AGING DOESN'T HAVE TO SUCK! IN FACT, MIDDLE AGE CAN BE A TIME OF GREAT POWER!

This past weekend, I spent time with three different friend groups, and every conversation gravitated towards some big, middle-aged topics:
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*Navigating care for aging parents and in-laws ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป
*Helping parents adjust to senior living ๐Ÿก
*Balancing concern with healthy boundaries (#NotMyParents) ๐Ÿšง
*The fear and excitement of empty nesting ๐Ÿชน
*Watching our children become adults ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝโ€๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ผ
*Finally, prioritizing our own health and well-being ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ
*The importance of spending time with people who truly light you up and inspire you โœจโค๏ธ
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๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ?
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One theme that emerged was this: ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿพ.
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A client summed it up beautifully this morning when she said,
"๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ-๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐. ๐ˆโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž."
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She recognized her old, people-pleasing tendencies and is now saying no when she means itโ€”and loving it ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ.
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This resonates deeply with me. My fifties have been a time of transformation and clarity ๐ŸŒฑโœจ.
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In 2024, I accomplished so much with my business, including:
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*Relocating my business to a larger, community-focused space in New Haven ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŒ†
*Joining forces with three incredible health coaches to create the Mountain View Womenโ€™s Health Coaching Collective ๐Ÿค
*Transitioning from 1:1 personal training to a more dynamic and impactful coaching model ๐Ÿ’ผโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฟ
*Expanding our offerings to include community hikes, book groups, and group strength training programs ๐Ÿฅพ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ
*Launching new programs to empower women at midlife and beyond to have more energy, get stronger, and increase confidence ๐ŸŒŸ
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M๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“: ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜
If thereโ€™s one word that captures the last six months of my life, itโ€™s community ๐Ÿค๐Ÿพโค๏ธ. And as I look ahead, I know that community will remain at the heart of everything I do.
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In 2025, Mountain View will continue to expand its focus on connection. From community hikes ๐Ÿฅพ๐ŸŒณ to book groups ๐Ÿ“š, from empowering women to build strength and confidence ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝโœจ to offering 1:1 coaching alongside the support of a like-minded group, our mission is to help women at midlife and beyond live vibrant, energetic lives ๐ŸŒŸ.
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So, What About You?
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What was 2024 like for you? ๐Ÿค”
What lessons will you carry into the new year? ๐Ÿงณ
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And most importantly:
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ?
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“? ๐ŸŽฏ
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๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ“ง.
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Reply to this email or book a call with me, I've got some spots open this week, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ŸŒŸโค๏ธ.
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Hope you are having a great day, and thanks for reading!

Coach Julie

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Julie Bailis