Ep 84 Therapist Mazi Robinson

Midlife Mixtape

“This good, hard life”: Licensed counselor Mazi Robinson on the payoff from the pain that may come with midlife transitions, concrete steps for navigating COVID mental health challenges, and living through a crisis in parallel with her clients. * Cultivate Atlanta – Mazi’s practice * Cultivate on Instagram and Facebook * Ep 37 “Life Reimagined” Author Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty * Ep 46 “Happiness Curve” Author Jonathan Rauch * Ep 69 “Why We Can’t Sleep” Author Ada Calhoun Books recommended by Mazi: * Anything by Harriet Lerner – “She’s a psychologist who specializes in working with women and her books are excellent on women, boundaries, relationships, etc.” * Anything by Brené Brown – “For folks who are new to Brené, I think Gifts of Imperfection is a great one to start with.” * Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett * When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd * Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher * Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life– James Hollis * The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron * The New Rules of Marriage by Terry Real I can’t wait until we can say that COVID is all over now. From The Cranberries’ Grammy-nominated final album, “The End”, released after the tragic death of lead singer and all-around beauty Dolores O’Riordan. Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here! ***This is a rough transcription of Episode 84 of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast. It originally aired on October 13, 2020. Transcripts are created using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and there may be errors in this transcription, but we hope that it provides helpful insight into the conversation. If you have any questions or need clarification, please email [e-mail] *** Mazi Robinson 0:00 The seeds we plant in midlife…they will bear fruit in the later years of our life. And we want to bear good fruit. 0:10 Welcome to Midlife Mixtape, The Podcast. I’m Nancy Davis Kho and we’re here to talk about the years between being hip and breaking one. [THEME MUSIC – “Be Free” by M. The Heir Apparent] Nancy Davis Kho 0:35 Hey listeners, we’re in the homestretch of an extraordinarily consequential presidential election. I just want to take a moment to encourage you to be not just voters, but volunteers. In past episodes, I’ve mentioned www.Vote.org as the place to start to figure out your own voting plan. If you’ve already done that…now level up!