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Midlife for many women either brings joy or fear into their hearts. It’s a season of change: kids are finally out of the house, the marriage is mature, and the career is established. All that’s left is you and defining who you are. 

For many women, this is a daunting task. Up to that point, our lives have been defined by how we’ve poured into others. You’ve been everything to every person, but who are you to yourself? 

In this episode, I sit down with Dawn Barton as we talk about her journey through midlife and her new book Midlife Battle Cry: Redefining the Mighty Second Half. To Dawn, midlife is not an age, but rather a pivot point where women look to redefine and understand who they are.

Women often need to be reminded that we are full of wisdom and don’t have to be focused on our “packaging”. Midlife brings the opportunity for us to truly sit with ourselves and look closely at the entirety of our being. This work isn’t always easy and requires a lot of discovery, but Dawn and I both believe that you can engage in productive self-discovery by dating yourself! 

Dawn shared some great ways she has learned to date herself.  As she moves around and finds things that she likes, she takes notes of them. From fragrances to colors, Dawn has learned to be intentional about knowing what makes her happy. While it can be hard and often feel shameful for women to do this because we are so used to giving to others and putting our needs on the back burner, when we take the time to get to know ourselves, we can find that we have the opportunity to rescue ourselves too.

Midlife is not solely a season of learning more about what we like, but also a season of accepting ourselves. I’m the first person that will admit that it’s not always easy to accept my body, but when we leave room to accept ourselves, we honor the creation of the Creator. 

Midlife is the second season of our lives ––it is a time in which God is telling us to wake up and get ready for the second half. It isn’t downhill, but rather the invigorating drop of a rollercoaster. We feel alive. We feel free. We feel here AND we have the privilege of being able to pour that freedom into the women behind us. 

Are you ready to wake up for the second season? Well, join Dawn Barton and I as we let out our battle cry and find ourselves in midlife!

Highlights from Today’s Episode

  • Defining midlife
  • Dating yourself
  • Pouring into the next generation

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Let’s Talk!

  1. When you look in the mirror, what are you saying to yourself? Is it appreciation or deprecation?
  2. Take the week to note what you like. It can be anything! What did you find about yourself?
  3. What do you think midlife is? Are you setting yourself up for freedom?

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