Midlife Audacity

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What happens when the life you built… no longer feels like it fits? In this episode of Midlife Audacity , I sit down with Jaemi Pierson — founder of Her Empowered Mind and certified growth mindset coach — for a powerful conversation about what it really takes to reinvent yourself in midlife. We talk about leaving behind what’s “safe,” rebuilding sel...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. Ego, identity, and the hidden patterns keeping you in the same loop and how to break free through awareness, nervous system safety, and soul-led growth. What if the part of you that feels strong… is actually the part keeping you stuck? In this episode of Midlife Audacity, Celeste DiDona explores the hidden ways pride shows up in everyday life — not...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What if the part of you that’s trying to keep you safe… is also the part keeping you stuck? In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste DiDona unpacks the truth about ego, control, and the deep human need for certainty… and why trying to “kill the ego” isn’t the answer. Instead, she introduces a more powerful shift: learning how to stop letting th...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste explores the powerful role dopamine plays in shaping our habits, motivation, and daily choices. After noticing a moment of synchronicity between a social media post she wrote about dopamine and a reel from Mel Robbins discussing why doing hard things clears the path ahead, Celeste dives deeper into the s...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. This week on Midlife Audacity , I’m celebrating a milestone - 20 episodes since launching the podcast on November 1st, 2025. And instead of brushing past it like so many of us tend to do, I’m taking a moment to actually acknowledge the win. Women deserve to celebrate their progress - big and small. In this solo episode, I’m sharing a personal reflec...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity, Celeste DiDona sits down with Kristi Hinck Mills, corporate communications leader, executive coach, and academic researcher exploring burnout and resilience in today’s workplaces and families. Kristi earned her master’s in Strategic Communications from Columbia University, holds a leadership coaching certificate...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode, I’m recording during February break here in New York — that quiet, gift-of-a-week that isn’t attached to a holiday and gives you space to breathe, reflect, and reset. And what’s been at the forefront of my mind? Touring college campuses… for the third time. My youngest is a junior, and we’ve officially entered the college conversati...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What if the anxiety, weight gain, exhaustion, and burnout you’re experiencing in midlife aren’t personal failures… but signals from your body asking for a different kind of care? In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Terry Tateossian , wellness coach and founder of The House of Rose, to talk honestly about perimenopause, menopause, nervous...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What if midlife isn’t a breakdown, but an awakening? In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste DiDona sits down with Angela Burke , author of Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife , for an honest, humorous, and deeply validating conversation about what really happens in midlife and why so many women feel like they’re quietly disappearing inside their own...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What if balance was never the goal? In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste DiDona explores why the idea of work-life balance often leaves women feeling more scattered, not more fulfilled, and why presence is the practice that actually creates alignment and flow. Drawing from personal experience, reflections on midlife, and insights inspired b...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity, Celeste DiDona sits down with Suzanne Barron for a powerful and deeply human conversation about healing through the body. Suzanne shares her personal journey through profound grief following the loss of her young son and how that experience revealed the inseparable connection between emotions, the nervous system,...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste reflects on how abundance truly works - not as something we chase, but as something we expand into. She begins with a deeply personal story about motherhood and the fear of not having the capacity to love more, and how that experience revealed a powerful truth: abundance doesn’t divide, it multiplies. Fr...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste sits down with Erika Rothenberger for a powerful conversation about grit, resilience, and what it truly means to live with audacity in midlife. Erika shares how her boldness and determination were present early in life and how they were profoundly strengthened through personal challenge. She reflects on...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this personal and reflective episode of Midlife Audacity , host Celeste is joined by her daughter, Marley , for a heartfelt mother–daughter conversation about closing out 2025 and consciously preparing for 2026. This episode is not an interview. It’s a real, honest dialogue about identity, growth, and what it actually takes to create meaningful c...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. What happens when the life you built no longer fits who you’re becoming? In this episode of Midlife Audacity , I sit down with my dear friend Jen for a powerful, honest conversation about midlife reinvention, perimenopause, identity shifts, and answering the call to live more authentically. Jen and I first met years ago as strangers on Facebook, con...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. The holidays are often described as joyful and magical, yet for many midlife women they can also feel heavy, overwhelming, and emotionally demanding. In this solo episode, Celeste DiDona shares an honest, grounded conversation about why the holiday season can stretch the nervous system to its limits and how to stay centered when life feels loud, bus...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Celeste sits down with former teacher turned spiritual coach and podcast host, Christine Marcario , to explore what happens when the life you’ve built no longer fits — and the universe steps in to course-correct. Christine shares her 19-year journey in education, the burnout she ignored, the intuitive...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity, Celeste explores the real reason so many midlife women stay in jobs, roles, and routines that look good on the outside but leave their souls unfulfilled. You will learn how your nervous system, your sense of safety, and your core identity shape the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that create your reality. Celes...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this heartfelt and unfiltered episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste reconnects with her longtime friend, Caren Cooper — a woman who embodies what it means to live boldly and unapologetically in midlife. Caren opens up about her journey of leaving corporate America, navigating divorce, finding her voice through deep healing, and stepping into her...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. The holidays have a way of awakening the “spells” we’ve been under for years,  the roles, habits, and expectations that keep us small. From people-pleasing and perfectionism to money fears and motherhood guilt, these patterns can quietly pull us back into the past just when we’re ready to rise. In this special Thanksgiving-week roundtable, Midlife A...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity, Celeste explores the quiet but powerful difference between fitting in and belonging. Fitting in is survival energy — the constant shape-shifting to be accepted that leaves you drained and disconnected.  Belonging, on the other hand, is safety energy — the freedom to be fully yourself and feel at home in your own...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste DiDona guides you on a journey back home to yourself — out of your head and into your body. If you’ve been living in overdrive - overthinking, overdoing, overcontrolling this conversation will help you find peace in the pause. Celeste unpacks what nervous system dysregulation really means and how it keep...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message.  In this episode of Midlife Audacity , Celeste gets real about the messy, beautiful in-between of midlife, the burnout, loss of motivation, and quiet discomfort that often precede deep transformation. She shares her personal story of slowing down, rediscovering her connection with God, and learning to see the so-called “midlife crisis” as a divine a...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. Welcome to the very first episode of Midlife Audacity. I’m so glad you’re here. Today I want to share a bit of my story, the moments that cracked me open in midlife and why I started this podcast. Soulful Sunday Newsletter :   Each week, you’ll hear from me in a way that’s simple, intentional, and easy to stay connected to. Book Study Seminars :   S...

Love to hear your take aways. Send me a message. 🎙️ Midlife Audacity with Celeste DiDona I’m Celeste DiDona. I'm a true New Yorker, wife, mom of three, teacher, published writer, speaker, and soul-led coach. After a decade in the network marketing space and pouring into everyone else, I decided it was time to reclaim my energy, my joy, and my audacity. This is your space to do the same. Each...