It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Life: Debbie Weiss on Letting Go of the Victim Mindset

About this episode

Marianne DeMello-Smith interviews Debbie Weiss about transforming life in midlife and overcoming a victim mindset.

What happens when you wake up one day and realize your life doesn’t look the way you thought it would? In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne sits down with Debbie Weiss, best-selling author, speaker, and host of the Maybe I Can podcast for a deeply honest conversation about what it really takes to change your life in midlife. After decades of caregiving, personal loss, infertility, and feeling defined by her circumstances, Debbie reached a turning point at 50. Not because her lif...

People in this episode

Host: Marianne DeMello-Smith

Guest: Debbie Weiss

Topics covered

• midlife change
• victim mindset
• personal growth
• caregiving
• infertility

Keywords

• life change
• midlife
• personal development
• resilience
• self-discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Maybe I Can

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