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The Habit Thrive Podcast ~ Self Care Habits, Mindfulness & Wellness Routines for Women 50 & Beyond — 204 episodes
203: May Movement: Setting the Stage for the Type and Amount of Exercise Women Need in Our Me Now Years
202: Boost Your Spring Energy with Ayurveda: Dry Brushing, Coconut Oil Abhyanga, Clearing Clutter & More
201: Spring Habits: What Do Iyengar Yoga, Fruit, and Eating to 80% Full Have in Common?
200: Do This One Movement Every Morning to Boost Energy & Mood This Spring (Ayurvedic Kapha Reset)
199: Feeling Heavy This Spring? Do the Opposite (Ayurvedic Reset for Energy)
198: A Spring Reset : Ayurvedic Habits to Harmonize with Spring & Feel Energized
197: Create Your Best Possible Outcome: A Mindful Visualization Habit for Cultivating Optimism & Restful Sleep
196: From Snowstorms to Spring: A Spring Equinox Shift into the Habit of Cultivating Optimism
195: Let’s Travel Boldly
194: Your Next Bold Move…..Part 2
193: Your Next Bold Move: Habits, Routines & Our Me Now Women’s Wellness Wheel
192: The Push & Pull of the Year of the Fire Horse: Forge ahead without Burning Out - Self Care Practices
191: 4 Self Practices: Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Self-Love and Self-Care (Part 2)
190: 4 Self Practices for February: Self Acceptance, Self Compassion, Self Love, and Self-Care
189: Mindfulness & Heartfulness: Calming the Mind with the Power of the Heart
188: 3 Gentle Habits (Daylight, Oil & Movement) that Create a Steadier Day
187: Habits That Unsteady Us — What’s Quietly Draining Your Energy and Calm
186: Habits that Steady us in an Unsteady World
185: A Bold Invitation to 2026: Habits, Routines, and Rituals to Help You Thrive
184: Listening, Living & Thriving: Honouring the Habits, Routines & Rituals That Carry Us — A 2025 Wrap-Up and Bold Invitation for 2026
183: Making Podcast Listening Easy: Habits, Routines, Rituals & Holiday Exploration
182: Why Podcasts Are the Perfect Wellness Ritual for Women in Their Me Now Years
181: Understanding chronic pain through habits, routines & rituals: A mind-body conversation with Natalie St-Denis
180: Just Breathe: The Simple Daily Habit Practice that Reduces Stress and Restores Calm
179: Embrace Your Creative Side: How Small Habits Boost Energy, Confidence & Joy in Our Me-Now Years
178: How Your “Me Now” Habits Help You Reframe Self-Talk, Self-Care, and Excuses
177: Finding Rhythm in the Light & Dark: How your habits, routines and rituals ground you
176: “Fall Back” with Mindfulness: Habits, Routines, and Rituals for November Self-Care
175: Sleep Series: Part IV – Mindfulness: The Gateway to Habits, Routines, Rituals and Rest.
174: Sleep Series: Part III – The Evening Ritual: From Dinner to Dreamland
173: Sleep Series: Part II - Sleep Myths & Mindset Shifts: A Better Way to Rest
172: Sleep in Our ‘Me Now’ Years: A 4-Part Podcast Series for Women – Part 1 – Why Sleep Matters
171: Seasonal Shifts: Closing September’s Habits and Routines and Opening October’s Sleep Reset & Rituals
170: Ayurvedic Wisdom to Strengthen Belief in Your Habits & Routines
169: Believing in Your Everyday Habits: The Secret Sauce to Making Them Count”
168: Why Your Daily Rhythm Matters: Sleep, Health & Habits in our Me Now Years
167: Getting Yourself Out of a Hole: A Simple Daily Habit to Reduce Stress and Cultivate Optimism
166: When Me Now Becomes Now What? A Loving Tribute
165: A Nourishing Breath Ritual for August Self-Care
164:The One-Minute Mindfulness Habit Hack: A Simple Ritual for Calmer Days in August
163: Relaxation Reimagined: A Skill You Grow, a Habit You Keep, a Ritual You Cherish
162: August: The Sunday of Summer - Habits, Routines, & Rituals to Reset and Renew
161: Three Years In - Habits, Routines, & Rituals that continue to Lighten me up in my Me Now Years
160: Mindfulness ~A Habit for Keeping Your Cool: An Interview with Mindfulness Teacher and Former Monk Stephen Schettini
159: 2 Cooling Summer Breaths to Calm Your Body and Mind: A Ritual for Inner Chill
158: Spring-to-Summer Habit Shift for Women 50+: 3 Uplifting Steps to Realign with the Season
157: Listening Forward to Wise Women: Shift Your Habits to Amplify Your Happiness, Peace, and Perspective
156: Lime, Mint & Me: A Juicy little Ayurvedic Summer Ritual
155: Ayurvedic Abhyanga: Nourishing Your Skin, Mind & Body for the Summer Ahead
154: My #1 Breath Practice for Managing Overwhelm and Reclaiming Calm
153: Feel your Best Every Day: Habits and Rituals for Weekly Energy & Seasonal Balance
152: The Habit of Slowing Down: How to Avoid Spring Overwhelm
151: How to Release Decluttering Shame: An Ayurvedic Perspective to Help you Feel Lighter and More Aligned
150: Boosting your Happiness: Why Now is the Time to Sharpen Your Social Skills Habits
149: From Restriction to Rhythm: Nourishing your Body and Mind In Your Me Now Years with Lorene Sauro
148: Why a Long Exhale Is the Self-Care Habit Every Woman in her Me Now Years Needs
147: How Traveling Boosts Gratitude for Your Life & Your Daily Habits
146: April - The Messy Middle: Habits and Routines to Embrace the In-Between
145: Designing Your Spring and Summer with Intention: Why Themes Work Better Than Goals
144: Spring Equinox Rituals to Anchor, Renew, and Empower Women in Our Me Now Years!
143: Writing a "Future Me" Letter - How to use this simple habit to get things done, reduce stress, and celebrate your win
142: Springing Forward: How to Harness the Time Change to Reset your Habits & Routines
141: My Top 5 Heart-Healthy Habits to Wrap Up Heart Month
140: Your Heart-Brain Connection: Daily Habits to Stay Sharp, Strong & Thriving
139: Science-Backed Benefits of Hugging: The Daily Habit to boost your happiness, immunity, connection and joy
138: The Habit of Mantras Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Healing and Happiness with Suzanne Mongrain-Smith
137: Ocean Rituals: The Healing Sound of Huatulco, Mexico
136: Resting the Ayurvedic Way: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Relaxation
135: Stress Relief and Burnout Prevention: Habits for Harmony in Midlife with Dr. Camila Moore
134: Rest and Reset: One Simple Habit to Let go and Refresh
133: Embracing January Themes, Goals, Habit and Routines
132: Making a Calm Habit: Your Personalized Recipe for 2025
131: The Elusive Search for Balance—And Why It’s Overrated (Especially Over the Holidays)
130: A Grounding Ritual for More Calm and More Joy
129: Combining Routines & Rituals for Holiday Peace, Calm & Joy
128: Reclaiming Decembers: Holiday Rituals to Reclaim our Holiday Joy
127: Are You Ready to Rock Your Sleep Habits and Routine This Holiday Season?
126: A Digital Detox Ritual for Better Sleep: An Interview with Loftie Founder Matthew Hassett
125: Nighttime Breathing Ritual: Your Guide to Returning to a Blissful Sleep
124: Five of My Favourite Phrases to Help Me Get Into and Stay Asleep
123: Let Go Into a Blissful Sleep: Your Evening Letting Go Ritual
122: Why is it so challenging to start and maintain a healthy daily routine?
121: The #1 Sleep Habit Hack for Sleep Success
120: Breath Technique - Pause Breath
119. 5 Steps to a Fit, Fearless and Fabulous Fall Season: Step 5 Hygge it up!
118. 5 Steps to a Fit, Fearless & Fabulous Fall Season - Step 4: Meditation
117. 5 Steps to a Fit, Fearless & Fabulous Fall Season - Step 3: MOVE With the Fall Season
116: Five Steps to a Fit, Fearless, and Fabulous Fall Season - Step 2: Change It Up
115: 5 Steps to a Fit, Fearless and Fabulous Fall Season
114: Social: To Be or Not To Be - A Habit Approach
113: Balancing Deadlines and Relaxation - A Habit Approach for August
112: An August Habit Practice: Mindfulness
111. How to “Begin Again” Each Month: Welcome to August, the Sunday of Summer
110. The #1 Reason I Love Ayurveda
109. Gratitude in July & Envisioning August: Embracing your Summer Rituals and Rhythms
108. Super Easy and Fun Summer Self-Care Skincare Rituals: An interview with Holistic Skin Therapist Shari Miller
107: What’s up with sleep issues in the summer? [July Habits, Routines & Rituals]
106: Why is strength training so difficult for me? An Ayurvedic Perspective
105. How to Create a Mindful Strength Habit
104: How to create a Strength Habit, Routine, or Ritual
103: A Strength Challenge
102: From Wheelchair to Weightlifting to Empowering Women: An Interview with Kim Rahir
101. What is the best time of day to exercise? May Mindful Movement Series
100. Celebrating 100 Episodes of Habits, Routines & Rituals!
99. Habit Stacking Movement and Exercise? May Mindful Movement Series
98. May Movement Series: Can We Make Ourselves Love Exercise? - An Ayurvedic Perspective
97. Three Ways to Know if Your New Habits and Routines are Making a Difference
96. Ayurvedic Spring Habits and Routines: What to Delete or Shift for a Happy and Healthy Spring (Part 2)
95. Ayurvedic Spring Habits and Routines: What to Add for a Happy and Healthy Spring (Part 1)
94. A wave meditation from Turks and Caicos
93. How Mindfulness gives you the power to choose the habit, routine or technique that works the best for you
92. How Tapping (EFT) Can Power Up your Summer Plans: An Interview with Lindsay Hindle
91. Why we should be planning for our summer now … and why we don’t
90. Caring for our Heart Habits in our “Freedom” Years: An interview with Jane Hogan, The Wellness Engineer
89. Evening Rituals and Morning Routines for Health and Happiness
88. Heart Habit Hacks to Manage your Emotions
87. Heart-Loving Habits: How to Create Them & How to Stick With Them
86. Three Challenges to Embracing our Me Now Years and How to Overcome them
85. Are you in your Me Now Years?
84. Finding happiness in every day {Mini Habit Practice}
83. The Benefit of Breaking your Habits and Routines (Now and Again)
82. How the Habit of Writing a Letter to your Future Self can Change your Day, your Sleep and your Life!
81. Knowing when Enough is Enough: A Mindful Habit Approach to Reduce Overwhelm
80. Recommitting and Reconnecting to your Goals, Habits & Routines
79. The Habit of Slowing Down - 3 Tips to Make this Happen
78. The Power of Planning your Peace
77. A Loving Kindness Meditation for Calm, Peace & Letting Go {Mini Habit Practice}
76. Why Sleep Should be a Non-Negotiable Habit for the Holidays and How to Get it
75. Do you know the habits that serve and support you the most?
74. The Power of Monthly Rituals: Nurturing Self-Care Through Routine
73. Three Ways to Make this a Month of Self Care
72. Ayurvedic Seasonal Eating Habits and Routines to Nourish and Ground
71. How Ayurveda and Our Self-Care Habits & Routines Can Help us Navigate this Fall Time Change (and all Change)
70. How Simply Asking “Why” Enhances our Gratitude, Mindfulness and Wellbeing
69. The Power of Gratitude to Change our Habit of Comparing Ourselves to Others
68. How a Mindfulness Routine Strengthens Gratitude
67. Three Reasons Why Your Gratitude Practice May Not Be Working
66. Rock your Habits & Routines to Rock your Life For Women 50 & Beyond
65. The Best Kept Secret for Increasing your Happiness at 50 & Beyond
64. How the Habit of Exercise Boosts our Happiness
63. Planning Happiness: Managing the Mundane to Manifest the Marvelous
62. Why Planning your Happiness is a Self Care Habit Worth a Try
61. Timing your Relaxation Habits for a Blissful Sleep
60. How to Hone your Habit of Relaxing Amid the Chaos
59. Making Relaxation a Habit Using the C.A.R.E. Method
58: The Relaxation Paradox: We Know We Should and Why We Can't
57. Are your Habits and Routines Leaving you Feeling Fit, Fearless and Fabulous?
56. Chill & Thrill: Cool Stuff in your Kitchen and Garden
55. Keeping Your Cool…Habits That Help!
54. Your July Joy List Sprinkled with Mindfulness & Self Care
53. An Interview with Kelly Howard, Author of FIT: Active & Ageless for Life
52. Tweaking our Strength Habits to Get Stronger
51. Should I Be Ramping Up My Walking Habit?
50. Summer Fitness and The WTF of your Walking Habit
49. An Interview with Mel Mason, Clutter Expert & Author of "Freedom From Clutter"
48. How We Do One Thing is How We Do Everything
47. Digital Decluttering - Are You Ready?
46. Decluttering the Heart-Heavy Stuff
45. Decluttering Your Way to Happiness: A Fun & Fresh Yogic Approach
44. Feeling in a Funk? Press Play
43. A Wave Meditation from the Bahamas
42. Is worrying a habit we can change?
41. How tweaking your habits makes you a better decision maker
40. How Spring Strengthens our Patience Habit
39. Spring Habit Shake-Up
38. Now's the time to Visualize an Awesome Summer!
37. Taking Advantage of the Spring Forward Time Change
36. New Month, New Season, New Opportunities
35. Opening and Aligning your Heart Chakra (A Meditation)
34. Caring for our Physical, Emotional and Future Me Hearts
33. The Easiest and Most Accessible Technique for Heart Health
32. Whole Heart Living - What does this mean to you?
31. An Interview with Kate Galliett, author of “Becoming Unbreakable: How to Build a Body you Love to Live in”
30. How to Feel Better
29. A Habit Loop for an Alcohol Free January
28. A New Year...A New Chapter: When to Rest and When to Move
27. The Habit of Stress (Part 5) Harnessing our Stress for an Awesome 2023!
26. The Habit of Stress (Part 4) The Power of Peace (Aum Shanti) with Suzanne Mongrain-Smith
25. The Habit of Stress (Part 3) Can Yoga Help?
24. The Habit of Stress (Part 2) The CALM™ Method with Nikki Gangemi
23. The Habit of Stress (Part 1)
22. Sleep Success (Part 4): Strategies to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep
21. Sleep Success (Part 3): A Good Day's Waking Leads to a Good Night's Sleeping
20. Sleep Success (Part 2): Creating Your Evening Sleep Ritual
19. Sleep Success (Part 1): Putting Yourself to Sleep
18. Gratitude: Wrapping it Up With a Bow
17. Gratitude: During challenging times
16. Gratitude: How a gratitude practice can be like brushing your teeth
15. Gratitude: How taking photos strengthens our gratitude muscles
14. Gratitude: Why is it so powerful, and how do I make it a habit?
13. Planning Happiness - Should Happiness be Easy? (#4 of 4 Episodes)
12. Planning Happiness - Keeping the Flow ( #3 of 4 Episodes)
11. My favorite habit hack for better health and more happiness
10. Planning Happiness: Starting with the Rhythm of your Day ( #1 of 4 Episodes)
9. Your Meditation Practice : When to know if and when to throw in the towel
8. Taking your Meditation "To the Streets"
7. Will Meditation and Yoga really change my life?
6. Meditation - Why Bother?
5. How location and values influence your habits and routines
4. What do you want more of? What do you want less of?
3. How to build habits that last and help you live a healthier and happier life
2. It’s finally time to focus on yourself! How to be intentional about the next chapter of your life and prioritize yourself
1. Designing your next chapter: Why changing your habits according to seasonal changes leads to a more fulfilling life
Welcome Habit Thrivers!