136. When You Finally Decide to Stop Waiting and Start Living | A Conversation with Judith Balis

In This Episode:

Midlife mindset, midlife transformation, high-achieving women, midlife identity shift, trusting yourself, bold moves in midlife, intuitive decisions, permission to change, midlife clarity, living your best life

Show Notes:
You don’t need to burn your life to the ground to build something that finally feels like you. You just need to stop waiting for permission.

In this powerful conversation, Laurie sits down with Best Life Retreat alum and  bold midlife trailblazer Judith Balis to talk about what it looks like to live a life that actually aligns with who you are—and who you’ve always been meant to be.

Judith didn’t leave everything behind. She made a series of intentional, courageous decisions that may not have made sense to anyone else…but made perfect sense to her. From launching a storefront against popular opinion to buying an apartment in Spain before her husband was quite ready, Judith is proof that midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a chance to finally come home to yourself.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• Why you don’t need a full-blown reinvention to feel fulfilled
• The difference between people-pleasing and personal alignment
• How to move through doubt and make decisions rooted in your truth
• The quiet boldness of trusting yourself in midlife
• What happens when you stop asking for permission
• Why living your best life doesn’t have to wait until someday

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