Butterfly Days w Tami Jorden

Have you ever wondered if it is too late to start protecting your brain? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Christine Despres, a registered nurse of over 30 years and founder of The Wellness Navigator, to talk about why midlife is actually the most powerful window you will ever have to transform your brain health. Christine shares her own story of discovering she carries...

Wellness culture is everywhere. Optimize your body, extend your life, chase the protocol. But what if midlife is asking us a completely different question? In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami gets real about the wellness and longevity industrial complex and what it quietly sells to women in midlife: the idea that aging is a problem to solve. She makes the case for ikigai, the Japanese con...

Are you tired of the hot girl hamster wheel? The endless products, the procedures you heard about from a friend, the serum you bought because an influencer said so? And still not loving what you see in the mirror? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Dr. Mary Alice Mina, a Harvard-trained, double board-certified dermatologist and host of the globally ranked podcast The Ski...

What would you do if you knew exactly how much time you had left? What would you finally say? What would you stop tolerating and what would you stop postponing? In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami draws on a decade of hospice volunteer work to ask the one question that has the power to cut through all the noise. She explores what the Stoics knew about facing mortality, why the dying teach...

Have you spent decades producing, achieving, and saying yes to everything and everyone except yourself? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Johanna Danaher, founder of Anchor to Aspire and former 25-year corporate leader at Pfizer, to talk about the pivot that so many midlife women are standing at right now. Johanna shares how to grieve what you are leaving behind, redisc...

You asked, and I listened. After Episode 36, AI Is Not the Enemy, the response floored me. Women came back in droves with questions, concerns, and stories of trying AI for the very first time. In this follow-up solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami tackles the three biggest concerns head-on, including the tough one about energy and land use, and then keeps moving because your time is valuable. She...

What if the answers you've been searching for have been inside you all along? In this episode of Butterfly Days , Tami Jorden sits down with Carla Calderas, counselor, healing coach, and author of Healing Is Within You , to talk about what it really means to heal in midlife. Carla brings together therapy, coaching, and her own lived experience to help women move from stuck and surviving to free an...

What if the most powerful thinking partner you've ever had has been waiting quietly on your phone this whole time? In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami gets real about AI, the anxiety surrounding it, and why GenX and GenJones women are not behind. They are exactly on time. She breaks down how AI actually works for real women in real life: from decoding medical lab results and building pers...

Have you ever wondered why you keep reaching for things that don't actually help? Why do the same patterns keep showing up no matter how many times you say you're done with them? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Lori Montry, somatic healing practitioner and author of You're Not the Problem, to talk about what's really driving your behavior and how to finally stop fight...

Some friendships are worth fighting for. And some have simply run their natural course. Deep down, you already know it.  In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami gets real about the friendships that nourish us and the ones we've quietly outgrown, and why learning the difference is one of the wisest, most loving things a woman in midlife can do. She explores the concept of the "wish friendship,...

In this honest and important episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Anissa Hudak, Founder and Director of the Phoenix Women Healing Institute. Anissa specializes in empowering women to heal from sexual trauma and reclaim their inner strength. In this conversation, Anissa explains how sexual trauma can resurface during perimenopause and menopause – and how women can begin to heal dur...

Change shows up everywhere in midlife. Sometimes, it can feel like that's the whole game for GenX and GenJones women. And while you might be good at adapting, it's exhausting. So on this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden shares a few grounded reminders – some small steps – to help you move through change without overwhelm. Sister, if you feel frozen or stalled out, this is the encouragement y...

If you've ever felt bone-deep exhaustion or burnt-out numbness, you're not alone. But life over 50 doesn't have to be this way. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden chats with Dr. Julie Merriman, a PhD, professor, and counselor who helps high-achieving women over 50 go from "emotionally done" to radiantly alive. Together, they discuss the sneaky reasons for burnout in women over 50, how...

Have you ever wondered why you see the world the way you do? Why certain expectations feel so natural – like they're baked into you – while others feel like pressure you never consciously agreed to? Your generation didn't just shape your life; it shaped what you were told to value, and that matters more than you think. On this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden clarifies what Gen Jones is, how...

What if in midlife, you could ditch feeling like a doormat and start feeling like the precious diamond you are? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden has a heart-to-heart with Shawna Marie Bryant, a speaker, author, and podcaster who empowers women to step out of exhaustion and into freedom and fulfillment. Shawna shares her own story of saying "no more" to being a doormat, how boundaries...

We're going there – we're gonna talk about hospice. Before you click away or tense up, understand that the hospice conversation is not about dying. It's about how we care when caring matters most. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden explains what hospice is (and what it isn't), how it's different from traditional medical care, and how to know when it might be time to ask about hospice....

If you're in midlife, chances are you've found yourself part of the Sandwich Generation – the generation caring for both their kids and their parents. But things can get infinitely more complicated when one or more of your parents are diagnosed with dementia. This is a road that Nicole J. Smith has walked not once, but with three parents at once. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden inte...

"You are meant for connection. You are worthy of love. You deserve to belong."   These words from Florence Ann Romano hold a truth we often forget, especially in the later chapters of life. Florence Ann Romano, celebrated keynote speaker, author of Build Your Village, and popular media voice on creating community, joins Tami Jorden on Butterfly Days to explore what it means to intentionally build...

Behind every accomplished woman is a story – and Kristen Hartnagel, a keynote speaker and personal branding strategist, is no different. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Kristen shares the story of losing her parents and sister and how the grief shaped her. She talks about the healing power of music, how she takes joy seriously, and how she keeps imagination and creativity alive at age 60. Tune...

Our culture constantly tells us that aging is shameful and must be avoided at all costs. But what if aging and menopause are not problems to be fixed, but something beautiful to embrace? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden challenges the shame, honors the complexity of menopause, and reframes what it really means to thrive in our 50s and beyond. 🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack ,...

How do you start dating again after 50? What does it take to attract the right person? And honestly, where have all the good ones gone? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden gets the scoop from Love Coach and Dating Expert Lisa Copeland on all things dating after 50 for women. From why you have to approach dating in your 50s differently from dating in your 20s, to what men over 50 are rea...

If you're a GenX or Boomer woman who's part of the Sandwich Generation – the generation adjusting to an empty nest and caring for aging parents – this episode of Butterfly Days is for you. Tami Jorden gets real about this bittersweet time juggling caregiving and dealing with shifting parenting roles – while also giving a call to reframe the journey as beautiful and sacred. Tune in to hear her enco...

If you're a mom of an estranged adult child, you might have felt the loneliness and shame that can come with family estrangement. But there is hope for reconciliation. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Sally Harris, expert and coach for moms of estranged adult children, to discuss what can cause child estrangement, how to know if you're in the cycle of rejection, and wh...

January is always a great time to look forward and choose a word that will characterize your new year. For Tami Jorden in 2026, that word is Mastery. This is the year she'll stop hesitating and asking for permission, and instead start considering herself worthy and living what she knows. It's time for you to do the same. Tune in to lean into mastery and fully show up as yourself in 2026. 🦋 Subscr...

For too long, our system has told women what wellness plans they should follow: how to eat, what exercise regiments to obey, and what new fads to try for optimum health (looking at you, HRT, peptides, and GLP-1). But what if the answer to long-term health involved slowing down and taking a big picture look at the body? Today on Butterfly Days, expert women's wellness and empowerment coach Erin Tri...