Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHolding Space for Yourself the Way You Would for a Friend
Episode 546
Think about the way you talk to your best friend when she's struggling — the patience, the warmth, the absence of judgment. Now think about how you t…
11 hours ago
The Problem With Positive Thinking (and What Works Instead)
Episode 545
Positive thinking has been sold to women as the answer to almost everything. But relentless positivity without truth-telling is not a mindset strateg…
1 day, 11 hours ago
Dopamine, Discipline, and Why Motivation Feels Harder Now
Episode 544
If you used to be someone who could get herself up and do the thing — and now that same drive just isn't there — you have not become lazy. You have n…
2 days, 11 hours ago
How to Ask for Help Without Feeling Like a Burden
Episode 543
There is a specific loneliness that comes from struggling in silence when help is available — and choosing silence anyway because asking feels like t…
3 days, 11 hours ago
The Woman You're Becoming Doesn't Need Your Apology
Episode 542
At some point in midlife, many women begin to change in ways that surprise the people around them — and themselves. They stop tolerating what they us…
4 days, 11 hours ago
Mobility vs. Flexibility — What Women Actually Need More Of After 40
Episode 541
Most women in midlife are focusing on flexibility — holding stretches, hoping to undo the tightness that's crept in. But flexibility is actually the …
5 days, 11 hours ago
Boredom Is Not a Problem to Solve
Episode 540
We have become so skilled at filling silence that we have forgotten what silence is for. We reach for the phone before we finish a thought — and in d…
6 days, 11 hours ago
The Invisible Load — Naming What's Exhausting You
Episode 539
You can be doing all the right things — sleeping more, eating well, managing your time — and still feel completely depleted. That's because your exha…
1 week ago
When Your Body Feels Foreign to You
Episode 538
You look in the mirror and something feels off — not just different, but unfamiliar. Like you're living in a body that used to be yours and isn't qui…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Lymphatic System — The Underrated Pillar of Women's Health
Episode 537
There is a system in your body doing some of the most important work of your health — filtering waste, supporting immunity, reducing inflammation — a…
1 week, 2 days ago