Blog

Uncategorized

Are You Living Life or Just Planning it? Some…

Are You Living Life or Just Planning It? Some Quick Thoughts as My Plans Took a U-Turn

Are you a planner? Do you schedule everything so you can be organized and proactive, attempting to avoid all possible pitfalls along the way? And if you spend all your time planning, are you missing what is happening in your present moment?

Are you living life or just planning it?

This is an unplanned episode from the couch before I unexpectedly got on another plane headed to the East Coast. When my daughter breaks her foot and asks me to please come help her for a few days, I just go. Without plans and without over-thinking I’m in each moment making it happen.

So many of us seem to be constantly controlling our schedules in advance. I’m wondering if we are also allowing ourselves to enjoy what we’re doing when we’re doing it. As we get older, I think we become more acutely aware of precious moments and the importance of paying attention to them.

I hope you’ll join me on my couch as I talk with you as if you are on the other end of the phone. This time, I’m asking YOU for the take-aways, and what will be your mission?! Please email me at nancy@lovinglaterlife.com.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

How a Sense of Community and a Keychain Made…

How a Sense of Community and a Keychain Made a Magical Weekend

How a Sense of Community and a Keychain Made a Magical Weekend…and inspired this episode.

For those of you who listen regularly to Loving Later Life know that there was no episode last week as I prepared to go across the country for a workshop. I’m here to tell you that it was an incredible growth experience with many exciting take-aways, some of which I will share another time because there’s still so much I’m processing.  

The experiences I share in this episode include spontaneous adventures, realizations, and stories of the welcoming people in a town I’d never heard of, which culminate in two reminders that seemingly don’t go together; and also must.  I hope you’ll come along with me for the ride!

Not be missed take-ways:

1. Say yes to an adventure. Especially if it takes you out of your comfort zone.

2. Trust the process. When things don’t go according to plan, it can be exciting.

3. Check out Portsmouth New Hampshire

4. Packing light is overrated!

5. You are the one you’ve been waiting for.

6. Feeling a part of a community is crucial.

7. Trust the process.

8. Trust yourself.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

1) Try doing something out of your ordinary routine/schedule. Change it up! Drive a different way home. Walk some place new. Go someplace new. Try something new. Your perspective will change for the better.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

 

Uncategorized

Flying Out of My Comfort Zone

Flying Out of My Comfort Zone

Hey everybody! This is going to be a shorter than the usual not so long episode…and please stay to the end so I can tell you something fun and important.

The reason this is shorter is because I am getting ready for a trip that will be taking me many miles out of my comfort zone. I often talk the talk of how we have to be willing to take a risk or nothing will change; and I try to walk the walk just about every single day. Well, this will not be walking but flying. Literally.

In this episode I share with you where I’m going and why, and why I’m nervous and excited. It is also important to listen to the end so you know what is new and different for next week!

You can listen to the episode by clicking the play bar above or scroll down and click the icon below to where you listen to podcasts, or just click here!

See you there!

Not be missed take-ways and your mission combined!

1. It’s not too late. It is never too late.

2. According to the New England Journal of Medicine: if you are 60, 70 or 80 years old, you are at the best level of your life.

3. Start thinking about what it is that you might like to try, to start, to do or even to think about doing. If you would, please email me some of your thoughts. Do you want to start painting, take dance, write, move your body more, start dating, take a trip…c’mon, I know you’re out there listening!

4. Let me hear from you! Email me at nancy@nancylanggibbs.com or DM me on IG @lovinglaterlifepodcast or FB @lovinglaterlifepodcast

5. Listen until the end to hear something fun and important!

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

The Magical Experience That Inspired Me to Spring Clean…

The Magical Experience That Inspired Me to Spring Clean Those Who No Longer Fit

This episode is very important for all of us. Please join me as I share the personal moments and revelations I had one night about the people in my life.  

I was at the surprise engagement party my son made for his partner. And that wasn’t the only surprise. I unexpectedly re-discovered how good it feels to be amongst people who are accepting, loving, genuine, supportive and kind. I felt a vibrational match with this group of amazing humans that I have not yet felt in this season of my life.

Just a few days later I was reminded that according to a study done by the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the single best decision you can make to improve your health and happiness is to cultivate warm relationships. These are the people who make you feel warm and fuzzy; and safe.

And then I heard a recording from Oprah where she said, “We are responsible for the energy that we allow to be brought into our space. You cannot move forward in your life to the level you want if you allow people in your space who are not supportive of you.”

This all could not have been timelier for me. I’m confident it will impact you as well. 

Not be missed take-ways:

1. You can’t get to the level in life that you want when you are with people who suck the energy from you. …Oprah

2. Whatever your energy level is, those are the people you will attract and feel a vibrational match with. It’s like a magnet.

3. A study that was done by the Harvard Study of Adult Development showed that good relationships make you happier and healthier, and that the single best decision you can make to improve your health and happiness is to cultivate warm relationships.

4. Also from that study, it is proven that warm connected relationships protect us from the stress in life.

5. The cold relationships, put you on edge and drain your energy. Research shows that spending time with these ‘cold’ people can make you feel lonelier and worsen your health.

6. You’ve got to love yourself enough to spring clean those who are no longer are a fit. Vibrate with pride at the level that you want to show up in your life, and you will find those warm relationships who will match with you and improve your health and happiness.

7. Let your light shine bright. It is your life to live. And it’s never too late to start!

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

1) I’m stealing this from Mel Robbins, just putting it in my words. Think of the people in your life and make a list. Those with both leading and supporting roles. Next to their name put Warm for those who make you feel safe, warm and fuzzy; or Cold for those that put you on edge and/or drain your energy.

2) If they have Cold next to their name, you know what to do if you want to move forward in your life to the level you want, and to healthier and happier.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

My Colonoscopy Adventure and Some Important Information

My Colonoscopy Adventure
& Some Important Information

Welcome back to Loving Later Life this is Nancy Lang Gibbs your host and fellow Loving Later Lifer. Whether you’re in your car or lounging in a chair at a pool on vacation, taking a walk, on the couch relaxing…just don’t be eating for this one!

I recently had a very fun 48 hours thanks to being in later life. Let’s just say you cannot say I’m full of shit. How’s that for a hint? Yes, had a colonoscopy. And I decided that it would be so cool to take you along with me on the journey, so I recorded myself (you can relax, not during any of those moments) as I was going through the time before as to what I was doing and how I was feeling. And then afterward on the ride home…which to be honest, I have no recollection of what words came out of my mouth.

Before the entertainment portion of the episode, I remind you all of the importance of getting a colonoscopy and some updated information we should all know.

Warning: There will be some frequent puns that will roll your eyes! Join me!!

Not be missed take-ways:

1. Get a colonoscopy!

2. Eat your veggies and healthy fats.

3. Get moving. Yes, the E word, (exercise) and aim for 30 mins on most days of the week.

4. Watch your weight. According to the American Cancer Society, carrying extra pounds increases your risk of colon cancer, as well as cancers of the breast (in postmenopausal women), rectum, esophagus, pancreas and kidney, among others. Talk to your provider if you need help losing weight.

5. Limit alcohol and don’t smoke. If you choose to drink alcohol, do so moderately. That means no more than one drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men. And if you smoke, quit.

6. Follow screening guidelines. One of the most important cancer prevention strategies is to follow the colon cancer screening guidelines that are right for you based on your age, risk factors and family history.

7. Get a colonoscopy!

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

1) Get a colonoscopy! And let me know your experience! You listened to mine, I want to listen to yours!

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

How Can You be Truly Happy? The Answers Are…

How Can You be Truly Happy? The Answers Are Simple…

How can you be truly happy? Loving Later Life listeners: join me as I unpack the steps to what will make you happy (and they’re likely not what you’re expecting) according to Gay Hendricks NYT best-selling author.  

Gay Hendricks is the author of The Genius Zone which picks up from the work in his book, The Big Leap. Learn about what is holding us back and what we can do about it so that we can live a life we love. He explains that it is within all of us to get there. You are in the driver’s seat. It’s up to you. 

If you are serious about enjoying your life, don’t miss this episode.

Not be missed take-ways:

1. We all have fears, and those fears can only be loved away. Hendricks says to let them be, embrace them, let the energy serve you in some way.

2. If there’s something inside that you haven’t dealt with, it’s like driving through life with the break on.

3. The Upper Limit Problem not only prevents happiness, but it actually stops us from achieving our goals. It is the ultimate life roadblock.

4. Being in the Genius zone is doing what you most love to do. This is the biggest leap. It’s doing what you’re uniquely suited to do. What do you love to do?

5. The moment we open up and accept ourselves exactly the way we are; that is the front door to the universe.

6. Starting with 10 minutes a day, ask yourself what do I most love to do. Take 3 easy breaths. Then ask again.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

I think that taking things in small steps makes accomplishing something less overwhelming. So, for this mission, start by looking inward and be honest with yourself.

1) Write down what fears you have that are holding you back. What is keeping your foot on the break?

2) As you look at your list of fears, think about how you can love them, accept them, acknowledge them and let them be. This is the first hurdle to you living a fulfilling and happy life.

3) Try what he suggested. For 10 minutes a day ask yourself, what do I most love to do. Take 3 easy breaths. Then ask again.

If you have any thoughts on any of this, we’d all love to hear from you! Email me at nancy@nancylanggibbs.com with a voice memo or email.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

Sometimes You Can Choose Your Hard

Sometimes You Can Choose Your Hard

Hard times and hard choices are hard for most of us to avoid. We must hear, see and feel things that are hard for us, and find a way to navigate through, as that is the way to the other side. Very often, we have no choice and then, there are times, we can choose our hard. Get divorced or stay together; live with the high cost of living, or move; stay friends with someone, or let them go; be vulnerable with others, or keep to ourselves. Come with me as I share some of my own personal hard choices, recognizing the ‘hards’ some of us don’t get to choose, and remembering that no matter what, we will always have the choice of how we look at and respond to a situation to make the best choice possible.

The Not to be Missed Take-Aways:

1. There are probably more hards than easies in life.

2. Life can be difficult AND we get to decide how we look at it, AND how we respond to it. All are true.

3. Some people don’t have the privilege of having the opportunity to choose their hard.

4. We should all be able to have a choice—except if the choice is selfish and irresponsible and hurts others, like choosing to drive drunk, or when we’re in a major health crisis when their choice can literally kill people.

5. Who we choose to spend our precious time with can be a hard choice, even when it’s the right one.

6. The good news is, sometimes we get to choose our hard.

7. All you can do is make the best choice you can at the time.

 

Uncategorized

The (Scary) Bad Date, Some Outrageous Comments, The Disappointing…

The (Scary) Bad Date, Some Outrageous Comments, The Disappointing Fix-Up, and a Couple of the Good Ones

Hello and welcome to Loving Later Life! I am Nancy Lang Gibbs your host, and this month I’m sharing some of my crazy ass dates and relationships. Last week was one of the more intense sagas, so this week, instead of the super soapy saga I was going to share, (I’ll save it for another time) I thought I’d share one that had some very funny moments before it became scary.

After that, I have some one-liners from dates and almost dates that were so awful and absurd I had to write them down. Then a quick story of one that was actually a fix-up that turned sour, and lastly, to close out the episode and the month on a more positive note, I share about a couple of the good guys, even though they didn’t work out.

And I want to say again, I’m sharing these because we all have stories and there are numerous benefits of sharing our stories for the storyteller and the listener.

In fact, I invite you to please record a voice memo, or write a story of yours and send it to me so I can share it. And if you’d like to be a guest on LLL, let me know so we can discuss that possibility.

Not be missed take-ways:

For these stories, the take-away’s I believe are similar. Trust yourself. That gut feeling, that whisper of a voice inside you. Trust it over others. If you feel uncomfortable in a situation, leave. If you are being treated badly whether it’s emotionally, verbally, or physically; get out. Just get out. You will figure it out from there. Things will work out, just get out.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

Rinse and repeat the takeaways.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

VIRTUAL LOVE…OR SO I THOUGHT (MY FIRST POST-DIVORCE DATING…

VIRTUAL LOVE…OR SO I THOUGHT
(MY FIRST POST-DIVORCE DATING DISASTER)

It’s time for me to share one of my dating/relationship stories. This story took place back somewhere around 2007ish…and I was a very different iteration of myself than I am now. When I look back and see what I accepted as acceptable behavior toward me, it makes me cringe.

So without further judgement of myself, it is time to tell you about my first relationship post-divorce, and one of the worst. I can almost guarantee you won’t be bored! Sit back, relax, and join me on this hell-of-a ride!

Not be missed take-way:

If you ever hear your inner voice talking to you, or feel a pain in your gut from someone’s words or behavior ….RUN, don’t walk in the other direction.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

If you enjoyed this episode and/or if you’ve been listening for a while and you’re enjoying and haven’t yet followed Loving Later Life, please go to where ever you get your podcasts and click ‘Follow’ so you’ll get it automatically every week. I would love to see you here every week, and again, please share it with others. Appreciate you so very much!

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Uncategorized

My Mom: Sharing Her Stories of Love, Adventures, Loss…

My Mom:
Sharing Her Stories of Love, Adventures, Loss and Moving Forward

Welcome to LLL this is Nancy Lang Gibbs your host, and I am very excited to get right to this episode. Why?

Because, my special guest is none other, than my Mom! AKA Elaine Lang Ockner.

So, you may be wondering how my mom falls under the category of this month’s theme of dating, relationships etc…

Let me tell you a little something about my mom, without any spoiler alerts….

My mom is 84 and telling it like it is, and how it was…to be a 19-year-old bride, then divorced and dating in a whole new world. She experienced things in her 40’s for the first time in her life, which she shares openly and honestly. She shares some highs (literally) and some lows. Through it all she is driven by her love for her family, her music, and her whimsical zest for life.

And now, I am so proud to introduce you to, my mom, Elaine Lang Ockner…

 

Not be missed take-ways:

The take-aways for this episode are more cumulative than bullet points. To sum it up, it comes down to knowing you can handle what life throws at you. Have gratitude and appreciate what you have. Remember that when things are tough, this too shall pass…until the next time that this too shall pass; and in between, have fun! Keep going, take time to think about things, and keep moving forward and enjoy new things in life. It’s never too late.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

Read the take-aways again. And again. Now go try something new, go someplace new, eat something new, and you will open up your world. It’s not too late.

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

Download The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life

Subscribe/Follow where you get your podcasts: 

And please…Rate and Review…if you liked it! 😊 A positive rating and review will help other women find us so they can become a part of our community.

It’d be great if you would like Loving Later Life on Facebook and Instagram!

Also: If you have a story you’d like to share for the podcast or have questions or comments for Nancy email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com

Last but not least: If you’d like to know more about having Nancy as a private coach, click here!

 

 

If you’d like to advertise with us, email nancy@lovinglaterlife.com