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Aging Like a Guru - Who Me? is a fun and inspiring show about the process we're all stuck dealing with-AGING! Dr. Rosie Kuhn shares a perspective that will empower you to age gracefully + mindfully, and with a smile on your face. You will find yourself laughing, and relieved, as you find pieces of yourself revealed in every episode. Come laugh along with us!
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Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
When Other People Are Suffering
At any age in life, we will see or hear about other people who are having a rough time with their own aging process. It might be friends, family, or our partners.
How do we respond? How do we support or help people in need? I think this is a really big question: How do we help others without endangering our own well-being? How willing are we to throw ourselves under the bus for other people? And how are we possibly doing that without even realizing that it's happening?
Listen in to find out and share your thoughts with me on Facebook!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Solitude or Isolation? Does it matter? YEP! Big Time!!
They may sound similar, but there's a big difference between solitude and isolation, and the difference is what motivates a person to be alone.
The bottom line is that quite often as we age we can do with a lot less people time. We need more "Me Time." We can get kind of bored with all the social pageantry that use to be so important to us. We'd rather binge on a Netflix series, a good book, or a knitting project that we can't wait to finish. There isn't fear in being alone. There isn't a sense of missing something or someone; in fact, FOMO is long gone. We find more fun ways to enjoy our own company, and the company of close friends and family - perhaps, and in limited quantities! This is called solitude, and many people relish in it as they age. Nowhere to be but exactly where they already are.
Isolation, on the other hand, is something that can occur because of fears, or loss, or depression. Some people think that they are less appreciated or loved as they age, and begin to worry about not being able to be all that they once were in life. They often don't know who they are without their previous roles and identities, so they stay home and feel bad about themselves as they hide from others. Not a fun way to live one's life.
Do you have a sense of whether you're headed towards isolation or solitude? Which one? Listen in and then tell me your experiences on Facebook!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
What's Really Happening When Life Gets Scary?
Most of us spend probably 80% of our time being afraid, to one degree or another. We've been trained to be afraid of change, of risk, of loss, of success, of failure, of love.... You name it! All because someone, somewhere, has declared that that is something to be afraid of.
There's another group that says we should embrace change, success, failure and the rest of it . . . but you and I both know that that's so much easier to say than actually do.
So how do we face the changes that constantly confront us as we age, and not be in a state of angst or freak out for the rest of our lives??? Big question!!
Listen in to hear my thoughts on it! And share yours with me on Facebook!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Friday Nov 29, 2019
What Should I Want? What Do I Want?
Given that there is so much information that tells us what we should want as we grow up and morph through our "Golden Years," you'd think we knew how to do this better!
Many times, though, all the options available to us actually create more confusion rather than clarity. The question: "What should I want?" comes up in a lot of my coaching sessions with my clients. My answer is always, "What do you want?"
So many of us are afraid to truly know what we want, and so we limit our desires to only what we think we can have. We've eliminated so much possibility because we are afraid to know what we truly desire.
Listen in as I discuss allowing yourself to want what you want!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Should I Be Afraid of Aging?
Being aged 67 now, I know I could live well into my 90’s. That could be a good 30 years! Yet when I imagine myself in this process, I realize the degree to which I worry and wonder if I should be afraid of aging. At the same time, I don't want to spend the next 30 years living in fear. That's not the way I want to live this last third of my life.
Living in Fear
I've talked to quite a few people lately about aging, and I was surprised with the number who expressed that they are afraid of aging. It's a fascinating dilemma that we may have decades ahead of us, but we fear the worst that could come as we potentially decline into decrepitude.
I think there is another way of looking at aging - and obviously aging like a guru would enhance the possibilities, wouldn't you say?
Listen in and let me know your thoughts on Facebook!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Don't Worry - Life is Good
As I've mentioned in previous podcasts, worrying and other negative patterns of thinking contribute little to the idea that life is good. People roll their eyes when they hear me say that life is good. They think I'm being flaky. However, I've been doing a lot of work on my human-spirit self so that I can have a good life, and more importantly, experience the good life that I am having right now.
Worrying contributes little or nothing to my well-being.
It's taken me decades to realize that. So why not pass on the possibility to you - so that you can question the value of worry or any negative thinking that you consciously create for yourself. As you know, my intention is to only cultivate a potential of curiosity in you so that you may experience greater freedom to choose to choose what you want to choose. And, to let go of the idea that you have to choose according to someone else's beliefs.
Lately I've been using the mantra, "I'm responsible for my own life." It has made a huge difference in how I choose what I choose. No one else is now able to rain on my parade. And, I like it that way!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
When in Doubt, Drink Water
Regardless of our age, most of us do not drink enough water, so therefore we may be feeling symptoms of dehydration that we ignore, because it feels normal. And all too often people end up at the doctor's office for symptoms of dehydration.
One of the intentions of these podcasts is to tap into wisdom and intelligence that is always with us. When we become more aware of what's happening physically and in all other ways, we become more empowered to make choices that keep us healthy, if healthy is what we want. Sometimes I've chosen less-healthy choices, and the consequences are symptoms that make me think I need to go to the doctor, when really I just need to make different choices.
What choices are you re-evaluating after listening to this podcast? Let me know on Facebook!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
What is Your Highest Value: Health, Wealth or Wellbeing?
The longer I'm on this planet in this Earth-suit, the more I see the potential to really create the life I want to have. I'm always at choice, but what values are the values most important to me?
Does wealth take precedence over health? Does fulfillment and happiness come before wealth? Each of us have our own priorities. The more clear we are with those priorities, the greater capacity we have to choose based on those priorities.
Do I have the best life ever? Perhaps for others it's not the best life. Perhaps they would make different choices based on their values. For me, so far, the life I'm living is the best I can imagine. And, I can't wait to see what shows up that is, for me, unimaginable. I know that if I'm open to receiving it, then it will be extraordinary!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Stuffed Animals Aren't Just for Kids
For some people, having a stuffed animal has gotten them through the toughest times. Online searches brought up studies and stories of the values inherent in keeping a stuffed animal very close by. I've had William for 37 years. Through thick and thin, that bear has been there for me like no one else!
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Living Through Darkest Hours - There's No Hope Until There Is
I have no idea why we are never prepared for the inevitable darkest hour of life. It always comes: Annihilation of what seems to matter most; Homes destroyed; Jobs lost; Loss of loved ones.
There seems to be no salve for this gaping hole. Nothing matters in those times.
Why are we so unprepared for the worst of the worst? When there's no hope in sight, how do we be in it all?
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For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com