
A Podcast to inspire and motivate women in midlife! Let's Calm the Chaos in our lives so we can go after our purpose and passion!
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About:
Emma Smreker, is 30 years old and lives in Oklahoma City, OK. She is a high school French teacher, and has been teaching for 7 years. She has been speaking/learning French for 18+/- years, and is a total Francophile. She has lived in Amiens, France for a year and worked as an English Teaching Assistant. Emma created her instagram account @inusedbooks in February of 2018 because of her love of used books and the treasures she found inside them.
What You’ll Learn:
- How finding one receipt in a used book changed her journey
- How she shares her curiosity for uncovering the untold stories surrounding her finds in used books
- How each find is it’s unique treasure
- Her passion has helped to reunite people with their items
- We are all connected to people more than we realize
- If you find something that brings you joy then embrace it and allow it into your life!
- Emma shares a couple of stories of her memorable finds
- Don’t let moments of self doubt ruin your journey of self discovery
Resources:
Connect with Emma here on Instagram
Connect with Emma here on Facebook
Connect with Deborah for Coaching here
The mid life Quiz here
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About:
Deborah Voll is a certified professional life coach for women in midlife who are seeking their life purpose and passion! From her own experience, Deborah believes that once women calm the chaos in their lives, they’ll have more time and energy to focus on what really matters! As the creator and producer of her own Calm the Chaos weekly podcast, she discusses a variety of exciting life-changing topics with experts who share tips for living a life of happiness and passion. Through her eight-week one-on-one coaching program, Deborah safely creates a space for women to come alive with the clarity of how to achieve the meaningful moments they want for their best years ahead. She feels just as fulfilled as her clients do when they crush their goals with the help of her results-oriented workbook “Find Your Purpose and Passion.” Deborah loves living in Redmond, Washington, where she raised her two adult children and found her own midlife purpose when she certified as a professional life coach, proving it’s never too late to find your new passion in life! Read more about Deborah at www.deborahvoll.com where you can sign up for her weekly newsletter and take a free quiz to discover how ready you are to start your next chapter!
What You’ll Learn
A worksheet where you are guided through Tips and Ideas for How to Calm the Chaos this Holiday Season!
By going to the link below and accessing the worksheet you will be able to gain clarity on what’s most important for you during these weeks and alleviate the common burden of stress while remembering how to stay grounded in your reason for the season!
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About:
Wendy Zanders is a Professional Home Organizer and Your Declutter Coach who is passionate about helping families Collect Memories and Experiences, NOT Things. An underperformer in grade school due to undiagnosed attention deficit disorder (ADD), Wendy worked hard and surpassed the expectations of everyone around her. Early in her career, she found that she had a knack for systems and organizing, but found herself living in a totally disorganized home after several episodes of depression. She helps overwhelmed families and special needs families get organized by helping them identify what has created the disorder in their lives, and by helping them create systems so they can get back in control of their possessions and homes. Wendy also works with families like herself that are struggling with ADD, depression, PTSD and anxiety.
What You’ll Learn:
- Wendy’s observation of her gifts in the military and how she translated those to her full time career!
- How Wendy trusted herself to take the leap into a new career and leave the military behind.
- Why she wrote book: From Brokenness to Strength
- How Wendy serves her community through her Focus Time with Wendy
- Wendy’s advice: Don’t wait for the approval of others! Do YOU!!
- What does success look like for you?
- How does Wendy Calm the Chaos in her life
- What’s next for Wendy and her declutter coaching community!
Resources:
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About:
Mary Beth “MB” Mannino is a former PR + advertising sales professional turned Certified Breathwork Facilitator, Meditation Teacher and Holistic Health and Wellness Coach. With her relatable and down-to-earth nature, MB’s mission is make health, wellness and mindfulness accessible to everyone so that you can feel comfortable and confident advocating for your own wellbeing.
Whether she’s leading and guiding others through powerful self-healing modalities or sharing her insights on the latest in health and wellness, MB leaves you feeling lighter, brighter and reconnected.
She lives in Metro Detroit with her husband, Steve, their Corgi Cooper and their soon-to-be first child, arriving in January 2021.
What You’ll Learn:
- Mary Beth’s journey from corporate burnout to breathwork and meditation
- How to look past people pleasing and step into your own truth
- It’s never too late to start your journey!
- Your path only needs to make sense to you.
- How every emotional experience or response that we have in our bodies has a corresponding breath pattern.
- Breathwork allows us to thrive!
- Your “why” on a meditation practice
- Hints on how to start with daily meditation
- How you can work with Mary Beth on her website
- Breathwork exercise
- Mary Beth leads us through a meditation at the end of the podcast!
Resources:
Connect with Mary Beth here
Connect with Deborah for coaching here
Take the mid life Quiz here
Book an exploratory session here
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About:
Amber Fife lives on 4 wooded acres in South Jersey with her professor husband and home schools her 4 children. With degrees in math and art, Amber found photography the marriage of the two.
After a decade of being in business and moving across the country, Amber felt something was missing, and she wanted to not feel crippled by anxiety. Her healing began in 2016 as she returned to her artistic roots and made time for creating on a regular basis.
Finding so much success in her own life, Amber began Women Create Weekly in 2018, a blog and online membership to help women find themselves again through art. She enjoys running both businesses and finding life balance on a daily basis.
What You’ll Learn:
- Amber’s journey thru photography and her weekly community Women Create Weekly
- How to trust your journey, be open to possibilities and let your light shine!
- What does each week look like for the women in the Community? What are they working on and how can you participate?
- What type of benefits has Amber seen from women who participate in the platform?
- What’s the most rewarding part of Amber’s journey
- How does Amber calm the chaos in her own life
Resources:
Connect with Amber here for Women Create Weekly
Connect with Deborah for coaching here
Take the mid life Quiz here
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About:
Interior designer, author, speaker, and 50+Marketing & Lifestyle Specialist. Author of new book “Design SMARTS. Design Hounds top 100 influencers, 2018, member of High Point Style Spotters and High Point Market Design Bloggers Tour. Quoted in Wall Street Journal, Aging in Place trends plus article in Women’s Health Magazine July/August 2019
What You’ll Learn:
- Mitzi’s journey with interior design to incorporating “lifesizing” for women in midlife
- What is lifesizing and why should you care!
- Your 50’s prepare us for what our life will be like in our 60’s and 70’s.
- Find people who appreciate your gifts and talents. You have choices!
- Why Mitzi started her private Facebook group
- Ten Reasons to Downsize Now!
- Life Lessons and advice to women in midlife
- Mitzi’s challenge to the listener
Resources:
Connect with Mitzi here
Connect with Deborah for coaching here
Take the mid life Quiz here
Enjoy the Show?
Don’t miss an episode, follow the podcast onSpotify, I HEART RADIO and Apple Podcast and leave a review. Listen to more episodes here.