Forty AF Podcast

Messy Midlife Relationships: A Midlife Transformation

What if the messy parts of your midlife relationships are the key to understanding yourself better and improving your overall happiness? Together, we'll explore how these connections, as complicated as they may seem, are crucial for our health, happiness and longevity. We'll be decoding how our attachment styles, crafted by our primary caregivers, influence our relationship dynamics and why understanding them in midlife is more important than ever. We'll also dive into the tricky territory of re...

Rewriting Our Beliefs and Fears. A Midlife Revamp

Have you felt lost, disconnected, or overwhelmed by the pressures of midlife? I'm Syd Moreau, and in this episode of Forty AF, I share my personal journey through the messy, complicated, and sometimes downright confusing aspects of midlife, and how I learned to embrace change, face my fears, and live a life filled with confidence, joy, and vitality. Together, we'll tackle the big questions: How can we lead a 'fuck yeah' life, and what do we need to do to create the life we truly desire? Join me ...

The push and pull of your relationships. A midlife reality check

Midlife is the perfect time to take a look at your relationships. Studies show in your midlife your marital happiness is a better predictor of the length of your life than cholesterol or obesity. The relationships we have in our life can be transforming or debilitating. In this episode I talk in depth about the ways in which we relate to our partners, how our childhood bonds with our caregivers can be a set up for successful or failures of our adult relationships and what to do about it. And no,...

Stop shoulding on yourself. A midlife conversation

As a midlifer, we often feel like we "should" have our shit together, but what if we don't? How do we get clear and honest with what's actually happening? In this episode, Syd Moreau, host of Forty AF, discusses why shoulding on ourselves allows us to stay disconnected from our lives and gives us an illusion of responsibility without having to take actual action.

WTF happened to you? Your Midlife Wake-up Call!

Scientists and neuroscientists have found that happiness hits rock bottom at age 47, but fear not! It goes back up as we get closer to 50. Midlife is often associated with having a crisis, but it's more like a midlife evaluation. People's constructs and belief systems change as they get older, as do their perceptions of themselves and how others see them. Midlife is a time when people have had many experiences, jobs, and relationships, which shape them and offer different perspectives. It can be...

40 AF. Sex and aging. Reconnection and intimacy in our forties.

What happens to our sex lives as we hit the big 4 0? Join guest,LISA THOMAS, LCSW, LMFT, DAACS, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Clinical Sex Therapist, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Lisa specializes in relationship and sexual issues and provides innovative solutions to individuals and couples who are stuck in old patterns and crave passion and change. For more information about Lisa Thomas, https://onlinecouch.com ....

The Building of a Legacy Brand

What does it mean to build a legacy brand? Learn why we want to build a brand for tomorrow that reaches beyond the profit.

You haven't had botox yet? And other beauty ideals!

Showing up as a Gen-Xer in a filtered world.

Clean Beauty's Dirty Little Secret

What do the animals in the Amazon Rain forest have in common with humans when it comes to clean beauty? Why do we fear what we are putting our skin? Is there any truth to the clean beauty's claims? In this episode we will explore why claiming skin care is toxic, actually more about our neurochemistry and less about fact!

Why you really don't need another skin product.

Skincare has become ever complicated and somewhat a of a compulsion by many. Find out how to avoid becoming victim to the marketing claims of the skincare brands. In this episode, we discuss how to adjust your mindset about your skin to empower consumers to make the right product choices. Skincare isn't complicated, and we will show you how!

Is skincare a scam?

Welcome to the first episode of Forty AF, a podcast about getting older in a filtered world. In this episode we will breakdown what you can expect and touch on some skin care myths and misleading product claims, including skincare "breakthroughs", Vitamin C products, Retinol and BHA's. * Correction, BHA can contain salicylic acid, salicylate, sodium salicylate and willow bark extract. However BHA's are generally thought of as containing salicylic acid, and products may mislead consumers by not c...

Forty AF Podcast Trailer

40 AF is the podcast for anyone who has looked in the mirror and thought, how the hell am I 40 and how are you supposed to age in this filtered reality? It's for anyone who's noticed our insta world looking better, younger all with less pores than you. Who's still waking up to wipe yesterday's mascara off while everybody else is documenting their 20 step skincare routine. 40 AF is all about the daily trials and sober realities of what it feels like to be getting older and what happened to your o...