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Fate, Forty, and Beyond
by Gen Rodriguez
Life after 40 isn’t about having it all figured out…it’s about laughing, learning, and spinning the wheel again. Fate, Forty & Beyond is a soulful, unfiltered podcast where real conversations meet spiritual perspective. Guided by tarot, intuition, and honest storytelling, each episode explores the messy, magical truth of being 40-ish and still becoming. Pour a cup, pull a card, and join women from all walks of life as we talk love, growth, setbacks, and surprises with humor and heart.
Episodes
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Why Your Healing Journey Doesn't Make Life Easier
What happens when you've spent years doing the inner work, but life still doesn't seem to get any easier? Sometimes the biggest shift in our healing journey comes from changing what we expect healing to actually look like. In this episode of Fate, Forty & Beyond, I'm talking with Sheila Doerfler…
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What Could Go Right? Reframing Fear, Habits & Healing
What if a spiritual awakening isn’t about becoming someone new—but finally realizing which patterns, fears, and stories you’re ready to stop carrying? In this episode, I’m joined by Laura Swan, a self-described spiritual alchemist, medium, energy healer, and horse trainer, for one of those...
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Laid Off, Empty Nest & Starting Over: Reinventing Life at 40
This week, I’m sitting down with Ashley Langford for one of those conversations that somehow goes everywhere—and still manages to come right back to what it really means to find yourself in midlife. Ashley is a fractional marketing consultant who found herself navigating back-to-back layoffs, a...
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The Spiritual Side of Decluttering: What Are You Really Holding Onto?
There is something strange happening in my house right now. What started as clearing out the space above my washer and dryer has somehow turned into a full-blown decluttering mission—and somewhere between expired medicine, abandoned hobbies, random charging cables, and things I haven't touched in...
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Are We Missing the Spiritual Side of Mental Health?
What happens when we stop forcing spirituality and mental health to live in separate worlds? In this episode of Fate, Forty, and Beyond, I sit down with Joelle Doherty, a licensed professional counselor, shamanic practitioner, and Akashic Records reader, and we have one of those conversations…
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Are You More Spiritual Than You Think?
Welcome to the Woo Buffet What if you’re way more woo than you think you are? In this episode of Fate, Forty, and Beyond, I’m taking you on a walk through what I lovingly call the Woo Buffet—because spirituality is a whole lot bigger than crystals, tarot cards, astrology, and talking to dead...
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What If the Setback Is Actually the Way Forward?
In this episode of Fate, Forty, and Beyond, I’m joined by branding expert, confidence coach, and Byte Size Brands podcast host Kusha Kalra for a conversation about trusting yourself, taking risks, and creating a life that actually feels aligned. Kusha shares her journey from leaving a successful...
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What Is Human Design? A Beginner's Guide
Ever followed advice that was objectively good and it still didn't work for you? It's probably not a you problem...it might just not have been built for how you're wired. In this mini episode, I break down human design: what it is, where it comes from, and how it actually works in real life. I...
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Is It Too Late to Start Over in Your 40s?
At 44, Sonia had a customer service job she loved and a second marriage that finally felt safe...and she still enrolled in welding school, because she didn't know what she wanted next and decided to find out. In this tarot reading, Gen and Sonia cover a lot of ground: what it looks like to…
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What Happens When You Stop Apologizing for Who You Are?
What Happens When You Stop Apologizing for Who You Are? This week Gen sits down with Trinity Peterson — owner of Esoteria LLC, tarot reader of 31 years, registered behavioral technician, spiritual guide, and someone who recovers out loud so other people don't have to die in silence. What starts…
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What Is Chiron in Taurus: And Why It Matters So Much in Midlife
What is Chiron in Taurus — and why does it matter so much in midlife? In this mini episode, Gen breaks down one of the most significant astrological shifts in years — Chiron moving into Taurus — and explains exactly why it's especially powerful for women in their 40s and 50s. No astrology...
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What's the Real Difference Between Magic and Manifestation?
What's the Real Difference Between Magic and Manifestation? This week, Gen sits down with Sunshine Witchski — known as Sunshine the Pink Haired Sober Witch — host of the Sober Witch Life Podcast, author of Sober Witch Life and The Recovery Grimoire, and founder of a growing recovery coven…
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Can Tarot Help You Make Better Decisions?
In this solo mini episode of Fate Forty and Beyond, Gen explores how tarot can be used as a powerful tool for self-reflection and decision-making. Rather than treating tarot as fortune-telling, Gen explains how symbolic imagery can help uncover thoughts, emotions, fears, and truths that may…
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I Wasn't Buried...I Was Planted
I Wasn't Buried...I Was Planted What happens when life knocks you down — not once, but twice, twenty years apart? In this episode, Gen sits down with Irene Vaksberg, a Soviet-born immigrant, hairdresser, mother, grandmother, and soul inspirer whose story will stop you in your tracks. At 23, Irene...
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The Identity Hangover When Who You Were No Longer Fits — And Who You're Becoming Hasn't Arrived Yet
The Identity Hangover | Ep. 24 When Who You Were No Longer Fits — And Who You're Becoming Hasn't Arrived Yet Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like a stranger was staring back? In this mini episode, Gen dives into the "identity hangover" — that disorienting in-between space that so many...
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Aliens, Atlantis & Astrology Apps: A Midlife Spiritual Deep Dive
What happens when two women who found each other in an online woo community finally sit down to talk — really talk? Pure magic. In this episode of Fate Forty and Beyond, Gen sits down with writer Michelle Angone for one of the most honest, wide-ranging conversations you'll hear all year. From...
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Consistency as a Sacred Practice: Showing Up for Yourself in Midlife
Gen opens up about a personal struggle — a project that brought her to tears — and uses it to explore why showing up for ourselves consistently is one of the most spiritual, scientific, and emotionally profound things we can do in midlife. She weaves together neuroscience, psychology, and wisdom...
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When Life Forces the Pivot
In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Gen sits down with Caren Paskel, self-evolution coach, author, and yoga teacher who transformed profound loss into a blueprint for radical reinvention. After losing her husband to brain cancer, her yoga studios during the pandemic, and eventually her…
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Something Is Opening Up: The Signs You Might Be a Medium
In this mini episode, Gen responds to a listener question that stopped her in her tracks. Their question: how do you know what's grief psychosis and what's real? Gen's answer is warm, grounding, and deeply personal. Gen walks listeners through six of the most common signs that someone is opening…
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When Your Reality Breaks Open
In Episode 19 of Fate, Forty, and Beyond, Gen welcomes Lisa Eva Zack — mother of five, women's advocate, and founder of a new nonprofit — for a conversation that moves from tarot cards to theology to tiny homes and back again. Lisa shares how a breaking point at work and the end of her second...
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The 12 Universal Laws: What Nobody Told You About Manifesting
What if the reason manifesting hasn't fully clicked for you is that you've only been working with one law out of twelve? In this mini episode, Gen breaks down all 12 Universal Laws — rooted in Hermetic philosophy dating back to ancient Egypt — and brings each one into the context of midlife. This...
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Grief, Recovery, and Starting Over
Sometimes midlife doesn’t look anything like what we thought it would. In this episode, Gen sits down with Denean for a deeply honest conversation about grief, recovery, rebuilding after loss, and what it means to keep going when life has completely changed shape. What starts as a tarot reading...
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Letting Go of Perfection in Midlife
Perfectionism isn’t who you are. It’s something you learned to survive. In this mini episode, Gen shares a raw and honest reflection on what happens when perfectionism stops working in midlife. Through the lens of the Star and Judgment tarot cards, she breaks down the moment where everything...
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Self-Awareness, Healing, and the Work We Do on Ourselves
What happens when two women in midlife stop pretending they have it all figured out and just tell the truth? In this episode, Gen sits down with holistic nutritionist and kinesiologist Candace Swanson for a tarot-led conversation that opens into something deeper. They talk business expansion,...
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What Tarot Really Is (And What It Isn’t)
Tarot is one of those things almost everyone recognizes, but very few people actually understand. In this mini episode, I break down what tarot really is and what it isn’t. Moving beyond the dramatic fortune telling stereotypes we see in movies, I explain the real origins of tarot, which began as…
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When “Push Through” Stops Working
This episode is a real-time tarot reading that turns into something much deeper. What starts as a conversation about feeling stuck and waiting on a big life decision becomes an honest exploration of midlife burnout, identity shifts, and that restless “what now?” energy so many of us hit in our…
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Empath Survival in the Algorithm Age
You’re not too sensitive. You’re overexposed. In this episode, I talk about what it means to be an empath in the algorithm age. The nonstop scrolling, the emotional intensity, and how our nervous systems were never built for this level of input. I share how midlife adds another layer. We’re…
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Midlife Awakening and the Freedom to Become Yourself Again
Midlife doesn’t have to be a crisis. For May, it’s been a full-on awakening. In this reading and conversation, we talk about the moment your identity stops being “mom, worker, partner” and starts becoming you again. The real you. The one who wants to try everything, stop settling, and actually...
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Speaking Your Truth Without Wrecking Your Nervous System
Speaking my truth has never been the hard part. Staying regulated while I do it has. In this mini episode, I share what I’ve learned about honesty, nervous system safety, and why speaking up can feel like danger even when the words are right. I talk about timing, pausing without guilt, and…
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Living in the Waiting: Rest, Uncertainty, and Self-Worth
A tarot reading turns into an honest conversation about living inside uncertainty. Laura opens up about facing a cancer recurrence, the loneliness of waiting, and how it changes what matters. Gen shares her own anxiety and how sobriety reshaped her ability to handle the unknown. Together they…
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The Love Language You’re Neglecting
Most women know exactly how to love everyone else. We just forget to include ourselves. In this mini episode, Gen flips the conversation around love languages. Not how you give them to others, but how you offer them to yourself. Because when your own love language goes unmet, you start…
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When Life Finally Softens: Healing, Timing, and Trusting What’s Next
This episode is the heart of Fate 40 and Beyond. Gen sits down with Suzanne, a massage therapist and energy healer whose quiet wisdom helped spark the idea for the podcast itself. What starts as a reading turns into a deep, honest conversation about nervous system healing, divine timing,...
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You Didn’t Fall Behind…You Paused | Rest, Consistency, and Burnout in Your 40s
Feeling behind in your weekly plans? Miss a deadline and immediately spiral? This mini episode is for you. In this episode of Fate, Forty, and Beyond, I talk honestly about pausing instead of pushing through… and why rest in your 40s isn’t laziness, failure, or lost momentum. We talk about: Why...
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Sobriety, Spirituality, and Trusting Yourself
This episode is an honest, grounded conversation about midlife, recovery, and reclaiming personal power. Gen and Jennifer sit down for a tarot-led discussion that naturally unfolds into spirituality, sobriety, and what it means to trust yourself again in your 40s. Using the Six of Wands as an...
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A Pause for the Women Holding It All Together
This mini episode is a grounding meditation for the moments when everything feels like too much. Especially during the holidays, when stress, old memories, and emotional overload can sneak up fast. Gen shares a few simple grounding tools you can use anywhere, even when traditional meditation…
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When You Stop Settling for Survival
She came for a tarot reading, but what unfolded was a raw, honest conversation about breaking cycles, rebuilding self-worth, and choosing love again after deep hurt. Gen and Kay walk through long-distance beginnings, emotional healing, remarriage, parenting teens, and discovering a version of...
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On Boundaries, Burnout, and Becoming Who You Needed
This one hits home. Gen and Felicia drop straight into a conversation about intuition, accomplishment, community, boundaries, and the messy, beautiful work of healing. Between tarot pulls and real talk, they unpack why so many women minimize their wins, how childhood patterns follow us, and what…
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Midlife, Motherhood & Doing It Scared (with My Daughters)
For the first full episode of Fate Forty and Beyond, Gen sits down with her daughters, Jocelyn and Jaelyn, for an honest, funny, emotional conversation about motherhood, identity, spirituality, recovery, and what it really looks like to start over in your 40s. They talk about early motherhood…
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Before We Begin
This intro mini episode gives you a quick look at who I am, why I started this podcast, and what you can expect here. I talk about the conversations I have with women during tarot readings…how real they get…and why I want those moments to be heard by more than just me. You’ll get a feel for the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Life after 40 isn’t about having it all figured out…it’s about laughing, learning, and spinning the wheel again. Fate, Forty & Beyond is a soulful, unfiltered podcast where real conversations meet spiritual perspective. Guided by tarot, intuition, and honest storytelling, each episode explores the messy, magical truth of being 40-ish and still becoming. Pour a cup, pull a card, and join women from all walks of life as we talk love, growth, setbacks, and surprises with humor and heart.
HOSTED BY
Gen Rodriguez
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Life after 40 isn’t about having it all figured out…it’s about laughing, learning, and spinning the wheel again. Fate, Forty & Beyond is a soulful, unfiltered podcast where real conversations meet spiritual perspective. Guided by tarot, intuition, and honest storytelling, each episode explores the...
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