A Life in Progress™ : Rebranding Middle Age

Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui
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A Life in Progress™ : Rebranding Middle Age

When we make peace with messiness, we make space for joy! The Rebranding Middle Age Podcast offers a mix of story, evidence-based education, and practical application to help midlife women befriend their True Selves, (re)claim freedom, health, and joy, and show up fully to life in every season - even the hardest of them. Welcome! I'm Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, founder of A Life in Progress™. I'm a writer, grief and trauma-informed mind-body coach, joyful living educator, and brave, curious, 'messy human' in progress. I'm also a highly sensitive person, life partner of 31 years, and a proud mama of 3 wise and creative humans, including my son who died by suicide in 2019. I know what it takes to make space for joy amid the messiness of life. My work is for: freedom-seekers, truth-tellers, and stubborn questioners, highly sensitive souls, slow-movers, and non-hustlers, the anxious, grieving, messy, and healing, reforming people-pleasers, perfectionists, performers, and peace-keepers, brave, weary, and curious women in the middle season of life ready to quiet the conditioning and noise to (re)claim freedom, health, and joy. Krista xo

  1. HACE 1 DÍA

    Let Things be Simpler and Easier Wherever Possible

    Bonus episode: I decided to share day 3 of the Quiet the Noise Challenge with you because It aligns with the topic of honouring our wiring and capacity. Join me on January 3/25 to for a New-Year Goal Setting Workshop. Come set your values-aligned life and business goals and start mapping them out for the first quarter. This workshop is free for all returning and new Brave + Beautiful Community members who join before December 20th. Or you can buy the new year goal setting workshop for just $97 the week of Nov 25-29! 🌟

    28 min

  2. 11 NOV

    Why You Need to Honour Your Wiring and Capacity

    Western culture promotes a linear, constantly productive, ‘more and faster is better’ way of being. it makes us live like we’re in a race: if you win, I lose. If you’re accomplishing good things then I must be behind. This way of being not only leads to burnout, illness, increased risk of suicidality, emotional and spiritual dissatisfaction, and constant self-judgment. But it blames the individual for not measuring up and keeping up. As such, it leaves many of us feeling never good enough or fundamentally bad, wrong, or broken if we’re unable to sustain this unrealistic and unhealthy standard. In this episode I talk about the importance of diversity and flexibility to individual and Communal resilience. And I share 13 ideas to help you practice honouring your wiring and capacity in this season. LINKS/RESOURCES Last day to sign up is Friday, Nov 15: Join The Quiet The Noise Challenge: Nov 18-22 | A Life In Progress Be proud of yourself: 3 Important Questions To Add To Your Evening Routine | A Life In Progress The 13 ideas: Why You Need To Honour Your Wiring And Capacity | A Life In Progress No Bad Parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model , Richard Schwartz: https://amzn.to/4hLx5vy Why the World Doesn't End: tales of renewal in times of loss, Michael Meade: https://amzn.to/4hKbGmz

    36 min

  3. 31 OCT

    Questioning, Wrestling, and Resisting is a Healthy Part of Grief Work and Letting Go

    In this solo episode I talk about being a Questioner and 'wrestler.' One who must grapple with things in order to make peace with life or the circumstance in front of me, and find my way forward. If I lived full time in grief or pain, or in the grappling process, this would hold me back from living fully and thriving forward. But resistance itself is not wrong or bad. It’s part of the grief process. The letting go process. Coming to terms with things really and truly. Not just shoving down our feelings or pain and pretending all is well. If you’re in a season of needing to let go of the life you wanted to embrace the one you have, I share 5 truths to help you honour your process, move at a soul-honouring pace, and offer yourself compassion each step of the way. Read the blog post: Let Go Of The Life You Wanted And Embrace The One You Have Sign up for the free Quiet the Noise Challenge: Join The Quiet The Noise Challenge: Nov 18-22 | A Life In Progress

    46 min

  4. 17 OCT

    Letting Go of The Life You Wanted and Embracing the Life You Have With Guests Mikala Albertson and Jennifer Arnspiger

    Midlife is a great unraveling and re-envisioning/reconstructing. It’s a time of hard and brave work and this work (if we are able to say yes to it) takes us deeper and deeper into freedom and joy (though this does not mean joy feels accessible in every moment). We are invited repeatedly to come face to face with reality, grapple with all our expectations and illusions about how life should be and how it will be if we follow the right rules and jump through all the right hoops…. when it turns out that life is not quite so controllable. I have been brought to my knees over and over. I’m happy today to welcome two guests to join me for a conversation around Letting go of the life you wanted and embracing the one you have.” We talk about addiction, grief, perimenopause/autumn seasons, and more. Dr. Mikala Albertson is a board-certified family practice doctor, author, and well-being advocate who is passionate about women’s health and healing in the imperfect bodies we actually have. She’s the author of the books Ordinary on Purpose and her new release Everything I Wish I Could Tell You About Midlife. Mikala inspires readers every day to stop striving for “perfect” lives or some unattainable cultural ideal of “beauty and wellness” and instead aim for wholehearted living through a gentle, achievable, sustainable approach. Connect with Mikala: https://www.mikalaalbertsonmd.com/ Jennifer Arnspiger is a Certified Somatic Trauma Integration Coach, INFJ Empath and Somatic Writing Coach for deeply sensitive women. She is highly sensitive, emotionally intense and passionate about honoring what our bodies have been through and the stories and emotions they hold. Jennifer has been a trauma-informed writing coach for 7 years and helps deeply sensitive womxn resolve somatic trauma and come home to their bodies through writing - with private coaching, self-paced writing courses and intimate writing circles. Connect with Jennifer: https://www.jenniferarnspiger.com Come connect with me over at https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/ or on Instagram. We talk about my Hope Map Graphic and the seasons we're in. You can find my graphic on my home page: Befriend Your True Self and (Re)Claim Freedom, Wholeness + JOY (alifeinprogress.ca)

    1 h y 4 min

  5. 19 SEPT

    The Messiness of Middle Age With Guests Anno Bell and Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt

    *Heads up: there's swearing in this episode. In today's conversation, I'm joined by two guests: Anno Bell and Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt. We talk about the messiness of middle age and how our thinking has shifted or how we've grown and healed so far in midlife. And we chat about joyful aging (and Chantal bravely shares about her current experience). Anno Bell is an exuberant lover of all things wild, and a sensitive soul that creates beautiful things out of scraps of glass, vintage trailers and old pieces of fence board. She is mama to four humans and works as a both a birth and postpartum doula and a breath facilitator. She hopes through her work and play in the world to bring folks a deep sense of being seen and heard, and a safe space where they can be compassionately witnessed and supported in their journeys. Anno turned 50 in March of this year and is so far equally enthralled and challenged by this season. Her new website is in development but you can connect with her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedartreecoaching With two decades of dedicated service in the holistic health field, Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt worked 8 years as massage therapist, nearly 6 as a certified doula, and then 12 years as a Registered Midwife. She has attended over 500 births, witnessing the beautiful miracle of new life with its strength and fragility firsthand. Being a primary care provider has granted her the privilege of accompanying women during this vulnerable and transformative time in their lives. Chantal has recently released a podcast and a new website in order to offer an online program she is co-created for expectant families called A Peaceful Gestation with the hopes of reaching more people who may not have the Prenatal care they want or need. On a personal level, she has grown and learned major life lessons while thriving through cancer twice. She is a devoted wife and a mother to two sweet children who (mostly) bring her joy. Connect with her here: https://apeacefulgestation.com RESOURCES The Brave + Beautiful Community: Join the Brave + Beautiful Community For Midlife Women | A Life In Progress How I honestly used to think and what changed for the better: How I Honestly Used To Think And What Changed For The Better | A Life In Progress

    1 h y 10 min

  6. 5 SEPT

    Rebranding Middle Age and Joyful Living: What This Means, Why It Matters.,

    I’m firmly in my messy middle season of life and it’s been a season of stretching, stripping away, meeting and befriending my True Self (or finally growing into my True Self). The past 13 years have also invited me deeper and deeper into freedom and joy. Greater freedom is one of the most important gifts of middle age. I care about Joyful living in every season – even the hardest of them. Choosing to allow joy into our lives amid heartache, struggle, uncertainty, and general life messiness is hard and brave work. I’ve done my share of hard and brave work. This is, of course, why I focus so much on the practice of making peace with messiness to make space for joy in our body and life. I emphasize the practice part. It’s an ongoing commitment and some days are way harder than others. In this episode I discuss: What Rebranding Middle Age MeansHow I define middle ageWhat I mean when I talk about joyJoyful aging is simply part of joyful living in every seasonI believe joyful aging begins in our 40s, 50s, and 60s2 key things that support joyful aging and joyful living and these are things that we an work on or have a measure of control aroundLetting go of attachment to the past or to our old dreams is essential if we want to thrive forward or live joyfully Resources: Why You Need to Rebrand Middle Age to Live Joyfully: Why You Need To Rebrand Middle Age To Live Joyfully | A Life In ProgressJoin the Brave + Beautiful Community Autumn Session: Join the Brave + Beautiful Community For Midlife Women | A Life In ProgressSign up for the Monday morning Hope Map: Sign Up For The Monday Morning Hope Map | A Life In ProgressBook by Dr. Gladys McGarey: The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age.You'll find my Hope Map Graphic on this page: Befriend Your True Self and (Re)Claim Freedom, Wholeness + JOY (alifeinprogress.ca)"There's some evidence to suggest that specialized cognitive behavioral therapy can improve a sense of purpose in life, as well as meaning in life" (I didn't look for studies): Will a purpose-driven life help you live longer? - Harvard Health

    39 min

  7. 4 JUL

    It's Important to Trust Yourself (And Your Creative Process)

    If we shift our focus from creative product or outcome to creative process, then it’s easier to understand that we are all inherently creative. We can stop comparing, judging, or fighting our unique creative process and instead hone it. Or at least trust it, so that we’re able to use it to bring our vision or dreams to life. Furthermore, I’d love us to release the idea that creativity is only about problem solving or attaining a precise end-goal (attachment to outcome). I see living creatively – or handcrafting a brave and beautiful life – as a process. A choice to honour the beauty and wisdom of every season. A process of learning to trust ourselves and become our most honest and healed/integrated selves. A journey that is above all about experiencing the world and life more than about producing or consuming. In this episode I share: A four stage process of creative breakthroughs and moments of insight.An example of how this operates in my life and why this was soooo affirming for me.Who might have a harder time trusting this process.How focusing on process over product or attachment to specific outcome lowers anxiety, increases joy, and helps us develop self-trust.Life visioning and taking the longer view - and thinking of our whole lives as a creative process.And I refer to 12 lies that keep us from a creative life. In the episode blog post I link to a scientifically validated assessment that measures four types of skills that help people express their creativity - and share more nerdy science. :) Thanks for being here with me - enjoy your summer! krista xo

    58 min

  8. 27 JUN

    Rising From A Season of Darkness Into Greater Self-Love

    My guest Julie and I talk openly about many common midlife experiences including: We speak about menopause, suicidal thoughts, and also how it can be hard in times of darkness to reach out for support.Empty nest can feel really hard and can include a lot of sadness or grief.Shifting from the story “I am flawed” to self-compassion and greater self-love.Many of us seek deeper connection but have a rejection wound. Yet deep connection requires being ourselves rather than masking.Walk toward what lights you up. Having a life vision can help us move toward what brings us joy.We need to learn to hear our inner voice and develop self-trust. Many of us get earnest about this in our 40s or autumn season of life.We talk about Julie's new guide "understanding autism in sensitive women." Get the autism guide here. Julie Bjelland is an LMFT, a Licensed Psychotherapist, author, and founder of Sensitive Empowerment, specializing in high sensitivity and adult-diagnosed autism in women. Her passion is helping create a world where differences are embraced as strengths and celebrated. Learn more at JulieBjelland.com. Join the Brave + Beautiful Community For Midlife Women | A Life In Progress Connect with Krista on IG Connect on FB: A Life in Progress and/or Rebranding Middle Age

    55 min
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When we make peace with messiness, we make space for joy! The Rebranding Middle Age Podcast offers a mix of story, evidence-based education, and practical application to help midlife women befriend their True Selves, (re)claim freedom, health, and joy, and show up fully to life in every season - even the hardest of them. Welcome! I'm Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, founder of A Life in Progress™. I'm a writer, grief and trauma-informed mind-body coach, joyful living educator, and brave, curious, 'messy human' in progress. I'm also a highly sensitive person, life partner of 31 years, and a proud mama of 3 wise and creative humans, including my son who died by suicide in 2019. I know what it takes to make space for joy amid the messiness of life. My work is for: freedom-seekers, truth-tellers, and stubborn questioners, highly sensitive souls, slow-movers, and non-hustlers, the anxious, grieving, messy, and healing, reforming people-pleasers, perfectionists, performers, and peace-keepers, brave, weary, and curious women in the middle season of life ready to quiet the conditioning and noise to (re)claim freedom, health, and joy. Krista xo

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  • Creador
    Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui
  • Años de actividad
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodios
    40
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
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    © Copyright 2023-2024 Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui and alifeinprogress.ca
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