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Laurie Adams
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Are you ready to put yourself first in your 55+ years? Your host, Laurie Adams at 60+, successfully did that and is here now to help you discover what you want for your own, full second act in life. She lived in the people-pleasing era where young girls learned to put themselves last and how, as experienced, mature women they can rekindle dreams and realize them. A certified life and weight loss coach, Laurie, along with her variety of guests, share how they have shifted into their best years yet. If you’re stuck on the back burner and ready to fire-up at mid-life and beyond, tune in weekly to hear inspiring conversations and personal journeys with info you can apply to get going. Real self care and moving from hope to success starts here—for a new companion, or career, retirement, mastering weight loss, fitness and more. And if you’d like to work with Laurie 1-on-1, contact her at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com.

  1. 5d ago

    165. Waiting to Feel It? | Build Proof. Keep Moving.

    What if waiting to feel ready is exactly what keeps us stuck?—sounds about right … right? The science of aging explained in this series has taken us through beliefs, expectations, and feelings. Now comes the part that can alter what happens next: turning what we know into what we DO. Newer research on sense of control reveals a powerful connection. Believing you can influence what happens next is linked with the everyday behaviors that support better aging, including physical activity. And recent findings broaden the picture beyond exercise alone to sleep, nutrition, stress, relationships, purpose, and other adjustable factors connected with long-term brain and physical health.  This isn’t another episode telling you to exercise. It’s about something far more useful: How do you become a woman who keeps moving? Listen now to discover how action builds evidence, evidence builds confidence—and every time you follow through, you create new proof to confidently say, “I can impact what happens next.” Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. I'm Laurie Adams, your Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach, and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com or contact me at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    165. Waiting to Feel It? | Build Proof. Keep Moving.

  2. Sep 24

    164. How Old Do You Feel? | Disrupt the Answer!

    How old are you? Easy question. But here’s a more interesting one: How old do you feel today? Researchers call the difference between those two numbers your subjective age—and a growing body of research suggests that the age you feel is connected to how you function, how you handle stress, and even long-term health outcomes. In Part Four of our Well-Intentioned Aging series, today we move from Dr. Becca Levy’s age beliefs and Ashton Applewhite’s challenge to ageism into something intensely personal: your day-to-day experience of your own age. And a 2025 national study of adults over 50 identified ordinary activities associated with feeling younger—including walking, exercising, socializing, volunteering, and reading. This isn’t an invitation to deny your chronological age or chase youth. It’s an invitation to stop letting the number dictate the day. We’ll look at what the research really shows, where it needs caution, and how movement, engagement, purpose, and a greater sense of control can help us live the age we are with more possibility, energy, and action. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. I'm Laurie Adams, your Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach, and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Contact me now at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you're ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    164. How Old Do You Feel? | Disrupt the Answer!

  3. Sep 17

    163. Refuse the Aging Script | Put it Down. Begin.

    In the last episode, Yale researcher Dr. Becca Levy showed us that what we believe about aging shapes how we age. But that raises an uncomfortable question: Where did those beliefs come from? Enter Ashton Applewhite — author, activist, and one of the most fearless voices in the fight against ageism. For more than 15 years, she's done one thing exceptionally well: pulled the assumptions about aging out of the cultural wallpaper and held them up to the light. In this episode, we follow those beliefs upstream. Who planted them? How did they get inside our heads decades before we ever thought of ourselves as "old"? And how do we catch ourselves enforcing those rules ... on other people, and worse, on ourselves? Today we start spotting those messages, questioning what we've accepted as "just the way aging goes," and choosing something far more powerful: to become age-aware, age-proud, and better-equipped with every single year. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. I'm Laurie Adams your Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach, and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Contact me now at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you're ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    163. Refuse the Aging Script | Put it Down. Begin.

  4. Sep 10

    162. The Aging Myth Busted | Expect More. Period.

    Last episode I promised you we'd start meeting the people behind this research on aging and belief. Today I'm keeping that promise. Her name is Dr. Becca Levy — she's spent more than three decades at Yale studying something she calls “age beliefs,” and her findings are some of the most talked-about in the entire field of aging research. Today we dig into her work: what she's found, how she found it, and why a brand-new 2026 study she co-authored is making researchers rethink what “growing older” even means. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. I'm Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Contact me now at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you're ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    162. The Aging Myth Busted | Expect More. Period.

  5. Sep 3

    161. Rethinking Old | The Science That Can Change How You Age

    What if some of what we believe about getting older simply isn’t true? … If the truth revealed enables you to do more with this very day?  I’ve been deep into the latest research on aging, and a lot of what I’ve discovered has stopped me in my tracks. Not because it promises some fantasy of staying young, but because it challenges what we’ve been taught to expect from our later years. Today we set the stage to explore fascinating findings about the connection between what we believe about aging and how we actually age. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. I'm Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Contact me now at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you’re ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    161. Rethinking Old | The Science That Can Change How You Age

  6. Aug 27

    160. Fix Your Nights First | The Eat-Move-Think Reset, with Good Reason

    Today with me, you’ll revisit an episode about change, for overall transformation and from morning to night, during just one day. This is Laurie, sharing this broadcast again for two reasons: The first, not surprising, is that weight loss continues to be a high priority for many midlife-plus women. It’s something they’ve carried since grade school. Now layered upon thoughts of “Is it too late?” along with menopause transitions there’s real  psychological and physiological weight gain  on top of decades-old body image conditioning. The second reason comes out of my most recent podcasts about new research I shared—about the benefits of walking. The research shared in this repeat episode emphasizes that science now confirms three facts about what women like us have lived for years: Appetite control weakens with fatigueStress hormones peak later in the dayDecision-making collapses at nightPlease keep these reasons in mind as you listen! Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    160. Fix Your Nights First | The Eat-Move-Think Reset, with Good Reason

  7. Aug 20

    159. Your Three-In-One Walk | Stunning Science, Surprisingly Powerful

    Three weeks ago, this series opened with a 70-year-old woman walking down a sidewalk, obviously confident: head up and moving with purpose. Our simple, immediate thought was “I hope that's me someday." We've since spent two full episodes proving that isn't wishful thinking. It's buildable. Today, we close the loop. Because there's one organ we've only mentioned in passing so far, and it happens to be the one this entire series is really about in more ways than one: your heart. I've saved some brand-new research for today, and I think it's going to tie everything together in a way that makes the case impossible to ignore. This is Part 3 of “Walking Has Come of Age.” When we step out the door in 2026, we ignite habits that fuel our well-being for decades to come. I'm Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Hit the Schedule Nowbutton at laurieadamscoaching.com for an easy conversation with me. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you’re ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    159. Your Three-In-One Walk | Stunning Science, Surprisingly Powerful

  8. Aug 13

    158. Ready for a Sharper Mind? | Part 2: Walking is Your New Brain Workout

    Last week I told you why walking has quietly become one of the most important habits for lifelong independence. Today we go straight to your brain. New research shows that every walk you take feeds the part of your brain responsible for memory, guards against cognitive decline, and sharpens creative thinking. And the unsung hero behind it isn't your brain at all — it's a muscle almost nobody thinks about: your calf. Scientists actually call it your body's “second heart.” Sit too long, and that second heart switches off. Walk, and it switches back on, pumping blood and protection straight to your brain. This is Part 2 of “Walking Has Come of Age.” Today's walk isn't just exercise. It's a deposit into the mind you'll have at 90. I'm Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you're ready to take meaningful action with no more delay, come work with me one-on-one. Contact me now at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com. We'll explore what you truly want. And, when you’re ready, I'll build a plan made just for you. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com.

    158. Ready for a Sharper Mind? | Part 2: Walking is Your New Brain Workout
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Are you ready to put yourself first in your 55+ years? Your host, Laurie Adams at 60+, successfully did that and is here now to help you discover what you want for your own, full second act in life. She lived in the people-pleasing era where young girls learned to put themselves last and how, as experienced, mature women they can rekindle dreams and realize them. A certified life and weight loss coach, Laurie, along with her variety of guests, share how they have shifted into their best years yet. If you’re stuck on the back burner and ready to fire-up at mid-life and beyond, tune in weekly to hear inspiring conversations and personal journeys with info you can apply to get going. Real self care and moving from hope to success starts here—for a new companion, or career, retirement, mastering weight loss, fitness and more. And if you’d like to work with Laurie 1-on-1, contact her at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com.

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  • Creator
    Laurie Adams
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    166
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Laurie Adams
  • Show Website
    Fire Up at 55 Plus