When you are facing dark and difficult circumstances, especially something you do not want, finding hope can be a great challenge. You may feel powerless in your life, as if you have no choices. Listen in today to hear stories of people turning their deepest struggles and unwanted situations and turning them into their sources of greatest happiness, meaning, and success. There really is hope for us all.

Today Cindy talks to Ileana Gonzalez, the founder of Apurva Wellness LLC, a boutique wellness firm dedicated to empowering women towards vibrant living using the ancient science of Ayurveda as its core framework. Gonzalez teaches how to align our lifestyles with the rhythms of nature to promote health and longevity. Listen to learn how your sleep cycle, nutrition, and movement can be improved to support your wellbeing.  To learn more, you can go to her website and follow her on Instagram. https://apurvawellness.comIG: apurva_wellness Ileana Gonzalez, MBA, CAP, 500-RYT is the founder of Apurva Wellness LLC, a boutique wellness firm dedicated to empowering women towards vibrant living using the ancient science of Ayurveda as its core framework. Blending her corporate background in business development and her passion for promoting a healthy, intentional lifestyle, Ileana is committed to helping women become more proactive, and less reactive to their health and their wealth. After 12 years in private practice as a holistic health practitioner, Ileana made a pivotal decision to broaden her scope. Recognizing the integral role that wealth mindset plays in overall wellness, and the impact that a healthy lifestyle has on financial stability, she sought to learn about the financial services industry.  As a financial services representative, she offers customized financial solutions and is dedicated to guiding clients toward financial freedom, emphasizing wealth creation, family safeguarding, and future strategizing. Leveraging her background as a Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner, she provides a unique framework centered on intentionality and mindfulness, fostering abundance in every aspect of life.

Today Cindy shares a mistake she made recently on her belated honeymoon and reflects on the life lessons she received from the experience.

So many of you express feeling lonely in midlife, so today Cindy discusses the three pillars of loneliness addressed in Teal Swan’s book, The Anatomy of Loneliness, what they are, how they develop, and what you can do about it. She lists the most common relationship fears and why being authentic and intimately knowing yourself is the answer.  For an opportunity to talk to Cindy privately about your life, go to TimewithCindy.com.

With midlife comes all kinds of losses, whether it’s the empty nest, divorce, loss of job, financial ruin, a health diagnosis, or death of a loved one. Therefore learning how to navigate the whirlwind of change and dramatic emotions that come along with them is imperative. Listen in to find out Cindy’s best recommendations for handling the rollercoaster ride of loss and how to discover who you are now and what you want as you move forward again.  For more support with grief, loss and change in midlife, go to TimewithCindy.com.

The days are longer, the birds are singing again, and you may be starting to look around your house and feel a strong desire to declutter or do a deep cleaning of some kind. Today, Cindy addresses some of the best approaches to doing just that but goes further to offer several additional ways you can spring clean your mind and your life, all with the intention of making your life easier, flowing better, and stopping the overwhelm.  Get a jumpstart on your spring cleaning by having a FREE Mid-Life Strategy Session with Cindy. Schedule here:  TimewithCindy.com

Want to find out the foundation of your health? Listen to today’s interview with Dr. Sally Good, who teaches about both of our brains (Who knew ~ I thought we just had one!?), and all things nutrition, intuition, stress management, prevention of cognitive decline and more. You may be surprised to find out something you do every day that takes less than two minutes can actually prevent dementia.  Learn more about Dr. Sally Good here: https://goodbodygoodbrain.com https://www.linkedin.com/in.goodbrain Get the free Second Brain Quickstart Guide here: https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com

Just imagine what an old set of flatware and the upcoming summer Olympics might have in common! Sounds odd, but listen in to hear Cindy’s thoughts on authenticity, worth, and being 100% committed to the process of healing yourself from within. She explains where the trouble begins for most of us, how it plays out later in our lives, signs we are off track, and what to do to get in alignment for good.  Schedule a free Mid-Life Strategy Session with Cindy here:  ⁠TimewithCindy.com⁠.

Today Cindy shares the work of Jamie Kerns Lima, author of the new book, Worthy, which teaches the importance of self-worth and the lies you tell yourself that keep you from feeling your worth. Cindy admits some of the ways she has been affected by these lies telling stories that prove their effect. Learn the key to raising your self-worth so you can create the life you truly want. To grow your self-worth even faster, schedule a free session with Cindy here:  TimewithCindy.com.

What is your vision for your life? Are you living it? The challenges that arise in midlife can be jarring at best which sometimes leads you down a path of hopelessness about the future. Today Cindy shares her vision for you, specific ways you can be happier and healthier, and offers a path to get you there.  To set up an opportunity to speak to her directly, go to TimewithCindy.com.

What are you not seeing that’s right in front of you? What are you missing in your life? Today Cindy shares a personal story that brought her to her knees literally, but what came out of the experience were wonderful lessons and powerful questions she believes can be life-changing for all of you. Listen in to hear how something tiny and precious brought to light wisdom to help you drop your worries once and for all. If you would like to chat with Cindy about what’s happening in your life, go to TimewithCindy.com.

With Leap Year upon us, Cindy talks about what it means to leap in midlife, what it could look like, and what might be holding you back from making changes you desperately want to make. She tells several stories of real people taking leaps in their lives out of urgency, necessity, or desire. Although she understands leaping takes courage, she challenges us by asking, “What if you don’t change anything?”  Fill out The Mid-Life Confidence Profile & get a free assessment by visiting TimewithCindy.com.

With the new year in the distance now, many of you have lost track of your resolutions or given up on your goals. Change is difficult for most people. Listen in to learn about habit stacking, a new term Cindy recently heard that helps you integrate new behaviors with routine ones, making it easier to accomplish those things most important to you. Are you feeling stuck or alone in midlife? If so, go to TimewithCindy.com to schedule a confidence-building conversation with Cindy.

It’s Valentine’s Day, so Cindy decided to share her wedding vows with you with a twist! How would your life and relationships be better if you were to vow to love and support yourself every day in every way you can imagine? She also discusses making ourselves victims and others villains and what to do instead. Relationships with others can be challenging. It is important to remember our most effective place of power to change is in our own behavior rather than blaming others with the goal of changing them.  Want to build your confidence? Go to timewithcindy.com & get started for free.

One of the things women in midlife struggle with the most is aging. But what if you are making it harder than it needs to be?  Listen to hear common fears that come with age, ways to look beyond them by using the gifts of aging, and examples of women who are showing us the way.  Want to have a conversation with Cindy about your own journey? Schedule here:   TimewithCindy.com. You can write to Cindy at cindy@cindydwhitmer.com or sign up for her newsletter at cindydwhitmer.com.

Recently Cindy spent a quiet weekend at home hunkered down due to winter weather in her area. Listen in to hear what she did and why it felt so good. Ironically, shortly after the weekend ended, she learned about four universal healing practices common with indigenous groups all over the world. You might be surprised what these simple practices are and how they can promote your health.  To schedule a chat, go to TimewithCindy.com.

Do you ever find yourself rigid, inflexible, and unwilling to see or do things a different way? Sometimes we have such strong expectations and ideas of how people ought to be or how life should go that we can miss opportunities to understand others and experience more joy. Listen in to hear what a sway bar is and what it can teach us to bring us greater ease. If you would like to visit with Cindy personally about anything important to you, go to TimewithCindy.com and schedule a meeting with her.

Today Cindy shares some indicators that a partnership is generally healthy with what she calls “the normal human factor” of some conflict versus indicators that your partner is abusive and you may be in physical, sexual, or psychological danger. She says one of her favorite resources on the topic of love and relationships to help with the discussion. Would you like the opportunity to chat directly with Cindy? Just go to TimewithCindy.com to get on her schedule.

How do you measure success? What brings you to wealth and wellness in your life? Listen in to Cindy’s conversation with all-things-amazing, 77 year old Anne Sagendorph-Moon, who shares her radical take on business, social media, aging, color and more. Together they discuss the difference between beauty and radiance, the importance of wisdom and experience, and who your best guru really is.  Learn more about Anne Sagendorph-Moon @ www.annesagendorphmoon.com. You can also email her @ anne@beyondbusinessasusual.com.  If you would like to discuss your life or business with Cindy, go to TimewithCindy.com.

To start the year off strong, Cindy offers four ideas to implement that can get you on a path to your best life one step at a time. Find out the easiest way to examine six main areas of your life and the powerful question you can ask yourself to get moving on everything you want.  For a FREE powerful coaching experience, go to TimewithCindy.com and schedule yours.