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Are you a woman in midlife seeking to enhance your emotional wellness and transform your life and legacy?
Do you put on a strong persona and suppress your own emotional needs to support everyone around you?
Have you been in this pattern for so long that you're struggling to find yourself or understand who you are in this midlife season? Imagine the relief and empowerment that comes from understanding and meeting your emotional needs, putting you back in control of your life.
Welcome to "A New Life Story," a transformative self-development podcast hosted by LaShonda Walker, a Certified Life Coach & Parent Educator.
This bi-weekly podcast is your guide to navigating your emotions and fostering healthier relationships with family and friends through self-discovery, setting boundaries, and achieving personal goals as you tap into your highest potential.
Learn how to connect to your emotions and understand your needs. Discover how to identify and dismantle unhealthy mindsets, uncover hidden beliefs hindering your growth, and replace them with empowering perspectives for a more fulfilling life. Each episode provides the support and tools you need to break free from emotional barriers and build a life rooted in the present.
Having been deeply impacted by unconscious beliefs, emotional disconnection, and repeating unhealthy patterns, LaShonda Walker, a Certified Adult Chair® Life Coach and communications professional, combines her extensive knowledge and personal experience to offer genuine and effective guidance on how to transform using simple, yet effective tools.
She teaches her clients they have the power to write an authentic and empowered life story, and this show will help you do the same.
Join us on this transformative journey to explore, heal and transform, and write "A New Life Story." Follow the show and connect with LaShonda for more insights and inspiration.
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Send us a text Ever 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 ...
Send us a text Balancing 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, buil...
Send us a text Are 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 s...
Send us a text We exist in a fast-paced world where there’s always something vying for our attention, so it’s easy to find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or simply out of sync with our own bodies. But what if you could hit the reset button on your nervous system in just seconds? In this conversation, Certified Adult Chair® Master Coach Angela Johnson, Open Hands Coaching, explains simple, effective steps to help you instantly reconnect with your body and bring your nervous system bac...
Send us a text Sometimes, things happen in childhood that we tuck away so deeply, we convince ourselves they no longer matter. We grow up, move forward, and tell ourselves we’re “over it.” But just because something is buried doesn’t mean it’s healed. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, life delivers a trigger—a situation, a relationship, a loss—that stirs something old and familiar. Suddenly, the emotions we thought were long gone rise like a sleeping giant, demanding our attention. This w...
Send us a text We'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 und...
Send us a text The 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 embr...
Send us a text Boundaries 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 wh...
Send us a text The 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 epis...
Send us a text Trauma-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 te...
Send us a text Perimenopause 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 to...
Send us a text There’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...
Send us a text Racing 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 empowere...
Send us a text Emotional 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...
Send us a text As 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 he...
Send us a text The 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...
Send us a text Emotional 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...
Send us a text Self-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...
Send us a text This 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...
Send us a text Explore 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 mi...
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