Midlife at the Mailbox

“What would your life be like, you listeners in the mailbox, if you shifted your focus from seeking perfection, to embracing the beauty of progress?”, asks co-host Denyse. One of the best things about midlife is that by now, you likely have a better idea of who you are and a better understanding of what works best for you. Amy and Denyse are no strangers to pivoting when a plan needs to change and leaning into progress over perfect...

“Your network is your relationships. It's a summary of all of your connections. It's a living organism,” explains co-host Denyse. People often shy away from networking, saying that it is too difficult or that they do not even have a network. In truth, people usually just do not know where to start. Everyone has a network, whether they are actively trying to build one or not. Today, co-hosts Amy and Denyse share three tips for netwo...

“There is a sense that if I look busy, I must be doing really well,” explains co-host Amy. As a society, Americans especially seem addicted to being or at least seeming, busy. Many wear their busyness as a badge of honor, using it as a source of validation of their worth. This addiction to being busy can lead to spending less time on the important things and can even lead to burnout. Today, co-hosts Amy and Denyse discuss how to br...

Midlife at the Mailbox S2, E22 - Unlocking Success: The Power of Asking for What You Want and Delivering Value in Your Offer with Lindsay Pinchuk

“Things take time. Success takes time,” explains Lindsay Pinchuk, business marketing consultant, public speaker, social media coach, and host of the podcast, Dear FoundHer. Lindsay’s experiences with founding her businesses and building community have led her to better understand the ...

“We have one life, we just have this one. And why are you not running like you are on fire towards your wildest dreams?,” shares co-host Amy. Life goes so quickly and we only get just this one, so why not find more of what brings you joy? Today, co-hosts Amy and Denyse talk about why you should start writing down your dreams and creating a tangible plan toward making them a reality.

Write down your goals, even if they feel out of...

“As a parent, as a leader, you have the power to create the atmosphere in your organization, in your team, in your household,” explains Gia Kazarian, executive consultant. The skills needed for quality leadership are the same skills needed for effective parenting. It can be a real challenge to juggle all of the responsibilities between work, marriage, and motherhood, and often moms are so busy taking care of others that they forget...

“Just showing up and posting increases your visibility, as Instagram favors accounts that post often and engage with their audience,” explains co-host Amy Alexander. It’s easy to underestimate the value of small changes, but sometimes the smallest change can make a huge impact. Many people in midlife have the goal of getting more involved with social media. This can be challenging, especially for midlifers who may be less familiar ...

“We sabotage ourselves and keep ourselves small all the time, and we're not always super consciously aware. So the tapping helps us get at what the subconscious blocks are getting in our way,” explains Allison Jayne Ewing, EFT tapping practitioner and author of Find Love Again, Learn To Date Like A Goddess. For Allison, tapping has been completely life changing. After wanting for her whole life to write a book, tapping cleared the ...

“One year from the day I started, I had a piece at the Louvre as a modern art master,” shares Beth Bowen, international abstract artist. Beth was living a comfortable life until everything changed when her mother passed away in 2013. She realized that life was too short to continue letting fear hold her back from living and ended up filing for divorce. She didn’t have a career and was struggling financially, so therapy became too e...

“Breastfeeding is freaking hard. It may be the most natural thing in the world, but it does not always come naturally,” shares Jessica “Jessy” Cummings, owner and creator of Titty City Designs, a body positivity brand that celebrates new moms and breastfeeding while advocating for breast health. Her experience becoming a mom just before the pandemic shutdowns inspired her to create a community for other women struggling with simila...

“When something seems stressful, out of reach, or just a little bit too hard for what you physically can manage at that moment, how do you break that down by half to be able to take that step to move forward?”, asks Amy. In today’s episode, your hosts Amy and Denyse have a conversation about being in the sandwich generation, goal setting, and how to break tasks down into more manageable, bite-sized pieces. 

If you are in midlife,...

“There are so many people that need my help. They just don't know about me yet,” shares Stephanie German, executive strategist and owner of German Business Consulting. In today’s episode, Stephanie shares how career networking and implementing organizational processes can take your business from ugly to beautiful.

There are community groups for almost everything, you just have to look for them. Find a group where you belong and s...

In our first episode, Pursuit of Happiness, we debate whether we are searching for happiness or are we searching for something more? Happiness isn’t static, there are always going to be ebbs and flows. Is it happiness or do we want to feel another way?

Recommended book: Everyday Vitality by Samantha Boardman. 

During podcast discussions, Amy and Denyse may share a book or product that they recommend to awesome people like you.

The ...

We live in a society filled with game-playing….sports games, video games, mobile games, dating games, and the list goes on…however, when was the last time you played a real board game?

Our special guest featured in this episode, Brad Smith, creator of the all-new board game, Talkative, was obsessed with the idea that he wanted to design a board game…but life, as it often does gets in the way. Pull up a chair, let’s meet our guest, ...

Harnessing our brain’s efficiencies could be one of the secrets to keeping vital in midlife and beyond.  Some of us might fear that as we age we are “not as sharp” as we were in our teens, 20s, or 30s?!  However, fear no more....the good news is that there is a ton of research now showing that there are proactive ways to “flex” your brain in midlife. 

In this new episode, "Staying Sharp in Midlife", we want to share with you our s...

Our Special Guest this week is our very own co-host and marketing guru, Amy Alexander from A2 Sales and Marketing!

A2 is a boutique sales & marketing consulting company that helps small business owners navigate the noise of marketing their business to help them tell better stories, through content marketing, social media strategy, website design & email marketing.

In today's 10th episode, we discuss WEBSITES with a side of content!

It’s back-to-school time across the country.  For a lot of people that also means thinking about career transitions.  There’s a multitude of reasons why that is:

• Summer vacation is coming to end (people start to think about ending the year with a new job/career)
• Parents with young children can focus again on working full-time or part-time now that kids are back in school...

YES & NO!

It’s probably one of the most common responses to questions in the English language. All day long, we find ourselves responding with one of these words.  There’s power in each one of them, too.  

If you answer “no” more than “yes to the former, then this is the episode you’ll want to listen closely to!  We’re going to talk about the power of saying “yes” to the fun and enjoyable things in life.  About saying “yes” to maki...

Midlife can be fun and tiring…and also, sad and downright depressing at times.  The mass shooting in Highland Park has left us feeling shaken, sad, and searching for answers while watching in amazement how the towns surrounding Highland Park have come together to offer solace as their community grapples with how to move forward from the unthinkable.

In Episode 7, we took a break from the original schedule of topics to discuss the H...