More Like Herself: Honest Conversations for Women in Midlife

Have you ever felt lonely…and at the very same time had absolutely no desire to socialize? I've noticed this contradiction creeping into my own life more and more in my 40s. I can long for connection while also wanting more quiet, more space, and less socializing than I used to. So what exactly are we looking for when we say we're lonely? In this episode of More Like Herself , I'm wond...

There are parts of ourselves we can lose touch with so gradually that we don’t even realize we miss them. Life changes. We move. Our kids grow. Responsibilities shift. Routines take over. And things that once felt like such a natural part of who we are can quietly disappear from our lives. Until one day, we encounter one of them again. And something inside us wakes up. In this episode, we’re talki...

Somewhere along the way, many of us got really good at pushing ourselves. We learned how to get things done, hold things together, figure things out, and keep moving. But in midlife, I’ve been wondering if that same strategy can start making the things we care about feel heavier than they need to. A desire to feel stronger becomes pressure about our body. Wanting to feel closer to someone becomes...

There’s a phrase so many of us say in midlife: “I just want to feel like myself again.” But lately I’ve been wondering—what if we’re so busy looking back at who we used to be that we’re missing who we’re becoming? We talk a lot about what getting older changes or takes from us. But there are things these years are giving us, too—things we couldn’t have rushed our way into. A richer perspective. Mo...

We spend so much of our lives trying to figure things out. We plan, analyze, anticipate, problem-solve, and search for the right answer—especially when something feels uncertain. And our minds are incredibly useful. But what happens when we ask them to give us something they simply can’t guarantee: certainty about our future, our children, our relationships, our finances, our faith—or whether ever...

If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s, there’s no shortage of advice about how you should be taking care of yourself. Eat more protein. Try fasting. Lift heavier. Don’t eat too late. Get more fiber. Protect your sleep. Lower your stress. Some of that information can be incredibly helpful. But at what point does caring for our health become so loud that we can’t hear ourselves anymore? In this episo...

Because I Like It: Making Room for Things That Don't Need a Purpose When did simply enjoying something stop feeling like a good enough reason to do it? So much of our time can become about accomplishing, improving, measuring, or getting something done—and when we're tired from all that doing, it's easy to default to whatever requires the least from us. But there's a whole territory...

Whose Life Are You Paying Attention To? It’s easy to become an expert on someone else’s patterns. What they’re thinking. How they might react. Why they keep doing what they do. And sometimes, without realizing it, we can spend so much of our precious attention there that there’s very little left for our own lives. In this episode, I’m talking honestly about something I’m still learning myself: the...

Have you ever tried to believe something new about yourself... only to have your brain immediately reject it? Maybe the problem isn't that you're failing. Maybe you're trying to leap across a canyon when lasting change was always meant to happen one believable step at a time. In this episode, I explore why our brains hold so tightly to the stories we've lived for decades, why &quot...

When we look around at our lives and see so much to be grateful for, why do we sometimes still feel like we're not enjoying them the way we thought we would? In this episode, I explore the quiet guilt so many women carry in midlife when a beautiful life doesn't always feel the way we expected it would. Together, we'll look at how our expectations, grief, changing seasons, faith, and ev...

What if one of the medicines we've been searching for has been beside us all along? In midlife, many of us spend so much time looking for ways to feel better—better sleep, hormones, nutrition, routines—that we can quietly overlook one of our greatest gifts: one another. Why do certain conversations leave us feeling lighter? Why does connection become harder in this season of life? What is it a...

Have you ever said, "I'm fine," when you really weren't? Or answered, "I don't care," before you've even stopped to ask yourself if you actually do? Many women in midlife find themselves feeling more frustrated, disconnected, or resentful—but what if those feelings aren't just about hormones, stress, or everything on your plate? In this episode, we're ex...

For many of us, our body slowly becomes something we manage instead of someone we care for. We measure it. Criticize it. Push it. Compare it. We chase numbers, productivity, and expectations, often without realizing we've started treating our own body like a project instead of a partner. In this deeply personal episode, I share how my own relationship with my body has been changing through mid...

Imagine standing in the middle of a long road. For the first time, you pause long enough to look behind you at the life you've already lived... and then ahead to the road that's still waiting for you. That's what midlife can feel like. It can bring gratitude and grief, joy and disappointment, hope and uncertainty—all at the same time. In this episode, we're exploring why this seaso...

I'm Not in a Hurry Have you ever noticed how often your mind is rushing, even when your body isn't? The text message that feels like it needs an immediate response. The to-do list that never seems to end. The pressure to get through your day so you can finally relax—only to realize you've rushed through the very moments you wanted to enjoy. In this episode, I explore what I've rece...

We spend so much energy trying to get rid of uncomfortable feelings. Stress. Anxiety. Uncertainty. Overwhelm. Disappointment. Especially in midlife, when life often feels heavier and our emotional bandwidth isn't always what it once was, it's easy to start believing that every difficult feeling is a problem to solve. But what if that's not true? In this episode, we're exploring the...

Today's honest conversation is about how we, as women in midlife, have perfected the practice of spending so much time remembering our mistakes, regrets, and shortcomings that we forget the rest of the story. In this episode, we're talking about the evidence we carry against ourselves, the truths we've overlooked, and why becoming more like ourselves may have less to do with changing a...

Have you ever felt exhausted from carrying so much for so long? In this episode, we're talking about the often-overlooked practice of receiving. Many of us have spent years giving, serving, helping, working, and pushing forward—but what happens when we forget how to receive? Together, we'll explore why so many women in midlife feel depleted, why receiving can feel uncomfortable, and how le...

In this episode of More Like Herself, I'm sharing a personal breakthrough I had during a particularly difficult week. When my hormones, emotions, and self-doubt were running high, I found myself trying harder, pushing harder, and holding myself to expectations that simply didn't fit the reality of where I was. Then I remembered a quote by Byron Katie: "When you argue with reality, you lose. But on...

In this first episode of More Like Herself, I’m sharing why I felt called to create this space for women in midlife. We talk about some of the things we are facing in this season and how messy it can feel, but also the truth that nothing has gone wrong. I share one small shift to begin practicing: curiosity instead of judgment. My hope is that through these honest conversations, women feel less al...