A Certain Age

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...

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 A...

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 h...

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 h...

Magazine publishing legend and entrepreneur Lesley Jane Seymour (former EIC of More, Redbook, and Marie Claire) knows how to get sh*t done. We do 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 an...

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,...

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...

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 ro...

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 b...

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 inconti...

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 w...

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! Li...

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,...

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 bestselli...

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 “...

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,...

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! SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFO...

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 wom...

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 po...

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, OND...

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 t...

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 timel...

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...

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,...

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 musc...