Debut novelist Megan Tady schools us on love, loss, hard conversations, and the wild, wonderful phenomena of Super Blooms – wildflowers with seeds that lie dormant for years only to blossom unexpectedly when conditions are exactly right. We dive into her rom-com novel, “Super Bloom,” and cover late blooming, the highs and lows of female friendship, the long and winding road to “overnight” success, plus midlife resiliency. You know, all the good stuff! SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertainagepod.com F...
Aug 14, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Ready to jettison the weight of other people’s expectations, stop chasing the modern Holy Grail of endless personal *optimization*, address your sh*T (whaaaatever it is), and live a self-loving life? Please meet Sarah Sapora, a body-inclusive personal growth trailblazer and inspirational speaker who is about to radically change your life with the ideas in her new book, “Soul Archeology: A Totally Doable Approach to Creating a Self-Loving and Liberated Life.” If you are ready to be the best versi...
Aug 07, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Want great midlife sex? Or do you think low libido and a lackluster sex life are simply a natural part of aging? Meet Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith, who is about to blow your mind with three simple, doable secrets to great sex at 40, 50, 60 and beyond. If your sex life and libido need a jumpstart, if you are in a new relationship, or crave a more connected and vibrant sex life with your long-term partner, or if you simply want more sizzle, this show is for you! SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertainagepod....
Jul 31, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Beauties – are you stiff, stressed out, experiencing twinges, or even acute pain? Time to show your fascia some TLC. Movement and bodywork pro Anna Rahe, founder of GST Body, walks us through an often-overlooked aspect of midlife mobility and overall health—our fascia network. Fascia is the connective tissue that forms the webbing of the body, holding all our organs, bones, muscles, and nerves in place. We get into the link between healthy fascia and active aging and longevity, learn tools to co...
Jul 24, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Getting to midlife means facing the fact that health and wellness changes, challenges, and even *gasp* disease are coming your way, like it or not. OB/GYN Dr. Shieva Ghofrany helps us manage our mindset around midlife must-dos—mammograms, colonoscopies, Pap smears, menopause management—and advocates trading fear for “intentional anxiety”—where we take a proactive approach to tackling wellness challenges head-on. Plus, everything you want to know about vaginal estrogen but were afraid to ask. She...
Jul 17, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Pull up your beach chair! Pop on your shades. Meet Hilary Star de Roy of sustainable fashion brand Royal Native, a line of sunkissed beach chic apparel and accessories made from vintage textiles including beach towels. We dive into the beauty of upcycling, midlife entrepreneurship, and learn how Hilary grew the Royal Native collection from a pair of beach shorts into a line of ultra-chic jackets, pullovers and sundresses carried at her own store and Veronica Beard boutiques across the country. B...
Jul 10, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Does getting to midlife allow us to quit the things that no longer serve us? After years of hiding her addiction from everyone, Laura Cathcart Robbins was ready to leave her Hollywood power marriage and confront her secret pill addiction. In her propulsive, vivid memoir, Stash: My Life in Hiding, Laura invites us on her journey to sobriety, self-love, and a life rooted in serenity versus fear. We get into the intersection of race, privilege, motherhood, and aging with addiction and recovery and ...
Jul 03, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Nope, you aren’t imagining it. Thinning ponytails, widening parts, excessive shedding, more visible scalp, even patches of total hair loss—aging and menopause can do a number on your hair. Meet Dr. Mary Wendel, an expert in female hair loss and the founder of Medi Tresse, which offers hair loss prevention and treatment for women of all ages. We get into hair care nutrition and supplements, scalp massages, and rejuvenation tools, including lasers and plasma therapy. Plus, the role of hormones, he...
Jun 26, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Midlife is a time of life that reveals new truths and can sound a clarion call for transformation. In today’s show, integrative physician and social justice activist Tanmeet Sethi, MD, invites us to see joy as an innate human right accessible to all regardless of our financial status, race, gender, or circumstances. In her new book, “Joy is My Justice: Reclaim What’s Yours,” Dr. Sethi unpacks neuroscience from an equity lens and shares inspiring stories about the range of human capacity and powe...
Jun 19, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Award-winning TV writer and author Laura Belgray walks us through her debut book, “Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst”—a hilarious permission slip for living life on your own terms. We cover the joys of being a late-bloomer versus peaking in high school, non-linear careers, loser superpowers, and why midlife is the right time to embrace being “flawsome.” GenX bonus! We talk MTV, Moon Unit Zappa, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and sneaking into bars underage. Plu...
Jun 12, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Getting to midlife means recognizing that your voice, your body, and your ideas deserve to take up space in the world. Public speaking coach Casey Erin Clark of Vital Voice Training offers three tools to express yourself with confidence, clarity, and charisma. Casey is a singer, actor, and public speaking coach who knows that powerful public peaking is not just for Broadway; it’s a key skill for work, board meetings, PTA meetings, Zoom calls, for wedding toasts, and beyond. Bonus! We hear about ...
Jun 05, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 138
When the pandemic moved workouts into our living room, interior design pro and serial entrepreneur Shane Reilly tripped over her ugly hand weights and had a lightbulb moment. What came next was Obshay—a first-of-a-kind company bringing wellness décor to market in the form of decorative, sculptural hand weights. We get into home design trends and why wellness decor is a natural evolution of fitness products in daily life (think athleisure and wearable tech like Fitbit). We also get into the benef...
May 22, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Meet Julie Gordon White, founder and CEO of MenoWell Menopause Energy Bars, recently named an Oprah Daily Best Menopause product. Julie launched MenoWell in 2020 after struggling with the impacts of menopause on her confidence and body. Now, the naturally sweet, plant-based bars are available across the country on Amazon. Julie hosts the MenoLounge on Instagram to share expert voices and wellness resources and create community to help women #menolikeaboss! We get into plant power, how to seriall...
May 15, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Style icon and menopause leader Stacy London helps us declutter our midlife mind and closet. We get into how to say goodbye to things that no longer serve us (from clothing to ageist/patriarchal beliefs) and dive deep into reinvention, transformation, fashion, menopause, and the magic of midlife. Plus, why GenX wants to live a values-based midlife, the power of microjoys, and recognizing that life is not black and white—time to get comfortable living in the grey. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertain...
May 08, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Does getting to midlife allow us to see and accept our parents in their full, flawed humanity? Memoirist Priscilla Gilman, author of The Critic’s Daughter, captures a loving and gimlet-eyed look at a brilliant, mercurial father and the struggle to reconcile love and a tangled relationship with an exquisitely complex parent. We cover the impact of divorce, loss, grief, forgiveness, and explore the universality of Priscilla’s singular story. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertainagepod.com FOLLOW A CERT...
May 01, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Optimize midlife health with nutrition and lifestyle ideas from Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified OB/GYN, and a certified Culinary Medicine specialist. Dr. Haver developed a groundbreaking nutrition and lifestyle program which has helped nearly 100,000 women get in shape and improve midlife health. Now, she is bringing the same doctor-developed, patient-proven plan to burn fat and tame hormonal symptoms to a wider audience with her new book, “The Galveston Diet.” She joins me to talk abou...
Apr 24, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Back on the dating scene? Meet dating coach Amy Nobile, who firmly believes that you can swipe right on love. She did it herself after leaving a 20-year marriage in midlife. Amy walks us through dating apps, online flirting, why your best first date is a “mini screener date,” and how to design a dating profile that attracts your swooniest, best match. Bonus! Amy offers ideas to change the energy around your dating life by first falling in love with yourself. If you are ready to download Bumble o...
Apr 17, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Meet novelist Andrea Dunlop, author of the wildly addictive page-turner, "Women Are the Fiercest Creatures." This week's conversation toggles between the Seattle tech scene, new motherhood, parenting teens, divorce, yoga, women's invisible labor, female friendships, and why women are the fiercest creatures. Stick around to hear us get into all the things!SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOL...
Apr 10, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Ready to “undiet” your life and embrace gentle nutrition to nourish your changing midlife body? Meet intuitive eating advocate Dr. Jenn Salib Huber aka “The Menopause Nutritionist.” Jenn is a certified dietitian, naturopathic doctor, and host of The Midlife Feast podcast. Jenn offers supportive food, health, and hormone education, along with a big heaping of body confidence to women in midlife without a side dish of diet culture. We get into the hormone soup of midlife, how menopause nutrition c...
Apr 03, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Meet Natasha Muslih, who went from stay-at-home parent to the founder of the global travel company The Voyagiste in midlife. Natasha spent 2022 leading small group trips in Morocco, Peru, France, and she is poised to head to Italy this spring. She joins me today from Paris to talk about her midlife career pivot, how to turn a deep-seated passion into a paying job, and how, why, and where to travel! If you need some inspo for your own juicy midlife exploration—stick around, this show is for you! ...
Mar 27, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Forget midlife crisis. Life coach and midlife podcaster Jen Marples calls the moment between what’s now and what’s next a midlife reckoning—a time when many of us feel called to do more but still struggle to identify what that looks like. On today’s show, Jen offers 5 ideas to help us answer the question—what’s next? Jen taps into 25 years of marketing and business coaching expertise to offer prompts to help us dive deep into what lights us up and where and how we should devote our time. And Jen...
Mar 20, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Look, talking about pelvic floor dysfunction isn’t sexy. But pelvic floor health is a critical part of wellness and everyday living. Think bladder control, optimal GI health, pain-free sex, and mobility as you age. This week’s show features board-certified Physical Therapist Dr. Anne Duch, who dives into how pelvic floor health is impacted by pregnancy and childbirth, aging, loss of estrogen, and by our modern, largely sedentary life. Anne offers simple, doable ideas and exercises that every one...
Mar 13, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Does less stuff equal more peace? Can we live a better, happier, more purposeful life with fewer commitments and more mental space? Former neuroscientist turned author, and creative Dr. Christine Koh believes integrating minimalism into our lives offers maximum joy and well-being. She hosts the award-winning podcast “Edit Your Life,” which shares ideas for simplifying and decluttering your physical and mental space to make room for the things YOU most care about in life. Learn tips for doing and...
Mar 06, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 126
How do we hold grief in one hand and joy in the other? After the most difficult year of author Cyndie Spiegel’s life—a year of devastating losses and major health challenges—she found herself zooming in on the small things to stay afloat—life’s microjoys. Getting to midlife teaches us that loss and hardship are not optional—in Cyndie’s latest book, “Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay,” she helps us hone the practice of uncovering joy and finding hope at any age and situat...
Feb 27, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Top cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum wants you to know that if you have a heart, you need to think about heart disease—the #1 killer of women in the U.S. We dive into the steps, tests, and lifestyle choices EVERY woman should take to protect their heart for the long haul. And we explore the impact of menopause, stress, and Covid on women’s heart health. Jam-packed with heart-health tips, including the heart-healthy snacks Dr. Steinbaum reaches for daily, a favorite get-up-and-get-going exercis...
Feb 20, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Is your sex life amazing? Or is it meh, painful or non-existent? If you want to reprioritize your sex life, tackle the effects of menopause on your body and intimate life, and make this the year of greater intimacy with your partner, please meet Dr. Kelly Casperson, a woman who believes that pleasure is not just a nice to have, but a vital aspect of wellness and health. Dr. Casperson is a urologist, wife, mom, author, sex educator, and host of the top sexual wellness podcast called “You Are Not ...
Feb 13, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Have you ever wanted a life do-over? In “My What If Year, Alisha Fernandez Miranda is about to turn forty and has summited the peak of personal and professional success; she has a Harvard education, a loving husband and children, and is CEO of an uber-successful company. But Alisha’s “good-on-paper-life” has a price—she’s overworked, exhausted, and wondering why having everything she’s ever wanted has her feeling like she’s missing something fundamental. Alisha puts her CEO life on hold and spen...
Feb 06, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Going into surgical menopause overnight at 40 wreaked havoc with Monica Molenaar’s health, well-being, and marriage. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) restored her equilibrium and overall wellness. Now, Monica is an “estrogen activist” working to offer menopause solutions, resources, and community to women in peri, menopause, and beyond as a co-founder of women’s telehealth and pharmacy platform Alloy. We talk hormones, breast cancer, why menopause is inevitable, but suffering is optional, and h...
Jan 30, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 121
One of our show's taglines is "Age Out Loud." But aging in our society is complicated, especially in our workplaces. Ageism is rampant in the work world and in our larger culture. Meet age activist Patti Temple Rocks, author of "I'm Still Not Done: It's Time to Talk about Ageism in the Workplace," who has ideas to bring age inclusivity to the modern workplace. We dive into the cost of ageism and how it impacts people, businesses, and the bottom line and explore what we all can do to eradicate ag...
Jan 23, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Fitness and women’s health expert Amanda Thebe offers no BS ideas to feel fitter, stronger, faster, and saner in 2023. This is not a “New Year, New You” show from the land of diet culture and commodified wellness. Beauties, you are already more than enough. But as longevity increases, (re)commiting to fitness practices and healthy lifestyle choices keeps the trains on the tracks and fuels better health—for the long haul. Ready to amp up your 2023 fitness? We talk at-home workouts versus the gym,...
Jan 16, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 119
