Part 2 of our friendship series. Last week we talked about losing friends — this week, we talk about finding them. Because making friends after 40 is nothing like it was in school, and nobody gave us a playbook for this.

Marci and I break down the real, practical steps to building new friendships — from showing up at the yoga class to making the bold move of asking someone to coffee. We talk about what to look for, what to watch out for, when to go deep, and when to keep it light. Plus the micro traditions that turn acquaintances into ride-or-dies.

If you're sitting at home wondering why it's so hard to find your people — it's not you. It's just harder now. But it's not impossible. Your people are out there. You just have to go find them.

📓 JOURNAL PROMPTS:

1. Where do you already show up regularly that could become a friendship incubator? Gym, class, church, work?
2. When's the last time you made the first move with a potential friend? What held you back — and what would happen if you did it this week?
3. Think about your closest friendship. How did it start? What made it deepen? Can you recreate those conditions?
4. Are you oversharing too fast or holding back too much? Where's your natural tendency and is it serving you?
5. What micro tradition could you start with someone this week? A daily Marco Polo, a weekly coffee, a monthly dinner?
6. What group, class, or club have you been wanting to join but haven't? What if you went this week?

💛 How did you meet your best friend? Tell us in the comments — we want to hear the story.

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Loneliness is as dangerous as smoking. Half of us are sitting at home thinking we're the only ones who feel disconnected — while the woman next door feels exactly the same way. I

n this episode, Marci and I get real about friendship breakups — the gossip that showed someone's true colors, the friend who couldn't handle your growth, the grief of losing someone who's still walking around in the world.

We talk about the Susanna/Pam triangle (you know the one), why you might be the common denominator, the chameleon pattern that attracts the wrong people, and why going back to an old friendship just because it's familiar isn't always the answer. Plus — a practical tool for when that ex-friend keeps popping into your head and you can't let it go.

This is Part 1. Part 2 — how to actually MAKE friends — drops Thursday.

📓 JOURNAL PROMPTS:

Think about a friendship that ended. Looking back, was it truly about you — or about what you represented to them? Have you been a chameleon in your friendships?

What "color" have you been hiding to keep people comfortable?

Write a gratitude letter to a friend you've lost. Thank them for what they brought into your life. You don't have to send it.

Who in your current circle makes you feel like you have to perform? Who makes you feel like you can just be?

If you showed up fully as yourself tomorrow — no mask, no filter — who would stay and who would go?

💛 Have you gone through a friendship breakup? How did you cope? Tell us in the comments.

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You don't have to white-knuckle your way to your goals. There's another way — and it actually works better.

In this episode, Marci and I break down the difference between pushing toward your goals until you burn out and being pulled toward them because you're obsessed with the vision. Same goal. Same work. Completely different experience — and completely different results.

We talk about why people who muscle their way to success often don't enjoy it when they get there, how your brain is literally wired to solve for whatever you feed it (good or bad), and why the woman who visualizes the Canary Islands every morning ends up on the plane while the woman who just thinks "that would be nice" scrolls past the ad.

This isn't about sitting on your couch and waiting for the universe to deliver. Action still has to happen. But there's a massive difference between 90 hours of drudgery and 80 hours that feel like breathing because you're in love with where you're going.

📓 JOURNAL PROMPTS:

1. What goal are you currently white-knuckling? What would it feel like to loosen your grip and fall in love with the vision instead?
2. Close your eyes and visualize your goal as already achieved. What do you see, smell, taste, feel? Write it down in as much detail as possible — make it so real your brain can't tell the difference.
3. Where in your life is your brain proving a negative belief true? "I don't have enough time." "I'll never lose this weight." "I'm too old for this." What if you replaced that thought with the opposite and let your brain prove THAT true instead?
4. Think about something amazing that "fell into your lap." Looking back — did it really? Or had you been thinking about it, talking about it, and noticing opportunities you would have missed before?
5. What would your dream life look like one year from now if everything you're working toward right now came together? Describe it like you're already living it.

💛 What are you obsessed with right now? What goal has you daydreaming? Drop it in the comments — let your brain start proving it true.

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🎙️ For the deep dive on weight loss and body beliefs, check out Peggy's solo show Shift The Weight on The Eden Shift channel.

You’re allowed to survive.

It's okay to cry and feel heartbroken for a little while after life knocks the wind out of you.

Survival mode is human. But eventually there comes a moment where you have to decide:

Are you going to stay there… or are you ready to thrive too? Can you do both?

This conversation is your reminder that you do not have to choose between surviving and thriving.

Sometimes healing looks like both.

💛 JOURNAL PROMPTS:

• Where in your life are you surviving instead of thriving?

• What pain have you accidentally built a home inside of?

• What would thriving actually look like for you right now?

• What are you finally ready to stop carrying?

• What would happen if you trusted yourself again?

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We stay stuck doing the same things because being a beginner is uncomfortable. But here's what nobody tells you — that discomfort is where the alive feeling lives.

In this episode, Marci and I talk about why we avoid trying new things, how learning a new skill actually rewires your brain, and why it doesn't have to be perfect or productive or profitable. It can just be yours.

Try one new thing this week. That's the challenge. Tell us what it is in the comments.

📓 JOURNAL PROMPTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

What's one thing you've been curious about but haven't tried because you're afraid you won't be good at it? What would happen if you tried anyway?

When was the last time you were a beginner at something? How did it feel? Did you stick with it or quit — and why?

What do you do to numb out instead of trying something new? Scrolling, Netflix, snacking? What if you replaced one of those this week with something that makes you feel alive?

Think about a skill you're really good at now. Were you good at it on day one? What would you tell that beginner version of yourself?

Do you feel like everything you do has to have a purpose, a payoff, or a result? What would it feel like to do something just for the sheer pleasure of it — with no goal attached?

Who could you invite to try something new with you this week? Text them right now. Seriously — right now.

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🎙️ For the deep dive on weight loss and body beliefs, check out Peggy's solo show Shift The Weight on The Eden Shift Youtube channel.

What if the thoughts running your life aren't even yours? In this episode, Marci and I get vulnerable about the core beliefs we've carried for decades — beliefs that got imprinted so early they feel like facts. From a second grade art teacher who told me "mess up, fix up" to my 85-year-old mother who's been on a diet every single day of her life, we dig into the operating systems running in the background of our choices and ask: is it time for an upgrade?

We talk about procrastination as avoidance, superpowers that become weaknesses when overused, the scale as a trust issue, and the belief that a college degree determines your worth. And we challenge you to do the same: find a belief you've been holding so tightly you think it's a fact, and poke some holes in it.

📓 JOURNAL PROMPTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1. What belief about yourself can you trace back to a specific moment in childhood? Who said it? Do you still believe it — and is it actually true?
2. What's your "superpower" that might be overused? Where has a strength become a crutch that's quietly holding you back?
3. Name one thing you do every day out of habit that you've never questioned. What would it feel like to stop doing it for one week?
4. Think about the women who raised you — your mother, grandmother, aunts. What belief about bodies, food, or worthiness did they model for you that you're still carrying?
5. "Future you will thank you." What is one thing you've been avoiding that future you is begging you to just get done?

💛 Pick one prompt. Journal on it this week. Drop which one you chose in the comments.

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Because if you can't laugh about it — you probably still need to shift it. 💛

🎙️ For the deep dive on weight loss and body beliefs, check out Peggy's solo show Shift The Weight on The Eden Shift Youtube channel.

Meet Sherry — a marketing teacher of 32 years, DECA advisor, yoga-certified wellness advocate, mom of two adult daughters, and the woman behind an upcoming brand called House of Honeydale. She's retiring in August, starting a business with her sister, caring for aging parents, and trying to figure out who she is underneath all the roles she's been playing for everyone else.

In this episode, Peggy reads Sherry's birth chart and uncovers why she's wired to nurture everyone at her own expense — and why right now, the universe is telling her it's finally her turn. Then Marci steps in with life coaching tools and walks Sherry through a real-time transformation from "I'm the yo-yo girl" to "I'm the balanced girl."

Along the way, Sherry reveals a core belief she's been carrying since she was 14 years old that she didn't even realize was running the show. This is the moment the episode cracks wide open.

If you've ever called yourself the yo-yo girl, the one who can't stick with it, the one who always puts everyone else first — this episode is for you. Sherry walked in with one identity and walked out with a new one. And she gave us all permission to do the same.

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Companies mentioned in this episode:

• DECA
• House of Honeydale

Everyone calls it a midlife crisis. But what if the real issue is quieter — and harder to name?

Peggy and Marci dig into the identity shifts women go through in midlife — the small ones you barely notice and the big ones that knock you sideways. Peggy gets personal about her own experience, and Marci brings a practical coaching tool you can start using today.

If you've ever asked yourself "who am I now?" — press play.

Your homework: 10 minutes a day. No phone. Just sit with yourself and see what comes.

JOURNAL PROMPTS:

1. List every role you identify with. Cross them all out. Who's underneath?
2. Think about a phase of life you thought would never end — but it did. What does that tell you about where you are now?
3. Where are you staying busy to avoid sitting with something uncomfortable?
4. You have 40 or 50 years ahead of you. What are you doing with that time?
5. What identity have you been clinging to that no longer fits?

🎧 New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays every week

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Links referenced in this episode:

• theuntetheredsoul

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Michael Singer
• The Untethered Soul
• Kroger
• Dayton Ballet
• University of Connecticut

Links referenced in this episode:

• untethered-soul
• nomorebullshift

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Dayton Ballet
• University of Connecticut
• Kroger