Episode 77: 5 Steps to Change and How to Make Change Less Hard

2024-08-19

In this episode of Midlife Crisis to a Centered Life Thriving, Dr. Natalie discusses the challenges of making changes in midlife. She shares her personal experiences with implementing new health routines and the difficulties of sticking to them and emphasizes the importance of understanding the change process and having compassion for oneself when trying to change. She introduces a poem called ‘Autobiography in Five Chapters’ by Portia Nelson, which breaks down the stages of change. Dr. Natalie encourages listeners to embrace discomfort and view it as a sign of growth and progress.

Takeaways:

Making changes in midlife can be challenging due to physical changes and lack of margins.
The inner mean girl can become louder when trying to implement new habits.
Understanding the change process and having compassion for oneself is important.
Embracing discomfort during change is a sign of growth and progress.

Do any of these sound like you?

- Feel a sense of lack, despite success in life or having done everything “right”
- Struggle to articulate how you feel to others
- Experience guilt about how you’re feeling
- Have lost your way
- Are struggling to overcome turmoil in your life
- Have become resigned to accepting a life you don’t love

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Keywords: midlife, health, routines, inner mean girl, change process, compassion, discomfort, growth, progress, stages of change, midlife transition, women in midlife, podcast for women, Dr. Natalie, Midlife Crisis to a Centered Life Thriving

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