When Stress Speaks Through The Body

Your body is not being dramatic. It’s being honest. When headaches, fatigue, jaw clenching, tight chest, stomach issues, skin flare-ups, and brain fog keep showing up in midlife, it’s easy to label it “just getting older” and keep pushing. We take a different approach: we slow down and listen to what those symptoms may be saying about stress, emotional overload, and the cost of living on autopilot. 

We talk through the real-world mind body connection without trying to diagnose anyone. Instead, we map the common somatic symptoms many midlife adults experience and the patterns that feed them: poor sleep hygiene, chronic exhaustion, inflammation, and the way stress can hit gut health through the vagus nerve pathway. We also name the hard truth that suppressed emotions do not disappear. They often linger as tension, agitation, depletion, and disconnection, especially for people conditioned to perform strength, stay in survival mode, or carry more than their share for family and work. 

You’ll hear us challenge toxic positivity and invite something more useful: awareness. We share gentle, practical stress management tools you can start right away, including walking and simple breathwork (inhale for four, hold for four, exhale for eight), plus prayer or meditation, limiting news overstimulation, and finding a trusted support person or professional. We also leave you with affirmations we live by, including “rest is not laziness, rest is stewardship” and “paying attention is a form of wisdom.” 

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Mental Health In The Body

Coach Stacy 0:10

What if the headaches, the fatigue, the tight chest, the jaw clenching, the stomach issues, the random aches, the exhaustion you keep pushing through aren't just physical. What if your body is carrying messages your mind has been trying to outrun? Today, we're talking about what happens when mental health shows up physically and why listening sooner may be one of the kindest things we can do for ourselves in midlife.

Coach Wayne 0:52

The space to embrace your wisdom, reignite your passions, and move boldly into what's next. I am Coach Wayne, the VIP coach.

Coach Stacy 1:03

And I'm Coach Stacy M. Lewis. We're here with insights, stories, and strategies to fuel your midlife journey. So take a breath, lean in. Your revolution starts now.

Coach Wayne 1:19

Stace, good day. Are you ready for the revolution, Stacy? That's the question I asked.

Coach Stacy 1:27

Absolutely. I am ready, ready, ready. I tell you that music still makes me happy. And it just makes me really excited for each and every episode of Midlife Revolution Unleashed. We certainly want to welcome our listeners to tonight's episode. And we're here to have some real conversations. Coach Stacy, a nonprofit executive, a midlife woman's coach, and a lover of God and his people. And I'm joined by the one, the only, and the esteemed Coach Wayne Dawson. Introduce yourself to the people. Thank you, Stacy. That was so nice. I won it twice.

Coach Wayne 2:07

Do it again. Hey, I'm Coach Wayne, the VIP coach, and I work with seasoned men of color to help them navigate midlife so that their second half can be their best half. Stacy, this is special. We we gotta just give kudos to the folks who've been downloading our segments. And this particular quarter, we've done some serious behind-the-scenes work and we've accelerated the downloads. So we wanna just let folks know we're celebrating, we're past 1,000 uh downloads.

Coaches 2:43

Yeah, we're so excited!

Why Midlife Makes Signals Louder

Coach Wayne 2:47

Thanks to you, and Stacy, this episode, as you know, is brought to our folks by VIP Transformative Living and Coach Stacy M.

Coach Stacy 3:01

Lewis Coaching and Consulting. We're excited tonight because these are some of the things that so many of us as midlifers, so many of our clients, as coaches, and folks that we just kind of come across are dealing with these issues of when mental health starts to show up physically.

Coach Wayne 3:29

Yeah, Stacy, we a lot of times we show up and look good on the outside, but our house on the inside needs some arranging. And so it is when mental health afflicts us. A lot of times people aren't diagnosed, so they don't even recognize that they have it. But the mental health that we're talking about sometimes spills out, and we see it in the way of the body somatically. We see things happening to us. So tonight we want to talk about those kinds of issues.

Coach Stacy 4:04

Yeah, I think it's also important to acknowledge, right, that both neither you nor I are mental health professionals. We are coaches, you are becoming a therapist. And the reality is that you know, we're not talking about mental health diagnoses, right? We are really talking about the day-to-day experience of how your mind, your body, and your emotions are working together, and how that often shows up as stress, as fatigue, things of that nature, right? That then really impact your mental health, your ability to focus, your ability to really prioritize, things of that nature. So I just thought it important to frame that so that you know those that are in the mental health field and or have some mental health diagnoses understand that we're very clear on the distinction and want to make sure that we're adding value, not adding confusion.

Coach Wayne 5:13

Yeah. Now, midlife is that period where a lot of things become more intense. We become more intentional, more deliberate. Because we kind of look and say the time and the clock is clicking. And so we talk about intensifying stuff. It's often a time frame or the time when physical tension, that sort of thing shows up for us, you know. So we walk around with backaches, we walk around with stress, headaches, that sort of stuff. And part of it is because we don't necessarily know when to let go.

Coach Stacy 5:57

Yeah, and we get so caught in the day-to-day grind that we stop paying attention, right? Your body has been talking, and sometimes we simply stop paying attention. We might tend to separate mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellness, but we're all one person and they're deeply interconnected. We have to recognize that in this season of midlife where caregiving stress, workplace pressures, grief, hormonal challenges, let me just let me just repeat that one. Hormal challenges, you know, financial implications, um, all of these stressors that we're managing, and it impacts our physical and our mental health.

Coach Wayne 7:01

Yeah. Stace, a long time ago, a long time ago, when I was doing college and working, you know, I'm a Jamaican, I had three jobs of mine. And I was in school full time, I was so stressed out. And I visited a doc because my stomach, you know, was bothering me a lot. We'll talk a little bit about the vagus nerve, which is like your second brain, they say, in your stomach. And the doctor told me at the time I was experiencing some IBS symptoms. You know, you were talking about Bob Syndrome. At the end of the day, it was all because I was caring a lot. And, you know, a lot of people in midlife, Stacy, that's their load. We talked in previous episodes about caring for those right above you, parents and the elderly, and those behind you, the kids, grandkids. When you carry that kind of load, plus you got to carry yourself, you can experience a lot of physical ailments.

Coach Stacy 8:07

So this is a great example, I mean, a great example, right, of how the stress what you were dealing with mentally and emotionally showed up physically. And and that that happens so often. And I think it's it's a great segue into the or deeper into this when the mental health shows up physically. Let's talk about some of the symptoms that that kind of show up when we're dealing with some mental health showing up physically.

Coach Wayne 8:46

Well, Stace, one of the things that I know, and and to your point, you know, I'm working at getting my my license to do the diagnosis piece. I'm doing it, but getting it signed off as we speak. But one of the things that shows up with a lot of clients, both in the executive space and the clinical space, is exhaustion. People are sleeping, but they're still feeling exhausted, you know, chronic exhaustion, brain fog, these are things that we carry oftentimes too much off, you know, and gotta learn how to see that signal.

Coach Stacy 9:25

Yeah, you mentioned digestive issues, right? How often do we come across friends and and family members that are dealing with digestive issues and have totally disconnected the issues, the symptoms from the things going on in their life? And I can tell you, Wayne, you know, one of the things I've struggled with, actually, it started in college. You know, we're gonna go way back. It started in college, but it is it was skin flare-ups, right? That's it's in college when I was diagnosed with psoriasis. And in college when I was, you know, having all of these breakouts and things. And they were things that I had never dealt with before. And here it was, I was really dealing with so much stress, in particular that freshman and sophomore year, that it just manifested in my skin. And I think again, it's one of those symptoms that folks, you know, say, oh, I have a little rash, and might tend to let that go. But even those are something to pay attention to.

Coach Wayne 10:38

Yeah. I want to go back to that and and stace, you're absolutely correct. You know, people minimize what's going on. Oh, it's just a little bit, uh get over it, you know, I'll bathe in a little ointment or whatever it is. And one of the things that I hear a lot of symptoms around poor sleep hygiene. And I hear a lot of people in midlife saying, oh, I don't need as much sleep. And what does that mean? Oh, I can do with four hours a night. I've never seen any research that supports that, right? So we gotta have our sleep. We are we're looking at some people say we we're supposed to sleep one-third of our lives if you divide up into threes, right? Into thirds. But here's the deal. You can tell when you're caring a lot and you're short on rest, real rest, you know, from proper sleep, the brain fog, the muscle spasms, the tension, headaches, day sleep, the memory issues and stuttering. These are all real, and I see them. I've experienced some myself as a person who oftentimes like to stay up late and and push through the night.

Coach Stacy 11:53

Yeah, yeah. No, the sleep is real. And when you start to pull some of these uh symptoms together, it can often result in brain fog, right? You're like, what was I what was I getting ready to do? Um, can often result in pain sensitivity, right? Just feeling like your whole body is almost under attack because of the level of stress that that you're dealing with.

Coach Wayne 12:24

Yeah. And here's a thing that pops up too that really bothers a lot of midlifers inflammation. So you can have inflammation away for your joints. Inflammation can can hit you in various ways across your body. And oftentimes that has a lot to do with your gut as well, where the stress, we talked about the the vagus nerve, which researchers say they've discovered is like your second brain. You know, sometimes people will get nervous and you feel it first in your stomach. And um when that sends signals to your brain saying, hey, there's a warrant here, you gotta pay attention, you gotta chill it out and keep going, Stacy. Some folks have so much acidity, right? Yeah, it causes the inflammations which you see that that resembles uh arthritis and those kinds of um ailments.

Coach Stacy 13:24

Absolutely. So if you've just hopped into this episode, we're talking about when mental health shows up physically. And I would say, Coach Wayne, that you know, suppressed emotion does not necessarily disappear. It tends to linger as tension or, like you're saying, inflammation can show up as agitation or just disconnection and depletion. And we want to make sure that we are sharing with our listener these signs that we might tend to ignore, but that shouldn't be ignored.

Coach Wayne 14:09

Yeah, yeah. So I can talk about the fellas, you know, there are things that you know we are good for. Men don't cry, stop complaining, you know, you're bickering like a sissy girl. Um and and I I hear it, I see it. And how does that come across? Because if we're suppressing emotions that are real, you know, it's gonna it's gonna find its way out sooner or later, somewhere, and sometime it finds its way in, and that's where we see the symptoms imploding on us.

Coach Stacy 14:48

Yeah, I think this whole idea of emotional suppression and and jumping into survival mode, things of that nature. You talked about, you know, what one of the real kind of taglines for men, and often for women, in particular women of color, black women, you know, where we've been either identified, have fallen into the model, or have accepted the model of being the strong black woman, which means that we are taking it all on, we're carrying it all, and that stress is showing up, it's showing up as that, you know, that cortisol-based fat around the midsection. It's showing up in, you know, the thinning hair and just the the headaches. It's showing up in that moodiness that we talked about. And so I love that you kind of highlighted some of the gender uniquenesses, so to speak, or the differences, because they're both pointing to that emotional suppression, right? If you're not crying, if you're not letting it out, you're suppressing it. If you're holding on to more than is yours, you're suppressing it. And these are the ways that mental health, all of that stress, all of that mental load can show up physically.

Coach Wayne 16:19

Yeah, a lot of these are learned behaviors too, you know, and we pick it up along the way, baggage. Some of it we throw away and some we keep. And so a question that I would ask is what did I learn to disconnect from, you know, or how did I learn to disconnect from my needs? And what do I need to do to reconnect?

Coach Stacy 16:45

Yeah. Yeah. Another good question is what emotions have felt unsafe or inconvenient or like too much to express? How often, right, do we feel emotion? And we're like, no, I don't want to break down now. No, you know, I don't, I don't want to ugly cry in front of all these people, or, you know, even in front of myself. So what emotions might feel unsafe right now?

Coach Wayne 17:17

We do a strength assessment uh when we work with folks, and a lot of times it is amazing what people see as their strengths. And we have to ask the questions are these strengths serving you now, or are they just egotistical stuff? And if they aren't serving you, you gotta let them out so you can be vulnerable and express emotions so you can be healthy mentally and as a result physically as well.

Coach Stacy 17:49

Yeah, you know, when we talk about strengths, I was actually having this conversation today with a colleague, right? We also do strength assessment both in my coaching practice as well as on my job. And every strength has a counterpart, right? It has a shadow. That's one of the terms they use when talking about archetypes, right? So your strength of harmony, right? Wanting to keep things in harmony also has the possibility, the shadow is the people pleaser, right? Because you want to keep things in harmony. And so it's it's important to, like you said, acknowledge your strengths and acknowledge the the shadow or the the underbelly of those strengths and how that might be showing up more so than the positive attributes of the strengths. Yeah. Hey, it is Dr. Audrey. We just want to say good evening to Dr. Audrey, one of our favorite listeners. It's so good to see you. I hope all is well.

Coach Wayne 19:04

Yeah, yeah. Doc. Come on home, come on home. Stacy, we um, you know, you talked about suppression, survival mode. As a culture, people of color spend a lot of time in that survival mode area arena. And and as such, we are always at this peak in terms of emotionally functioning, and that really can burn us out. And that means that mentally we are on the edge, anxiety is a big issue, depression is a big issue, just burn out, you know. And by midlife, if you've been doing this for 40 years or more, it shows up, and you can start feeling, you know, we go into the doctors, our pressure is up. We like you said, we've not been able to manage our weight gain and that sort of stuff.

Coach Stacy 20:11

All of it, yeah, all of it. It all it all comes together. And what we're encouraging our midlife audience to think about is really to notice these physical symptoms, right? Not not beat yourself up about them, not spiral around them, but to notice them, notice these symptoms and start to pay attention, right? Right. We we talk about we cannot heal what we don't reveal. And so to really begin to pay attention to what's happening with your body and get curious instead of critical, right? It's so easy to be critical of like, oh, you know, I'm I have this weight or oh, not sleeping well, you know, something must be wrong with me. Well, something could be wrong with you, but not not it, it doesn't do you any bonus to be critical of yourself, but to be curious about these symptoms and what's happening.

Coach Wayne 21:18

Yeah. The I had a dental visit today, and we were talking about invisalina, and the dentist said, you know, I'm not saying you're old, but when you get to your age, the body responds much slow, much slower than it did when you were 25. And so that's so true for everyone who always go through the midlife experience, things that you would pull off and get away with, like what we used to call bleaching, staying up all night long to party and hang out. Try doing that in midlife, and the crash becomes very evident, you know.

Coach Stacy 21:57

Well, uh Yeah. Couldn't agree more with Coach Wayne. I'll just I'll just tell on myself. So I'll tell on myself and not anybody else. So recently, you know, really good girlfriend came to visit and you know I went and went into Philly and got a haircut. And, you know, we I took a couple of days off work and we just decided to have fun, right? Just some good old fun, which I strongly encourage. Some good old fun, whether expensive, like I don't know, breakfast on the 60th floor, the four seasons, which is what happened, or whether free, like walking through the field of bluebells. Well, both happened, but also what happened was we were together. And so what a great opportunity to enjoy a bottle of Vauve Clico, our favorite champagne. Well, I would say we overenjoyed like we were 30. See, and this is where the problem came in, right? So there we are. We are just enjoying our Volve Clico. We are having all kinds of snacks and treats and binge watching TV shows. And in the morning, we woke up feeling like.

Coach Wayne 24:10

Some folks now under their desk, they have the pedals and the cycle or standing desk where you get up and move around. Breath work. Yeah. Yeah.

Coach Stacy 24:22

Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So many opportunities. Let's take a quick pause for the cause and say good evening to Delane Jesus. Good to see you. Thanks so much for supporting us. And I just want to say, Audrey says, we got to change the definition of fun sometime. And so as we age, we want to acknowledge that fun can still be had, but not necessarily like we were 30. To your point, Coach Wayne, another gentle practice when thinking about how to tend to your mental health and allay or mitigate some of those physical symptoms. I I love that you mentioned walking. For me, prayer really does work. And it is, I know for some, it is that meditation, just the sitting. For me, it is the prayer. It is the turning it over, right? It is recognizing that all of this is not mine to carry.

Coach Wayne 25:28

Yeah. Stacy, here's one that really is worth mentioning because we are bombarded so much with news and virtual reality, so to speak. It's hard to decipher what's true and what's real and what's not. And part of it is limited exposure because mentally that can have a real negative and draining impact on your psyche. I mean, even if you were to be watching the weather and you heard that there were thunderstorms rolling your way, yes, you are prepared for it, but it makes you anxious, right? And today, with all that's going on, the news, first of all, is slanted. There is inkling of truth wherever you're watching.

Coach Stacy 26:13

Right.

Coach Wayne 26:13

Yeah. But it's it wears on you, and oftentimes you don't even realize it because it becomes a norm. So that's one of the things that we would recommend, along with you know, so that's reducing overstimulation. And and I would add, Stacy, learning to name your emotions and be honest about it. You know, if you're feeling some kind of way, call it what it is. Don't minimize it, you know, don't use euphem euphemisms. If you're really feeling anger, speak the truth. And so, yeah.

Coach Stacy 26:56

Yeah, you know, Wayne, in the field of work that I'm in, my day job, we we talk a lot about toxic positivity. And because, you know, in in the cancer space, right, there are some that feel like, oh, okay, just be hopeful or, you know, don't be sad or think positive. And and that we're not talking, you know, toxic positivity, or just trying to really say, like, okay, get more rest. The reality is we're really encouraging you to dive into a deeper state of awareness about what is happening within you, and not simply say to yourself, oh, I must be getting older. So, you know, so headaches are normal, or rashes are normal, or, you know, feeling stressed out is normal. We're saying, you know, understand kind of what safety feels like to you, what overwhelm feels like to you, and how you can really begin to connect, reconnect. So many of us become disconnected, just plowing through, but reconnect with who you are when you feel something, right? So, in a certain situation, you mentioned hearing the news, and there's going to be a storm, right? Now, thinking about for the two of us, for you and I, you being in Florida, me being in Pennsylvania, you're gonna have a storm, right? Two totally different experiences. And you know, how so how we respond to your point, to those, to those experiences, to what it is we're hearing. Pay attention. Pay attention. You don't have to wait for your body to break down, right? To start paying attention.

Coach Wayne 28:57

Yeah. And speaking of that, so we create rituals. We do some preventive work, you know, some folks do body scans, make sure you get in in line to get your health checks. Most doctors, PCPs, have a direct connection with a mental health person that they can refer to. I know Audrey gets lots of referrals from the PCP that we see. And and and that makes sense because here's the thing: there is a body-mind connection. They're not separate, really. The mind drives the body oftentimes. And they say, in terms of your physiology, if you move your body in a way that makes you feel upright, it conditions your mind to feel better, if that makes sense. Like fake it till you make it sometimes, kind of thing. Like get out of bed, for example. Right. Feeling better.

Why We Dismiss The Warning Signs

Coach Stacy 29:53

Right, right, right. That's why we say, you know, step outside, like the the small things. It doesn't, we're not saying you have to run a marathon. Coach Wayne, why do you think so many midlife adults dismiss physical symptoms that may be connected to emotional overload?

Coach Wayne 30:12

I think part of it is that we have gone this far and we have normalized, and we fool ourselves into believing that we can get through because we've done it so far. What we don't realize is that it's like a toll. You know, you're riding the highway, the first toll is 25 cents, but as you go on, it adds up. And before you know it, you've paid $10. You're paying tolls along the route of midlife into late adulthood. And so may we are accustomed to paying the tolls. And so far, since we've paid the tolls and we've managed, we we think we can continue. But at some point, at some point, it's it it aggregates, Stacy, and and we can't manage it no more. So I think it's the familiarity of thinking we've managed so far, so yeah.

Coach Stacy 31:06

Yeah. What do you think that the body keeps score, right? No, I I totally agree with you. Oftentimes it is because we don't want to face things, right? We, you know, sometimes we just don't want to deal with it. We're already dealing with so much, and we're saying, like, yeah, I don't, I don't even want to acknowledge that thing. I don't want to acknowledge the mental overload, so I'm not gonna deal with it. And again, we're talking about the value of awareness, of paying attention to your body, your mind, your health, your emotions, especially at midlife, because you talk about Coach Wayne, you know, the difference between aging and saging. And this is such a special time of life with all that we've learned, with the knowledge and the skills that we've amassed, with you know, the successes that we've had and the failures that we've overcome. We want to see the midlife community really soar, thrive. And so that's why this is important, right? Your mind, your body, your emotions, that health trilogy is so important to be able to enjoy the richness of midlife. You've earned it.

Coach Wayne 32:42

Yeah.

Coach Stacy 32:42

It's time to enjoy it.

Coach Wayne 32:44

Yeah. And don't wait until you've had a breakdown to do the takedown, right? And and that means just stopping to pause for the cause and fixing it. One of my clients, it takes a scooter to see me now because his car he blew the engine because he had a signal saying he needed to get serious, but he just kept saying, I'll do it tomorrow. I'll do it tomorrow. Well, car just decided that that was it, blew the engine. So now he scoots on over. Don't wait for it.

Coach Stacy 33:12

He scoots on over. Hey, hey, at least he's still moving now.

Coach Wayne 33:16

Yeah, but listen, don't wait for that breakdown, which in many instances we do to your point when we don't pay heed and attention and we just keep going, going, going like the the ever-ready bunny. What's it called, Stacy? That bunny, yeah.

One Practice To Rebuild Trust

Coach Stacy 33:33

The the ever ever ready? Ever something like that. Yes, that bunny that plays the drums. I know what you're talking about. What's one practice listeners can start this week to rebuild trust with their body? What would you say?

Coach Wayne 33:51

To rebuild trust, find a listening ear, someone that you trust in terms of their opinion and their a support group, even, you know. Someone that you can talk to.

Coach Stacy 34:08

Yeah, I would say, I would answer that question by saying one practice you can do, or you can start this week, you can actually start today, is that you can put your hand on your heart, you can take a very deep breath in for four, hold it for four, and breathe it out slowly for eight, and celebrate the fact that you are still alive and that you can breathe, which means that where there's breath, there is hope.

Coach Wayne 34:50

Yeah. And don't forget, we are here. Meaning what we represent in terms of coaches and counselors and therapists, those support folks are there for you to just call on as well. Use the research.

Coach Stacy 35:05

Absolutely. I think Delane's point is so relevant that some people are so ashamed to even think or acknowledge their mental stress, you know, because of societal norms. And after all that we have been through to make it to what you have identified as midlife, the reality is the societal norms are gonna have to go to the side because it really is about you living your best life. And Audrey said it's the energizer bunny. Thank you very much. This is why this is why listenership is so important.

Coach Wayne 35:51

What do you say it was, Stacy? I know you made a mistake.

Coach Stacy 35:57

No comment, no comment.

Coach Wayne 36:00

Are there any affirmations, decorations that we could leave our listenership with so that they can use?

Coach Stacy 36:09

That is a good one. I would say, I would say that rest is not laziness, that rest is stewardship, it is stewardship over the body, the mind, and the emotions that God has given you, and that honoring your body is not vanity, it is an act of gratitude for what God has given you.

Coach Wayne 36:45

And I would add, listen to your body, paying attention is a form of wisdom.

Coach Stacy 36:53

Yeah, that's good. That's good. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Coach Wayne 36:58

So, Stace, before we wrap up, any key takeaways or assignments for the folk that are listening before we tell them how they can find you to get some of the good coaching you offer.

Coach Stacy 37:14

Yeah, I think someone one of the key takeaways is that your body and your emotional world are deeply connected. Don't try to disconnect them. Acknowledge the connection and be curious about what the two connect, what the two being connected are saying to you.

Coach Wayne 37:36

Yeah. And and to be sure, midlife is that place where it becomes harder to ignore the signals. So check in with yourself, as the as the fellas used to say, check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Coach Stacy 37:51

Before you wreck yourself, that's right. Healing can begin with one honest check-in. That's it. One next step. Yep. Stacy, how can folks find you? I can be reached. If you are watching this on any social media channel, then you already know how to find me, as I'm sure that it is obviously apparent. But indeed, I can be reached at the stacymlewis.com. It is indeed my joy to co-host this show with Sir Wayne and all of the good stuff that he's got going on. What about you, sir? Thanks, Stace. Stacy, you see my plant back there? I see, I see your plant. I was gonna ask you if it was real, but I it is very real, very real. It's looking great. It's looking good.

Coach Wayne 38:43

Yeah, it's not safe because you know I'm a vegan, so oh, okay, okay.

Coach Stacy 38:50

So for those of you checking this out on podcast, Wayne's plant looks fantastic, and he is imitating maybe eating the plant, which is probably going to be poisonous to humans. So he may be here next episode. He may not be. Coach Wayne, how do the people reach you?

Coach Wayne 39:07

VIP Transformative Living.com, and all of my handles are there. Just go on in and DM your man and we'll make it happen for you. Reassessment. Don't forget, got that.

Coach Stacy 39:20

Reassessment, don't forget. We're so glad that the takeaways were a benefit to our listenership. In the show notes of our podcast, you have access to both Coach Wayne and I. We are here to be a support. Both of us offer free discovery or connection calls. And so we just encourage you to stay in touch. We cannot, Wayne, put up that that banner one more time. You know, let's just let's just celebrate that one more time so that we can acknowledge the fact that we have exceeded a thousand downloads. We are elated, could not have done it without you, our very important listener, our V-I-L, our very important listener.

Coach Wayne 40:13

Yep. And what that means is that each listener got to give us a thousand dollars.

Coach Stacy 40:20

That's just how we know at this point, I'll even take a dollar a download. You know what I'm saying? Come on, Coach Wayne. That would that would pay for our technology. You know what I mean? That would just continue to encourage us and allow us to blossom the show and maybe, you know, pay our guests a little something, something for their time. A dollar a download would be great. Don't listen to Wayne. He he he got a little carried away. Thank you for congratulating us on our 1000 plus downloads. It has been my joy to co-host this episode with you, Coach Wayne.

Coach Wayne 40:57

Same here, Stace. I enjoy these evenings when we get together and we just make magic happen in the studio. And folks, I mean, we we we we click so well. People probably think we're working from the same environment, but we're miles away, a couple hundreds of miles away, plane ride away. So it's good to see you. Always a pleasure, coachy. So until next time, Stacy. I'll see you at the top.

How To Find Us And Wrap

Coach Stacy 41:23

I'm cheering you on. Thanks for tuning in to Midlife Revolution Unleashed. We're grateful you're part of this journey.

Coach Wayne 41:34

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Coach Stacy 41:41

I'm Coach Stacy, and I'm cheering you on.

Coach Wayne 41:44

And I'm Coach Wayne, and I'll see you at the top.