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146. How a Beer and a Calendar Changed My Life | A Favorite Story I Just Have to Share Again

So, a midlife life coach walks into a bar … actually, a vegan restaurant, and the transformational story ends in her happily-ever-after reinvention. OK that’s it, nada mas … zero … zip … that’s all I’m explaining here. To connect the scattered dots you’re just going to have to listen! Juliet’s School of Possibilities, by Laura Vanderkam, at amazon or audible: https://a.co/d/7tLXFYe [https://www.amazon.com/Juliets-School-Possibilities-Little-Priorities/dp/0525538941/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oEaPXW8OSLgh8BP8XAa7PcZfmu0V6I4loeyoO11MYzk.AQC-VVe14kOH9044M-zu-Qqj24fVlw8Dwsk_cNTGqa4&qid=1777933650&sr=8-1] Beer Advocate Website: https://www.beeradvocate.com/ [https://www.beeradvocate.com/] *  “Putting the Beer into Geeks Since 1996” * Top Rated Beers: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/top-rated/ [https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/top-rated/] Full Focus Planner and System by Michael Hyatt: https://fullfocus.co [https://fullfocus.co/] I’m Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you’re ready to stop living for everyone else’s calendar and start living your own life, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/] to schedule a no-pressure conversation about individual coaching. We’ll explore what’s been eluding you most and I’ll build a plan tailored just for you. Or reach out directly at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com [hello@laurieadamscoaching.com] with any question you have right now. Does this sound like you?—Stuck in a pattern of diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/]. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com [https://www.thepodcastteacher.com/].

145. The Week that Changes You | And Why You Should Say Yes

When was the last time you did something that surprised yourself? Let’s be clear … I’m not talking about an “earned” surprising week where  you finally clean out the garage! I mean the kind of surprised where you’re standing somewhere new, breathing different air and you think—with amazed delight, “Who IS this woman right now?” And you like her. A lot. There is a version of your life that doesn't exist yet. Not because you're not capable of it. Not because you're too old, too out of shape, too set in your ways, or too responsible. But because you haven't stepped into the environment that would call that version of you out. I’m Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you’re ready to stop living for everyone else’s calendar and start living your own life, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/] to schedule a no-pressure conversation about individual coaching. We’ll explore what’s been eluding you most and I’ll build a plan tailored just for you. Or reach out directly at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com [hello@laurieadamscoaching.com] with any question you have right now. Does this sound like you?—Stuck in a pattern of diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/]. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com [https://www.thepodcastteacher.com/].

144. Whose Closet, Identity is This? … Mine, Now! | Dress in Your Energetic Life Every Morning

Your closet is not a storage facility. It's a daily conversation with yourself. And right now, that conversation may be keeping you tethered to a version of yourself that has already been outgrown. Energy returns when life aligns with identity. That includes the life you put on every morning. This is a follow up to Episode 140 where Laurie cleared our closets of “shoulds” and settling for “perfectly good." I’m Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you’re ready to stop living for everyone else’s calendar and start living your own life, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/] to schedule a no-pressure conversation about individual coaching. We’ll explore what’s been eluding you most and I’ll build a plan tailored just for you. Or reach out directly at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com [hello@laurieadamscoaching.com] with any question you have right now. Does this sound like you?—Stuck in a pattern of diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/]. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com [https://www.thepodcastteacher.com/].

143. The Reset Your Mind and Body Want Now | Stop Carrying Everything. Start Carrying Yourself

There is a particular variety of exhaustion that sleep does not remedy. You are functioning. You are showing up. And yet you feel quietly eroded — navigating your days with diminished clarity, shrinking margins, and a subdued luminosity that is not quite you. If that resonates, this episode was made for you. Here, Laurie illuminates what is likely draining your mind and body at midlife, and it is not a lack of discipline or motivation. It is accumulated mental load: the combined attrition of years of decision-making, emotional stewardship, hormonal flux, disrupted sleep, and the relentless labor of being the one who holds everything together. Drawing on landmark research, Laurie unpacks four key culprits — decision fatigue, sleep disruption, emotional carrying, and identity lag — and explains precisely why midlife emotional exhaustion is not a character flaw. It is a physiological and circumstantial reality, and it deserves a considered, compassionate response. Then Laurie offers a simple, three-part reset framework that’s research-informed, and designed for real midlife women who are ready to carry less and reclaim more of themselves. As Mental Wellness Month begins, this episode is the permission slip so many women have been waiting for. I’m Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you’re ready to stop living for everyone else’s calendar and start living your own life, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/] to schedule a no-pressure conversation about individual coaching. We’ll explore what’s been eluding you most and I’ll build a plan tailored just for you. Or reach out directly at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com [hello@laurieadamscoaching.com] with any question you have right now. Does this sound like you?—Stuck in a pattern of diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/]. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com [https://www.thepodcastteacher.com/].

142. Calendar Stealing Your Life? Take it Back Now! | Available For Everyone = Last to Get Your Own Life

What if your exhaustion isn’t about how much you’re doing — but about who you’re doing it all for? It’s not your age. It’s not your schedule. It’s not even your energy levels. It’s that your calendar has quietly become everyone else’s property. But here’s what I want you to know: That is completely, absolutely fixable. * Not with a massive life overhaul. * Not by becoming someone who doesn’t care about the people she loves. * But with a clear, doable system that puts you back in the driver’s seat — this week. Today I walk you through my Anchor + Aliveness system — a fresh, practical framework for auditing your week, protecting your time, and saying no with grace and zero guilt. Plus the exact words to use when someone asks for more than you have to give. I’m Laurie Adams — Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach — and if you’re ready to stop living for everyone else’s calendar and start living your own life, come work with me one-on-one. Visit laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/] to schedule a no-pressure conversation about individual coaching. We’ll explore what’s been eluding you most and I’ll build a plan tailored just for you. Or reach out directly at hello@laurieadamscoaching.com [hello@laurieadamscoaching.com] with any question you have right now.  Does this sound like you?—Stuck in a pattern of diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle? Download my free guide now for simple tools to stop the madness by going to laurieadamscoaching.com [https://www.laurieadamscoaching.com/]. This episode was produced by The Podcast Teacher: www.ThePodcastTeacher.com [https://www.thepodcastteacher.com/].