177. Reinventing Yourself in Your 50s | Dating After Divorce and Finding Inner Peace with Colleen Odegaard

If you’re reading this, you’ve experienced heartbreak. Whether it be the loss of a partner, job, family, animal, anything– you have had to reinvent yourself afterwards. Colleen Odegaard is here to walk us through how she pieced herself back together after leaving her long-term TV career, getting divorced, and then becoming an empty nester, all within the span of a couple of years. Our discussion today is filled with hilarious stories, immense hope, and a few beautiful tears. We love Colleen and know you will too! 

 

PS: to the men watching, reach out to Liz if you fit the criteria for Colleen’s dream guy 😉

 

Colleen Odegaard is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-host of the Charlotte Today Show. She hosts the award-winning podcast Wake Up to Your Life where she shares her experience of reinventing herself in her 50s, dating after divorce, and healing her inner child to create a peaceful, fulfilling life.

 

Connect with Colleen:

• Wake Up to Your Life Podcast

• Instagram

 

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• If you have a loved one going through a hard time, show up without asking what to do. You do not have to do anything fancy– just be there and hold your loved one’s hand through their heartbreak. Making them feel seen and heard is enough.

• Everything we want is on the other side of bravery. Take a jump, take a chance, and fly! Indecision and comfort breeds stagnancy. Believe in yourself by knowing that other people go through heartbreak and have gotten through– you can too. 

• If you struggle with forgiveness, try to forgive little by little. Meditate on how to surrender to what is, so you can accept it, forgive, and move on. 

 

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Be Powerful with Liz & Lee is focused on helping you find your inner power and for us to share our thoughts on society, culture, and current events. As the team behind Hilliard Studio Method in Charlotte, North Carolina, we love all things wellness and will also share info on how to live your healthiest life mentally, physically, and emotionally.

 

Podcast contact info:

• Liz’s Instagram 

• Lee’s Instagram

• Hilliard Studio Method