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Welcome to Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast, where we explore what it means to thrive and flourish in this complex world we are living in..
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You are Never too Old and It’s Not too Late to Thrive with Ilene Berns-Zare, PsyD, PCC (opens the original)
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It's never too late to change, pick up something new, or deepen a relationship. Ilene Berns-Zare — psychologist, coach, and author of You're Not Too Old and It's Not Too Late: Weekly Practices of Meaning, Mindfulness, and New Possibilities at Midlife and Beyond — joins Julie to talk about reimagining the second half of life with more curiosity, resilience, and possibility. We dig into what resilience actually means at midlife and beyond, how to question the negative labels our culture attaches t
The Beginner’s Mindset Expertise is supposed to make us (opens the original)
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Expertise is supposed to make us better — until the moment it doesn't. In this episode, Julie explores beginner's mind: what it actually is, why it's not the same thing as knowing less, and why holding what you know a little more lightly might be one of the biggest advantages you can bring to work, relationships, and change. WHAT WE COVER Why expertise can backfire — the Einstellung effect and how experience narrows what we're able to see The real difference between beginner's mind and growth mi
Processing Grief: An Unspoken Essential for Thriving with Nicole Collins, (opens the original)
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We live in a culture that recognizes some griefs and quietly overlooks the rest. Nicole Collins — a former tech executive, twice-over caregiver, founder of Bea, and grief educator— joins Julie to talk about grief in all its forms and why processing it is essential to thriving WHAT WE COVER Caregiving for two while leading a team — and the self-abandonment that came with it Grief beyond death: job loss, fractured friendships, family estrangement Why we have rituals for some griefs and none for ot
What Will You Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life? (opens the original)
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION Mary Oliver's famous question — what will you do with your one wild and precious life — is easy to admire and hard to answer honestly. In this episode, I explore why: not because we lack imagination, but because answering it means admitting how much we quietly trade away for safety. We talk about the neuroscience behind why safety wins by default, the real cost of the unlived life, and how to start telling the difference between a genuine constraint and fear dressed up as a r
Self-Compassion and Why We Need More of it (opens the original)
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We're wired to be hard on ourselves. In this solo episode, Julie unpacks the neuroscience behind our negativity bias and self-criticism, then turns to Dr. Kristin Neff's groundbreaking research on self-compassion — what it actually is, the biggest myths that keep us from practicing it, and why it might be one of the most essential (and misunderstood) tools we have for showing up for our goals, ourselves, and the people we love. What You'll Learn Why self-criticism feels so automatic — and the ev
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