Women on the Remake

Kristin and Leigh kick off season 2 with a discussion of how important it is to establish healthy habits for yourself so that you can be successful in your remake.  Kristin and Leigh have some shared habits, but also find different habits work for them too.  The episode previews the season to come, as well as the WOTR Retreat Kristin and Leigh will be hosting in late September if Covid-19 cooperates.  Make sure to head over to the WOTR website (see below) to get your guide to our favorite foundational habits.   https://www.womenontheremake.com--Download your guide to foundational habits here!

Lisa Chader and Lucia Folk, founders of The Change Agent-cy, join Leigh and Kristin for a wide-ranging, hilarious conversation that covers everything from why they chose to leave great careers in the television industry to start their PR firm to how wonderful and terrible it can be to be in a business partnership with your close friend. The Change Agent-cy is a management and communications consulting firm that provides social impact strategies and services for the national non-profit and business sectors.  Lisa and Lucia work with their clients to provide solution-oriented social impact and communication strategies that strengthen both business and the community.  Visit www.womenontheremake.com to download our Guide to Essential Habits for Women on the Remake!

Angela Devlen joins Kristin and Leigh to discuss what it looks like to start over after divorce at midlife with nothing more than mattresses on the floor.  Relying on her priorities, her drive, her entrepreneurial spirit, and herself, Angela built a life for herself and her daughter that, over time, became exactly what she wanted it to be.  Always an entrepreneur, she used the skills she built over a lifetime to build businesses and relationships that led her to create The Founders Circle with her friend and business partner Mari Partyka.  The Founders Circle is an online community of entrepreneurs designed for midlife women.  Their understanding of the unique challenging facing midlife women helped them create something completely different - a supportive place where they develop and share resources that are entirely based on solutions to solve challenges they have personally faced as entrepreneurs.   Both Women on the Remake and The Founders Circle seek to build community and offer resources for women working to redesign their lives at midlife.ResourcesAngela's Tips for Women on the RemakePrioritize your friendships and community of womenSelf-care expands our capacity to do more - it is not a luxury, but rather a necessity.Listen to and follow your dreams.  We have so much more to offer in our second half of life.Don't forget to visit https://www.womenontheremake.com to download our Healthy Habits guide - this will help you set a strong foundation for success on your remake journey!

When Carolyn's son was crippled by anxiety and depression, she and her husband didn't know where to turn.  The struggles and uncertainty they faced at a crucial time led her to found Nathan's Waypoint, a safe and supportive space for parents of adolescents and teens living with anxiety and depression that disrupts their lives. Carolyn joined Kristin and Leigh to discuss how she remade her life to serve other parents in the same situation in which she found herself- that of no knowledge and no real ability to know where to turn to find community or resources to help her son.

This week, Leigh recorded on her own with Mimi Gehres after the planned guest had to cancel due to illness.  Then, Kristin was unfortunately diagnosed with Covid-19, leaving Leigh to make do.  Mimi Gehres joined the podcast to discuss the challenges of being at midlife with a special needs young adult about to make the transition to independence.

Manifestation is the theory that through regular meditation and positive, constructive thought, you can make your dreams and desires become reality.  If you really want something and truly believe it's possible, it will happen.  Leigh and Kristin discuss the importance of working to manifest whatever it is you want.  For women in a period of growth and change, like midlife, this means you can bring your remake to fruition with the right mindset, by truly believing it to be your new reality.   WOTR's Tips for Manifesting Your RemakeCreate the clearest picture in your mind of what you want. Color, smell, sound, taste. Be detailed. Where are you? How do you want to be living your life? Be limitless.  Try new things- none are mistakes.Don’t let relationships stand in your way. This doesn't mean cast them aside.  Use them as a way to learn and grow and enjoy the ride, but oftentimes people we are close to can have very strong opinions about what we should do and who we should be.  Manifest your own truest self, not what anyone else wants you to be.Make inspiration boards. Put them where you can see them.You will have insecure days! It’s okay. Have a sounding board and reach out. Have a community of women doing the same thing you are doing. Join our Sisterhood!Have pictures done of yourself that make you feel beautiful? Look at them and remember you are that woman.Don’t put up any boundaries to what you can manifest.Do not be afraid to invest in yourself and your business.

Leigh and Kristin discuss the value of developing resilience at midlife.  Building supportive relationships, practicing self care, sitting with your emotions and experiencing their full breadth,  practicing mindfulness, and working towards your goals are all ways that you can improve resilience; moreover, being able to withstand the stressors that life inevitably throws at you will allow you to continue your midlife remake with a greater degree of satisfaction and success.   If you'd like to join Leigh and Kristin at the first WOTR Retreat this September, click here for Early Bird pricing! ResourcesBuilding Your ResilienceDeveloping Resilience:  Overcoming and Growing From Setbacks10 Ways to Enhance Your ResilienceRising Strong by Brene BrownResilient:  How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm Strength, and Happiness by Rick HansonWOTR Foundational Habits Guide

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Leigh and Kristin discuss three important keys to your wellbeing.  In what can be a killer month for midlife women, full of events, endings, responsibilities, to-dos, and more, there are foundational behaviors that can help us cope with what life throws at us.   Make no mistake, these keys can help transform your life in ways you can't even imagine. 3 Keys to Your WellbeingSelf-compassion matters.  Turn down your inner critic.Strengths come from within.  Your authentic character strengths are a core part of your identity.What you water grows.  Turn collision into collaboration.ResourcesUnlocking Us:  Brene Brown with Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry on Trauma, Resilience, and HealingSelf-Compassion Makes Life More Manageable by Sherri GordonThe 24 Character Strengths

Ginger Duval, Season 1 guest on Episode 13, Sometimes You Have to Pivot, joins Kristin for a lively discussion about women embracing solo travel.  As we return to some form of normalcy, there's never been a better time to start thinking about taking a solo trip for renewal, rejuvenation, reflection, and more.    Even better, in late September you'll have the opportunity to join Leigh and Kristin and a group of other Women on the Remake  at our very first retreat at the beautiful Sugarboo Farms in Blairsville, GA.  Click here to register!  If you register before May 31, you'll get Early Bird Pricing!Resourceshttps://www.afar.com/magazine/solo-female-travel-where-and-how-to-gohttps://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/solo-travel/women-solo-travelhttps://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-places-for-female-solo-travelershttps://www.eronews.com/travel/2021/05/14/what-will-travel-look-like-in-a-post-covid-world

In the midst of major life changes, including both Leigh and Kristin moving AGAIN, their discussion centers around the unglamorous side of a remake.  When your life is changing, it can be easy to resist what you may see as negative changes, but instead you should trust the process, trust the changes as those that are supposed to happen.  Instead of looking with dismay at what can be perceived as "going backwards"--moving into a smaller house, having to get rid of excess possessions, not having the "success" you thought you'd have or what the world taught you--look at them as a new beginning, your new start, a new opportunity.

Leigh and Kristin discuss the challenges and adventures of dating at midlife, post-divorce.   Hilarious and painfully new experiences abound when you start dating again at midlife.  It's a wild, wild, west out there with dating apps, safety fears, and body positivity issues that you don't have at 25.

Alia Alston, founder and owner of Icebox Cryotherapy, joins Leigh and Kristin for a lively conversation about what drove her to open the very first retail cryotherapy studio in the United States, the trials, tribulations, and unexpected pleasures of opening and running a small business, and how in ten short years she's grown Icebox to a franchise operation with over thirty retail locations across the United States.  Our discussion ranges from the benefits of cryotherapy (many) to the sacrifices you have to make as a female entrepreneur raising a family at the same time.  Alia is an inspiration to any woman out there who is passionate about something she loves, and wants to make that passion into a fulfilling career.Check out Icebox:  https://iceboxtherapy.com/

We sat down with author Robin Moriarty for an intimate conversation about her journey and experiences that led her to write What Game Are You Playing? We soaked up as much as we could for you. She's that girlfriend you want to keep in your life! Her message and inspiration are so on point with WOTR.  Her GUTSY website can be found @ gutsy.world.com.  Be GUTSY and get your REMAKE started!

In this week's episode, you get a raw audio version of me sharing with you my highs and lows of success. It's my key to happiness, but yet it took me years to overcome the obstacles to have a confident voice. I floated through fine as most of us do, but I kept hearing a whisper inside to pursue something bigger. Do you hear a whisper? I took huge steps in order to make it happen. The defining moment was when I realized my transformational changes were going to help women. I stepped out of a 30-year marriage in order to pursue true happiness. I needed to understand who I was as a woman and my time was now.  Our second chapters of life are a gift. We've made it and we should be so grateful. I want to accomplish all things, check my bucket list, and wake up each day knowing I'm fulfilling my heart and soul and hopefully others along the way.What you'll learn from this episode:My story of failure and transformationsIt's never too late to pursue your successMy three simple but powerful commitments have helped me create success. Kristin Taff is a certified wellness coach, yoga teacher, and retreat leader. She helps midlife women prioritize, nourish, and live prosperous lives.  Her email is women@womenontheremake.com. You can schedule a FREE consult with her today!

Kristin Smith is one of the founders of WOTR. She shares how she's spent much of her life feeling like a failure. People only see the external Kristin and not the flaws and failures she's hidden. She was a young girl who lacked self-worth in her early teens and much of her adult life  She worked hard to hide that image as an adult and she did everything she could to look successful. Self-worth and gratitude is her profound remake!

Leigh is one of the co-founders of WOTR.  In this podcast she discusses how her younger days as an over-achiever who conformed to societal expectations impacted her life path.  After making the decision to move to Colorado to be with a man (who she later married), her life transitioned from working towards her personal goals to supporting his.  This mental and emotional shift to a supporting role became a pattern that was permanent throughout her marriage.  As the years passed, it began to feel like her identity was eroding.  The years staying at home raising her children were rewarding and happy, but she lacked the kind of personal fulfilment one gets from following your passions in the work world.  Unhappiness and the inability to communicate her needs grew into a nagging issue that damaged her marriage.  She thought of herself as a faded version of someone who used to be.  Post-divorce, Leigh is fighting to rebuild her identity and her independent spirit.  Visit womenontheremake.com to sign up for updates and news!

Is it found only once or twice in life?  When one of Kristin's yoga students offers up his rustic cabin, we jumped at the chance for a free getaway to work on WOTR. The kitschy 70's vibe fueled our laughter for the weekend.  No WOTR getaway would be complete without a fancy cocktail, yummy snacks, and cool morning talks about midlife love on the porch.

In their first podcast episode, Kristin and Leigh invite you to join them on the sofa as they discuss their desire to help women transform themselves, and their vision for Women on the Remake!

After hearing about the book "Big Friendship" by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman on "The Marie Forleo Podcast", Leigh and Kristin read it, and dive into the topic of the trials and tribulations of friendship at midlife.  Aminatou and Ann host the podcast "Call Your Girlfriend", and the story of their friendship forms the backbone of this book.  Leigh and Kristin discuss how friendships can change as women go through such a transformational experience as divorce, and emphasize the importance of maintaining and "stretching" for those women you need in your life.  Those "old friends", who KNOW you, who knew you BEFORE, become important as you try to regain your identity.  Leigh and Kristin discuss how the pandemic has led us to edit our friendship list to the ones who will tell us the truth, and help us be our most authentic selves. In the context of discussing the book, Leigh and Kristin discuss how the difficulties of female friendship relate to women at any stage of life, especially as women go through transition.  The discussion moves on to how the loss of a special friendship can be as difficult as a death.  Any woman in midlife, especially those in transition, remaking themselves, can relate to the conversation about the importance of friends.  They are life.  Leigh and Kristin cover their own friendship, which we would define as a "Big Friendship", and the challenges of building a business together--the learning curve is STEEP.  Having "big friendship" is not easy.  It's work, but it's worth it.