Best Julia Seal Podcasts (2025)

Welcome back to Ents and Sensibility! I have a lot in store for you, first, an author interview with Melodie Edwards, the author of Once Forbidden, Twice Shy, a funny and sweet modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Second, we dive into chapter 17 of Sense and Sensibility, and find out who Marianne's author obsessions are, and discuss why Ed…

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The “Dark Passages” of the Bible with Dr. Matthew Ramage

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Antisemitism and the Catholic Church with Simone Rizkallah

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New Law Forces Priests to Break Seal of Confessional with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

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The Cristero War and the Mexican Martyrs with Dr. Julia Young

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The Council of Nicaea: 1700 Years Later with Dr. Daniel Keating

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The Crisis of Catholic Identity in Catholic K-12 Schools with Eric Rubalcava

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John Dewey and the Destruction of Education with Dr. Hank Edmondson III

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Episode 16: Author Interview with Julia Seales 53:54

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In this episode listen to an author interview with Julia Seales about her new Regency mystery novel which came out this summer! Edward Ferrars finally visits the Dashwoods, but he doesn't seem particularly thrilled to be there. Is it just that he's reserved or is he hiding something? Marianne extolls on her love of fall leaves and Margaret wishes t…

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Episode 15: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover–-Or One Dramatic Way 30:44

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After proclaiming his adoration of all things Dashwood, Willoughby announces this is the End. He is going. He is leaving Now. Good-bye. How do the Dashwood women react to Willoughby's sudden departure? And what does it mean for poor Marianne? We discuss it all in Episode 15 of Ents and Sensibility, the Jane Austen podcast for everyone who loves bol…

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#3.4.BONUS – You, Planet Earth & Interbeing 24:41

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Series 3 – Episode 4: BONUS – Join Julia for her recent lecture as part of the Masters in Happiness Studies on Taking Wholebeing Happiness to the next level - for you & Planet Earth. Explore Interbeing; its definition, where it comes from, who's behind it and why it's important to you and to the Happiness Revolution. We'll touch on the systemic vie…

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#3.3.Interbeing – InterWHAT-ing Midlife Happiness? 27:44

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Series 3 – Episode 3: INTERBEING – Join Julia to dig a little deeper into what Interbeing actually means and how embracing it will expand the way you see your Midlife Happiness - how we can embrace life and death in our wholebeing and how we can leverage our extraordinarily interconnected for happiness within ourselves, with others and in the wider…

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Episode 14: Practically Perfect in Every Way? 38:04

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Willoughby loves everything about Barton Cottage and everyone in Barton Cottage, and he never wants anything or anyone in it to change. What does that mean for Marianne and Elinor? We find out about Jane Austen's favorite brother, who also happened to be her publicist and literary agent, Henry Austen. Show NotesVirtual Jane Con is coming this July!…

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Episode 13: You’ve Got Mail, Colonel Brandon! 56:06

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It's an extra large episode of Ents and Sensibility! As host Casey Meserve interviews the production crew of Rational Creatures, the hit YouTube show based on Jane Austen's Persuasion. The show completed Season 2 in the autumn of 2022, and we talk about casting, filing the show and the crew's first Austen-influenced show The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. …

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#3.2.Bonus 🤩 Masters in Happiness Studies = off on a new adventure! 10:43

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Series 3 – Episode 2: BONUS - Looking for a post-pandemic adventure? Join Julia Seal on her new 20-month journey to a Masters degree in Happiness Studies! It's a journey she's embarking on from this week until May 2024 - a journey to deepen her work here in Happiness-Matters; spiralling deeper into what Happiness is around the world, for you as cli…

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#3.1.Interbeing – 3 core relationships essential to Midlife Happiness 19:49

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Series 3 – Episode 1: INTERBEING – Welcome to the start of Series 3 where we'll be crafting our Wholebeing & expanding our Interbeing through the 3 Relationships that are at the core of Midlife Happiness. Embrace it all with me in this new Series – all the scientific knowledge, all the wisdom of our ancient traditions, all the learnings from our mu…

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#3.0.TRAILER - Welcome to your Midlife Wholebeing Happiness - no matter what! 24:09

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Series 3 - Trailer: How can I be happier in Midlife? How can I make the most of this next phase - be more resilient – more creative - thrive – even, evolve? Join consultant-coach Julia Seal to explore these Midlife questions & more in a happiness-coaching journey where you can transform this next phase of your life, no matter what – no matter what …

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Episode 12: A Horse By Any Other Name 29:34

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Marianne has big news to share with Elinor, and the sensible sister has to talk Marianne down off her high horse. The entire family, and neighborhood, think Marianne and Willoughby are engaged, and Marianne isn't saying they aren't. We also learn why Austen may have chosen the name Queen Mab for a horse. Ents and Sensibility is a podcast for everyo…

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#2.32.Bonus – Happiness Month ahead... what does it mean in 2022? 🦠 🇺🇦 23:03

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Series 2 – Episode 32: Bonus – Welcome to March, it's Happiness Month! Join coach Julia Seal for a very special month diving deep into all you need to know about Midlife Wholebeing Happiness… what it's about, what are the ingredients & how to go about creating it in your life. So much happening this month, from the World Happiness Report to the UN …

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Episode 11: Not So Hastings 35:26

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In Episode 11 we read Chapter 11 of "Sense and Sensibility," Marianne and Willoughby continue liking all the same things while sister Elinor pines for home while being polite to two insipid women. Her only respite is with the proto-Emo Colonel Brandon. We discuss Jane's possible inspirations for Brandon's character and meet another member of the Au…

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#2.31.Insight - Liminal Spaces of Midlife in 2022: how to really love the unknown! 26:38

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Series 2 – Episode 31: INSIGHT – Explore the magic of transitions in your Midlife & how it's possible to really love the unknown, to embrace uncertainty. Julia Seal shares ways to make sense of the Liminal Space of being in-between, what it means to traverse Ancient Greece's River of Misery & the Buddhist Bardo states of consciousness with the Anci…

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#2.30.MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Liminal Space of Transition, Change & Uncertainty (10mins) 12:26

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Series 2 – Episode 30: MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Liminal Space of Transition, Change & Uncertainty (10 mins) - Join Julia Seal for this meditation to settle into & embrace the Liminal Spaces of your life for your Wholebeing Happiness – whether you're transitioning from one year to the next, from one job to another, one relationship to the u…

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#2.29.MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Loving-Kindness Metta to expand 4 qualities of love (15 mins) 16:20

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Series 2 – Episode 20: MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Loving-Kindness Metta to expand the 4 qualities of Love (15 mins) – Join Julia Seal for this traditional Metta meditation to evoke Compassion & Friendliness towards ourselves & others. This Metta practice intentionally cultivates the four qualities of Love: Friendliness, Appreciation & Joy, C…

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#2.28.MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Compassion & Loving-Kindness for you, now (10 mins) 10:30

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Series 2 – Episode 28: MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Compassion & LovingKindness for you now (10 mins) - Join Julia Seal for this short guided meditation to rest, settle & allow your natural compassion, love & joy to rise up & expand. Practice this to deepen your CONNECTION to YOURSELF – to bring love & compassion to YOU, to heal the relationsh…

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#2.27.Bonus – Stop Toxic Conflict these holidays! 3:00:39

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Series 2 – Episode 27: BONUS – Enjoy this holiday special 4-part conversation on Toxic Conflict in your Midlife Relationships & What To Do. Deep dive into the 4 worst toxic behaviours that show up in our relationships, whether it's at home with our loved ones or at work in our teams, with coach Julia Seal & Lemon Rebellion founder, Jamie Jenkins. W…

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#2.26.Patterns – Magic formula to Creating Happiness! 24:33

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Series 2 – Episode 26: PATTERNS – Find out today why your Midlife currently looks the way it does – good & not so good – why you're getting the results you want in your life, why you're feeling the way you do, why you take action or procrastinate, why your relationships are the way they are, why you're feeling happy right now or frustrated, sad, de…

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#2.25.Bonus – How to Make it through the holidays: Relationships! 1:04:28

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Series 2 – Episode 25: BONUS – This live Q&A session is full of strategies & tips for managing tense relationships with your family over the holidays... from how to move through Discomfort & how to choose Boundaries as well as what it means to MeSearch & Gamify your holidays! Join coach Julia Seal & Lemon Rebellion founder Jamie Jenkins talking abo…

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Episode 10: Preservers and Palanquins 31:46

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Willoughby and Marianne get closer as she recovers from her fall and they realize how many things they have in common, such as making fun of Colonel Brandon. We're reading Chapter 10 of Sense and Sensibility on the Ents and Sensibility Podcast, the podcast for bold witty women, awkward handsome men, and dragons.…

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#2.24.Body – Access Inner Peace & Happiness via your Vagus Nerve! 26:10

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Series 2 – Episode 24: BODY AS BRAIN – The Dalai Lama has said: "The human mind, at its default setting, is compassionate". Discover how your compassion, your ability to feel empathy & your altruistic motivations are actually wired into you through the action of a specially-evolved bundle of nerves, the Vagus. Responsible for your body's automatic …

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#2.23.Bonus – Emotional Wholebeing Happiness at the Lemon Rebellion Summit (talk) 34:14

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Series 2 – Episode 23: BONUS – Enjoy this recording from the recent Lemon Rebellion Summit where Julia Seal talks about Wholebeing Happiness & particularly, Emotional Wholebeing Happiness. In this session, explore how to work with your Negative Emotional Wholebeing for your own evolution. Julia shares 4 facts that make stepping into this work a lit…

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#2.22.Bonus – LIVE 🔥 How the Calendar can create Happiness in your Midlife 14:26

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Series 2 – Episode 22: Bonus – LIVE 🔥 Join Julia Seal to discover an easy, everyday way to create Wholebeing Happiness. By using the calendar's Special Days, from Hallmark Holidays to United Nations commemorative days, you can hone the powerful craft of coaching yourself. Find out why you might even want to try this – how it creates appreciation & …

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#2.21.Meditation – Using Writing as a Meditation Alternative 25:19

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Series 2 – Episode 21: Meditation – Need an alternative to Meditation practice when it all seems too difficult & your mind is completely mad with thoughts? Discover 6 techniques to turn Writing into a meditation practice so that you can develop a relationship with your Mind - a Midlife crazy-wisdom skill! Coach Julia Seal explores how to work with …

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#2.20.MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Wholebeing Integration for when you're raw & shredded (20 mins) 19:31

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Series 2 – Episode 20: MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Wholebeing Integration for when you're raw & shredded (20 mins) - Join Julia Seal for her guided meditation to bring your Wholebeing to life. Use it to settle your entire being when you're feeling particularly tired & over-stretched – raw & shredded. Create peace, a sense of connectedness to …

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#2.19.Bonus – Interview: Lemon Rebellion Summit – how to use adversity for Wholebeing Happiness! 19:49

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Series 2 – Episode 19: BONUS – Join Julia Seal at the Lemon Rebellion Summit next week on Monday 19 September at 10:30am (New York) / 3.30pm (London) / 2.30pm (UTC). In today's pre-session, Julia talks all about Wholebeing Happiness & how change/adversity are your best opportunity to stop, take stock of your life journey so far & decide how you wan…

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#2.18.Brain – The Executive-in-your Head responsible for Wholebeing 26:01

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Series 2 – Episode 18: BRAIN – In today's next Brain Design episode we meet the Executive in your Head who's a key player in your Midlife Wholebeing Happiness! Join coach Julia Seal to discover how to tap into your built-in ability to choose yourself, your goals, your happiness first. Julia looks into the PreFrontal Cortex of the Human Brain to fin…

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Episode 9: The Three Willoughbys 30:12

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One WIlloughby is not enough. Episode 9 brings you three! We discuss Chapter 9 of "Sense and Sensibility" and Marianne's dream meeting with her romantic hero. Or is he a hero? Dive into the history of John Willoughby the character and how Jane Austen took elements of other Willoughbys to construct the dashing cad. Ents and Sensibility is a dive int…

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#2.17.Bonus – LIVE 🔥 How The Happiness Ladder expands Midlife joy 17:32

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Series 2 – Episode 10: Bonus – LIVE 🔥 on The Happiness Ladder Join Julia Seal for insights into her Happiness Ladder coaching tool – where it comes from & why it's such a useful Happiness Habit to practice in expanding your Midlife Wholebeing. She explores how it helps you connect to your Happiness at a very core level, but how it can also hinder y…

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#2.16.Patterns – How we've lost power by Midlife 24:50

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Series 2 – Episode 16: PATTERNS – Discover where much of your personal power is tied up by the time you get to Midlife. With coach Julia Seal, tap into the delight of playing with Lego bricks as the way to start claiming back this power... how you can build it, brick by brick, until you've created your Wholebeing Happiness & then, how you become un…

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#2.15.Body – How real is your Mind:Body connection in Midlife? 25:29

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Series 2 – Episode 15: BODY AS BRAIN – This week, Julia Seal explores the Mind:Body Connection, what it's all about & what understanding it means for coaching & living into our long lasting Happiness. It's an episode full of surprising delights about our Midlife bodies – from how visualisation can build us muscles even if we're still in lockdown, a…

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#2.14.BONUS– Happy & Healthy in Midlife Summit 34:13

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Series 2 – Episode 14: BONUS – Join Julia Seal at the Happy & Healthy Midlife Summit where she's interviewed all about Wholebeing Happiness. You'll find out more about what Wholebeing Happiness actually is & what it means for us as Midlife women. Julia shares ideas & tips on how best to get started with unpuzzling your Midlife, creating your very o…

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#2.13.MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation 🧘 Heart Breathing for the best feelings ever! (35 mins) 37:09

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Series 2 – Episode 13: MEDITATION – Midlife Meditation: Heart Breathing (35 mins) - Join Julia Seal for a guided meditation using her Heart Breathing technique. Use it to help when you're feeling unhappy, sad, anxious, angry or frustrated... AND when you want to feel more Calm, Peace, Kindness or Love. AND when you want to expand these good feeling…

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#2.12.Meditation – Brain waves you want in Midlife – γ β α θ δ 21:03

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Series 2 – Episode 12: MEDITATION – What's happening inside your brain while you are meditating? Join coach Julia Seal to find out more about your brain wave patterns, which ones are at play when you're meditating & which ones you might want to increase, when. Discover how to switch from one brain pattern to another so your brain is working optimal…

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#2.11.Brain – Why you really want a RAS in your Midlife 22:45

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Series 2 – Episode 11: BRAIN – Today's discussion about a small web in our Brain Stem shows you how to make change easier by working with your brain design on purpose. Julia Seal explores the Reticular Activating System to find out more about its gatekeeping function, how it's part of an unconscious processing system of 11 million pieces of informa…

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#2.10.Bonus – LIVE 🔥 Thoughts on Meditation this Buddha Day 15:24

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Series 2 – Episode 10: Bonus – LIVE 🔥 on Buddha Day - Thoughts on Meditation Join Julia Seal for an overview of meditation – from Mindfulness & Calming Meditation to Insight Meditation & what follows on... She shares how she got started in meditation during a very painful divorce & what role it plays in her life nowadays. Also, how we can work toge…

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#2.9.Meditation – Midlife Meditation 🧘♀️ Belly Breathing for anxiety & insomnia (15 mins) 15:59

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Series 2 – Episode 9: MEDITATION - Midlife Meditation: Belly Breathing for Anxiety & Insomnia (15 mins) - Join Julia Seal for an easy, guided meditation using an age-old technique for managing stress. Use it whenever anxiety is too much for you – when your body feels as if it's on fire from anxiety and your thoughts are spiralling. It can also brin…

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#2.8.Bonus – Happiness Habits Challenge (Julia's personal favourites) 25:12

4+ y ago25:12

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Series 2 – Episode 8: BONUS – Join coach Julia Seal for 8 days to explore 8 Happiness Habits, along with 8 tips to integrate these new habits into your daily life… these are 8 of her personal favourites and the ones she practices every day in her own life. Listen in to the Wrap-Up LIVE session here. Even if you missed the Challenge, join Julia here…

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Episode 8: Racism in the Austen Community 53:48

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In Episode 8 writer Amanda-Rae Prescott and I talk about Sanditon and the sisterhood. and we take a hard look at racism in the Jane Austen fandom. In Chapter 8, Marianne can't understand how Colonel Brandon could possibly be in love with her considering his advanced age of 35. But she's far more worried about Elinor's lack of concern over Edward's …

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#2.7.Patterns – Why your Midlife is the way it is! 19:35

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Series 2 – Episode 7: PATTERNS – It's the 4th corner piece of your Midlife Happiness Puzzle – the next step in how to manage your Midlife brain to create the life you want – your Midlife Wholebeing Happiness. Today, kicks off the exploration of Life Patterns, the wiring patterns that start in your brain and end with you taking action (or not!) in t…