101: Why Your Birthday Matters More Than You Think with Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming

Have you ever found yourself brushing off 🤷 your birthday like it’s no big deal?

Or felt a little disappointed 🙁 when others didn’t seem to care about your birthday?

Or maybe your find yourself avoiding celebrating 🫣 it as you get older?

You’re so not alone.

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by the wonderful Tamar Hurwitz-Felming, author of How to Have a Happy Birthday, for a rich, honest convo about why our birthdays can feel complicated—and how to shift that story.

🎙️ The episode is called: “Why Your Birthday Matters More Than You Think” …because it does.

Whether you’ve been hiding from the spotlight or just going through the motions, this episode is your invitation to reimagine your birthday as something sacred, joyful, and empowering.

✨ Here’s what we explore:

• Why we sabotage or downplay our own birthdays
• How aging can impact the way we show up (or don’t) for ourselves
• How birthdays can become a personal ritual of empowerment💫
• The surprising mindset shift that can make the next one your best yet 🎉

No matter how many candles are on the cake, this is your day—and you get to make it mean something.

Keep moving forward with love & birthday-sized joy,

Debbie

P.S. Check out the video version of the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VchjScbUyCE

Here's Tamar's bio:

Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming is the author of How to Have a Happy Birthday and the How to Have a Happy Birthday Workbook. She believes that celebrating our birthdays with intention can be transformational. After having the worst birthday of her life, she finally realized it was up to her to make her birthday happy. Tamar draws upon more than thirty years of observation and experience to provide an insightful exploration into why birthdays matter, why they can be hard for many of us, and what we can do to fully put ourselves in the center of our day.

To connect with Tamar:

Website: https://howtohaveahappybirthday.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author.tamar/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Author.Tamar/

Thanks for listening!

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