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Second Act Simplified is the podcast for women in midlife ready to create their next chapter with confidence and clarity. Each week, Jaime shares short, no-fluff episodes with practical tips, fresh ideas, and real stories to help you embrace every season of life.
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48. Afraid People Will Judge Your New Idea? How to Move Forward Anyway (opens the original)
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Starting a side hustle when family or friends may not understand can feel especially uncomfortable in midlife. People already know you as a professional, mother, spouse, friend, or the person who has worked in the same field for years. Trying something different can make you feel exposed. In this episode of Second Act Simplified, you’ll learn three practical steps for overcoming the fear of criticism. Ready to explore what you want your next chapter to look like? Find the Designing Your Next Cha
47. How to Achieve Your Goals When You Work Full Time (opens the original)
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You’ll learn how to create a bare-minimum plan for busy weeks, turn a big goal into a manageable project, and use three focused hours a week to make meaningful progress. If you’re starting a side hustle, changing careers, or pursuing a personal goal, these practical time-management and goal-setting strategies will help you move forward. Ready to turn your ideas into a realistic plan? Find the Designing Your Next Chapter Workbook here: https://www.ourdailylifestyles.com/shop/p/designing-your-next
46. Too Many Ideas? How to Choose What to Focus on This Fall (opens the original)
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In this episode, Jaime explains how to choose one idea without feeling as though you are abandoning every other possibility. Using a side hustle as the main example, she shares how she approached launching both Our Daily Lifestyles and the Second Act Simplified podcast one manageable piece at a time. You’ll also learn how to determine whether an idea genuinely interests you or simply sounds good on paper. Jaime shares why she chose not to build a business around her 25 years of supply-chain expe
45. Fall Reset: How to Turn Your Year Around Before It Ends (opens the original)
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In this episode of Second Act Simplified, Jaime introduces the Fall Second Act Reset: a practical series for women in midlife who want to stop postponing an idea, project, business, career change, or personal goal and make meaningful progress before the end of the year. You’ll also learn how to choose a first action that produces one of three useful outcomes: information, evidence, or commitment. You do not need to complete your entire second act before December 31. You need a next step that fit
44. How To Stop Second-Guessing Yourself (Without Waiting for Certainty) (opens the original)
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You’ll learn how to recognize when research has become avoidance, make choices with the information you have, and build the self-trust to respond when things don’t go exactly as planned. You don’t need a perfect answer. You need a reasonable next step and the willingness to move forward. Join the Second Act Simplified newsletter: https://www.ourdailylifestyles.com/contact What decision have you been second-guessing? Share it in the comments.
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