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Karen Salmansohn

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Be Bolder + You-ier in Midlife
✨Behavior Change Expert
✨StandUp Philosopher & Storyteller
✨2M Books Sold
📕Book: Your To Die For Life
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I feel seen. Some days, the internet gives us exactly what we need. 😂

Goats have regional accents. Bees give directions by dancing. Rats giggle when they’re tickled. Wombats poop cubes.

Honestly, when you consider the competition, I think we’re all doing pretty well.

Thanks for this one, @notsalmon ❤️ I feel seen. Some days, the internet gives us exactly what we need. 😂

Goats have regional accents. Bees give directions by dancing. Rats giggle when they’re tickled. Wombats poop cubes.

Honestly, when you consider the competition, I think we’re all doing pretty well.

Thanks for this one, @notsalmon ❤️

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At some point you realize it’s not you that stopped fitting; it’s the outdated expectations.

You probably have spent YEARS, maybe decades trying to shrink your body, your voice, your needs, your spark. Not your fault - these were expectations, conditioning, and advice on how to “succeed” in life.

But what if you now choose to define your OWN terms of success, personal peace and fulfillment? You’re not meant to mute your voice, shrink your needs, or apologize for taking up space.

So have some fun with it. Be colorful, be bold, be true to you.

Are you moving in that direction?

Drop some 🌈🌈🌈if you resonate.

After 50, my jeans stopped fitting the same way they used to.
I’ve decided that’s their problem.
Not mine.
I’ve wasted so much time trying to be smaller: body, voice, presence, needs.
You know what finally fits great now?
My new feistier attitude.
I wear it wherever I go. - @notsalmon | Karen Salmansohn |
yourtodieforlife.com

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Here are a few posts that resonated with me this month ✨

Credits (in order):
@latteoflovedesigns
@katieabey
@colorsbysue
@victorianpoetry
@sweatpantsandcoffee
@soleoado
@notsalmon
@milanicreative
@hannahipower
@garryfloyd_artist

Wishing you all a beautiful weekend 🩵

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As we send our children back to school, I want to offer this protective blessing for your children and for my own. At a time when so many Jewish kids are walking into classrooms and onto campuses feeling more exposed, more scrutinized, and less safe simply for being proudly Jewish, my prayer is that they never make themselves smaller to make
the world more comfortable. May Hashem protect them, guide them toward the right people and the right opportunities, and surround them with goodness. May they be healthy, happy, safe, kind, strong and unapologetically proud Jews. May they always know who they are, where they come from, and how deeply they are loved. May the right doors open for them, may good news find them, and may they walk through this world doing mitzvot and leaving it better than they found it. To all of our beautiful Jewish children heading back into the world: may you be protected, may you be proud, and may you never dim your Jewish light. 💙🧿✡️ let us say Amen!

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Live like there's no tomorrow! #noregrets #notomorrow #raisehell #stoppretending #livenow

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The right path is not always the easy one. No one can escape experiencing the painful parts of life (the chaos, the fears, the disappointments) but when we remember to notice the little things too: kindness in unexpected places, an amazing cup of tea, a warm conversation that regrounds us, we get a chance to remember that we are ALIVE (which really means holding it all).

Being aware of the good helps us cope with the tough stuff.

All these point us back to ourselves, to our renewable energy, and to gratitude for life itself.

Today, Drop some ✨✨✨if you’re willing to pay attention to those tiny moments where you catch yourself simply enjoying your life as it is. It is building your reserves - take it in.

Save this for the days you need this reminder…

Quote by : Karen Salmansohn, https://yourtodieforlife.com/

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She’s a game changer, a rule breaker, and she can say more in five words and a graphic than most of us can say in a whole book.

What a joy and honor to sit down with Karen Salmansohn, author of How to Be Happy, Dammit, for this week’s episode of The Uplifters Podcast.

She’s sold millions of books over her career. But despite her epic success, her latest bestseller, Your To-Die-For Life, almost didn’t happen.

We get into how to stay true to your vision even when the people you trust try to talk you out of it, how to find your youi-est voice, why thinking about death might be the best thing you do for your life, and (unsurprisingly) lots of behavioral science nerdiness.

I might go listen to it four more times. It’s that good.

Thank you, Karen. 🙏

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or find the link in bio.

#midlife #womenover40 #secondact #behavioralscience

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more recent restacks because substack just 🤌 hits 🤌

@thecosmiclaundry @jennazoe

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#motivation #wisdom #inspirational #mentalhealth #selflove❤️

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Do you ever feel like this? When you absolutely MUST pause to get back to yourself, when your nervous system is begging you for a break, when you’ve reached your limit and can’t take in one. more. thing.

So give yourself the boring, the funny, the light…

Sometimes returning to a calm place is the very best way to get your energy back.

Do you notice yourself feeling this way lately?

Drop some 🩵🩵🩵 if you’re ready to hear what your body and mind need right now.

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Happy World Friendship Day 2026 💙 MNP Here’s to kind hearts 🥹♥️ #friends #friendship #thefriendshipblueprint #connection #positivemindsaustralia 📸🙏🏽 @notsalmon

Pre-orders are open for The Friendship Blueprint: The Power of Social Connection for School, Family and Career Success — my 13th book, published worldwide by 📘 @routledgebooks
https://positivemindsaustralia.com.au/books/

✔️ Pre-order now
✔️ Free shipping
✔️ Arriving around 6 August

Teaching friendship. Transforming culture. 💙

TheFriendshipBlueprint Routledge SEL Education

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My wish for you today 🌼

By @notsalmon

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