The Curious Midlife

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Curious Midlife podcast. In this episode, I had the pleasure of exploring the transformative power of adventure and nature with the incredible Shelby Stanger, an adventurer, author, and host of the popular podcast "Wild Ideas Worth Living." Shelby's journey into the world of adventure has been nothing short of inspiring. We delved into how adventure served as a catalyst for change in her life and the profound impact it had on her personal growth. Ov...

07-22

01:14:24

The Curious Midlife With Katy Bowman In this episode of The Curious Midlife Podcast, I'm excited to host an extraordinary guest - Katy Bowman. Revered in the realm of body kinetics, Katy is a best-selling author, engaging speaker, and pioneer of natural movement and movement physiology. She strives to help people understand that movement is more than just exercise; it's an integral part of our everyday life. This episode serves as an insightful guide for anyone who's ever wondered - Ho...

07-15

54:43

In this episode of The Curious Midlife, we sit down with Leah Levitan, an expert in the lymphatic system. Leah shares her journey transitioning from massage therapy to a focus on lymph, and dives into the vital role this system plays in our health, not to mention its fascinating connections to our emotions and essential organs. It's no secret that the lymphatic system tends to be overshadowed despite its centrality in our circulatory system and fluid movement. But as of recent, lymphat...

07-08

45:06

In this episode of The Curious Midlife, we step into the world of Trisha Durham, an inspiring Movement Educator and Yoga Instructor who is on a mission to help individuals rediscover their strength and move their bodies comfortably, kindly, and confidently. Trisha is not your average yoga teacher. Her approach, termed “Calm + Strong,” is a combination of strength and mobility drawn from various movement modalities. Having experienced burnout and physical pain from traditional Ashtanga ...

06-28

01:04:15

The Curious Midlife Podcast With Julie Thom In our latest episode of The Curious Midlife, we dive into the dynamic world of Julie Thom, a distinguished Wellness and Movement coach with an unyielding passion for optimizing the nervous system through movement and lifestyle. Julie isn't your ordinary coach. Her love for puzzles is mirrored in her approach to the human body, which she views as the ultimate dynamic challenge. Her journey started with a personal injury during her swimming ca...

05-31

01:46:07

In this new episode of The Curious Midlife, we dive into the breathtaking world of Andrea Ross, an extraordinary woman who is a force to be reckoned with both in the air and on the ground. Andrea is not only an accomplished gymnast, parkour athlete, and wrestler, but she also brings these astounding skills to her profession as a renowned stunt performer. Andrea's impressive portfolio includes roles across popular TV series such as DC Comics Legends of Tomorrow, Wynonna Earp, Man in the High ...

05-28

01:35:13

In this new In this new episode of The Curious Midlife, I am in conversation with Juliet Starrett, an extraordinary woman who wears many hats. Juliet is not only a former whitewater rafting world champion and former CEO of San Francisco Crossfit, but also the founder of the nonprofit Stand Up Kids. Alongside her husband, Kelly Starrett, she co-founded The Ready State, an online fitness hub that was previously known as the MobilityWOD. Juliet is the co-author of the groundbreaking book Built ...

05-16

01:08:03

In this episode of The Curious Midlife, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jill Miller, co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the self-care fitness formats Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® Method. With over 30 years of experience in anatomy and movement, Jill is a pioneer in linking the worlds of breathwork, fitness, yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. As the Teacher’s Teacher, Jill has trained thousands of movement educators, clinicians, and manual ther...

04-22

01:08:45

In this episode of The Curious Midlife, Wendy Welpton, a natural movement coach and inspirer based in Oxford England, shares her personal journey with movement and injury and how it led her to discover the benefits of natural movement. Wendy discusses her passion for movement, from high-impact gym sessions during her desk-bound years in London to discovering a love for running after becoming a mother. However, a hip injury at 40 led to four years of chronic pain and a diagnosis of twisted pe...

03-20

01:16:33

In this episode, I invited Rhonda LoPresti, an End of Life coach, racing car driver and multi passionate midlife woman who I am lucky enough to also call a dear friend. As an End of Life Coach, Rhonda is passionate in holding and creating sacred space, personal ritual, spiritual practice and creative choices through dying and deathcare. She believes we can learn to die and in learning to die we actually awaken to life itself. Rhonda shares what she’s passionate about in h...

03-03

01:42:28

In this episode, I am joined by my good friend Christopher McDougall, an author and journalist that is best known for his 2009 book, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super-athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. In one way or another, movement is something we all do every day. That being said, all of us move differently and crave different things from our movement practice. The “fitness” industry has perpetuated a narrative that movement must be depleting or pushing our limits ...

01-08

01:39:32

Our society has normalised the art of pushing through. Many people, especially busy midlife women, exist in a constant state of fight or flight. Perhaps you have fallen for the trap of hustle culture or simply convinced yourself that you only need 4-5 hours of sleep to get by. What you may not realise is the deeper impact that lack of sleep has on your cognition, mental health, nervous system and overall wellness. Dr. Nerina is an author, physiologist and sleep expert dedicated t...

12-29

01:32:30

As busy midlife women, we have to be our own advocates when it comes to wellness, diet, exercise, supplements and lifestyle choices. Ageing is knowing yourself better and figuring out what works for you. Today, there aren’t enough people standing up for the midlife woman, which is why the voices of beautiful souls like Zora Benhamou are so influential. Zora Benhamou is a gerontologist, biohacker, minimalist, digital nomad, Positive Age-er, and host of the Hack My Age podcast. Aft...

12-18

01:13:30

If you are the architect of your life, how do you want to feel from the moment you wake up to when you fall asleep? There's an art to this design of life. How you design your life and the space you live in all has intention. Without intention, you're never going to achieve a good design. In this episode, Dr. Julie Angel talks about how you can create balance in your life, design it with intention, the magic of aligning and designing, and the connection between mind and body...

12-15

18:00

In this episode of The Curious Midlife Podcast, Dr. Julie Angel talks about how movement and training is emotional yet people rarely think of it in those terms. She also talks about how our emotions around and about movement affects everything that we do in life and tells us how to pull ourselves together and use it to our advantage. Emotional Movement [1:14] Many people either ignore or are not aware of the idea that movement is emotional. These feelings control our behavior, both actively a...