Reinventing Rumbley

👵 Aging Gracefully? Let's Be Honest About What That Actually Means at 52 | Reinventing Rumbley My husband just bought a shoehorn. We are two seconds away from tiptoeing into the nursing home and I have THOUGHTS. 👇 In this honest, funny, and surprisingly moving episode Christina takes on the topic she's been sitting with lately — aging. What it really looks like. What it actually feels li...

Perimenopause Brain Fog Is Real & Nobody Warned Me | Iron Deficiency, Blood Work & Forgetting Everything | Not So Deep Thoughts I went to my bathroom to get something. Ended up standing in my laundry room with absolutely no idea how I got there or what I came for. 👇 I'm 52 years old. I am turning into a grandmother without the grandkids. And it is genuinely freaking me out. In this sh...

Know Your Worth & Ask For It: The Real Reason Women Are Still Underpaid | Reinventing Rumbley We are finally asking for the raise. And we are still being told no 38% more than our male counterparts. 👇 This episode is one Christina has been wanting to do for a while — because she got asked to name her own compensation package recently and went full deer in headlights. Called three male friends...

What's In Your Reinvention Closet? Finding Your Next Chapter When You're Stuck In The In-Between | Reinventing Rumbley You're not lost. You're just between hats. 👇 In this honest, funny, and genuinely helpful episode, Christina introduces a concept that might be the most useful framework for anyone stuck in a reinvention right now — the Reinvention Closet. What's in yours? And when's the last tim...

😩 The Reinvention Tax Nobody Talks About | Brain Fog, Closet Chaos & Washing Your Hair | Not So Deep Thoughts Nobody warned me that reinvention would cost this much. And I'm not just talking about money. Welcome to the reinvention tax — the thing happening to Christina right now at 52 that she is finally naming out loud so you know you are not alone. In this short, funny, painfully real episo...

Burnout, Boredom, or Bad Season? How to Tell the Difference & What to Do About It | Reinventing Rumbley 77% of professionals have experienced burnout. The World Health Organization made it official in 2019. And it is the number one reason founders exit their own companies. 👇 But here's the question nobody is asking clearly enough — Is it actually burnout? Or is it boredom? Or is it just a rea...

Welcome to the Empath Club: Is Being an Empath Your Superpower or Your Kryptonite? | Reinventing Rumbley Do you cry at Budweiser Super Bowl commercials? Do strangers tell you their entire life story in a grocery line within 1.2 seconds of meeting you? Do you feel other people's emotions like they're actually happening to you? 👇 Welcome to the Empath Club. Pull up a chair. Christina has been savin...

Where Did Customer Service Go?! | Target, Phone Holds & The Mm-Hmm Generation | Not So Deep Thoughts An hour and forty minutes on hold. A Target employee fixing candles who definitely did not want to be bothered. And the most unsatisfying mm-hmm in retail history. 👇 In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina goes fully in on the thing that is driving all of us absolutely crazy — the c...

AI, Rest, and the Silver Tsunami: What Happens to Business in the Next 5 Years | Aaron Dean Pt. 2 | Reinventing Rumbley AI is not just a productivity tool. It might actually be a tool for rest. And nobody is talking about that. 👇 In Part 2 of this conversation with Aaron Dean, AI consultant and machine learning expert, Christina and Aaron go deeper into the most human side of artificial intellige...

From Woodstock to AI Expert: Reinventing Your Career in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Aaron Dean | Reinventing Rumbley Pt. 1 What does a kid from Woodstock who studied Arabic, worked in trades, and almost got blown off a roof doing solar panels have to do with AI? Everything. 👇 This week Christina sits down with Aaron Dean — AI consultant, machine learning expert, and one of the most genui...

The One Thing AI Can Never Replace (And Women Already Have It) | Emotional Intelligence & The Future of Work | Reinventing Rumbley AI cannot simulate a hug. It can show you what a hug looks like. But it cannot feel someone's heartbeat when it holds you. 👇 And that right there might be the most important thing you hear this year. In this episode, Christina Rumbley tackles one of the most urgen...

🤫 What Nobody Tells You About Your 50s | Not So Deep Thoughts | Reinventing Rumbley Everyone wants to talk about the 40s. The 40s are the new 20s! The 40s are everything! But the 50s? Crickets. 👇 Christina Rumbley is here to change that. Because nobody is talking about what actually happens in your 50s and honestly somebody needs to. In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina gets hilari...

💉 GLP-1 Pros, Cons & The Truth Nobody Tells You | 7 Years on Saxenda Part 2 | Reinventing Rumbley I kept 60-70 pounds off for nearly seven years. Here's everything I wish I had known before I started. 👇 In Part 2 of this honest, no-holds-barred GLP-1 conversation, Christina picks up right where she left off — this time going deep on the real pros and cons of the three main types of GLP-1s, d...

💉 I've Been on a GLP-1 for 7 Years & Nobody Talks About This Part | Saxenda, PCOS & My Honest Story | Reinventing Rumbley I weighed 203 pounds. I had a root meniscus tear from weight bearing alone. I was hiding in every family photo. And I had tried absolutely everything. 👇 This is the episode Christina has never fully told before — and she's going there completely. Seven years ago, befo...

Ever heard of GLP-1s but have no idea what they actually do? In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, I’m sharing my take on GLP-1 medications, what they’re doing for me (and why they matter for women over 40), and how they can fit into a healthy weight loss or health routine. I get real about my experience, the effects they’ve had, and the ups and downs of using these medications for weight manag...

85% of Autistic Grads Are Unemployed... But Here's the Hopeful Twist 🦁 | Reinventing Rumbley Part 2 The job market for 2026 grads is at COVID-era unemployment levels. AI is the disruptor nobody wanted. And my daughter calls it "made by the devil." 👇 In Part 2 of this deeply honest conversation, Christina goes even further into what it's actually like raising a neurodivergent young adult stepping...

My Daughter Graduated College... and I'm Terrified For Her Future (Autism, Empty Nesting & Reinvention) | Reinventing Rumbley She graduated with a 3.9 GPA. Her capstone film got a standing ovation. And I still don't know if she's going to be okay. 👇 This episode is the most vulnerable thing Christina has shared on this show. Her daughter Avery just graduated from SCAD — and watching her walk...

How Many Jobs Does It Take To Land Your Dream Career? 🎯 Glamour Shots. Hooters. Singing telegrams. Easter bunny costumes. And somehow... a record deal. 👇In this episode of Reinventing Rumbley, Christina gets hilariously real about the winding, wild, completely unpredictable path it takes to find your dream career — and why most of us are asking the wrong question entirely. From selling pencil ta...

We all have one. That secret career that lives rent-free in your head. The one where you think — God, I would have been SO good at that. 👇For Christina Rumbley? She wanted to be Jodie Foster. Not the actress. The character. Clarice Starling. Forensic psychologist. Criminal profiler. The one who sits across from killers and figures out exactly what makes them tick. There was just one tiny problem....

In Part 2 of this incredible two-part conversation, Christina sits back down with Kalle Simpson, founder of Discover Night, and they go places most entrepreneur interviews never do. From the psychology of self-funded founders to the moment Kalle realized her company was becoming as unhealthy as she was — this is the conversation every woman in business needs to hear. Kalle gets brutally honest abo...

This week Christina sits down with entrepreneur, founder, and fellow reinventionist, Kalle Simpson — the powerhouse behind Discover Night, a 10-year self-funded beauty and wellness brand that went from a single silk pillow to a full 360 nighttime beauty company with 35 product lines. And her story? It's one of the most raw, real, and relatable founder conversations we've ever had on this show. Kal...

Can we talk about something nobody warned us about? Making friends after 50 is giving full-on first date energy — and Christina Rumbley hasn't dated in 28 years. In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina gets hilariously honest about the very real anxiety that comes with trying to make new friends at this stage of life. The outfit changes. The perfume debate. The pit sweats. The boob swea...

Friendship After 50: Who Will Really Be There for You? Here’s The Truth #realfriendship #over50life #selfgrowthandfriendship Have you ever wondered who will actually show up when it matters most? In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, I’m talking about the reality of friendships after 50. As we age, we often face the truth about who will be there for us, and who might fade away. It’s not always...

🐾 Tank's Grooming PTSD | Not So Deep Thoughts with Christina Rumbley When grooming day feels like a trauma response... meet Tank. 🐶 In this episode of Not So Deep Thoughts, Christina shares the story of how Tank — her 8-pound chaos gremlin — developed a full-blown fear of groomers after a terrifying incident as a puppy. A highly-reviewed grooming salon, a leopard-print big dog, and one very shak...

Embracing The Messiness of Menopause & Perimenopause — What Nobody Tells You | Reinventing Rumbley Nobody warned me. Not my mother. Not my friends. Not my doctor. And I'm 52, in the thick of perimenopause, still figuring it out in real time. In this episode of Reinventing Rumbley: Inappropriately Appropriate, host Christina Rumbley gets raw and real about the messiness of perimenopause and men...