An Intuitive Life: Coaching, Intuition, Midlife, Inner Compass, Decisions, Self Trust, Identity

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Somewhere in midlife, someone asks what you want — and you realize you're not sure anymore. Not because you've lost yourself, but because you got so good at reading everyone else's needs that your own signal went quiet. You'll learn how to turn your body back into the compass it was always meant to be, starting with the smallest, lowest-stakes choices of your day. Why not knowing what you want is a skill, not a failure — and how a lifetime of attuning to others quieted your own inner signal What a yes and a no actually feel like in your body — expansion versus contraction, and how to read that as real information The low-stakes practice — using coffee, the menu, your closet, and an open afternoon as reps to rebuild your intuition The decision portal and the third door — so that when the big choices come, your inner compass is already fluent ✨ Start with 7 Days of Self-Trust : a gentle, doable way to begin tuning back into yourself and practicing your yes and your no in the small, everyday moments. 💌 And if you're feeling the pull toward something deeper — DM me the word "COMPASS" to ask about private coaching or to book a Vision Session, where we get quiet, listen in, and start mapping the next chapter of the woman you're becoming. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Have you hit the point in midlife where the old ways of coping… stop working? Where the busyness, the people-pleasing, the "just think positive" all quietly stop holding, and something underneath starts asking to be seen and felt? In this soul-deep conversation, I sit down with my dear friend Suzanne Hanna — a licensed psychotherapist with 30+ years of experience, author of Navigating the Wilderness Within , and founder of The Wilderness Walk and the Shadow Coaching Institute. Suzanne has walked 1,000 miles across the country with her dog to face everything she'd spent a lifetime running from, and she's here to talk about what she found on the other side of fear: freedom. We explore why midlife is the "universal two-by-four" that finally wakes us up, why your body keeps the score when your feelings go unheard, and what shadow work really is. We talk about the difference between being authentic and being real , the misalignment that no amount of positive thinking can fix, and why true freedom comes from accepting all of you — the golden shadow and the dark. If you're a woman feeling the pull to stop surviving and start truly living, this one will stay with you. Listen twice; your subconscious will thank you. Subscribe, share, and tap the heart in Apple Podcasts. Links & Resources: The Wilderness Walk The Shadow Coaching Institute Find Suzanne on IG Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 I'm breaking down why overthinking feels so painful, and what it's really about ... not the decision itself. Ever made a pros & cons list, asked three friends, slept on it, and still felt totally stuck? If you're tired of second-guessing every move, this one's for you. What we get into: Why overthinking is really a self-trust thing in disguise, not a decision thing The one question I ask myself instead of "Is this the right choice?" How I make values-based decisions that actually feel solid The tiny daily practice that rebuilds trust in yourself Links Mentioned: Intuitive decision making style quiz Journey to Self Trust Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Shannon Wallace on trusting your body, questioning the experts, and reclaiming your health in midlife and beyond. Some of the most important decisions we'll ever make are about our own bodies, and yet we're taught to hand that authority to everyone but ourselves . In this episode, I reconnect with past client and health educator Shannon Wallace, who shares how she moved from chronic illness, exhaustion, and fear to reclaiming her health on her own terms , and why learning to trust your body is the real foundation of healing. What We Explore Shannon's decades-long healing journey, from chronic illness and imposter syndrome to finding what finally worked Why you don't have to be "100% healed" to help others (and how struggling can deepen your compassion) The moment five lumps and a scary diagnosis sent her inward, and how she made her decision from intuition, not fear What it really means to become "the CEO of your own health" Links Find Shannon Wallace on Instagram Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

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Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Why We Override Our Intuition, And Three Practical Prompts to Reclaim It Every day, y our intuition sends you signals in your body , in that quiet inner knowing... and every day, you're taught to override them in favor of someone else's framework, someone else's success story, someone else's voice. In this episode, I break down why women in midlife have been conditioned to abandon their inner compass in favor of guru culture and comparison, why discernment is the skill of our time , and give you three clear, practical prompts to notice the override in real time and come back to yourself . What We Explore in This Episode Why "woo-woo" has been used as a weapon to dismiss intuition and why that framing is exactly the problem The deep conditioning that trains us to trust external authority over our own inner knowing How the online world reinforces this override at scale (and why our nervous systems weren't built for a tribe of millions) Why discernment, not productivity or the perfect framework... is the real skill of this moment Three practical prompts to catch the override in the moment and rebuild trust with yourself Resources & Links Mentioned The Intuitive Decision Making Style Quiz Learn About & Book Your 1:1 Intuitive Vision Session Your Journey To Back to Self-Trust Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 A somatic coach and energy healer on shedding labels, trusting the mess, and finding your work through midlife reinvention. What happens when you're good at many things, and the world keeps telling you to pick just one? In this episode, I sit down with Jessica Evans, esthetician turned somatic coach, energy healer, and self-described "portal", for an honest conversation about reinvention in midlife . From opening a spa in 2020 to walking away from one-on-one facials toward Goddess Flow and community grief circles, Jessica shares the messy, non-linear path of following her intuition instead of forcing herself into a single tidy label. Together, we reframe "throwing spaghetti at the wall" as courageous action and data-gathering, explore why nervous system healing needs community to last , and remind you that you don't discover your one thing until you've lovingly tried many. A few bullet points (What we explore): Why reinvention rarely arrives in a straight line, and how to trust the mess Reframing "throwing spaghetti at the wall" as brave action, not failure Moving from fixer to portal : holding space instead of doing the work for someone Resources & Links Mentioned: The Flow State Collective — Jessica's online collective meeting virtually near the full/new moons, with personalized weekly card pulls and a growing library of somatic tools Goddess Flow Yoga — returning in person in August (Saturday mornings), and coming to the Flow State Collective too. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 There's Nothing to Figure Out What Therapy Taught Me About Midlife, Identity, and Letting Go of the Doing This episode is a little different for me, more of an exploration than a teaching. I open up about starting therapy this year, not for one big crisis, but with the intention to finally do things differently after a season that reshaped my family and my work. I get honest about being a doer, a starter, someone who has let "figuring it out" define my worth for most of my life, and what it's been like to sit with my therapist's simplest, hardest instruction: there's nothing to figure out. If you've ever felt addicted to the doing , unsure who you are without your work, or curious why women seem to burn out differently than men, this one's for you . I get into: Why the female nervous system is wired for connection , not constant achievement, and what happens when we override that for years What it really looks like to redefine your identity in midlife when your career, your kids, and your sense of self are all shifting at once The simple mantra from therapy that's changing how I relate to ambition , rest, and self-worth I'd genuinely love to hear what landed for you. DM me on Instagram, send me an email, or tap the little blue heart in the show notes on Apple Podcasts, and let's keep the conversation going. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Have you ever felt like your intuition just… disappeared? Like the channel went dark and the signal you used to trust so completely has gone radio silent? In this episode, we get real about a truth I've been living myself: your intuition never goes quiet. But sometimes you enter a phase where you need a recalibration of your inner pulse and to listen on a deeper level. In this episode, I share five simple, grounded practices to help you return to your inner knowing , including the lay flat ritual I came back to just before recording this very episode. In this episode: Why your intuition isn't gone, and what's actually happening when you can't hear it How scrolling and constant input quietly disconnect you from your own knowing The lay flat ritual: a body-based practice for releasing mental noise and letting wisdom rise Why a quiet after-dinner walk might be the most underrated intuition practice there is Three more simple practices you can start today , including one that takes a single breath Work with me: If something in this episode stirred something in you, if you felt that quiet pull of yes, this is what I need, trust it. DM me on Instagram to learn about 1:1 intuitive readings and private coaching. I'd love to hear from you. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 What if the gut feelings, the knowing before you know, and the dreams that feel a little too real aren't coincidences? In this episode, we explore the real difference between intuition and psychic ability, where they overlap, and how every woman can develop both --> starting today. In this episode: Why intuition and psychic ability aren't two separate gifts and how they live on the same channel at different frequencies The four psychic "clairs" explained and how to identify which one is already most alive in you Simple, grounded practices to s trengthen your intuition and expand your psychic awareness A sneak peek at something new coming soon —> Open Your Third Eye Resources mentioned: [ 7 Days of Self-Trust] - the audio series to start building your relationship with your inner knowing Follow Elena on Instagram @elena_lipson for updates on Open Your Third Eye and more Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 How fear, shame, and old stories quietly steal your ability to decide, and how to trust yourself again. You've researched it, made the list, asked everyone you trust, and you still can't choose. If that's you, here's the first thing to know: you're not indecisive, and you're not doing this wrong. In this episode, we trace the inability to make a decision back to where it actually begins, and it isn't a lack of information. It's a quiet erosion of self-trust, built from old mistakes, the fear of repeating them, and the shame that whispers you can't be trusted to choose well. You'll see why none of that is true, and why the so-called pattern of past failures is really a body of hard-won wisdom you've never given yourself credit for. IN THIS EPISODE Why the inability to decide is a symptom, not a character flaw, and what it's actually pointing to The four hidden roots of indecision Why no amount of additional information will give you the certainty you crave, and where that certainty actually comes from A 60-second somatic practice to feel your body's answer to the decision you've been circling TAKE THE QUIZ Find out where your decision-making gets stuck, and your starting point for trusting yourself again. It takes about three minutes. 👉 [ INTUITIVE DECISION-MAKING QUIZ LINK ] 📲 Instagram: [ @elena_lipson ] 🎧 Follow An Intuitive Life wherever you listen, and if this episode met you where you are, leave a review so another woman can find it too. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 The overthinking mind has a backdoor. This episode hands you the key. There is a version of you who already knows what to do . The only reason you can't hear her is that a louder voice is busy keeping you safe. In this episode, you'll learn automatic writing, one of the most accessible and underrated ways to slip past the overthinking mind and let your intuition land right there on the page. No special gift required. Just you, a pen, and a few quiet minutes. In this episode: Why automatic writing works, and how it gets underneath the noise of your analytical mind to reach the knowing that lives in a different dimension than data A simple five-step practice you can do today , including the grounding step most people skip and the reason your pen sometimes will not move The three moments to reach for it, from a real crossroads to a feeling you cannot name, plus what it actually builds over time: self-trust Take the next step with 7 Days of Self-Trust , the short daily practice that settles your nervous system so your intuition can finally come through. 🎧 Subscribe to An Intuitive Life wherever you listen 📲 Follow on Instagram: @elena_lipson ✨ Read more on Substack, The Inner Algorithm Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Holistic IVF coach Lisa White on why the missing link in fertility isn't only medical, it's energetic. What if the most powerful thing you could do during IVF had nothing to do with your protocol? Lisa White, holistic IVF coach, occupational therapist, and author of the #1 bestselling fertility book Hold On Baby, joins me to share the soulful approach that carried her through multiple egg retrievals, the grief of losing her mother mid-journey, and ultimately, the miracle of one healthy embryo now thriving as her eight-year-old daughter. Why the IVF journey is energetic, not just medical, and how working with your chakras, nervous system, and inner alignment can change the conditions you're creating from the inside out The shift from "trying to conceive" to "preparing to conceive" and why that language matters more than you'd think How symbols, synchronicities, and earth angels showed up to guide Lisa through her hardest moments and how she teaches clients to notice and invite them in What happens when you hand your power to doctors and how to reclaim your sovereign role as a co-creator in your own journey The mantra that anchored Lisa through every unknown: Expect something wonderful to happen Whether you're on the IVF path, know someone who is, or have ever had to trust your body through something deeply uncertain , this one will open new ways of seeing, feeling, and thinking about intuition and your body. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 You know you're in it. Something has shifted . The old life doesn't quite fit anymore, and the new one isn't fully here yet. And you're sitting in that in-between space, wondering, okay, but what do I actually do now? This is Part Two of Midlife as a Portal. What We Explore In This Episode Where you're still waiting for permission in your life , and what it looks like to start reclaiming that authority Why the things that lit you up before you learned to be practical are not nostalgia, they're data How to start pulling those joy-threads back into your present life , one small honest decision at a time Resources & Links Mentioned 🎧 Midlife as a Portal — Part One ✨ 7 Days of Self-Trust audio series 📩 One-on-one coaching with Elena: DM me with any questions--> @elena_lipson or book your session HERE Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 A Sufi spiritual guide on heart wisdom, divine guidance, and the practice that changes everything. Sufi spiritual guide and master healer Salima Adelstein joins me to explore the wisdom your heart already holds. After 35 years and 40,000+ people guided, Salima offers a grounded path back to your own inner knowing. The difference between mind knowledge and heart wisdom How divine guidance becomes clear when you stop seeking outside yourself Why your resistance is the doorway, not the obstacle A simple mirror practice you can try today Salima's unlikely path from Cambridge to studying with a Sufi sheikh in Palestine Free Gift: Explore the 5 C's of Sufism at sufi5.com . 🤍 Find me on Instagram @elena_lipson . Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Your intuition has been trying to tell you something. In this episode, I get honest about my own midlife invitation and why yours might be the most important portal you ever walk through. In this episode: Why Jung and Erikson both saw midlife as a crossroads of becoming, not a breakdown How grief, stillness, and disruption can clear the channel to your intuition Why your intuition is a two-way signal: divine guidance and your future self calling you forward How to stop outsourcing your knowing and start trusting the inner voice Resources Mentioned: 1:1 Coaching 7 Days of Self-Trust Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 The best leaders don't have all the answers. They trust themselves enough to find them. Jessica Wright is a leadership coach who works with leaders ready to ditch the performance and lead from who they actually are. This conversation is warm, honest, and full of the kind of wisdom that applies way beyond the boardroom. What separates authentic leaders from those who make you feel itchy just being around them Why self-trust is the real foundation of leadership confidence How intuition shows up at work , even when nobody calls it that The loneliness of leadership and what to do about it How to spot the inner voices quietly running your decisions Resources: Free Saboteur Assessment + session with Jessica Illustrating Leadership Podcast Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 Your intuition isn't gone. It isn't hiding. It's broadcasting — constantly — from the deepest, wisest, most future-facing part of you. You just haven't given it a channel to come through. In this episode, we get into the most underrated intuitive practice you're probably skipping: intentional silence. Because when every crack of quiet in your day is filled with someone else's voice, someone else's content, someone else's opinion, your own signal gets buried under the noise. In this episode: Why information overload is one of the sneakiest blocks to clear intuitive guidance How to tell the difference between true inner knowing and fear, old stories, or borrowed beliefs Why boredom isn't laziness, it's where your inner compass speaks most clearly Three journal prompts to help you sort the signal from the static One action you can take today to start strengthening your intuitive guidance muscle In a world that profits from your constant attention, choosing silence is a radical act. 🎧 Subscribe to An Intuitive Life wherever you listen to podcasts and share this episode with a woman in your life who's ready to stop consuming and start listening. Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 What If Feeling Good Was the Whole Strategy? On this week's episode of An Intuitive Life, I sat down with Mike, conscious entrepreneur and founder of seven companies, for an honest conversation about building a business (and life) from flow instead of force. We talked about: → Why you cannot hustle a manifestation (and what to do instead) → The limiting money beliefs quietly running most entrepreneurs' businesses → How his wife's nervous system transformed as their financial reality did → Why your body is the most accurate decision-making tool you will ever own → The marriage of AI and human wisdom, and the line he refuses to cross with technology Connect with Mike Take his Zone of Genius Assessment (60 seconds) Find Mike on Instagram Resources & Links Mentioned Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein The E-Myth Revisited Jen Sincero — You Are a Badass at Making Money An Intuitive Life is a podcast for midlife women who are done performing and ready to trust themselves. New episodes weekly. If this one landed, forward it to a friend — that's how we grow. Subscribe • Share • Leave a Review Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com

Share a thought, ask a question 🩵 You used to make things just because making them felt like breathing. And then... slowly, quietly, you stopped. In this episode, I'm sharing a simple practice that's shifting how I create in my business and my life. It starts with a photo of me at six years old. And it opens something I didn't know I was still carrying. We talk about: midlife pattern interrupts future-based intuition, and the part of you that has always known how to create without pressure or rules. I would love to hear from you once you have your own experience? DM me on Instagram or send me an email: 📩 elenamlipson@gmail.com 📱 Instagram: @elena_lipson Support the show 💛 Looking for support? If you’re tired of overthinking and ready to move forward with clarity and confidence in your life or business, I offer 1:1 coaching. DM me on @elena_lipson or email: elenamlipson@gmail.com