America’s Having a Midlife Crisis. Here’s Why I’m Not.

I’m in the middle of a major life transition—and for once, I know it while it’s happening.In this episode, I’m reflecting on the unexpected beauty of middle age: having enough evidence of your own survival to trust yourself, enough agency to imagine an entirely new life, and enough self-awareness to decide what you want to carry forward and what you’re finally ready to leave behind.I also explore how spirituality has changed the way I move through uncertainty, why I’ve started giving myself the same permission we routinely give white men to reinvent themselves at any age, and what Jon Hamm’s later-in-life milestones reminded me about our arbitrary timelines for success.And then there’s America.Because while I may be experiencing a midlife glow-up, America seems to be experiencing a full-blown midlife crisis. And maybe before we rush to figure out what comes next, there’s value in stopping long enough to process what we’ve been, mourn what we could have been, and dream about what we might still become.