Midlife with Courage: Recent Episodes
Kimberly Benoy
This podcast is for women who are tired of doing what is expected. You are ready to be inspired and motivated to live your best life!
Bona Normandeau had a pivotal life moment when she was asked about her dream in life and she could not come up with anything. This led her on a journey of finding her own "happy" and now she helps others find it for themselves too. Listen in as she and Kim talk about ways to celebrate the moments as you go instead of "saving" happiness for one day and so much more.
Bona has her own podcast called The Happier You which you can find by going to her website at the following LINK.
You can also get her free 14-day Gratitude Challenge on her website www.thehappieryou.net or click HERE.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and educator who has a passion for inspiring other women to live every moment. Check out her website www.midlifewithcourage.com to learn more about her story and get essential oils education too.
Marnie Swedberg talks with Kim about her faith and how she has learned to go to God first when she is presented with challenges. This author, speaker and overall lovely lady speaks her faith as she discusses what she calls 'comeback behavior' and 'possibility thinking.' Her way of seeing the world and positive thinking is contagious.
To learn more about Marnie and her work, you can go to her WEBSITE at www.marnie.com.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, wife, mom and Certified Aromatherapist who has a passion for inspiring other women to live every moment. Go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com to learn more.
This week Kim decided to share a solo episode sans makeup and if you go to her YouTube channel, you will see what she is talking about.
This week she talks about her quest for walking 3 times a week and why and she explains what a wellness consult is for those who are interested.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and educator who has a passion for inspiring other women over 40 to live every moment. To learn more about her and essential oils, check out her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Alicia Demetropolis is a lively and engaging woman who leads a nonprofit called The Global Humanity Initiative. She talks to Kim from Katmandu, Nepal where she helps rescue homeless and abandoned elders.
Alicia's story of following her intuition throughout her life and the humorous way she tells her story will leave you smiling. You need to hear about the elk story so make sure you listen to the whole episode.
You can read about Alicia's story in her book called Drowning In Now: A search for humanity and God at the top of the world. (Alicia and Kim encourage you to contact your local bookstore to purchase the book if you are interested using the ISBN of 979-8-218-27566-2).
Learn more about this amazing woman on her WEBSITE including how you can help across the world.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, wife, mom, educator and Certified Aromatherapist. She has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live every moment. You can learn more about her story and get your essential oil education on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Jayne Poli is a wife, mom, self-taught artist and is active in helping connect people to resources through her church including mission trips at home and throughout the world.
Jayne talks to Kim about her mission in life to help make a difference and be a blessing in the lives of others. As a licensed pastor, she feels she has the privilege to partner with other organizations that help the poor, widows, orphans, war-torn countries by helping to connect them with resources.
If you would like to learn more about the Kingdom Builders program and their partners, you can go to https://kingdombuilders.emmanuelcc.org/
If you would like to see the beautiful art that Jayne creates, the best place to go is Facebook or Instagram @jaynepoliart
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for inspiring others to live every moment. To learn more about her story, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com. You will find her new video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils!" on the Aromatherapy page.
Kim was struck by inspiration and decided to let you all know that she is finding so many positive messages this week that she grabbed her microphone and talked about it. Short and sweet and hopefully inspirational!
Kim Benoy is a Certified Aromatherapist, retired RN, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for inspiring and motivating other women over 40 to live every moment. Go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com to learn more about her story and her new video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils!"
This week, Kim talks with Kimberly Webb, a woman who has found joy in helping other women over 40 find their spark that helps them feel confident and yes, a little bit sassy.
Kimberly shares her story of challenges in her youth that led her to feel less-than and wanting to find a way to make a difference in the world. She has done that many times over.
If you would like to reach out to Kimberly you can email her at lady-k@carouselpole.com and go to the Carousel Pole website to learn more.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who has a passion for helping women over 40 live every moment. Learn more about her story and get your essential oils information on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Carol Williams aka The Green Goddess of Productivity talks with Kim this week about her journey to listening to her inner voice and knowing what to do when things looked bleak. She found herself unemployed and in an unhealthy marriage with two children and needed to find a new path. How she did this is a wonderful story that Carol shares with energy and courage. She believes that we all have the power to manifest our greatness and her purpose is to help others do that.
If you would like to know more about Carol and find out the five magical questions, go to her website www.unscatterme.com for more information.
You can also communicate directly with Carol by email: carol@unscatterme.com or follow her on social media by searching her name or "unscatterme."
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and animal lover. She is passionate about helping other women over 40 live every moment through her podcast, blog and aromatherapy services. To learn more and check out her new video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils" go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Juli Reynolds is an RN, Certified Clinical Aromatherapist, podcast host and Certified Nurse Coach who experienced profound burnout about 11 years ago. She talks with Kim about overcoming that time and how she was introduced to essential oils and what happened next.
They also talk about the role that education plays (or should play) both with health care practitioners and the public to help others see that essential oils do work and how to safely use them.
If you would like to learn more about Juli and how she can help you, go to her website reimaginewellness.org. She has a link to her podcast called Default to Yes as well.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and podcast host who has a passion for helping other women live every moment. To learn more about her and her story, go to www.midlifewithcourage.com. You can find her new video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils!" there as well. It's an easy and affordable way to learn how to use your essential oils safely.
This is the second episode this month about toxic relationships; this week Kim talks with Dr. Justine Weber about this important subject. Dr. Weber gives us great insight into what toxic relationships look like and what to do if you or someone you love is in one and what to do after you get out.
Justine has written a book for those who have been able to get out of these relationships and she also talks with Kim about what happens next.
To get the book (How the F Do I Heal From This?*) can be purchased on Amazon by clicking HERE**. Even better, go ask your local bookseller to order it for you.
If you would like to learn more about Justine, please check out her website at Justineweber.com.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who has a passion for helping other women over 40 live every moment. Check out her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
If you are looking for easy and affordable essential oils education without the sales pitch, check out her video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils!"
This is the first of two episodes that deal with toxic relationships and how to recognize and navigate them. Dr. Natalie Marr talks with Kim about recognizing these relationships by defining them through the balance of loving yourself while loving someone else. She also talks about what you need to know about helping others who you feel may be in a bad relationship and how to avoid going down that same road in the future. This is a great conversation with many great messages and tips for anyone who is in, or may know of someone who is in a toxic relationship. Dr. Natalie Marr is a clinical psychologist, coach, podcast host and single mom who has a passion for helping women in midlife. You can go to her WEBSITE called learntoloveyourstory.com to find all her information including a free video and workbook called "Freeing Yourself: A guide for letting go of other people's opinions." ******Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and educator who is passionate about helping women in midlife live every moment. Go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com to learn more about her story and find everything you need to use essential oils safely.
Twelve years ago, Kisha Stewart was a 31 year old who recently gave birth trying to enjoy a night out with her husband. She dismissed some symptoms she was experiencing, but as the night progressed, she could not ignore what she was feeling and she went to the Emergency Room. Thanks to the RN who realized she was having a heart attack, she was eventually diagnosed with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD). She is now an advocate for women who need to use their voice when they know something isn't right and yes, be dramatic to get someone to listen.
To learn more about Kisha's story including important information about heart health in women, go to https://kishaandscad.com/
You may know the typical symptoms of a heart attack but you may not know that women have different symptoms than men do. These may include:
- shortness of breath
- nausea or vomiting
- back or jaw pain.
- overwhelming sense of anxiety or a feeling of impending doom
- unusual fatigue
- dizziness
- fainting.
Women might have discomfort in the chest, but not always. It’s worth noting that symptoms in women can be subtler and may be overlooked as signs of less serious conditions, like acid reflux or the flu. Thus, both men and women should pay close attention to their bodies and seek immediate medical attention if they experience symptoms that could indicate a heart attack.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who is passionate about inspiring women over 40 to live every moment. Find out more about Kim and get great essential oils information on her website www. midlifewithcourage.com.
Elaine Glass came to a point in her life where she felt stuck and not sure what to do next. Sound familiar?
She shares how she listened to her intuition (eventually) and made a plan to figure out her next steps.
To learn more about Elaine, you can go to her website at https://www.getquiet.com/. You will find a link to her book called "Get Quiet" and can download the first chapter for free along with a 6-minute meditation.
Jane Rankin shares her story of starting an alpaca farm as a solo mom with a toddler in tow. Her journey is full of valuable messages for all of us as she navigates uncharted territory with alpacas, goats and living in a new place.
If you would like to know more about Jane's story, you can find her book Farm Family: A Solo Mom's Memoir about Finding Home, Happiness and Alpacas anywhere you buy books.
To learn more about Apple Hill Farm, go to the WEBSITE.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who has a passion for helping other midlife women thrive in midlife. She wants us all to live every moment. You can find out more about her on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com including her new video channel called "Help Me Use My Oils."
Jill McNamee believes in giving back to her community and talks with Kim about how she does this through her real estate business and support of women in business. They discuss the importance of gratitude and showing kindness when you can.
To learn more about Jill you can find her at the following links:
Website: www.mcnameeteam.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jill.mcnamee1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcnameejill/
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Suzanne Robotti is a DES baby. If you are not familiar with that term, you will learn what it means during this conversation and how it shaped Suzanne's life path. She shares her advice about what to do when you are given a diagnosis and treatment plan and what she does to support anyone looking for non-biased medication information.
To learn more about medication side effects, long-term effects, risks and benefits go to https://medshadow.org/.
Kim Benoy RN is a wife, mom, educator and Certified Aromatherapist who has a passion for helping women over 40 live every moment. She is offering a new way to support health and wellness through her new video channel on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com. You can get the first two months 50% off by using the code on the website.
In 2012, Jessica Peterson suffered the horrific loss of all three of her daughters through domestic violence. She talks with Kim about her journey of hope and helping others. She encourages others to acept the change that happens, both good and bad, and find the balance to continue living.
Jessica shares her beautiful daughters Amara, Sophie and Cecelia in her book Thistles & Thorns which you can find wherever you buy books or her website: https://thistlesandthorns3x.squarespace.com/
The Compassionate Friends website includes links to other organizations that help with child and other losses.
Halos of the St. Croix Valley is a local organization that has many resources for parents who have lost a child from miscarriage to age 20.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, wife, mom, Certified Aromatherapist and educator who has a passion for inspiring women over 40 to live their best life now. Check out her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
This is Part 1 of my interview with this courageous woman. Please come back on Thursday to hear the rest of her story. In 2012, Jessica Peterson suffered the horrific loss of all three of her daughters through domestic violence. She talks with Kim about her journey of hope and helping others. She encourages others to accept the change that happens, both good and bad, and find the balance to continue living. Jessica shares her beautiful daughters Amara, Sophie and Cecelia in her book Thistles & Thorns which you can find wherever you buy books. You can find out more about Jessica on her WEBSITE: https://thistlesandthorns3x.squarespace.com/If you have experienced the loss of a child or know someone who has, here are two resources that may be helpful:The Compassionate Friends website includes links to other organizations that help with child and other losses. Halos of the St. Croix Valley is a local organization that has many resources for parents who have lost a child from miscarriage to age 20. *****Kim Benoy is a retired RN, wife, mom, certified aromatherapist and educator who has a passion for inspiring women over 40 to live their best life now. Check out her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Laura Broome had a 5 year period of major adversity which left her two choices: be bitter or be better. She talks with Kim about her choice to focus on gratitude and how she moved on from breast cancer, the death of her son, a heart transplant and an unexpected divorce. You will find at least one nugget of wisdom and strength in this uplifting conversation.
To learn more about Laura Broome, visit her website icope2hope.com. She is offering a free paperback book, just pay shipping and handling to help you flourish after adversity.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and aromatherapist who has a passion for inspiring and encouraging women over 40 to live their best life. Visit her website www.midlifewithcourage.com to learn more.
Tracy Herbert was given a life sentence of diabetic complications and an early death when she was diagnosed at age 17 with what we now call Type 1 Diabetes. Although she struggled with her new life of insulin injections and diet restrictions, she eventually found hope and a new attitude. And oh yes, there's that 3000+ mile bike ride across the United States.
You will come away from this conversation feeling energetic and hopeful. You can read more about her story on her website at tracyherbert.com.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and aromatherapist. She has a passion for inspiring and encouraging women over 40 to live their best life. Check out her story on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Rhonda Parker Taylor was helping everyone else fulfill their dreams and ambitions and finally realized she needed to follow hers. She talks with Kim about her journey of fearlessly pursuing her dreams.
You can find out more about Rhonda and her books by going to her website rhondaparkertaylor.com.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and aromatherapist. She has a passion for inspiring other women over 40 to live their best life. Check out her story on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kim decided to try something a little different this week. She is sharing a conversation with 3 former guests of the podcast: Sue Quinn, Mary Beth Bolles and Lisa Kindle. They discuss the challenges, benefits and lessons they have learned in midlife.
This entertaining and powerful discussion offers many nuggets of knowledge and motivation for those who need it.
You can find more information about each of these fabulous women by going to the links below.
Sue Quinn:
Facebook: www,facebook.com/heartledsue/
Instagram: @heartledhealing
Mary Beth Bolles:
Website: 1010transformations.com
Email : maryb@1010transformations.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1010transformations
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marybethbolles/
Lisa Kindle:
@lisakindleart IG, Pinterest, YouTube
@lisakindle @globalartcafe @solquestretreat - Facebook
Have you ever wanted to go back in time to when you knew everything and nothing could stop you?
Well guess what? You can (sort of)!
But this time you have more wisdom and experience to know what you're doing and the consequences.
Take a listen and let Kim know what you think.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and certified Aromatherapist who has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live their best life now. Check out her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Jen Hardy builds communities. This fabulous, over 50, woman has learned how to live with a chronic illness, homeschool 7 kids and so much more. She talks with Kim about creating tools to share with others going through illness, raising 7 kids, choosing our attitude, sharing knowledge with younger generations and combating loneliness in older adults.
This episode has so many great messages for all ages that you need to hear.
If you would like to learn more about Jen including her Jen's Friends program and her Fabulous Over 50 podcast, go to her website HERE.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, retired RN, podcast host and Certified Aromatherapist who is passionate about inspiring and encouraging other women over 40. To learn more, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
If you would like to get some great aromatherapy products, check out Kim's January sale HERE.
This is the 150th episode of Midlife with Courage!! Thank you all for listening and watch for some fun changes coming soon!!!
Georgia Giguere is a dynamic woman who is passionate about sharing what she learns with other women and men too. She talks with Kim about her journey through breast cancer, asking questions of everyone and teaching others about what they are putting into and onto their bodies.
To learn more about Georgia, you can go to her Facebook group called Made to Thrive. Georgia is also starting a new venture that helps women find out what their colors are. You can find that information HERE.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and certified Aromatherapist. She has a passion for inspiring and motivating other women over 40 to live their best life. To learn more, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
In 2012, June K. Collins suffered the loss of her son Kaleb. She talks with Kim about his life, loss, and how she rebuilt and found purpose and peace in her life.
To learn more about June and her story, coaching and her book "Mama You Don't Heal," go to her website HERE.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN, and certified Aromatherapist who inspires and encourages other women over 40 to live their best life. To learn more, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Pam Warren talks with Kim about her experience as a survivor of the Paddington train crash in 1999 and how she changed a near death experience into a life changing positive. Pam no longer considers herself a victim, instead a successful survivor and now shares her experiences on overcoming obstacles, eager to show that, with resilience and perseverance, no problems in your work or personal life are insurmountable.
To learn more about Pam Warren you can go to her WEBSITE. She offers free e-books and also the opportunity to purchase her book called From Behind the Mask and so much more.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who loves to inspire other women over 40 to live their best life now. To learn more about her story and her aromatherapy education, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
This time of year can be wonderful and filled with joy and it can be difficult and challenging for those experiencing grief. Please listen to this conversation to learn more about how grief and gratitude go together to help us navigate life with loss especially around the holidays.
Mandy Capehart is a certified trauma professional, somatic embodiment practitioner, and grief coach helping grievers heal through alignment with their values and future selves. She is also the author of “Restorative Grief: Embracing Our Losses Without Losing Ourselves”, and the host of the podcast “Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart”. Her work serves grievers and grief supporters through meaningful conversations about client values, self-awareness, and sustainable pathways toward growth.
Mandy began this work after her mom died when she could not find the resources she needed; she decided to create the support she needed and offer it to others.
Mandy is offering an online course called Guilt-Free Grieving which starts December 11th. You can find the link to more information about this class HERE.
To learn more about Mandy and the support she offers, you can check out her links below:
Website: MandyCapehart.com
Instagram & Threads: @MandyCapehart
Twitter: @MandyCapehart
Podcast: Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart
The Guidebook: Restorative Grief: Embracing Loss Without Losing Ourselves
Kim Benoy, is a wife, mom, RN and Aromatherapist who is passionate about inspiring others to live every moment. To learn ore about her story, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Pam Bohlken lost her grandson Tyler two years ago and she talks with Kim about that journey of healing and helping. She enlisted the help of her other grandchildren to find ways to create positive messages and mindsets for children, pre-teens, teenagers and even adults. This is a wonderful and open conversation that you need to hear.
To learn more about Pam and her mission to help our littles see their self-worth and inner beauty, go to her WEBSITE.
Kim Benoy is an RN, wife, mom, aromatherapist and podcast host. She has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live every moment. Find more information at her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
The SolPlanner is here! You all know how much Kim loves her SolPlanner and if you are a paper planner person, you should check this out. The 2024 version is now available and you can get yours by clicking this LINK. Kim does get a small monetary reward but it does not cost you any more.
Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider helps people cope with anxiety and conflict especially in the workplace. Her story includes being abandoned by her father and at age 15 she started working to help her family. Her original dream was to be a musician and eventually reality hit when she experienced the drawbacks to that life and decided she wanted to do something in the area of psychology and mental health.
Check out this conversation to hear more about Dr. Schneider's "aha" moment and what she means by "frazzlebrain!"
If you would like to know more about Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, her books and other ways she can help you break free from anxiey and stress, go to her WEBSITE.
Kim Benoy is an RN, Aromatherapist, podcast host, wife and mother who has a passion for inspiring other women over 40. To learn more about her and what she has coming up in 2024, go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Michele Tafoya is a wife, mom, podcast host and former award-winning sports journalist. If her name sounds familiar to you, you are probably a football and sports fan. She was the sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football for eleven years and covered other sports like basketball and the Olympics during her long career. In 2022, she left the sidelines and started her own podcast called The Michele Tafoya Podcast. She realized that as much as she loved her sports career, she wanted the freedom to speak about all the craziness in our world and do her part to spread some courage and kindness. She talks to Kim about her early love of sports, career, her struggles with infertility and getting the family she dreamed of and how she is now encouraging others to "Be Brave and Do Good." This episode is filled with encouraging and important messages for those of us navigating midlife. To learn more about Michele go to her WEBSITE which also includes her podcast episodes and more. Michele hasn't left football completely, her latest project comes out this week called Triangle Park. She narrates this documentary about the first ever football game played in 1920 in Dayton, Ohio. You can find more information about the movie HERE.*****Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN, certified Aromatherapist and podcast host. Her passion is educating and inspiring other women in midlife to live every moment. You can find more about Kim and her story at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Katherine Fossler has accomplished so much in her career and life and she's not done yet. She shares with Kim her journey including her early life as a single mom, business woman and co-founder of an animal sanctuary and what her plans are moving forward.
She is a great supporter of women and feels called to continue that work despite not knowing exactly what it will look like.
You can find out more about the Pleasant Pasture Farm Animal Sanctuary (and Kim's favorite steer Mr. Buttons) by going to the WEBSITE.
If you would like to reach Katherine directly, you can email her at katherine.fossler@uwrf.edu
The SolPlanner is here! You all know how much Kim loves her SolPlanner and if you are a paper planner person, you should check it out! The 2024 version is now available and you can get yours today by clicking this LINK. This will take you to the SolPlanner website where you can see the three different options and choose one for you and/or a friend. Please note that this is an affiliate link and while I do get a monetary reward for each purchase, this does not affect your cost. You can also find the link on the Resources page at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kim Benoy RN is an Aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live every moment. Join her each week on this podcast and check out more information on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com
We plan for retirement or our later years by focusing on our financial health but what about our physical, emotional and spiritual wellness? Kelly Majdan talks about her journey of competing in obstacle courses with her family and friends and how the lessons she's learned can help others. Start planning for your wellness now and when you have your rocking chair moment, you will look back with no regrets.
You can learn more about Kelly, her book Lessons from the Obstacle Course: Five Strategies to Conquer the Muddy Fields of Life, her coaching and more on her WEBSITE.
The SolPlanner is here! You all know how much Kim loves her SolPlanner and if you are a paper planner person, you should check it out! The 2024 version is now available and you can get yours today by clicking this LINK. This will take you to the SolPlanner website where you can see the three different options and choose one for you and/or a friend. Please note that this is an affiliate link and while I do get a monetary reward for each purchase, this does not affect your cost. You can also find the link on the Resources page at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kim Benoy RN is an Aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live every moment. Join her each week on this podcast and check out more information on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com
In this solo episode, Kim talks about a new piece of artwork that helped her realize that too many of us are waiting for something to happen or come to us before we live our life.
What do you think? What are you waiting for?
The SolPlanner is here! You all know how much Kim loves her SolPlanner and if you are a paper planner person, you should check it out! The 2024 version is now available and you can get yours today by clicking this LINK. This will take you to the SolPlanner website where you can see the three different options and choose one for you and/or a friend. Please note that this is an affiliate link and while I do get a monetary reward for each purchase, this does not affect your cost. You can also find the link on the Resources page at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kim Benoy RN is an Aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who has a passion for inspiring and motivating women over 40 to live every moment. Join her each week on this podcast and check out more information on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com
Brittany Cano is a passionate advocate for holistic health and wellness and is dedicated to empowering others to connect with themselves to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. As a Registered Nurse, she found herself wondering how she could help patients lead better lives so they could avoid becoming a patient. She sees herself as a bridge between conventional medicine and holistic wellness and she talks with Kim about what that means and how it looks for her. Brittany has become a sought-after public speaker, personal trainer, holistic health coach, mindfulness and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) practitioner, Reiki healer, and yin yoga instructor. She talks about ways she helps her clients find their inner calm and safety to live the best life possible.
You can find Brittany at www.HolisticNurseCoaches.com where she offers some free gifts as well as her coaching services.
The SolPlanner is here! You all know how much Kim loves her SolPlanner and if you are a paper planner person, you should check it out! The 2024 version is now available and you can get yours today by clicking this LINK. This will take you to the SolPlanner website where you can see the three different options and choose one for you and/or a friend. Please note that this is an affiliate link and while I do get a monetary reward for each purchase, this does not affect your cost. You can also find the link on the Resources page at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Use your oils! If you have essential oils that you don't know or remember how to use, you need this service. To let Kim know you are interested in Blooming Branch Buds videos, go to this LINK to get started.
Kim Benoy is a Registered Nurse, Aromatherapist, podcast host/producer, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for teaching others about safe healthcare options including essential oils. To learn more about her, go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Clementine Moss is a hard rock drummer, singer, songwriter, spiritual counselor and author. Some of the items on this list may not seem to "match up" and Clem talks with Kim about how her contemplative practices have helped her to be fully present in all aspects of her life, including onstage. She talks about those inner voices and really listening to find out where they are coming from and their purpose in order to live your life the way you want to.
You can find out more about Clementine, including her book From Bonham to Buddha and Back: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer by going to her website: www.clemthegreat.com. If you would like to check out her book on Amazon, just click this LINK.
Use your oils! If you have essential oils that you don't know or remember how to use, you need this service. To let Kim know you are interested in Blooming Branch Buds videos, go to this LINK to get started.
Kim Benoy is a Registered Nurse, Aromatherapist, podcast host/producer, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for teaching others about safe healthcare options including essential oils. To learn more about her, go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Susan Gold is currently living in bliss. Her childhood was-as she puts it-brutal-and she left home for New York City as soon as possible for a career that included matching celebrities with brands. She talks with Kim about working with her childhood idol Barbara Walters and Andy Warhol among others in both NYC and a television production career in LA. Eventually she found the person she calls her "guru" and her experiences with him taught her how to love herself again. This courageous woman has a story you will love to listen to.
Susan helps others who are interested in transforming their trauma into freedom and has also written a book called Toxic Family: Turning Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom which can be found by going to her website https://www.susangold.us/.
Susan reminds us that as we are learning to live from our hearts, it's a long process but we need to keep holding on until the miracle happens.
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Kim Benoy is a Registered Nurse, Aromatherapist, podcast host/producer, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for teaching others about safe healthcare options including essential oils. To learn more about her, go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Margie Schmid is a certified Holistic Nutritionist and former principal who's story includes caring for her kids and grandkids, her mother and herself. She is a Minnesota native who found herself in Nebraska for 31 years but always wanting to get back home. She had that opportunity about 4 years ago and has been on a journey of caring for her mom before she passed and starting a new way to share health and wellness through nutrition, retreats and wisdom talks. Margie has found a balance in life that includes volunteering, time with her grand babies and what she calls her "micro-business." Margie also offers up some great tips for taking care of yourself through nutrition. Her passion is to leave people better than how she found them and help them be healthier.
To learn more about Margie and what she offers, you can email her at sproutnutritioncoaching@gmail.com. Sign up for her newsletters for recipes and tips for better nutrition.
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Kim Benoy is a Registered Nurse, Aromatherapist, podcast host/producer, wife, mom and animal lover who has a passion for teaching others about safe healthcare options including essential oils. To learn more about her, go to her website at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kristin Rehkamp is a mom and business owner who has found herself through the journey of helping her daughter through a health crisis and more. She talks with Kim about navigating the mental health care system (or lack thereof), making the decision to simplify life as a family, starting a local and online business and finding peace. She shares her story with honesty and gratitude and everyone needs to hear it.
Kristin has written a lovely book called Finding Us: A Mother's Memoir of Braving Mental Illness with her Young Daughter which is written as a journal and letters to her daughter. You can find it HERE on Amazon. Kristin also has a gift shop called La Vie Est Belle and speaks about advocating for mental health resources at various events. You can find her on her social media and website at the links below:
Website: shoplavie.coFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lavieestbellegiftshopInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lavieestbellegiftshop/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/la-vie-est-belle-llc
Are you one of the 90% of people I talk to who have essential oils sitting around the house not being used? Or are you new to oils and have no idea how to use them? Or maybe you have an oil that you are unfamiliar with and need to know how to use it.
I have help! I am starting a new monthly oils subscription that is as easy as opening your email. Each month you will get at least 1 video (no more than 2 per month) explaining how to use a specific oil in 5 minutes or less. Very easy and convenient! To let me know you are interested, click this LINK and I will get back to you.
Kim Benoy, RN and Aromatherapist, is passionate about educating you about using essential oils safely. To learn more, check out her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Katherine Baldwin had an amazing career as a political journalist which took her all over the world. While she considered it a dream job, she found herself burned out in her mid 30's and needed a change. Listen to her story as she talks with Kim about her journey of discovering her "wake-up" calls and what she did to refocus on herself and what she needed and wanted in her life. She shares her "rock-bottoms" and how she helps others realize that you don't need to go that low to find yourself. She also shares her story of finding love after 40 and how her idea for her book came from the sky on a beach walk one day.
Katherine Baldwin is a relationships coach, midlife mentor, wellbeing speaker and author who supports and empowers midlife women to love themselves, create lives that they truly love and find healthy love. Katherine is a former international journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters. She worked as a foreign correspondent in Latin America and a political journalist based in the British parliament, during which time she travelled the globe with prime ministers and reported on politics, conflicts, a tsunami, an earthquake and two terrorist attacks. Yet throughout her high-profile career, Katherine was binge eating, binge drinking, over-working and engaging in unhealthy romantic relationships, eventually burning out and breaking down in her thirties.
Single, childless, burnt out and broken, Katherine found the courage to transform her life. She learned to love herself, found healthy love and marriage in her forties, published her first book, 'How to Fall in Love', and launched a successful coaching practice, using her experience and expertise to help others to make courageous changes in their lives and relationships.
Learn more on her website: www.katherinebaldwin.com or follow her on social media: Instagram-@katherine.baldwin Twitter-@fromfortywithlove
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN and Aromatherapist who loves to inspire you to live every moment through her podcast and her work with essential oils. To learn more about her and her passion, go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com and subscribe to her newsletter.
Korinn Hawkins has a passion for helping others to connect to themselves. She lost her husband Corey three years ago very unexpectedly and she talks with Kim about the journey with her two children and learning to move forward. She used what she calls her "bag of tricks" to navigate the process of bringing herself and her children through a dark place and the blessings that have come from the journey.
Korinn courageously shares her story including her strong belief that emotions need to be felt and expressed and how she helped her children do that as well. She encourages everyone to "Live your Heart. Because in learning how to listen to your heart, and letting it be expressed, you are opening yourself to living the life your heart truly wants for you."
Korinn S. Hawkins is an author and a meditation instructor. Hawkins has a background as an energy therapist and is a trained AcuEnergetics® Meditation Instructor and Practitioner. She has written and illustrated several children's books and the self-help memoir: The Four Relationships: Seeking connection in a world of disconnect. She offers meditation online through her website and at her YouTube channel Open Heart Living where she hosts 365 Days of Open Heart Living.
Are you one of those people who have a whole bunch of oils sitting around and you have no idea how to use them? Kim has a solution for you. Join her September 18th at 7 pm CST for a Back to Basics Aromatherapy class. She will teach you how to use your oils safely to support your health and wellness. Go to her Facebook page and sign up for this free zoom class HERE.
Kim Benoy RN is a wife, Mom of grown up daughters and Aromatherapist. She is passionate about inspiring other women over 40 to live every moment by sharing inspiring stories of women who have done that themselves. To learn more about Kim go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Christina Flach is a world renowned makeup artist to the stars who has worked with celebrities, magazines and big name brands but she is much more than that. She has experienced loss in her life which propelled her to do good for underprivileged children and honor her husband and son. Listen to this episode to hear more from Christina about her bumpy road and her focus on coming from a place of gratitude despite the losses. She also indulges Kim's "fan girl" tendencies by sharing about her experiences with her favorite celebrities and shares some skin care and makeup tips for those over 40.
Christina is the creator and CEO of her own makeup brand, Pretty Girl Makeup. Christina also writes articles detailing the must know tips, tricks, and hacks of the makeup, wellness, and nutrition industries. You can find more information on her website including links to her cruelty-free lip gloss .
Kim Benoy, RN is a wife, mom of grown up daughters, dog mom and Aromatherapist. She has a passion for helping women find their courage in midlife by sharing inspiring stories of other women who have learned to live every moment. To find out more about Kim's story go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Kim fills you in on what's been happening this summer and gives a little preview of fall activities including some new products she is working on. She shares her plans for helping you learn more about aromatherapy through her weekly videos or lives and other news.
She ends this solo episode with some heartfelt messages about losing someone and her plans to keep making memories and of course, living every moment.
If you would like to learn more about what Kim is up to, check out her website: www.midlifewithcourage.com or follow her Facebook page called Midlife with Courage to keep up to date on all the things.
Sara Davenport calls herself a multi-passionate entrepreneur who was a burned out TV news anchor who wanted more and she definitely found it. Despite being an award winning journalist in a Top Ten market, Sara was not happy. She talks about how her mom-one of the first women news anchors in the 70's-warned her not to get into the industry but of course she did not listen. She talks with Kim about the realities of being a journalist today including taking on more duties for less pay, pitching ideas that may or may not be accepted, trying to write stories on the run, interviewing people, and always being "on" for breaking news to name just a few. The reality of the job is nowhere near the perception of the public especially for women who also have to juggle family along with such a demanding career.
Sara shares with Kim what she decided to do for "Plan B" and how she is helping others in TV news and more importantly, spending quality time with her four kids. You will be inspired and motivated by this conversation with someone who is so passionate about helping others choose a life and not just a living.
To learn more about Sara and her passions, the best way to find her is on her website: https://www.saradavenport.net/
She is also very active on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-davenport-journalist/
Kim Benoy is an RN with aromatherapist training, wife, mom and business owner who has a passion for inspiring other midlife women to live their most amazing life now. To learn more about her story, please go to her website www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Simone Knego has a wonderful story about her life journey which includes climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, creating a family, writing and speaking to inspire others. This conversation covers adoption, loving yourself, parenting and learning to quit changing who we think we are supposed to be and loving ourselves for who we are and so much more.
If you would like to read more about Simone and her motivational messages, you can grab her book called The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You on Amazon or wherever you buy books. You can also find links on her WEBSITE to her blog, podcast and more information.
Kim Benoy is an RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife and mom who is passionate about inspiring and motivating other women in midlife. She shares stories on her podcast, her blog and speaking engagements. To learn more, go to her website: www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Tami Adrian-George is a rehab specialist, nutrition coach, Pilates instructor and so much more. Enjoy this delightful conversation where Tami shares her experience as a dancer, model and actress (anyone heard of General Hospital?) and how her "side gig" teaching Pilates taught her to do things her way because they worked despite what she was being told by the traditionalists. You can't help but smile when listening to her upbeat personality.
Tami is offering a free workbook to the Midlife with Courage listeners that will help you make fitness your own and quiet that voice in your head that says you can't. Just go to her website Tamistakeon.com to get the free book and read her blog.
Kim Benoy is an RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and podcast host who is passionate about helping other women live every moment NOW. You an learn more about her and even grab some aromatherapy products on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com or email her at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Can you imagine having to navigate the health care system in a foreign country alone, without knowing the language and dealing with a serious injury? That's exactly what Karen Rudolf had to face earlier this year when she took a trip to Costa Rica. She talks with Kim about advocating for herself, surrendering to the process and so much more. This episode is filled with many important messages that we all need to hear.
If you would like to learn more about Karen and how she can help you change your life please go to her WEBSITE. You can also email her at karen@tranquilSOULutions.com.
Kim Benoy is an RN, Certified Aromatherapist, wife, mom and podcast host. She is passionate about inspiring other women to live every moment NOW. Learn more about Kim at her website: www.midlifewithcourage.com.
Cassandra Crawley Mayo is a speaker, author, and mentor who talks with Kim about her journey working in corporate America for over thirty years and how she became a mentor to other women. As the first African American executive in all of her positions, she found herself leading and proving herself throughout her career. She found herself naturally mentoring other women of all ethnicities and eventually experienced burnout, imposter syndrome and health issues as she realized she was working much more than the 40-hour work week. After retiring at 55, she looked for what her next path would be and found herself writing her book called "Is Your Way in Your Way?" but that was not the end of what she was meant to do.
Listen to this wonderful conversation about living without regret, spirituality and questioning God as well as empowering you to live your best life.
To learn more about Cassandra, go to her WEBSITE for links to her blog, book and podcast.
Kim Benoy is an RN, aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who loves to share her passion for inspiring women over 40 to live their best life. Read more about her on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com. If you are interested in learning more about aromatherapy and how it can help you, send Kim an email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Mindy Hoey Personal Family Lawyer® (PFL) is a wife, mom, entrepreneur and now lawyer who realized a few years ago that she was stuck. Like many of us, she took the "traditional" (and expected) route after high school and eventually decided that she did not want to live the cubicle work life her whole career. She successfully obtained her law degree and passed more than one bar exam while she worked full time and raised a family. She talks with Kim about making the decision to try law school and her passion for educating everyone she can about the importance of estate planning. Along the way she offers many lessons about mindset, confidence and consistency. Anyone who knows they want more out of life and is not sure how to get it needs to listen to this episode.
You don't need an "estate" to need estate planning. Let Mindy help you through her education and personal follow-up with you. Check out her website https://www.lakefrontlaw.com/ to learn more including free information about ways to protect your family. Mindy has a free lunch hour webinar this Friday, July 21st and you can REGISTER HERE.
Kim Benoy is an RN, aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who loves to share her passion for inspiring women over 40 to live their best life. Read more about her on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com. If you are interested in learning more about aromatherapy and how it can help you, send Kim an email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Lisa Reichelt is a wife, mom and grandma who has had a long career in education. As she interacted with students and parents in her teaching and administrative roles, she realized she wanted to do more to help parents gain the skills they needed to create the type of relationship they wanted with their children. Lisa and two other women founded a parent coaching business called Champion Your Parenting that helps parents with kids of any age (even grown up kids) learn ways to lead with love. They partner with parents to work through any issues or just create an environment that benefits both parents and children. Lisa and Kim talk about parenting kids in the social media age, parenting your adult kids and even grandparents who have found themselves parenting again.
You can find out more about the services Lisa and her co-coaches offer on their WEBSITE . You'll find articles, resources and information about working with Lisa or another parenting coach including a free 30 minute coaching consult call.
Kim Benoy is an RN, aromatherapist, wife, mom and business owner who loves to share her passion for inspiring women over 40 to live their best life. Read more about her on her website www.midlifewithcourage.com. If you are interested in learning more about aromatherapy and how it can help you, send Kim and email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Gina Mitchell is a Mom, a teacher and a midlife woman who is ready to move into new arenas. Her role as a teacher has been very fulfilling and she's ready to move into the next stage of her life. Her son, Sam was diagnosed with autism as a young boy and Gina has dedicated a lot of her time to supporting him in all of his amazing endeavors including his own podcast and leading his non-profit to help raise awareness of autism and remove the negative stigma surrounding it.
Gina and Kim talk about her own vision for her life and her experiences as a mom including the challenging times, her career and how excited she is about the future for herself and her family. Listen to this wonderful conversation about sharing vulnerability, challenges and unlimited potential for those who may not fit the "normal" mold in our society.
If you would like to check out Sam's podcast, it's called Autism Rocks and Rolls and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.
You can learn more about the Autism Rocks and Rolls non-profit by clicking the link HERE.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, aromatherapist and RN who inspires other women over 40 to live an amazing life! Besides this inspiring podcast, she offers essential oil products through her WEBSITE and local events.
Rebekah Chamberlain is a Realtor®, coach, and proud mom of four who loves to get into the outdoors whenever possible. She always knew her purpose in life was to make a difference but she didn't always know how. She grew up in a religious cult, married a man chosen for her and as the relationship became abusive, found the courage to leave about seven years ago. She talks with Kim about how the true courage was not in the decision to make the change but in the season afterward. She also shares some valuable messages about taking ownership to live an extraordinary life and how she is helping others who are leaving abusive situations through her non-profit called Emotional Justice. This organization provides financial help as well as mentorship to those who want to end the cycle of victimhood.
If you would like to learn more about Emotional Justice, please go to the website by clicking HERE.
Rebekah is also helping others through her resiliency coaching and you can contact her by phone at 612-391-0171 or by email at TheChamberlainDifference@gmail.com.
You can also follow Rebekah on
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_chamberlain_difference/
Facebook: Rebekah Chamberlain, Compass Realty Group or just send a friend request to Rebekah Chamberlain
Kim Benoy is a Certified Aromtherapist, wife, mom, Registered Nurse and podcast host. She helps to inspire and encourage other midlife women to find their courage and confidence to live an amazing life. She shares her story and essential oil products on her website which you can find HERE. Remember to leave a review if you like what you hear!
Bobbi Kahler is an author, podcast host, coach and entrepreneur who woke up one morning in 2003 (March 6th to be exact) and realized she could not lift her arm to brush her teeth. Trying to find the answers with her healthcare providers was frustrating and when they finally found a diagnosis she was told only 3 % of people get better. Her positive focus helped her find the doctors who could help and after 14 months, she was able to function again. She also talks with Kim about the positive influence of her Mom and how she affected Bobbi and her life moving forward and so much more. This is a wonderful and uplifting episode with so many great messages.
To learn more about Bobbi Kahler and her message of always finding a way forward check out her website and LinkedIn links below:
WEBSITE: https://www.bobbikahler.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbikahler/
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, certified Aromatherapist, Registered Nurse, podcast host and creator of Blooming Branch Aromatherapy. She has a passion for helping women over 40 find their courage and confidence to live their best life. Learn more about Kim by checking out her WEBSITE. You can even find a link to her essential oils products.
C.K. (Kelly) Collins believes in paying it forward and she is doing that in a big way. Kelly had what she called a major trifecta happen to her in 2017-her last child went to college (hello empty nest), she found herself getting divorced and she decided to sell her business. Kelly decided she needed to do something, make some change and do something "positively drastic." She embarked on a sabbatical which included selling her house, giving away a lot of her possessions and traveling for two years. Her adventures led her to writing a book, starting a podcast and entering the dating world again. This is a wonderful conversation filled with tips for getting unstuck, finding your people, loving yourself and so much more!
If you would like to read Kelly's book: The Swipe Right Effect: The Power to Get Unstuck go to her WEBSITE. You can get a free chapter in case you would like to check it out before purchasing. You can also find information about her coaching and her course to help you get unstuck.
If you would like to hear more of the conversation between Kim and Kelly, you can check out her blog post/podcast HERE.
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, certified Aromatherapist, Registered Nurse, podcast host and creator of Blooming Branch Aromatherapy. She has a passion for helping women over 40 find their courage and confidence to live their best life. Learn more about Kim by checking out her WEBSITE. You can even find a link to her essential oils products.
Erin Wood loved who she was when she was younger but years of chronic illness changed that and she didn't realize it until she made a seemingly random comment to her husband. Listen to this conversation to learn about Erin's story of learning how to love yourself before you can love others.
Erin helps others who are caught up in compassion exhaustion and/or going through life transitions through her coaching called Empower Me Life Coaching. She believes that every person has the power to create the life they desire, and her mission is to help individuals tap into this power and live a fulfilling and meaningful life.
You can find her on social media at the links below or her website:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erincarroll.wood?mibextid=ZbWKwL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-wood-97ab25264
https://instagram.com/erincarrollwood?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=
empowermecoachingllc.com
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, certified Aromatherapist, Registered Nurse, podcast host and creator of Blooming Branch Aromatherapy. She has a passion for helping women over 40 find their courage and confidence to live their best life. Learn more about Kim by checking out her WEBSITE. You can even find a link to her essential oils products.
Anna Haugen is a wife, mom and piano teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota who took a literal journey across the country with her husband and kids for six months. They packed a van, took their kids out of school and took a break from their jobs to see the country.
As a woman who had been used to saying no to things that were outside her comfort zone, she surprised her husband by saying "yes" to this trip when he suggested it. She talks about lessons learned like "turn your fear into fun" and leaping before the net appears that you will want to hear.
Anna has chronicled their adventures in her blog called "Midlife Creative Travels" and you can find it HERE. Look for her on Instagram as well @midlifecreativetravels.
Kim Benoy is a RN, wife, mom, aromatherapist, and podcast host who wants to inspire you to live your best life through sharing stories of other amazing women who have found their courage and confidence to live every moment. You can find more information about Kim on her WEBSITE including links to her essential oil products and some free resources too.
This episode with Amy Stein, an herbalist and energy medicine educator, is a bit longer than usual because she shares so much information! Amy has had a long medical journey which culminated in her body shutting down and she shares how she learned to be her own advocate and eventually turning to what she knew was right for her despite what the doctors were telling her. Her story of reconnecting with nature and taking her power back will inspire and educate. She wants to help others learn to respect their body by decreasing toxins, eating good food and breathing.
To find Amy online, go to her WEBSITE called www.mindbodyspiritbreath.com. She has a free e-book to help you reconnect with your intuition and body and you can find it HERE.
Kim Benoy is a RN, wife, mom, aromatherapist, and podcast host who wants to inspire you to live your best life through sharing stories of other amazing women who have found their courage and confidence to live every moment. You can find more information about Kim on her WEBSITE including links to her essential oil products and some free resources too.
Kathleen shares her story of caring for her husband for 17 years and then finding ways to heal herself after he passed. This 74 year old took a solo pilgrimage (or two) in Spain and Portugal and met many interesting people along the way. Listen to this courageous woman's amazing story of caring, listening to her angels and helping others through her teachings and her book called Wisdom on the Camino.
Kathleen Donnelly Israel has lived her entire life in San Diego CA. She raised 5 children with her husband of 48 years, Ron Israel. They were a team couple for World Wide Marriage Encounter. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Art from San Diego State University and studied Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She cared for her husband for the 17 years that he had Parkinson’s disease till he died in 2018. During this time, she studied spiritual healing from many enlightened thought leaders and teachers. She wrote her book about her travels on the Camino Santiago in Spain and about sharing her wisdom with those she met there. You can find it on her website by clicking the link below.WEBSITEEmail: kathleen@wisdomonthecamino.com
Kim Benoy is a wife, mom, RN, podcast host, and Certified Aromatherapist who found a passion for helping other women. She shares amazing stories of other women over 40 who have found courage and confidence to live every moment. You can find out more by going to her WEBSITE. You'll find her story and links to her essential oil education and products.
Anjel B. Hartwell is a dynamo who shares her story of realization that what she thought mattered in her life, really did not. She talks with Kim about her spiritual awakening as she experienced what she calls "life ruptures" and how she came out the other side after giving herself permission to heal.
Anjel also shares her very valuable tips for living your best life and welcoming wealth into our lives rather than pushing it away. Spoiler alert: wealth is not just dollars. While this episode will be very helpful for those of us with businesses, Anjel also has some wonderful advice for living your best life now. If you listen closely, you can hear the light bulb going off over Kim's head during the recording!
Anjel B Hartwell is an internationally known artist, author & evolutionary alchemist. Honored as a Be The Change “Movement To Watch” Award Winner and considered one of America’s Premier Experts, she has appeared multiple times in major media and is the Creator, Executive Producer & Host of the 8X Award Winning & Apple #1 Internationally ranked Wickedly Smart Women Podcast. Her book Be Heard By Millions & Live Your Destiny was a #1 New Release in 3 Categories. She is hired to consult with high achieving visionary leaders who are called to be the Vanguard of the Creative Age.
You can reach Anjel via email at this address: team@wealthylifementor.com
Learn more about Anjel including a link to the Wickedly Smart Women Podcast at her website by clicking HERE.
Kim Benoy, RN is a wife, mom, podcast host and aromatherapist. She has a passion for educating others about how to safely and appropriately use essential oils to support their emotional, physical and spiritual health. Check out her WEBSITE to learn more including a link to her products.
Lauren St. George is a South African by birth, an American by choice and a global explorer by design. These life experiences have fostered in her an appreciation for the diversity of people's ideas, motivations, strengths, and dreams.
In this episode, she shares her story of helping others by giving them simple tools to use when navigating big life challenges such as divorce, empty-nest or career changes. She offers some great tips for those of us who are feeling a bit stuck or unsure.
To learn more about Lauren St. George, check out her website HERE. You will find a link to her newsletter and more information about her coaching program including a free discovery call.
Kim Benoy is an RN, wife, mom and aromatherapist who has learned to live every moment. She shares stories of other women like you who have found their courage and confidence to do the same. If you would like to learn more about Kim and her story, go to her WEBSITE. You will also find a link to her essential oil products.
Shannon Russell was a "TV kid" who dreamt of having a career in the television industry. She worked hard to achieve that dream and worked at: MTV, E!, Yahoo!, Pop Sugar, A&E, TLC, VH1 in New York and Los Angeles. She met her husband (who was also in the industry) and they started a family.
Shannon experienced her "aha moment" after becoming a Mom and realizing her priorities were shifting. She shares her story of her own perceptions about what success looks like and realizing that pivoting in life does not mean failing despite what others may tell you.
Shannon now helps other women find their second act success through her coaching and podcast called Second Act Success. You can find links to her social media and other important information on her website by clicking HERE.
To go directly to her podcast, click HERE.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist (pending), wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women through her inspirational podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
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Kim talks about a beautiful experience she had this week that really had her thinking about age and mindset. This is a short but sweet episode that you don't want to miss. She also shares some news about her upcoming new venture.
Kim Benoy is an RN, wife, mom, Certified Aromatherapist(pending) and podcast host who wants to encourage and inspire women, especially those over 40. Her passion is helping you find your courage and confidence by sharing the inspirational stories of women just like you and offering aromatic options for your health and wellness.
You can find her offerings on her WEBSITE. This includes a link to her roller bottles, sprays and balms that you can get shipped directly to you.
Donna Tashjian talks to Kim about her journey which includes becoming a mother at the age of 15, the meaning of "FINE" and how her spiritual life has helped her become the person she is today. She always knew she was meant for something more and she has found what that means for her and all the people she helps. Listen to this episode to find out what she means by turning baggage into luggage.
To learn more about Donna and her Vibrant Living International organization, please go to her WEBSITE.
You can also find her on Facebook and Instagram.
Donna can also be reached via email at ivibrantliving@gmail.com
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist (pending), wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women through her inspirational podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
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More products coming soon!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
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Kim speaks with Nicole Kerr about her amazing story of growing up in the Bible belt, people pleasing despite knowing she was in the wrong place and a horrific accident that left her literally dead on the side of the road. Her story is one of resilience and learning to love herself and of letting go of what doesn't serve her, even if it means family.
This is an important conversation with a courageous woman who is on a quest to change our perceptions about death and how to live. Her book is called You Are Deathless, A near death experience taught me how to fully live and not fear death and Kim highly recommends it for everyone.
You can find Nicole's book anywhere you purchase them or go to her website HERE.
If you are interested in participating in a book club, please contact Kim via email midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist (pending), wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women through her inspirational podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! She also creates roller bottles, balms, sprays and other gifts made with natural ingredients.
***Now available-you can purchase Kim’s custom roller bottles and “Smooth” heel balm at this website: https://my-business-105029midlifewithcourage.square.site/
More products coming soon!
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Jodi Ellingson is an amazing midlife woman with a story of serving, challenges, and hope. As a young girl, she wanted to help others and this trait continued even when she found herself taking a path she hadn't envisioned for herself. Along the way she learned one of life's greatest lessons about treasuring those moments (sometimes lots of moments) that challenge us in the worst ways. She and Kim discuss how and when she learned to treasure and seek the good out of these situations and she even helped Kim see things in a different way.
Jodi's service to others continues with her mission work with MissionE4 and she talks about this during this interview as well. If you would like to learn more or even sponsor a child, go to this website: https://missione4.org/
If you would like to contact Jodi directly, you can email her: jellingson@missione4.com
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, Certified Aromatherapist (pending), wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women through her inspirational podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
***Now available-you can purchase Kim’s custom roller bottles and “Smooth” heel balm at this website: https://my-business-105029midlifewithcourage.square.site/
More products coming soon!
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Kathy White is a yoga instructor who specializes in working with midlife men and women. Her own experience with joint pain led her to a develop her joint renewal system that she finds helps those of us in midlife. Kathy's story includes using yoga to heal after feeling very disconnected when her first baby was stillborn. She was very surprised to find when she turned 50 that it wasn't really working any longer. She was experiencing the joint aches and pains that we all feel when we turn that magic age despite doing "all the right things." This is a wonderful conversation that you need to hear, even if you don't practice yoga. Kim will also update you on how she did during and after Kathy's 5 minute per day yoga program so check that out!To learn more about Kathy and her Joint Renewal System please go to her website HERE. You can also sign up for her newsletters where she shares tips and insight that you will want to read. *******Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!Website: www.midlifewithcourage.comInstagram: @midlife_with_courageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MidlifewithcourageLinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Sherrilynne Starkie has a special project that she is working on. She is the podcast host of 50 Women Over 50 which she uses to connect with women who are her peers and learn about their lives, loves, challenges and fears. Her goal is to share the learning and hopefully, help women who might feel disconnected or isolated feel they are not alone.Sherrilynne's own story includes single motherhood and realizing she needed to make money to support her family and how that journey led her to where she is now although midlife has had its challenges career wise. She realized that she had to find the courage and confidence to change her own life and no one else was going to do it for her. Sherrilynne Starkie is an award winning digital communications consultant who has enjoyed an international career and is recognized as a social media pioneer and innovator. Her podcast, 50 Women Over 50 , is a passion project to create a community of wise women over 50.You can find the podcast on HERE or wherever you listen to podcasts. To learn more about Sherrilynne's business endeavors and services, check out her WEBSITE. *****Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!NOW AVAILABLE: Advertise your business on the Midlife with Courage podcast! Email Kim at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com with the word "Advertise" in the subject line for details.Website: www.midlifewithcourage.comInstagram: @midlife_with_courageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MidlifewithcourageLinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
As a young mom, Bridget Belden made a vision board but she forgot to include one vital piece. She eventually realized that she did have regrets and she didn't want to continue on the path she was taking at that time. Her journey led her on a path of empowering other women to live the life they want in the empty nest era. She started Magenta Consulting which supports moms through life-changing one on one coaching and free transformational workshops, reconnect with who they were before they had kids in pursuit of a life of passion and purpose.Listen to this important conversation about realizing at a younger age how to invest time and care into yourself so you can build your best life. To learn more about Bridget you can find her at the following links: WEBSITEINSTAGRAM*******Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!Website: www.midlifewithcourage.comInstagram: @midlife_with_courageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MidlifewithcourageLinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
We all know how important sleep is for our overall health and Martha Lewis started on her path to better sleep after having a baby who wouldn't sleep. She talks to Kim about what functional health is and how it can help us be healthy. She has some insight into midlife women and the role of hormones in getting good sleep as well.
Martha Lewis is a certified functional health coach and sleep coach helping people who have tried everything and still can't sleep. As founder and CEO of the Complete Sleep Solution, she addresses both body and mind with stress resilience techniques and testing for hidden health issues to get to the root cause of her clients’ insomnia.106
You can find out more about Martha by going to her WEBSITE
Martha also has a podcast called The Insomnia Fix and you can find it HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
NOW AVAILABLE: Advertise your business on the Midlife with Courage podcast! Email Kim at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com with the word "Advertise" in the subject line for details.
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Juliet Rose is an author and activist whose goal in life is to make her time count by using her skills and voice to help others succeed and feel acknowledged. She has weathered some challenging (to say the least) life experiences including the death of her daughter which, among other things, caused her to stop writing for 15 years. Juliet shares why she started writing and and today she continues to write mostly contemporary and supernatural fiction along with rescuing dogs, cats, rabbits and chickens on her property in Georgia. Listen to this important conversation about making yourself the priority and helping others feel seen and heard.
You can find Juliet on her WEBSITE to learn more about her and her newest books.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Mindy Leishman is a Certified Life Coach, Dreambuilder Coach and Life Mastery Consultant who has done amazing things like manifesting a home in Costa Rica. She shares her story about her 25 year career as a realtor and the rollercoaster of knowing she wasn't living her best life. She has some wonderful insights about finding the passion to live your life how you truly want to.
If you would like to find out more about manifesting what you want and taking the blinders off, reach out to Mindy on her website by clicking HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Fiona Valentine is a teacher at heart and very creative. She believes all of us are creative but we don't always recognize it even though it's a very important part of who we are. At one point in her life, she pushed her own creativity aside because she did not believe it was important enough to spend time on it. Listen to her story of feeling stuck and how she overcame it and learned that creativity is not about talents, it's about skills. She tells us why being creative matters to us and how we can find where our creativity lies. Fiona also loves to dispel the myth of the "starving artist" and why it's just not true.
To learn more about Fiona and how she helps others you can find her here:
Instagram: @fionavalentineartist
Website: www.fionavalentine.com to find out more about her business school for artists and get her free guide How to Start Selling Your Art.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
This episode features Mary Beth Bolles, a wife, mom, grandma, Transformation Coach and EFT practitioner. Mary Beth talks with Kim about how she felt shamed and unworthy and how she finally figured out why. Her journey of strength and courage to face her "wall" and break it down is very inspiring for anyone who has faced that themselves. Mary Beth tells us what being "stuck" looks like in our own lives and how she can help. To learn more about Mary Beth and how she can help you, please go to her WEBSITE. If you would like to get a sample of Mary Beth's coaching style, check out this Tapping Meditation called "Reduce Stress in 10 minutes." She is offering this to our listeners for FREE! Just enter the coupon code MLWC on the sign up page by going to this link: http://marybethbolles.mastermind.com/masterminds/39336. There is no cost or obligation. You can also find her on social media by searching 1010transformations. *** Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Listen to this wonderful conversation with Lisa Kindle who empowers women through her art, coaching and counseling. She and her husband took a big leap last year and moved from Minnesota to Arizona with plans to offer a wellness retreat under the desert stars with a 40 foot labyrinth and other meaningful activities. Kim and Lisa also talk about using color to connect with yourself and others including your kids and partners and share an example of how that helped Kim during a time of grief.
Lisa Kindle is an Artist, certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach & Wellness Counselor and former Minnesotan. She worked as a graphic designer and ran her own design studio for over 20 years. Now-a-days, you can find her working in her art space creating new things. In 2022, she created an art and affirmation deck, "I Am Colorfully Made" and the Color Affirmation Deck based on life path colors. Lisa founded Solquest Retreat with her husband in 2023, located in Tucson, Arizona where she now teaches creative wellness.
To learn more about Lisa, her retreat, please visit her website: www.lisakindle.com or find her on social media by searching @lisakindlearts.
To reach her directly, please email her at hello@lisakindle.com
Call for artists: Lisa would like to feature artwork in her gallery at the SolQuest retreat. Contact her to learn more.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
WOW!!!! MIDLIFE WITH COURAGE HAS REACHED 100 EPISODES!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE AND ARE LISTENING TO THIS PODCAST!
To say that Rachel Awes is colorful is a major understatement. Just go to her website or follow her on social media and the first thing you notice will be all the beautiful colors! Rachel is a psychologist, author, art playgroundist and clothing influencer and offers some beautiful messages that are helpful for anyone and especially those of us in midlife. She shares her thoughts and tips for living a more joyful life during this conversation with Kim.
Rachel Awes works as a psychologist, art playgroundist, and author, who loves listening to the beauty in people and animals and all living colors—and she truly embodies color, as she is also an ambassador for the Swedish clothing company, Gudrun Sjoden. Her 4 published gift/self-help books are infused with loads of her colorful drawings, all designed to affirm the human heart. Her newest illustrated book "The Relationship Book: A Soulful, Transformational, and Artistic Inventory of Your Connective Life" is just releasing. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and tortoises, complete with wild bunnies in her yard, and two dear sons (ages 24 and 26) living nearby. Her most tender and mighty hope is to hold up a mirror for many, reflecting a hearty truth of your boundless worth.
You can go to her WEBSITE to learn more about her and her beautiful messages for all of us.
If you enjoyed the excerpt from The Relationship Book that Rachel read in this interview, you can find it HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Margo Johnson's journey includes what she calls a major pivot that led to a new career and opportunities for self-evaluation and freedom. When the floor dropped out from under her, a door opened and she talks about that experience including her reluctance to speak in front of others knowing that she needed to prove to herself and others that she could do it. She is a woman who truly shows courage and a great example to others.
Margo owns OpenHeart Wellness and is an AcuEnergetics Practitioner. She uses energy modalities and meditation to teach balancing of body, mind and emotions. Margo focuses on restoring the body’s natural flow of energy, so the body can organically restore its function. She offers sessions, classes and select products to bring you back into balance and help you create your life of joy, abundance and flow.
You can go to her website ( www.openheartwellness.net) to learn more.
You can also receive Margo's newsletter by emailing her: margo@openheartwellness.net
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Listen in this week as Kim shares updates and talks about her word of the year. If you listen closely you may hear Jake's contribution to the episode.
Are you looking for the good? Sometimes it's difficult but it can be done.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you spent time over the holidays with your aging family members-parents or grandparents-you may have noticed that they need a little more help with self-care, hygiene, or simply getting around. Women over 40 generally become the caretakers in this situation and they may not know that options are available to help keep our relatives safely at home as long as possible or know when it's time to consider independent or assisted living.
Alicia Harmon talks with Kim about these options, including respite care that can help keep everyone safe and happy as they age in place. She offers ways to start those tough but necessary conversations that most of us don't really want to have.
These are the links to the resources that Alicia mentions during this conversation. Please share with anyone who may need this information.
POLST - https://polst.org/form-patients/
Five Wishes - https://www.fivewishes.org/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/SHCWestCentralWI
Alicia Harmon is the owner of SYNERGY HomeCare for three years and she has a passion for connecting generations and combating loneliness in our communities. She lives in Arden Hills, MN but was raised in Prescott, WI. She and her husband of 13 years, Nick, have 2 boys Leo (11) and Reese (9) and a 6 month old puppy Winnie. If you would like to connect with Alicia you can email her at aliciaharmon@synergyhomecare.com
Kim Benoy is a retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Tina McDermott is on a mission to live a life of joy and share it with others. Tina battled Lyme disease as a younger person which led her to change her diet and lead a better life overall. She is an inspirational chef and you will love her energy as she talks about her story and how she shares joy. As a weight loss coach, she helps her clients find their own mission in life by asking the right questions and giving them the freedom to be who they are. Her focus is on living and not "DIEting" and she talks with Kim about how she helps others acknowledge their struggles and find the right tools to deal with what life brings us. Tina even offers cooking tips during this fun interview.
If you would like to learn more about Tina and what she does, please go to her WEBSITE.
You can also find Tina on her YouTube channel called Tina's Joyful Kitchen where she shows us how to cook delicious and healthy food. She will even show you how to make 3 meals in under an hour. You can find that link HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Danielle Bernock is the lady on the internet who loves you. She is an author, podcast host, and life coach from Michigan who came into her own after age 50. Her past history of trauma gave her a stoic yet oppressive attitude toward dealing with the life changes we all go through. She talks about her struggles and how she learned to deal with the past trauma in her life that she only discovered after writing her book at age 55. This is a conversation about faith, realization and re-evaluation of our lives.
Her books are: Emerging With Wings, A Bird Named Payn, Love’s Manifesto and Because You Matter and you can find them HERE.
You can learn more about Danielle at her WEBSITE .
If you would like to contact Danielle directly you can email her at dani@daniellebernock
You can also listen to Danielle's podcast called The Victorious Souls Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
As a young adult, Candy Motzek did what she was supposed to do. She chose a career in geological engineering and then as life happened, she joined the corporate world in order to have a family. She kept saying yes to opportunities despite not really wanting them, and even with all the outside appearances of success, she was not happy.
As many of us do, she became burned out and one day realized she needed to make a change and soon. This realization led her to become a business coach for life coaches which draws on her early desire to be a therapist. Candy offers us some wonderful lessons as we navigate our own journeys of courage and change.
Candy can be found online at her WEBSITE and she also has a PODCAST called She Coaches Coaches.
You may also email Candy at info@candymotzek.com to connect with her.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Imagine going to an acting audition and having the casting director being really excited about your name and then when they realize you aren't who they thought, they are visibly disappointed. Lucy Liu (not THAT Lucy Liu) talks about comparing herself to others and how she always felt behind and was always chasing something. Listen to her story of realizing that all of these negative thoughts were of her own making and how she overcame it. Transforming her own life has led her to helping other women realize they can live an epic life and shatter those limiting beliefs we all have at some point.
If you would like to learn more about Lucy's offerings, check out her links below:
Website
To get your free resource from Lucy to help you double your confidence in 30 seconds, go to this LINK.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mslucyliu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mslucyliu
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mslucyliu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mslucyliu
Podcast: www.lucyliucoaching.com/podcast
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
The Sol Planner is back for 2023! If you want to start 2023 by setting your goals and holding yourself accountable to them, you need the Sol Planner! You can order yours HERE using Kim's affiliate link.
Nicky Clarke is a lovely mother, wife and life coach who is navigating midlife with grace. She uses her own journey through the empty nest time, menopause and the relationship with her family to get to the point that she was ready to help other women navigate this too. She discusses with Kim the need for women to realize that WE are entitled to live the life we WANT to live NOW and not what others are expecting of us.
Kim and Nicky also discuss parenting adult children, how living in Jamaica is different from Wisconsin and the healing power of nature.
To learn more about Nicky you can find her at the following links:
WEBSITE
Social media: @chapter2Unleashed
Email: nicky@chapter2unleashed.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
You can still get your SolPlanner for 2023! Use Kim's affiliate link to order yours today! Click on this LINK to order!
Sandra Lee is a helper, as a Human Design Specialist and Biofield Tuning Practitioner, she helps women make sense of their life experiences, recognizing their gifts, and learning how to manage challenges. Her Biofield Tuning helps them find freedom from stress and energetic chaos that keeps them stuck. Like many of us, she needed to do a career pivot when the pandemic hit, so after a 30-year career as a massage therapist, she added some other aspects to her healing.
You will want to hear this conversation with Sandra which also includes a discussion about a reading she did with Kim based on something you may never have heard before. She shares beautiful messages that we all matter.
Reach Sandra at the following links:
Email: Sandra@miracleinspirations.com
WEBSITE
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Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
The Sol Planner is back for 2023! If you want to start 2023 by setting your goals and holding yourself accountable to them, you need the Sol Planner! You can order yours HERE using Kim's affiliate link.
Joanne McConville survived one of the most scary situations most of us can think of: she went skydiving and her parachute didn't open. She talks about the experience of leaving her own body and making the decision to live or die as she was falling, her recovery, including the nurse-as-patient experience, and how her life is still affected by the fall. She leaves us with some wonderful messages that we all should listen to no matter what age we are.
You can find out more about Joanne and her amazing story by going to her website at the link below. She also has written a book that details her experiences.
WEBSITE
Book link: https://www.amazon.com/My-Piece-Sky-Choosing-Recovering/dp/1838382062
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
You can still get your SolPlanner for 2023! Use Kim's affiliate link to order yours today! Click on this LINK to order!
Debby Krusz has found her path by helping others to find a way to fulfill their dreams. She was working a job that made her miserable and finally listened to the voice telling her to quit and start writing.
Listen to this conversation about bees, faith, humor and finding your way in the world. You will find at least one takeaway you can use to live your amazing life.
Connect with Debby and get a free 15 minute phone call and download her latest book!
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Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
The Sol Planner is back for 2023! If you want to start 2023 by setting your goals and holding yourself accountable to them, you need the Sol Planner! You can order yours HERE using Kim's affiliate link. She gets a little financial reward without any extra cost to you.
Janice Baskin is a wife, mom, grandmother and business owner who shares her journey with Kim this week. She left her original career in the not-for-profit world to start working with her husband after realizing they were better when they spent more time together. She shares her lessons learned through her experience with colorectal cancer and the day someone reached out to her when she was feeling very low. That seemingly random connection helped her through some tough days and she encourages all of us to reach out to someone with a "small" gesture like a text or phone call. It could turn out to mean so much to that person.
Listen in as Janice talks about completing the Boston Marathon and starting her blog after a few years of procrastinating and then regretting not getting it going.
You need to connect with Janice on Instagram and read her blog! Links are below:
Instagram @janice_baskin
TikTok @janicebaskin
Website and Blog: www.blindenthusiasmblog.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
The Sol Planner is back for 2023! If you want to start 2023 by setting your goals and holding yourself accountable to them, you need the Sol Planner! You can order yours HERE using Kim's affiliate link. She gets a little financial reward without any extra cost to you.
Ruthi Mund is a 74 year old energetic dynamo who lives in her faith and wants others to know how to feed their bodies in a healthy way. She did not use the traditional methods of treating her cancer which caused some fear in others around her but she stuck to what she believed would help. Listen to the full story in this lively conversation.
Connect with Ruthi:
Email: ruthimund@gmail.com
Facebook: Ruthi Mund Wellness https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035421176445
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
It's time to order your 2023 Sol Planner! You can order using Kim's affiliate link by clicking HERE. Kim does get a small financial benefit but it doesn't cost you any more!
Joyce Dales is a Mom who needed to protect her newly adopted child and this journey led her to build a business called Buzzagogo. Joyce empowered herself to learn as much as she could about the way we contract colds and flu and then used that knowledge to develop her Cold Bee Gone Nasal Swab remedy.
You will love hearing about how she developed the product in her own kitchen and how the company has grown to include being a sponsor of the Boston Red Sox baseball team and so much more.
You can learn more about Joyce and her products which also include an allergy remedy on her WEBSITE.
If you would like to contact Joyce directly you can use this email: joyce@buzzagogo.com.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
It's almost time to order your 2023 Sol Planner! You can order through Kim's website by clicking HERE . Kim does get a small compensation from your purchase but it does not cost you any more.
Kim Sorrelle has had a journey of love and loss and she talks about this with Kim this week. You will love hearing about her one year experiment of finding what love truly is in this wonderful conversation.
To learn more about Kim Sorrelle and take her 14 day Love Challenge, you can go to her WEBSITE.
Her website includes links to her books including Love Is and Cry Until You Laugh.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
It's almost time to order your 2023 Sol Planner! You can order through Kim's website by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the Sol Planner link. Kim does get a small compensation from your purchase but it does not cost you any more.
Enjoy this bonus episode of Midlife with Courage! Kim talks about her recent beach day adventure, her husband's retirement and continues the mindset exercise she started last time.
Guess what? It's that time of year to start thinking about getting your 2023 planner! Kim's favorite-the Sol Planner-is coming soon! You can order at this LINK starting in late October. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you purchase through her link but you don't any more than you would otherwise.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
In 2019, Regina Smithwick experienced a rejection that caused her to have a mental breakdown, but she took that breakdown and turned it into a positive life-changing journey. As she walked through this experience, she realized that she had been suppressing many negative feelings about her adoption as a baby and came to realize that these feelings were all placed on her by others. Listen to this lively conversation about Regina's journey of discovery and see what resonates with you.
To learn more about Regina you can find her at the following:
Facebook – Let’s Talk 1943
IG- Lets_Talk 1943
Pinterest- @letstalk1943
Twitter- @LetsTalk1943
YouTube- Let’s Talk 1943
Website- www.letstalk1943.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Amanda Lathrop has an amazing story of adventure and following her heart. An internship in college involving her "fun" minor of film studies, eventually led her to create her own company that shares stories of families and businesses through video.
Her stories of backpacking through Europe, working for Paisley Park (yes she met Prince), working on television shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Bizarre Foods, and Monster Quest will entertain you as you listen to this episode.
In 2014, she started her own company called Lead Sheep Productions and going back to her psychology roots, she wanted to focus on connecting with the people she interviewed. She specializes in recording conversations for families who want personal histories taken for the future generations. Amanda reminds us that we should not wait until later in life to ask our parents or grandparents about their stories.
She also helps other businesses through her video storytelling to help them connect with their customers through sharing their values and messages in their own words.
Learn more about what Amanda can do for you, your family and your business at her WEBSITE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Are you looking for natural ways to boost your emotions, clear the air in your home, sleep better and be overall more calm? Check out Midlife with Courage products online HERE.
WELLNESS OPTIONS SERIES
Lisa Holtan is a wellness coach, nutritional expert, and podcast host who specializes in helping women over 40 deal with the changes that midlife brings. She uses nutrition, exercise and stress reduction to help women feel and look better during perimenopause/menopause.
Lisa offers some great tips for exercise (you should NOT be running!), nutrition (eat more!) and stress reduction (journaling and essential oils anyone?).
If you would like to learn more about Lisa's work, you can reach her at the links below:
Podcast-High Vibe Life https://lisaholtan.com/podcast/
Website: www.lisaholtan.com
IG: www.instagram.com/lisaholtan
FB: www.facebook.com/groups/highvibehealthwithlisa
Free sample meal plan: https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/free-sample-meal-plan#lisaholtan
You can get your very own Midlife with Courage essential oil products online! Check out my line of roller bottles for emotional support, sleep and hormone balance as well as sprays for sleep and clearing the air in your home and so much more! Find my products and check out the other vendors at this link: https://smith-and-trade-mercantile.shoplightspeed.com/brands/midlife-with-courage/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Debra Blaine is a doctor from Long Island, New York who is in the process of retiring after a long career but she is also searching for "uncommon sense in a society that is losing its mind...and its heart." She talks with Kim about her career as a doctor and how she enjoyed it but it wasn't really what she truly wanted to do initially. This open and entertaining single mom and MD experienced frustration with the healthcare system that is now run by businesspeople and not doctors. The patients turned into "customers" and the need to keep them happy which caused her to feel betrayed by her own profession.
As she continued on her journey, she realized that she wanted to write about her experiences as a type of therapy for herself which eventually led to writing three books including a murder mystery. Debra talks about how writing these books helped her realize that she didn't want to be in the medical profession anymore and she found a new way to help others. Listen to this episode to learn more about her journey.
How to contact Debra:
Website: https://debrablaine.com/
Email: docblaine58@gmail.com
If you are interested in purchasing Debra's books, you can find them on Amazon at this LINK.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Wendy Fedan is a freelance illustrator, book shepherd, and podcast host from Ohio who also explores the paranormal. This multi-talented woman has had a journey of working in the corporate world using her art background and then finding her niche in freelancing despite worrying about having the consistent paycheck each week. She is yet another beautiful example of a woman who took what she loves to do and turned it into a lucrative career that makes her happy. She encourages others to "pay attention to those things you like doing for fun. It might just be the thing that keeps you afloat during those tough times."
If you would like to learn more about Wendy and her work and purchase her books, go to her website by clicking HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Dr. Susan Landers spent 34 years as a neonatologist while raising children and being a wife to a pediatric nephrologist. She talks with Kim about the challenges of "doing it all" and the depression that set in about a year after her third child was born. Everyone else in her family was adjusting to life in Texas but she was not happy and didn't know what to do until a friend recommended she talk with a psychiatrist. This conversation led her to share about feeling like she was spinning plates and the simple question: "why don't you take down some plates?"
Listen to the whole conversation about how to deal with feeling like we women have to do "all the things" and knowing when to take the time to take care of us. Susan gives us some great tips for how to accomplish this balance in our busy lives.
Susan loves to tell stories that reassure younger mothers to know that they, too, can be a “good enough mother” especially if they work full-time. She supports mothers with her social media posts and her blog. She also cautions physicians and nurses - who might be experiencing serious burnout – about the ways in which it affects their lives and their relationships, and the many ways to treat and recover from burnout. Her new book is “So Many Babies: My Life Balancing a Busy Medical Career and Motherhood.”
Check out Susan's website HERE.
To find out if you are experiencing burnout, get this FREE CHECKLIST.
Get Susan's book HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Lynne Bowman is not your typical grandma! She shares her life story of learning to say "yes" in her career that led her into some amazing opportunities! Her decisions may not have been typical for women at the time but she is a great example of learning to live every moment. Along the way she learned about eating whole food and avoiding the processed and take out meals that so many of us lean on when we are busy. She shares some wonderful tips and recipes for cooking with our kids and grandkids that will help lead them (and you) on a path to healthy eating. She has even written a cookbook to share her favorite recipes and stories.
Enjoy this wonderful lady who just keeps going and going!
Where to find Lynne:
Website: LynneBowman.com
Amazon.com Direct Link for "Brownies for Breakfast": https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094GPM3Z3
Facebook: Lynne Parmiter Bowman
Twitter: @LynnePBowman
Instagram: @lynneparmiterbowman
YouTube: Lynne Bowman
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Deborah Fletcher is a speaker, author and workshop facilitator who speaks with Kim this week about how her life changed when she found out she was carrying twins and then the heartbreak of knowing that one of them would have disabilities. She shares the story of how she learned to carry her grief and use humor, music and mindset to deal with it and keep moving. This episode is a "must-listen" for everyone and especially for anyone who has experienced loss.
Find out more about Deb on her WEBSITE.
To purchase Finding Your Hey you can click HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
This solo episode features Kim talking about this and that and includes a short exercise at the end that will be continued in the next bonus episode....
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111 If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Margaret Agard is a former single mom of eight who learned in her 40's to reprioritize what was important because she realized she was doing the things that really were not as important first. As a Christian, she turned to God and gave over her to-do list and things changed for the better in her life. It isn't always easy and make sure you listen to the chocolate cake story! This humorous and poignant conversation features stories of questioning and then letting go of what she needed to do.
Margaret has 2 books currently available with another coming soon. These books share her experiences with this letting go process and her life with 8 kids and a wonderful husband. You can find them HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Lynne Wadsworth is a Floridian originally from England who worked in the area of law for 32 years and has spent the last 8 years helping other women feel healthier. Her own experience with debilitating migraines, yo-yo dieting, sugar addiction and an auto-immune disorder helps her work with other women who want to change their life and health one step at a time.
Lynne offers simple ways to start on a healthier path for women in midlife.
To learn more about Lynne, you can find her at the following links:
Website: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth
Lynne has a free resource for you if you are a midlife woman who is experiencing hot flashes, low energy, mood swings...all the "fun" of midlife! You can get a free guide at this link: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com/thrive-through-menopause/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Kim introduces you to Stephanie Snow, a woman who was transformed by a comment made to her at a very young age. As so many of us do, she focused on her body being perfect and eventually realized that perfection is not possible. She talks about her journey of "changing my body to make it perfect and acceptable, which then beautifully over the years changed into knowing that my body is beautiful and acceptable."
We can all relate to her experiences and wisdom as we navigate midlife and the changes we find happening in our own bodies.
Stephanie is an expert in dealing with women’s body image issues. She is a Mind Body Eating Coach (certified through The Institute for the Psychology of Eating-IPE), and holds a BA in Psychology, from Utah State University. She is also a recovering perfectionist, beauty seeker, and insecurity expert. She shares her wit and wisdom in a way that makes audiences feel heard and understood. Stephanie creates an instant rapport with her stories, humor, and energy, as she leads the conversation about discovering and celebrating the true beauty in each of us. With over 30 years of personal research, including dieting & nutrition, exercise & fitness and the beauty industry, she is passionate about empowering women to pursue their own dreams with confidence and clarity.
Find more information about Stephanie on her WEBSITE
Listen to Stephanie's podcast called Flip the Beauty Script
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Have you ever heard of shadow beliefs? Even if you haven't heard of them, you probably have experienced them.
Nancy Pickard, a life coach and author, transformed her life after her husband decided he didn't want to be married after 26 years. She decided to literally climb Mount Kilimanjaro and set a course for doing it. Along the way she learned (among other things) that she was blaming herself for what others had told her. She learned how to self-reference instead of "others-referencing" her and is so much happier for it.
Kim and Nancy discuss:
- How not feeling good enough keeps us stuck
- Shadow beliefs and how and when they are formed
- How saying what we want isn't enough
- Knowing we are worthy and valued
- How uncovering those early beliefs can lead you on a whole new path
- Making yourself a priority
If you would like to get a free chapter of Nancy's book called Bigger, Better, Braver, click this link: Free Chapter
You can learn more about Nancy and even get a free Discovery call to find out if you would be a good fit for her coaching program. Click HERE to learn more.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Merle Saferstein has a wonderful story of feeling lost in midlife and then finding a new path to herself. A chance encounter with a former priest on the beach in Florida led her to working with Holocaust survivors via an Anne Frank exhibit. She calls this work the most important work she has ever done and this created her desire to help others think about the legacy they are living and leaving for others.
Merle R. Saferstein is an educator, speaker, and author. She has been journaling for 48 years and has amassed a collection of 380 journals, the majority of which are the basis for her legacy journal Living and Leaving My Legacy, vol 1. After twenty-six years as a Holocaust educator where she worked with hundreds of Holocaust survivors helping them to leave their legacy, she retired and created Living and Leaving Your Legacy®. Through classes, workshops, and lectures, she has guided thousands of people in sacred legacy work, writing for wellness, and journaling. Her short story collection, Room 732, pays homage to the historic Hollywood Beach Hotel. Merle lives in Miami, Florida with her husband of fifty-five years and has two children and two grandchildren.
How to reach Merle:
Website: www.merlersaferstein.com
IG: www.instagram.com/merles1212
Facebook: www.facebook.com/merle.saferstein
Twitter: www.twitter.com/safer1212
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Mayi Lenz is a lively and engaging photographer, podcaster and philanthropist who empowers other women to see themselves in their best light. Her passion for helping is evident during this conversation that covers many topics.
- Deciding at an early age not to fall into the victim mentality
- Sending messages to herself through her messages to others
- Her early business ventures and finding her own creative outlets
- The effect of motherhood on self-image
- How we can shift our mindset from negative to positive
- Learning to be unapologetically ourselves and what that means
- Knowing your core values improves your relationships with others
- How she uses her photography to positively affect women
- The ripple effects of changing ourselves
- Realizing it's OK to let feelings out
- Filling up our own cup so we can be helpful to others
Learn more about Mayi on her website and by listening to her podcast at these links:
Website: https://mayilenz.com/
Podcast: Click HERE
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Amy Nubson grew up in the midwest as a farmer's daughter and learned at an early age to honor others' needs before her own.
In her own words:
I, myself, am over 40 and it was[n't] until then that I really understood myself and my voice. Over the years I found myself compromising and just getting things done, that I had lost my way and in my 40's I gave myself permission to discover what I wanted. I assist people in finding their stories, their dreams so they can have the courage to be themselves no matter what. Even though I don't just work with women, majority of my clients are women. It my role to guide them to see what they are not seeing.
This conversation with Amy features many examples of Amy taking smaller, courageous steps that led to bigger steps and opportunities. Her three-year journey helped her find her authentic self, take courage in trying things that scared her and becoming a more confident woman. She uses her journey to help others take these steps as well.
If you would like to learn more about Amy and how she can help you find your clarity, courage and confidence, check out her website HERE.
Amy can also be found on LinkedIn by clicking HERE.
You can join her on Facebook as well.
You may also email Amy at Amy@rebrandyoucoaching.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Here's a snippet of Kim's conversation with Amy Nubson, a midwest girl who learned to value and tell her own story and now helps others do the same.
Full episode comes out Tuesday, August 9th at 7am CST.
Did you know that women may not experience heart disease symptoms in the same way as men do? See this list below to be informed about what to watch for and PLEASE get help if you are not sure if you are someone you know is experiencing heart disease symptoms! Check out the facts by goingto the American Heart Association website by clicking HERE.
Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack If you have any of these signs, call 9-1-1 and get to a hospital right away.
- Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. It lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back.
- Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
- Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
- Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
- As with men, women’s most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort.
But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Nancy McKay shares her own journey of getting to her "rock bottom" of a failed suicide attempt and realizing her drinking days needed to be over. While she had help from another person in recovery using traditional methods, Nancy realized that her path to getting healthy would be somewhat different. She now helps others traveling the same path through her life and equine coaching.
Kim and Nancy discuss her journey with alcoholism and her views on what works for some people may not work for everyone. She also talks about using equine therapy and how horses can help us heal.
If you believe you may be struggling with alcohol, Nancy has 6 questions to help you take an honest look at your relationship with alcohol. You can find it on her website by clicking HERE.
Other ways to reach Nancy:
Email: nancy@amazingoutlookcoaching.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amazingoutlookcoaching
IG: https://www.instagram.com/recoverywithnancy/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancymckay/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Leslie Davis is an author and coach from Katy, Texas who wants women to realize they are their own best friend and learning to love themselves will help them eat better and get healthy. Leslie's story includes losing her own mother right before she became a mother herself and the struggles she had with knowing what to do. Her challenges led her to helping other women navigate this wonderfully crazy time in life where we look around and say "now what?"
Listen in as Kim and Leslie have a lovely conversation about life, setting boundaries and being told how to feel. She even gives Kim a little lesson on what to do instead of reaching for "the cookie" when she is feeling sad/mad/frustrated.
If you are struggling with emotional eating, Leslie can help you learn to love yourself again. Schedule a free call to see if she would be a good fit for you HERE.
If you would like to learn more about Leslie including her book called "You Can't Eat Love," click the link below to go to her website:
WEBSITE
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
In this month's Wellness Options series, Kim introduces us to Morgan Adams, a certified sleep coach who has some great tips for helping women in midlife catch their ZZZ's! Morgan experienced her own challenges with insomnia and decided she wanted to help other women find ways to get that vital sleep they need to survive and thrive.
Kim and Morgan discuss:
- The role of medication and her role as a pharmaceutical rep and the "pill for every ill" mentality associated with it.
- Her experience with Ambien and how it affected her life
- The time and place to take sleeping pills and having a plan to stop
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as the first line of treatment for insomnia
- The (super) power of sleep and why we need it
- Media-induced anxiety over not getting enough sleep
- The effects of reduced sleep in midlife women
- Morgan's top 5 tips for getting more and better sleep
If you would like to learn more about how to get better sleep, please contact Morgan for a free 20 minute consult phone call.
Website: Morganadamswellness.com
Email: Morgan@morganadamswellness.com
Instagram: @Morganadams.wellness
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Kara Goodwin is a midwest mom and wife who left the corporate IT world due to a move to Italy and then never went back after learning the benefits of meditation and empowerment. She talks to Kim about learning how to meditate after dealing with a very bad year and her call to teach others. She shares some great lessons including realizing that there is more than one path to enlightenment and sometimes you need to stand up for yourself along the way.
If you would like to talk to Kara to learn more about her coaching and programs, you can contact her via:
Email: karagoodwin@gmail.com
Website: www.karagoodwin.com
Podcast: The Meditation Conversation
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Reyna Marder Gentin loved her career as a lawyer but after many years realized she needed to make a change. This decision to be proactive before she burned out and jeopardized herself or her clients led her down a path that included becoming a writer.
Kim and Reyna talk about:
Writing classes and learning how to put experiences onto paper to help others understand her story and relate to it Looking at all the projects she wrote for her class and turning the character and stories into her first novel Challenging herself in her writing by offering characters that have experiences she may not be familiar with and needs to research. You don't have to be an expert on everything that you learn Trying not to control everything in your life
To reach Reyna and learn more about her and her books: Website: https://reynamardergentin.com/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111 If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code. If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Genesis Amaris Kemp is not a midlife woman but she is courageous. She is well-spoken and shares her messages of empowerment and strength that she has learned as she navigates life. This soon-to-be Mom shares her experiences and thoughts on how to stand up for what you deserve and learning to live every moment.
Genesis has experienced bullying, racism and job salary inequity and she shares how she overcame these challenges to help others find their own power through focusing on diversity and getting out of that comfort zone.
Genesis lives in Houston, Texas and spent 15 years in corporate America including 12 years in the Oil and Gas sector. She is an author of the book Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From the Pit to the Palace, she is the host and founder of the GEMS podcast and a first generation American of South American and Caribbean descent.
Genesis is a woman that empowers others to speak up for themselves. Yes, it may be challenging; yes, it may hurt. But in the long run, she desires to encourage others to help those who may not have a voice. She is a trailblazer who wants others to live out their dreams, goals, and visions. We all have been given an excellent purpose in life. It is up to us to walk it out and live victoriously!
How to reach Genesis:
Website: https://genesisamariskemp.net/
Instagram and Facebook: @GenesisAmarisKemp
Twitter: @GenesisAKemp
Email: GenesisAmarisKemp@gmail.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Karyn Seitz is a coach and mentor who realized she lacked confidence in her own life and through searching and mentorship, she found the missing piece to change her life. She turned inward to find out that the problem was inside her and she could help herself find what was missing. Karyn's journey started in her 20's; she realized she needed help and sought therapy which she eventually realized didn't give her what she needed.
Her journey included:
- Turning to healing modalities like shamanism, reiki, Healing Touch and becoming a healer herself trying to do good work for others but neglecting herself
- Having a 30-something crisis where she was doing all the things and reading all the books to help herself but still feeling lost
- Meeting her mentors who helped her realize that she was the problem and that this was a good thing
- Finding the deeper understanding that the answers were within her and the freedom gained from that realization
- Realizing that her previous spiritual journey was a process of working against herself
- Knowing that she is responsible for her own choices and how this helped her create a path to happiness
- How God was giving her "wake-up" signs and intervened to help her find her purpose
- How she helps others become better versions of themselves through her program called Awakened Grace
- How unconditional love allows us to show up fully in our relationships
Contact Karyn for a free phone call consultation by clicking the link below:
Free Get to Know You call
Or just check out her website
You can also find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karynaseitz
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Karyn Seitz was what you could call a wild girl who turned her life around but still wasn't happy. She talks to Kim about her journey of doing all the things she thought would bring her joy but found out, she was looking in the wrong places.
Enjoy this short clip and listen to the full conversation starting July 12, 2022 at 7am CST.
If you would like to learn more about Karyn, check out her website HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
Tess Scott is a Canadian Mom, Grami (with a heart over the i) and author, who learned to listen to what God wanted her to do...eventually. Her journey from the black sheep to "Jesus girl" brought her to a place of recognizing that it is ok to move forward even if you are scared.
She talks candidly with Kim about her early life and not fitting in and how she filled the emotional gaps in her life with men, marrying several times, divorces, and how God turned her life around.
Tess speaks with humor about her journey through re-marrying her ex-husband, breast cancer and a mini-stroke while realizing she needed to write a book to inspire other women. Her advice to herself and others will ring true with all who listen.
Tess is an entertaining speaker and author whose book "Listen Sister: Finding Hope in the Freakshow of Life" is awesome!
Learn more about Tess on her website HERE.
Links to Tess' social media and other goodies HERE.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
In this short and sweet bonus episode, Kim talks about taking care of yourself and what she is doing on this holiday weekend to wind down and unplug!
Happy Weekend!!
Kim would also like to hear from you! Are you enjoying these amazing stories of women who decided to live every moment? Do you have a suggestion for a guest? Is there anything you don't like? Reach out to Kim on social media or email her at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This episode is the June Wellness Options Episode with Alison Bladh, a former esthetician who became a Registered Nutritional Therapist after learning that skin health starts inside the body with the food we eat. Her goal is to help other women in midlife get their sparkle back. Alison is a Brit living in Sweden who says she ended up there after she was swept off her feet by a viking!
Kim and Alison talk about:
- Defining peri-menopause vs menopause
- Knowing the symptoms
- Dealing with menopause from many angles, not just one
- Alison's top 3 health areas: bone, brain and heart health and how to support them
- How midlife women are motivated to focus more on their health
- The "menopause revolution" in Europe
- Trying to get nutrients from food as much as possible
- Checking levels before starting supplements
- Tips for staying healthy including balancing blood sugar, cortisol effects, breathing techniques
Find Alison on social media or her website:
Instagram: @alisonbladh
Twitter: @pinktearoom
Facebook: @alisonbladhnutrition
LinkedIn: Alison Bladh
Website
Alison's FREE resources for you:
https://www.alisonbladh.com/resources
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Dilyana Mileva is a Holistic Menopause Coach, Yoga and Breathwork Teacher who specializes in helping women navigate the symptoms and transitions of peri-menopause and menopause. This former lawyer found a passion in yoga and meditation which led her to discover the holistic approach to self-healing. She feels she was called to communicate to other women that they can be happier, healthier and more energized by treating their symptoms holistically.
Kim and Dilyana talk about ways to get better sleep including an effective sleep routine, managing stress, balancing hormones, and relaxation.
- Some nuggets from the conversation:
- Menopause is like being teenagers in reverse
- Finding the source of symptoms first
- Out of balance hormones
- How Dilyana helps other women get better sleep
- Focus on self-care or "me-time"
- Brain fog is a real thing
- Difference between Peri-menopause and Menopause
How to reach Dilyana:
Website
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This episode features Jessica Klatt, a human wiring specialist aka a matchmaker in the business world. She has a passion for helping people be their best self as they navigate the business and personal world.
Jessica and Kim talk about:
- How the universe pushes you into a new direction
- Ignoring the "push' makes it even stronger
- The 90/10 rule in health and wellness
- Leaving a 20 year career and starting a new one
- Her "a-ha" moment leading to "purpose over passion"
- Identifying who you are as a business or individual
- How her process works
- How midlife women become cheerleaders for each other
- Differences between working with men and women
How to connect with Jessica:
Website: www.wiredtobe.com
Email: Jessica@wiredtobe.com
Instagram: @wiredtobe
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/WiredToBe
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This episode features Julie Hilsen, an author and angel guide from Georgia who started her career as a speech pathologist. Despite her reluctance to believe, her angels kept sending her messages and eventually she found the courage to invite them in and her life changed for the better. She has a unique perspective on life that includes finding joy in ways that you may not be familiar with.
Julie discusses with Kim:
- Looking back at her life and realizing things happened at the right time
- Imperfection is where you find joy
- Angel messages-be aware, be listening and ask for help
- Taking care of your body first so you can connect with your soul
- Just breathe
- Responding vs reacting
- What to do when fear shows up
- Caring for yourself as you would a child
Julie Hilsen has spent her life in the love vibration. From an early age, she was empathically connected with people of all ages, origins and creeds. Her masters in communication sciences and connections to Spirit are blended within her book to share secrets about creating a unique life of deep, expansive love. She is a certified Angel Practitioner, intuitive and transformational coach.
Julie Hilsen lives in Cumming, Georgia with her husband of 20 years, their sons Reese and Blake as well as their fur baby, Sydney. She enjoys cooking, playing tennis, golfing, gardening, and taking long hikes in the forest. She also enjoys coaching and coordinating as a volunteer for Special Pops, a non profit for promoting adaptive tennis for Special Olympic athletes. Her intention for living a healthy, creative, joyful, and sensual life has been illuminated by the Counsel of Light and many Angelic entities. She shares their messages and guidance with you as it is her pleasure to teach others to connect to their divine wisdom and angelic guides. As when one of us is happy, we shine that happiness out into our world and we are transformed.
Where to find Julie:
Website: https://www.youneedapeptalk.com/
Podcast: Life of Love: A Joyful Guide to Self and Sensuality
Book available on Amazon June 24, 2022
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This episode features Jennifer Alemany who had a long career in Human Resources which she enjoyed but eventually realized that she was not happy or fulfilled. While she was experiencing these feelings, she lost the love of her life and as she began journaling about this, a book was being created. Kim and Jennifer talk about:
- Realizing she was filtering what she showed to others and wasn't being her true self
- Needing to speak her truth and be open and vulnerable
- Knowing the right time to release her book to the world
- Knowing she needed to be of service to humanity and her previous job was not achieving that
- The writing process and who helped her
- Connecting with others who have passed
- Discussing grief with others including "getting over it"
- Finding joy in yourself rather than jobs, titles, things
Jennifer M. Alemany was born in Brooklyn, New York, she is Latin American with a background from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Cuba. She was the first to graduate from college in her family with an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education from SUNY Cobleskill and a Bachelor degree in Psychology from Brooklyn College. After losing the love of her life three years ago, she began to transform her life through loss and her first book, Mark My Love was born. She speaks openly about her grieving process and being okay with not being okay sometimes. In her memoir, Mark My Love she explores love, loss, and looking at life differently.
Optimal wellness is important to Jennifer, she has been practicing yoga 13 years. Jennifer is a Reiki Master, a spiritualist and has been meditating for over 11 years. She currently lives in New York City with her dog Leo Luna.
Where to find Jennifer:
Website: https://jennifermalemany.com/
Buy the Book: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Mark-My-Love/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.m.alemany/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJenniferMAlemany/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferalemany/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Enjoy this extra episode of updates and some other items including a request for feedback on the Wellness Options series! Kim also talks about tools for taking a little "mental health" break, what she does and what you can do when you just need a minute.
Kim is looking for feedback about the Wellness Options series she offers every month. Please click on this link to answer four short questions about these episodes. Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/PRDsj1FFQYrKSPj28
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Sybil Swanson is a lovely and lively woman who decided at the age of 76 to try something totally new to her: painting. Did she take classes or read books to learn? No, she watched YouTube videos for 3 months before she even picked up a brush! Now at age 80, she has explored many different mediums and has landed on oils as her preferred method of creating beautiful artwork.
Sybil has created her own business and offers in-home and group painting parties which are much different than what you may be used to seeing. She does "pour parties" where no brushes are used. Each painting is an individual and you create what you want it to be.
Sybil is a joy to talk to and her art is beautiful and available at area venues including the Maple Grove Arts Center in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Her website is still a work in progress but you can reach her via email to see her paintings or schedule a painting party with her. You can also take a class with her at the Maple Grove Arts Center by clicking the link below.
Sybil wants us all to know that age should not be a factor in achieving your dreams and she is living this out everyday. She is the little engine that could-do not limit yourself, believe in yourself!
To reach Sybil via email: stswanson1@yahoo.com
To find a painting class with Sybil at the Maple Grove Arts Center, click this link: https://www.maplegroveartscenter.org/classes-calendar
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This week, Kim talks with Dr. Natalie Marr, a clinical psychologist who specializes with working with women in midlife and helping them love their story. Her personal story helps her relate to her patients and clients so they feel heard and know they can change the world.
Dr. Natalie and Kim talk about:
- How it's normal to have struggles and women in midlife make it look good
- Guilt and shame struggles-"I know better"
- Two marriages that didn't work, financial troubles
- Based her "Learn to Love Your Story" on her own challenges
- Giving others the mental agility to deal with everything
- How to deal with "control" issues
- How women in midlife learn to support each other more-community is powerful
- How she is humbled by women in midlife
- Loving who she is, struggles and all
Dr. Natalie coaches women in midlife who feel stuck and alone, despite the success they have achieved in their lives. Her mission is to guide them back to making self-empowered choices and rediscovering their love for life. As a Clinical Psychologist of two decades and a twice divorced single mom herself, she understands the difficulties and despair that many women are facing in midlife. Her coaching and educational services through her online program at LearnToLoveYourStory.com, helps women in pain pivot out of the challenging transitions in their lives and learn to love themselves.
You can find Dr. Natalie Marr at the following sites:
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/learntoloveyourstory/?ref=bookmarks
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-m-marr-psy-d-lp-6a9298147/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learn_to_love_your_story_/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/LearnToLoveYourStory
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/NMarrCounseling
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
This week Kim speaks with Jen Jones, a #sunpowered realtor and coach who shares her self-realizations about the definition of introvert vs extrovert and even introduces us to a new term: ambivert.
Jen shares her journey along with the following:
- Realizing in 2019 that she wanted to connect others
- Some people may not have the energy for networking and why
- Introverts get their energy from turning inward
- Finding what helps fill you up-just breathing can shift your energy
- Extroverts wanting to be around other people's energy to fill them up
- Ways to focus including using oils and energy work
- Using white space to give yourself time to rejuvenate
- Defining "intropreneur" and making change with others
- Knowing that even extroverts need to stop and breathe sometimes
- Knowing you are here for bigger things
Jen Jones is a REALTOR®, author, speaker, and an entrepreneur. She has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and has successfully scaled businesses by building deep, meaningful relationships with her clients that inspire repeat business and referrals. She lives by the motto go deep not wide. She recently wrote Intropreneur: Strategies for Building a Business as an Introvert Entrepreneur.
As the mom of three kids, she gets how important it is to balance family and a fulfilling business that doesn’t drain your battery and burnout. When she’s not showing houses, helping clients or volunteering, you’ll find her enjoying her alone time, yoga, honing her intuition skills, meditating, and journaling.
To get your copy of Jen's book, click on this link: https://femintropreneur.com/buy-book-amazon
Website: www.connectandelevate.com
Freebie – Energy Toolkit - https://femintropreneur.com/energy
Connect & Elevate Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/391015638165931
Email: jenjones@connectandelevate.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you would like to support Midlife with Courage financially, please check out the following link:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Wellness Options Series
Since May is mental health awareness month, we are talking with Dr. Mary Freitag, a clinical psychologist from Stillwater, Minnesota who offers mainstream and integrative therapies in her work. Her message that we need to listen to our bodies to help us heal is so vital to anyone and particularly with women in midlife.
Kim and Dr. Mary talk about the three top issues facing women in midlife:
- Sandwich generation issues-raising and launching kids, partner relationships and aging parent needs
- Too many roles-the need we have to give 100% in everything we do leading to burnout
- Menopause-the physical symptoms leading to depression and messages that it's "the end"
All of these issues are often called "midlife crisis" which is not an actual diagnosis but a life stage that is completely normal and a springboard to a new chapter in life. They also discuss these issues relating to:
- Aligning our values with our actions by knowing what is most important to us
- Our midlife transition (not crisis) is based on physiological, emotional and societal changes
- Each woman reacts differently to midlife and the process of reclaiming who we are
- Emotional effects from losses experienced in midlife can lead to depression and/or anxiety
- How we squelch our right brain signs of distress
- Healing through both left and right brain therapy rather than just one or the other
- Integrating both types of healing through SpiritWoods
- Body movement grows and strengthens your brain as well as your body
- Our wisdom resides in our bodies-we need to listen to our bodies first and figure out the why later
If you would like to contact Dr. Mary Freitag, you can use the following links:
Website: www.drmaryfreitag.com
Email: drmary@drmaryfreitag.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
If you would like to support this podcast financially, please go to the following link to learn more: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
Claire Tomkins is a former lawyer turned writer, story coach and self-confessed "word geek" who helps others tell their stories and grow their business. While Claire works with businesses, this discussion will resonate with anyone who is looking to find their courage and confidence.
Kim and Claire talk about the journey to finding courage including:
- Her love of reading and wanting to write a novel
- Her "aha" moment that helped her follow her dreams
- Realizing that courage is the starting point for new activities
- How mindset is sometimes more important than the technical aspects of story-telling
- How courage resides in all of us; we just need to nourish it
- Using journaling to help find courage
- How purpose, taking small steps and borrowing courage can keep you going
- Asking "What if?" and experimenting
- Courage is contagious-sharing stories inspires others
- Remembering your original passion to feed courage
- Finding your cheerleader
You can find Claire and her Five Rubies business at the following links:
Website: www.fiverubies.co.uk
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3057634440933478
Five Rubies FB page: https://www.facebook.com/FiveRubies
Five Rubies IG page: https://www.instagram.com/five.rubies/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-tomkins-024b931b1/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you would like to support Midlife with Courage financially, please check out the following link:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=72155277
This week Kim introduces the listeners to Kim Kane, a former educator from Minnesota turned author, speaker and life coach who believes in aging with gratitude.
The "Kims" talk about:
- Her work in chemical dependency and adolescents
- Realizing how much she enjoys speaking to others despite being an introvert
- Turning towards 50 and experiencing strange physical and emotional changes-"Is it just me?"
- How a book grew out of her conversations with about 200 women in midlife
- Using humor and prayer to overcome uncertainty
- Feeling stuck in comfortable routines
- Making small changes to break out of the comfort zone
- Her advice to herself and others: Worry never really worked
- Celebrating and supporting each other
Kim Kane is a retired educator; serving over 34 years. In addition, Kim is a national trainer/presenter on a variety of topics including; education, chemical dependency, stress reduction, mindfulness practices, and most recently on women, aging and living in gratitude.
Kim entertains and informs many all around the world. Her mix of stories, both humorous and tender-hearted, help to create the sense that you are in her living room having a personal conversation over a cup of coffee, or more often than not, a glass of wine. After interviewing over 200 women about aging, she took ordinary experiences and created stories filled with extraordinary learning and moments of gratitude to apply for everyday living. She put it all together and created her award-winning book: Sparkle On…Women Aging in Gratitude.
In addition, she is a Transitional Life Coach; helping women to navigate through transitional times as they age. Kim is the host of the podcast: Oatmeal, Pearls and Bourbon; a podcast on healthy living, pearls of wisdom and a toast to life! Her website: www.kimkaneandgratitude.com and Facebook Group: 50+ And Fabulous www.facebook.com/groups/womenfiftyandfabulous/ are both filled with space for community, resources and fun for women aged 50+.
All represent her belief it is never too late to do and to be whatever it is you desire!
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Jennifer Redden had a long and varied career as a Respiratory Therapist but she knew that was not her passion in life. She decided to make a change-a big change-without really knowing what was next.
Kim and Jenn talk about her courageous journey:
- 17 years as a Respiratory Therapist in all areas including administration
- Her personal awakening through life experiences including infertility and miscarriage
- Realizing there was a better way to treat people
- Staying in the "safe" career vs the "unknown" but she was miserable
- Finally finding her inner wisdom during yoga teacher training
- Turning in resignation 6 weeks later without a specific plan
- How her past career is helping her understand her clients better
- How she helps others create space to receive more through breath work
- Bonus-a breathing practice you can use during your day (but not when driving)
Jennifer Redden is a Quantum Breath Activator, emotional mastery & self-leadership mentor. She guides female executives and professional women to liberate themselves from the emotional overwhelm & pressure of external circumstances so they can experience joyful freedom in their life and create the Soulful Impact they are meant to in this lifetime without the constant hustle.
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/itsjennredden
WEBSITE: https://orangeskywellness.com/quantumbreath
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-j-redden-0659a96
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Beatrice has a unique way of discussing and instilling hope in others. She discusses what she calls "Mindless Behaviors" during this episode and how to overcome them.
- Working in event marketing for 20 years and then wanting more
- How life patterns affect our behaviors
- We are given tools that don't work for us because they are not ours
- Being comfortable in our chaos feels safe but can be toxic
- Negative unconscious messages we all receive and how they affect us
- Needing to change the system not just the message
- You can't serve others if you have never mastered yourself
- What mindless behaviors are and what they do to us
- How she has helped others through simulations
- The lie that we have no choice
- How her book gives people a starting point for change
Beatrice Adenodi is an Author, business consultant, awareness advocate, and founder/CEO of Mirror Ink, a business consulting firm in Minneapolis. As a first-generation Nigerian-American immigrant, Beatrice had to figure everything out independently. Over the years, she built her own set of tools to overcome life's challenges. Through her unique perspective, she has been able to help many people get out of unfortunate situations by guiding them from being reactive to reflective in their settings. After completing her book about these experiences, Mindless Behaviors: Breaking Through Unseen Barriers, her platform is now poised to help create generations of hopeful people.
You can reach Beatrice via email: info@mirrorink360.com and can check out her book through her website www.mindless-behaviors.com.
Mindless Behaviors: Breaking Through Unseen Barriers can be found anywhere you purchase books as well.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
This week is the second Wellness Options for Women episode and Kim talks with Dr. Kaitlin Haider about a subject that many women do not like to talk about or even know how to talk about: pelvic health. Dr. Kaitlin's passion for serving women is very evident as you listen to her talk about how she helps them live their best life. Kim and Dr. Kaitlin discuss:
How the pelvic muscles are actually part of what we think of as the "core" of our body Pelvic floor issues (leakage, pain, weakness, prolapse, dysfunction) are all very solvable Customized plan for each person based on breathing, posture, core work and exercises Mental health issues can and do show up in the pelvis and need to be addressed Empowering women through awareness, education, resources, and support
If you would like to learn more about Dr. Haider and her practice, please go to her website below. She also has a lot of free information on YouTube so please check that out if you would like to learn more. You can also send email or social media messages to contact Dr. Haider and her staff. Dr. Kaitlin would love your feedback about this episode! Please email her at kaitlinhaider@yourfitpt.com with any questions or comments and tell her you heard about her on this podcast. Website: www.yourfitpt.com Instagram & Facebook: @yourfitpt YouTube: Your Fit PT
Kim Benoy can be reached at any of the following links: Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111 If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
This week Kim is celebrating her one year anniversary in a special way. She is interviewing her daughters together and sharing the conversation with all of you.
Listen in as she and her girls discuss the joys of being twins, what they are accomplishing and other tidbits. They even turn the tables and ask her some great questions.
Kim's daughter Sara has been a guest on the podcast before (see Episode 2) but this is Katie's first time with the microphone.
Enjoy this fun anniversary episode and if you like what you hear, please leave a review on apple podcasts or email your thoughts to Kim at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com
Take care of your beautiful self!
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Carrie Adelstein describes herself as a jaded actor turned wellness coach and Mom who was looking for a meaningful career and flexibility for her family. Her story is one that many of us in direct sales can relate to and she shares how her attitude toward this business model changed as she learned more and contributed to her success.
Kim and Carrie discuss:
- Her successful acting career, meeting her husband and working several jobs
- Having fun in her 20's but looking for that perfect job or unicorn
- Realized she had big big dreams for her career but dreaming really small for her life and that was not ok.
- Turning down the Arbonne opportunity at first
- Realizing she did not fit into that "perfect" corporate job and did not want to continue for 40 more years
- Stress leading to skin issues and going back to Arbonne to find the products she needed
- Business transforming her life completely
- Becoming the best version of herself and helping other people do the same
- How direct sales is a good thing and we should own it
- The ripple effect of empowerment and legacy
- Carrie's advice to her younger self and to the rest of us: Just Be You
How to contact Carrie:
Website: https://www.arbonne.com/ca/en/arb/carrieadelstein
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrie.adelstein
Instagram: @carrieadelstein
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Jenny Greensmith was a synchronized swimmer and coach who eventually found a career in healthcare. However, she realized she was so unhappy that she needed to make a change. That change was starting her own fitness business that helps women (and men) change their life and feel empowered and confident.
Kim and Jenny discuss:
- Her gut feeling that she was not doing what she was meant to do
- Realizing that the one hour of her day that she was most happy would lead her to her new career
- Finally knowing her path was the right one and it changed her whole outlook
- The shame factor in fitness-identifying the shame that is meant to motivate but doesn't
Jenny is the owner and founder of Best You Health Coaching and Group Training. She has a Master's Degree in Health and Exercise Psychology from the University of Alberta and an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from McMaster University. She has been teaching fitness classes for 14 years and is a certified personal trainer and competitive coach. Jenny is a mom to 2 great kids. She loves hiking, reading a good book and biking in the forest.
Website: https://bestyouhealthcoaching.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestyouhealthcoaching/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Kelly Anderson aka Crayon Kelly has a story that many of us will resonate with. She followed the traditional path of school, marriage and kids and then found herself depleted and realizing she had given everyone else what they needed before herself. She started in the art world in high school and even opened a business with her now ex-husband but found that her art was taking a back seat. Listen as she and Kim discuss her journey towards the realization that she needed to start focusing on herself and unpack all the emotions she had kept stuffed into her emotional "suitcase."
She talks about:
- Divorcing her husband in 2018 and focusing on her own artwork.
- Working with crayons as a medium in her art; using the child-like attitude into her art to show that it can be impactful as an adult.
- "When feeling strong emotions, people tell you to keep it to yourself, don’t be negative or vulnerable. I was sick of hearing that."
- Unpacking the suitcase of emotions that are stored away.
- Mindless behavior of putting things away and not sharing or dealing with them.
- Focusing on herself rather than everyone else.
- Started her own business, new art projects, thinking about new accomplishments.
- Defining herself as a creative strategist-"My creativity doesn’t fit in a box."
- Letting go of what scares you. Everyone is creative in some way. Connecting with others who are different than you.
You can reach Kelly through the following link:
Email: Kelly@crayonkelly.com
Linked in: Kelly Anderson CVBS
Instagram: Kellyanderson.art
Facebook: @crayonkelly
Website; www.crayonkelly.com
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/kim-benoy-250754111
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
This week's episode features the first monthly segment which includes a conversation with a health expert who will talk about a subject related to women's health and wellness. The goal of this monthly feature is to provide information without judgment for women to know they have options for self-care.
Dr. Barb Wasson is the owner of River Point Family Acupuncture in Hudson, WI and is very knowledgeable and passionate about providing quality preventative wellness care for the whole family. Dr. Barb sees patients from kids to older adults and treats the whole body in a kind and caring way.
Dr. Barb practices cosmetic acupuncture which improves the appearance of the skin by reducing wrinkles and minimizing crows feet, firming and toning the skin, and preventing sagging all without the use of potentially dangerous invasive surgeries and unhealthy “non-invasive” procedures such as injectables. Listen in as she talks about how this process works and how soon you can see results. She answers the question which is probably on everyone's mind: Do those needles hurt?
If you would like to learn more about cosmetic acupuncture or acupuncture in general, please contact Dr. Barb via email or phone the clinic.
Email: barb@riverpointacu.com
Phone: 715-716-5909
Website: https://riverpointacu.com/
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Antonia Medeiros is a life coach who specializes in helping women create the life that they REALLY want and empower themselves to become who they REALLY are. Antonia started her journey like so many of us by realizing that she wanted more out of her own life. She had a beautiful family and a wonderful career but something was missing; she was feeling lost and unhappy and did not know why. She had "checked all the boxes" but feeling ashamed because she had these negative feelings. She stopped everything and started looking for answers and found a life coach that resonated with her. Flying to the other side of the world and experiencing an intense 4 day journey of self-discovery led her to wanting more for herself and others. She talks with Kim about: Wanting other women to feel that freedom she has found and help them create meaning in their lives. Feeling invisible after age 40. Realizing she was helping to empower women all along in her work as an author and journalist. Women in their 40's and beyond are unstoppable forces that will change the world. We need to step up and set boundaries and still be a good Mom and partner. We are so tuned into what others want us to be and that contributes to loneliness and despair. Once we achieve that feeling of freedom, there's no going back. Antonia is offering an online course called Boundaries Busters to help you say yes to yourself more often by setting boundaries with time, other people and self-care. This course will teach you how to "un-learn" how to say yes to yourself, realize this is not selfish, and give you the energy to care for others too. To learn more about this course please go to this link: https://bit.ly/3hWr3dV
Antonia is offering a very special gift for Midlife with Courage listeners! Those of you who register for this course will receive a FREE 45 minute coaching session to make sure you get the most out of the course and know how to move forward. After registering, just email Antonia and let her know you heard about it on this podcast and she will get your free session scheduled. Website : https://www.antoniamedeiros.com Email address : antonia@antoniamedeiros.com IG : https://www.instagram.com/antoniamedeiros.lifecoaching/?hl=en FB :https://www.facebook.com/antoniamedeiroslifecoach/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniamedeiros/ Free guide to learn to say yes to yourself : https://www.antoniamedeiros.com/finding-yourself-again-fb
This week is a reminder that the Courage to Change journal is available today on amazon. Our guest from last week, Jessica Fraser is a life transition coach who contemplated suicide over 4 years ago. She thankfully did not follow through on that and is currently helping others live their best life. She believes your dreams should align with your "everyday" life and should not just sit on a shelf collecting dust.
For more information about the Courage to Change journal, check out www.yourinnervitality.com/journals.
Kim also talks about using essential oils for spring cleaning and how she is looking forward to opening doors and windows to the fresh air. Using essential oils for cleaning is safe, effective and saves you money. No hazmat suit needed!
If you would like to learn more about the basics of using essential oils, Kim is holding a Facebook class on 3/13/22 at 2PM CST. You can attend this free, virtual class by going to this link: https://fb.me/e/3c1y2jtkc
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
Jess Fraser is a Life Transition coach who helps others unpack their dreams and align them with real life so they can see what is possible NOW. Her story is a brave one of caring for and giving to others until she was depleted and spent. Her life came to a turning point on December 21, 2017 when she decided not to complete suicide. Listen in as she talks about what brought her to that decision and how she helps others realize that life is precious and you don't need to wait to do everything you want to do. She says we need to "brave asking the question" to others if we feel something isn't right and reach out ourselves if we are in trouble. She talks about how dreams can be like snow globes-they sit on a shelf looking pretty but we need to take them down and start living them. *Jess has a 5 day journaling challenge starting on March 5th. This is a free event which will allow you to download guided journal pages designed to help you align your dreams into your daily life. Those who participate will receive a thank you gift from Jess and Kim will be including a little gift as well. Go to this link to learn more and register: https://www.yourinnervitality.com/journals Jess will be releasing her new Courage to Change journal on March 8th and she invites you to her Launch Party that night at 8PM EST. More details next week!*** If you need help please reach out to someone. If you feel that someone in your life is suffering and contemplating suicide, reach out to them. If you do not know what to say or ask, please use the following resources: United States Suicide Prevention Lifeline https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 1-800-273-8255 En Español 1-888-628-9454 Canada Crisis Services Canada https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ 1-833-456-4566 QC: 1-866-277-3553 TEXT: 45645 Hope for Wellness (Indigenous Support) https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/ 1-855-242-3310 Jess can be reached directly by email, phone or her website: coaching@yourinnervitality.com https://www.yourinnervitality.com/ (905) 809-3590 Jess also has a podcast and social media sites: Podcast-Your Inner Vitality: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4xkt8xdVILYpupwmrARedp Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/your-inner-vitality/id1559751329
In this week's episode Kim talks about essential oils and how they help the body get back to its desired balance. If you have ever experienced the scent of a quality essential oil, you know how wonderful they are. Did you know they also affect your mood and can have positive effects on your body? You need to use high quality oils and Kim will tell you what to look for (Hint: testing and transparency!).
If you have considered using essential oils but don't know where to start, Kim can help you with that. Check out her website and sign up for a free Wellness Consult to get started.
If you would like to learn more about oils, Kim, along with her friend Sue Quinn, is holding a free online-class on Facebook on March 13th at 2pm CST. To register, go to her Facebook page and look for the Essential Oils 101 event.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
If you use essential oils and like to make your own DIY products, you can get $5 off any $25 order at oillife.com. Just put in the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout. Kim does get a little financial bonus when you use this code.
Lise Spence-Parsons is an accountant turned artist who moved to the United States from Great Britain in her mid 30's. She had been working in the corporate world-she calls it "corporate madness"-for almost 20 years and realized how exciting it would be to get out of that "rat race" when the opportunity presented itself.
Listen in as she talks to Kim about the challenges and benefits of moving to a whole new country:
- The culture shock of a trip to the grocery store
- Being promised a white Christmas and the cold of Minnesota
- How her love of creating was rekindled when she came to America and the stories of her melted crayon projects as a child
- Her philosophy of life being full of chapters and her belief that she has a few more left in hers
- Her dream of writing books and making that come true
Lise Spence-Parsons creates beaded jewelry and watercolor artwork which she offers on her website: www.lottiestrinkets.com. You can email Lise at lise@lottiestrinkets.com for more information. Watch for her book "The Remains of Men" to be published later this year and her current book The Shorts, a collection of short stories available in paperback and e-format.
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Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
If you would like to get your very own Brave blend roller bottle, just click on this link: https://www.doterra.com/US/en/p/doterra-brave-blend
Kim loves to make roller bottles and other oil-related products and she gets her supplies from www.oillife.com. Check out the website for resources, supplies and other fun swag items related to essential oils. Use the code MIDLIFEWITHCOURAGE at checkout to get $5 off any order of at least $25.
Listen in this week as Kim updates us on some exciting changes to the podcast but don't worry, she is continuing to share stories of courageous and confident women to inspire and encourage you!
She also talks about an upcoming class called "Let's Clear the Air!" and how you can join her.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of using essential oils? If you are feeling like there is so much to learn about oils and you have no idea where to start, Kim is offering free Wellness Consults. She talks about how these work and how you can experience this no-pressure conversation with her. To get started, simply go to her website at this link: https://www.midlifewithcourage.com/eventsandspecialoffers
To attend the Clear the Air class on 2/24/22, you can RSVP to HealthMax Chiropractic by calling 715-808-0445.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
Stephanie Weber is currently in the business banking world but always had a passion for fashion as a younger woman that eventually took a back seat when she decided to take a different path in life.
How a recent trip to Madison and finding her college portfolio sparked a renewed interest in her former joy Creating a very successful direct sales chapter which led to another successful company Finding her own creativity and self-confidence which is leading her to starting a new venture in image consulting for women over 50 Doing all of this on her own being scary but a good scary
If you would like to reach Stephanie and find out more about her services, you can find her on Facebook (Stephanie Young Weber) or give her a call or email: Phone: (651) 321-4216 Email:: pinkrevolutionmk@gmail.com For inquiries about image consulting, go to this link: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61f4b95d6114df05454c4449
If you would like to grab Kim's February Collection of the Month, you can get it here: https://doterra.me/k73ywUwp I've put together a collection of products that will help you take care of your beautiful self! This includes your own membership account which also gets you education and information from Kim whenever you need it.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and a podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
How often do we take what we read/see/listen to at face value? Probably more often than we should. Sometimes messages are designed to be communicated to us to lead us a certain direction.
This week, Kim talks about how she learned to question pretty much everything.
- Learning about how advertising leads us to buy and looking deeper to find the true message
- Sharing a recent example of a social media post offering information, but not all the information
- Talking about research studies and how many parts there are and how we can navigate them
- Learning to question everything including our own healthcare-social media is not a reliable resource
- Questioning is empowering when you find the answers and make your own decisions
- Kim wants you to do your own research and she can help you get started
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment!
Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Instagram: @midlife_with_courage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
Sue Quinn has come to the realization that she is meant for more and meant to be happy. This did not happen overnight; it came through life experiences and self-love gained over time. Her message to others and to herself: Don't be afraid to be different. Embrace it! Sue and Kim have known each other since middle school and while Sue left their hometown for North Dakota, they reconnected through social media and then in person. Listen in as they discuss:
Growing up in a small town Sue's journey from realizing she "knew things but didn't know how I knew them" Which experience helped her realize she needed to take action Started a journey of learning and loving herself
Sue Quinn is a certified angel alchemist who offers energy and home cleansing, chakra clearing, tarot readings and high quality essential oils. She can be contacted at the following links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/heartledsue Instagram: @heartledhealing Twitter: HealingLed Oils website: mydoterra.com/susettequinn
Did you enjoy listening to this episode of Midlife with Courage? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, it would be so appreciated! The easiest way to do this is to click on 5 stars! Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
Kim wants to know how you feel about January. Do you see it as a way to start over and make new plans? Or maybe you are just fine with how things are going and you see no reason to change anything. Either way, it's all good!
January can be a let down after the holidays when we put everything away Cold weather can be isolating Making plans and setting new goals can be daunting but not when you break them down into smaller steps Resolutions? No thanks! Don't feel pressure to make big changes, celebrate what you are doing now if that's what makes you happy
Let Kim know in the comments what your goals are or if you don't feel any pressure to do anything different.
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women using essential oils, blog, and podcast called Midlife with Courage. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. She helps women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm so they can live every moment! Website: www.midlifewithcourage.com Instagram: @midlife_with_courage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midlifewithcourage
The first episode of the brand new year features Valerie Cady, a professional organizer who found the courage within herself to start a new journey. Her story begins with working in recreational therapy and psychology, having a successful direct sales career and then finding a new path through her love of organizing. Valerie helps others by supporting their courageous decision to ask for help and giving them the tools they need to clear clutter and create joy. She believes we all have it within ourselves to find our path and once we start on it, there's no going back! She shares about:
Her life as a mother and providing for her family through a very successful direct sales career Reaching her goals and then realizing she was ready to move on to something else. Working on self-discovery Finding Marie Kondo and learning about her methods for organizing and creating joy Deciding it was time to leave a marriage that was not good for her Using her business to help others create ways to make their lives better-it's more than just getting rid of the junk
Professional Organizer, Valerie Cady is the owner of Winnow & Spruce Organizing. Through the process of clearing out the clutter, she steps forward in partnership with you to clear space, restore order and reveal delight in homes and offices in the St. Croix River Valley and Twin Cities Metro. With her background in psychology and recreation therapy, she approaches the organizing process with compassion and fun! Valerie believes that becoming more organized will transform your life. She abides by the National Association of Professional Organizers code of ethics. Website: https://www.winnowandspruceorganizing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winnowandspruceorganizing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winnowandspruceorganizing
To listen to more of Kim's Midlife with Courage podcasts, head over to www.midlifewithcourage.com/podcast If you enjoy listening to these podcasts, please leave a 5 star rating and tell us why. Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN who has found her passion for helping other women over 40 find their courage, confidence and calm using essential oils and a positive mindset.
This final episode of 2021 features a reminder of why Kim started this podcast in the first place. She introduces herself to you along with her family and her journey of finding ways to break free of what she was expected to do. From learning to "live every moment" and changing to a YOLO mindset, she shares her reasons for wanting to be a light to others using essential oils and sharing stories from other women. She wants to inspire and empower YOU to do what you have always wanted to do.
Get ready to empower yourself by learning about options for healthcare by attending the Wellness Options for Empowered Women event starting January 6, 2022. This 4 week Zoom series will highlight 4 women who will discuss care options including essential oils, chiropractic, functional nutrition and acupuncture. You will not want to miss this!
Register at https://www.midlifewithcourage.com/eventsandspecialoffers
Do you like listening to Midlife with Courage? Kim would love to have your feedback! Please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listen to this podcast!
Kim Benoy is a recently retired RN, wife and mother who has found a passion for inspiring other women through her essential oils and podcast. She is following her journey to be a light and lead others who are feeling stuck and even bored doing what is expected. You can find her story at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
From school teacher to successful direct sales business owner to purple-haired podcast host, Jennie Bellinger decides what she wants and puts in the work to get it-and the best part? She helps other women achieve their goals too! Listen to Kim and Jennie discuss her journey to where she is now and the twists and turns it took for her to get there.
Trying to go back to teaching after her first child was born and realizing the universe was giving her signs to go a different way Starting a direct sales business and finding success "accidentally on purpose" Realizing that she has a passion for helping other women succeed Starting a podcast and searching for just the right image to stand out and dominate the podcast world-crops and corsets anyone? Listening to her gut and realizing that it wasn't the universe guiding her, it was her own instinct leading the way
Jennie Bellinger specializes in working with rock star direct sales moms to help them avoid going broke and achieve financial freedom so they can be present in their children's lives. She does this through training workshops, private coaching, group coaching, online membership access to her via an online course, and a podcast. To learn more about Jennie and her unique style, you can find her on Facebook (she's the only Jennie Bellinger with purple hair) or go to her website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/ If you enjoyed this episode please share it with someone you know who would love it too!
Some people who work from home are easily distracted by kids, pets or waiting housework and they have a difficult time getting things done. Kim has the opposite problem-she wants to keep working and working even when she should be taking the time off.
Add the holiday preparations and activities on top of it and things get a bit crazy!
Listen in as she offers some ideas that have worked for her to find time to rest and relax. She literally needs to schedule it into her day and grab those essential oils to help!
So how do you relax? Do you need to schedule that time in or does it come naturally to you?
Kim also wrote about this in her blog that comes out this week on her website: www.midlifewithcourage.com
Have you ever wanted to write a book? This week Kim introduces you to Julia Kneeland, a published author and retired elementary school teacher from Connecticut who fosters a love of reading in her own family and others. She talks about bribing-er-rewarding her son years ago for reading books when he informed her that he didn't like reading (GASP!) and how her grandkids inspired her to write and are now helping her with her books about Jig the dog. She is a sweet lady and a beautiful example of someone who took her love of books and works to inspire young (and not so young) people not just to read but to take chances in life. The award winning Jig Gets Lost is currently available on Amazon and watch for his next adventure called Jig Goes to the Zoo and who knows where else he will go? Actually, we do know because Julia talks about it in this episode. Reach out to Julia on her website www.juliakneeland.net to learn more about this lovely lady.
Kim talks about things she is thankful for during this holiday season, yes, even her cat. She also talks about the role oils are playing in her life and how she operates her oils business. #nospamallowed
Kim is also offering a Holiday Buying Guide for those men in your life who have trouble getting just the right gift. You can click HERE to get the brochure which includes links to purchasing the products described. Show it to the man in your life to make his job easier.
If you would like to get notified when Kim's podcasts and blogs are available, join her email list. Click HERE to go to her website and grab your free copy of the 3 Easy Ways to Change Your Mindset Now as a thank you gift!
This week, Kim talks about the importance of feeling those sad feelings that seem to come out of nowhere and almost physically knock you down.
We all lose someone or something during our lifetime and there is no "set" timeline for the grieving process to be over. Kim has found it helpful to let the sad feelings come and be acknowledged so that she can continue on with her day. Essential oils are also a great tool to help a person acknowledge those overwhelming feelings. They do not "make you feel better" but they do help you work through what you are feeling.
If you are having trouble coping with the grieving process or any other emotional or mental health issue, please seek professional help. Below are some resources for you.
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/mental-health-resources/
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help
Instead of ranting and venting about what is frustrating her, Kim talks about what she is grateful for and challenges listeners to spread some positive energy this week.
What are YOU thankful for and how can YOU spread positive light today?
Check out https://www.midlifewithcourage.com/free-resources for a free guide to change your mindset in 3 easy steps.
This week is part 3 of our series Courage, Confidence and Calm and Kim is giving some ideas to help calm that chaos in the mind that overwhelms and stresses you out. Simple to more grand ideas that you can use and share with others.
"Take a break or you will break!"
If you would like to share your ideas for calming the mind, please send Kim an email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com or post on social media.
Check out midlifewithcourage.com and get your free guide "3 Easy Ways to Change Your Mindset Now" on the free resources page.
This week we are continuing our 3 part series and talking about Confidence and the relationship between practicing courage and finding the confidence to do all the things.
I give you 3 steps to achieving that confident feeling that helps you do what you have always wanted to do:
- Practice courage
- Visualize
- Say YES more often
Did you do your homework from last week? I shared my "scary thing" and how I just did it.
I would love to hear about your experiences the last week with trying new things so send me an email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com and let's talk about it!
Take care of your beautiful self!
~Kim~
If you are a paper planner person, you will love the Sol Planner! The 2022 edition comes out this week and I love to share with everyone about how easy it is to use. If you use my link to order, I do get a little bonus but it doesn't cost you any more. Let me know if you have questions or if you are ready to get yours, you can order through this link:
https://solplanners.com?aff=midlifewithcourage
If you would like to read more about the topics covered in this podcast, check out my website at www.midlifewithcourage.com. You will find blog posts and stories meant to help inspire and motivate you. Make sure you check out the "Free Resources" page for my newest free offer to help you change your mindset. Click HERE to get your free mini-workbook.
This week we are starting a 3 part series called Courage, Confidence and Calm. This week's episode is short and sweet and will give you the opportunity to do one action step to start you on the road to finding your courage. So grab a little piece of paper and pen and take a listen!
Then come back next week to hear about how courage leads to confidence.
If you want to review the definitions of courage I talk about from my earlier blog post, click HERE.
If you are a "paper planner person" (try saying that 5 times fast), you should check out the Sol Planner for 2022. I have used this planner the last 2 years and have just ordered my third for 2022. I love it because it helps me reach my goals by having them listed out by year, quarter, month and week based on my values. It has plenty of space for everything I need to do and even has special sections for keeping track of financial goals, books you want to read, birthdays, and daily routines. Check it out at my link HERE. Full disclosure: I do get a small percentage if you purchase through my link and it doesn't cost you extra.
This week I talk about two things: Sharing the burden of not-so-fun things that happen and how finding courage in failure is beneficial in the long run.
I had to make a decision about my horse this year that was not fun but necessary and I share a little bit about that in the first part of this week's episode.
The rest of the podcast is devoted to finding courage in failure and what that means and how it can help you move forward.
We all fail at some point but what we do with that failure will determine how courageous we are.
Are you experiencing or about to experience that time of life where the kids are leaving home? Are you thinking: "What do we do now?"
This episode is for you and anyone who is heading for the "empty nest" transition. Karen Herbert is a wellness coach who specializes in helping women and couples who are trying to find their purpose and meaning as parents, partners and people after the kids strike out on their own.
Karen's journey started about 5 years ago when she was feeling overwhelmed and burdened. She started looking for that "spark" to make changes to release what was holding her back so she could move on to the next season of life. She started working with a life coach who helped her to be intentional and empowered to put herself into the mix of what was happening and let go of that "mom guilt" so many of us experience. She has a wonderful way of explaining how she brought herself "into the mix" of her family life and how much it helped everyone.
Her experiences led her to become a life coach along with her husband and her focus is helping people do the internal work necessary to engage in this transition intentionally. Finding purpose and discovering their gifts and strengths will help empower those in this wonderful time of life. You will be inspired by Karen's story and experiences!
Karen Herbert is a certified professional wellness coach, the founder and CEO of Themelios Coaching, and the creator of the Life In Abundance a 6-month coaching program for midlife women, where she helps women find the purpose they crave as they transition to an empty nest.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gettingreadyforyouremptynest.
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thml-karenherbert/.
Karen can be reached directly at karen@thmlcoaching.com
This week's episode is a conversation with Annie Meehan, an international speaker and 5 time book author and all-around dynamo! Annie's energy is contagious and even more inspiring when you learn about her journey from childhood to where she is now. Annie motivates by sharing her story and her beliefs about being generous, kind and attentive to others. You can live a good life, a great life or a grand life-it's up to you! She invites all of us to be a pineapple person along with her. You don't know what a pineapple person is? You'll have to listen to find out. To learn more about Annie, please check out her website www.anniemeehan.com. You will find links to her books and more about what she offers. She is always growing her circle of friends so find her on Facebook to connect!
Take a listen as I share my latest and greatest plans and what I've been up to the last few weeks.
The future is looking bright and I can't wait to get some exciting goals accomplished!
Make sure you get all the news from Midlife With Courage by subscribing to the email list. As a thank you gift, you will get a great guide to My Top 5 Oils and how to use them!
Hello my name is Kim and I'm addicted to my phone.......
How about you? Are you walking around with your eyes glued to your screen? How much time do YOU spend on your phone? Is it necessary? (Spoiler alert: probably not!)
I give you 3 ideas to use to break the screen habit a little bit at a time.
Let me know how much time you spend on your phone and how you plan to decrease it by leaving me a comment on my social media posts.
Listen in on my conversation with Phyllis who is an herbalist and Mom from Hudson, Wisconsin. As so often happens, she started out on a path that she found was not the right one for her and then found another way and oh-by-the-way-a passion for helping others. We talk about her goal of empowering others to realize they can make choices for themselves when it comes to healthcare. She wants to help people reconnect with their bodies and do what's best for them with personalized options. If you want to connect with Phyllis, please check out her website www.sacredibisbotanicals.com or find her on Instagram. She also offers her phone number at the end of the interview.
I have been tuning in to the Olympics over the last week and wanted to share my thoughts about Simone Biles and her decision to put her own mental health over the expectations of pretty much everyone else. Along with some other thoughts about the courageous beach volleyball team who stood up for themselves despite the threat of being fined.
Our mental health is important and many times, not addressed. Here are some online links to numbers and websites where you can find help:
For mental health and substance abuse problems: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline or call 1-800-662-HELP
To help you find a mental health counselor: https://www.goodtherapy.org/find-mental-health-counselors.html
To explore online therapy: https://myonlinetherapy.com/
Please note, I am not endorsing any of these resources, just providing the information.
What would you do if this happened to you: You worked a successful corporate job for years, had a glowing performance review and then were told that your job was being eliminated? Then, you start working in another position where you were treated disrespectfully and literally shoved into a back corner? Most of us would probably curl up into a ball and cry, but not Debbie Sundberg! She took her experiences, dealt with them, and started a new career that she loves in her late 50's. Listen to her story and be amazed. She shares some great messages for self-care and perseverance and is the perfect example of someone who found her "Midlife Courage!"
Debbie can be found on Facebook HERE or search for Be Productive VA.
A few weeks ago, I did a little survey asking people over 40 about what surprises them as they get more mature. The responses were awesome and so relate-able!! I share what my surprises are and offer encouragement and inspiration and oh yeah-a little challenge for you!
Check out my Facebook page for a place to find a little 2 week challenge I'm starting. It's super easy so check it out here!
Take care of your beautiful self!
If I could describe this week's guest in one word it would be "Encourager." From her early college days of sending random encouraging notes to total strangers, to helping discouraged businesswomen find the courage and ideas to move forward, Kendall is a giver. Listen to her story of finding ways to connect with others authentically by listening to other businesswomen who were brave enough to be real amid all the "should's" and "have-to's." She pays that forward by helping through her website, encouraging emails and social media groups. Check out her website knormanproofreading.com for inspiration and yes, encouragement. Even if you are not a business owner, you will find something there that gives you a positive vibe.
I'm sharing about a wonderful lady who touched so many lives and was a great role model for her whole family and so many others! If you would like to learn a little more about her, I also wrote about her in this week's blog at www.midlifewithcourage.com.
If you are struggling with a loss in your life and need someone to talk to, please reach out to a friend or family member. Or, you can share with me via email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com. Sometimes you just need to communicate how much someone meant to you to feel better.
Take care!
Listen to my conversation with Lisa, a Registered Nurse who has gone through her own major health challenges and used her experiences to help others. She acknowledges the "noise" of the health care system from the patient's point of view and has created a peaceful place for others to come and learn self-compassion. Her vision of helping those with chronic illness has been therapeutic not only for the people she serves, but for herself as well. This healthcare hero has also created a simple reminder for those dealing with stress--Hint: BAM is not just for comic book heroes! You can learn more by visiting Lisa's website www.thechronicillnesslounge.com
When do you feel the most confident? Has there been a situation where you had a kick-booty-I-can-do-anything moment and it felt so good? Where were you? Who were you with?
Let's take the memory of that moment and find it again! You never know where it will lead.
If you want to share your experience in the hope of inspiring other women, send me an email to midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
"It's time to reinvent the 40-year-old!" Alissa is on a mission to show women over 40 how beautiful they are and help them find their confidence. She has the privilege of watching them transform into what they want to be through her camera lens. Learn more about this amazing woman who inspires other women to share their story and beauty with the world. She is also sharing an amazing campaign happening this year that you need to know about. You can find more about this at this link: https://www.alissacoddington.com/promotions-projects/ and on Instagram @alissacoddington.
This week I'm getting real with you. I've had a tough situation that made me take a good look at myself and how I handled the whole thing.
Sometimes the most difficult thing we can do is forgive ourselves and learn to accept we are not perfect.
But it is worth it when you do.
Take a listen and let me know what you think! You can email me at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com or subscribe to my website www.midlifewithcourage.com
This week I'm talking about my journey with essential oils. Joining a company four years ago "just to make some extra money" has led me to finding a voice, changing my mindset and becoming so much more confident. Who knew? Listening to my gut, my friends and life experience have paid off and I am loving it! For more episodes go to www.midlifewithcourage.com/podcast and check it out!
Opening a store in the middle of a pandemic seems a little bit crazy..let's be honest..but these ladies have focused on bringing joy to everyone who comes in and creating a family atmosphere for all. Listen in as I talk with Tiffany and Jessica about how they decided to go for what they wanted by taking a chance, working hard and spreading joy! If you are in or near Baldwin, Wisconsin, you need to experience the trip down memory lane at the Schweet Stop or you can order online at Schweetstop.com. They also have a big presence on TikTok @Schweetstop.
The world is full of negatives and it is so difficult to overcome the feelings and thoughts that come with them. In this week's episode, Kim talks about ways to help turn your mindset around.
Tennis anyone?
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Kim's guest this week is Chantal Doriott-a mindfulness coach and teacher of meditation. Chantal's story is inspiring and encouraging for women of all ages!
Her message to all of us is "be true to yourself-your life is about YOU!"
She also coined a new favorite term-YES list! Listen to find out more!
You are worth it and you are amazing!
This week I'm sharing my dance story with you.
If this resonates with you and inspires you, tell me about it!
Send me an email at midlifewithcourage@gmail.com.
"Be yourself. You are enough."
Wise words from one of my favorite people who has inspired me to try new and amazing things! My very own "Nerdy girl" is Sara Benoy and she is on a mission to share the benefits of working in the trades. Listen in as we talk about her story and have a few laughs along the way!
You can find Sara on Instagram @nerdygirlmechanic, on her podcast called Women Behind the Wrench and her website www.nerdygirlmechanic.com
Enjoy this first episode of Midlife with Courage! Kim talks about her "why" and how she hopes to motivate and inspire you!