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FR Ep #205 Building Your Relentless Solution Focus in 2021 with Dr. Ellen Reed Jan 04, 2021

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As we head into our new year guest Ellen Reed want to help you build your relentless solution focus. Ellen uses brain science to explain that our brains are wired to look for the negative so that doesn’t mean we’re broken, in fact we’re very normal. The challenge is that problem centric thinking wreaks havoc on our happiness, success, and health. As we habitually focus on our problems, we begin to increase our cortisol, lower our ability to actually overcome our struggles and our self-confidence is heavily impacted. How do we move away from problem centric thinking to solutions? Ellen clarifies that by solution she doesn’t mean complete resolution to your problems, instead seeing solution as any improvement in your current situation whatsoever- a plus one. Ellen explains that the Relentless Solution Focus is a tool that doesn’t turn a blind eye to problems and it’s not about putting on rose-colored glasses. The RSF is about getting to solutions faster! If she can help us learn to switch from problems to solutions in 60 seconds then we can eliminate the cortisol hit that shuts down our brains ability to think clearly. Ellen encourages listeners that even if we’re not wired to do this naturally, we can learn using the Relentless Solution Focus tool. In today’s episode, Ellen shares 2 powerful tools in the process: The Relentless Solution Focus (hint it’s a simple question) and “The Success Log’. The Success Log is a one-minute tool that we can use daily to begin to shift our focus from problems to solutions which boosts our brain by increasing our serotonin and dopamine. It’s a win-win! So grab a cuppa something wonderful and a good friend then start your new year off learning a tool that can change your life and your health in just a few minutes a day! www.feminineroadmap.com/episode205/

FR Ep #204 Reflecting on 2020 and Looking Ahead Dec 28, 2020

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Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina reflects on the gifts of 2020 and looks ahead to 2021. We have all had many conversations about how challenging 2020 has been, it has been difficult to get away from that. Gina wants to reflect on the ways that 2020 has actually given us something to be grateful for, learn from, grow into. Reflecting on 2020 as a vehicle of purpose, focus and redirection not just challenge and loss. So much has changed yet some of those changes have brought about much needed reevaluation and redirection. When we reflect on how life “used to be” and we look ahead to the new year, there is much to be gleaned from our experiences collectively and individually, gifts that may still be hidden from us because we haven’t taken the time to find them. In this candid conversation, Gina invites us to pause and give some time to reflect, evaluate, investigate what the year 2020 has actually given to us and use what we find to be more intentional and focused in 2021. One of the key ideas is to not set New Year’s resolutions but to find a word that can become our guiding light for the year. Another key idea is to take what 2020 was, glean our story from it and turn to 2021 with our new story to be written with hope and expectancy. As we wrap up 2020, let’s tap into what we can control, our focus, mindset and perspective and write a new story for 2021. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a good friend and join Gina for this encouraging reflection on the year that will go down in infamy. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode204/

FR Ep #203 The Back Forty with Darrell Gurney and Alexandra Levin Dec 21, 2020

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Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina joins team at The Back Forty to talk about the power of your second half. Darrell Gurney and his wife Alexandra Levin are on a mission to create a movement to shift the cultural conversation about midlife. They believe the second half of life (aka the back forty) has unlimited growth potential if you shake off what general society has to say about midlife and beyond.
“Society tells us there’s this bell curve that after 40, 50 or 60 you’re on the downside with all of your best behind you,” said Darrell. “But what if those years were research and development? Those years are to bring you to your midlife fully equipped to be all you were meant to be and your biggest game is yet to come!”
Alexandra adds that “the future is bright ahead, the possibilities are infinite. There isn’t anything stopping us from doing and being our best especially if we mine from everything we’ve done before and learn from it, grow from it.”
The Back Forty has a framework of seven embraces that we take on which empower those of us in midlife and beyond to build a better future. Using these embraces we can shift our perspective from midlife crisis to midlife opportunity. How do we do that? By analyzing our first half we can see the direction it’s pointed us in to initiate ourselves powerfully into our second half.
One key to that initiation is to shift from being at the mercy of life and stepping into being the cause of your life, the one in the drivers’ seat. The Back Forty is focused on helping midlifers live a life that expands instead of shrinking. It’s their mission to empower us to give ourselves permission to play instead of hustle and grind or stop progressing all together. The Back Forty inspires a whole new mindset that life is ever escalating, an upward trending experience playing bigger and bigger games. Darrell asks us to consider, “What if your biggest game is yet to come?”
Join us to hear about how to come from a beginners mindset, to pursue play, to shed limitations and pursue growth that creates vibrancy and purpose. The Back Forty wants you to know that you are not limited at all, all things are possible, it’s time to play! Grab a cuppa something wonderful and hit play! www.feminineroadmap.com/episode203/

FR EP #202 Waking Up To Your Own Life with Leisse Wilcox Dec 14, 2020

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Today’s guest on Feminine Roadmap, Leisse Wilcox, is inspiring women to wake up to their own life. Leisse draws insights and wisdom from her life experiences to help connect our common human experience as women, our struggles, our growth and our changing landscapes. Often we struggle through these challenges in isolation, when we do shame and judgement quickly follow. When shame and judgement is added on top of our emotional confusion and wounds it brings about more repression. Eventually that internal struggle must get louder and louder to get our attention. Leisse is calling women to courageously feel those emotions, face our shadows and find the freedom that awaits. In order to wake up to our own lives the journey is through those shadows to find the light on the other side. The challenge she proposes is that many women find themselves feeling that we should be martyrs in our lives, that we don’t deserve to seek what we desire. Who are we to ask for what we want and what feels right and good to us? At first it feels audacious to take time to think about what makes us feel whole, complete and lovely as a human in this world. She proposes that in order to wake up to our own life we must recognize that just because, yes, we can do anything doesn’t necessarily mean we should do everything. Our identities need to be separated from what we do, the roles we play and begin to come from our hearts and souls. Leisse reminds us to recognize our feelings because they are our feedback- the insight into what needs to be addressed- those feelings need to be felt to be healed. Leisse reminds us that in order to be our best in this world we must understand that our most important relationship is the one with ourselves. The better we become and the more authentically we live, the more we are able to show up in the world in a powerful way. If you are looking for practical strategies to wake up to your own life, crab a cuppa something wonderful and join Leisse and Gina. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode202/

FR Ep #201 How to Get Your Midlife Career Unstuck with Lucia Knight Dec 07, 2020

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Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to get your midlife career unstuck with Lucia Knight. Lucia is a Midlife Career Satisfaction Designer whose passion is to help midlifers recognize that they have so much possibility and potential heading into what can be the most satisfying and productive years of their life. One of her core beliefs is that careers are not done when you hit midlife, that you can take the reins of your career life and shift. Lucia shares how we can identify those gifts we possess – she calls them superpowers – that are the key to current and future career fulfillment. Often we have difficulty recognizing exactly what it is we love to do and are naturally great at, those things that bring us energy. She encourages listeners to shift their perspective from big change to micro-shifts using the philosophy of experimentation by being willing to try new things. As we practice the art of experimentation we are building into our DNA to empower us to become more nimble and creative in navigating our career path. If you are finding yourself at a career crossroads whether it’s by choice or force, Lucia has the strategies to help you make that change in a way that inspires and energizes you. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a friend who needs this, and join in on the conversation. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode201/

FR EP #200 Women Who Want to Do and Be More ft Dr Rana Al Falaki Nov 30, 2020

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Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina’s guest, Dr. Rana Al-Falaki is calling all women who want to do and be more. Dr. Rana believes we spend our lives wanting and forget to actually be. Our distractions become massive and we put everyone before our selves so we forget who we are and what our dreams are. She wants women who want to do and be more to know it is possible to achieve and resonate on a higher level. One of the key elements of doing and being more is to retain our energy by being the same in every situation, no longer changing ourselves to suit others. The immense value of knowing who we are and what we believe about ourselves and our world is the foundation of us doing and being more of who we truly are. Dr. Rana shares strategies to overcome powerlessness and anger and shift into gratitude and acceptance. Armed with the knowledge that whatever we tell ourselves triggers our feelings so in order to do and be more we must also shift our inner dialogue, let go of attachments and allow ourselves to be guided. As women we empower ourselves to do and be more as we recognize we have a choice, we don’t have to remain stuck and by releasing our attachments as can move forward. This powerful episode is waiting for you so grab a cuppa something wonderful and join us. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode200/

FR Ep #199 Thanksgiving From My Heart to Yours Nov 23, 2020

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Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina brings you a Thanksgiving message from her heart to yours. As we all know 2020 has been a year for the history books with the world coming to a complete halt from the coronavirus, plans and trips cancelled, families unable to see each other, jobs lost, fear, uncertainty, struggle and division, high levels of stress and most people are more than over it. Wherever you find yourself in this moment, we encourage you to pause and listen to this Thanksgiving message from Gina’s heart to yours. Let’s not skip past Thanksgiving, instead let’s slow down and set our sights on gratitude, joy, connection. Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate being with loved ones, sharing a good meal, laughter and being fully present. Gina shares several strategies to help us to embrace Thanksgiving and the holiday season from a place of intention and joy. So often we find ourselves overwhelmed, worried about all of the little details and we lose sight of what is important. After all that we’ve been through in 2020, don’t you think it’s time to bring some joy into our lives? It’s time to celebrate the good that we experience and see around us, create more of the good we want to see in the world. This Thanksgiving message is from the heart for your benefit. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and a good friend to receive your Thanksgiving message from Gina’s heart to yours. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode199/

FR Ep #198 Resilience Roadmap with Dr Lise Deguire Nov 16, 2020

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Dr. Lise Deguire knows a thing or two about resilience, she created a roadmap that would empower her to help others develop their resiliency muscles. Dr. Lise is a clinical psychologist, burn survivor, and author of her memoir, “Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience from a Burn Survivor”. She believes that in sharing her own incredibly traumatic life story as a vehicle to talk about recovery from trauma, resilience and living a beautiful life that she can help others see that if she was able to overcome then they too could overcome. In this episode, Dr. Lise shares her resiliency roadmap that consists of 6 areas using the acronym GOALS + MnM. She breaks down each step of her roadmap in this episode using practical examples to help listeners really understand how resiliency can be built. While she acknowledges that everyone comes to the table with different levels of resiliency and different levels of trauma, her resiliency roadmap is designed to empower everyone who uses it to heal, shift, and overcome whatever has previously been a roadblock for them. Dr. Lise knows that we all have the capacity to develop resiliency, to establish strong human connections and to live a life that is full of beauty. So grab a cuppa something wonderful and a good friend then join us to learn about resiliency. www.feminineroadmap.com/episode198/

FR Ep #197 Yes You Can Restore Your Marriage with Tod Jacobs Nov 09, 2020

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Yes you can restore your marriage in these unprecedented times of pressure and challenge. Today’s guest Tod Jacobs, co-author of “Not a Partnership” Why We Keep Getting Marriage Wrong and How We Can Get It Right”, brings over 15 years of marriage counseling and training experience to our current world situation in 2020. Quarantine has brought a lot of uncertainty, change, pressure and stress to our everyday lives and marriages have become a major casualty if you listen to all the media has to say about it. In today’s episode Tod’s answer brings hope and practical strategies to help marriages not only survive but thrive. Using the analogy of the power of heat and pressure on diamonds, Tod shifts the perspective from hardship working against your marriage to the elements that can actually build a marriage that is strong and beautiful. Often we find ourselves neglecting the most valuable relationship that we possess over time as we begin to go through the motions in our marriages. How do we begin to reawaken our marriages and break the monotony that has settled in? How do we create the environment that will enhance and improve our marriages by degrees? How do we shift our mindsets and in turn our marriages? Yes you can restore your marriage and help it thrive. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and start the journey today! www.feminineroadmap.com/episode197/

FR Ep #196 The 50-50 Friendship Project with Shari Leid Nov 02, 2020

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Shari Leid, author of “50/50 Friendship Flow” and breast cancer thriver is today’s special guest on Feminine Roadmap. After Shari’s cancer diagnosis at 47 years old she began to become more intentional in her life and relationships. For her 50th birthday she decided that she wanted to meet with 50 women face to face to share with them what she had learned from them. Her idea came from the idea that everyone you meet is your teacher and your student, that you can learn something from every person you come in contact with. When meeting with each woman she went in without expectations of a specific outcome. Shari found that these meetings not only deepened her connections and relationships but it also increased her confidence in approaching others. She digs deep into her most powerful takeaways from her year long experiment. The 50/50 Friendship Flow is designed to bring us together, find our common story and break down our perceptions of people who might be very different from us. It also helps us see how every connection has a purpose in our life if we are willing to look for it. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a good friend and join us! www.feminineroadmap.com/episode196/

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