Midlife Health... Is This Normal?

Update: 2025-08-18

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This episode is for every woman who's ever walked into a room and forgotten why—twice.

Let’s get one thing straight:

Midlife health isn’t a spa day. It’s a full-contact sport. And in this episode, we’re getting real about what it means to live in a body that’s suddenly doing weird things without warning:

• Sciatic pain that shows up uninvited and refuses to leave

• Hormones that feel like they’re playing dodgeball with your sanity

• Mammograms, MRIs, and that moment you Google something at 3 am and spiral hard

• How to advocate for yourself when the system shrugs and says, “Welcome to getting older”

And yes—we’re laughing the whole way through. Because if you don’t laugh? You cry in the Walgreens vitamin aisle.

This episode is your reminder that:

• You’re not lazy. You’re exhausted from holding everything together.

• You’re not broken. Your body’s just asking you to finally listen.

• You don’t need to EARN rest, validation, or a break from carrying the mental load of your entire household.

We’re pulling back the curtain on all the messy, magical, midlife stuff—without pretending we have it all figured out. Because guess what? No one does.

Tune in if:

• You’ve ever cried over back pain and laughed about it 5 minutes later

• You need a friend to say, “Me too,” about the things no one talks about

• You want to feel seen, heard, and reminded that you’re not going through this alone

So go ahead—grab your coffee, your weighted vest, or whatever makes you feel slightly less unhinged—and hit play.

And hey, if this episode makes you feel even a little less alone in this season?

Send it to your friends. The one who’s also quietly panicking over hot flashes, brain fog, and that weird noise her hip just made.

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