Michele Folan is a 26-year veteran of the health industry, coach, mom, wife, and self-professed life-long learner, who wants you to feel encouraged to be all you were meant to be. How do you want the next 20+ years to look? What do you control? Aren’t you worth it?

She is the Host of “Asking for a Friend”, a midlife podcast that gets your health, wellness, and fitness questions answered by experts in their fields and features women just like you, who are stepping out to make their lives and the lives of others more fulfilled. 

Follow it on Facebook at @Asking for a Friend Pod and on Instagram @askingforafriend_pod. 

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Check out Michele’s new venture here:  Midlife Nutrition Coaching (new) https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/?aid=michelefolan

Ways to Engage: Michele mentions how she doesn’t want to feel left out at times, and that has caused conflict with her boundaries in the past. Is there a time when you’ve experienced this as well? How did that affect your body and Mental Health? Next time this comes up, try making a list of pros and cons—prioritize what feels right for you.

Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care – ( 3:16 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health – ( 15:43 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries – ( 18:54 )

Support self & other women unapologetically – ( 21:43 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES – ( 27:47 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations – ( 29:22 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself – ( 34:12 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your Relationships – ( 39:30 )

5 Activities That Nourish You – ( 46:39 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months – ( 51:45 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis

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