Ep. 5 Losing Control

Most of us spend our lives trying to stay in control.We build plans.Careers.Routines.Identities.All designed to make life feel stable and predictable.And then something happens that reminds us that control might have been an illusion all along.In this episode of Midrising: Real Talk, Barbara Scalzi and I explore what happens when the structure we’ve built starts to slip. When the certainty we relied on disappears. When life throws something completely different at us.We talk about the moments where control quietly unravels — becoming a parent, navigating restructures at work, losing friendships, and the way identity can become tied to career titles more than we realise.Midlife has a funny way of challenging the things we thought were solid.Sometimes losing control feels like a crisis.Sometimes it’s the moment we start seeing things more clearly.As always, this isn’t advice and it’s not a how-to guide.It’s just two women having honest conversations about the messy middle of life.🎙 Listen to Episode 5 nowMidrising isn’t about reinventing your entire life.It’s about waking up inside the one you already have.And sometimes that starts when the plans stop working.Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hotcupofmama.substack.com