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98. Why New Year’s Resolutions Keep Smart Women Stuck (And What to Do Instead)

January 5, 2026 • 10 mins

New Year’s resolutions often keep smart women stuck because they’re built on the belief that you must “fix yourself” before you’re allowed to feel confident or start living. In this episode, Holly Toscanini explains why waiting mode isn’t laziness—it’s a self-protection strategy—and shares what to do instead: replace resolutions with standards, build self-trust through small decisions, and create real momentum without pressure or p...

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97. How to Make 2026 The Year of Unwaiting

December 29, 2025 • 17 mins

How to Make 2026 The Year of Unwaiting: Clarity, Courage, and Self-Trust Year-end reflection for midlife women: close 2025 with compassion and start 2026 with clarity, courage, and self-trust. Includes a guided ritual + confidence quiz.

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96. How to Get Unstuck in Midlife: Tiny Pivots, New Habits, Real Momentum

December 22, 2025 • 19 mins

Feeling stuck in “someday mode” in midlife? Someday you’ll change careers. Someday you’ll feel confident. Someday you’ll finally do the thing you can’t stop thinking about. In this episode of How to Lose the ‘WAIT’, intuitive living coach Holly Toscanini shows you how to get unstuck in midlife using tiny pivots, simple habits, and micro-actions that build real momentum over time. You don’t need a massive life overhaul. You need mov...

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95. Choosing What to Leave Behind: Emotional Decluttering for the New Year

December 15, 2025 • 18 mins

What to Leave Behind: Emotional Decluttering for the New Year Before you set a single New Year’s resolution, it’s time for an emotional declutter. In this episode, Holly guides you through a step-by-step process to release outdated identities, habits, and roles that keep you stuck, so you can create a true midlife reset that actually fits the woman you’re becoming.

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94. How to Calm Your Inner Critic Fast!

December 8, 2025 • 16 mins

Go from Panicked to Poised in Just 3 Minutes Wish you had a confidence reset button for those “Who am[...]

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93. How to Stop Fixing Yourself

December 1, 2025 • 20 mins

Tired of “working on yourself” and still feeling like a project? This new episode of How to Lose the ‘WAIT’ is all about why real midlife growth isn’t about fixing yourself—it’s about remembering who you are.

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92. Gratitude Without Guilt: Finding Joy When Life Isn’t Perfect

November 24, 2025 • 15 mins

Instead of weaponizing gratitude as “it could be worse,” Holly unpacks the difference between genuine appreciation and toxic positivity, and offers grounded, compassionate practices to help midlife women notice joy and meaning without denying their reality.

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91. Body Wisdom 101: What Your Cravings, Energy, and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You

November 17, 2025 • 23 mins

Cravings, fatigue, and emotions aren’t failures—they’re wisdom. Learn how to reconnect with your body’s intuitive signals in midlife and build trust again.

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90. How to Rebuild Trust With Yourself (After Too Many Broken Promises)

November 10, 2025 • 13 mins

Every broken promise erodes confidence—but every gentle follow-through stitches trust back together. Learn the science and soul of rebuilding integrity with yourself in midlife.

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89. From Overthinking to Aligned Action: How to Calm Your Nervous System and Create Real Momentum

November 3, 2025 • 14 mins

You’re not stuck—you’re overstimulated. Learn how nervous-system safety unlocks intuitive action and calm confidence in midlife. Calm your mind, regulate your body, and turn overthinking into aligned, confident action.

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96. How to Get Unstuck in Midlife: Tiny Pivots, New Habits, Real Momentum

95. Choosing What to Leave Behind: Emotional Decluttering for the New Year

94. How to Calm Your Inner Critic Fast!

93. How to Stop Fixing Yourself

92. Gratitude Without Guilt: Finding Joy When Life Isn’t Perfect

91. Body Wisdom 101: What Your Cravings, Energy, and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You

90. How to Rebuild Trust With Yourself (After Too Many Broken Promises)

89. From Overthinking to Aligned Action: How to Calm Your Nervous System and Create Real Momentum

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Holly Toscanini

98. Why New Year’s Resolutions Keep Smart Women Stuck (And What to Do Instead)

97. How to Make 2026 The Year of Unwaiting