Wake Her Up

We will all experience grief, so why don't we know how to feel it and support it? Middle age can come with an excessive amount of grief. The loss of a marriage, friends, children, grandparents, parents, and even the idea of what you thought life was supposed to be. It also comes with the need to hold space for others to grieve. We discuss: How to feel uncomfortable feelings How to hold space for others The importance of being whole Not getting lost in grief Different experiences that feel like grief For community and support in mid life come join us at www.WakeHerUp.co Find us on social media Sharon @Sharon.a.life Marcella @BeingMarcellaHill

We have both learned that achieving goals does not increase our value. And expecting ourselves to start new things and go hard in January is stupid. Join me, Marcella Hill and my sister Sharon Johnson as we chat about our new views on setting goals. Trusting Flow vs. Goal Setting Don't Set Goals to Increase Your Value Presence over Doing Hope this episode inspires you to rethink your goals and enjoy being present rather than chasing things to become better. You already are whole as you are. We will all forever be incomplete, so sit back and enjoy whatever ride you want. Find community and support through this midlife awakening in the Wake Her Up private community of over 50K women! JOIN HERE To get your hormones tested go to JOI WOMEN'S WELLNESS use code WAKEHERUP Find more of us on Instagram & Tikok Sharon @Sharon.a.life Marcella @BeingMarcellaHill

Join us sisters, Sharon Johnson and Marcella Hill, as we chat with author Kelly Barnhill about massive life transformations and how to survive and thrive after the unexpected happens. What happens when large parts of how we define ourselves go missing? If you are a writer and can no longer write, who are you? If you are a wife and no longer a wife, who are you? If your body is failing you, who are you? We discuss the power of anger and how to use it. The healing magic of radical acceptance and curiosity. Kelly reads one of my favorite passages from the book that displays how I was feeling in my own body during the beginning of Perimenopause. "It's just too damn small in here!" She is a former teacher, former bartender, former waitress, former activist, former park ranger, former secretary, former janitor and former church-guitar-player. The sum of these experiences have prepared her for exactly nothing – save for the telling of stories, which she has been doing quite happily for some time now. She received the Newbery Medal in 2017, as well as fellowships from the Jerome Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. She is the winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Parents Choice Gold Award, the Texas Library Association Bluebonnet, and a Charlotte Huck Honor. She also was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, the Andre Norton Award and the PEN/USA literary prize. She has been on the New York Times bestseller list for a bunch of weeks now, as well as the Indie Besteller list.  She is the author of the novels THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, THE WITCH’S BOY, IRON HEARTED VIOLET and THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF JACK, as well as the novella, “The Unlicensed Magician”.  Grab a cozy blanket, snuggle up and enjoy being read to and listening to a story that will inspire you to use your creativity to turn rage into art that can inspire change. Listen/Read When Women Were Dragons HERE Join the Wake Her Up Sisterhood HERE

Midlife brings a lot of change in perspectives and belief systems. We share our new views about marriage while still being married. - What we thought marriage would be - When we noticed it was not what we thought it would be - How we gained new beliefs about relationships -How we are developing new relationships with our current partners -Should marriage be hard? -Is commitment more important than change? -How do you go from saving each other to being whole people sharing a life? -Is it your marriage or is it your HORMONES?! Before you make any big decisions get your hormones checked! Check HERS here use code WAKEHERUP Check HIS here use code WAKEHERUP For more support and community during midlife visit WAKE HER UP.CO Find us on social media Marcella Hill @BeingMarcellaHill Sharon Johnson @Sharon.a.life