A New Life Story is an emotional wellness podcast for women in midlife who are ready to heal, grow, and create meaningful change. Hosted by Certified Life Coach LaShonda Walker, this bi-weekly podcast provides practical tools for emotional healing, self-discovery, and personal growth.
Designed for women navigating midlife transitions, emotional burnout, or identity shifts, this podcast helps you reconnect with yourself, understand your emotions, and set healthy boundaries in relationships. Each episode explores emotional wellness, nervous system regulation, and how to release limiting beliefs that keep you stuck.
If you’ve been searching for ways to improve your emotional health, communicate more effectively, and feel more grounded in your daily life, you’ll find actionable strategies you can apply immediately. Learn how to process emotions, build emotional resilience, and gain the clarity and confidence to move forward.
This emotional wellness podcast for women in midlife is your guide to creating a more balanced, fulfilling, and authentic life.
If you're ready to stop surviving and start living with emotional clarity and purpose, it’s time to rewrite your story and create A New Life Story.
Welcome to A New Life Story Podcast
From Reacting to Reclaiming: Healing Triggers Through Inner Child Connection with Olivia Martinez - Episode 38
Sometimes, things happen in childhood that we tuck away so deeply, we convince ourselves they no longer matter. But just because something is buried doesn’t mean it’s healed. This was the experience of Mindset and Empowerment Coach Olivia Martinez - appeared to have it all but behind the polished exterior, carried a deep, unexplained void.
Understanding the Ego: How Emotions and Fear Shape Our Responses - Episode 32
There’s a unique connection between our ego, emotions, and the fear-driven responses we develop throughout life. The ego acts as our inner protector, shaping how we perceive ourselves and even how we think others see us. This episode uses the Adult Chair® Model to demonstrate how these protective strategies, formed in our formative years, can hinder growth in adulthood.
From Stress to Rest: Emotional Wellness Tips for Closing the Year Strong - Episode 31
The Season 3 finale offers a thoughtful reflection on navigating the transformative emotions of midlife. The episode is filled with empowering discussions on managing stress, understanding midlife emotions, practicing somatic meditation, setting boundaries, and more. Practical advice is shared on starting where you are, with a focus on embracing even minimal effort, such as 3% progress, as a meaningful step forward. You’ll learn how managing emotions can transform relationships by fostering greater awareness and compassion.
The Power of Somatic Healing Techniques: A Guide to Emotional Healing and Wellness with Karena Neukirchner - Episode 28
Trauma-informed somatic healing meditations offer a transformative path to reconnecting with the body and fostering deep emotional healing. In this episode, Trauma-Informed Emotional Healing Coach Karena Neukirchner discusses the power of somatic healing meditations. Unlike traditional therapeutic methods that tend to focus mainly on cognitive processes, somatic healing taps into the body’s wisdom, allowing us to process emotions and experiences at a cellular level.
Breaking the Cycle: How to Control Ruminating Thoughts for Better Mental Health - Episode 25
Racing thoughts can feel overwhelming, disrupting your focus, sleep, and overall mental well-being. These repetitive thought loops, common during moments of stress and midlife transitions, can lead to exhaustion and difficulty managing emotions.
The Adult Chair® Podcast: Healing Generational Limiting Beliefs
In this episode I share how I help people write a new life story by incorporating The Adult Chair Model® and my Explore, Heal, and Transform method. This conversation was focuses on how beliefs formed in our past can affect our present emotional wellness and how healing these emotions can lead to empowerment.
Understanding Your Ego: How Your Past Shapes Your Present - Episode 19
Learn how our adolescent ego continues to impact our adult behaviors and decisions. Drawing insights from The Adult Chair® Model, we'll explore how the adolescent ego exerts a profound influence on the trajectory of our lives.
Understanding Feminine Energy and How It Empowers You with Jacinta Mutonga - Episode 17
In this episode Jacinta Mutonga, a self-love, feminine energy, and relationship coach, shares insights on tapping into masculine and feminine energies for self-love and inner-balance.
Discover Unconscious Beliefs to Transform Your Mindset with Jean Adero - Episode 11
In this episode I talk with Mindset Transformation Coach Jean Adero about how you can transform your mindset by understanding your life story.
Jean is a global leader who’s lovingly known as Africa’s Life Coach. She's the founder of Reimagine Africa - an Executive and Life Coaching practice where she has helped...
How to Use Simple Tools to Uncover Unconscious Beliefs and Discover Your True Self - Episode 02
In this episode I discuss The Adult Chair® Model, a framework integral to my work as a life & emotional wellness coach, as well as a guide I use to educate people through this podcast.
This episode provides a comprehensive introduction to The Adult Chair® Model to help establish context for the work I do...