Untangling Me: The Podcast

The rich conversation continues this week as Tracey and Colleen tackle more topics with Amber Kay Reinink Pelletier! From illnesses and death of parents to travel and non alcoholic gin, we hit it all! Wishing you could literally join us for coffee and amazing espresso cinnamon rolls (at Amber's beautiful table in her fabulous home, but trust us, settling for "just the conversation" isn't settling....

On this midweek bonus "Thoughtful Thursday" episode of Untangling Me the Podcast, Colleen and Tracey discuss their feelings of hope coming out of the elections on Tuesday. Everyone's candidate might not have won, but we feel like kindness, hope, and decency swept the ballot!

Continuing our mission to speak to the incredible women around us, we sat down with Amber Kay Reinink Pelletier and chatted with her about all the ways she lives her life boldly and out loud. From bustiers and red lipstick to painting her dining room with floor to ceiling dark paint, Amber is a beautiful example of showing up in the world exactly as she wants to in midlife. This two-part episode i...

Today's Thoughtful Thursday mini episode is a bit of a continuation of our conversation around Tracey's travels, but more it's a sneak peek into our rich and insightful conversation with Amber Kay Reinink Pelletier who will be our guest for several upcoming episodes! Join us as we muse on topics like the discomforts of international travel, family members with a small-world vision, and even what h...

On this episode, Colleen and Tracey continue their conversations about the Cornell 7, Saturday Night Live, and all the craziness that continues to keep us fired up! Are you a woman who just can't seem to "let it go" and move on? Well you aren't alone. We're tired of being mad all the time and yet...it feels like if we aren't mad, we're sending them message that all of this bulli$h!t is ok. Well, i...

Tracey and her husband went on their first real vacation in many many years and we decided to chat about it this week! Vacationing with little kids is hard and juggling all the expectations are tricky, but is vacationing at midlife more fun? Do you run out of things to talk about with your partner? Is it OK to say what you need or is it more important to get along every minute? Grab a cup of coffe...

In our new series of BONUS EPISODES, Tracey and Colleen muse on the challenges of finding the right attire for a wedding, how to dress for comfort and fashion, and the challenges of shape wear!   Shout out to IG: authentic_nursenoah and his brave October challenge - check him out!

There can never be enough WENDY! If you missed last week's episode where Colleen and Tracey were joined by the incomparable Wendy Valentine, go catch up and come back...we'll wait (she's worth it!) If you enjoyed Wendy's big laugh and words of wisdom, you are really going to love this week's second part. Hearing Wendy's stories and going along with her for pieces of her journey will fill your hear...

We interrupt our 2-part series with Wendy Valentine to share our thoughts on the atrocities we are hearing about with Jane Doe and the allegations at Cornell. As a podcast by, for, and about women, we can't stay silent about this case or the light it shines on sexual assault in America. In addition to being women, we are mothers - of sons and daughters - and have witnessed and experienced sexual h...

Meet Wendy! We are so excited to introduce you to Wendy Valentine! Wendy is an internationally published author of Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play, an inspiring book that became a #1 Amazon New Release, Founder of Midlifology™, and Keynote Speaker. She’s also the host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast, The Midlife Makeover Show, inspiring women worldwide t...

All are welcome here at Untangling Me, but our girl, the girl who we represent there out in the world, is a midlife woman.  This episode is a conversation about the challenges, funny moments, and ups and downs of being a woman in midlife. Come along for the ride and hop onto our socials or leave a comment of some of your own!

More than one woman has shared that she's hidden in her closet, shower, or back deck to hide from her kids or just get a breath of uninterrupted air with toddlers, but somehow the need to have a nook of our own reappears again and again, even when the nest starts to get empty. Today Colleen and Tracey share their own stories of seeking a space of their own and brainstorm solutions in their own hom...

Colleen and Tracey welcome back professional organizer, Mindy Godding, to get "down and dirty" with specific techniques, examples, and shared stories to help our listeners tackle all the mess! Midlife is a unique time where women are often asked to juggle their own stuff, their kids' stuff, their parents' stuff and frankly sometimes it feels like the whole world's "stuff." Mindy walks us through s...

We had a ball "Untangling the Stuff" with founder of Abundance Organizing, Mindy Godding this week and just know you're going to love her too! Mindy is a 22 year veteran of professional organizing and in this episode she takes on all the crazy questions and scenarios Tracey and Colleen throw at her about the messiness of midlife. She shares her years of experience and we have no doubt you will enj...

Colleen and Tracey spend this episode chatting about untangling the mess that’s caused by self-care, specifically how women caring for themselves impacts those around them. In a loose three-episode series (ep 28, 29, and 30), we discuss the little time women have during this season, the complications of  taking time for yourself, the ripples that come with women’s evolving personal development jou...

Do you ever struggle to find space for YOU in all the chaos of your own life? On this week's episode Colleen and Tracey dig into their own experience of "personal development" and how, over time, they have figured out ways to insert some healthy self care into the nooks and crannies of a busy life. Manicures and massages are incredible, but what are you doing each day to really take care of yourse...

Don't be mistaken, just because you aren't sending a little one off to kindergarten doesn't mean the end of summer isn't still "Back to School Season." Once your life is divided into school calendars and semesters, it's hard to break the pattern! The rhythm that comes with going 'back to school' reminds us of all the ways families change, children launch, and new transitions occur. Come along side...

We've talked about Mental Load and the huge toll it takes on many women (Tracey and Colleen included!) but in this episode we talk about a possible counterpoint to mental load...provider anxiety. We break down some of the challenges we see in our own lives related to juggling which roles partners take, how burdens are shared, and the communication necessary when both partners want to be supportive...

Today we're untangling - of all things - our hair! - well, all of the conversation around it actually...Should older women only wear certain styles? How do we feel about going gray? Are bangs back (and do we even care)?! Is midlife the perfect time for a big "transition" chop? We decided to have a fun and light conversation about Tracey's new haircut and found ourselves digging into stereotypes, "...

In this episode we focus more on the idea of women in community and have a fantastic conversation with Erin Frye Provencher centering on her lifelong experience with building community and specifically the grassroots organization Gals for a Cause RVA that she started back in 2018. She's an artist, an advocate, and an activist (and a brand new mom!) and we were thrilled to have her as our guest thi...

Even with involved partners and intentional steps towards equity, the best relationships feel one-sided sometimes in terms of physical, emotional, and mental attention families need. Join us as we continue our conversation about the challenges women face with the concept of "second shift" and unbalanced mental load in their day to day lives. We'll share some resources we've found and our own exper...

UPDATE: Episode re-uploaded on 7/19/26 after technical issues cut off the end of the previous version. Whew! This is a tough one. Tune in and join the conversation as Tracey and Colleen open some listener mail and give their thoughts on an important question for so many women: how do I ask for help? Strong, capable, dependable...these are how often women describe themselves and because of that, we...

Today's episode finds Tracey and Colleen exploring the big midlife question of "What's Next?" Career trajectories and parenting took center stage for a long time and now we're wondering...how can we address the knots that have formed over the years, untangle the life we put on pause, and rediscover where we are heading next.

Join us as we utilize a tool introduced by Dr. Brené Brown to untangle some of our complicated feelings about communicating with loved ones. Dr. Brown has so many incredible phrases, suggestions, and research that we love but the phrase "the story I'm telling myself" is probably our most beloved! Listen in as we share our take on her wise words of wisdom!

It's officially summer so the conversations have begun about "summer bodies" and all the weight loss trends are hot topics of conversation! Today Tracey and Colleen peel at the edges of that conversation by chatting about being GenX women who were children of the 70s/80s, why it doesn't matter if an outfit is "flattering" or not, the GLP1 trend, and the difference between Body Positivity and Body...