A Certain Age: Recent Episodes
Katie Fogarty
Podcast shining an age-positive spotlight on midlife. A Certain Age celebrates life 50+ in all its sexy, smart, funny, fabulous, weird, sometimes unsettling, yet profoundly liberating glory. Host Katie Fogarty, a former journalist turned career coach, dives deep with women who are aging without apology. We talk career, beauty, family, books, money, wellness, fashion, and fun. New episodes every Monday, give or take. #AgeBoldlyBeauties. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT // acertainagepod.comFOLLOW US // @acertainagepod
Beauties—You may be sleeping on one of the easiest (and most delicious ways) to upgrade your midlife health. Time to get serious about your spice and herb intake—and add years to your life, improve your overall wellness, and fight age accelerators and disease. On this week’s show, Dr. Melina Jampolis, a board-certified physician nutrition specialist and the author of “Spice Up, Live Long,” downloads on food as medicine and the power of plants and phytonutrients to fuel health and improve the gut microbiome. We cover Blue Zone spices, fresh vs. dried herbs, and easy ideas for sprinkling spices into your everyday eats. Plus, we dive into collagen powders and supplements. Because we know you’re wondering if they truly are a skincare superhero!
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A Certain Age celebrates a third birthday! A special co-host joins host Katie Fogarty to dish on all things midlife and aging—the fun, the fabulous, the weird AF—and what’s next for A Certain Age. We cover how the midlife and menopause landscape is shifting in pop culture, lessons from the show, and why midlife agency starts with information. Plus, a fresh take on the ACA speed round and Katie confesses what g**awful habit she’s picked back up and is trying to kick.
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Debut novelist Megan Tady schools us on love, loss, hard conversations, and the wild, wonderful phenomena of Super Blooms – wildflowers with seeds that lie dormant for years only to blossom unexpectedly when conditions are exactly right. We dive into her rom-com novel, “Super Bloom,” and cover late blooming, the highs and lows of female friendship, the long and winding road to “overnight” success, plus midlife resiliency. You know, all the good stuff!
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Ready to jettison the weight of other people’s expectations, stop chasing the modern Holy Grail of endless personal optimization, address your shT (whaaaatever it is), and live a self-loving life? Please meet Sarah Sapora, a body-inclusive personal growth trailblazer and inspirational speaker who is about to radically change your life with the ideas in her new book, “Soul Archeology: A Totally Doable Approach to Creating a Self-Loving and Liberated Life.*” If you are ready to be the best version of yourself while also loving your current self, this show is for you!
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Want great midlife sex? Or do you think low libido and a lackluster sex life are simply a natural part of aging? Meet Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith, who is about to blow your mind with three simple, doable secrets to great sex at 40, 50, 60 and beyond. If your sex life and libido need a jumpstart, if you are in a new relationship, or crave a more connected and vibrant sex life with your long-term partner, or if you simply want more sizzle, this show is for you!
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Beauties – are you stiff, stressed out, experiencing twinges, or even acute pain? Time to show your fascia some TLC. Movement and bodywork pro Anna Rahe, founder of GST Body, walks us through an often-overlooked aspect of midlife mobility and overall health—our fascia network. Fascia is the connective tissue that forms the webbing of the body, holding all our organs, bones, muscles, and nerves in place. We get into the link between healthy fascia and active aging and longevity, learn tools to combat neck and back pain, and tighten your core without crunches. Plus, simple ways to incorporate fascia training into daily life—no expensive gym membership required!
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Getting to midlife means facing the fact that health and wellness changes, challenges, and even gasp disease are coming your way, like it or not. OB/GYN Dr. Shieva Ghofrany helps us manage our mindset around midlife must-dos—mammograms, colonoscopies, Pap smears, menopause management—and advocates trading fear for “intentional anxiety”—where we take a proactive approach to tackling wellness challenges head-on. Plus, everything you want to know about vaginal estrogen but were afraid to ask. Sheiva helps us decode which choice (vaginal creams, tablets, rings, suppositories) is the best fit. Your dry vagina will thank you!
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Pull up your beach chair! Pop on your shades. Meet Hilary Star de Roy of sustainable fashion brand Royal Native, a line of sunkissed beach chic apparel and accessories made from vintage textiles including beach towels. We dive into the beauty of upcycling, midlife entrepreneurship, and learn how Hilary grew the Royal Native collection from a pair of beach shorts into a line of ultra-chic jackets, pullovers and sundresses carried at her own store and Veronica Beard boutiques across the country. Bonus! Why midlife creative collaboration and meditation is always in style.
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Does getting to midlife allow us to quit the things that no longer serve us? After years of hiding her addiction from everyone, Laura Cathcart Robbins was ready to leave her Hollywood power marriage and confront her secret pill addiction. In her propulsive, vivid memoir, Stash: My Life in Hiding, Laura invites us on her journey to sobriety, self-love, and a life rooted in serenity versus fear. We get into the intersection of race, privilege, motherhood, and aging with addiction and recovery and explore why midlife is exactly the right time to take charge of your happiness. Bonus, we talk recovery resources, including apps, the best “quit lit” books and why to meditate.
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Nope, you aren’t imagining it. Thinning ponytails, widening parts, excessive shedding, more visible scalp, even patches of total hair loss—aging and menopause can do a number on your hair. Meet Dr. Mary Wendel, an expert in female hair loss and the founder of Medi Tresse, which offers hair loss prevention and treatment for women of all ages. We get into hair care nutrition and supplements, scalp massages, and rejuvenation tools, including lasers and plasma therapy. Plus, the role of hormones, heredity, and the surprising ways your hair care routine, and even your hairstyle, can cause hair loss.
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Midlife is a time of life that reveals new truths and can sound a clarion call for transformation. In today’s show, integrative physician and social justice activist Tanmeet Sethi, MD, invites us to see joy as an innate human right accessible to all regardless of our financial status, race, gender, or circumstances. In her new book, “Joy is My Justice: Reclaim What’s Yours,” Dr. Sethi unpacks neuroscience from an equity lens and shares inspiring stories about the range of human capacity and powerful mind-body exercises for emotional wholeness and joy on a cellular level.
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Award-winning TV writer and author Laura Belgray walks us through her debut book, “Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst”—a hilarious permission slip for living life on your own terms. We cover the joys of being a late-bloomer versus peaking in high school, non-linear careers, loser superpowers, and why midlife is the right time to embrace being “flawsome.” GenX bonus! We talk MTV, Moon Unit Zappa, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and sneaking into bars underage. Plus, is ChatGPT a copywriting killer app? Tune in to find out!
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Getting to midlife means recognizing that your voice, your body, and your ideas deserve to take up space in the world. Public speaking coach Casey Erin Clark of Vital Voice Training offers three tools to express yourself with confidence, clarity, and charisma. Casey is a singer, actor, and public speaking coach who knows that powerful public peaking is not just for Broadway; it’s a key skill for work, board meetings, PTA meetings, Zoom calls, for wedding toasts, and beyond. Bonus! We hear about her role touring as Fantine in Les Miz!
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When the pandemic moved workouts into our living room, interior design pro and serial entrepreneur Shane Reilly tripped over her ugly hand weights and had a lightbulb moment. What came next was Obshay—a first-of-a-kind company bringing wellness décor to market in the form of decorative, sculptural hand weights. We get into home design trends and why wellness decor is a natural evolution of fitness products in daily life (think athleisure and wearable tech like Fitbit). We also get into the benefits of weightlifting, how to incorporate “micro-movements” in your day, and what it takes to build (and sell) companies. Shane has sold two companies, one to Minted.com and one to the Gilt Group.
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Meet Julie Gordon White, founder and CEO of Bossa Bars Menopause Energy Bars, recently named an Oprah Daily Best Menopause product. Julie launched Bossa Bars in 2020 after struggling with the impacts of menopause on her confidence and body. Now, the naturally sweet, plant-based bars are available across the country on Amazon. Julie hosts the MenoLounge on Instagram to share expert voices and wellness resources and create community to help women #menolikeaboss! We get into plant power, how to serially reinvent, brand building, and the upside of menopause.
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Style icon and menopause leader Stacy London helps us declutter our midlife mind and closet. We get into how to say goodbye to things that no longer serve us (from clothing to ageist/patriarchal beliefs) and dive deep into reinvention, transformation, fashion, menopause, and the magic of midlife. Plus, why GenX wants to live a values-based midlife, the power of microjoys, and recognizing that life is not black and white—time to get comfortable living in the grey.
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Does getting to midlife allow us to see and accept our parents in their full, flawed humanity? Memoirist Priscilla Gilman, author of The Critic’s Daughter, captures a loving and gimlet-eyed look at a brilliant, mercurial father and the struggle to reconcile love and a tangled relationship with an exquisitely complex parent. We cover the impact of divorce, loss, grief, forgiveness, and explore the universality of Priscilla’s singular story.
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Optimize midlife health with nutrition and lifestyle ideas from Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified OB/GYN, and a certified Culinary Medicine specialist. Dr. Haver developed a groundbreaking nutrition and lifestyle program which has helped nearly 100,000 women get in shape and improve midlife health.
Now, she is bringing the same doctor-developed, patient-proven plan to burn fat and tame hormonal symptoms to a wider audience with her new book, “The Galveston Diet.” She joins me to talk about anti-inflammatory food choices, rethinking our eating window to explore intermittent fasting, and how to refocus our food choices to prioritize macro-nutrient-rich meals.
If you're ready for more energy, fewer menopausal symptoms, and a nutrition plan that fuels fat-burning, this conversation is for you!
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Back on the dating scene? Meet dating coach Amy Nobile, who firmly believes that you can swipe right on love. She did it herself after leaving a 20-year marriage in midlife. Amy walks us through dating apps, online flirting, why your best first date is a “mini screener date,” and how to design a dating profile that attracts your swooniest, best match. Bonus! Amy offers ideas to change the energy around your dating life by first falling in love with yourself. If you are ready to download Bumble or Tinder or want thoughtful prompts for looking at your personal happiness and asking yourself, "Am I where I want to be?" this show is for you!
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Meet novelist Andrea Dunlop, author of the wildly addictive page-turner, "Women Are the Fiercest Creatures." This week's conversation toggles between the Seattle tech scene, new motherhood, parenting teens, divorce, yoga, women's invisible labor, female friendships, and why women are the fiercest creatures. Stick around to hear us get into all the things!
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Ready to “undiet” your life and embrace gentle nutrition to nourish your changing midlife body? Meet intuitive eating advocate Dr. Jenn Salib Huber aka “The Menopause Nutritionist.” Jenn is a certified dietitian, naturopathic doctor, and host of The Midlife Feast podcast.
Jenn offers supportive food, health, and hormone education, along with a big heaping of body confidence to women in midlife without a side dish of diet culture.
We get into the hormone soup of midlife, how menopause nutrition can help tame symptoms, and how to find food freedom – and adopt nutrition habits to fuel longevity --- and peace of mind. No calorie counting required!
If you need some inspo for your own juicy midlife exploration—stick around, this show is for you!
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Meet Natasha Muslih, who went from stay-at-home parent to the founder of the global travel company The Voyagiste in midlife. Natasha spent 2022 leading small group trips in Morocco, Peru, France, and she is poised to head to Italy this spring. She joins me today from Paris to talk about her midlife career pivot, how to turn a deep-seated passion into a paying job, and how, why, and where to travel!
If you need some inspo for your own juicy midlife exploration—stick around, this show is for you!
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Forget midlife crisis. Life coach and midlife podcaster Jen Marples calls the moment between what’s now and what’s next a midlife reckoning—a time when many of us feel called to do more but still struggle to identify what that looks like. On today’s show, Jen offers 5 ideas to help us answer the question—what’s next? Jen taps into 25 years of marketing and business coaching expertise to offer prompts to help us dive deep into what lights us up and where and how we should devote our time. And Jen is walking the talk. After years of hustle culture and grinding, she hung up her corporate hat to follow her dream of helping other women launch their businesses and live midlife on their terms. Bonus! Jen shares why her podcast tagline is “You’re Not Too F***ing Old!”
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Look, talking about pelvic floor dysfunction isn’t sexy. But pelvic floor health is a critical part of wellness and everyday living. Think bladder control, optimal GI health, pain-free sex, and mobility as you age. This week’s show features board-certified Physical Therapist Dr. Anne Duch, who dives into how pelvic floor health is impacted by pregnancy and childbirth, aging, loss of estrogen, and by our modern, largely sedentary life. Anne offers simple, doable ideas and exercises that every one of us can and should take to keep our pelvises in tip-top shape.
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Does less stuff equal more peace? Can we live a better, happier, more purposeful life with fewer commitments and more mental space? Former neuroscientist turned author, and creative Dr. Christine Koh believes integrating minimalism into our lives offers maximum joy and well-being. She hosts the award-winning podcast “Edit Your Life,” which shares ideas for simplifying and decluttering your physical and mental space to make room for the things YOU most care about in life. Learn tips for doing and having less and how to use #microgoals to achieve priorities ranging from decluttering your desk to rebooting your midlife friendships. Less is more!
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How do we hold grief in one hand and joy in the other? After the most difficult year of author Cyndie Spiegel’s life—a year of devastating losses and major health challenges—she found herself zooming in on the small things to stay afloat—life’s microjoys.
Getting to midlife teaches us that loss and hardship are not optional—in Cyndie’s latest book, “Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay,” she helps us hone the practice of uncovering joy and finding hope at any age and situation.
Today’s conversation is a warm hug, chockful of actionable guidance on the power of joy and thoughtful prompts for anyone looking to uncover microjoys in their own lives (no matter their circumstances). Yes, please!
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Top cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum wants you to know that if you have a heart, you need to think about heart disease—the #1 killer of women in the U.S.
We dive into the steps, tests, and lifestyle choices EVERY woman should take to protect their heart for the long haul. And we explore the impact of menopause, stress, and Covid on women’s heart health.
Jam-packed with heart-health tips, including the heart-healthy snacks Dr. Steinbaum reaches for daily, a favorite get-up-and-get-going exercise for heart health that anyone can do at any age, we also learn more about the heart-health app she is bringing to market as the founder of the heart-tech company Adesso.
As a former Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Prevention, Health, and Wellness at Mt. Sinai Heart in New York City, and the Director of Women’s Heart Health at Northwell Lenox Hill, and a Today Show and GMA favorite, Dr. Steinbaum offers us 30-minutes of do-not-miss heart smarts from one of the country’s top docs.
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Is your sex life amazing? Or is it meh, painful or non-existent? If you want to reprioritize your sex life, tackle the effects of menopause on your body and intimate life, and make this the year of greater intimacy with your partner, please meet Dr. Kelly Casperson, a woman who believes that pleasure is not just a nice to have, but a vital aspect of wellness and health. Dr. Casperson is a urologist, wife, mom, author, sex educator, and host of the top sexual wellness podcast called “You Are Not Broken.” She joins me today to give us the 411 on midlife intimacy, sexual health, and the science of desire, and to share ideas for making your sex life sing.
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Have you ever wanted a life do-over? In “My What If Year, Alisha Fernandez Miranda is about to turn forty and has summited the peak of personal and professional success; she has a Harvard education, a loving husband and children, and is CEO of an uber-successful company. But Alisha’s “good-on-paper-life” has a price—she’s overworked, exhausted, and wondering why having everything she’s ever wanted has her feeling like she’s missing something fundamental. Alisha puts her CEO life on hold and spends a year doing unpaid internships in the dream jobs of her youth—Broadway, the London art world, a fitness studio, and a Scottish luxury hotel. The result? An exuberant, hilarious, yes-you-can! book on second chances and reinventing your life before it’s too late.
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Going into surgical menopause overnight at 40 wreaked havoc with Monica Molenaar’s health, well-being, and marriage. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) restored her equilibrium and overall wellness. Now, Monica is an “estrogen activist” working to offer menopause solutions, resources, and community to women in peri, menopause, and beyond as a co-founder of women’s telehealth and pharmacy platform Alloy. We talk hormones, breast cancer, why menopause is inevitable, but suffering is optional, and how to build a menopause support team. Bonus! Monica shares snippets of her expat life, and how a lifelong New Yorker came to find herself launching a company (while tending a garden) in The Netherlands.
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One of our show's taglines is "Age Out Loud." But aging in our society is complicated, especially in our workplaces. Ageism is rampant in the work world and in our larger culture. Meet age activist Patti Temple Rocks, author of "I'm Still Not Done: It's Time to Talk about Ageism in the Workplace," who has ideas to bring age inclusivity to the modern workplace. We dive into the cost of ageism and how it impacts people, businesses, and the bottom line and explore what we all can do to eradicate ageism. If you've ever thought, "I'm too old for that," or worried that your age is sidelining you in your career, this conversation is for you!
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Fitness and women’s health expert Amanda Thebe offers no BS ideas to feel fitter, stronger, faster, and saner in 2023. This is not a “New Year, New You” show from the land of diet culture and commodified wellness. Beauties, you are already more than enough. But as longevity increases, (re)commiting to fitness practices and healthy lifestyle choices keeps the trains on the tracks and fuels better health—for the long haul. Ready to amp up your 2023 fitness? We talk at-home workouts versus the gym, kettlebells, mobility work and functional fitness, how often to exercise (and for how long), and why time-crunched midlifers can embrace a “fitness snack” approach.
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Magazine publishing legend and entrepreneur Lesley Jane Seymour (former EIC of More, Redbook, and Marie Claire) knows how to get sht done. We kick off 2023 with a deep dive into tips, tools, and practices for powering productivity and staying focused—we talk physical planners, how to end digital distractions, and why the “Pomodoro Technique” might just change your life. We also get into the art of reinventing and hear the #1 takeaway Lesley has learned from interviewing 200+ people for her podcast Reinvent Yourself.* Bonus-Lesley fills us in on the “30-Day Reinvent Yourself Challenge” from her company, the CoveyClub.
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Do you remember rotary phones, the Go-Gos, Gunne Sax dresses, and job hunting with a Crane’s heavy-weight paper resume in hand? If so, you may be “tunics years old.” Humorist Wendi Aarons helps us work through our mixed bag of emotions on midlife, being “ma’am’d,” and our vintage vaginas—with a pitch-perfect look at the indignities, triumphs, and comedy of being a midlife woman in her latest book, “I’m Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot Louder.” Because funny never gets old.
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Expiration dates are for milk, not for people. But in a youth-obsessed and beauty-focused culture, women are bombarded with messages that their value and worth are fleeting. Psychologist Dr. Amanda Hanson, aka The Midlife Muse, invites us to deeply question negative cultural and internal messages and offers us tools to build self-love, spark optimism and embrace aging as a spiritual experience. We get into the divine feminine, the transformative power of incremental change, and why you can't buy radiance at the beauty counter—time to invest in a "soul care" routine.
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If you woke up this morning, there is more for you to receive, give, and become. Welcome to the new age – and a conversation on reinvention with Nada Jones, founder of the midlife platform and podcast Liberty Road. After a career nurturing female founders and authoring an Amazon best-selling business book, Nada is building a platform that superpowers midlife women. We cover the long and winding road to midlife, how to realistically reinvent at any age, why great things never come from comfort zones, and get into high-low holiday fashion and gifting. Yes, Team Side Part talks skinny jeans, the perfect hostess gift, and how to avoid “date-stamping” yourself with 90s holdover fashion.
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Angel Cornelius went from mixing body butters at home with a Kitchen Aid mixer to founder of beauty brand Maison 276, now a national beauty brand and TODAY Show and Oprah Magazine favorite. We get into how Angel went from hospital administrator to beauty founder at 57, the rise of the pro-age beauty movement, how to care for silver hair, why your dry winter skin might need a body butter, and the beauty of self-belief. Bonus—how an improbable call from Essence Magazine changed Angel’s life.
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Here’s an unwelcome midlife surprise: one in two women over 50 experience stress incontinence, aka urine leakage. That’s right – if you are afraid to drink water and then laugh, run, sneeze, work out, or, God forbid, sit in the middle row of an airplane, you are not alone. Please meet Aubrey Hubbell, co-founder of luxe, femme care brand Hazel, which is disrupting the billion-dollar urinary incontinence market. We may be decades into adulting, but we are decidedly not into—and not settling—for “adult diapers.” Goodbye Depends, hello Hazel—and hello to a frank, honest conversation on the taboo topic of midlife urinary incontinence.
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Meet Mimi Ison, pro-age blogger, midlife movement evangelist, and creator of what’s about to be your favorite social media account Hey Middle Age. We get into being scared and doing it anyway, TikTok dance moves, at-home exercises to boost strength and mobility, and a simple 10-minute goal-setting hack to help you upgrade your midlife. Plus, recommendations on social media accounts to follow for wellness advice and killer dance moves.
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Ever felt stuck? Think that it’s too late to try, do, or be something new? Meet Liz Hilliard, who launched a fitness empire at 50, and who fell in love with her closest girlfriend at 64 after being married to a man for 37 years. We dive into midlife epiphanies, marshaling the courage to upend a traditional life and how to write a chapter that looks wildly different from your early days. Bonus! Liz helps us amp up our fitness routines to build power and strength.
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Think osteoporosis and brittle bones are inevitable as we age? Think again. Dr. Andrea Singer, the Chief Medical Officer of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation, walks us through some of the most common risk factors for osteoporosis and lifestyle choices and exercises that can keep our bones healthy for the long haul. Plus, when to get a bone density test, supplements to have on your radar, and the menopause bone health link. Bonus!—how to help your aging parents care for their bones.
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With 10 million books in print in over 25 languages, 18 New York Times bestsellers, and even one cookbook, author Jane Green could be resting on her laurels. Instead, at 54, she is launching a new creative venture and reinventing her career. Jane is the founder of the Emerald Audio Network, which brings female-led storytelling to digital audio with original content and narrative works by bestselling storytellers. We dive into imposter syndrome, getting unstuck, the power of being fearless, and the magic of midlife. Bonus, Jane shares ideas for punctuating your days with moments of peacefulness. Yes, please!
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Meet Melina Hammer, bestselling cookbook author, and award-winning food photographer and chef. We cover giving yourself permission to reinvent, the tactile and collaborative pleasure of creating sumptuous meals, and cozy fall recipes for both a quiet night at home and for festive holiday entertaining. Melina shares ideas on hyperlocal food, foraging, and ingredients not to miss from her cookbook “A Year at Catbird Cottage: Recipes for a Nourished Life.” Get ready to drool!
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Menopause is waaay more than hot flashes. Do you know all the long-term health risks of menopause? Menopause advocate Donna Klassen of the nonprofit Let’s Talk Menopause shares what women need to know for the long haul – think osteoporosis, heart disease, depression, and Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) which include vaginal, sexual, and urinary impacts. We cover what to ask your doctor, the intersection of menopause with mental health (hello hormonal rollercoaster), plus the upside to the Pause.
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Want a midlife you love? Wishing you could order one up with Amazon Prime? Nice try! The midlife you want takes work, says midlife podcaster Sarah Milken of The Flexible Neurotic. But good news! The midlife remix is equal parts fun—funny strange, funny haha—and small, daily steps that add up to big change. Ready to put the work in? This show is for you!
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Have you ever asked yourself, “What’s next?” What’s next for me, my career, my health, my relationships, my empty nest, my next decade? My guest today has ideas for helping you get unstuck in midlife and offers a framework to answer the question, “What’s next?”
Dana Hilmer is a certified coach, a women’s leadership executive, and the cofounder of Camp Reinvention, a program, and community for women 50+ looking to create a second act that they are wildly excited about. We tackle limiting beliefs, managing regret, and how to give yourself permission to reinvent. Plus, why seeking out the stories of women making the most of midlife helps us reframe ageism.
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Feeling midlife sluggish, out of whack, in need of a reboot? You may need a hydration tune-up, says Kristen Coffield of The Culinary Cure. Kristen walks us through why simply drinking a few glasses of water doesn’t cut it as we age and shares ideas for refueling your energy and your health with simple, doable kitchen lifestyle choices. Ready to turn the food on the end of your fork into fuel to power your days? Want the energy boost and glowy skin that optimal hydration delivers? This show is for you!
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Goodbye estrogen, hello dry midlife skin. Want dewy, hydrated, nourished, glowy skin? Of course, you do! Meet clean beauty leader Kari Gran the founder of an organic skincare line that offers maximum hydration in a minimal process. Women-owned and operated, hand poured in small batches in Seattle, the cult-favorite line is carried at clean beauty stockists across the U.S. such as Credo Beauty, ONDA, and big box retailers like Saks. We talk serums, cleansers, lip whips, sun care, and Kari’s no-BS approach to skincare and life.
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Raising – and being – an adult is a life’s work. Author, speaker, and activist Julie Lythcott-Haims explores what can get in the way of thriving as an adult and how helicopter parenting fails our children. A former Stanford Dean of Freshman and author of the perennial bestseller, “How to Raise an Adult,” Julie shares ideas from her latest book, “Your Turn: How to Be an Adult.” We cover ideas for tackling fear, the perils of over-parenting, and strategies to fuel resilience in ourselves and our children. Plus, how to get unstuck in midlife and why Julie is throwing her hat into the political ring.
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Tired of women’s magazines that mostly feature teenagers? Meet journalist, author, and screenwriter Monica Corcoran Harel – the founder of Pretty Ripe, a multimedia platform for women with experience. Every week, Pretty Ripe covers beauty, fashion, feminism, health, and hormones through a lens that centers women of a certain age. We get into age myth-busting, the power of friendship, and the timeless lipstick every woman needs in their midlife beauty bag. Plus, why sex with the lights on is a midlife power move.
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Break out the bubbly! A Certain Age turns two AND drops the 100th episode. Come celebrate with host Katie Fogarty and a special co-host who grabs the mic to cover all things A Certain Age, midlife myth-busting, reinvention, getting your Golden Girl on, and finding support, growth, and friendship as we age. Plus, what Katie has learned from talking to 99 amazing women aged 40 to 75. Bonus—ACA party favors, birthday swag, and more!
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Do you feel great about your body? When you look in the mirror, do you think—I’ve still got it? Or do you feel frumpy and lumpy and totally midlife-y? On today’s show, embodiment and menopause coach Gabriella Espinosa helps us beat the midlife body blahs and combat menopause symptoms like low libido, poor sleep, fatigue, and even brain fog. Gabriella’s work lies at the intersection of embodiment, neuroscience, Eastern traditional wisdom, and menopause health, and she walks us through ideas for trusting and appreciating your body and reconnecting to pleasure, power, and purpose in midlife and beyond.
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Struggling with midlife weight gain? Time for some myth-busting—your metabolism does not slow down in midlife. But your ability to create fat-burning muscle does decrease, which can cause the pounds to pile on. On today’s show, renowned nutritionist and exercise physiologist Heidi Skolnik offers ideas on how diet and protein timing can help manage, even reverse, midlife weight gain. Plus, how muscle building impacts overall wellness, including bone and brain health. Heidi walks us through the latest science and offers nutrition and exercise ideas for a whole body rest in midlife.
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Meet Susan Heinrich, a former news reporter turned stay-at-home mom, who found herself nearing 50 and feeling utterly disconnected from her life. Susan launched Midlife Globetrotter to reacquaint herself with wanderlust and reignite her sense of self. She joins me today to talk about fabulous destinations, how to give solo travel a try, and why travel is a chance for women in midlife to rendezvous with parts of themselves that get lost in the daily shuffle of caring for others. Plus, last gasp summer travel ideas and do not miss fall bucket list destinations.
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Meet Sally Mueller, the CEO, and co-founder of Womaness, a product line of menopause solutions carried nationwide at Target and the first menopause brand to hit the shelves at Ulta Beauty. Sally shares how she created the products she needed for her own menopause symptoms, and why retailers are finally putting meno products on shelves. We dive into how to be meno-positive and why it may have taken until 2022, but menopause has finally met its match.
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Have you ever subsumed yourself so completely in something external—motherhood, career, a relationship that you lost your sense of self? Meet Tabitha Carvan, author of "This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something—Anything—Like Your Life Depends On It." Tabitha was a mother of young children when she fell hard, from afar for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Slowly she realized that her preoccupation with the actor was not about Cumberbatch; it was about feeling passionate about something that restored her sense of self. We get into how aging can erase or rebuild our identities, motherhood, the taboo of embracing desire, and her stunning and hilarious debut book. And if you're thinking, "Benedict Cumber-who?', time to hit Google to see what all the fuss is about. ;-)
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Do you remember Jazzercise, the Jane Fonda Workout, the ThighMaster? How about a time when the sports bra didn’t exist? Journalist Danielle Friedman, author of “Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World,” shares a fascinating look at the evolution of the women’s exercise movement from “scandalous” into a multibillion-dollar juggernaut and cultural force. We get into diet culture, the birth of commodified wellness, forgotten fitness trailblazers, and exercise fads best relegated to the dustbin of history. Plus, the benefits of group workouts for women as they age.
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Hormonal? Meet Julie Kucinski, a cofounder of Wile Women, which offers 100% plant-based supplements and tinctures to support women over 40 with emotional, menopausal, and hormonal wellness. We get into plant power, managing midlife mental health, and why sublimating anger can wreak havoc on well-being, both mental and physical. Bonus, we explore the idea of reframing hormones as a superpower and why women are finally aging (and menopausing) out loud.
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Rethink menopause with Omisade Burney-Scott, the creator of the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause, a multimedia project seeking to curate and share the stories and realities of Black women and nonbinary people navigating menopause. We explore aging, intimacy, body change, pleasure, love, spirituality, and the liminality of menopause. We get into the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy, the importance of listening beyond our echo chambers, how to ground ourselves during the swirl of change, and why transformation is not linear.
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Think about your closet for a minute. When you open it, does it spark joy? Or does it cause panic and overwhelm because it’s disorganized and overstuffed (yet you have nothing to wear?). Stylist Dacy Gillespie of The Mindful Closet has ideas for cultivating a closet that makes you happy and is more practical, sustainable, and ethical. We dive into how to be a mindful consumer in a world of excess, building a capsule wardrobe, and dressing for changing midlife bodies. Bonus! We cover how to donate and resell clothes, plus how to deal with seasonal wardrobe changeovers. Hot summer nights - we ready for ya!
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Sandwiched! Today’s show dives into how to care for aging parents while balancing the needs of career, family, and life. Caregiving Expert Liz O’Donnell, author of “Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living” and founder of Working Daughter, a community for women navigating eldercare, joins me to share real-world practical caregiving tools. We get into the nitty-gritty—how to have hard conversations with your parents, navigating sibling dynamics, what to know about “caregiving creep,” and what to share (and not share) with your workplace. Bonus! We cover the #1 thing Liz thinks all caregivers should do to protect their energy and sanity.
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Meet Annabel Monaghan author of “Nora Goes Off Script” – a witty romance for romantics that The Washington Post is calling a “stand-out” for summer. Annabel shares the inspiration behind her Hallmark meets Hollywood tale and a behind-the-scenes of novel-writing.
We dive into why it took hitting 50 for Annabel to foray into adult fiction (she is a YA author), midlife joy, and fangirl over Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd. Paul, call us!
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Did you know that a regular walking practice can increase your brain size? Mind blown! Walking can also improve your bone health, reduce depression, high blood pressure and stress, and add years to your life. Today's show covers all things walking—where, when, and how often—with Joyce Shulman of 99 Walks and Jetti Fitness. A life-long walking enthusiast, Joyce is on a mission to bring the health and lifestyle benefits of walking to one million women. We get into the myth of 10,000 steps, walking classes and indoor walking, and the power of delayed gratification.
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Faced with an emptying nest, stay-at-home mom Suzanne Stavert went from daily crying jags to a life of adventure as a travel writer, culinary explorer, travel podcast host, and the creator of the multimedia platform Adventures of Empty Nesters. We cover the sadness (and opportunity) of empty-nesting, why midlife is the right time to launch a small business and post-pandemic travel. If you are itching to pack a suitcase, want off-the-beaten-path ideas for your next trip, or are craving inspiration for turning a passion into a second-act career, this show is for you.
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Are you Gen X or Gen X-adjacent? Meet Margit Detweiler, the founder and editor-in-chief of TueNight, a platform and community for Gen X storytelling, midlife resources, zeitgeisty pop culture and 80s nostalgia, and the brains behind a fun, dishy, weekly newsletter written for "grown-ass women." We dive into what's next for Gen X, how to navigate caregiving, the need to get our midlife financial house in order, and why Gen X has no plans to age quietly.
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Are you a skincare junkie? Meet beauty industry pro, Celeste Lee of Caire Beauty, who hit midlife and said enough is enough—too many of the big-brand skincare products on the market are designed to make women feel like crap about their skin, instead of truly addressing the challenges of maturing skin. Celeste co-founded Caire Beauty, after decades in the beauty industry, to address the needs of menopausal skin where it really counts, on the dermal level. We cover how to care for “grown-up” skin, potent ingredients that treat dry skin and fine wrinkles, the power of Gua Sha, and the special challenges of treating irksome adult acne. Bonus! Listen to the end when Celeste shares a special offer for A Certain Age listeners you won't want to miss!
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When life knocked Wendi Knox down, hundreds of red dragonflies lifted her up. Fired at 50 from a job that was her identity, Wendi had a life-changing, storybook run-in that was so transformative, she just couldn't keep it to herself. Wendi wrote and illustrated the inspirational tale From Muck To Magic to share how renewal (and reinvention) is often rooted in the darkest terrain. We cover ideas for finding light in darkness, how to reframe misfortune, and why we need to break free of the “age cage.”
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Eighteen years ago, lawyer Lisa Smith walked out of a double-life of high-functioning alcohol and cocaine addiction into a life of sobriety and recovery advocacy. Now, she is a sober coach, host of the podcast “Recovery Rocks” and author of the acclaimed memoir “Girl Walks Out of a Bar.” We talk alcohol and addiction, how to be the gatekeeper of your own recovery and steps to take when your head is a “bad neighborhood.” Plus, ways to support friends and family struggling with addiction, and why we should all be “sober curious.”
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Are you seeing more gray or silver-haired models splashed across catalogs and Instagram? You may have Stephanie O’Dell to thank. Stephanie is changing the face of modeling, one silver-haired, 50-plus model at a time. The long-time fashion stylist founded the industry-first modeling agency, Celebrate the Gray, to represent silver and gray-haired models, ranging in age from 50 and beyond. We dive into what criteria she uses to pick models, brands that get the mature market, and why ageism is never in style.
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Could a healthier, more nutritious diet be as simple as upgrading your salt and pepper shakers? Startup founder and food activist Raina Kumra is on a mission to rethink how we spice up our everyday meals with her new company Spicewell—and plant-powered condiments. Raina dishes on the surprising nutritional deficiencies in the average U.S. diet, plant phytonutrients, and the link between her products and Ayurveda, a natural system of medicine that originated in India over 3,000 years ago.
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What if divorce is an opportunity to thrive rather than a failure? Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, author of “Light on the Other Side of Divorce: Discovering the New You” shares ideas for flourishing after a divorce. We cover letting go of grief and anger, the power of incremental change, great sex after a divorce, and why midlife divorce has its own special challenges and opportunities.
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Sick of feeling exhausted, over-extended, meh? Author Eve Rodsky wants you to trade your to-do list for “unicorn space” and (re)claim the creative self-expression vital for your emotional and physical well-being. Calling “unicorn space” permission to be interested in your own life, Eve helps us flourish with ideas from her latest book, “Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World.” If you want a clear plan to manifest "unicorn space" in a jam-packed life, reclaim the lost art of having fun, and unleash your talents into the world, this show is for you!
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Keep your smile radiant for the long run with ideas for your midlife mouth from dentist Dr. Julie Cho. Because guess what? Aging changes your teeth and gums too! Dr. Cho decodes teeth whitening options (ranging from toothpastes to LED kits, to in-office treatments), shares her favorite toothbrush brands, and helps us amp up our oral care game, with foods to eat (and avoid) to keep your smile smiley. Plus, the link between menopause, aging, and your tooth and gum health.
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Burned out from years of overwork and exhausted from trying to “fit in” to a corporate work world, Deepa Purushothaman knew she was not alone in needing work to work better for women of color. Now, she is leading the call to reimagine how business gets done – both inside and outside the office, as a DEI advocate and the author of “The First, The Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America.” We uncover the steps for taking obstacles and turning them into fuel, how to have difficult conversations about race, and giving yourself permission to try – in every area of your life.
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Need to reinvent or fall back in love (or even in like) with yourself? Meet award-winning TV anchor, author, and champion of midlife women Tamsen Fadal. Thrown a major midlife curveball with a painful, public divorce—Tamsen rekindled her sense of self and has powerful, do-able advice for facing big life changes with confidence. If you are struggling with the end of a relationship or want new tools to unlock your boldness— no matter what life throws at you, this show is for you!
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Why falling in love (or like) with yourself is the building block for all relationships.
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What’s “sexy self-talk” and how to silence your inner critic.
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Why it’s better to be lonely than alone with someone.
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Leaning to become a “party of one” after time as a couple.
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Practical ideas for jumping back into the dating pool, plus, pandemic and online dating.
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Shifting your mindset to embrace aging.
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The #1 thing to do to navigate a big life change.
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How to fuel an “anything is possible” approach to life.
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Aging out loud as a woman on TV.
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Tips for navigating menopause, unlocking your bold, and finding purpose.
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Forget hot flashes. Menopause can wreak havoc on desire, intimacy, and sexual wellness. We dive into libido and factors (beyond dry vagina) that can get in the way of intimacy, with Jackie Giannelli, a women’s sexual health expert and medical advisor to Elektra Health – a modern health care company focused on smashing the menopause taboo. We talk testosterone therapy, managing mindset and mood, and why every woman needs a menopause support team.
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Sexpert and licensed marriage therapist Dr. Juliana Hauser helps us rethink and reimagine sex, sexuality, and relationships in midlife. We cover discovering (and asking!) for what you want in bed, reigniting the spark in a long-term relationship, and how to navigate a new sex life after a divorce or death. Bonus! We get into sex toys, lubes, vibrators, and more.
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What’s your relationship to money? Good, bad, shaky, rock-solid? If you want a more confident, stress-free relationship with your money, listen in as Kathy Entwistle, a top Forbes financial advisor, helps demystify the basics. Plus, learn all about Kathy’s invention – The Money Date Box – part game, part relationship tool, all things financial planner, that helps couples and individuals take ownership of their financial future and develop a healthier relationship with money. Bonus, we dive into investing and the must-do financial move every woman should take as they age.
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Do you want more peace? To feel supported in every aspect of your life? Consider the power of prayer (no organized religion required). Prayer is an ongoing conversation with something larger than yourself—and can unlock peace and inner strength, says bestselling writer Agapi Stassinopoulos author of Speaking with Spirit: 52 Prayers to Guide, Inspire, and Uplift You. Agapi walks us through her non-denominational guide to show that much like a daily mindfulness practice, a prayer practice has the power to change your life. Jessica Alba says the book “vibrates with wisdom.” We cover the power of prayer to manage stress, fuel resilience, and help you find the perfect dress. Yes, really!
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Want to make more nourishing food choices—zero fad diet required? Rewire yourself to eat and live with joy with ideas from certified health coach and eating psychology expert Elise Museles who shares a blueprint for healthy food habits from her new book FOOD STORY: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live. Get ready to end stress and confusion around food and embrace a more joyful, relaxed way to eat. Plus, recipes to boost mood, fuel radiance, and sharpen brain focus.
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Think about your pelvic floor much? Women’s wellness expert and physical therapist Patricia Ladis thinks you should. Your core matters: think bladder and rectal control, improved sexual function, support for your spine and neck, and more.
Patricia offers scores of tips to keep your core in tip-top shape and dives into middle age pelvic floor dysfunction, including biggies like bladder problems, incontinence, pelvic pain, and organ prolapse. We uncover pelvic floor exercises beyond Kegels, why to get a pelvic floor evaluation, and walk through a simple at-home wellness evaluation you can try as you listen to the show.
Bonus: we talk midlife exercises for active aging, proper breathing for optimal health, and the fitness activity Patricia thinks everyone should add to their 2022 exercise mix.
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Make 2022 the year you tackle midlife sleep problems and insomnia head-on with sleep strategies from sleep expert Dr. Shelby Harris. We uncover gender-specific biological alterations of sleep throughout a woman’s life, and how hormones, stress, and lifestyle factors can disrupt sleep. We dive into natural fixes, when to enlist a doctor’s help, ideal sleep temps, and the “magic” of the right wind-down (and wake-up) routines. Get ready to get your ZZZs on!
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Forget new year, new you. You are already more than enough. But if the busy, busy, busyness of life has sidetracked you from what lights you up (or if you want to live with more intention and focus) – we have a show to get your 2022 on track. Author and productivity expert Tanya Dalton has helped millions of people take ownership of their time, goals, and lives.
Now, she shares tools and practices from her latest book “On Purpose: The Busy Woman's Guide to an Extraordinary Life of Meaning & Success” that are designed to help you rise up to be the best version of you. Get ready to live a bigger life than your to-do list!
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Ready to unwrap the perfect gift? Melissa Meyers, the Founder and Creative Director of the inspirational lifestyle blog, The Glow Girl, talks all things gifting and holiday fashion – cozy gifts at every price point, splurge-worthy investment pieces, surprisingly stylish Amazon finds, the sparkly shoe of the moment, Goop-approved wellness gifts, and so much more. Bonus, Melissa shares her Top Ten 10 tips to look and feel your best at any age. You glow girl!
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Love food and entertaining? Meet best-selling cookbook author and beloved baker Rosie Daykin author of "Butter Baked Goods " and "Butter Celebrates." Her latest ode to the pleasures of food and entertaining is the warm and convivial cookbook, "Let Me Feed You," which shares recipes offering the comfort of home and makes every day a celebration. We cover cookies and pies not to miss, the surprising condiment every well-stocked kitchen needs, plus how Whole Foods helped her build a marshmallow empire.
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Want to spark more joy in your life? The power to be happier lies within you – says wellness writer Jennifer King Lindley, author of "Find Your Joy: A Powerful Self-Care Journal to Help You Thrive," who offers easy exercises, tips, and empowering ideas to help you find your joy and experience inner peace all year long. Yes, please!
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Is curiosity the key to creating a life of beauty, power, and meaning? New York Times bestselling writer Grace Bonney interviewed 100+ trailblazing women—athletes, activists, artists—for her latest book “Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50.” She shares a slice of their collective wisdom, the delicate task of cultivating self-love, and the power of embracing earlier versions of yourself while holding space for evolution and new identities.
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Want to make a difference in the world? Nonprofit leader Trish Tierney runs an organization that harnesses the power of volunteers working in teams to advance social justice and women’s rights. She shares ideas for how women from around the world can come together to collaborate and design solutions for a better future. Plus, we dive into the benefits of finding purpose and the science-backed benefits of volunteering including better mental, physical and spiritual health. Get inspired, get involved!
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When was the last time you made a deep connection that enriches your life? If you are ready to make more meaningful connections, the kind that add value to your work, career, and life, meet networking pro Susan McPherson, author of the new book, "The Lost Art of Connecting."Susan walks us through the power of generosity and other tools for building relationships that lead to happiness and fulfillment.
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Nina Lorez Collins is reimagining midlife and she’s bringing other women along with her—at both Revel and The Woolfer which offer events and community for women 40-plus. She is also the author of the midlife manual, "What Would Virginia Woolf Do? And Other Questions I Ask Myself as I Attempt to Age Without Apology." We cover midlife pain points, the hard-earned confidence of midlife, divorce, online dating, and aging and raging gracefully.
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Midlife changes your body no ifs, ands, or buts. Want to feel healthy inside and out? Meet midlife wellness expert Rachel Hughes – a certified nutritional coach, blogger, and creator of The Meno Memos which focuses on the intersection of food, fitness, beauty, and hormones. Rachel helps clients and her online community navigate midlife with smart nutritional choices and resources for joyful, vibrant aging.
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Stuck in rut? Afraid to leave a comfortable job? LaShawn Wiltz did a career 180, leaving a 15-year nursing career to launch not one, but two passion businesses, including the subscription box business Pouring Over Books – a monthly box of artisanal coffee and classic books. We cover the nuts and bolts of preparing for a pivot and how to get a business off the ground. Plus, why joy is on the other side of an uncomfortable leap.
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Have you ever thought about picking up and moving someplace entirely different? Manhattanite and beauty executive Kendra Kolb Butler traded her high-powered New York City lifestyle for greener pastures landing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where she launched her clean beauty line, Alpyn Beauty. She joins us today to share the beauty benefits of wild mountain botanicals and the inside skinny on what it takes to launch a modern beauty brand, now sold at Saks and Sephora. Plus, how to know when to say goodbye to a corporate job and make a move into entrepreneurship (or across country).
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Surprise! One in four Americans is a woman over 40. And pop culture and brands get this affluent, powerful demo so wrong. Women over 40 feel younger, sexier, and cooler than ever says longtime ad creative Katie Keating, who co-founded ad agency Fancy to help brands speak to women over 40. We talk ageism and creativity, plus tools and watch-outs for running a successful consultancy of any kind.
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Meet small business owner Patty Pappas, co-founder of the cannabis wellness company Hello Again, which offers cannabis-powered vaginal suppositories to help with menopause’s irksome symptoms including sleep disruptions, low energy, cramps, pain, mood swings, and more.
If you are cannabis curious, a newbie entrepreneur, or want advice on bringing a product to market and getting customers to sit up and take notice, stick around. We’ve got you covered.
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Up all night? Sleep doctor Janet Kennedy offers tools to get your ZZZs on – no medicines needed. For 20+ years, Dr. Kennedy has been helping people break out of the cycle of bad sleep and all of its debilitating effects. She is a health psychologist, an expert in sleep disorders, and a believer that you don’t have to settle for exhaustion. A good night’s sleep doesn’t have to be a dream!
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Ready to get your glow on? Dermatologist-to-the stars Dr. Rose Ingleton demystifies cosmetic procedures like Botox, lasers, fillers, peels, and more. Plus, we dive into clean, conscious skincare products that target midlife skin concerns, including brown spots, hyperpigmentation, dry skin, fine lines, and wrinkles. Bonus! We talk serums, retinoids, products worth investing in, and budget-friendly drugstore buys.
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Ready to love the skin you’re in? Meet Dr. Keira Barr, a dermatologist, menopause specialist, and the author of “The Skin Whisperer; A Dermatologist Reveals How To Look Younger, Radiate Beauty, and Live the Life You Crave.” We talk glowing skin, managing menopausal hormone disruptions (adult acne what?!?), and must-have products. Plus, foods that fuel radiant skin and a deep dive on sunblock.
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Tammi Leader had a big career as an Emmy-award-winning producer at the Today Show and Warner Brothers. But by her early 50s, she was burned out and ready to reconnect with the spirit of joy, optimism, and camaraderie that animated her youth. Tammi launched Campowerment—a camp for grownups—that infuses friendship, connection, community, and the spirit of the campfire into everyday life. And in doing so, she lit a new spark in herself and the 15,000 women who have made Campowerment a part of their life all year long.
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Woot woot! A Certain Age is celebrating one year of podcasting and aging out loud.
We have a special birthday show switcheroo. For a change, ACA host Katie Fogarty is the one answering the questions, not asking them. We welcome back a favorite ACA guest as co-host to grab the mic (and spotlight listener-submitted questions) to cover all things A Certain Age. Plus, ACA party favors, birthday swag, and more!
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Love food but hate making your nightly dinner? Want to eat more veggies, less meat? Meet Jenny Rosenstrach -- cookbook author, former magazine editor, and the creator of Dinner: A Love Story, the award-winning website and newsletter devoted to the family dinner.
An OG foodie, her articles and recipes have appeared in The New York Times, Food52, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, and Bon Appétit, where she was a columnist for six years. But best of all – she makes making dinner easy and fun.
Now, with her latest cookbook, "The Weekday Vegetarians," arriving at the end of August, she will have you stalking your supermarket’s veggie aisle with glee. So, if you want easy, fresh big yum plant-based recipes for the end of summer and beyond, you will not want to miss this show.
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No one gets to midlife without reinventing. Few do it as markedly (and well) as former lawyer turned novelist Angie Kim, author of best-selling, courtroom drama Miracle Creek, which expertly plumbs multiple plot themes ranging from immigration to special needs children, familial ties, and identity. We cover Angie’s move from Seoul, South Korea to Baltimore at age 11, to Harvard Law, to the multiple career pivots that made her a first-time author at 50. Plus, the myth of the perfect mom, how parenthood can help reframe your childhood, and what’s next in store for this literary supernova.
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Love to read? Meet Zibby Owens, podcasting powerhouse, author, big-time book lover and host of the award-winning literary podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read. We talk books, creativity, podcasting, and parenting— all the things. Plus, summer reads not to miss, the one book Zibby could read again and again, and the perfect book to give as a gift.
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The countdown to Labor Day is on! But it’s not too late to pack your bags for a sweet summer escape. Today’s guest, travel pro Pavia Rosati, founder of the award-winning travel website Fathom, shares a treasure trove of time-tested recommendations from her latest travel book, “Travel North America (And Avoid Being a Tourist).” Designed to stoke your wanderlust while sticking closer to home, Pavia shares under-the-radar locales, classic favorites, and practical trip-planning advice for the modern traveler. Plus, what to always pack!
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After decades of marriage, three kids, years as a stay-at-home parent, Laura Friedman Williams’ marriage and world imploded. Her upcoming memoir, Available: A Memoir of Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends, is a riveting, page-turning read on navigating the modern dating scene, rediscovering sexuality, and redefining identity as the definition of wife is stripped away, the family unit morphs and shifts, and a woman with a rich and complex private life emerges.
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Want to maintain tip-top sexual health, vibrant intimacy, and self-care for down there as you age? Of course, you do. You’re fifty, not dead. We welcome back Dr. Anita Sadaty, an expert on gynecology and women’s hormonal health, who coaches us on how to care for our lady parts, libido, and pelvic floor. Plus, we dive into biggies like bladder health (spoiler – you SHOULD be able to sneeze without wetting your pants), why some of you are doing those Kegels all wrong, and fun stuff like Yoni Eggs and sex toys.
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Want to inject more happiness into your life? Think about writing someone in your life a thank-you note. Writer and GenX podcaster Nancy Davis Kho, author of the feel-good read “The Thank-You Project,” walks us through the science-backed benefits of gratitude and how you can rewire your neural pathways and cultivate more happiness with a thank-you project of your own. Audiophile bonus, we talk music, her awarding-winning podcast Midlife Mixtape and all things GenX.
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Self-proclaimed late bloomer, novelist Karen Dukess, author of "The Last Book Party," became a first-time author in her mid-50s. If you have a long-simmering book idea of your own, are curious about how to crack open the world of book publishing, or need a jolt of inspiration for your own creative midlife bloom, you don't want to miss this episode. Booklover bonus! We talk reads galore.
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Venture capitalist Tracy Chadwell makes good bets – early investments include Beautycounter, recently valued at $1 Billion. But after facing the double-whammy of sexism and ageism in the venture capital world, Tracy made her biggest bet of all – launching her own investing fund, 1843 Capital. Now, she leads an all-female team in closing the gender investing gap and investing in diverse founders.
Named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Powerful Women in Business," Tracy gives us a primer on venture capital and shares her take on why less than 3% of all VCs are women. Plus, she walks us through why Silver Tech--companies serving the aging consumer--represents the next great investment opportunity.
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PULL UP YOUR BEACH CHAIR. We’re talking all things sunblock on today’s show. Because summer fun equals sun. And if you’re Generation Coppertone, baby oil, and silver tanning reflectors, sunblock has come a long way baby.
Meet Valerie McMurray, the founder, and CEO of Soleil Toujours, a line of mineral-based, eco-friendly sun and skincare products. While pregnant, Valerie looked at the sunblocks on the market, saw their long list of chemicals, and thought, “thanks but no thanks.”
We dive into the benefits of mineral sunblock, learn how Valerie pivoted from a career in finance to launch a luxury sun care company, and hear about the two major setbacks that almost derailed her business. Plus, we talk eco-friendly packaging, ocean-safe ingredients, and what it means to be an earth-friendly product.
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Ready to banish bad hair days? Tackle brittle, dry, thinning, or graying locks? Meet Sonsoles Gonzalez, founder of haircare company Better Not Younger, the first haircare brand for women over 40. She joins me to talk about age-proofing your hair, entrepreneurship, and how her 25-year career at L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble helped her identify a gap in the multi-billion-dollar hair care market. Want more years of beautiful hair? This show is a cannot miss.
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Mood swings. Brain fog. Hot flashes. Toxic rage. Menopause is all that and a bag of chips.
Did you know that there are 30+ symptoms that can mark menopause? When no two bodies menopause the same - getting educated is the first step in getting relief from menopause’s irksome symptoms.
On this week's show, Catherine Balsam-Schwaber, CEO of menopause-relief company Kindra, shares the four most common side effects of menopause and products that can help with symptom relief. Plus, we dive into what it takes to build a next-gen wellness brand, and why the business world is finally waking up to menopause’s $600 billion business opportunity.
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For 32 years, naval aviator Rear Admiral Nancy Lacore has made military service and love of country a central part of her life. She joins me to talk about life as a military family, why the Navy is both a career and a community, how she balances six kids and overseas deployment, and why valor knows no gender. As we mark Memorial Day, we also cover the nonprofit she created to honor the U.S. military women who made the ultimate sacrifice while supporting combat since 9/11.
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Meet Tracey Cox, one of the world’s foremost writers on sex and relationships. With 16 best-selling books, she is back with a buzzy new podcast and the midlife must-read, “Great Sex Starts at 50: Age-Proof Your Libido & Transform Your Sex Life,” which offers reassuring, nuts-and-bolts advice for keeping your sex life humming. We dive into the toe-curling fun of great sex and uncover midlife speedbumps—menopause and bottomed-out libidos, painful sex, wobbly erections, lack of desire, and midlife body changes that can add up to feeling deeply unsexy. Plus, grown-up hand jobs, why lube is your midlife BFF, and how “great” sex falls on a continuum ranging from seldom to spicy. Whatever works for you works!
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After decades of marriage, three kids, years as a stay-at-home parent, Laura Friedman Williams’ marriage and world imploded. Her upcoming memoir, Available: A Memoir of Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends, is a riveting, page-turning read on navigating the modern dating scene, rediscovering sexuality, and redefining identity as the definition of wife is stripped away, the family unit morphs and shifts, and a woman with a rich and complex private life emerges.
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Mother’s Day is a holiday impossible to escape or ignore. But not every woman is buying what Hallmark is selling. Many women have complicated relationships with their mothers. Others mourn lost or absent moms, and many women are not mothers at all, either by choice or by chance.
This week’s show explores being a childless woman in a culture that fetishizes motherhood. Meet Jody Day, a global thought leader and advocate for childless women. Jody is an author, a TEDx speaker, an integrative psychotherapist, and the founder of a global friendship and support network for childless women. She joins me to share her take on how involuntarily childlessness impacts life, happiness, intimacy, and more.
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May’s graduation season means those nests are emptying. Are you ready? Today’s show features a woman with ideas for reinventing your life after the kids leave. Writer Melissa Shultz, author of From Mom to Me Again, chronicles how to survive that first dislocating empty-nest year and shares ideas for transforming your marriage, friendships, career, and life as you once again take center stage in your own life.
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Thinking of ditching the dye and embracing your grey? Ready to save oodles of time (and money) but worried about navigating the awkward transition? Worried your boss, friends, the world will think grey hair makes you...old? Meet silver hair evangelist Katie Emery, creator of the popular blog, Katie Goes Platinum. After 29 years of coloring her hair, she ditched the dye and has ideas for helping you do the same. Katie shares grey hair transition strategies, must-have products for shiny, silver locks, plus two ideas going grey in secret. Mind blown!
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Meet Carole Montgomery—stand-up comic, writer, actress, and producer of two Showtime comedy specials, Funny Women of A Certain Age. After a 40+ year standup career on stages from Vegas to small clubs, often as the only female comic, Carole shares how she got an all-women comedy special greenlit in an ageist entertainment industry. Plus, what’s making her LOL, and the female comics to put on your radar.
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Got bladder leaks, UTIs, or a fear of being seated in the middle row of an airplane or movie theater? Meet Dr. Angelish Kumar, a urologist and certified menopause practitioner who has ideas for combatting all your irksome bladder issues. We dive into the top 4 common bladder complaints (and why NO ONE talks about them) and the impacts of menopause and aging on bladder and vaginal health. Bottom line: it is possible to laugh, sneeze, and work out pee-free. If you have a bladder, this show is a cannot miss!
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As editor-in-chief of Real Simple, Kristin van Ogtrop grew the magazine into the #1 women’s lifestyle title with a finger-on-the-pulse insight into the psyche and wants of the American woman. Now, she is back with a hilarious new book, Did I Say That Out Loud? Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them, a memoir-cum-exploration of the phases, stages, and outrages of midlife. We cover aging parents, aging bodies, growing children, and the ups and downs of career, love, and life. Plus, why Team Midlife is more phoenix than dinosaur.
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How are you? No, really. How are you? Today’s show features a woman who answers that question honestly. Entertainment lawyer Terri Cheney ripped the covers off her secret battle with bipolar disorder in her New York Times bestselling memoir, Manic. Now she is back with a new book, Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual. We explore the struggle, stigma, and treatments for mental illness and her practical advice for managing (and thriving) with mental disorders. Bonus, we explore how the pandemic is taxing everyone’s mental health and why a COVID-silver-lining might be increased empathy.
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Meet Michelle Fishburne. After losing her job and home during the pandemic, Michelle packed up an RV to crisscross the US, filming ordinary Americans sharing their pandemic stories for a one-of-a-kind oral history project called Who We Are Now.
At age 57, the former lawyer and non-profit communications pro found herself "on the edge of a cliff" after her life dramatically changed during our COVID spring. Now, this real-life "Nomadland" traveler shares the heroes she met along the way, stories of regular people muddling through, and how to navigate the gulf between uncertainty and resiliency. We also talk "ax throwing," RV maintenance, and how to be a better neighbor.
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Meet Leslie Gray Streeter – veteran journalist and author of “Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books With Words Like ‘Journey’ in the Title.” Named a Glamour Magazine “Top-20 Books to Read in 2020,” Leslie's memoir chronicles the unexpected loss of her young husband and how she was left to raise their baby on her own. Leslie mixes heartbreak and laugh-out-loud funny to create a joyful read for anyone who has lost someone they love.
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Falling in love is easy. Getting divorced is hard. Today’s show features a guest who helps answer the question – should I stay or should I go? Kate Anthony is a certified divorce coach and host of the New York Times recommended podcast, “The Divorce Survival Guide.” She walks us through how to know when it’s time to call it quits--and how to survive with your sanity and bank account intact.
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Is there a woman alive who hasn't thought deeply about her relationship with her mother? Today's guest, the author, and essayist, Rachel Levey Lesser explores motherhood from every angle: as a daughter coming of age, a parent to teens, and through the lens of her mother's devastating early death. Her most recent book, "Life's Accessories: A Memoir (and Fashion Guide)" explores the totemic power of objects to conjure memory and help us understand life in all its beauty, joy, sorrow, heartache, and hilarious absurdity. Bonus, we talk pandemic baking and Rachel's buzzy new viral baking show garnering praise from the NYT.
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Do we age out of love? Has the pandemic derailed dating and mating? Not according to Dr. Helen Fisher, chief science adviser to Match.com. An anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and expert on love and the biology of why we mate, stay, and stray, Dr. Fisher joins me to drop optimistic truth bombs on love in the time of COVID. Bonus, she shares snippets of her own love story and marriage at age 75.
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Women friends rock. None of us would have made it to our fifties without our girlfriends. None. Of. Us. You can love your spouse, adore your kids, appreciate your family, but your female friends get it. On today’s show, we dive into female friendships, friend breakups, and the health benefits of having a girl gang with Jacqueline Mroz, an NYT science writer and author of Girl Talk. Bonus, we talk famous friendships and how different cultures think about friendship bonds.
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Ready to treat your body with more reverence and love? Meet Christine Marie Mason, the founder of Rosebud Woman, a line of luxury, plant-based intimate wellness products. A former software CEO and six-time tech founder, Christine is also a yogi, tantric, co-founder of a mediation center, and a student of plant medicine and intentional living. We uncover the genesis of Rosebud Woman and how Christine identified a need for luxury vaginal and vulvar skincare formulations, why body love is an imperative, and what can get in the way of self-love. Bonus, we explore how designing a life of integrity is the ultimate form of self-care.
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Want to maintain tip-top sexual health, vibrant intimacy, and self-care for down there as you age? Of course, you do. You’re fifty, not dead. We welcome back Dr. Anita Sadaty, an expert on gynecology and women’s hormonal health, who coaches us on how to care for our lady parts, libido, and pelvic floor. Plus, we dive into biggies like bladder health (spoiler – you SHOULD be able to sneeze without wetting your pants), why some of you are doing those Kegels all wrong, and fun stuff like Yoni Eggs and sex toys.
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Amy Schmidt is a podcaster, author, and TEDx speaker, and she did it all on the cusp of 50 and after years as a stay-at-home mom. With the mantra “you’re never too old, and it’s never too late,” Amy shares how to “cannonball” into midlife with confidence, grace, and humor. Plus, we talk about overcoming self-doubt, the fear of failure, and how to be your own best friend.
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January check-in: How are your fitness resolutions holding up? Today’s show keeps you on track (and boosts your grit) as wellness expert Renata Joy coaches us on how to be young, strong, and sexy for life. Renata shares ideas for COVID-friendly workouts, strategies for squeezing exercise into a busy schedule, and offers practical, supportive ideas for fine-tuning your fitness habits. Plus, she talks pivoting from an Emmy-award-winning TV career to build a wellness business.
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Thinking about upping your fitness game? Today’s guest, Dr. Vonda Wright, an elite sports doctor and leading authority on active aging, shares a simple framework that can dramatically transform your health at any age and any fitness level. Learn more about the five pillars for a healthy, fit, joyful, and vibrant life. Plus, the fascinating science behind the body’s wondrous ability to regenerate and retain vibrancy.
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Tear up those New Year’s resolutions. An extraordinary life requires new tools. In today’s show, Lisa McCarthy, CEO of the Fast Forward Group, shares a simple, science-backed exercise to play big, take risks, and laser focus you on what’s important – in every area of your life. Now, you can join the 50,0000 leaders of global companies like Facebook, Google, and Nike who use Fast Forward to elevate performance and drive personal fulfillment. Bonus, we talk tools for managing mindset to better deal with life's curveballs and everyday challenges.
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We have had a year. A Certain Age is closing out 2020 with a guest who offers up the tools of improv comedy to help us handle absolutely anything and be more creative, courageous, and confident. The exact recipe we need for 2021. Katie Goodman is an award-winning improv comedian, actor, author, and social activist. Now, she shares how the tools of improv can make us more resilient, joyful, and bold as we tackle the New Year. 2021, we ready!
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Haven’t you always wanted a second act? Meet Marci Alboher—a woman who blew right past second acts, to create multiple encore careers—and who has ideas for helping you do the same. A lawyer turned New York Times columnist turned executive at a social impact nonprofit, Marci is one of the nation’s leading voices on careers and aging with purpose. Her book "The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life” is a blueprint for a meaningful next chapter. Bonus, we talk about the benefits of having friends of all ages and why going grey is a power move.
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Serious question. Is age a number or a mindset? In 2016, Gina Pell, a creative director and tech entrepreneur, rejected the strictures of our dated age-label-boxes, coining the term Perennials to describe ever-blooming people of ALL ages who continue to push up against their growing edge, always relevant, and not defined by their generation. Gina is the Content Chief of The What, a social community, and addictive email newsletter, which surfaces five eclectic, curious things you need to know every week—from wellness to books to beauty, style, travel, and tech. We talk about why age is irrelevant, how to stay ever-curious, and why nurturing community is an antidote to the isolation of this never-ending pandemic. Plus, she shares her newest, keep-calm find.
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If your life were a movie, what ending would you write? Emerging screenwriter Barbara Ward Thall hit her late-fifties and decided she wanted a wildly different ending for her third act, after decades in senior ad and marketing roles at buzzy companies like Amazon's Audible. Now at 60, she writes highly personal, female-led stories that won her a coveted spot in a writer's program for women over 40, backed by heavy-hitters like Oprah. Barbara shares ideas for applying screenwriting's “three-act formula” to create your own cinematic third-act.
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Want to inject more happiness into your life? Think about writing someone in your life a thank-you note. Writer and GenX podcaster Nancy Davis Kho, author of the feel-good read “The Thank-You Project,” walks us through the science-backed benefits of gratitude and how you can rewire your neural pathways and cultivate more happiness with a thank-you project of your own. Audiophile bonus, we talk music, her awarding-winning podcast Midlife Mixtape and all things GenX.
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Do you want the peace of mind that comes from being a financial grownup? Personal finance pro Bobbi Rebell, author of “How to Be a Financial Grownup,” walks us through why it’s never too late to get your financial house in order. Plus, she offers tips for helping us help our kids become financial grownups too. Bonus, Bobbi shares why she shook up her successful TV career in her mid-forties and how at 50, her career is booming.
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Ready to own your age? Out loud? Listen in as two award-winning ad creatives talk launching an “Age Anthem” to tackle ageism head-on with a viral video campaign #AgeisNOTjustaNumber. If you believe that age doesn’t define you, that substance is the new sexy, and in kicking ass instead of sitting on it, you need to meet the co-founders of Grace Creative LA, an agency specializing in marketing to women over 50.
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Why didn’t anyone tell us that parenting and midlife were going to be hard? Okay, maybe they told us. But we weren’t listening, because we were young and fun, and obviously never going to be 50. Hooray for hilarious truth-tellers like writer Melissa Fenton who mines both the magic and mundane of parenting and midlife for outlets like Grown & Flown, Scary Mommy, and The AARP’s The Girlfriend. In today’s show, we talk surviving teens and midlife and learn how Melissa built a successful freelance writing career.
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Ever think it’s too late to switch careers? Or that returning to work after a lengthy career break is impossible? This week's show features a woman who did both. Merryl Brown of Merryl Brown Events built a multi-million dollar event production company after years as a stay-at-home mom and a major pivot away from her early career as an international banker.
If you want proven advice on building a company from scratch, making a career switcheroo, or throwing a memorable, celebratory bash, you don’t want to miss this show.
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Is working from home the new corner office? If you’re looking to land and love a remote work job, listen in as career and finance expert Kerry Hannon of "Great Pajama Jobs: Your Complete Guide to Working from Home" uncovers ideas for finding—and thriving—in the new world of remote work. Plus, strategies for side-stepping ageism in your job hunt. Bonus, we talk the money moves that every woman 50+ should take to thrive, especially now.
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Still relying on luck (or hope) as a career strategy? Time for a reset. Career pro Francine Parham, author of "The Ultimate Career Pocket Guide," and a former executive at GE and J&J, shares how to build great careers and navigate big, bold work pivots. Entrepreneurs take note, we talk business building tips, tools, and hacks for being your own boss.
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Self-proclaimed late bloomer, novelist Karen Dukess, author of "The Last Book Party," became a first-time author in her mid-50s. If you have a long-simmering book idea of your own, are curious about how to crack open the world of book publishing, or need a jolt of inspiration for your own creative midlife bloom, you don't want to miss this episode. Booklover bonus! We talk reads galore.
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Former Vogue Editor and current digital style maven talks all things fashion, from the yummiest fall sweaters, to building a capsule wardrobe, to her “buy less, buy better credo.” Bonus, she shares tips from her “Zero Waste” closet clean-out program. Because those bulging hangers and shelves aren’t going to empty themselves.
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When Jodie Patterson’s three-year-old Penelope said, “Mama, I’m not a girl. I’m a boy,” that declaration set her family on a path of discovery and seismic shifts, one that she chronicles in her books (The Bold World and Born Ready: A Boy Named Penelope.)
In today’s show, Patterson talks mothering, gender, and navigating change with an open heart and mind. After multiple careers (in fashion, nightlife, and beauty), raising five children, a TED Talk, and two books, Patterson knows a thing or two about traversing uncharted waters and architecting a life with grace and style. Plus, she shares her under-the-radar beauty finds.
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Do you wish navigating change or uncertainty was easier? Our lives got thrown a corona curveball in 2020. All we truly know—we are in anxious times. Dr. Brooke Picotte, a licensed clinical psychologist and an expert in life transitions, spells out the steps for managing uncertainty, the how’s of conquering negative thoughts, and why anxiety is actually an alarm system that protects you. And bonus! If you’re grappling with how to take your life in a new direction, Brooke lays out specific questions to jump-start your pivot.
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Is menopause messing with your sleep, waistline, and peace of mind? Reclaim your ZZZs and sanity with advice from Dr. Anita Sadaty, an OB/GYN and expert on women’s health and wellness. Anita walks us through the surprisingly simple steps for navigating menopause with our vibrancy and wellness intact. Plus, tips for revving up your libido for a steamier sex life. Because, steamier sex life!
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