Your Magical Midlife

Amy Weinland Daughters is a keynote speaker, letter writer, satirist, sports journalist and author of Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter and You Cannot Mess This Up: A true story that never happened. She is absolutely convinced that when human beings connect individually in a meaningful way that nothing can separate them.  Amy's boo...

Brenda Rigney went from being the COO of an $80 million business to starting a company of one. For 27 years, she led sales, marketing, tech, HR, and operations teams for brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Earls Restaurants, and Nurse Next Door, and  was integral in scaling businesses at every level from every angle. She still draws from a lot of that experience today, but with midlife wom...

The Maiden, Mother, and Crone archetypes traditionally represent the cyclical nature of life, encompassing youth, motherhood, and old age/death, respectively.  As I have been aging, reflecting and mining my own life, I have come to a conclusion that there is actually a fourth phase, nestled between the Mother and The Crone that I prefer to call The Empress. She is us, women in midlife.  The Maiden...

Carin Luna-Ostaseski is one of the founder of Hot Or Just Me ?, a menopause support platform that offers products and solutions for women in midlife.  She's a fascinating woman who has pivoted multiple times. She began her career in advertising and then pivoted to become the first Hispanic founders of a scotch whisky. Her journey as a first generation Cuban American challenged conventions eve...

Jen Rigley is an author, motivational speaker and personal transformation expert focused on women’s empowerment and living your best life after 50.  Her mission is to inspire and empower women in midlife to create a new story for their life, especially after facing significant challenges and trauma. Formerly a top sales and marketing executive working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 clients, J...

I'm heavier than I'm used to being and heavier than I think of myself in my head right now. My favorite dress doesn't fit.  At this stage and has of life, I am done done DONE with being that woman who is obsessed with her weight. I just don't want that at this point.  Internalized agism is so hard. And older heavier bodies are judged the harshest in our society.  Can you soften...

Kelly Stegmann is on a mission to make magical accessible to all. She is a fellow tarot reader, healer and psychic. She has a gorgeous online community called The Nebula which holds sacred circles, group divination and readings. She is funny, smart and a fellow Duranie !  Check Kelly out and give her a follow on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebohowitchery Join her community The Nebula: ht...

Kate Valentine (playwright/producer/choreographer/actor) is one of the instigators of the feminist neo-burlesque movement. Her show, the vaudeville extravaganza The Va Va Voom Room and her hilariously deadpan mistress of ceremonies character Miss Astrid rode a zeitgeist beginning in the mid 1990’s in Los Angeles. The popularity of The Va Va Voom Room hit its apex as a weekly variety show featuring...

I'm thrilled to share this conversation with Dr Cathleen Brown the new medical director of the Telehealth medicine company, Winona.  HRT should not be confusing-but it is. I have walked out of multiple OBGYN offices with prescriptions that I did not understand. Dr Brown gives clear, concise and scientifically sound information.  Let me know what you think of the conversation.  Check out Winon...

I was never one of those women who actively said "No kids for me".  I was also not one of those little girls who played house and wanted to be a Mommy when I grew up.  I was pretty surprised when a wave of grief about being 53 without my own nuclear family popped up after the death of my father.  I think a lot of GenX and younger women are aging without children or a traditional relation...

Thank you so much for listening to Season 2 of Your Magical Midlife. I am taking a pause but will re-launch on Valentine's Day 2025 with new episodes, new interviews  and new adventures. See you on the flip side !  Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz. 👉 Take the Midli...

Jane Boon is an adventurer at heart and a technologist by training. She is fascinated by how things work and why things happen. Jane studied manufacturing systems engineering at Kettering University before earning a master’s degree in technology and policy at the MIT. She spent years in the corporate trenches before returning to school for a Ph. D. in industrial engineering. More recently, Jane go...

Staci Berkowitz is the author of the recently released memoir, Naked at 50. The year she turned 50, Staci made a bold decision: to say YES to 50 new experiences. From wild, exhilarating adventures to transformative moments, her year of discovery will make you laugh, reflect, and maybe even shed a tear. But this isn't just Staci's story-it's an invitation for you to kick fear to the...

Amy Gabrielle, aka The Manhattan Milf, made the unexpected choice to start an online erotica page after the devastating loss of her husband to cancer. Rather than resign herself to a long and lonely life of widowhood in her early 50s, she channeled her grief into self expression and self exploration. This episode is about survival and self determination-and sometimes taking the road less traveled...

Thanksgiving and gratitude. Short and sweet. Even when things are hard, there is so much to be thankful for. I hope this episode helps you to find the things in your life that are really really good, even when other parts are hard.  Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz. 👉 T...

Dr Treena Orchard is an anthropologist who has been exploring sex and dating in the digital age. This episode covers everything from trauma, gender identity, gen x nostalgia and single cat ladies. Treena's fascinating book: Sticky, Sexy Sad Swipe Culture & The Darker Side of Dating Apps was released in the spring of 2024 and is available here: https://utorontopress.com/9781487549305/stick...

Sairan Aqrawi is an engineer turned business coach for women in midlife. She immigrated to the United States with $700 and millions of dreams. She is a certified coach, an author and a sought after speaker. Her coaching approach is both compassionate and tough. This episode is all about finding your passion, chasing your dreams and finding your path to resiliency.  You can follow her on Instagram...

Claudia Noriega-Bernstein is the hostess of the award winning podcast Don't Shrink To Fit. As an abundance coach, she works 1:1 with clients helping them to step into themselves and their confidence. Claudia has an amazing breadth of experience from being thrust into fame at the age of 17 to being a seven time author. Check out her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-shrink-to...

Christine is a six-time founder and CEO, with a deep interest in women's wellness and the liberation of all people. She's a futurist, a yogi, tantrika, mother of 4, and grandmother. She's the author of Reverence (2021), The Nine Gifts (2020), The Invitation (2018) and Body Love, as well as 5 other books, and the co-founder a meditation center and medicinal farm on Hawaii. She's...

My dad died. I was not expecting him to. At least not last week. Sitting with him for the last 2 weeks of his life was an intense, sad, spiritual experience which made me to reflect on my own life and how I want to live it.  Listen in and email me at Yourmagicalmidlife@gmail.com with your thoughts  Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active...

In honor of October 18th which is World Menopause Day, I am so thrilled to have Dr Fiona Lovely as a guest. She is the host of the OG midlife podcast: Not Your Mother's Menopause. She is a functional medicine doctor who specializes in endocrinology and neurology. She is a powerhouse and an advocate for women  to feel their best through perimenopause and beyond. We had so much fun discussing m...

This week is a solo (and short!) episode.  Do you have too much on your plate ? Does your life feel unmanageable ? Are you exhausted and burnt out ? Do you have aging parent(s), a demanding job, family responsibilities, bills to pay, health you've been neglecting ?  Let's have a brief chat about getting back to basics when it all feels like a tornado of never ending tasks.  Follow me on...

Brigit Esselmont aka "The Biddy Tarot" is one of the most recognized names in the Tarot and spiritual community.  In 2012. Brigit walked away from a successful corporate career to become a Tarot reader. Now. she has a seven-figure business dedicated to bringing Tarot into the mainstream as a powerful. modern tool for personal growth and manifestation. Brigit believes Tarot's power g...

Alyssa Abrahamson is a holistic wellness coach whose focus is self compassion and auto immune healing. She is the host of the podcast Positively Anti-inflammatory. I've know Alyssa for years under her stage name, Minnie Tonka. She is an inspiring human and her approach to wellness is both gentle and do-able. You can follow Alyssa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.wellnesshq/ Check o...

Holly Lamb is a UK based health and wellness coach who shifted her focus to hormonal health after being diagnosed as being perimenopausal in her early 30s. Holly helps her clients to shift their mindset around menopause and addresses her client's physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Today, we go on a deep dive around how all women (whether they are still bleeding or not) can live in harmo...