Getting To After: A Safe and Empowering Space for Midlife Women

This week, we're easing into 2026 with a grounded conversation about retreat, integration, and emotional capacity. No “new year, new you” pressure — just a gentle reset for midlife women who want to begin softly. Includes a full EFT tapping session for releasing urgency and reconnecting to steadiness. Listen in and breathe with us.

This last episode of 2025 is a mosaic — a year made of moments, challenges, breakthroughs, and the steady rhythm we found even when life was life-ing. In this conversation, we look back at the episodes that shaped us, the women who walked with us, and the lessons midlife kept placing in our hands. We talk about what it means to push through when everything feels loud, how resilience grows in the q...

This episode is a nervous system retreat — a soft, grounding space for midlife women who feel overstimulated, stretched thin, or emotionally unsafe. Inside, we guide you through gentle breathwork, somatic calming, sensory resets, essential oil support, boundary wisdom, and a full EFT tapping sequence. Think of it as a quiet room where your body can settle and your mind can breathe. This is your so...

Money carries stories — deep, inherited, and often unspoken. In this final episode of our  8 Ways to End Well  series, we explore the real emotional weight midlife women carry when it comes to money, generosity, safety, and survival mode. Inside the episode: • A grounded conversation about scarcity, responsibility, and the pressure to hold everything • How money fear lives in the body — tight ches...

Boundaries aren’t punishment — they’re protection with purpose. In Way 6 of our 8 Ways to End Well series, Chatone and Morganne explore why midlife women struggle with emotional limits, what the body reveals before the mind notices, and how to reclaim your peace with clarity and compassion. This episode includes a full EFT tapping sequence to help release guilt, honor your truth, and create bounda...

In this episode of Getting to After, we explore Way 5 of the 8 Ways to End Well — reconnecting with someone who once mattered. Midlife brings distance, transitions, and seasons that quietly reshape our relationships. Today we talk about how to reconnect gently, safely, and without pressure, especially when the year has felt long and heavy. We share why reconnection is so powerful for the midlife n...

Today’s episode is a loving, practical walk through  A–Z self-care  — 26 splurge-worthy ideas that help you nurture yourself before the year ends. Some take a whole day. Most take 30 minutes. All of them remind you that caring for yourself is not selfish or indulgent. It’s necessary. Inside this episode, we explore: • Why guilt shows up when women try to rest • The power of intentional self-care (...

Feeling tired but still pushing through? In this week’s  Getting to After  episode, Chatone Morrison and Morganne Bustos explore what  intentional rest  really means for midlife women — no guilt, no shame, no burnout. 💡 You’ll learn: • The difference between  resting and shutting down • How to listen when your body whispers “I’m tired” • Why overachievement and exhaustion often travel together •...

What if nourishment had nothing to do with diets — and everything to do with listening? This week on  Getting to After,  Chatone Morrison and Morganne Bustos explore what it really means to feed your body and your peace in midlife. For so many women, “nourishment” has become tangled with control, comparison, and guilt. But in this conversation, we’re rewriting that story. You’ll learn how to tune...

As 2025 winds down, this isn’t about rushing to finish strong — it’s about finishing  steady . In this episode, Chatone and Morganne walk through eight ways midlife women can close the year with calm, clarity, and compassion. From nourishment and rest to reconnection, boundaries, generosity, and money peace, this episode invites you to breathe, reflect, and release what no longer fits. 💜 No resol...

"This week’s Getting to After episode might be our most powerful yet. It’s a micro masterclass in learning how to reframe your words, regulate your body, and reclaim your calm. And yes, since it’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’re closing our Overcoming Silence 2025: Breaking Through Silence series with truth and tenderness. In this episode, Morganne and I walk you through four real-li...

With October being   Domestic Violence Awareness Month , this week on  Getting to After , we’re having a deeply honest talk about what it takes to rebuild—financially, emotionally, and energetically—after survival. Whether you’ve walked away from an abusive relationship or you’re simply facing a tough financial season, this episode offers comfort and clarity for every woman learning to trust herse...

Sometimes healing hurts before it helps. In this raw, unfiltered conversation,  Chatone Morrison  and  Morganne Bustos explore what it feels like to rebuild after invisible abuse — when shame lingers and the “new normal” feels foreign. This episode blends truth-telling with EFT tapping for releasing shame, rebuilding self-trust, and creating safety in your own body again. 💜 Recorded in real life...

What does violence look like when you can’t see it? This week, Chatone Morrison and Morganne Bustos open a new chapter of  Overcoming Silence  —  Breaking Through Silence.  They explore the unseen toll of emotional and psychological control, and guide you through grounding and EFT tapping for self-trust. ✨  Breaking Through Silence: Invisible Violence + EFT for Self-Trust  premieres  Tuesday, Oct...

We’re starting Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a full-circle moment. This episode revisits the original  Overcoming Silence  series—where Morganne Bustos first shared her story—and honors the courage it takes to speak out and heal. Join Chatone Morrison and Morganne for grounding, gentle reflection, and an EFT tapping sequence to release shame and reclaim your voice. 💜  Now streaming — “Ov...

Starting over isn’t failure — but in midlife, it can carry the heavy weight of shame. Whether it’s restarting a fitness journey, navigating menopause or perimenopause, or feeling like you’re “not where you thought you’d be,” those emotions are real. In this special guest episode of  Getting to After , Chatone and Morganne sit down with  Jessica Weinert — Midlife Fitness & Wellness Expert and t...

The school year brings traffic, car loops, and endless schedules — but for midlife women, those daily stressors are just the  entry point . Beneath the surface is something bigger: the hidden overload of responsibilities, the invisible work no one acknowledges, and the way seasonal change stirs up overwhelm in both body and mind. In this episode of  Getting to After , Chatone and Morganne keep it...

Welcome to Season 2 of Getting to After ! This first episode, “Put That Down!” , is all about emotional decluttering. Join hosts Chatone Morrison and Morganne Bustos as they explore: – What they had to release this summer (from downsizing to perfectionism) – Why midlife is the perfect time to stop carrying what doesn’t belong to you – Journal prompts to help you reflect – A guided tapping transfor...

We pride ourselves on multitasking — juggling meals, work, family, and endless to-dos. But in midlife, is multitasking actually helping us… or quietly exhausting us? In this week’s F.A.T.T. & Happy Tapping Tuesday Transformation , we tap through the pressure to “do it all” and reclaim presence. ⚠️ Note: Part of our video feed was corrupted this week, so most of this episode is audio only, but...

💜 Season 1 Finale 💜 The last  F.A.T.T. & Happy Tapping Transformation Tuesday  is here — and it’s also the finale of Season 1 of  Getting to After. This guided EFT session asks:  Is self-acceptance in midlife really possible?   Together we’ll tap to soften self-criticism, release comparison, and choose compassion. 🙏 Thank you for supporting the summer series  and  our first full season. Eve...

Midlife brings wisdom — but it also brings a lifetime of comparisons that can make us shrink to fit someone else’s frame. In this episode of F.A.T.T. & Happy Tapping Tuesday , we’re tapping through the moments that make us question our belonging and replacing them with grounded, authentic confidence. ✨ Tap along to: Release comparison Clear the fear of judgment Root into your own presence Aff...

Do you feel uncomfortable asking for help—even when you really need it? This week’s F.A.T.T. & Happy Tapping Transformation Tuesday is for every midlife woman who’s navigating the messy middle: 🔹 Changing needs 🔹 Shifting energy 🔹 And a world that still expects you to hold it all down like you’re 25 In this gentle EFT session, we’ll tap through: – The shame of needing more than you used to...

Ever feel stuck in a swirl of too many ideas… and no clear next move? In this episode of F.A.T.T. & Happy Tapping Tuesday , we’re releasing the pressure to “figure it all out” and practicing something gentler— presence over perfection. This guided EFT tapping transformation will help you move from mental overload to grounded action, one step at a time. ✨ Inside this session: – Calming breathw...

🎙️ New Episode Alert – FATT & Happy Tapping Tuesday This week’s episode is for midlife women navigating one of the most tender transitions: 💔 When your children are “almost grown” but you’re still carrying them in your heart. Inside this episode: ✨ EFT tapping to release guilt, worry, and comparison ✨ Emotional permission to let go—without letting them go ✨ Reminders that you still deserve...

In this special F.A.T.T. and Happy Tapping Tuesday episode, we’re focusing on the woman who’s tired — but scared to rest. Maybe that’s you. This is your  Permission to Pause. No topic, no talk — just EFT tapping to help you breathe, release guilt, and reset without losing yourself. Whether you’re navigating chronic illness, menopause, caregiving, or burnout, this is your sacred slowdown space. You...