Get to know her

Posted on May 24, 2020 by tiffany

I’d like to encourage you to get to know “HER.”

Do you ever wonder what your future self will look like and feel uncertain what she even wants, but on the other hand… you desperately want to believe the best years are ahead?

So, wouldn’t it be great to get to know her (your future self) now?

I’m thankful that I took action to get to know “her” in 2017

I experienced a Wellness Awakening in January 2017 after a horrible hysterectomy that haunts me to this day. It was a wake up call. As I laid in bed in the worst pain of my life, I decided to never have another surgery. Enough was enough!

As I researched wellness practices, I began dreaming of being an energetic woman, with abundantly creativity and having a life full of adventure. I slowly became aware of how I wanted to show up for life and what changes I needed to make. As I look back, I am so grateful that I took the time to create the person I am today.

Questions to discover her.

Stop waiting for magical certainty to show up. Take a step back and seriously look at your life. Self-aware is always the first step. Start by asking yourself a few questions.

Identify what thoughts you regularly have about your life.
What emotion would you say is most common for you?
Would you change anything?

Now, give yourself permission to dream. What does your ideal future self look like? How does she feel about life? Who does she spend her time with? What brings her the most pleasure? Why is that important to her? Get to know her in vivid details.

You must be future focused.

Can we all agree that life after lockdown will never be back to “normal?” Now, more than ever, you can not rely on the past to dictate the future. This is good news!

Become future focused by deciding what is possible for your future self. Ignore the old playbook. It doesn’t exist anyways.

Set her up for success

What are the biggest obstacles between who you are today and the life you want to create? When you identify roadblocks you are able to set yourself up with solutions ahead of time.

It will be fun to get to know her! Your future self is waiting for you to create the life you both want. I can help you identify where you are at, where you want to be and develop a plan for success.

Unsure you need coaching?

Look, I understand that hiring a life coach feels indulgent. You may be asking yourself, “will coaching really make a difference?”

Well, I don’t want you to waste another day wondering!

I have the perfect remedy… try a FREE mini session. It is a 45 minute call with someone who truly believes that you can create something great for yourself and your best years are ahead.

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~Tiffany

And the birds fluttered around her writing “YES” in the sky!

You are not broken

Posted on May 17, 2020 by tiffany

Tiffany Eckhardt, Certified Life Coach for midlife wellness... permission to soar! — Permission to soar

Have you ever wondered if something in your life is not right or perhaps you’re broken… yet you are not willing to give up on your dreams?

You are not broken, you just need permission to break free from your cage and soar.

Milestone birthdays

Milestone birthdays are generally catalyst for serious life evaluation. Leading up to my milestone birthday, I decided that this next phase of life would be epic. I’ve reached the age that I officially don’t care what others think of my choices.

I don’t know about you… but I’d like to see more midlife women defy the rules of what this season is supposed to look like.

Do you believe your soul is ageless?

Think about it.

According to Dr. Northrup, “You can change your future starting today by adopting a new, ageless attitude that will help you flourish physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.”

Agelessness is about chunking society’s ideals of what women of a certain age should focus on, look like, dress, be, do, have, etc. Lord knows you’ve tried to fit in society’s boxes your whole life. Their boxes have left you feeling broken or not able to measure up.

Forget that! Give yourself permission to break free from that cage and soar.

I say it’s time to unstuck your brain

After you’ve given yourself permission to soar into a vision you create for midlife, you’ll need to unstuck your brain from the old, worn-out story you once believed. You need to replace it with a well-crafted story that serves you and your dreams.

Address negative emotions

The worst thing you can do for yourself is hold onto destructive emotions.

“Negative” emotions are indicators of unmet needs that need to be processed for healing. Think of emotions as your guidance system, pointing to the areas in your life that need to be addressed.

Emotions like sadness, despair, and unworthiness have an adverse effect on your wellness and keep you stuck in a life that you don’t want.

It is helpful to process these emotions and not ignore them. That is where I can help… as a certified life coach I can help you identify what is causing the “negative” emotions so you can release them.

Curious about coaching? Check out my article: 3 Reasons You Need To Hire A Life Coach.

Focus on “causes of health”

Wellness is my jam. {Yep, I just said jam.} I love studying “causes of health.” It makes more sense to me than always reacting to disease.

It is society, the medical establishment, big Pharma, etc who support a belief that disease and infirmity are inevitable.

My personal plan is to be “ninety three and prescription free” as Gladys McGarey, M.D. proclaims.

You have a choice to focus on wellness. There are plenty of actions you can take to promote wellness; like eat whole fresh foods, get outside, move your body, feed your mind, get good sleep, remove the toxins from your home, etc.

I’d like to offer that Self-Aware is the first step in Self-Care. The best place to start a wellness journey is your thoughts about it. What do you actually believe is possible? Why is it important to you?

For me, I want to soar into midlife and eventually retirement with the energy of a twenty-something. I want my obituary to read, “Tiffany Eckhardt was a cockeyed optimist with uncommon energy.”

Do you need to unstuck your brain concerning midlife wellness?

Surround yourself with positive influences

“The tribe I hang with vibrates in another reality entirely.” Gladys McGarey, M.D.

It helps to surround yourself with people that are crazy enough to believe that YOU can create a life. In fact, your friends can be your biggest cheerleaders for midlife wellness.

Positive influences can also be found outside your circle of friends by following podcasts, reading books, subscribing to YouTube channels, etc. Who are your go-to influencers who encourage you to live fully?

Unstuck your brain and give yourself permission to soar.

If you find yourself stuck and you want to start living the life you know is possible, I’d love to help. I offer a free mini session for those who are curious about what a life coach can offer.

I am a master at reinvention and have an abundant belief in possibilities. But what totally makes a difference is the tools I’ve learned to utilize.

If you are curious, schedule your free mini session today by clicking the link below and choosing a date on the calendar. It really is that simple.

~Tiffany

And the birds fluttered around her writing “YES” in the sky.

Do you have swagger?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by tiffany

Tiffany Eckhardt, Certified Life Coach helping midlife women create swagger

You may be good at beating yourself up for eating the third piece of pizza or forgetting an important zoom call, but hardly ever give yourself credit for the twenty years you spent raising competent children who are now making their way in the world. So, learning to possess swagger will take some practice.

Fail Friday

I brought up bragging during my Fail Friday on May 7th. I shared a three-step daily practice that includes bragging, gratitude and desire. Focusing on the “trinity” thoughts daily will drastically improve your midlife wellness awakening.

First of all, I believe failure has an important place in your growth. My weekly Facebook Live called Fail Friday is designed to highlight failure and give examples of people who use their failure as stepping stones to success.

Sara Blakely is a great example of the importance of acknowledging failure. Her Dad set her up to embrace failure by insisting on a nightly tradition of sharing failures at the dinner table.

When it comes to failure, I definitely have swagger. Unfortunately, it is rare that I’ll boast about a success. Why is that?

Focus

What ever your mind focuses on you will attract in your life. It is easier to focus on problems to be solved than to celebrate a success. So how do we switch our focus to swagger?

To redirect focus, stop yourself with the statement, “NOW I know what I don’t want.” Then ask yourself, “What do I REALLY want?”

For example, you notice that you really don’t like feeling out of control when you’ve had the third glass of wine. The next morning you get up not feeling yourself and start beating yourself up for that third glass. Stop beating yourself up and proclaim, “NOW I know what I don’t want.” Then ask yourself, “What do I REALLY want?”

The Swagger Practice

You may have more of what you don’t want stored in your subconscious. You simply need to deposit more swagger into the story you rehearse in your mind.

Dr. Northrup shares in her book Goddesses Never Age a daily practice of bragging, gratitude and desire “I think it is fantastic for bringing perspective to your daily experiences and remembering how challenges set you up to more deeply appreciate blessings. Doing this exercise will help you remember how important it is to enjoy life instead of getting through a To Do list.’

So SWAGGER!

Think of something to brag about. It doesn’t have to be earth shattering, just a thought you can be proud of. You don’t have to share it publicly, but definitely record it in a journal to look back on.
Identify something you can be grateful for. This is different from a brag. What blessing in your life fills your heart with joy?
What do you desire? This should be out of reach. If money or time were not an object, what would you want?

I LOVE the idea off doing this daily activity with your wingwomen. It will uplift your tribe and encourage swagger.

Swagger takes practice

You can attain a life your proud of and enjoy getting out of bed for. If the idea of creating daily swagger is resonating with you, I’d love to help. I can help you sort through the thoughts that are keeping you stuck.

I help midlife women figure out where they are and where they want to be.

I am offering a FREE mini session for you to test drive a coaching session. It’s a pain free way to see if coaching is for you!

Click the link below and choose a date on the calendar! It is that easy.

~Tiffany

And the bird fluttered around her writing “YES” in the sky.

Funky Lockdown

Posted on May 4, 2020 by tiffany

Tiffany Eckhardt, Life Coach Creating YOUR vision for midlife wellness. Helping you get out of a lockdown funk.

Funky Lockdown ~ Getting out of a funk!

Have you found yourself in a lockdown funk? In your attempt to NOT shut down during lockdown you managed media input and discovered new things about yourself, but your limits have been severely tested. So, you spend a day in a funk allowing the feelings to well up.

Is this your story? It was mine last Friday.

I had a low energy day after receiving news that our trip to Ohio would be postponed again because the stay at home order for Ohio was extended through the end of May. I won’t tell you what I thought about that. Feelings of deep sadness turned to anger as the day progressed. I was in a funk.

It is healthy to fully experience all the feels and then release them. It is detrimental to stuff emotions. I love Dr. Christiane Norhrup’s take on feelings…

“The crying will stop when it needs to stop. I have the strength to tolerate my strong emotions.” Dr. Northrup

Do you believe in coincidences?

In the book, Goddesses Never Age, Dr. Christiane Northrup, M.D. speaks to my soul! It is no coincidence that this week my friend Dawn and I happen to be reading Chapter 2: Goddesses Know The Power Of Pleasure.

By Friday evening I knew that I needed to get out of the funk! It simply is not good for my sense of well being. Luckily, I had tools! I self coached myself and then worked on finding some much needed pleasure.

Here are three simple steps you can take to get out of a lockdown funk.

Make a list

I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” ~Kurt Vonnegut

Are you aware of what brings you pleasure?

Dr. Northrup’s prescription for general health is to experience more pleasure every day. She suggests an activity that I practice daily. Take a minute every day to list as many joyful activities and experiences that you can. Think big and small experiences.

This list can be helpful in getting out of a funk, and could guide you in finding what your soul longs for. As I became more aware of what gives me pleasure (and what does not), I was surprised by what I discovered.

Phone a friend

Dr. Northrup calls these friends Wingwomen. I love that!

Good friends will point you to a healthy mindset, while allowing you to feel your emotions.

On Friday I enlisted the help from a life coach from my certification class and my book club friend. I also had several dear friends reach out to me for encouragement. It felt like a lifeline.

Who are your Wingwomen?

Take action

Saturday morning I woke up with the thought, “this is a new day.” I knew I had a choice to make it a good day or wallow in my grief. Fortunately, Jeff was on board with a day of fun!

Saturday was a beautiful sunny day, nearly perfect with a cool breeze. Jeff and I rode our bikes to Round Top (thirty miles round trip). While in Round Top, we had coffee at Royers Pie Haven and ate hamburgers at Popi Burgers. During lunch we FaceTimed with our daughter and grandson (fill my cup). We then went to Brenham to see what shops had opened. I bought a new dress at The Canyon Chic and then visited a newly opened Brazos Valley Brewing Co that happened to have live music (heaven). We took crawfish home for a backyard picnic. I washed our 48 Ford Maggie and took her for a drive in the country. After dinner I could barely keep my eyes open. I fell into bed extremely happy.

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ~Martin Luther

Discover what fills your pleasure journal

I’m not thankful for the funk, but it did teach me the importance of the pleasure journal. Taking a day to experience as much pleasure as possible got me out of a funk.

When you discover what fills your pleasure journal, taking action is very simple.

If you feel stuck in a funk, I can help! I’ve been trained to identify thoughts that are creating unwanted feelings. Curious? I offer a free mini session. I’d love to chat with you!

Click the link below to schedule your FREE MINI SESSION!

~Tiffany

And the birds fluttered around her writing “Yes” in the sky!

Busting Midlife Myths

Posted on April 27, 2020 by tiffany

Are you ready to bust Midlife Myths?

Could it be possible that you have accepted common midlife myths as reality?

For instance, have you accepted the message that your fighting a loosing battle with age when you reach fifty years? What if you were actually entering into the best season of your life filled with abundant wellness?

I am a cockeyed optimist who wants her tomb to read, “Here lies Tiffany Ann Eckhardt. Her death found her living with uncommon energy.”

I do not subscribe to rainbows or unicorns, but have learned tools that allow me to fully function through life’s 50/50. I am convinced it is possible to create a life that includes abundant wellness and the realization of dreams at any age.

So what gets in your way?

It occurred to me the other day that there are some common midlife myths accepted as truth. What if they were simply not true?

What thoughts do you have about midlife and aging? Gathering your thoughts is a perfect place to start. I love journaling! Take a piece of paper and jot down all the thoughts that you have about midlife.

Next, take a look at the thoughts circulating in your mind that have now landed on your paper. Do you like the thoughts? Is it possible that there are limiting beliefs? Where have these thought and ideas come from?

It is widely believed that our bodies are not separated from our thoughts or emotions. This is why I preach Self-Aware is the first step to Self-Care. It is time to let go of toxic beliefs. Then frame, or reframe, what your idea of midlife is and create it!

A few midlife myths worth busting

1. Midlife means the beginning of a loosing battle with well being.

In her book Goddesses Never Age, Christiane Northrup, M.D. confirms, “physical deterioration occurs in large part because of the accumulation of toxins, which results in cellular deterioration and damage along with tissue and organ breakdown.”

Yet, she also offers that the body is in a constant state of reinvention. “You do not have to have the same physical body you had just a few years ago. Every cell has been replaced.”

I am living proof of this! In 2017 I decided to question the idea that our bodies have to fall apart in midlife. I spent three years removing toxins from my diet and home. In November 2018 I became intentional about personal growth, learning tools to manage my mind. Thanks to this work, I am not the same person I was back then.

You can achieve wellness at any age, that can carry you into the best season of your life!

2. An empty nest is boring and lonely

I heard someone say in passing, “An empty nest isn’t lonely because I am there.”

Typically women spend there lives between 20 and 40 tending to their families. Without giving it a second thought, their schedule is dictated by work and family. When their little birdies fly the coop, there is naturally a void to fill.

Although change is rarely popular, a new routine emerges from the quiet house. At this point in life, you are ready to make decisions about what your future will look like?

Unfortunately, “we believe that if something great was going to happen, it would have happened when we were 20 or 30, right? It would have happened when we were in college or when we were going to school or whatever. That’s when all the amazing things happen. But what if we’re totally wrong about that?” ~Brooke Castillo

I guarantee there are several ways to look at an empty nest. What if you discover that you really enjoy your own company and that you are actually fun?

3. Time is running out with little options

The ideas that time is running out and that there are few options to those who are of a certain age are two myths that are definably limiting beliefs, in which the focus is on what can’t be done.

I intend to bust these two myths wide open!!!! There have been too many examples of successful people who achieved greatness after the age of 40. Success leaves clues. Studying their stories encourages me to explore my own.

Does the cost of learning new skills feels indulgent? This might be the real obstacle to busting theses myths. It feels too indulgent to shift the time, the resources, to something that’s purely for you. I hear people comment that they hesitated taking a course if it cost a few thousand dollars. They have never given themselves permission to spend on themselves, let alone challenge themselves to expand their minds.

Time will run out if you indulge in self depravation. Midlife is the time to invest in childhood dreams, ideas that have took a back seat to the demands of family and what your soul longs to teach you.

The Crossroads

I am sure you have heard or even thought of a few midlife myths of your own. Maybe you are manifesting some of your beliefs, and want to pluck out them out of your story!

Are you at the crossroads, at a point in life when you are ready to make decisions about what your future will look like?

This is where I can help! Not only have I mastered the fine art of reinvention, I am a certified life coach that can help you bust the myths.

Schedule a FREE mini session today! It is my life’s work to inspire people to aspire to a life of well being! Self-aware is the first step to self-care.

What midlife myths do you wish to bust? Click the link below to schedule your FREE mini session!

Tiffany Eckhardt, Certified Life Coach busting midlife myths

A Wellness Awakening

Posted on April 18, 2020 by tiffany

My Wellness Awakening

I experienced a Wellness Awakening in January 2017, after a horrible hysterectomy that haunts me to this day. It was a wake up call. I began researching how to create my own wellness practices.

For three years I explored natural remedies, the power of the mind, and learning how to move my body to stay well. I don’t live in fear of illness because I am proactive with wellness!

Grateful for my personal wellness journey, I went from a total lack of hope in 2017 to empowered freedom that has served me well during the 2020 lockdown.

Have you experienced an awakening during lockdown?

Have you taken inventory on what you hold as essential during this time of isolation? What is on your list? Here are a few of mine….

Hugging loved ones is at the top of my list! Funny, because I’ve never been a touchy-feely type person, at least not in public.

Freedom to go about a “normal” life! Movies, restaurants, coffee shops, trips to the beach, having a party, going to hear live music, etc.

Spreading the truth about wellness! It is essential that I share the freedom of a managed mind, eating well and a body in motion with everyone.

We only control a few things….

The truth is we control very few circumstances. Lockdown has driven this truth home to me.

A friend of mine shared an article with me that rocked my lockdown world. Patience during a pandemic: What we can learn from a POW and a Roman slave-turned-philosopher

This article reminded me that the human spirit has the power to overcome the darkest, worst side of humanity. And that people really do have the ability to write their own story, even when freedom is stripped.

A tug of war between what is inside and outside of control

In the article, Sara Israelsen-Hartley describes The Stockdale Paradox. James Stockdale, a Vietnam vet, survived 7.5 years as a prisoner in Hanoi Hilton. “Stockdale’s approach was to come up with a way of actually functioning in the circumstances in which he found himself so he could deal with that day in, day out, for as long as it went on.” Israelsen-Hartley goes on to explain how Stockdale survived using the Stoic philosophy of compartmentalizing what can be controlled and what can not be controlled.

“In the 30 seconds before he landed and was pounced on by more than a dozen waiting Vietnamese soldiers, Stockdale accepted that soon nearly everything would be outside of his control — even his own body.
But his opinions, judgments and attitude, his grief and joy? Those feelings and emotions were entirely within his control.”

There is hope in an Awakening

So, what can you control? Your mind. Your wellness.

I want you to be empowered by this! Your mind is in your control, therefore wellness is within your control. Simply put, you can be proactive instead of reactive.

While freedoms have been surgically removed by a mysterious virus, people all over the globe are awakening to the importance of health and wellbeing.

“Your thoughts and beliefs are the single most important indicator of your state of health.” Dr. Christiane Northrup, M.D. (From her book Goddesses Never Age)

It is science! “Studies by researchers such as Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin show that mindfulness practices rewire the brain, resulting in greater immunity and improved ability to manage stress and emotions.” Dr. Chistiane Northrup, M.D. (Goddess Never Age)

Has the COVID-19 been a wake up call for you?

Self-aware is the first step in self-care. Let self awareness empower you to create an audacious wellness practice!

Instead of waiting for a health crisis, why not live a lifestyle that prevents it in the first place? Awaken to the idea that you can control your state of wellbeing. You have choices. You can decide to be well.

Maybe you have never took time to think about your wellbeing. Time is definitely a commodity that is abundant during lockdown. Lockdown is giving you time to awaken to the idea of audacious wellness!

Now is the perfect time to create daily wellness practices and strategies to get through the pandemic for however long as it lasts. A life of Awakened Wellness can be yours!

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Here’s to the Wellness Awakening!

~Tiffany

And the birds fluttered around her writing “YES” in the sky!