Untangling Me: The Podcast

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...

Explicit Language Warning Today Tracey and Colleen get curious about the well-known concept that women of a certain age, are very clearly fed up! Did our mothers feel this way? Is it related to age? Menopause? Politics? Join us as we begin to untangle why we're feeling less like we care what people think and more about authentically showing up in the world. 

In this special Pride Month episode, Colleen's daughter Theresa joins the podcast as our very first "Coffee with Our Girls" guest! Theresa shares her own coming out story, what Pride Month means to her, and schools us on vocabulary, intersectionality, and the ups and downs of being queer in America today. If you are a Gen Xer like us, you're going to want to turn up the volume on this one! Please...

On today's episode Colleen and Tracey share how their roles as caregivers in recent months have been both beautiful and brutal - "brutiful" as Glennon Doyle often says. While this episode is rich in poignant moments, it might bring up some difficult feelings for listeners who have served in a challenging caregiver role or who have lost loved ones. Please listen with this in mind and be good to you...

Love it or hate it, change is a part of life and today Tracey and Colleen start to untangle how they approach it...for good and bad. How do the people around you respond to change and does that impact your approach? How does your life story inform how you view change? And with all of the things going on in your life, how can you begin to untangle the challenges that come with change? Join us today...

How in the world do women do it? This time of year can be particularly harried for women as they try to balance the spinning plates of family, work, school, partnerships, and so much more! Colleen and Tracey share an analogy that they've adopted over the years and chat about their thoughts behind the multi-taxing, mental overload of women.

Join Colleen and Tracey as we untangle our health as women in our fifties...I mean sure, no problem we can absolutely "untangle" this ridiculously complex issue for midlife women in one episode...nah. Instead maybe just come walk alongside us as we start to peel the first layer back on this very complicated issue. Listen in as we talk about the doctors we're having conversations with, the way we'r...

Parenting isn't for the weak, everyone knows that, but rarely do people talk about the beauty and complexities of raising kids when they are teens and twenties. Knowing when to support from a distance and when to get in the mess with them can be challenging. Join Colleen and Tracey as we untangle the knots of parenting young adults in today's world.

Pope Leo is a rockstar and he's inspiring millions of active Catholics, lapsed Catholics, Christians of other denominations, and even agnostics and atheists...what do you Tracey and Colleen think? In this episode we pick back up with our conversation about where we are now as kids who grew up Catholic and aren't feeling connected to the Catholic Church anymore. 

Whew this one is a hot take! Being raised Catholic and spending formative years in the Catholic Church takes on a new meaning with all that's happening with the Pope and the President. Come along for the ride this week while Colleen & Tracey untangle their faith through the lens of being (lapsed? "bad?") Catholics. 

Are friendships supposed to take work? Is marriage supposed to be hard? Join us as Tracey and Colleen pose those questions and offer their take on these tough issues on today's episode of Untangling Me: The Podcast.

With the addition of grief, empty nesting, transitions, and the state of the world, "celebrating" holidays can feel different and new this year. Today, Tracey and Colleen chat today about untangling complicated feelings around the holidays, specifically Easter. Grab a chocolate bunny or a bag of jelly jeans and break it open with us!

In today's episode Tracey and Colleen start to scratch the surface of a doozy of a topic...anger. There's a lot to this one so we can't promise there won't be more episodes to come, but for now, hang out with us as we start to untangle anger.

Another day, another round of celebrities putting their foot in their mouths! On today's episode, Colleen and Tracey follow up the locker room conversation with one about the arts. (The similarities between the sidelines and the green rooms are remarkable sometimes!) 

Colleen and Tracey throw their hats into the rink (see what we did there) to offer their two cents on the USA Men's Hockey debacle and the way it was handled, how it felt to be a woman in that moment, and what we saw happening on a greater scale.

Do you ever find yourself afraid to speak up? Concerned you're too much? Tracey and Colleen break open the idea of finding your voice and being a woman who advocates for herself and her needs.   **Program note: we had some audio issues this week, thank you for bearing with us! We should be back with crisper, clearer audio by next Monday. Thanks!

With Valentine's Day in the rear view mirror, Tracey explains to Colleen why it's her favorite holiday and why she thinks it's important we celebrate it (and love) in all forms!

Tracey and Colleen pick back up where they left off, with a conversation about curiosity, intentionality, consistency, and showing up for yourself in the new year.

As 2026 kicks off with a bang, Colleen and Tracey lean into the way the new year feels for them: the expectations, the conversations, the traditions, and even the superstitions. Join us as we untangle the start of another new year together. Part 2 airs on 3/2/26

Best friends since 4th grade, Tracey and Colleen didn't realize until midlife how rare and important their friendship was. Sometimes life got in the way, but the roots of a friendship that began at age 9 don't wither easily. As we navigate new stages of life including aging parents, struggling marriages, and raising children, we realize that having people to remind you who you are at your core is...