Kimby guested on Randi Rubenstein's 'Mastermind Parenting Podcast" where Randi was generous enough to help Kimby plug her new book "F*CK THIS: Practical Advice To Get You Through Your Midlife Crisis". Randi and Kimby have been friends since college so this conversation was fun and dishy.

Randi is a parenting expert who helps parents become leaders of their pack. Her specialty is helping parents guide strong-willed kiddos. As we MLFers know, parenting doesn't stop at 18 and as a mother of two 20-somethings and one high school senior, Randi should be your go-to expert for all questions. You can find her podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mastermind-parenting-podcast/id1362773053

Buy Kimby's book "F*CK THIS: Practical Advice To Get You Through Your Midlife Crisis".

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A classically-trained physician, Bill Rawls, MD, departs from the medical norm to shine a light on the unrecognized potential of herbs to energize your health through cellular healing and regeneration. Dr. Rawls ventured into herbology to cure his own symptoms of Lyme Disease and unlocked a world of healthy aging.

LINKS:
Dr. Rawl's Book: "The Cellular Wellness Solution, Tap into Your Full Health Potential With the Science-Backde Power Of Herbs"
Dr. Rawls' herbal store: Vital Plan

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We took a break. We're back. We want to share with you everything we've been working on and what the future holds for us. More importantly, we want to encourage you to branch out and follow your heart and passions. Here's how.

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They find something suspicious on your mammogram. They tell you to wait and follow up to recheck it. Today we talk about strategies to manage the panic as told from the first person experience that Kimby just went through. Hope it helps...

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Gift-giving can be a delightful yet daunting dance for both the giver and receiver. Whether it’s the silent pressure to mirror the worth of our relationships through presents or decoding the unwritten expectations tied with each ribbon, this act of love often twirls us into a spiral of overthinking and second-guessing. Join Kimby as she candidly shares her headspace, swirling with the conundrums of picking the perfect token for our beloved Tracy. Is it about the price, the thought, or hitting the sweet spot of the recipient's heart?

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Are we still into it, or are we over it? Is it time for a holiday decorating makeover, or should we embrace the minimalist vibe? We're exploring where we stand in midlife when it comes to decking the halls and sprinkling the glitter.

But it's not just about tinsel and ornaments; it's about how decorating makes us feel during the holiday season. Do we want to create a winter wonderland or keep it low-key and stress-free? We're baring it all, sharing our thoughts, and we can't wait to hear yours.

So grab your favorite cozy beverage, settle in, and let's chat about the holiday decorating dilemmas that every midlife woman can relate to. Remember, sharing is caring, and we're here to keep it real with you. Join us on The Midlife Podcast, because midlife is a wild ride, and we're in it together.

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LINK IN EPISODE:     campreinvention.com

This week we have special guests, Dana Hilmer and Wendy Perrotti the Co-Creators of Camp Reinvention. We talk with Dana and Wendy about partnering in business and in life, what it has taken them to decide to become partners, and their advice on having a successful one. We reflect on how Kimby and Tracy decided to take the leap and decide we could believe something new about partnering than we had been taught or ever experienced. We talk about allowing ourselves to believe new things and receive support in making these changes in our lives like Dana and Wendy do in their Camp Reinvention. Their mission is to help women re-write the rules on aging and create new exciting possibilities in the second half of their lives. They have a new 12- Week Course starting October 3rd! Check it out at campreinvention.com.

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Hey there, magnificent MLFers! It's your favorite midlife maestros, Kimby and Tracy, back at it again with another fiery episode, aptly titled, "Don't Be Lame". This week, we've got a serious bone to pick with the snooze-fest lists circulating around that supposedly represent the grand adventures of midlife. Spoiler alert: they don't, and we're here to shake things up!

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Kicking off season 6 of The Midlife Podcast with a good ol' chat just in time for the 'back to school' buzz that's in the air. You know that palpable energy of fresh beginnings and vibrant possibilities? Yeah, we're soaking in it, and we can't wait to share this zest with you, our MLFers.

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We rarely have guests on the podcast and certainly not boys, but when Winona Medical Director Dr. Michael Green asked if he could join us, we jumped at the chance. Winona is telehealth medicine for women looking to live their healthiest life with the aid of bioidentical hormones.

Kimby and Tracy ask all the questions you're thinking about and help dispel the myths and shame surrounding actively managing your menopause symptoms, but more importantly, your long-term health.

Find our more at bywinona.com

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Bullying yourself.

Today on The Midlife we are discussing the embedded beliefs within us that are harsh and rigid. Have we been hearing them and thinking them for so long that we believe they are true? Have we hard wired these beliefs so that we can not imagine we are allowed to think something else about ourselves?

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Do you have to accept someone's apology? And is there a difference between asking for forgiveness and making an apology?

Today we discuss some juicy personal relationship dynamics and whether we have to behave in a certain way to get or give credit.

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Sometimes the creativity dries up. Or at least it hits a lull. What do we do to ourselves how do we react or act when it comes and when it doesn't? Do we judge ourselves when creativity isn't flowing? Do we feel anxious and fill the time with keeping "busy"? Or allow the quiet time to be just what we need right now before the next burst of inspiration appears?

We know feeling like an empty canvas can be scary.

Instead, we offer: "It's way more fun to sit with it and look at the emptiness as a place that can be and will be filled instead of something that will remain empty."

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Do you rehearse and anticipate conversations with difficult people? You're not alone. Kimby is seeing someone later and based on past experience, she knows this person is going to say something infuriating. But Kimby also recognizes what a waste of time and energy the "pre-conversation" is. Listen along to save yourself from this non-productive habit.

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Kimby has a hypotheses that when we may find ourselves in The Midlife feeling unsatisfied with parts of our lives and therefore we act out with anger, and not necessarily at the proper source.  We are at the point of our lives that no matter how we got here, we are in The Midlife and we are awakening and looking at and questioning all of the choices we have made, where we are in our lives, and where we hoped or wish to be. If we just sit in this churn up of emotions and thoughts they may fester and turn into anger and blame. We get it and we've all been there. Here's another option.

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In the podcasts before we've been talking about feelings and staying in your body. Tracy is experiencing a feelings hangover, allowing herself to sit in the aftermath of having a deep emotional talk with her husband. Remembering as you embody your feelings there is an important acknowledge that even when you have talked through a challenging topic your body also needs to recover.

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Join us in this weeks chat  when discuss the ever popular question... "How did you sleep last night?". Midlife is fraught with sleep disturbances and it seems that we are more affected by our sleep (or non) now more than ever.

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Just because its messy doesn't mean you are a mess. We are HUMAN and in that way all alike. Perfectly un-perfect. Un-perfectly perfect. Growing and learning. Learning and growing. 

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When we are hard on ourselves we inhibit our ability to communicate. If we are the ones who are being hard on ourselves than when someone even looks at us the "wrong" way or we get an email that makes us feel silly or that we did understand what we are doing, we REACT. We have knee jerk responses and defensively go on the attack. (and guess what we generally get back?.... more of the same kind of energy, more icky responses). When we have our own back, when we fully get who we are (and who we are NOT) we have more cushion inside of us and our responses have an ease, a playfulness, and a humble energy to them.

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Kimby finds herself questioning, Does it always have to be me? Why am I always the one who stands up and confronts the questionable behavior? Why do we do this? Do we need to? What does it do for us? For others? There is good and bad in all of this... let's talk it through.

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Do you have a closet full of clothes, but panic when you need to pack? Tracy is about to go away and is feeling the crazy making of the stress before hand. It sparked a conversation about how we do this to ourselves and what exactly we do and why.  

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You are not WHAT you DO. The Magic of WHO you are is behind what you do and how you do everything.

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Can you laugh at yourself and love on yourself? Can you allow yourself to be human and flaw-able and at the same time think you are amazing?

Do you have people in your life who you feel comfortable laughing WITH you at you?

Are the people you surround yourself the ones who have your back AND push you to see beyond your first knee jerk reaction to things? Call you out on your bullshit?

We know misery loves company, but do you know Pleasure, happiness, joy, contentment are even more amazing to share with people in your life?

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In the simplest acts of the day, are you betraying your true intentions? We say we want one thing, but do the opposite - with eating, exercising, social media scrolling, drinking, how we treat someone. Today we talk about getting the habituation of bad behaviors when we want so much more and better for ourselves.

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