HeyJaredPursue Your Spark: Strength & Forward Motion in Midlife
It's 3 a.m., and you're staring at the ceiling, wondering why everything feels a little off — even when nothing is wrong.
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Pursue Your Spark - Podcast Trailer (opens the original)
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For more than 40 years, Heike Yates has worked with women who know what to do but still find themselves stopping, starting, and wondering why it feels so much harder now. On Pursue Your Spark , Heike gets into what really changes in midlife—and how to get stronger, stay consistent, and move forward without trying to reinvent yourself.
268. How Small Acts of Courage Build Midlife Confidence / Katherine Leamy (opens the original)
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You've spent years taking care of everyone else. But somewhere along the way, you may have stopped asking, "What about me?" In Episode 268, How Small Acts of Courage Build Midlife Confidence , we explore why midlife confidence doesn't always come first. Sometimes, you have to take the small brave step before you feel ready. I talk with Katherine Leamy, The 5 Kilo Traveler, about how small acts of courage can help you trust yourself again and get unstuck in midlife. Katherine shares how a planned
267. Why Midlife Progress Doesn't Happen in a Straight Line (opens the original)
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Some weeks, you feel strong, motivated, and like you're finally making progress. Then, seemingly overnight, it feels like you've taken ten steps backward. Nothing dramatic happened. You didn't quit. You didn't stop caring. So why does it suddenly feel like you're working twice as hard for half the results? In Episode 267, Why Midlife Progress Doesn't Happen in a Straight Line, I want to offer you a different way of looking at what's really happening. Because if you've been questioning yourself,
266. You Took Care of Everyone Else… But Lost Yourself | Denise Drinkwalter (opens the original)
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Losing yourself in midlife can happen so gradually that you don't even notice it. One day, you realize you've spent years taking care of everyone else, but you've lost touch with yourself. In Episode 266, You Took Care of Everyone Else… But Lost Yourself , Denise Drinkwalter joins me for an honest conversation about why so many women reach this point and how they can begin finding themselves again. We talk about how women often build their identity around being needed. Between raising families,
265. The Midlife Body Disconnect No One Talks About (opens the original)
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What if the problem isn't your body? What if the real reason you feel frustrated with your changing body has nothing to do with motivation, discipline, or getting older? In Episode 265, The Midlife Body Disconnect No One Talks About , I explore why so many women lose touch with their bodies during midlife—and why reconnecting with the body you have today may be the missing piece to rebuilding midlife confidence . In this episode, I explain why so many women lose confidence when their bodies begi
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