A Life in Progress™ : Rebranding Middle Age

Oct 31 2024 38 ep. 40 mins 7

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You're imperfect. Life is messy. Show up anyway. When we make peace with messiness, we make space for joy! The Rebranding Middle Age podcast offers a mix of story, evidence-based education, and practical application to help midlife women befriend their True Selves, (re)claim freedom, health, and joy, and show up fully to life in every season - even the hardest of them. Welcome! I'm Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, founder of A Life in Progress™. I'm a writer, grief and trauma-informed mind-body coach, joyful living educator, and brave, curious, 'messy human' in progress. I'm also a highly sensitive person, life partner of 30 years, and a proud mama of 3 wise and creative humans, including my son who died by suicide in 2019. I know what it takes to make space for joy amid the messiness of life. My work is for: freedom-seekers, truth-tellers, and stubborn questioners, highly sensitive souls, slow-movers, and non-hustlers, the anxious, grieving, messy, and healing, reforming people-pleasers, perfectionists, performers, and peace-keepers, brave, weary, and curious women in the middle season of life ready to quiet the conditioning and noise to (re)claim freedom, health, and joy. All of you is welcome here. Krista xo

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Oct 31 2024 45 mins

In this solo episode I talk about being a Questioner and 'wrestler.' One who must grapple with things in order to make peace with life or the circumstance in front of me, and find my way forward. If I lived full time in grief or pain, or in the grappling process, this would hold me back from living fully and thriving forward. But resistance itself is not wrong or bad. It’s p

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Oct 17 2024 64 mins

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The Messiness of Middle Age With Guests Anno Bell and Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt

Sep 19 2024 70 mins

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Sep 05 2024 39 mins

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It's Important to Trust Yourself (And Your Creative Process)

Jul 04 2024 57 mins

If we shift our focus from creative product or outcome to creative process, then it’s easier to understand that we are all inherently creative. We can stop comparing, judging, or fighting our unique creative process and instead hone it. Or at least trust it, so that we’re able to use it to bring our vision or dreams to life.Furthermore, I’d love us to release the id

Rising From A Season of Darkness Into Greater Self-Love

Jun 27 2024 54 mins

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Permission to Play: Discover Your Play Personality

Jun 13 2024 60 mins

*Heads up: there's swearing in this episode.Today's guests, Kathy Escobar and Phyllis Mathis, have been soul friends for almost two decades and are the hosts of the Soul + Practice podcast dedicated to raw conversations and real practices. Their work is centered on healthier human-ing and making it in this weird world. Phyllis did this as a therapist for many years and now is a lif

A Brief Thank You!

Jun 06 2024 4 mins

Thanks for being here and listening. I appreciate you.Grieving the Loss of a Parent: Episode 191: Grieving the Loss of A Parent with Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui — Julie BjellandThriving Through and Beyond Grief as an HSP: Episode 180: Thriving Through and Beyond Grief as a Highly Sensitive Person — Julie BjellandSee you next week,Krista xo

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May 30 2024 38 mins

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May 23 2024 45 mins

In this episode I welcome my friend Betsy Huggins as a guest to the Rebranding Middle Age podcast. Betsy and I have been friends for years and we've collaborated on various projects including my Seasonal Mindfulness Journals. Betsy is autistic and lives with FND (Functional Neurological Disorder). Part of her experience is that she can struggle with sensory regulation. When her ner