by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Own Your Power, personal empowerment, Resilience |
Scarcity mindset stinks. Many of us are so pickled in it; we don’t even know there is another option. I’ve been puzzled by my scarcity mindset, feeling that I was doing something wrong. I think because I have felt more time living in an abundance mindset, I am now...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Own Your Power |
When you see a plate of grapes can you eat a few now and then a few later, knowing that there will be plenty of grapes for you later? Or do you gorge yourself with as many as you can eat, fearful that none will be available later? Think of anything that you feel...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Own Your Magnificience, Own Your Power, Reach Your Goals |
Are you operating from a place of scarcity or a place of abundance? Perhaps you are operating from a place of scarcity without even realizing it. I know I did for much of my life. Scarcity is a fear that there is not going to be enough for you, either you better...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Obstacles to Success |
Imagine that all the love available in the world is in one extra-large giant pizza. Like a real pizza, there are a limited number of pieces. If you take more than your share than someone else gets less. It doesn’t matter whether it’s love, money, career,...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Own Your Power |
Searching for a job at midlife and beyond can be demoralizing. Yes, It’s hard to find a job, but that doesn’t mean you can’t. Jeremy and Tiffany are two candidates with similar backgrounds and experience and have been unemployed about the same length of time. Who is...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Joy & Happiness |
When was the last time you had a big belly laugh, a laugh so hard that tears came to your eyes? According to Pamela Gerloff in Psychology Today, “The average four-year-old laughs 300 times a day. The average 40-year-old? Only four.” Laughter is healing....
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Commitment, Obstacles to Success |
Do you ever have a morning like this? In this moment, my thoughts are scattered. I feel all over the place. I don’t want to work. I want to drink a cup of tea (hot chocolate deemed too caloric), cuddle with my 14-year-old dog, now snoring softly beside me and read...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Authentic Self, Blog, Commitment |
Like me, many of you were imprinted at birth that we are always to keep our commitments, no matter what. I am a big fan of keeping commitments, however, some commitments should not be kept. Is it time for you to break your commitment? Did you make that commitment to...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Commitment |
Being organized has never been my strength. Creativity is. Quickly getting to the core issue with clients and overcoming their obstacles and creating possibilities is. I’ve just made a major commitment to growing my business which requires being organized. I’m...
by Amelia Barnes, Reinventing Midlife | Blog, Joy & Happiness, Personal Growth |
What if the unthinkable happens? Could you ever feel joy again? I would never want that to happen to you or to me or to anyone I know and love. Yet I know that those things happen. In 2015 Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, lost her husband Dave when he died suddenly...
