In this episode, I’ll uncover the top 7, real-life regrets of midlife professionals just like you so you have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes before making your own! I’ll uncover 7 all-to-relatable regrets and give you the tools you need to navage those potential landmines within your own career. 

In this week’s episode, we dive into a client case and uncover the reasons for job-related exhaustion and in turn, how to overcome that burnout and transform your mindset for sustainable energy.

Sleep problems are a common theme in my work with midlifers. So if you’re sleep-challenged, fear not! You are not alone! Sleep is so fundamental, so why is it a painful struggle for so many of us? Thanks to valuable insights from Dr. Jim Davig, a nationally recognized sleep psychologist, and reflections from thought work with my clients, I’m able to share with you the nitty-gritty details surrounding good, quality sleep. 

Sleep is important, we know this. Since we’re already aware of this fact, we don’t need to talk about it in this episode. We DO need to talk about better managing your energy so you can get more time back in your day and accomplish everything on your “to do” list without feeling overwhelmed or burnt out. That’s the dream, right? 

Did you know time management is actually a waste of time? The fundamental issue with managing your time is that time is a finite resource--we don’t have a limitless supply. But energy? Now that’s a whole different story. 

Boundaries are a popular topic--in general...and especially as they relate to managing and preventing burnout. Most people think a boundary is created to keep us “safe” from other people and that it’s appropriate when someone else’s behavior gets “bad” enough. But there’s a better way…

Burnout is a big topic and a key component to overcoming and, ideally, preventing burnout is to manage your mind more effectively when feeling overwhelmed. One path for doing this is to ask powerful questions. Instead of thinking things are happening to you, or that your feelings are overwhelming you, you begin to see where you’re able to create greater influence over your life.

The word “stress” has become such a commonly used term and so normalized in our society that when I try to broach this topic, I often hear, “I know stress is bad but let’s talk about XYZ diet or XYZ workout and why I should follow it to fix my [symptom].” This pattern is indicative of a major contributor to burnout: not understanding and managing our stress response.

This time of year, a lot of people contemplate making a career change. Some want to burn it all down; others want to feel more lit up. Wherever you land on this spectrum, the unique circumstances of our pandemic and related quarantine are likely contributing additional heaviness and challenges in your life.

Often, when people start to explore the connections between their circumstances and their thoughts...and how both relate to their life outcomes, they tend to jump to shame-based conclusions or, conversely, sometimes misinterpret the aims of self-coaching as being rooted in victim-blaming. Since this is never the premise of what I teach, this episode is focused on what I’d tell my younger, 35-year-old self...with the hope, it can help you hold space for what you may be experiencing as you venture into the work of bullshifting.

As midlifers, one of our emerging strengths is to be able to have a greater perspective about what matters most. The research certainly reflects this. But it’s also nice to hear that the muck you’ve experienced wasn’t all for a show, either, right?

As we spin on this cycle, it can feel hard or impossible to get off – to veer into a different perspective, and acknowledge an evolving or shifting set of values. We tend to make meaning from past events in our lives, and then apply those outcomes to a current situation, thereby bringing our past to the future, with no possibility to create something new.

In this episode, I’m sharing 3 secrets to navigating midlife transitions. Most of you have probably heard about the “Happiness U-Curve”...and while many experts offer general “it gets better” advice, which it does (roughly around age 55, on average), I’m sharing 3 key considerations to help change your early midlife for the better.

As I’m recording this episode, the entire U.S. is in a period of major transition--a lifequake. Some might attribute it to our political system...will there be a peaceful transition from one president to the next? Others might attribute it to the COVID pandemic...will we be able to liberate ourselves from quarantine once the vaccines are deployed? But change can show up for us on smaller scales in our daily lives too. And if we don’t have a helpful context for understanding the frequency and types of change in our lives, it can all feel a bit much.

Welcome to Bullshift…the podcast for every person aged 35-55 who wonders, “Is this as good as life gets?”

Bullshift teaches you how to apply coaching psychology, early midlife insights, and the art and science of a meaningful life to transform this life phase into a period of creativity and growth.

We spend nearly half our adult lives in some type of transition. This show is about making all that time more satisfying.