50 Is A MindF*ck

Dating after 50 can feel like learning a whole new language. Wendy welcomes confidence therapist and dating strategist Kimmy Seltzer for a frank, funny conversation about finding connection in your second act. Kimmy explains why first dates can start to feel like job interviews, how old relationship patterns follow us into new ones, and why waiting until you feel completely “ready” can keep you fr...

Who says passion has an expiration date? On this delightfully unfiltered episode of 50 Is a Mindf*ck , Wendy  welcomes Diane Marie Carty, host of The Golden Sex Podcast , to share the unexpected love story that completely reignited her life. After nearly 15 years of celibacy, Diane met Dennis—an energetic, adventurous 83-year-old—at a wedding. One spontaneous kiss led to extraordinary chemistry, a...

At 60, Mike and Christine thought love was behind them. Both had made peace with being alone. Then a date almost didn't happen. Christine nearly said no. What started as friendship turned into something neither of them expected. A shared love for cats, a mutual pull toward hiking and adventure, and the way Mike showed up for Christine's son all became part of a connection that grew into real love....

By 50, you've probably tried it all — and now peptides are the thing everyone's asking about. In this episode, Ciara Curry gives it to you straight: are peptides actually the magic bullet for midlife energy, muscle loss, recovery, and hormone shifts, or is it just the next wellness trend? She breaks down who's actually a good candidate for peptide therapy at this stage of life, who should steer cl...

What if the key to a sharper brain, faster healing, and slowing down aging was... oxygen? In this episode, I sit down with Mike Factor, Certified Brain Health Coach, to break down the science behind hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) — the pressurized chamber treatment once reserved for divers and elite athletes that's now going mainstream. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

For years, anxiety dictated my daughter Talia's life. Panic disorder. Agoraphobia. Days when getting out of bed felt impossible. Intensive Outpatient treatment at The Meadows. Countless setbacks. And slowly... healing. In this episode of **50 Is a Mindf*ck**, Talia shares what it's really like to live with severe anxiety—not from the outside looking in, but from the inside. As her mom, I also shar...

When my friend Brian shared that both his mother and his mother-in-law entered memory care at nearly the same time, it stopped me in my tracks. Caring for one aging parent is hard enough. Two at once? That’s a boulder most families never see coming. In this episode, Brian opens up about how this major life transition has impacted not only his life, but his wife’s, their marriage, and their entire...

What happens when you stop seeing yourself only as “Mom”… and start seeing yourself through your adult daughters’ eyes? In this episode, my daughters ask me the tough questions. The kind that make you reflect on the choices you made, the mistakes you didn’t realize your kids noticed, the lessons you hope they carry forward, and the parts of yourself you may have lost — or finally found — along the...

My friend Johnny said to me once… ‘If you think it’s hard to be over 50, try being gay and over 50. It’s brutal.’” In this deeply honest episode, Johnny Pfeiffer opens up about aging, identity, loss, body image, and what it felt like to suddenly re-enter the dating world after losing his longtime partner to cancer. Johnny hadn’t dated since he was 19 years old. After becoming widowed, he found him...

Erica never expected to become a widow. One day she was living the life she knew — and the next, she was forced into a version of herself she never asked for: grieving, untethered, and trying to figure out who she was without the life and love she thought she’d have much longer. In this episode of **50 Is a Mindf*ck**, Erica shares what it means to be a “surprise widow” — the shock of sudden loss,...

David joins the podcast to share his raw, honest journey of marrying later in life, suddenly becoming a father of three, and facing unexpected family health challenges. Through humor and resilience, he reflects on patience, adaptability, and finding hope in the chaos of midlife.

A sneak peek at what's to come.