Opt to Thrive…for Midlife Women
Opt to Thrive is a health and wellness podcast designed to support, educate, inspire, empower and motivate midlife women to live their healthiest, happiest most fulfilled lives. Motivated by her own life experiences and challenging midlife transition, Dr Corina Sims created Opt to Thrive.
Dr Sims is a rural GP Obstetrician and Menopause Specialist who has a passion for connecting with and empowering other women to be the best version of themselves. Disappointed with the vast amount of contradictory information targeted at menopausal women, Dr Sims also recognised the gap in medicine that has been identified around the globe in managing women going through it. Dr Dims strives to bring evidence based information to those who are searching for answers.
Listen in every week where on one week you’ll find either a short and sweet episode designed to uplift, inspire and give helpful tips to manage your mind and a longer episode the next created to educate and inform.
Opt to Thrive…for Midlife Women
Manage Your Mind Mindful Moment: Active Acceptance When Your Daughter Lives Next to a War Zone
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What do you do when something you can’t control suddenly feels very close to home?
In this episode, I share a personal experience of supporting my daughter while she lives in Dubai during this period of rising tension in the region. It has been confronting, emotional, and a real test of how I manage my own mind.
Because when uncertainty hits, our brains often want to go straight to the “what ifs.”
But what if there’s another way to meet those moments?
We explore the concept of active acceptance—a powerful shift that helped me move from fear and overthinking to a surprising sense of calm and clarity.
This conversation is for you if you:
- Find yourself worrying about things outside your control
- Struggle with uncertainty or worst-case thinking
- Want to feel more grounded and steady, even when life feels unpredictable
Sometimes the situation doesn’t change…
but the way we meet it can change everything.
🌿 Takeaway
You can’t control everything that happens—
but you can choose how you respond.
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