FLIPSIDE OF MIDLIFE®: Three Beautiful Surprises of Midlife and Beyond

Have you ever thought that the best surprises of your life aren't behind you — they're still ahead? 

Today I'm sharing three things that have surprised me in midlife and beyond - and based on conversations I’ve had - I’m not the only one!

If you're ready to lean into this season with excitement instead of dread, this episode is for you! 

xo Karli

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Have you ever thought that the best surprises of your life aren't behind you, they're still ahead? Today, I'm sharing three things that have surprised me in midlife and beyond. Regardless of where you are on your journey, I have a feeling you'll resonate with what I found as well. Hey there, my friend. Welcome. I'm Karli Newman, your favorite Gen X dealer of positive vibes, Life and Wellness Coach and founder of FLIPSIDE OF MIDLIFE®, a community for women in midlife and beyond. I'm so glad you're here with me because today's episode is one I've been looking forward to sharing. Let's get into it. As you know, there's no shortage of messaging out there telling us what to dread about getting older. The changes in our skin, hot flashes, gray hair, feeling invisible. That's all really happening, and some of it isn't welcomed, but today I want to look at the other side of that coin. Because in my experience, and I'm guessing in yours too, midlife and beyond is genuinely full of pleasant surprises. If you receive my Wednesday emails, I've already shared three beautiful surprises with you this week. Today I'm sharing three more that I wasn't expecting, and based on my conversations with other women, they're surprises that we share. Surprise number one, you develop a deep, unexpected craving for real connection with other women. Something happens in midlife and beyond that nobody really warns you about. The company of other women who 'get it' almost starts to feel urgent. Not just friendly acquaintances or work colleagues, but real honest, soul level connection with women who are in the thick of this same season alongside you. For many of us, those busy decades where we were building our careers, raising a family perhaps, and managing everything for everyone else, left little room for some deep female friendship fostering. Then you come into midlife and beyond and something really starts to shift. The noise of our busy lives doesn't compare to the noise that we are hearing from our bodies with our shifting hormones. We want to have conversations with women who are going through it along with us. You want to be seen. You want to laugh, you want to cry, you want to be honest with the hard stuff, and you want someone who understands to celebrate the good stuff, too. This is a beautiful surprise that women you find in this chapter, the ones who show up authentically and accept you as your authentic self, can become some of the most meaningful relationships of your entire life, and they're out there waiting for you, my friend. Surprise number two. This can be the most creatively alive and purposeful season of your life. I am a fan of saying it's never too late. The script is not written for you. You can tear it up, throw it in the trash and start again. I know at the start of my journey in midlife and beyond, I did feel that life was passing me by. I did feel that I was lost in my purpose. I knew that there was more out there. I just didn't know how to get it. Through discovery, through trying new things, through listening to my intuition, I was able to find what I'm truly meant to be doing right now here in midlife and beyond. Many people don't hit their creative strides until midlife and beyond. This combination of life experience, self-knowledge, understanding ourselves better, and freedom from caring about what others think, creates fertile ground for the most meaningful, original, and exciting creative work that we've done. Purpose? Yeah, purpose deepens in this season, my friend. When time feels more precious, as it does in this season, you get really clear on what actually matters to you. The things you were doing out of obligation start to fall away. The things that genuinely light you up come into sharper focus. Oftentimes when we think of creativity, we are thinking of the artistic side of creativity. All of us, each and every soul is a creative soul, but we express it in different ways. What's your favorite way of expressing your creativity? Resist the urge to close doors and shut down opportunities. Really open your heart and mind to exploring and staying curious. Your most purposeful and creative chapter could be the one you're stepping into right now. Then there's surprise number three. What I never saw coming was a level of personal power. You get to know exactly who you are and decide that you're done shrinking. You decide that you are going to step truly into yourself, into your personal power. It's not loud, it's not forceful. It's actually a quiet and calm power. It shows up as the ability to say no without a lengthy explanation. It's the confidence to walk away from situations and relationships that don't align with your values. It's trusting your instinct without always second guessing yourself, and it's knowing what you bring to the table and no longer apologizing for it. This power is hard earned, and I encourage you to immerse yourself in it. It's built from the challenges you've navigated and the lessons you've learned and the self-knowledge that only comes from years of lived experience. You can't shortcut your way to it, which is exactly why it tends to arrive right on time here in midlife and beyond. And here's what I find most beautiful about it. The more you lean into it, the more it grows. That personal power that you're tapping into compounds, and the woman you're becoming because of it? She is to be celebrated, my friend. So much of what I've talked about today, are exactly the things we dig into inside ELEVATE my monthly membership for women in midlife and beyond. Each month we focus on one topic together, and members get prompts, affirmations, new things to try, and a live monthly chat where we connect and support one another. It's a private community far away from social media, and the connections that happen in ELEVATE are a beautiful example of those deep friendships that you crave. If any part of today's episode made you think' that's interesting, I want some more of that', I'd love to have you join us. You can find all the details at flipsideofmidlife.com on the ELEVATE membership page. And my friend, you can get$10 off your first month. It'll only be $15 to try it out. At checkout, use the code FIRSTMONTH15. The beautiful surprises of midlife and beyond are out there, my friend. Deep friendships. Creative fire. A sense of purpose. Stepping into your personal power. Those are available to you, my friend. Which of today's surprises resonated most with you? Or maybe you've had some other beautiful surprises you'd like to share with me, I'd love to hear them. Reach out and tell me at karli@flipsideofmidlife.com. I read every message and I genuinely love hearing from you. Join me here on Wednesdays for more bite-sized episodes you can apply to your midlife and beyond, and every other Sunday for guided meditations and visualizations. I look forward to meeting you here for all of it. Take care and be well, my friend.