Forty AF Podcast

What if the messy parts of your midlife relationships are the key to understanding yourself better and improving your overall happiness? Together, we'll explore how these connections, as complicated as they may seem, are crucial for our health, happiness and longevity.

We'll be decoding how our attachment styles, crafted by our primary caregivers, influence our relationship dynamics and why understanding them in midlife is more important than ever. We'll also dive into the tricky territory of reacting to our partners' pain and creating a secure relationship amidst the chaos of our own issues and resentments.

Buckle up for an unfiltered conversation that'll challenge your notion that relationships are a matter of luck, and instead, enlighten you on the transformative power of understanding your role in them. Prepare for some serious midlife relationship real talk!

Book Referenced: In Each Others Care

Have you felt lost, disconnected, or overwhelmed by the pressures of midlife? I'm Syd Moreau, and in this episode of Forty AF, I share my personal journey through the messy, complicated, and sometimes downright confusing aspects of midlife, and how I learned to embrace change, face my fears, and live a life filled with confidence, joy, and vitality. 

Together, we'll tackle the big questions: How can we lead a 'fuck yeah' life, and what do we need to do to create the life we truly desire?

Join me as I dive into the importance of relationships, defying expectations, and rewriting our default thinking to create a brighter, more vibrant future. I'll share how I used numbing and perfectionism as coping strategies and how choosing confidence and taking action changed everything.

Midlife is the perfect time to take a  look at your relationships. Studies show in your midlife your marital happiness is a better predictor of the length of your life than cholesterol or obesity.  

The relationships we have in our life can be transforming or debilitating.  In this episode I talk in depth about the ways in which we relate to our partners, how our childhood bonds with our caregivers can be a set up for successful or failures of our adult relationships and what to do about it. 
And no, its not finding a new partner, at least I hope not!  

As a midlifer, we often feel like we "should" have our shit together, but what if we don't? How do we get clear and honest with what's actually happening? In this episode, Syd Moreau, host of Forty AF,  discusses why shoulding on ourselves allows us to stay disconnected from our lives and gives us an illusion of responsibility without having to take actual action. 

Scientists and neuroscientists have found that happiness hits rock bottom at age 47, but fear not! It goes back up as we get closer to 50. Midlife is often associated with having a crisis, but it's more like a midlife evaluation. 

• People's constructs and belief systems change as they get older, as do their perceptions of themselves and how others see them.
• Midlife is a time when people have had many experiences, jobs, and relationships, which shape them and offer different perspectives.
• It can be easy to lose oneself in the demands of life, but it is important to reclaim oneself to know where to go and how to show up for the next 40 years.

What happens to our sex lives as we hit the big 4 0?  Join guest,LISA THOMAS, LCSW, LMFT, DAACS, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Clinical Sex Therapist, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Lisa specializes in relationship and sexual issues and provides innovative solutions to individuals and couples who are stuck in old patterns and crave passion and change.   For more information about Lisa Thomas, https://onlinecouch.com.  

What does it mean to build a legacy brand?  Learn why we want to build a brand for tomorrow that reaches beyond the profit.  

What do the animals in the Amazon Rain forest have in common with humans when it comes to clean beauty?  Why do we fear what we are putting our skin?   Is there any truth to the clean beauty's claims?  In this episode we will explore why claiming skin care is toxic, actually more about our neurochemistry and less about fact!