REDESIGNING MIDLIFE | Workout Motivation Over 50, Nutrition Facts, Health & Wellness, Fitness, Exercise Inspiration, Menopause Symptoms, Self-Care, Midlife Crisis
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Welcome to the place where you are allowed to Redesign your Midlife!
Are you a midlife woman craving a happier, healthier, and longer life? Are you ready to prioritize your well-being like never before? Do you find yourself yearning to shed those extra pounds, unlock the mysteries of menopause, navigate your midlife mental health challenges, or simply achieve optimal wellness?
You are not alone. I'm your host Lesley McShane and I am on the same path as you in real time! It is my greatest desire to have all my health and wellness questions answered so that I can share them with you. So join me on this transformative journey as I dive deep into the topics that matter most to you.
Get ready to be inspired, educated, and uplifted as I share fitness information and motivation, as well as, expert insights, practical tips, and personal stories that resonate with your own journey. It's time to prioritize yourself, rediscover your power, and embrace the vibrant life you deserve.
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Episodes
363 episodes
Your Monday MOTIVATION | Overcoming The URGE TO QUIT Every Single Day
In today’s episode, we’re tackling the overwhelming urge to quit—specifically, quitting on your journey to better health in midlife. Life is full of obstacles that make sticking to healthy habits tough, whether it is illness, injury, a packed s...
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Season 2
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Episode 301
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10:50
Should I Continue Dry January? | 3 Reasons To Stay Sober Into February
WELCOME TO FEBRUARY!Making it through Dry January is a major accomplishment, but it comes with its challenges. Throughout the month, there are moments of withdrawal, even for occasional drinkers. The cravings for a drink at the end of a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 300
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23:31
Are You Motivated? | Don't Half-Ass Your Workouts Or Nutrition | Time For Intentional Action
This week, I’m reflecting on what it means to truly commit to your workouts and nutrition. It’s so easy to get started and just go through the motions, but phoning it in doesn’t help you reach your goals. Whether it’s cutting your workout short...
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Season 1
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Episode 299
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10:55
Navigating The First Health Detour Of 2025: Should You Exercise When You're Sick?
Episode Notes:Winter brings more than just cold weather—it also welcomes illness into our lives. But how do you balance your health goals when you're feeling under the weather? Should you push through, or is rest the better option...
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Season 1
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Episode 298
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16:23
Workout Motivation To Get Your 2025 Butt Moving | It’s All About The THREE Ws
Get your 2025 started right - with some good old fashion motivation. Today we are talking about getting your THREE Ws in order so that you can be successful in your midlife fitness plans.Don't wait - focus on yourself and your health no...
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Season 1
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Episode 297
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22:16
What Do You Want? | How To Start Losing Weight, Getting Stronger, & Feeling Better In 2025
The week between Christmas and New Year often feels overwhelming as we set lofty expectations and resolutions for the new year. But let’s face it—life happens. Changes in work, finances, health, and relationships can shift priorities in an inst...
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Season 1
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Episode 296
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24:05
6 Things That Should Be On Your Midlife Fitness, Health & Wellness Christmas List This Year
The holiday season is here, but have you invested in yourself yet? In this episode, I share six midlife fitness, health and wellness gift ideas to treat yourself this Christmas—because self-care is the ultimate gift that...
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Season 1
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Episode 295
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26:50
Cardio vs. Strength Training | Which Is More Important For Women Over 50?
Are you starting to think about your wellness plan for 2025? If so, you might be asking yourself: Should I focus on cardio or strength training? It’s a common question, especially for women over 50, and the answer isn’t as simple as yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 294
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13:00
Break The Cycle Of Wasted Emotional Energy | 4 Strategies For Controlling the Controllable
In this episode, we dive into the liberating truth: while you can’t control everything—your age, genes, illnesses, or others’ opinions—you can control how you respond. Learn how to break free from the exhausting cycle of trying to mana...
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Season 1
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Episode 293
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16:26
Thanksgiving 2024 | Facing Our Insecurities - Start With Confidence And End With Acceptance
In this episode, we’re diving into the power of self-acceptance and learning to let go of the pressures to fit an impossible ideal. Whether it’s the fear of stepping into a swimsuit or worrying about what others think of us, we all face moments...
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Season 1
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Episode 292
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17:42
I'm BACK! | Midlife Guilt Sucks | Choose Something & Give Yourself Grace
After an eight-month hiatus, I'm back on the mic, diving into everything that's happened since March. From leaving a 35-year career to jumping into the plumbing franchise world with my husband, this year has been nothing short of a wild ...
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Season 1
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Episode 291
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19:56
Dealing With Elevated Stress & Cortisol Levels? | Why Working Out Could Be The Solution You Are Searching For
Do you wear your stress like a heavy jacket that you never take off? Does it keep you from doing the things you know you need to do for your midlife health? Does it cause you stress eat or skip your workouts? You wouldn't be alone....
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Season 1
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Episode 290
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13:56
Your Weekly BOOST | Don't Get Mad, Don't Quit, & PREPARE For When You Feel You Can't | Your Midlife HEALTH Needs You
Have you ever had a pact with someone else like a family member or a friend, that you were going to do something together - to lose weight, to train for an event or trip, but then you ended up quitting and she didn't and reached her goal? And y...
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Season 1
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Episode 289
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8:27
Need Midlife Motivation To Commit To Overall Health? | If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It
Why do so many – and not just midlife women – struggle with their health, with their fitness, with making nutrition a priority? Especially when they know that focusing on these things will bring them overall vitality and longer life? <...
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Season 1
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Episode 288
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8:26
Monday Motivational Musing | Are You Making Your Workout and Health Goals Too Big Of A Deal? | STOP!
In this episode, I am challenging the conventional wisdom around health journeys, urging all of you not to turn them into grand declarations. Instead of broadcasting every step, I suggest a quieter, more effective approach: simply commit to you...
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Season 1
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Episode 287
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8:19
Your Monday Inspiration | Don't Let The Scale Lie To You - All Progress Moves The Needle
I've had the privilege of witnessing the ebbs and flows of countless women on their midlife health journeys. One undeniable truth that emerges time and again is the rollercoaster of emotions tied to progress, especially when it comes to weight....
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Season 1
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Episode 286
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6:22
Mindset Matters | Take Your Midlife Health To The Next Level When You Watch Your Words And "Never Say Never"
In today's motivational episode, I'm diving into the power of our mindset and the impact of words on our beliefs and actions. It's easy to fall into the trap of saying "I'll never," but let's challenge that notion together. B...
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Season 1
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Episode 285
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7:29
Too Tired, No Energy To Workout? | SPOILER ALERT: Exercise Energizes And Boosts Your Mood
No one has to tell me how hard it is to get in a workout early in the morning before work or in the late afternoon when you’ve been working all day. I am right there with you. But did you know that exercise increases your heart rat...
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Season 1
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Episode 284
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8:22
SPRING Is For New Beginnings | Even For Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition | CHALLENGE Yourself This Month
Winter is over, and so are the excuses of why we haven’t committed to our health during this time. Start your spring by recommitting to yourself. Pick something you want to focus on doing or cutting out through April. Master that. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 283
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12:34
Hello MONDAY! | Your MOTIVATING MOOD | You Are Aging - Get Over It
The realization is that you are aging, whether you like it or not. There is no going back in time to what you may consider better days in your health. But instead of mourning those days, let’s write a new story for ourselves and for our bodies....
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Season 1
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Episode 282
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9:52
[REPLAY] MOTIVATING Your Monday | DON'T QUIT Before You Get To The Corner - That's Where The Rewards Are
Welcome to a MOTIVATIONAL REPLAY this week. Motivational words don't have an expiration, so I'm sharing these with you again this week. You may be so close and don't even know it. Here's a goose to get you ALL THE WAY to the corner where those ...
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Season 1
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Episode 281
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7:19
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? | Questions To Motivate & Fire Up Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition
If we sat down across from each other and I asked you point blank "What do you really want in and from your midlife health, in your fitness, in your nutrition?" - would you have a good, solid answer? Do you even KNOW what you want?Today...
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Season 1
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Episode 280
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12:35
Answer This Question | Are You Lying To Yourself? | MOTIVATING Your Midlife Fitness & Nutrition
There are many that think they are doing what they should be doing and making all the right decisions when it comes to their midlife fitness and nutrition. But how many lies are the telling themselves? "I deserve this cookie"."...
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Season 1
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Episode 279
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7:27
You Don't Have To Do It All Today | MOTIVATING CHANGES In Your Midlife Health 1% At A Time
Are you familiar with the old navigator’s 1 in 60 rule? This is the rule that says that if you deviate just 1 degree from a path, which seems in consequential, in 60 miles you will be 1 mile off course. And a mile off course really is a big dea...
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Season 1
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Episode 278
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10:52
Motivating Your Monday | WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE If You Don't Workout During The Winter?
Let me ask you...what have you got to lose if you don’t get that body in motion – EVEN when it is cold and dreary outside? Everything. You could lose everything – your physical health and your mental health. So make sure it isn't a...
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Season 1
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Episode 277
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