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A New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women37. How to Use Simple Tools to Uncover Unconscious Beliefs and Discover Your True Self (Rerun)Send us a text(Rerun of Episode 2). In this episode I discuss The Adult Chair® Model, a framework integral to my work as a life & emotional wellness coach, as well as a guide I use to educate people through this podcast. This episode provides a comprehensive introduction to The Adult Chair® Model to help establish context for the work I do with clients and the aim of this podcast - to help people connect to their authentic self. The Adult Chair® Model, crafted by Michelle Chalfant, is a framework where simple psychology meets groun...2025-04-2147 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women36. Bibliotherapy: How Stories Can Heal Emotional Wounds with Emely RumbleSend us a textIn this informational, inspiring and deeply emotional conversation, Emely Rumble, LCSW and founder of Literapy_NYC, shares her personal story of resilience and healing through literature. From growing up with a teen mother and an absent father to discovering the power of bibliotherapy, Emely explores how books can help individuals process grief and trauma. She delves into the intersection of faith, spirituality, and mental health, discussing the importance of a holistic understanding of spirituality. Emely also introduces her upcoming book, Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, and offers insights into the...2025-04-071h 03A New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women35. Nervous System Regulation - Where Inner Connection BeginsSend us a textEver wonder why you feel anxious, shut down, or overwhelmed out of nowhere? In this episode, we explore the powerful connection between your emotions and your nervous system—your body’s built-in stress and safety response system. You'll learn how your nervous system responds to life experiences and how that response shapes your feelings. We’ll also share practical tools to help you regulate your body, calm your mind, and feel more in control. Emotional healing starts here—with awareness and understanding.Read the full blog post here. ...2025-03-2428 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women34. From Stuck to Empowered: Transforming Your Career Through Emotional Awareness with Cherie CaldwellSend us a textBalancing career and personal life comes with emotional complexities. Transformative Leadership Consultant and Coach Cherie Caldwell has helped individuals and organizations worldwide resolve internal conflicts, transform high achievers into cohesive teams, and navigate work-life balance effectively. A key to success is reconnecting with oneself to better understand personal needs and emotions, fostering emotional intelligence in the workplace. Learning to manage emotions, build self-worth, set boundaries, and heal childhood wounds is essential to your professional growth.Read the full blog post here. In this episode, we c...2025-03-1055 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women33. The Power of Self Compassion: Practical Ways to Care for YouSend us a textAre you looking for a safe community of people on their emotional wellness journey? We're curating space. Take the Emotional Wellness Group Survey.Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or like you’re constantly falling short? You’re not alone. We live in a world that glorifies overworking, over achieving, and always pushing forward—but the reality is, life is messy and complex. The one thing you need when life becomes overwhelming and things don’t go as you planned or expected, is self-compassion. In this episode, learn more about self-com...2025-02-2427 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women32. Playbook for Understanding Your EgoSend us a textWe're create a safe space for community healing, growth and self-discovery? Share what you want to learn in our survey. There’s a complex connection between our ego, emotions, and the fear-driven responses we develop throughout life - particularly during our adolescent phase of life (age 7-25). Drawing on the Adult Chair® Model, this episode focuses on how protective patterns formed during our formative years can hinder growth in adulthood. Learn practical insights to understand your emotional reactions and begin identifying and changing outdated beliefs and patterns of behavior.Read...2025-02-1027 min
Personal Development Trailblazers PodcastWhy Midlife Feels Stuck and How to Break Free With LaShonda Walker
Welcome to the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast! In this episode, we’ll dive into powerful strategies, tools, and mindsets to help you reset, reclaim your purpose, and transform your journey into something extraordinary.
With over two decades of distinguished service in both the military and federal service, LaShonda Walker stands as a seasoned communications expert. Starting her career as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Air Force, she not only cultivated her communication skills, but also developed a profound passion for helping others understand their story. This love for storytelling ha...2025-01-2719 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women31. From Stress to Rest: Emotional Wellness Tips for Closing the Year StrongSend us a textThe Season 3 finale offers a thoughtful reflection on navigating the transformative emotions of midlife. It recaps the empowering discussions on managing stress, understanding midlife emotions, practicing somatic meditation, setting boundaries, and more. Highlights include inspiring listener stories from around the globe, demonstrating how small, intentional steps can lead to profound growth and emotional wellness. Learn practical on starting where you are, with a focus on embracing even minimal effort, such as 3% progress, as a meaningful step forward. You’ll learn how managing emotions can transform relationships by fostering greater awareness and compassion. As th...2024-12-1628 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women30. Setting Boundaries to Protect Your Emotional WellnessSend us a textBoundaries are often misunderstood as selfish, but they’re one of the most empowering ways to protect your emotional wellness and create healthier relationships. In this episode, explore five strategies for setting boundaries, grounded in the Adult Chair® Model. Learn how to communicate assertively, set consequences, say no without guilt, and build resilience when faced with resistance. Boundaries aren’t about controlling others—they’re about teaching people how to treat you while fostering trust and mutual respect. When you set and maintain boundaries, you honor yourself, protect your energy, and create space for deepe...2024-12-0228 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women29. Protecting Your Energy: 5 Tips for Navigating Emotional TriggersSend us a textThe holiday season is often painted as a time of joy, connection, and celebration—but let’s be real, it can also be one of the most emotionally triggering times of the year. From old family dynamics and personal boundaries being tested, to the overwhelm of social expectations, this season can leave you feeling drained and out of balance. The good news? There are simple, practical ways to navigate these challenges while protecting both your emotions and your energy. In this episode, you’ll learn five empowering tips to help you stay grounded and ca...2024-11-1821 min
The Human Show15. Transition Talk with LaShonda WalkerIn this episode my friend LaShonda and I discuss some of the challenges facing women navigating life transitions. LaShonda Walker is a Certified Emotional Wellness Coach and Positive Discipline Association® Parent Educator. She specializes in guiding women in midlife through the process of rewriting the stories that no longer serve them, allowing them to break free from limiting beliefs and past patterns. Connect with LaShonda:Website: https://www.anewlifestorycoaching.com/Instagram: @anewlifestorycoachFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/anewlifestorycoachingPodcast: A New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & L...2024-11-0859 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women28. Feel It to Heal It: How Somatic Healing Techniques Improve Emotional WellnessSend us a textTrauma-informed somatic healing meditations offer a transformative path to reconnecting with the body and fostering deep emotional healing. In this episode, I’m joined by Trauma-Informed Emotional Healing Coach Karena Neukirchner from Hello Inner Light, to discuss the power of somatic healing meditations. On the path to emotional healing, somatic techniques help us reconnect with our bodies in ways that foster deep, lasting change. Unlike traditional therapeutic methods that tend to focus mainly on cognitive processes, somatic healing taps into the body’s wisdom, allowing us to process emotions and experiences at a cell...2024-11-0447 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women27. Navigating Perimenopause: Understanding Emotional & Health Changes with Dr. Brandi SinkfieldSend us a textPerimenopause is a significant time of transition for women, often accompanied by emotional shifts like anxiety, frustration, or brain fog. But did you know these feelings can also be linked to deeper health issues, such as high blood pressure or glucose imbalances? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Brandi Sinkfield, Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and we discuss the vital connections between your emotions, genetics, and overall health during perimenopause. Learn how using tools like blood pressure cuffs and glucose monitors can reveal the ways your emotional state influences your physical well-being, and how understanding...2024-10-2156 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women26. Feel Safe In Your Body: How Your Beliefs Inform Stress HormonesSend us a textThere’s a powerful connection between our beliefs and stress hormones, particularly during midlife. Unconscious beliefs, often formed in childhood, can trigger stress responses like fight or flight, leading to heightened cortisol levels. Then elevated cortisol impacts our health. The episode discusses the impact of chronic stress on your body and emotional health, especially as hormonal shifts occur during midlife. You'll learn practical tools like mindfulness, breathwork, and journaling to uncover limiting beliefs and shift them for greater emotional balance and well-being. Learn simple actionable steps to reduce stress and improve ove...2024-10-0727 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women25. How to finally take control of your Ruminating thoughtsSend us a textRacing thoughts can feel overwhelming, disrupting your focus, sleep, and overall mental well-being. These repetitive thought loops, common during moments of stress and midlife transitions, can lead to exhaustion and difficulty managing emotions. In this episode, we’ll explore why these thoughts occur, especially in midlife, and how to use the Adult Chair® Model to break the cycle. You'll learn practical techniques to ground yourself, label your emotions, and make empowered decisions, helping you regain control and balance in your life.Read the full blog post here...2024-09-2331 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women24. 3 Ways To Address Emotional Blocks in MinutesSend us a textEmotional blocks can keep us feeling stuck and unable to move forward. But with the right tools, you can break through these barriers and find emotional freedom.Join me as we explore these powerful techniques from the Adult Chair® Model and learn how to address emotional blocks in just minutes. These practices will help you embrace all parts of yourself and move forward with compassion and strength.Read the full blog post here. In this episode, we cover: (00:05:31) - Introduce and understanding what are...2024-09-0924 min
Women's Digital HealthIntegrating Technology and Coaching for Mental Wellness with LaShonda WalkerSend us a textHave you ever wanted to tell yourself a different story about your past? A story that embraces challenges, restores joy, and stops you from reliving past trauma over and over again.My guest today is LaShonda Walker, the founder of A New Life Story Coaching Service. Despite checking all the societal boxes of success, LaShonda found herself exhausted and unfulfilled. Her turning point came during the pandemic, which led her to embrace the Adult Chair Model and eventually become a coach to help others navigate similar struggles.This model...2024-06-1539 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women23. A Midlife Journey of Finding Self & Healing with Eileen Marder-MirmanSend us a textAs women enter midlife, many experience a profound awakening, prompting them to question their identities and the roles they have played throughout their lives. This journey of self-discovery can be both challenging and rewarding. Eileen Marder-Merman, author of the memoir, "How I Think I Should Be Is BS," shares her journey of feeling a disconnect between her inner self and the external expectations placed upon her, which led her to explore her true identity which allowed her to rediscover her inner child and the joy...2024-05-1340 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women22. Adopt These 5 Key Traits to Be Your Best SelfSend us a textThe journey to discovering the Higher Self is central to transformation through the Adult Chair® Model. By connecting with this conscious part of yourself, you can observe your past without judgment, allowing healing to occur in the present. With compassion and awareness, we break free from old narratives, empowering us to step into our full potential. In this episode you’ll learn practical tools and exercises to help you connect with the wisdom of your Adult, empowering you to make grounded decisions and approach life from a place of clarity and bala...2024-04-2927 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women21. 4 Simple Practices for Your Next Major Life TransformationSend us a textEmotional awareness is key to self-discovery and transformation. It helps us recognize and process our emotions, offering insight into how feelings shape our thoughts and behaviors. By increasing emotional awareness, we can uncover unconscious patterns, heal past wounds, and make intentional choices that align with our true selves. Small steps like breathwork, mindfulness, and setting intentions can create big changes, fostering growth and reconnection with our authentic selves.Read the full blog post here. In this episode, we cover: ...2024-04-1542 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women20. The Value of Self-Awareness for Breaking Generational Patterns with Alisha WoodallSend us a textSelf-awareness is a powerful tool for transforming both ourselves and the legacy we leave behind. By understanding our emotions, patterns, and behaviors, we can break free from unconscious cycles and create a more intentional life. This awareness allows us to heal, make conscious decisions, and cultivate healthier relationships. It also shapes the way we interact with others. In this episode, Licensed Professional Therapist Alisha Woodall explains how being curious is the first steps towards discovering yourself and bringing lasting change. Read the full blog post here. In...2024-04-0149 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women19. Understanding Your Ego: How Your Past Shapes Your PresentSend us a textThis episode discusses the intricate relationship between ego, identity, and the importance of taking breaks.As a life coach, I specialize in guiding individuals through a journey of exploring their past, to change unhealthy hidden beliefs, and ultimately transform their life. Using The Adult Chair® Model, we uncover the depths of one's past experiences to better understand the present. A crucial aspect of this process is understanding the significance of the ego, particularly during the formative years of adolescence.During this critical period of development, spanning from ages seven t...2024-03-1825 minA New Life Story: Emotional Healing, Personal Growth & Legacy Transformation for Midlife Women18. How Breathwork Can Rewire Your Brain for Better Health with Brittney HallSend us a textExplore the transformative power of breathwork, yoga, and mindfulness in this enlightening podcast episode, delving into stress management, overall well-being, and neurological self-regulation for generational healing.Discover how Yoga Instructor and Breathwork Coach Brittany Hall navigated physical and emotional pain post-car accident using yoga and breathwork, highlighting their efficacy in stress reduction and healing.Learn about breathwork's pivotal role in calming the mind and body amidst life's challenges, inducing relaxation and harmonizing the fight or flight response.Explore the holistic benefits of yoga, breathwork, and meditation on...2024-03-041h 02