Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Loneliness Looks Like in a Full Life
Episode 548
You have a full life. A packed calendar. People who need you. And yet somewhere underneath all of it, there is a quiet, persistent loneliness you can…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
When Your Goals and Your Season of Life Don't Match
Episode 547
One of the most quietly painful experiences in midlife is carrying a goal that made perfect sense five years ago but no longer fits the life you are …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Holding 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…
3 months, 4 weeks 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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 months 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 …
4 months 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…
4 months 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…
4 months ago