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Fire Up at 55 Plus

Laurie Adams

129 episodes

11 hours ago

Why, why, oh why do we still cling to the tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions? Because, on January 1st, they promise to be so effective? Nope, nope, nope. They’re so superficial that the second Friday in January is now well known as “Quitters Day,” when nearly 25 percent of resolutions are dropped flat. In this popular episode listen up to learn why it’s time to drop the resolutions list off of your annual to-do list and discover how true life transformation is actually achieved. I’m C...

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Why, why, oh why do we still cling to the tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions? Because, on January 1st, they promise to be so effective? Nope, nope, nope. They’re so superficial that the second Friday in January is now well known as “Quitters Day,” when nearly 25 percent of resolutions are dropped flat. In this popular episode listen up to learn why it’s time to drop the resolutions list off of your annual to-do list and discover how true life transformation is actually achieved. I’m C...

Show more...

Self-Improvement

Society & Culture,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/129)

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128. Your Timely Reminder about New Year's Truth | Why Resolutions Fall Flat

Why, why, oh why do we still cling to the tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions? Because, on January 1st, they promise to be so effective? Nope, nope, nope. They’re so superficial that the second Friday in January is now well known as “Quitters Day,” when nearly 25 percent of resolutions are dropped flat. In this popular episode listen up to learn why it’s time to drop the resolutions list off of your annual to-do list and discover how true life transformation is actually achieved. I’m C...

1 week ago

8 minutes

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127. There Are No Rules for You Now | Age Doesn't Matter Unless

What if one sentence could expose the beliefs that either limit you or accelerate you in your second act? “Age Doesn’t Matter Unless…” This isn’t a clever phrase — it’s a diagnostic tool for your identity, vitality, and future. How you rewrite the sentence counts. In this encore episode, you’ll challenge the hidden biases that society still holds about women over 50: that ambition expires, that learning slows, that creativity fades, and that goals shrink with each birthday. Research continues...

2 weeks ago

12 minutes

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126. Word + Morning = Your 2026 Momentum, A 2-Part Series | The Morning That Makes Your Word Work

You discovered the true value of a Word of the Year in Part 1. Now, in Part 2, it’s time to make your chosen word real. Rejecting perfection or pressure, you’ll learn how to create a grounding practice that connects directly to your word: a personal morning routine. Updated with fresh insight and a modern identity-focused approach, this episode reveals how a “just right” start to your day builds traction and evidence of who you’re becoming. I’m Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Co...

3 weeks ago

17 minutes

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125. Word + Morning = Your 2026 Momentum, A 2-Part Series | The Power of a Word and Why Your Mornings Shape Identity

Here’s the truth: Your Word of the Year gives your identity a direction and your morning routine makes the identity real. One is the compass and the other is the daily practice of walking toward it. Pair the two to design your days, instead of reacting to them. I’m Certified Life, Weight Loss, and Productivity Coach Laurie Adams and if you’re ready to move forward with new vision and no more delay, come work with me one-on-one! Visit my website laurieadamscoaching.com, to schedule a no-pressu...

1 month ago

12 minutes

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124. Pass the Pie: How Seven Generations Can Share Your Table | Three keys to enjoying, not enduring, the holidays.

What if Thanksgiving didn’t have to come with side dishes of stress? In this entertaining Fire Up at 55-Plus episode, coach Laurie Adams helps you transform generational clashes into meaningful conversation. You’ll learn the art of keeping calm when old stories resurface, how to redirect hot topics with humor and empathy, and why curiosity is your best conversation tool. Laurie shares the intriguing list of seven generations—from The Silent Generation through Millenials—along with insights fr...

1 month ago

13 minutes

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123. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 7: The Vision in Motion—Living Your Identity Without Looking Back

Today we wrap up our package of seven episodes in my vision how-to series. With this finale of “Becoming Her: Your Blueprint for Identity Reinvention” you’re well-equipped now to pin down dreams into unquestionable action. We’ve woven my advanced framework of Time Mastery, Creativity, and True Vision into a method you can follow and then build upon for the identity that reflects your deepest desires. Now you only need ignition to stop collecting inspiration and start becoming it. Today’s conc...

1 month ago

15 minutes

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122. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 6: Pin It, See It, Live It

Ever make a vision board and forget to look at it? Let’s fix that. In today’s episode I help you get your dreams out of your head and onto a vision board, more specifically your very own Identity Board, that actually works. The board we build for you will draw your attention and inspire actions to create your best life yet in your empty nest/second act years. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed down by the struggle Download my free 3 Steps to Self Start Your Weight Los...

2 months ago

13 minutes

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121. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 5: The Weight of a Dream

How heavy does your best-life dream weigh upon your mind? Moving Vision into Tangible Form is the subtitle of today’s episode. In this Becoming Her series, we’re exploring what it takes to reinvent your identity in your second act. And today, we’re going to talk about why keeping your dreams in your head is not enough — and how moving your deepest desires into words on paper can be the very first rung on the ladder to transformation. Does this sound like you: Stuck in diet after diet, weighed...

2 months ago

12 minutes

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120. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 4: A Vision Board isn’t Decoration, it’s Identity by Design

Here comes the centerpiece of our best reinvention steps! Although it’s Podcast No. 120, this is the fourth episode in our “Becoming Her” visioning series. If you’ve been with me for the past few weeks, you know we’ve been building your transformation blueprint step by step in this unique series of advanced ways to really see and realize the reinvented you! It’s titled Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention. It’s grounded in a three-piece foundation: Time Mastery, ...

2 months ago

17 minutes

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119. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 3: Stop Waiting—Start Creating, Your Future Starts Now

It’s high time you had tangible proof of the transformed life you’re building. And although it’s Podcast No. 119, this is the third episode in our “Becoming Her” visioning series. Remembering our framework is “Time … Creativity … True Vision,” in the last broadcast we learned about specific tools linking time to creativity. Lingering is no longer an option. But exactly what do you need to face and overcome in order to create? The simple answer is “waiting,” but the hard truth is “procrastinat...

3 months ago

13 minutes

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118. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 2: Where Time Meets Creativity

Your transformation blueprint keeps building, and today we’re adding another bold line to the page. In this, the second in our “Becoming Her” visioning series, we add to the enhanced skills that will take you far beyond most "reinvention" steps. Last week we dove into time mastery as the new engine of vision. Today you’ll learn why and how honoring your calendar is an invisible contract with yourself. More importantly you’ll discover how putting pen to paper becomes your most powerful tool fo...

3 months ago

11 minutes

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117. Becoming Her: Your Vision Blueprint for Identity Reinvention | No. 1: Time Mastery is the Engine of Vision

"Words matter," you’re always hearing from me. The words that resonate with you, and you alone, have served as your rough draft for reinvention at midlife and beyond, for that “second act,” best life ever you want and deserve. Remember, this 2025 story of renewal is being authored beautifully by you, uniquely for you to put people-pleasing and your old story behind. Now? Well it’s time to illustrate the exciting new life tale you’re ready to tell. How? With a vision so real, it reveals and co...

3 months ago

15 minutes

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116. 5 Minutes for Your “Second Act” Future Sight | This is Your Intro to True Midlife-Plus Vision

The time for dropping hints is over! Today is the quick quick quick introduction I want you to have for the step-by-step visioning series that drops next time. If, like many midlife women who put themselves last, this is the real deal to revive your dreams, capture them and create a vision that becomes your new, true identity. Spoiler alert! This is the shortest podcast I’ve ever recorded … just five minutes to give you notice and spill on how we’ll get started. This is going to be fun (and f...

3 months ago

5 minutes

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115. Grab That Dream and Never Let Go! | Ignite Your Start for the Best Midlife Ever

This favorite early episode is coming full circle as I gear up to present a series on valuable visioning for your giant leap to go from stuck to successfully engaged. Listen now to this timeless inspirational podcast that first aired in May of 2023 and still rings true. So step into your ruby-red slippers (hint hint) and hear how to spark your start with new eyes! To reclaim your potential with guidance for the midlife-plus dreams and goals mean the most to you, come work with me one-on-one! ...

4 months ago

13 minutes

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114. Don’t Let Future You Down, Follow Habits 2.0 Now | Level Up Micro Actions for Massive Identity Change

Habits 2.0 could have been the title of last week’s episode where you learned how to take the wisdom of such small-steps advocates as James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. With the new super-tool, The Progress Principle by researcher Teresa Amabile, you discovered how your deep emotions fuel your path through the discomfort of change to sustainable actions. Today I elaborate what that means for future you—the midlife you who embraces your best life ever. To reclaim your potential now and reac...

4 months ago

12 minutes

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113. Meaningful Steps Spark Your Big Changes | What is my Why to Propel Progress Now?

In a world obsessed with big leaps, it’s time to rid yourself of that compulsion. For lasting midlife reinvention, radical change is not the prescription. Do not, I repeat, do not, dive into a perfectionist's pool spilling over with too many new habits. There’s nothing wrong with big dreams and desires, but there’s a lot wrong with a massive attempt to achieve them. Today you’ll hear the proven, effective way to get going on your goals now, along with the science that explains why that way is...

4 months ago

17 minutes

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112. Lighten Your Mood, Fire-Up Your Focus Fast | You Can Do It in 15 Minutes, Really!

Today we’re talking 15 minutes that ignite your soul and energize your day—not mani-pedi’s, not baths, but real-deal habits that fuel your body and mind. Yep, when the hustle-bustle of August transition from vacation to your back-to-Fall “regular” life sends your mind spinning, avoid the multi-tasking trap with proven self-support. Listen up and choose one of these self-helpers next time you really need it. To reclaim your potential now and reach for whatever midlife-plus goal means the most ...

5 months ago

16 minutes

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111. How You Can Slay The Fears of Fresh-Start Fall

Last year this episode aired in September, but as August is the true pedal to the metal moment for fresh-start Fall, a.k.a. back-to-school fall, this is the time to hear it. Ah … those feelings: your dominant, real, authentic feelings … They are the clues to what’s going on with you, from elation to depression to confusion. And I can’t think of a better example or time of year to talk about this, using what most of us have heard of as “the empty nest” syndrome. Your children may be flying the...

5 months ago

17 minutes

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110. What To Do Now When “New” Isn’t Better | How to Reinvent Without Losing Yourself

Why are you listening? … Because you’ve been longing and waiting for change in your life. Eager to realize your potential and primed to get going for transformation to move into your best life ever at midlife-plus. So, kudos to you for recognizing your desire and readiness to act upon it. We know that passing through true change includes some discomfort; that is proven. However sometimes “discomfort” doesn’t adequately describe the process you begin. If you’ve been burned by change, significa...

5 months ago

17 minutes

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109. How a Beer Changed My Calendar and My Life | Aha” Moments Aren’t Predictable, but Well-Worth the Surprise

I still get a lot of comments on this early Fire-Up episode and, of course, its title: How a Beer Changed My Calendar and My Life. It’s the true story of how a simple, even somewhat silly, moment caught me by surprise and a light bulb went off. (If you’re not in your car) grab a beer or beverage of choice, put your feet up, and hear how a long-held perception and preference was busted and then burst into new understanding of the choices we always have to transform our thinking for an expanded...

5 months ago

14 minutes