Fate, Forty, and Beyond

What Happens When You Stop Apologizing for Who You Are? This week Gen sits down with Trinity Peterson — owner of Esoteria LLC, tarot reader of 31 years, registered behavioral technician, spiritual guide, and someone who recovers out loud so other people don't have to die in silence. What starts as a live tarot reading turns into one of the most wide-ranging, honest conversations this show has had....

What is Chiron in Taurus — and why does it matter so much in midlife? In this mini episode, Gen breaks down one of the most significant astrological shifts in years — Chiron moving into Taurus — and explains exactly why it's especially powerful for women in their 40s and 50s. No astrology background needed. Just an open heart and a willingness to look at the beliefs about worth that have been runn...

What's the Real Difference Between Magic and Manifestation? This week, Gen sits down with Sunshine Witchski — known as Sunshine the Pink Haired Sober Witch — host of the Sober Witch Life Podcast, author of Sober Witch Life and The Recovery Grimoire , and founder of a growing recovery coven movement. In recovery from alcohol use disorder since 2019 (with roots going back to 2015), Sunshine brings a...

In this solo mini episode of Fate Forty and Beyond , Gen explores how tarot can be used as a powerful tool for self-reflection and decision-making. Rather than treating tarot as fortune-telling, Gen explains how symbolic imagery can help uncover thoughts, emotions, fears, and truths that may already exist beneath the surface. Drawing from her own experience as a tarot reader and spiritual practiti...

I Wasn't Buried...I Was Planted What happens when life knocks you down — not once, but twice, twenty years apart? In this episode, Gen sits down with Irene Vaksberg , a Soviet-born immigrant, hairdresser, mother, grandmother, and soul inspirer whose story will stop you in your tracks. At 23, Irene was pulled from a crushed car by the Jaws of Life — and had a full near-death experience where she me...

The Identity Hangover | Ep. 24 When Who You Were No Longer Fits — And Who You're Becoming Hasn't Arrived Yet Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like a stranger was staring back? In this mini episode, Gen dives into the "identity hangover" — that disorienting in-between space that so many women hit in midlife, when the roles that defined them no longer fit, but the next version of themselv...

What happens when two women who found each other in an online woo community finally sit down to talk — really talk? Pure magic. In this episode of Fate Forty and Beyond, Gen sits down with writer Michelle Angone for one of the most honest, wide-ranging conversations you'll hear all year. From coming out of the broom closet in your 30s to tracking the Mother Goddess all the way back through history...

Gen opens up about a personal struggle — a project that brought her to tears — and uses it to explore why showing up for ourselves consistently is one of the most spiritual, scientific, and emotionally profound things we can do in midlife. She weaves together neuroscience, psychology, and wisdom from spiritual traditions worldwide to reframe consistency not as a productivity hack, but as a devotio...

In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Gen sits down with Caren Paskel, self-evolution coach, author, and yoga teacher who transformed profound loss into a blueprint for radical reinvention. After losing her husband to brain cancer, her yoga studios during the pandemic, and eventually her home in Detroit, Caren didn't just rebuild — she completely reimagined what her life could look like. Now...

In this mini episode, Gen responds to a listener question that stopped her in her tracks. Their question: how do you know what's grief psychosis and what's real? Gen's answer is warm, grounding, and deeply personal. Gen walks listeners through six of the most common signs that someone is opening up to mediumship, including clairaudience, knowing when someone has passed before being told, visitatio...

In Episode 19 of Fate, Forty, and Beyond , Gen welcomes Lisa Eva Zack — mother of five, women's advocate, and founder of a new nonprofit — for a conversation that moves from tarot cards to theology to tiny homes and back again. Lisa shares how a breaking point at work and the end of her second marriage became a catalyst for total reinvention, leading her toward a deeper trust in intuition and a mi...

What if the reason manifesting hasn't fully clicked for you is that you've only been working with one law out of twelve? In this mini episode, Gen breaks down all 12 Universal Laws — rooted in Hermetic philosophy dating back to ancient Egypt — and brings each one into the context of midlife. This is ancient knowledge made practical for women who are deep in the work of reinvention. From the Law of...

Sometimes midlife doesn’t look anything like what we thought it would. In this episode, Gen sits down with Denean for a deeply honest conversation about grief, recovery, rebuilding after loss, and what it means to keep going when life has completely changed shape. What starts as a tarot reading unfolds into a real conversation about widowhood, addiction recovery, abusive relationships, friendship...

Perfectionism isn’t who you are. It’s something you learned to survive. In this mini episode, Gen shares a raw and honest reflection on what happens when perfectionism stops working in midlife. Through the lens of the Star and Judgment tarot cards, she breaks down the moment where everything clicks. The moment you realize you’re exhausted from trying to be everything for everyone. This isn’t about...

What happens when two women in midlife stop pretending they have it all figured out and just tell the truth? In this episode, Gen sits down with holistic nutritionist and kinesiologist Candace Swanson for a tarot-led conversation that opens into something deeper. They talk business expansion, parenting later in life, health wake-up calls, emotional boundaries, addiction, intuition, and what it mea...

Tarot is one of those things almost everyone recognizes, but very few people actually understand. In this mini episode, I break down what tarot really is and what it isn’t. Moving beyond the dramatic fortune telling stereotypes we see in movies, I explain the real origins of tarot, which began as a card game in 1400s Italy before evolving into a symbolic system people now use for reflection and in...

This episode is a real-time tarot reading that turns into something much deeper. What starts as a conversation about feeling stuck and waiting on a big life decision becomes an honest exploration of midlife burnout, identity shifts, and that restless “what now?” energy so many of us hit in our late 40s. Instead of dramatic predictions, the message is simple and grounding: come back to basics. Safe...

You’re not too sensitive. You’re overexposed. In this episode, I talk about what it means to be an empath in the algorithm age. The nonstop scrolling, the emotional intensity, and how our nervous systems were never built for this level of input. I share how midlife adds another layer. We’re already carrying so much. Then we log on and absorb everyone else’s emotions too. Of course we’re tired. Thi...

Midlife doesn’t have to be a crisis. For May, it’s been a full-on awakening. In this reading and conversation, we talk about the moment your identity stops being “mom, worker, partner” and starts becoming you again. The real you. The one who wants to try everything, stop settling, and actually enjoy the life you’ve built. We get into procrastination, ADHD wiring, self-worth, recovery, rebuilding c...

Speaking my truth has never been the hard part. Staying regulated while I do it has. In this mini episode, I share what I’ve learned about honesty, nervous system safety, and why speaking up can feel like danger even when the words are right. I talk about timing, pausing without guilt, and letting go of the idea that truth has to be intense or immediate. This is a reflection on slowing down, liste...

A tarot reading turns into an honest conversation about living inside uncertainty. Laura opens up about facing a cancer recurrence, the loneliness of waiting, and how it changes what matters. Gen shares her own anxiety and how sobriety reshaped her ability to handle the unknown. Together they talk self-worth, support systems, eldest daughter pressure, and letting what doesn’t matter fall away. TIM...

Most women know exactly how to love everyone else. We just forget to include ourselves. In this mini episode, Gen flips the conversation around love languages. Not how you give them to others, but how you offer them to yourself. Because when your own love language goes unmet, you start outsourcing your needs and burning out quietly. Gen walks through all five love languages and shows how neglect,...

This episode is the heart of Fate 40 and Beyond . Gen sits down with Suzanne, a massage therapist and energy healer whose quiet wisdom helped spark the idea for the podcast itself. What starts as a reading turns into a deep, honest conversation about nervous system healing, divine timing, relationships that feel safe, and the courage it takes to stop making yourself small. They talk about manifest...

Feeling behind in your weekly plans? Miss a deadline and immediately spiral? This mini episode is for you. In this episode of Fate, Forty, and Beyond , I talk honestly about pausing instead of pushing through… and why rest in your 40s isn’t laziness, failure, or lost momentum. We talk about: Why consistency without flexibility leads to burnout How Gen X conditioning taught us to ignore our bodies...

This episode is an honest, grounded conversation about midlife, recovery, and reclaiming personal power. Gen and Jennifer sit down for a tarot-led discussion that naturally unfolds into spirituality, sobriety, and what it means to trust yourself again in your 40s. Using the Six of Wands as an anchor, they explore aging with confidence, releasing expectations, and embracing who you are right now. J...