Jessica Baum is a Psychotherapist, Author, Relationship Coach, and Founder of the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, providing couples therapy, family counseling, and addiction therapy in South Florida for over 10 years. She has helped thousands of clients with her unique approach to healing, the Self-full® Method. Through her sister company, Be Self-full®, Jessica offers transformational courses and online coaching services that support individuals and couples to form healthy, long-term relationships. She’s the author of Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love which we discuss in this interview. Join The Newsletter + Receive Your Free List of 52 Selfcare Tips RESOURCES MENTIONED Websites: https://www.beselffull.com/ and https://www.relationshipspb.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beselffull Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabaumlmhc/ Book: Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love Books Jess references: Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us by Stephen Porges, PhD Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele Rate + Review: 1. Click on this link 2. Click “Listen on Apple Podcasts” link 3. Scroll down to “Ratings and Reviews” 4. Click on “write a review”, rate and a leave short review and you’re done! If you’d like to advertise or sponsor the show, you can reach out here. This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

Dr. Linnea Passaler has dedicated 20+ years to serving patients, first to a small number of individuals as a successful surgeon and then to thousands of people worldwide as the CEO of a digital health startup. After overcoming her own struggles with a dysregulated nervous system, she created Heal Your Nervous System (HYNS) to empower others in their healing journey. Her combination of neuroscience and somatic work helps those struggling with overwhelm, trauma, burnout, and anxiety to heal their dysregulated nervous systems and thrive. Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Selfcare Tips   WE DISCUSS: An explanation of nervous system dysregulation. The simple things you can do daily and on a consistent basis to help heal your nervous system. How experiencing sensory overload can become heightened during menopause because of changes in your hormones. Why Dr. Linnea wrote the book and who she is hoping to serve. Her desire to educate others with the 5 step plan she developed, and much more.   RESOURCES MENTIONED Website: https://healyournervoussystem.com/author/linneapassaler/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healyournervoussystem Book: Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele Rate + Review: 1. Click on this link 2. Click “Listen on Apple Podcasts” link 3. Scroll down to “Ratings and Reviews” 4. Click on “write a review”, rate and a leave short review and you’re done! If you’d like to advertise or sponsor the show, you can reach out here. This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

Anna Papalia is the author of Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing and a career influencer with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms. In this conversation, we dive into the wisdom from her book. We cover what hiring managers get wrong as well as what a candidate can and should be doing, including how to negotiate salary, and much more Whether you are in the market for a job or in charge of hiring, this is a must listen! You will never look at interviewing the same way again. Anna has consulted with Fortune 100 companies, taught at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and coached over 10,000 clients to interview better. Her groundbreaking discovery of Interview Styles revolutionized the way we teach and understand interviewing. She is also a public speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and DisruptHR. Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Selfcare Tips WE DISCUSS: The four interview styles. How over 90% of interviewers have never been trained on interviewing. The 5 different types of interview questions. The discriminatory barriers that exist. Common mistakes candidates make that they can change today. Anna’s best advice for salary negotiation, and more! RESOURCES MENTIONED Website: https://theinterviewology.com Book: Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele Rate + Review: 1. Click on this link 2. Click “Listen on Apple Podcasts” link 3. Scroll down to “Ratings and Reviews” 4. Click on “write a review”, rate and a leave short review and you’re done! If you’d like to advertise or sponsor the show, you can reach out here. This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

We are going deep by exploring the power of inquiry to reconnect us to one another, to love, intimacy and our humanity. What if asking better questions could actually feel more connected to those you love, would you want to learn how? Topaz Adizes is the author of “12 Questions for Love, a Guide to Intimate Conversations and Deeper Relationships” and he’s sharing tips to strengthen bonds, improve our listening skills, to create better questions, and ultimately reconnect us to one another and our humanity. Topaz is an Emmy award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect. His works have been selected to Cannes, Sundance, IDFA, and SXSW; featured in New Yorker magazine, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times; and have garnered an Emmy for new approaches to documentary and Two World Press photo awards for immersive storytelling and interactive documentary. Share this interview with a friend! And tag me and my guest on Instagram. WE DISCUSS: The power of inquiry to ignite human connection. How our childhood wounds sometimes lead to our life’s work. For Topaz his quest for understanding intimacy lead him to create The Skin Deep, and conduct 1200 interviews around the world to unlock deeper connections in relationships (parent and child, friends, lovers, couples, etc). Why we need to stop focusing on needing the answer and the instead focus on creating better questions. The importance of deep listening and creating a space to have meaningful conversation. How looking in someone’s eyes or breathing together while holding hands creates the space to hear one another. How our ability to really hear one another and go deeper in our relationships is the foundation to reconnecting us to one another and ultimately our humanity and much more. RESOURCES MENTIONED Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Selfcare Tips Website: https://shop.theskindeep.com/ Book: 12 Questions for Love: A Guide to Intimate Conversations and Deeper Relationships   Sidra & Ben's {THE AND} Relationship Project {THE AND} Topaz & Justin If I Left this Earth Tomorrow | {THE AND} Kelly & Virgie   Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele Rate + Review: 1. Click on this link 2. Click “Listen on Apple Podcasts” link 3. Scroll down to “Ratings and Reviews” 4. Click on “write a review”, rate and a leave short review and you’re done! If you’d like to advertise or sponsor the show, you can reach out here. This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

Whether in our personal lives or at work, we are interacting with others. Yet, with different personality types, there can be a lack of understanding, connection, and/or communication. How can you navigate these challenges using personality type? Joining us is Rob Toomey, the co-founder of TypeCoach. He and his team at TypeCoach work with people in the world’s leading organizations to improve team performance, deepen leadership capabilities, and help salespeople close more deals. However, among the most powerful outcomes from their work is the impact on personal relationships outside of work. Today, he and I will get into the applications of personality type differences in the context of romantic relationships as well as in teams at work. It may seem like a stretch but by understanding where you and others are similar and different on just a few key elements of personality can make a huge impact on the quality and ease of your relationships. WE DISCUSS: You’ll learn the 4 type categories for context. What happens in the different dynamics of personality preferences and where conflict can arise. What’s the biggest thing to keep in mind when living or working with an Introvert or Extrovert How core values are associated with the temperaments and what is important to those with the temperaments (per their personality type) The importance of understanding your core values and why sometimes your buttons can get pushed. How understanding type preferences can benefit your romantic relationships and your teams at work, and much more. RESOURCES MENTIONED Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Selfcare Tips Michele on Instagram Michele’s Book Website: http://www.typecoach.com Email: Rob@type-coach.com for more information about working with his company. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Rob lives at the intersection of his two passions – personality type and entrepreneurship. For the last 19 years he has been President of TypeCoach, the first company to make personality type practical and easy to use in communicating with others. He is also the Managing Director of The Idea Factory which is a venture studio focused on getting early stage projects off the ground. Share this interview with a friend! Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele

I believe in preventative health and today I am discussing my experience getting my first colonoscopy at the age of 52. The recommended age for colonoscopies is now 45 instead of 50. I think many people put it off because they don’t know what is going to happen, so I’m going into detail (without sharing TMI) so you can feel prepared. I put my colonoscopy off for too long because I didn’t have enough information, so I wanted to share what I know based on what I went through in case it helps you. Also, my colonoscopy was incomplete and I don’t want that to happen to you. Maybe knowing what happened to me can prevent the same thing from happening to you. This episode is not advice and is for entertainment purposes only. Anything dealing with your health should be discussed with your trusted healthcare provider Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Self-Care Tips

Sexual intimacy in relationships is so important but couples can struggle with connection and prioritizing their partners. Whether it is a mismatch in desire, hormonal changes that are impacting women in midlife, or a host of other issues, in this episode you’ll learn from Dr. Jamea who is a sex and relationship therapist about how to rekindle intimacy. With over 15 years of experience, she has helped thousands of people create connection and cultivate passion. When she’s not seeing clients, Emily researches the relationship between flow and sexual satisfaction. She also serves as an expert speaker for both public and private events. Her expertise has been featured in Oprah Magazine, CNN, USA Today, The BBC, NBC, CBS, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Health, and more. This conversation is intended for adults only. WE DISCUSS: Sexual intimacy in relationships. Why it is essential to prioritize intimacy in our relationships. How mismatched desire is often the most common reason people see a couple therapist and ways to manage it. Three simple ways to improve intimacy today. Why we need to update our understanding of desire. How we can use flow state science to enhance our sex life. The impact declining hormones in midlife have on our sex lives, and much more. RESOURCES MENTIONED Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Selfcare Tips Michele on Instagram Michele’s Book Website: https://emilyjamea.com/ Use Code: HALFOFF for 50% off course IG: @dremilyjamea and on all social platforms Emily’s Podcast: Love + Libido Share this interview with a friend! Please rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! XO, Michele Rate + Review: 1. Click on this link 2. Click “Listen on Apple Podcasts” link 3. Scroll down to “Ratings and Reviews” 4. Click on “write a review”, rate and a leave short review and you’re done! If you’d like to advertise or sponsor the show, you can reach out here. This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

Have you ever considered that envy and admiration are two sides of the same coin. How? When we admire someone it’s because of something they’ve done and how they show up in the world. We respect something about them. Now, flip the coin and on the other side you may find envy, which is not a positive feeling about someone. BUT, it may be because of you would like to accomplish something they’ve accomplished or wishing you could do what they do. Instead of feeling admiration, envy pops up. When you are feeling envious of someone, you can flip the coin. That person is a mirror showing you what you really want. What a gift that person is in your life. Ask yourself what it is about that person that makes you feel envious. Is it their influence, what they do, their knowledge — it’s key to get clear. When you are able to identify what it is about that person that triggers the envy, you are gaining great insights into what you actually want for your life. Start looking at them with admiration and gratitude. To attract what you want, you’ll want to be in a high vibe state and sending out good in the world. That person is mirroring what is possible! Use envy as a piece of the puzzle about where you want to go. When you see this it’s easy to flip the emotion to admiration. Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Self-Care Tips

“Too many of us apply intention to one area of our lives—we excel in our careers while putting our personal lives on hold or we allow our work ambitions to stagnate while everyday life demands our focus. We hope for the best, and yet our situations remain mostly unchanged. What if you could “Fast Forward” and transform any area of your life with extraordinary results in just one year?” Wendy the co-founder of The Fast Forward Group shares some of the key tips from the book she co-authored with Lisa McCarthy called Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year. You’ll learn the importance of declaring a bold vision and sharing it, what it means to throw your hat over the wall, and how to manage your time and set your priorities to get where you want to go. If you are looking for tangible tips and inspiration that will move you in the desired direction personally and professionally, this interview is for you! Wendy and Lisa have worked with over 100,000 professionals and their book takes you through their proven system. Lots to learn in this conversation! While on the show notes page, I’d love for you to join our newsletter. You’ll receive more inspiration and tips to love yourself and live your best midlife. You’ll also get a FREE copy of Michele’s Book, Design a Life You Love (available for a limited time). RESOURCES MENTIONED Join Michele’s Newsletter Michele on Instagram Michele’s Book Website: Wendy’s Website Linkedin: Wendy on Linkedin ABOUT THE GUEST Wendy Leshgold is the president and co-founder of the Fast Forward Group, a professional development and executive coaching company. Wendy spent more than a decade in advertising, leading teams at Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, and Deutsch, and working with brands including Apple, Kodak, and IBM. She experienced firsthand the challenges people face in high pressure corporate environments. Feeling compelled to help, she launched a successful executive coaching practice. A decade later, she joined forces with her childhood friend Lisa McCarthy, who shared her passion.  Together, they launched a company with a mission to transform the way people lead, work, and live. They are the co-authors of Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year If you enjoyed this interview, please take a moment to rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! Not sure how to do it? Instructions are below. XO, Michele

Hey friends, welcome to the latest season of The Good Life with Michele Lamoureux podcast! Lots of great new content to help you navigate midlife and design a life you love. The podcast hit #7 in the United States under the self-improvement category and I want to thank you for sharing the show and being a part of the community! If you haven’t joined the newsletter you can do so below. Feel free to reach out with topics or questions you want addressed on the show! Join The Newsletter + Get 52 Self-Care Tips How to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year with Wendy Leshgold Midlife Reinvention – Remember Your Purpose How to Use the 12 Week Year to Live in Alignment with Your Life Vision