Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered

Welcome to Episode 14: The Hidden Grief:  Mourning the Life You Thought You'd Have In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Melissa and Anne explore the often-unspoken grief that can surface in midlife when life does not look the way we once imagined it would. With honesty and compassion, they discuss the quiet losses women carry — unmet expectations, changing relationships,...

Welcome to Episode 13: Silencing the Inner Critic: The Voice in Your Head Is Lying If that annoying voice in your head has been telling you that you’re behind, not enough, too old, too messy, too emotional, or too late — this episode is your reminder that just because that voice is loud does not mean it’s telling the truth. In this honest and empowering conversation, Anne and Melissa unpack the ex...

SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE:   A HEALTHY MONEY DISCUSSION WITH ANNA BARNES CFP®, CDFA® In this special edition of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered, Anne and Melissa sit down with Anna Barnes, CFP®, CDFA® for a healthy, honest conversation about money, financial independence, and the emotional baggage so many women carry around finances. Anna is a partner, advisor, wealth and investment manager wi...

Welcome to Episode 12: Starting Over Financially: Building Wealth When You Feel Behind If you’ve ever looked at your bank account, your retirement savings, or your financial decisions and thought, I should be further along by now, this episode is for you. Starting Over Financially is a bold reminder that feeling behind does not mean you are finished. It does not mean you missed your chance. And it...

Welcome to Episode 11: From Paycheck to Purpose: Making the Career Leap Without Losing Your Mind Making a career change in midlife can feel equal parts exciting and terrifying. In this episode, we’re talking about what it really looks like to move from paycheck to purpose without completely unraveling in the process. If you’ve been feeling stuck, burned out, unfulfilled, or quietly wondering if th...

Episode 10: Negotiate Like You Mean It: Knowing Your Worth and Demanding It Too many women have been taught to be grateful for what they get, stay quiet, and avoid rocking the boat. But in this episode, we’re breaking that pattern for good. Negotiate Like You Mean It is a bold conversation about knowing your worth, owning your value, and refusing to shrink when it’s time to ask for more. Whether i...

Episode 9: Money Honey: The Financial Conversations Midlife Women Are Not Having In this powerful episode, Anne & Melissa are sounding the alarm on the financial conversations too many midlife women are avoiding. Money Honey is a call to wake up — to get honest about money, retirement, debt, savings, investing, and the long-term cost of silence. For many women, midlife brings major transitions...

Episode 8:  Falling in Love with Yourself First What if the relationship that needs the most attention… is the one you have with yourself? In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa talk about the powerful, complicated, and sometimes wildly overdue journey of coming back to yourself. Because somewhere along the way, a lot of us got really good at showing up for eve...

Episode 7:  Marriage and the Midlife Reinvention Nobody Planned For Nobody really warns you that personal growth can seriously shake up a marriage. In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa dig into what happens when one or both people in a relationship start changing — and the marriage that once worked suddenly needs a whole new blueprint. Because reinvention doe...

Episode 6:  The Friendship Audit: Who Deserves a Seat at Your Second Act Table? Friendship in this season of life hits different — and not always in a cute way. In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa get honest about the friendships that grow with us, the ones we outgrow, and the relationships that start to feel a little… off when we begin changing. Because as...

Episode 5:  When You Change — Everything Changes: What Happens to Your Relationships When You Reinvent Yourself Reinvention sounds exciting... until the people around you start acting weird about it. In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa get real about what happens to your relationships when you start changing. Because personal growth doesn’t happen in a vacuu...

Welcome to Episode 4:  Burning It Down: How to Let Go of Who You Were to Become Who You’re Meant to Be Sometimes growth doesn’t look like a glow-up. Sometimes it looks like a full-blown internal bonfire. In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa talk about what it really means to let go of the old version of yourself — the roles, identities, expectations, and surv...

Episode 3:  Who Am I Now? Redefining Identity and Designing Your Second Act Ever looked at your life and thought, okay… but who even am I now? Same. In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa dive into the identity shake-up that happens when the roles, labels, and expectations you’ve been carrying no longer fit. You’ve been the helper, the wife, the mother, the pro...

Welcome to Episode 2:  The Plot Twist:  The Unfiltered Truth About Starting Over After 40! Starting over sounds so empowering... until it’s you, staring at your life like, wait — whose idea was this? In this episode of Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered , Anne and Melissa get real about what it actually looks like to reinvent yourself when life throws a plot twist you didn’t ask for. We’re talk...

Welcome to the Interruption: Who We Are, Why Now, and Why We’re Done Being Quiet! Welcome to Midlife: Interrupted & Unfiltered — the podcast for women over 40 who are tired of pretending they’re “fine” when life clearly has other plans. In this first episode, Anne and Melissa introduce themselves, share why they started this podcast, and talk about the midlife wake-up call that changes everyth...