A New Life Story: Emotional Healing & Midlife Transformation for Women
A New Life Story is an emotional wellness podcast for women in midlife who are ready to heal, grow, and create meaningful change. Hosted by Certified Life Coach LaShonda Walker, this bi-weekly podcast offers practical tools to help you navigate emotions, set healthy boundaries, and build stronger relationships.
If you’re experiencing midlife transitions, emotional burnout, or feeling disconnected from yourself, this podcast will help you reconnect with your needs and reclaim your voice. Each episode explores emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, and how to release limiting beliefs that keep you stuck.
Learn how to process emotions, improve communication, and develop the confidence to live with clarity and intention. Through self-discovery and actionable strategies, you’ll gain the tools to create a more balanced, fulfilling life.
If you're ready to stop surviving and start living with emotional clarity, this podcast will guide your journey.
It’s time to rewrite your story and create A New Life Story.
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Episodes
44 episodes
43. How Love Evolves in Midlife: The 7 Types of Love & What Women Truly Need After 40
Love evolves, especially in midlife and the nervous system support you need at 25 is often very different from what you need at 45.Many women in their 40s and 50s begin reassessing relationships, emotional needs, and personal identity. M...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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27:48
42. Midlife Burnout & Emotional Labor: 5 Ways to Stop Carrying the Mental Load
This episode explores the impact of emotional labor, the mental load, and burnout for women in midlife. Many women silently carry the responsibility of managing other people’s emotions, needs, schedules, and relationships—often without realizin...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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29:27
41. 7 Types of Rest for Women in Midlife (Part 2): Physical, Mental, Spiritual & Sensory Rest
Rest is not a luxury — it is essential for emotional wellness, nervous system regulation, and whole-body health, especially for women navigating the demands of midlife, burnout, and constant mental load.In a world that constantly demands...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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29:07
40. 7 Types of Rest for Women in Midlife (Part 1): Why Rest Matters
This episode begins a two-part series exploring the 7 Types of Rest, a framework developed by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith that explains why traditional rest alone doesn’t resolve burnout, emotional exhaustion, or mental fatigue.Many women—e...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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29:28
39. How to Reset Your Nervous System in Seconds with Angela Johnson
We exist in a fast-paced world where there’s always something vying for our attention, so it’s easy to find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or simply out of sync with our own bodies. But what if you could hit the reset button on your ne...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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58:30
38. From Reacting to Empowerment: Changing Your Mindset with Olivia Martinez
Sometimes, things happen in childhood that we tuck away so deeply, we convince ourselves they no longer matter. We grow up, move forward, and tell ourselves we’re “over it.” But just because something is buried doesn’t mean it’s healed. Then, s...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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52:05
37. How to Use Simple Tools to Uncover Unconscious Beliefs and Discover Your True Self (Rerun)
(Replay of Episode 2). In this episode I discuss The Adult Chair® Model, a framework integral to my work as a life & emotional wellness coach, as well as a guide I use to educate people through this podcast. This episode provide...
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47:21
36. Bibliotherapy: How Stories Can Heal Emotional Wounds with Emely Rumble
In this informational, inspiring and deeply emotional conversation, Emely Rumble, LCSW and founder of Literapy_NYC, shares her personal story of resilience and healing through literature. From...
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1:03:57
35. Nervous System Regulation - Where Inner Connection Begins
Ever wonder why you feel anxious, shut down, or overwhelmed out of nowhere? In this episode, we explore the powerful connection between your emotions and your nervous system—your body’s built-in stress and safety response system. You'll learn h...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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28:05
34. From Stuck to Empowered: Transforming Your Career Through Emotional Awareness with Cherie Caldwell
Balancing career and personal life comes with emotional complexities. Transformative Leadership Consultant and Coach Cherie Caldwell has helped individuals and organizations worldwide resolve...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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55:14
33. The Power of Self Compassion: Practical Ways to Care for You
Are you looking for a safe community of people on their emotional wellness journey? We're curating space. Take the Emotional Wellness Group Survey.Feeling overwhelmed, exhau...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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27:48
32. Playbook for Understanding Your Ego
We're create a safe space for community healing, growth and self-discovery? Share what you want to learn in our survey. There’s a complex connection between our ego, emotions, and th...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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27:29
31. From Stress to Rest: Emotional Wellness Tips for Closing the Year Strong
The Season 3 finale offers a thoughtful reflection on navigating the transformative emotions of midlife. It recaps the empowering discussions on managing stress, understanding midlife emotions, practicing somatic meditation, setting boundaries,...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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28:23
30. Setting Boundaries to Protect Your Emotional Wellness
Boundaries are often misunderstood as selfish, but they’re one of the most empowering ways to protect your emotional wellness and create healthier relationships. In this episode, explore five strategies for setting boundaries, grounded in the A...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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28:33
29. Protecting Your Energy: 5 Tips for Navigating Emotional Triggers
The holiday season is often painted as a time of joy, connection, and celebration—but let’s be real, it can also be one of the most emotionally triggering times of the year. From old family dynamics and personal boundaries being tested, to the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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21:55
28. Feel It to Heal It: How Somatic Healing Techniques Improve Emotional Wellness with Karena Neukirchner
Trauma-informed somatic healing meditations offer a transformative path to reconnecting with the body and fostering deep emotional healing. In this episode, I’m joined by Trauma-Informed Emotional Healing Coach
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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47:48
27. Navigating Perimenopause: Understanding Emotional & Health Changes with Dr. Brandi Sinkfield
Perimenopause is a significant time of transition for women, often accompanied by emotional shifts like anxiety, frustration, or brain fog. But did you know these feelings can also be linked to deeper health issues, such as high blood pressure ...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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56:35
26. Feel Safe In Your Body: How Your Beliefs Inform Stress Hormones
There’s a powerful connection between our beliefs and stress hormones, particularly during midlife. Unconscious beliefs, often formed in childhood, can trigger stress responses like fight or flight, leading to heightened cortisol levels. Then e...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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27:07
25. How to finally take control of your Ruminating thoughts
Racing thoughts can feel overwhelming, disrupting your focus, sleep, and overall mental well-being. These repetitive thought loops, common during moments of stress and midlife transitions, can lead to exhaustion and difficulty managing emotions...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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31:37
24. 3 Ways To Address Emotional Blocks in Minutes
Emotional blocks can keep us feeling stuck and unable to move forward. But with the right tools, you can break through these barriers and find emotional freedom.Join me as we explore these powerful techniques from the Adult Chair® Model ...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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24:40
23. A Midlife Journey of Finding Self & Healing with Eileen Marder-Mirman
As women enter midlife, many experience a profound awakening, prompting them to question their identities and the roles they have played throughout their lives. This journey of self-discovery can be both challenging and rewarding. Eilee...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:47
22. Adopt These 5 Key Traits to Be Your Best Self
The journey to discovering the Higher Self is central to transformation through the Adult Chair® Model. By connecting with this conscious part of yourself, you can observe your past without judgment, allowing healing to occur in the present. Wi...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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27:25
21. 4 Simple Practices for Your Next Major Life Transformation
Emotional awareness is key to self-discovery and transformation. It helps us recognize and process our emotions, offering insight into how feelings shape our thoughts and behaviors. By increasing emotional awareness, we can uncover unconscious ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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42:10
20. The Value of Self-Awareness for Breaking Generational Patterns with Alisha Woodall
Self-awareness is a powerful tool for transforming both ourselves and the legacy we leave behind. By understanding our emotions, patterns, and behaviors, we can break free from unconscious cycles and create a more intentional life. This awarene...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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49:48
19. Understanding Your Ego: How Your Past Shapes Your Present
This episode discusses the intricate relationship between ego, identity, and the importance of taking breaks.As a life coach, I specialize in guiding individuals through a journey of exploring their past, to change unhealthy hidden belie...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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25:05