Thought Work That Makes Your Glow Up Stick

June is almost over, July is next, and half of 2026 is already written. I’m not interested in a guilt spiral or a “just hustle harder” pep talk. I want a real midyear reset for women over 40 that actually changes your day-to-day life, starting with the thoughts you keep repeating when nobody’s listening.

First, we go deep on thought work, the inner skill that makes every external glow up stick. I walk you through the C-T-F-A-R model (circumstance, thought, feeling, action, result) so you can see how two women can face the same setback and create totally different outcomes. We also unpack autopilot thinking, the small gap where freedom lives, and the difference between clean pain and dirty pain so you can stop layering unnecessary suffering on top of normal human emotions. Then I give you a simple four-step practice you can use immediately: awareness, investigation, an intentional bridge thought, and consistent practice to build a new neural pathway.

After the mindset work, we shift into eight June glow-ups to close the month with intention: a values check-in, a bold summer style upgrade, a wellness progression check, a summer festival outing, a solo picnic, a 10-minute mobility and stretching routine, a quick budget check-in, and a summer bucket list with at least one date on the calendar. I also share personal updates on a new job, renewed debt payoff focus, and what it looks like to keep building momentum in midlife.

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Transcript

Welcome And Midyear Check-In

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Hello, ladies. Welcome back to the Midlife Glowgetter Podcast. I'm Jax. And if this is your first time here, oh friend, I am so glad you found us. You are exactly in the right place. Before we dive in, I just want to, you know, take a second and say, can you believe it's almost the end of June? Like, where did June go? Where did half this year go? We are days away from July. We are halfway through 2026. And I just want to ask you a real question before we even get started today. How are you actually doing? Not the I'm fine answer, not the one that you give everyone, you know, that asks at work. I mean, how are you really doing? How are you feeling about how this year is going? Are you proud of yourself? Are you behind where you thought you'd be? Are you even sure where you wanted this year to look like? Because here's the thing: the end of June is really a moment. It is a real significant moment to pause and check in, not to beat yourself up. I'm never here for that. But to get honest, to get real, to look at where you are and decide clearly and intentionally where you want to go for the second half of this year. And today's episode is going to help you do exactly that. We've got two rich meaty segments. Segment one, we are going deep on thought work. This is one of the concepts that sounds a little clinical when you first hear it. But I promise you, by the time we're done with it, you are going to see your own mind completely different. This is the inner work that makes every outer glow up actually stick. So we are not skipping it. We are going all the way in. And the second segment, we're going to go through the June glow-ups, the end of June glow-ups, about seven or eight specific, intentional, beautiful ways to close out June and launch your July like a woman you're becoming. We are covering everything from your mindset to style to your body to your budget to the summer bucket list. It's really going to be a great episode. So get settled, grab your coffee or water or afternoon snack, and let's go. So before we get into segment one, which is thought work, like I mentioned, I wanted to give some life updates. I'm going to keep this as short as possible, but there's a lot of life updates. Today is June 22nd, Monday. This is my first day on a new job position with a new mortgage institution in their corporate headquarters here near Cleveland, Ohio. I was super excited to get this job. I didn't apply. They approached me on LinkedIn. They reached out to me about, oh, a month and a half ago. I went through three grueling, no, three wonderful interviews, two tests. They offered me the position. I took it about three and a half weeks ago. I gave my old employer a two-week notice, a heads up. I left my old employer last week. Thursday was my last day, and I left with very good, very good goodbyes. My manager, management, and my direct manager classified me as rehirable and told me I'm definitely rehirable to come back if I need to. And if there's an opening, they'll take me back. So I'm super excited to have that kind of

New Job And Fresh Momentum

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safety net. I say goodbye to all my coworkers. I don't call them co-workers. A lot of them are many friends, which will be long-lasting friends. I made really some strong relationships. I will carry that through life and stay in touch. So there's some wonderful people there. Wonderful institution I left. My team gave me a beautiful plant with a beautiful card with so many messages. And I will treasure that and I'll take that plant to my next office. So I left bittersweet. I left on great terms, but I know moving on to this new institution is a step in the right move. It's a much higher salary, much better benefits, much better loan products, more mainstream they offer at this institution. So it's better for resume building, better for growth. It's a larger institution, more growth opportunities, more growth in the company or beyond. And the position itself is definitely much more interested in the sales. It's product development, working with DSCR loans, which are investor loans, which gets into what I want to do. So many of you know I was on a debt payoff journey the last four years. And two years ago, I ended up paying over $34,000 in credit card debt. And I did that by working a remote part-time job as well as that old full-time job. And I chugged all my extra over in cash that I had towards credit cards, and I paid it all off on my own within about two years, $34,000 while my son was in college and I was paying for that, as well as my own living expenses. Well, over the last two years, I have hiked my debt back up, not as high as $34,000, but at a point where I'm very uncomfortable. And so I am now on a debt payoff process again with this significant income. I will be able to pay off my debt probably within nine to ten months, maybe less. And, you know, many of you have heard of the debt avalanche method or the debt snowball method. I used the debt avalanche method about four years ago. That's how I paid off my debt. And that's the highest interest rate credit card first, which saves on interest in the long run. So that's what I concentrate on at paying off. The debt snowball method is the lowest balance first. It just creates a more mindset. When you start seeing things being paid off quickly, it keeps you going for more. So those are the two options out there. Well, I have the smart girl debt payoff plan and I researched some different plans. And so I have in the show notes a blog post and how to get the guide. What this is is how you can increase your cash flow every month, every month the quickest way possible. So you can check out that guide. That's how I'll be paying off my debt. I'll be showing it online with, especially with my first payouts, which will be in July. And I'll show how I do that and why I choose what debts to increase the most cash flow every month, is a certain rating system and a certain equation. And it helps you classify which debts come first so you have the most money left over every month by paying off those certain debts. So you can check out the show notes if you're interested in the guide or just follow my journey on social media. Another thing is I'm down 198 pounds right now. That's over four years naturally, and I'm 48 years old. I have many cheat sheets, many things I do on a daily and weekly practice that has helped me lose this significant amount of weight. Remember, I am 48, I am impairing menopause, I have PCOS, and I'm on a mild amount of anxiety and depression medication. So I have a cheat sheet roadmap that any woman can use over 40 to really get them boosted and get them some momentum and ideas of how to lose that weight, especially if it's over 20 pounds. That's in the show notes, the blog post on how to get the guide. It is covering nutrition, movement, and mindset. So you could check that out. And then my go-to recipes, I have on rotation and repeat. I did show one of them uh last week, Sunday, on social media. I'll be sharing more of them on social media. If you want to follow me on social media, it's Jack Styes. But I made a guide of my 45 go-to recipes that I have stuck with the last four years that have helped me lose weight. And I really do feel 80, 85% of weight loss is nutrition. So these this guide is in the show notes, the blog post on how to get the guide. It's my 45 go-to recipes, and I will be sharing them every so often on social media as well. But if you're interested in the guide, it is in the show notes as well. So those are some life updates. My wait list, my new job, my debt payoff process will be coming soon. So yeah, that's it. Those are new updates. And now we'll get on to segment one, which is thought work. Okay, thought work. Let me start by telling you what thought work is not. Because I think a lot of people hear this term and immediately picture someone sitting cross-legged, repeating affirmations in the mirror. That is not it. That is not what we're talking about today. Thought work is not positive thinking. It is not slapping a happy face on in hard situations. It is not telling yourself everything is fine where everything is clearly not fine. Thought work is honest, it's forensic. It is when you're actually looking at what's happening inside your mind with curiosity instead of judgment and deciding whether what's running in your mind there is actually working for you or against you. That's it. That's the whole practice. And I want to tell you for women over 40 specifically, this is the work. This is the foundation under every glow-up. You can change your diet, your wardrobe, your job, your zip code. But if you do not change what's happening inside your mind, you will take the same version of yourself into every new

What Thought Work Really Means

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situation and wonder why nothing really changes. So let's break down the simple, real language, no jargon, just the truth about thought work. So, first concept: your thoughts are creating your life, all of it. Here is the foundational idea, and it comes from a framework called the model, developed by a life coach named Brooke Castillo. I use this in my own coaching and in my own life, and it changed the way I see everything. The model has five parts, and I'm gonna walk you through each one nice and slow. C for circumstance, T for thought, F for feeling, A for action, R for result. And the formula is this your circumstances are completely neutral. They just are. They are just facts. What a video camera could record, what a courtroom could prove. Your thought is the sentence in your mind about that circumstance, your feeling is a one-word vibration in your body that is created by the thoughts, not the circumstance. Your action is everything you do, don't do, how you show up, how you move through this world, and your result is the outcome in your life. And here is the wild part: your result almost always proves your thoughts, the loop closes itself. Now let's make this super concrete. Let me give you an example. Say the circumstance is this you applied for a promotion at work and you did not get it. That's the C. That's the circumstance, that's just a fact. Now, the thought the woman has, the T might be, I knew I wasn't good enough. I never am. That's a thought based on the circumstance. That is that creates a feeling, something like shame or defeat. So that's the F. That's feeling shame or defeat. From that feeling, the woman's actions are she stops volunteering for new projects. She stops advocating for herself in meetings. She calls in sick on hard days. She starts scrolling job boards, not out of excitement, but out of desperation. And her results, so that was the action, and her results, she stays stuck. She stays in the same position. She proves in her mind the original thought. C, I'm not good enough. Now, let me give you another example. Same circumstances, same C, but a different woman. She doesn't get a promotion at work. Okay, so same circumstance, different woman. Her T, the thought that she has is that is disappointing. And I'm going to figure out what I need to get there. That's her thought. Now it creates a feeling. This is her, the new woman's feeling. Maybe something like determination or focus, maybe a little fire. That's what that thought creates: some fire, some determination. So that's the feeling. And now the action from the feeling creates her action, the A. She asks for feedback from her management team. She takes on new assignments. She starts building relationships with decision makers. She starts investing in her skills. That's the action she takes from that feeling, which created from that thought from the same circumstance. As a result, she moves forward. She grows. She proves in her mind the thought that she what she is capable of figuring out. She proves her thought that she's going to figure this out. So that is the final result. So as you can see, that is both situations are the same circumstances. Both women did not receive the promotion at work. Two different, completely different thoughts were created, though, from the two different women. And so because of that, there were two different results created. That is the model. That is how it works. And the most radical, important, life-changing thing I could tell you today is this. Your circumstances are not causing your results. Your thoughts are. Your thoughts are causing your results. That means the job didn't make you feel like a failure. The thought you had about the job did. The relationship didn't make you feel unlovable. The thought you had about the relationship did. The number on the scale didn't make you feel hopeless. The thought you had about the number on the scale made you feel that way. So I know I know this can be, you know, a sting at first sight and may feel like your circumstances cause how you feel. But I promise you, and all the neuroscience backs this up, there is also, you know, there's always a thought in between the circumstance and the results. And that is what's causing the result, your thoughts based on the factual circumstances. And that is where your power lives. Now, most of us have been running on autopilot. This is the next layer I want to go over. And this is really what connects everything. And so 95% of our actions are subconscious and based on autopilot. And that's how we're controlled 95% based on autopilot subconsciously. Most of us are not consciously choosing our thoughts. Our brain is judging thoughts automatically all day long based on old patterns, old programming, old beliefs we absorbed decades ago. And we are treating those automatic thoughts as if they just are, as they are the truth, as they are just facts, but they are not facts. They are sentences, and sentences can be examined, sentences can be questioned, sentences can be changed. So here is something that shifted for me, everything. It shifted everything. Your brain is a thought-generating machine, it is doing its job all day long, but you are

Autopilot Thinking And The Freedom Gap

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not obligated to believe every thought it produces. You can observe a thought without agreeing to it. You can notice the thought without acting on it. That space, that tiny gap between the thought your brain offers and the decision about what to do with it, that is where freedom lives. Most people never find the gap because they were never taught to look at that or look for it. Thought work is the practice of finding it every single day, one thought at a time. Now, here's another concept I want to reduce you one more before we get into the actual practice of thought work because I think it's going to change the way you relate to hard emotions. So there are two kinds of pain: clean pain and dirty pain. Clean pain is the natural, unavoidable pain of being a human being. Grief when you lose someone, disappointment when something doesn't go your way as hoped. Sadness when life is hard. Clean pain is real. It is necessary. It is part of being alive and it deserves to be felt fully. Now dirty pain. Dirty pain is the suffering we layer on top of the clean pain through our thoughts. It sounds like, why is this happening to me? This is so unfair. I can't handle this. This should not be happening. My life is ruined. I will never recover. The second layer, that's the dirty pain. This is entirely created by our thoughts about the circumstance. Thought work does not get rid of the pain. Life will always have pain. But it absolutely eliminates unnecessary suffering, the thought work. It eliminates it. And for a lot of us,

Clean Pain Versus Dirty Pain

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especially women who have been through a lot, a significant portion of what we are curing is dirty pain. Suffering we are creating ourselves through the sentences we're running in our minds, often without even realizing it. When you start doing thought work, you learn to grieve without spiraling, to feel disappointment without cat catastrophizing, to sit with hard feelings without making them mean something terrible about your future or you. That is not weakness. This is one of the most advanced, powerful skills a human being can develop. Okay, so how do you actually do thought work? Because I don't want this to be interesting, and then you close this podcast and go on about your day, and nothing changes. I want you to walk away with something that you can actually use today in your daily life. Here is the practice in four steps: simple, real, doable. Step one, awareness. You catch yourself feeling something uncomfortable, anxious, resentful, defeated, stuck. And instead of immediately reacting or distracting yourself, you pause and you trace it back. What is the circumstance? Just facts. What thought am I having about it? You write it down if you can. Getting thoughts out of your head and onto paper is incredibly powerful. It turns an invisible, swirling feeling into something you can actually look at. Step two, investigation. Now you get curious about your thought. Not judgmental. Curious. Is this thought actually true? How do I

The Four Steps To Thought Work

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know it's true? What is the thought costing me? What does it produce in my life when I believe it? What would be different if I didn't believe it? If I didn't believe this thought. This is not about immediately the thought is wrong and replacing it. This is just looking at it, honestly. The way you look at a piece of evidence with open eyes and an open mind. Step three, the intentional thought. Now you have to generate a new thought, an intentional one, one you actually want to practice believing. And here's what I need to say about this because this is where people get it wrong. The new thought cannot be a lie, it cannot jump from one from I am completely hopeless to everything is amazing and I'm perfect. The nervous system won't buy it, it'll reject it like a bad transplant. The intentional thought has to be something you can actually genuinely believe, even just a little, something your system can land on. So instead of I am hopeless, maybe the intentional thought is I don't know how yet, but I'm figuring it out. Or this is hard and I'm still here, or I've done hard things before. Those are bridge thoughts. They don't require you to feel amazing, they just require you to stop agreeing with the thought that's hurting you the most. Step four, practice, practice, practice. This is a step most people skip because it feels too simple, because it's actually the most important one. A new thought is a weak neural pathway, it doesn't feel natural yet, it doesn't feel like you yet, because you've been thinking the old thought for 20 years and the new one is brand new. So you practice it, you write it down every morning, you say it out loud, you put it on a sticky note in your mirror, you come back to it in midday when the old thought creeps back in, and then you come back to It again and again over time, and we're talking weeks and months, not days. A new thought starts to feel more real, more accessible, more like the truth. Because you have literally been building a new neural pathway in your brain. You've been doing the physical work of rewiring. That is thought work. That is the practice. So let me close this segment with something I feel very strongly about. Because I think there is a reason this work is especially powerful for us. Women who are 40 and beyond women like me. By this point in life, most of us have been caring thoughts about ourselves for a very long time. Thoughts that were never even ours to begin with. Thoughts handed to us by our mothers, our fathers, our culture, our exes, our experiences. Thoughts like, it's too late. Who do you think you are? Good women don't want too much. Be grateful for what you have. You miss the window. You're always been this way. Those are not facts. Those are sentences. And you have been building your life around them, often without ever once questioning whether they are true. Thought work is the tool that finally lets you look at those sentences, challenging them, replacing them with thoughts you actually choose, thoughts that actually serve the women you are becoming. And here's the most beautiful thing. By 40, you have enough life experience to actually see the patterns. You have enough wisdom to recognize when a thought is an old programming and when it is true. You have enough urgency to know that you do not have to eat unlimited time to keep living your beliefs that are not yours. The glow up at this age is not about looking younger. It's about thinking differently. It's when you think differently, everything follows. Different thoughts create different feelings. Different feelings create different actions. Different actions create different results. Different results create a different life. That is thought work. That is the inside job. And it is always, always available to you, starting with the very next thought you choose.

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Phew.

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Okay, ladies. We did some serious inner work, thought work. Now let's talk about some outer moves. Because we are just a week or so away from July and we are not letting June slide out without intention. Here are some June glow-ups, specific, doable, meaningful. So let's go. Okay, June glow up number one. Once today ask, do my actions match what I say I value? This is the most important question on the entire list today, and I'm putting it first on purpose. Because everything else we do, every habit, every goal, every glow up only means something if our actions are actually aligned with what we say we care about, what we value. Here's the practice. Just once today, just one moment, pause and ask yourself this question. Do my actions today match what I say I value? Not in a guilt tribe kind of way, in a genuinely curious, honest kind of way. If you say you value your health, but you haven't moved your body in two weeks, that's a gap worth looking

Eight June Glow Ups To Try

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at. If you say you value your financial freedom, but you're spending on things that don't bring you joy, that's a gap. If you say you value yourself, but you are last on your own list every single day, that is a gap too. You are not bad for having gaps. Every human being has them. The glow getter difference is that you are willing to look at your yours because you cannot close a gap you refuse to see. Ask the question one time today and be honest with what comes up. Okay, June glow up number two. Okay, we are moving on to something a little lighter and a lot more fun. Summer style upgrade. And I said bold, not subtle, not safe, bold. Here is what I mean. Summer is a season of color, of ease, of confidence, of showing up in your body and your clothes and saying, Yes, I am here, and I am doing it beautifully. And I think a lot of us, especially women who have been on a journey with our bodies and our confidence, default to safe, muted, covered, comfortable. I want to challenge you this month. I want you to try one bold thing. Maybe it's a color you've never let yourself wear, a bright coral, a deep cobalt, a gorgeous sunny yellow. Maybe it's a style you've been eyeing, but you told yourself that's not for someone like me. A flowy linen set, a wrap dress, a bold print, maybe it's an accessory that makes a statement, big earrings, a stack of bangles, a hat that says, I'm someone who wears hats and I love it. You do not need to spend a lot, you do not need to reinvent your whole wardrobe. One bold piece, one new thing. Wear it out into the world and notice how you feel. Style is communication. It is one of the ways we tell the world and ourselves who we are becoming. June glow up number three, summer wellness progression check-in. This one is not about the scale. I want to say that right up front, clearly. This is about your wellness progression, the whole picture of how you were taking care of yourself this summer. Think about where you were in January. What did you commit to? What have you been working on? It doesn't have to be weight related at all. It could be sleep, stress, movement, hydration, energy levels, how you feel in your body on a regular basis. Where are you now compared to then? Not to grade yourself, not to shame yourself, just to see. And then from wherever you are right now, what is one intentional thing you want to do between now and the end of August to move forward? One specific thing, not a whole overhaul, not a drastic plan, just one clear, consistent, loving action you could commit to the next four to eight weeks. Your body is not the enemy. It is your home. Take care of it like it matters because you matter. Okay, I just love this. June glow up number four. Summer festival outing. Okay, this one is just pure joy, and I will not apologize for it. Go to a summer festival this month or next month. Put it on the calendar right now. Research online festivals in your city or neighboring cities. I don't care what kind. A food festival, an art festival, a music festival, a farmer's market festival, a cultural celebration in your city. There is something happening near you. I promise. Summer is full of community events and outdoor gatherings and free or low-cost celebrations. And most of us drive right past them on the way to the grocery store and never stop. Stop the summer. Go, wear something fun, eat something you've never tried, listen to a local band, wander through art vendors, talk to a stranger, let yourself be in the energy of community and color and summer aliveness. One of the sneaky things about glow ups is that they're never not always about self-improvement in a serious sense. Sometimes they're about letting yourself actually enjoy life. This is one of those. Go have a summer moment. You deserve it. June glow up number five, solo picnic day. This one might be my most personal on the list and most favorite. A solo picnic. Just you, outdoors, on purpose. Here's what I want you to do: pack a bag, something simple and beautiful, a sandwich, some fruit, something cold to drink, maybe a little treat, bring a blanket, bring a book or a journal or some music, and go find a beautiful outdoor spot, a park, a lake, a botanical garden, a quiet corner in your city, and just sit by yourself with no agenda, no productivity, no list, just you and the summer air and some good food and the sky above you. For a lot of us, being alone in the public without a purpose feels uncomfortable. We're used to moving fast, staying busy, always doing something. A solo picnic is the practice of being present with yourself, of enjoying your own company, of remembering that you are enough company for a beautiful afternoon. And you might be surprised. Sitting alone with good food, an open sky, no phone, no demands, it might feel like one of the most luxurious things you have done all year. Okay, June glow-up number six, mobility and stretching routine. I know not the most glamorous item on the list, but I'm putting it here because I love you and I'm not going to skip the things that actually matter just because they're not flashy. After 40, our bodies need something that a lot of us have never prioritized: intentional movement that is gentle, that creates space, that keeps us flexible, functional, and pain-free. I'm talking about mobility and stretching routine. Not intense, not punishing, just 10 to 15 minutes a day of intentional stretching, hips, spine, shoulders, hamstrings, whatever your body is asking for. The difference this makes is how you feel, how you move, how you sleep, and how your energy flows is genuinely remarkable. And the beautiful thing is you could start this morning. YouTube has thousands of free gentle mobility routines for women. You can do it on a yoga mat in your living room, in the morning before everyone wakes up, or even at night before bed. Your future self, the one who is still moving freely and without pain in her 50s and 60s and beyond, is going to thank you for starting now. 10 minutes, that's all. Start there. So June globe number seven, budget check-in. Now it's normal to do a mid-year financial review, but this is a quick check-in, not a deep dive, just a pulse where you are right now financially as June closes out. Spend 15 minutes this week, that's it, 15 minutes. Look at what you spent in June. Not to punish yourself, just to see. Does it line up with what you said you valued back in glow up number one? Are there patterns you want to break going forward in July? Is there one specific thing you want to do differently with your money next month? One thing you want to cut, redirect, or start saving toward? Write it down. Put it where you can see it. Money conversations with yourself do not need to be dramatic or demoralizing. They can be empowering. You are a woman who knows where her money goes. You are a woman who is intentional about her financial life. Every time you check in, even for 15 minutes, you are reinforcing that identity. That is worth something. Okay, June glow up number eight, summer bucket list. This is our final glow up and one I want to genuinely enjoy. Your summer bucket list. Not a to-do list, not another thing to accomplish and check off. A dream list, a joy list, a list of all the things that would make the summer feel full and alive and like yours. Sit down this week with a journal or a piece of paper or even Pinterest. You could write it out. It can be big, like a road trip that you've been meaning to take, a restaurant you've been wanting to go to, a concert and adventure, or it could be small, eating breakfast outside in the morning, watching the sunset once a week, reading three books purely for pleasure, making homemade ice cream, sleeping in on Saturday with no guilt. Whatever lights you up that glow inside you, whatever makes summer feel like summer to you specifically, give yourself permission to want it. Give yourself permission to plan for it. And then, this is the important part. Actually put at least one thing on the calendar before you close this podcast. Because a list with no dates is just a wish. A list with dates is a plan. And ladies, make those plans. Okay, we did a lot today, and I'm so proud of us for showing up for this conversation. Let me bring it all home. In segment one, we talked about thought work, the practice of actually examining what is happening in our own mind. Not to be hard on yourself, but to be free. You learned about circumstances are never causing your feelings. Your thoughts are. You learned the difference between clean pain and dirty pain. You learned the four steps awareness, investigation, and intentional new thought and practice. And you learned that this work is uniquely powerful for women over 40 because by now you have the wisdom, the experience, and the urgency to do it for real. In the second segment, we mapped out eight beautiful intentional ways to close out June and launch into summer as a woman you are becoming. From the big question, do my actions match my values? to a bold style move, to a wellness check-in, a summer festival, a solo picnic, a stretching routine, a budget pulse, and a

Homework And Second Half Reset

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dream big summer bucket list. That is full, rich, intentional life. That is the glow getter way. So here's your homework. And I'm giving you two things this week because I think you can handle it. Actually, I know you can. One, try the model just once this week. When you notice yourself feeling something uncomfortable, pause, trace it back. What's the circumstance? What's the thought? Write it down. Just one step, just the awareness. That is enough to start. Two, pick one item from the from today's glow up list and commit to it by Friday. Put it on your calendar. Tell someone. Make it real. Because you are not just consuming content, you are living it. And that's what makes the Glowgetter lifestyle. You are almost on the halfway point of this year. July is right around the corner. And the second half of 2026 belongs to you if you decide it does. I love you. I believe in you. I will see you in the next episode. So thank you, ladies, for listening to this episode with the Midlife Glowgetter Podcast with me, Jax. If this episode hit home, share it with a woman who needs it, because we rise by lifting each other up. And if you leave a review, a positive review, I love you. And that's what we're building here. If you do leave a positive review, take a screenshot, email it or DM it to me, and then I will return a message with tons of free guides, plus my paid guide, the woo-woo and not so woo-woo glow up guide for women over 40. I charge $16.99 for it. I will send it to for you free, to you for free if you leave a positive review and send me a screenshot. And if you're ready to do this work and real support, come find me on my website or my social handles at JackSty's at jacksties.com. All the links are in the show notes. I appreciate you. Thank you for paying attention to this episode. Thank you for listening today. And go think on purpose. Love Jacks.