Magnificent Midlife

A very special 100th episode of the podcast as I welcome the first man on to the podcast, my husband Mark Estdale, who has shared my Magnificent Midlife journey over the last sixteen years. We talk about: Our support animal How I managed to persuade Mark to come on my podcast How Ashton Applewhite's words on ageism impacted us both The importance of learning and being open as we move through midli...

Clarissa Kristjansson is a Mindfulness and Menopause expert, author of The Mindful Menopause, and host of the brilliant Thriving Thru Menopause podcast. She's on a mission to change the way women approach menopause and aging. The last time we got together, we had such a brilliant conversation, on her podcast, I just had to share her with you. We both get quite hot under the collar about a lot of t...

Dr Christine Li is the Procrastination Coach. She's a clinical psychologist who helps people find their creativity, confidence and calm. She has a wonderful podcast called Make Time For Success. Why do we so easily get in our own way? Why is it easier to procrastinate and what can we do about that? Listen in to find out how we can realize our personal power. This is a very fun and empowering episo...

I interview Person Irresponsible, the incognito author of Everything You Ever Taught Me, about her solo trek along the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada and her experience of being an alcoholic. This is a hilarious and very inspiring interview, with incredible vulnerability, wit and wisdom from PI. This amazing woman walked 2,650 miles, carried everything she needed on her back and did 70%...

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn is a physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist, and founder of Keep the Adventure Alive. She specializes in osteoarthritis treatment because she found people were getting premature surgeries and ending up with life-changing pain in their 40s and 50s because of this condition. She says this can be prevented when you know what options you have and other ways you can find pain...

Tonya Carter is a Relationship Transformation Coach. She's full of wisdom about relationships, coping through divorce and also just about who we are and can become as we go through life. She's the author of "Divorce Your Story: A Woman's Guide to ‎Heal & Thrive after Divorce" and she runs a 12-week Program called (T.H.R.I.V.E) that stretches ‎women to look within to awaken their voice, evolve rela...

Have you ever wanted to do something completely different to what you actually do? My guest Dr Kristina Dervaitis is an obstetrician and gynecologist who has reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter and released a beautiful new album. Now she does both her passions and has modified her life to make that work. She's battled with imposter syndrome and gone ahead with her dreams, and the result is s...

Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse Laura Davis is the author of 6 non-fiction books which have sold more than 1.8 million copies. She's talking here mainly about her latest book, her first memoir: The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story. I finished the book the day before recording, and was profoundly moved by it. I was also very tearful. I'm grateful to Laura for sharing her story and...

Jo Pybus is a writer, feminist and what she calls late-onset to many things. She's an Ironman (Ironwoman) and represented Australia in triathlon and cycling in her 40s. She's latterly become a writer and a champion for raising awareness of menopause. Her mantra is better late than never! We talk about: What inspires Jo and what being late onset means to her Why Jo set herself extreme physical chal...

Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugh Wurlitzer are the founders of Red School and the authors of Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power. These two remarkable women have a book on menopause coming out in 2022 and I can't wait! This is such an empowering conversation about the innate power of women. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! We talk about:...

Vicky Midwood is a health, nutrition, and lifestyle coach who specializes in helping people with disordered eating or drinking. I know this is an issue for many women, especially as a coping mechanism in midlife, so I'm delighted to share Vicky's wisdom and experience on tackling this. We talk about: The difference between disordered eating and addictive behavior The common signs of disordered eat...

Nicki Williams is a nutritionist, author, speaker, and women's health expert. She's the author of the excellent book, It's Not You, It's Your Hormones. We often focus mainly on our sex hormones, but there are lots more to consider, especially in midlife. We talk about: How Nicki first got interested in hormones How unprepared she was for the changes of perimenopause Why we need to consider more ho...

Deb Johnstone is a transformational coach, a professional speaker, a mindset coach amongst other things, and recently, a qualified yoga coach. She especially works to help women rediscover themselves in midlife. This podcast is full of wisdom for how we can live our very best lives in midlife and beyond. We talk about: Why and how Deb moved from the UK to Australia Coping when the kids leave home...

Breeda Bermingham is a social entrepreneur, founder of the Midlife Women Rock Project and has just published a wonderful book Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation.  She's a former midwife and nurse so she knows a lot about women's health. She also went back to full-time education at 49 and completed a psychology degree and a master's in sociology. Pretty impressive huh! This...

A solo episode with Rachel talking about her just-published book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond! She talks about: The difficulties of writing a book Midlife as so much more than just menopause How once we get the messy stuff sorted, we can create a magnificent next chapter Why she wrote the book and what's in it How her early menopause diagnosis became the...

Susan Saunders is the co-author of the best-selling book, The Age-Well Project, and author of her latest book, The Age-Well Plan which is a blueprint for how to age well. Susan's already been on the podcast to tell us all about what we can do to age well. That was Episode 76. This time, we're going to talk specifically about what we can do to promote our brain health. We talk about: Why brain heal...

Mariann Aalda is an American actress, a performance artist, a stand-up comedian, and an age-full evangelist. She considers age to be her superpower and is determined we should all age shamelessly. We talk about: Eliminating ageism by being age-full Mariann's career in acting What helped Mariann get back into acting Clubhouse as an important platform that gives everyone a voice Mariann's views on m...

Karen Skidmore is a marketing consultant and business advisor with a particular interest in helping midlife women scale their small businesses without burning out. She's also had a lot of reinventions as she has moved through her midlife shifts. We talk about: How Karen successfully made the transition from working in a corporate world to building her own business Why Karen was always ahead of the...

Michelle Weidenbenner is an author, speaker, and podcaster. She's also the proud mother of a recovering addict. She has made it her mission to help other mothers of addicts.  We talk about: Michelle's story and how she came to do what she does How she came to terms with what was happening in her family and how she dealt with it How Michelle advises women to cope and deal with their child's addicti...

Meet Alexandra Boyd, a woman of many talents! She's an actress, in Mr Holland's Opus, Titanic, and Coronation Street to name just a very few, a screenwriter and film director, a video games icon, a singer, and a campaigner. She's also been incredibly brave recently in her personal life for love! We talk about: How she crossed the ocean for love in midlife How she made the decision to give up one l...

Maryon Stewart is known as the pioneer of the natural menopause movement. She created a non-drug but scientifically based program to overcome issues associated with menopause and has helped thousands of women. She's written 28 books and is also a campaigner for education around drugs. She's made it her mission to ensure women have all the information they need to manage menopause effectively witho...

My guest today is Ricki Heller, cookbook author, holistic nutritionist and anti-candida crusader. She's the ultimate expert, I reckon, on making dietary restrictions work, whether because you have to for health reasons or you just want to. She's completely plant-based, sugar-free and still eats the most amazing food. This episode covers a wide range of foods you may need or want to restrict in you...

Meet Rebecca Robertson, an independent financial advisor who set up her own business, Evolution Financial Planning specifically to empower women financially. She's passionate about helping women get more financially secure. She's also convinced the world will be a much better place if more of its wealth is in the hands of women, who are then able to make better decisions with it. We talk about: •...

An interview with Elizabeth Solaru, the founder of Elizabeth's Cake Emporium and maker of luxury wedding cakes. Elizabeth has a fascinating story to tell about multiple reinventions including a new one accelerated by the global pandemic. She's the mistress of creating opportunity out of challenge. We talk about: Elizabeth's careers before cake-making Being a microbiologist and working for the heal...

Meet Susan Saunders, co-author of the best-selling book, The Age-Well Project and author of her latest book The Age-Well Plan , a blueprint for how to age well. The Age-Well Project is the book I wish I'd written so I was thrilled to have Susan talk to us. She will inspire you to see that you have so much impact on how you age. We talk about: How Susan's family history lead her to want to age well...