Halfway To Dead, A Midlife Spiritual Journey

Fear can be loud, especially when it’s been dressed up as “faith,” “being good,” or “just how life works.” I’m joined by my new friend Marcia Wakeman, author of SoulFullJoy: A Better Path and her story hits on something so many of us carry into midlife: the moment you realize you’re done living by rules that crush your spirit. Marcia grew up in an oppressive, cult-like religious environment and st...

Your job title, your relationship status, your “role” in the family, even your reputation in a community can feel like an identity, until life changes and suddenly you are asking, “Who am I without that?” We go straight into that uncomfortable question with Marcia, pulling lessons from her book Soulfulloy and the “10 things I wish I’d known” that can save you years of stress, people pleasing, and...

Forty-two shadows in the house, voices overlapping in the dark, and a nurse practitioner seriously wondering if she’s breaking down. That’s where Shannon Keef’s story turns from unsettling to unforgettable and it’s also where so many midlife spiritual awakening stories quietly begin: at the edge of exhaustion, when you just want peace and sleep and a normal life. Shannon joins me to talk about wha...

A mediumship reading sounds mysterious until you hear how it actually unfolds, step by step, with real emotion and oddly specific details. We share bonus audio with Shannon as she opens a shamanic “sacred space,” connects through the eighth chakra, and invites in Spirit, higher selves, and guides for the highest good. What follows isn’t vague comfort. It’s a reading that moves through recognizable...

You can be successful on paper and still feel stuck, restless, or quietly miserable. That tension is exactly where Patricia Noel Drain and I meet: the moment you realize midlife isn’t the beginning of the end, it’s the opening of your most honest chapter. Patricia is the author of 14 books and a longtime business mentor who helps women entrepreneurs over 50 step fully into their value and create t...

Your life can look fine on paper and still feel like it’s quietly falling apart on the inside. That tension is where Pamela Downes' story begins, and it’s why her path hits so hard for anyone navigating a midlife spiritual awakening, grief, or a major identity shift. Pamela is a mother, entrepreneur, and former corporate leader who never expected to become a channeler, yet she now works as a...

A raw channeled transmission can feel weird, moving, and strangely calming all at once and that’s exactly why we decided to share this unedited bonus with Pamela Downes. Before the message even begins, we walk you through what to expect: no edits during the channeling, possible voice changes, and light language that may not sound like any spoken language you know. If you’ve been curious about chan...

CLICK TO FIND OUT YOUR HUMAN DESIGN TYPE If you’ve hit midlife and realized you’re done managing everyone’s feelings while ignoring your own nervous system, this conversation is for you. Jen sits down with Tracy Poizner the creator of Space Time Alchemy, to explore a surprisingly grounded blend of consciousness work and energy medicine using Bach Flower Essences. We start with the basics: what Bac...

Comedy is not just for the stage, it’s a tool for power, healing, and being heard. Jen sits down with comic, culture-shifting producer, and journalist Lynn Harris, founder and CEO of Gold Comedy, to talk about why humor matters so much in midlife and why getting funnier can change how you feel about yourself and how the world responds to you. When you can make people laugh, you can make people lis...

Confusion can feel like chemistry when you’re lonely, healing, or newly back in the dating pool, but it’s often the loudest signal that someone is emotionally unavailable. Jen sits down with intuitive dating coach Truly Eleanor to talk about midlife dating with honesty and zero tolerance for games, especially when you’re also navigating a spiritual awakening, rebuilding self-worth, and refusing to...

Something weird happens in midlife: you stop tolerating the noise, and you start noticing the signal. That’s the energy Jen brings to this conversation with Melissa Pharr, a professional evidential spiritual medium who didn’t grow up “born gifted,” didn’t chase the label, and still calls herself a skeptic. Melissa shares the real story behind her spiritual awakening, the identity shifts that crack...

Melissa Pharr guides a short sit in the power practice to help you relax, clear your mind, and become more receptive to subtle intuitive impressions. We also share how images, sounds, feelings, and sudden knowings can bring real clarity, including perspective shifts that support healing and less fear. • focusing on the breath without controlling it to settle the mind • using the exhale as a cleans...

Midlife can feel like a breaking point, but it can also be the cleanest turning point you’ve ever had: fewer excuses, sharper intuition, and a real hunger for peace. We sit down with Sue Elliott, a longtime angel coach and the author of My Angel Coach, to talk about how divine guidance can move from “woo-woo” to something you actually use when you’re stressed, stuck, or trying to make a big decisi...

The world feels loud, reactive, and engineered to pull your attention into fear. We sit down with angel coach Sue Elliott to get a different playbook: stop feeding what destabilizes you and come back to the only place your power actually lives, right now. Sue shares “harmony vs turbulence” as a simple way to track your internal state, then walks through practical nervous system tools you can use o...

Something weird happens in midlife: the old scripts stop working, the noise gets louder, and the truth gets harder to ignore. I sit down with award-winning author and serial entrepreneur Kris Land to talk about what comes after that crack in the surface, when a spiritual awakening starts pulling you toward the divine within and you’re not sure whether you’re losing it or finally waking up. Kis sha...

Jen shares her first psilocybin experience with honesty and a ton of vulnerability. She used to be the person who did literally not a drug in the world, then midlife cracked her open and she felt a real pull toward psilocybin for healing and growth, not for a fun “trip.”  What followed was a six-hour guided psilocybin journey with trusted sitters, a sacred container, and a lot of honesty about wha...

Ever feel like different versions of you are steering the wheel at once? We dive into Internal Family Systems as a clear, compassionate way to understand those inner voices—your managers who keep things tidy, the firefighters who rush in to stop pain fast, and the exiles who carry old wounds you’ve been trying not to feel. With Jen, Ang, and Tam at the table, we map how Self with a capital S shows...

What if the fastest way to heal our relationships—and our politics—starts with honoring feminine wisdom? I sit down with Dr. Michelle “Shelley” Takei, transpersonal psychologist and author of SHE-Q: Why Women Should Mentor Men and Change the World, to explore how empathy, intuition, and embodied spirituality became undervalued—and how we bring them back with courage and clarity. We trace the long...

What if your next chapter is already speaking to you through simple shapes and colors? We sit down with Michele Takei (Shelley), a transpersonal psychologist and owner-trainer of the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI), to unpack how a Jungian, intuition-led tool can reveal where you are now and where your energy wants to move next—without collapsing your story into a diagnosis. Instead...

Ready to trade barns and blinders for open fields? We dive into the rare Fire Horse year and show how to turn its heat into momentum—without burning your life down. Think fierce independence, bold creativity, and steady, controlled action that makes space for the truest version of you. We start with a vivid image of the wild horse and layer on the fire element to frame 2026 as a season of initiati...

New year, new cycle, real momentum. We bring back fan favorite psychic medium and Akashic Records reader Joe Figueras to chart the energetic weather of 2026 and translate it into moves you can actually make. This is a Universal Year One—fresh ground for intentions that will echo across the next nine years—and Joe shows how to calculate your personal year and personal months so you know when to sta...

Ever felt wildly awake and yet still stuck answering emails and feeding the dog? That dissonance is the integration gap—the space between a life-changing insight and a life that actually reflects it. We explore how midlife awakening dismantles old lenses like people pleasing and approval chasing while leaving the ordinary scaffolding—jobs, bills, relationships—intact, and how to live honestly insi...

The quiet ache you feel isn’t failure—it’s a summons. We trace a clear, human path through the six phases of spiritual awakening in midlife, weaving Jen’s personal catalysts with grounded tools that trade chaos for clarity. From the first jolt of “there has to be more” to the steady hum of alignment, this conversation demystifies awakening and makes it practical: how to explore new practices witho...

We unpack spiritual bypassing and show how positivity without emotional work keeps you stuck. We share grounded tools to face hard feelings, do shadow work, and build authentic spiritual practices that strengthen relationships and growth. • definition of spiritual bypassing and why it persists • common signs including positivity as avoidance and identity labels • mismatch between words and energy...

Feeling “fine” on paper but lousy in real life? We dig into why so many midlife women are dismissed by normal lab results and how functional medicine maps what’s actually going on—hormones, gut health, sleep, stress, and blood sugar—so you can finally feel like yourself again. Our guest, family nurse practitioner Andrea “Annie” Rorabaugh, breaks down the tools she uses to get real results without...