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I don’t know about you but I have a lot of questions about my brain at midlife. Questions like…

• Why does behavior change feel so hard?
• Why do so many midlife women rumble with anxiety and depression?
• How can I better manage my mental stress?
• What can I do now to help make my brain more resilient as I age?

So I reached out to Dr. Sarah McKay to help answer some of these questions, and she graciously agreed to join me for an interview.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-367

Dr. Sarah McKay’s Website: https://drsarahmckay.com/

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Dr. Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist and science communicator who simplifies brain science for health and well-being, performance, and creativity. Sarah completed her MSc and PhD in neuroscience at Oxford University. After relocating to Australia and completing five years of postdoctoral research on spinal cord injury, Sarah hung up her lab coat to establish Think Brain, which offers online professional development training in applied neuroscience and brain health.

In 2019, Sarah hosted an episode of ABC Catalyst exploring brain health, biohacking, and longevity. Sarah’s first book, The Women's Brain Book: The neuroscience of health, hormones, and happiness was published in 2018 (with a second edition due 2025). Her second book Baby Brain: The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy and motherhood sculpt our brains and change our minds (for the better), was published in 2023. She’s currently writing a third book on brain health for the iconic ‘For Dummies’ brand.

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Spending time alone at midlife can feel like an impossible task amid so many responsibilities AND it is incredibly important if you want to cultivate a strong relationship with yourself.

Why? Because…

It is hard to know yourself if you don’t take time to be with yourself.

I think solo adventures can be a great way to reconnect with yourself, relieve stress, get clarity around decisions, fortify confidence and so much more.

In this episode, I share 5 insights I have had from my own solo travel with the hopes that it might inspire you to plan a little getaway with yourself.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-366

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Attention, ladies! It’s time to rethink our approach to health and wellness if we want to age power-fully.

Our bodies undergo profound changes as we cross the midlife threshold, with the departure of crucial hormones like estrogen and progesterone making us less resilient to stress.

Ignoring this reality makes the pursuit of powerful aging an uphill battle.

Join me in this episode of the Grace & Grit podcast, where I help you to consider:

• The physiological shifts that demand our respect for a powerful aging journey.
• The profound ways our health approaches unknowingly add to our stress levels.
• Strategies to remain attuned to our overall stress load and leveraging this insight to inform our wellness strategies.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-357

• Episode 356: Power-FULL Aging (Part 1): Embracing Change: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-356

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I talk a lot in my work about the concept of Buffering, which is when we try to change our emotional landscape with something outside of us.

We feel lonely so we eat.
We feel bored so we scroll social media.
We are stressed or uncomfortable so we drink.

The problem with buffering is two-fold:
It distracts us from the truth of our life.
It has long-term consequences.

Buffering with alcohol has some unique consequences I believe for the perimenopausal and menopausal populations, which is the age group I primarily work with.

So I could not be more thrilled to be hosting Veronica Valli on the podcast.

Veronica Valli is changing the narrative on sobriety. With 21 years of sobriety and 19 years of experience as a recovery coach and psychotherapist, she understands that there is no ONE path to sobriety.

I adore Veronica, her message, and her mission and I am excited for you to tune into this conversation that we recently had.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-267/

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Learn more about Veronica Valli and her book, Soberful, here: https://soberful.com/soberful-book-launch

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It is downright impossible to create new possibilities for your life if you are living in reaction mode.

After all, your reactions are a byproduct of what you have been practicing. So, if you want to generate new outcomes, you have to practice new things, which means getting very intentional about how you live your days.

In this week’s episode of the Grace & Grit Podcast, I discuss one of the most important foundational elements of doing just that.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-266/

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Welcome to 2022!

Whatever it is your want for your health this year, I hope you go after it remembering that you are a multidimensional and dynamic human.

This means, if you want the changes you make to STICK – you’ll want your strategy to integrate the wholeness of your life not isolate parts of it.

Not sure what that means? Check out this week’s episode.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-265/

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The Grace & Grit Podcast is where I challenge women to reconsider what health really is and the strategies they are using to go about nurturing theirs. Rumble & Rise is my private community where I help members put rubber to the road. In other words, it is where we do the work.

In this final Grace & Grit Podcast of 2021, I share with you the road we have traveled inside of Rumble & Rise over the past 12 months and extend to you a special invitation to join us in 2022.

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-264/

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How we rumble with challenging emotions is a big deal.

Why? Because emotions drive your behavior.

So, I could not be more thrilled that Sarah Louise Lilley, who has been a long-time member of my Rumble & Rise Community, agreed to join me for a conversation about the power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

The holidays tend to be a pressure cooker of emotion for many women, so sit back, listen in and learn how simple it can be to pivot your emotional landscape.

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While the holiday season can usher in joy, celebration, and fun, it can also bring with it a hefty dose of stress. Family, social events, travel, and gift-giving can feel like a LOT on top of an already overflowing schedule.

In this episode of the Grace & Grit podcast, I give listeners a few ideas about how to travel through the holidays with your mental and physical health intact, so you can start the year ahead feeling strong, grounded, and ready for whatever comes:)

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-262/

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You know what’s amazing about gratitude?

It is one of the few resources we are gifted an endless supply of. There is no limit to the amount of gratitude you get to experience and/or express.

And yet…

How easy it is to not feel or express it at all.

In this episode of the Grace & Grit Podcast, I remind us all of the health-promoting benefits of gratitude AND take you through a very simple exercise for extending gratitude for one of the things women so often seem to be at war with… the human body:)

You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-261/

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