108 | When Choosing Yourself Feels Selfish: Mindfulness For Midlife Moms Facing Burnout (Caregiving Guilt)

Do you feel guilty for wanting more—for yourself? If every time you reach for your own joy, creativity, or growth you hear that nagging voice say, “Shouldn’t you be doing something for your family instead?”, this episode is for you. Midlife women often carry guilt for simply wanting fulfillment—and it's time to change that.

• Understand the two types of guilt and how to stop letting the unfounded kind sabotage your aspirations.
• Learn three practical mindset shifts to honor both your family and your personal dreams.
• Anchor into a powerful affirmation that redefines self-prioritization as an act of love, not selfishness.

🎧 Press play and reclaim the freedom to grow without guilt—because your dreams and your caregiving can coexist.

You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change Podcast. We’ve made some pivots through the years, but we’ve finally landed on the right path: producing content for moms seeking calm within the chaos of midlife changes.

New episodes drop on:

• Sundays: 20-minute episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a featured mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
• Wednesdays: Short guided practice sessions to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique and reset your week

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This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.

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