Feeling Blue about going to Level 2?
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
This was a question a women put on the Midlife Conversations closed FB group. The response was huge and it seems many of you – myself included – are worried about entering the outside world again. Firstly, before I explore this more fully I would like to thank Kaye for reaching out to the group – this takes courage – and you know, I always adore courageous women.  Her actions meant she felt safe to do this which was one of my aims in starting a CLOSED group and secondly her actions ticked another aim of the group around supporting collaboration. It is OK if you are feeling worried, anxiou ..read more
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Home Baking and Hard Conversations
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
Let’s start with the easy one – home baking, have you noticed the photos and posts on social media sharing people’s favourite sourdough bread recipes, cheese scones, ginger crunch, chocolate cookies, caramel square delights and if you live in my house raw carrot cake and more?  Maybe this has come around because of boredom and a means to an end, however I think home baking is also comfort food and it helps us feel safe. I actually Googled the reasons behind home baking and this is what I read:   “Spending time in the kitchen can ease stress and restlessness, and enhance mindfulness ..read more
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You ARE allowed to feel excited and positive right now
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
March 2020 was a BIGGIE! Not sure what to call this blog as I am still unsure where I am heading with it. We are all getting so much news on CV19 that part of me feels like I want this blog to carry on with business as usual which is to inspire, support and educate women in their middle years.   However I feel I can’t ignore the magnitude of what is happening globally right now. Mostly I can carry on at home –  this is the norm for me and  it is easy to ignore what  is going on in the outside world. I have always had a tendency to hide my head in the sand when fear is knocking loudly at my doo ..read more
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Empty Nest and then your adult kids return!
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
In the middle years we have a lot to contend with; the kids have left home, business has become boring, relationships are changing with the husband, new menopause symptoms, ageing parents and the list goes on.   There is something else that happens and it’s been on my mind lately and Ms Google has come up blank. It’s something that I don’t know if I’ve done that well because like most midlife issues there is no roadmap so I will share my thoughts and look forward to hear what you have to say on my ramblings. What sort of Relationship do you want to have with your adult kids when they finally ..read more
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Leaning slowly into 2020
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
Can you believe it – 6 weeks into a new decade and only now, am I getting into the year. I am sitting here looking over my backyard of the pristine water of the Whangateau harbour. The campers have gone and the quiet and stillness has returned. I find myself catching my breath and finally I get a sense of leaning into 2020. So far it has been a big year globally and also personally. I have had a few challenges with my car motor blowing up on a main highway, my husband having a surfing accident that could easily have been fatal – however he only sustained a fractured rib. One of my darling olde ..read more
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Bali Bliss Retreat
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
I can happily report that my new 60th outfit is starting  to feel pretty darn fabulous. I have ironed out some creases, sewn up some loose threads, changed some of the patterning and have even started the process from going blonde to grey… The more I can own that I am feeling quite stunning as a 60 year old woman, the more people are commenting on how amazing I look. Believe it till you achieve it I say. I now want to shift focus to my Bali Bliss Adventure that I am holding in 2020. As you all know I was lucky to spend two amazing weeks with my family in Bali recently and I LOVED it. When I le ..read more
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Getting Courageous, Curious and Creative Yet Again
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
Often I am reminded to take a leaf out of my own book. This turning 60 is not for the fainthearted, so yes I am digging deep into my toolkit. I thought my vacation to Bali would get me back to that place I was at when I was 59. This place was about me looking forward to turning 60 and enjoying all the buzz and excitement that this decade would bring. As I wrote in my last blog I was really excited about Bali and was looking at ways I could get back there. I had an enormous response from midlife women who wanted to know more about my idea of holding Midlife Courage Retreats in Bali. I am still ..read more
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Bali Bliss
Midlife Courage
by admin
4y ago
I got lost in the Bali Vortex so my October blog is a bit late. I returned yesterday feeling reset, refuelled and ready to reconnect in a deeper way with you all. The Bali escape was two weeks of family reunion celebration the three big decade birthdays. Not only did I turn 60 this year but Katie turned 30 and while in Bali Rose turned 20. It had been nearly 3 years since my husband and I have been together with our four daughters. We all flew in from different parts of the world and travelled to three amazing Bali destinations. The holiday had many highs and some defining aha moments too. My ..read more
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Turning 60!
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
Turning 60 is a blast! It took me most of my 59th year to get used to the idea that I was about to start a new decade. It seems just like yesterday that I was at home with four daughters who needed my full time attention and now they are all spread around the world living independent lives. So crazy and I still find myself shaking my head in disbelief of where the time went. There is also the acceptance that with each new decade is the reality that I am a step closer to the pearly gates – so once again the inner promptings and voices keep turning up the volume. “Midlife is when the universe ge ..read more
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The River of Change
Midlife Courage
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4y ago
Another decade and another river of change. One minute I am on one side of the river feeling quite cosy enjoying a basket of picnic yummies, sipping on a chilled sparkling mineral water and debating with myself if I will take my shoes off and dip my toes in the water or not. Before I know it another big ‘0’ birthday is upon me and I find myself going down the river. Now don’t start getting images of me floating on my back, relaxed and cloud gazing. No – it is nothing like that, more like me flapping my arms, water gulping, fully clothed whilst I try and keep my head above the water as I fight ..read more
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