and joy.
Joanne Clark is originally from Denver, Colorado and is currently residing in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She has a BA in Psychology from Creighton University and has always been fascinated by brain function and human development. After 20 years in Training and Development for a variety of companies, Joanne has turned her focus toward mentoring empty nest moms so they can rediscover purpose and joy in this next phase of their lives.
She and her husband are proud parents to two adult children, one of whom is almost off the family phone plan! When she's not working, Joanne enjoys reading, cross stitching, and walking her rescue dog, Ellie. Despite her initial struggle with her empty nest, Joanne is finding more self confidence and more joy in this midlife stage than she ever imagined possible.
TAKEAWAYS FROM EPISODE:
1) Find new purpose in the empty nest season. Do your next thing, maybe re-invent yourself.
2) We are not alone in this season, nor in how we are feeling.
3) The biggest struggle is that we have put ourselves on the back burner for all those years and now can't figure out what to do next.
4) Reconnect with your younger self. Trust your inner voice.
Resources: JOURNALING and The Mindset Mentor podcast
You can find Joanne at:
www.coachjoanneclark.com
[email protected]
FB group: Empty Nest Thriving
FB page: Find The Blessings
Instagram: @findtheblessings
Thriving In Midlife: Trailer
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
10/19/20 • 1 min
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
Understanding Disordered Eating: How the Diet Culture and Your Past Affects Your Relationship with Food
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
03/08/22 • 55 min
As women, many of us suffer from having disillusioned ideals of body image with a strong focus on diet and weight loss as the answer. But if our relationship with food is not “healthy”, we likely are feeling like we are on this cycle with no resolve. Our societal pressures and our past may affect the relationship we have with food; good and bad.
What is your relationship with food? Do you suffer from disordered eating?
What is “disordered eating”? Disordered eating, according to Mindy, is misguided behavior driven by misguided information.
Understanding Disordered Eating: How the Diet Culture and Your Past Affects Your Relationship with Food
GUEST:
Mindy Gorman Plutzer is a nutrition consultant, certified holistic health coach and eating psychology coach. Working in the weight management industry for 19 years, she has combined her background, trainings in holistic health, transformational coaching, and eating psychology with her extensive life experience to create The Freedom Promise, a private coaching practice.
Mindy has worked with hundreds of clients to transform their relationship with food from one mired in toxic and limiting beliefs to one that is joyous, loving and free. She introduces strategies that are a combination of practical coaching techniques, results-oriented psychology, clinical nutrition, body-centered practices, mind-body science, and a positive and compassionate approach to challenges with food, weight and health. Clients experience results that are nourishing, doable, and sustainable.
Instagram: @thefreedompromise
Facebook: The Freedom Promise
Book available on Amazon: The Freedom Promise: 7 Steps to Stop Fearing What Food Will Do to You and Start Embracing What It Can Do for You
How To Thrive As An Introverted Woman In A Relationship
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
09/28/21 • 24 min
How To Thrive As An Introverted Woman In A Relationship
Guest: Nene Ekufu
Nene is a Relationship and Mindset Coach who works with introverted women who are frustrated in their relationship. She supports them to communicate better to find the love they once had leading to a fulfilled life.
Nene has been married for almost 17 years, and they have four boys under 15 years old. She has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and has helped 1000s. She is a certified Neuroencoding Specialist, Law of Attraction Coach and a registered British Sign Language Interpreter. She talks with her hands even when she is not signing and has rubbed shoulders with the Majestic Queen of England when Nene interpreted for her when she opened the new hospital in London.
She coaches her women on how to show up more authentically and express their needs with their partners to grow together and live a happy intentional relationship.
EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:
1) Communicated to your partner/spouse your needs as an introvert and how you best operate.
2) Commit to have regular times to reconnect and communicate with your partner/spouse, asking deep questions so both parties feel heard and understood.
3) Do not feel bad for being you. Show up authentically.
You can connect with Nene on Instagram- follow her and message her through this platform
@neneekufu
Dream Big: How to Reignite Those Lost Dreams
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
10/03/21 • 23 min
Do you feel stuck and can't remember the last time you dreamed of something exciting in your life? Often our dream ability, or dream muscle as I call it, isn't allowed to be practiced as many of life's responsibilities and expectations crowd out these life dreams. We as women feel the obligation to be the mother, raise our kids, be the wife, friend, sister, good employee or caregiver, yet forget our true selves in the process.
What did you want to be when you grew up? What were you like at approximately age 7?
Try to remember yourself as that child. She is still inside each of us. What did you enjoy doing? What made you happy?
Dream outrageous dreams and brainstorm EVERYTHING you have ever wanted or desire to do and write it down on paper. Take at least 10 minutes to fill up a page or 2.
Then look at your list and categorize into areas such as: SKILLS, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, COMMUNITY, MISC
Once everything from your big list has been re-written onto a separate page within a designated category, pick ONE in each category you can do NOW. Or at least plan to do VERY SOON.
Life is too short for would've, could've and should've. A life worth living is one without regrets.
Don't be like those on their deathbed having regrets.
Read: "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bonnie Ware
RESOURCES:
"The Artist Way" by Julia Cameron
"Designing Your Life" by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
"The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want and Change the World" by Chris Guillebeau
Meditate to Save Your Brain
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
11/17/21 • 17 min
For years I resisted the idea of meditating due to my past experience and faith belief. Yet after discovering the health benefits and that meditation is actually a Biblical principle, I began my journey of learning about the practice. Now I meditate most mornings for about 15 minutes.
Benefits of Meditation:
· Reduces anxiety and stress
· Lowers blood pressure and heart rate
· Improves blood circulation
· Lowers blood cortisol levels
· Improves general mental health and better focus
Brain Science/Neuroplasticity and Meditation:
· Meditation helps to thicken the pre-frontal cortex- this is where higher order brain function happens like increased concentration, awareness and decision-making
· A Harvard study found regular meditation in 40–50-year-olds showed the same gray matter in the brain as 20–30-year-olds
· In Alzheimer patients there is significant lack of gray matter in their brains
· Meditation helps to release key neurotransmitters that help regulate vital hormone balance.
To BEGIN:
1) Find a comfortable spot to do your meditation in, void of external distractions
2) Find a time of day that works best for you
3) Begin with breathing techniques (Box breathing, deep breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, etc)
4) Start with 2 minutes and build up to longer as you are able
5) Add visualization, music or use a meditation app to assist in your practice
6) Be consistent
In general, one must find what techniques work best for them in discovering and maintaining a meditation practice.
Contact me through Instagram @thrivinginmidlife or my new website- www.cherylbeckesch.com
Perimenopausal Women’s Biggest Struggle: Weight Gain. Why it Happens and How to Reduce
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
03/15/22 • 32 min
Perimenopausal Women’s Biggest Struggle: Weight Gain
Why it Happens and How to Reduce
One of the biggest frustrations of many Perimenopausal women is the weight gain and the struggle to lose it. No matter how much you exercise or eat healthy, it just doesn’t seem to want to come off your body. Why does this happen?
During perimenopause and menopause, our hormones are fluctuating and out of balance. Women have 3 main hormones: Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone that seem to decrease as we age for most or you could have high estrogen causing lower progesterone. But we tend to forget two other body hormones that are key players during perimenopause: Cortisol and Melatonin.
Cortisol is known as the stress hormone. It regulates and plays a key role in the body’s response to stress. Too much cortisol is bad. When your cortisol levels remain high for an extended period (during a stressful time in your life), you will gain weight through the middle of your body “spare tire”. Elevated cortisol can cause other health issues as well.
Melatonin regulates our sleep and is produced in the pineal gland. This hormone declines with age but it is important as it allows your body to properly respond to the circadian rhythms of day and night cycles. If you are sleeping well, this allows the cortisol hormone to dip lower and not remain elevated while you sleep.
How to reduce this weight gain during perimenopause:
1) Reduce your stress so you can reduce cortisol levels
2) Have your hormone levels checked by a doctor to see what is off-balance
3) Move your body-gently. No high intensity exercise or beating your body up because you are frustrated
4) Don’t obsess about your weight- this causes mental stress
5) Be kind to your body. Do some self-care
Instagram: @thrivinginmidlife
www.cherylbeckesch.com
Where Have I Been? Status Update and Exciting News!
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre
10/24/22 • 10 min
Where have I been the past several months? Well, I like to call the past 4-5 months as my transitional season with 2 moves, job change and a divorce. The exciting news is I am pivoting my podcast to a new topic but still for women in midlife- Solo Travel Adventures. The new podcast will equip women over 50 to build confidence to safely travel solo.
I hope you will join my Facebook community of sister travelers as well.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/860865768609200
Join my new podcast and subscribe as well.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2048349
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How many episodes does Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre have?
Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre currently has 39 episodes available.
What topics does Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre cover?
The podcast is about Stress, Cancer, Midlife, Women, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Health and Menopause.
What is the most popular episode on Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre?
The episode title 'Pilates: A Journey to Overall Better Health' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre?
The average episode length on Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre is 25 minutes.
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Episodes of Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre are typically released every 8 days, 19 hours.
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The first episode of Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre was released on Oct 19, 2020.
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