The Courage Coalition
Solocasts and Guest Interviews for inspiring, educating and empowering listeners to embrace courage in all aspects of their lives. Fostering a coalition of individuals who are committed to living authentically and fearlessly in their dreams!
This is not a polished highlight reel it’s real stories, raw truth, and the kind of courage that changes lives. Each week, host Corree Roofener brings you unfiltered conversations and heartfelt solocasts that remind you you’re not alone in the climb.
From navigating money and mental health to breaking cycles in foster care and redefining success, every episode is about choosing faith over fear and taking your next brave step. The Courage Coalition is more than a podcast it’s a community of dreamers and doers who are ready to live authentically, even when it’s hard.
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Dharma, Midlife, and the Second Adolescence We Don’t Talk About with Katie Farinas
Some moments on the podcast feel less like an interview and more like a remembering—and my conversation with Katie Farinas was exactly that. Katie is a yoga teacher, podcast host, and Dharma coach who helps midlife women come home to who they’ve always been. We unpacked Dharma not as a single “magic pill” purpose, but as a through-line: Dharma = your essence + the expression of your essence. The essence never leaves; life just layers over it. As Katie said, our job isn’t to find purpose so much as to uncover what’s already there. I shared a story from childhood, little me on a playground, drawn to the kid sitting alone, and how that same “protect the unseen” thread has followed me into motherhood, business, and advocacy. Different expressions, same essence. That’s the work: gently peeling back the layers so you can see the evidence of who you’ve been all along.
We also went deep on intuition and nervous system regulation. Intuition, Katie reminded us, is love-based quiet, steady, grounded while fear rides in loud on old beliefs, unregulated nerves, and cultural scripts. Yoga, in its truest form, is a science of nervous system regulation that reconnects mind, body, and spirit so we can actually hear that inner wisdom and then trust it. Every time you notice your thoughts wander and you return to the present, that’s a win. Every boundary set from love, not fear, is alignment. And if you’re in midlife wondering why everything suddenly feels both raw and real, Katie names it beautifully: this is your second adolescence. The biology shifts, the brain remodels, and the roles you’ve carried start to wobble. Culture may go quiet here but your soul doesn’t. This is your next becoming.
If you’re feeling that tug, try this: Ask, What’s the through-line of my life? When did I feel it most as a child? How is it asking to be expressed now? Then check the source of the next thought that arrives does it sound like love or fear? Choose one tiny action from love today. Legacy isn’t just money or milestones; it’s the felt experience of who you become and what your presence makes possible.
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