Stop Waiting. Start Living.
Holly Toscanini speaking about Unwaiting: why starting over provides relief but real change comes from one decision and one small action, encouraging listeners to stop living in “draft mode.”
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New Year’s resolutions often keep smart women stuck because they’re built on the belief that you must “fix yourself” before you’re allowed to feel confident or start living. In this episode, Holly Toscanini explains why waiting mode isn’t laziness—it’s a self-protection strategy—and shares what to do instead: replace resolutions with standards, build self-trust through small decisions, and create real momentum without pressure or perfectionism.
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How to Make 2026 The Year of Unwaiting: Clarity, Courage, and Self-Trust
Year-end reflection for midlife women: close 2025 with compassion and start 2026 with clarity, courage, and self-trust. Includes a guided ritual + confidence quiz.
Tired of “working on yourself” and still feeling like a project?
This new episode of How to Lose the ‘WAIT’ is all about why real midlife growth isn’t about fixing yourself—it’s about remembering who you are.
Every broken promise erodes confidence—but every gentle follow-through stitches trust back together. Learn the science and soul of rebuilding integrity with yourself in midlife.
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In this episode of How to Lose the ‘WAIT’, Holly Toscanini uses the animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters as a surprisingly profound lens for midlife reinvention. Through themes of performance, hidden identity, sisterhood, perfectionism, and reclaiming your voice, Holly invites women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s to stop performing their lives — and start living them with confidence and authenticity.
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Why experience doesn’t always equal confidence — and three micro-habits that rebuild self-trust fast.
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