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Magnificent Midlife
by Rachel Lankester
Midlife isn't the end of meaningful life, just the end of the first half rehearsal. Listen, laugh, learn and be inspired as Rachel Lankester, author, mentor and founder of Magnificent Midlife, interviews women in midlife and beyond living authentic, empowered lives, not disappearing into obscurity. From round the world yachtswomen to 60 year old pole dancers, from palliative care doctors to sustainable food evangelists, this podcast explores the myriad things older women get up to and the issues we face. We challenge the status quo and bash those negative stereotypes about being an older woman. Need some inspiration about what's possible for you when you're over 40, over 50 or beyond? These women will show you anything is. Need help overcoming your own limiting beliefs about getting older or struggles with menopause? Learn from women who've experienced the same but found ways to thrive and become who they were always meant to be. Learn their life-hacks and how they do what they do.
Episodes
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204 NEXT CHAPTER: Writing about Jewish culture with Lynne Golodner (re-release)
Lynne Golodner is a novelist writing about strong Jewish women and Jewish culture. She shares her background and journey as a writer, her focus on writing about Orthodox Jewish life, and the challenges and research involved. Lynne set up her own independent publishing house for women over 40 with...
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203 NEXT CHAPTER: Finding our purpose at midlife with Lesley Jane Seymour (re-release)
She's been a leading light in the media industry for many years, and she was the editor of Marie Claire magazine before taking over More. She's passionate about helping women 40+ create fabulous change in their lives. We talk about: -The closure of More magazine -The creation and mission of Covey...
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202 NEXT CHAPTER: Betrayal, healing, and resilience with Tracey Yarad (re-release)
Tracey Yarad is an Australian singer-songwriter and pianist who transformed personal heartbreak into powerful storytelling. After a devastating betrayal in midlife, she channelled her pain into her one-woman musical show All The Pretty Things. Through raw honesty, humour, and music, she's helping...
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201 NEXT CHAPTER: A special rerun season (intro)
In this special season of the podcast, host, Rachel Lankester revisits some of the brilliant conversations from the archives about creating a new chapter in life. Having recently turned 60 herself, Rachel reflects on what it means to move into a new stage of life, why she's increasingly thinking...
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200 Rocking midlife with Dr Ellen Albertson
Body image, self-worth and ageing are all key midlife topics and many women struggle deeply with their bodies at midlife, often in silence. Dr Ellen Albertson is passionate about changing that. She's a psychologist, registered dietitian, board-certified health and wellness coach and author of…
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199 Working in an ageist world with Lucy Standing
Lucy Standing is the co-founder of Brave Starts, a not-for-profit supporting people in midlife and beyond to rethink work, purpose and what comes next. She's the author of Age Against the Machine, a chartered psychologist with a background in recruitment and a passionate voice on ageism, work and...
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198 Redefining the grandparent role with DeeDee Moore
I'm delighted to be introducing a brand-new topic to the podcast: modern grandparenting. It's not a life stage I'm personally entering just yet - but as Magnificent Midlife continues to evolve, it's one that feels increasingly important to talk about. My guest is Dee Dee Moore, founder of More…
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197 Getting stronger and fitter in midlife with Vijay Bassi Reed
Vijay Bassi Reed is a former communications specialist who retrained in midlife as a personal trainer and nutrition coach. She is also a competitive HYROX and fitness racer. Her midlife transition emerged from burnout and hormonal change, leading to a deliberate reassessment of health, work and...
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196 Fearless pivots with Susan Dabbar
Susan Dabbar is the founder and editor-in-chief of PROVOKEDmagazine – a bold, unapologetic digital magazine for women 50+, challenging and redefining how older women are seen, heard and represented. Susan's career has been shaped by fearless pivots. She began as a naval architect designing…
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195 Navigating child loss with Lisa Boehm
I was deeply moved by my guest Lisa Boehm. Lisa's life changed forever when her daughter, Katie, was killed in a car accident – an experience no parent should ever have to endure. In the years since, she's found remarkable strength and purpose, transforming her grief into a force for healing and...
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194 How women's heart attacks differ from men's with Caron Grossman
Caron Grossman is a registered nurse, breathwork facilitator, author and heart attack survivor. Her memoir, Listen to Your Heart Song: Navigating the Unexpected, weaves together her experiences of adolescent grief, addiction, recovery and a near-fatal heart attack, offering hope, honesty and...
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193 Navigating fibromyalgia at midlife with Tami Stackelhouse
Tami Stackelhouse is an award-winning author, founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute and executive producer of the documentary Invisible. She's dedicated to helping people with fibromyalgia reclaim control of their bodies and their lives, so they no longer feel trapped by...
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192 How technology can revolutionise ageing with Keren Etkin
I'm delighted to welcome back Keren Etkin to the podcast! Keren is a gerontologist, entrepreneur, and author of The AgeTech Revolution – a fascinating book about the intersection of technology and ageing. I love that she describes herself as an AgeTech evangelist – it captures her passion...
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191 Finding joy after grief with Alison Larkin
Alison Larkin is a bestselling author, comedian, producer, and narrator of over 250 audiobooks. Her acclaimed autobiographical novel The English American tells the story of an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents in America. She's also the creator of the hit one-woman show Grief… a...
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190 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Dismantling menopause hype | Tania Elfersy
Want to rethink everything you thought you knew about menopause? I'm thrilled to welcome back Tania Elfersy, someone I really admire and a woman with a truly refreshing take on this stage of life. This is a conversation between two women who care deeply about the state of the menoverse today! I...
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189 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Menopause and nutrition | Karen Newby (re-release)
We're bringing back another powerful episode for our special Menopause Matters Season - this time with the fabulous Karen Newby. Karen is a nutritionist who's been practising nutritional therapy for over a decade, specialising in women's hormonal health - particularly menopause. She's the author…
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188 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Staying fit and healthy through menopause | Tania Dalton (re-release)
We're bringing back another great episode for our special Menopause Matters Season — this time with the fabulous Tania Dalton. Tania is a healthy aging coach and fitness trainer, known for her inspiring approach to redefining what's possible as we age. She's passionate about showing that…
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187 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Menopause whilst Black | Karen Arthur | (re-release)
We're bringing back another ground-breaking episode for our special Menopause Matters Season — this time with the inspiring Karen Arthur. Karen is an educator, fashion designer, dancer, podcaster, broadcaster, author and artist. She's the host of the Menopause Whilst Black podcast, which she...
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186 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Menopause, hormones and immune systems | Angela Counsel | (re-release)
We're bringing back another great episode for our special Menopause Matters Season – this time with the brilliant Angela Counsel. Angela is a naturopath, kinesiologist, and mindset coach working with women in midlife. Like me, she's on a mission to spread the word that menopause doesn't have to…
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185 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Upgrading the menopause conversation | Clarissa Kristjansson | (re-release)
We're bringing back another episode for our special Menopause Matters Season — this time with the wonderful Clarissa Kristjansson. She's a Mindfulness and Menopause expert, author of The Mindful Menopause, and host of the Thriving Thru Menopause podcast. Clarissa is passionate about changing the...
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184 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: Midlife women rock | Breeda Bermingham (re-release)
We're revisiting another brilliant conversation for our special Menopause Matters Season — this time with the inspiring Breeda Bermingham. She's a social entrepreneur, founder of the Midlife Women Rock Project, and author of Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation. A former...
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183 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: How to have a happy menopause | Jackie Lynch (re-release)
This is a re-release episode with the brilliant Jackie Lynch, Registered Nutritional Therapist and author of The Happy Menopause. I just love that title! Jackie's work is all about how nutrition can help us flourish in midlife and beyond. ✨ Book news! Jackie's latest book The Happy Menopause…
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182 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: How to do a midlife refuel | Maryon Stewart (re-release)
Maryon Stewart is known as the pioneer of the natural menopause movement. She created a non-drug but scientifically based program to overcome issues associated with menopause and has helped thousands of women. She's written 28 books and is also a campaigner for education around drugs. She's made…
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181 MENOPAUSE MATTERS: A special rerun season (intro)
In this solo episode, host Rachel Lankester introduces a brand-new special season of the Magnificent Midlife Podcast: Menopause Matters. With World Menopause Day around the corner, Rachel is shining a spotlight on some of the inspiring menopause conversations from the Magnificent Midlife…
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180 Living a life less ordinary with Melissa Talago
Want to add something fabulous to your life? Meet Melissa Talago, a serial entrepreneur and portfolio careerist with a single minded passion: to live a life less ordinary. She runs Hoomin, providing content marketing and communications leadership to tech companies. She's also the founder of...
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179 Understanding the female brain at midlife with Dr Sarah McKay
Dr. Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist, author, and science communicator passionate about making brain science accessible and practical. With a PhD in neuroscience, she specializes in exploring the female brain and its transformations across life stages. Her books, The Women's Brain Book and Baby...
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178 Metabolism repair and long term health with Lara Briden
Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and women's health advocate with over 25 years of clinical experience. Lara has written Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual. Her latest book, Metabolism Repair For Women, a compassionate, science based guide to balancing insulin, losing weight and...
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177 Betrayal, healing, and resilience with Tracey Yarad
Tracey Yarad is an Australian singer-songwriter and pianist who transformed personal heartbreak into powerful storytelling. After a devastating betrayal in midlife, she channelled her pain into her one-woman musical show All The Pretty Things, now touring in Australia and the UK. Through raw...
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176 Bone health and osteoporosis with Rebekah Rotstein
Rebekah Rotstein is the creator of the medically endorsed Buff Bones® system, providing bone health, education and exercise to manage and prevent bone and joint issues for people of all ages. She's an industry leader in Pilates, bone health and movement education. Rebekah was diagnosed with...
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175 Midlife update and my trip to Albania, solo with Rachel
A solo midlife update from Rachel, with a difference, sharing her recent solo trip to Albania, and what's been going on in life. She talks about: - Initial nervousness and changing travel plans - Conquering driving fears while navigating Albania's challenging roads - Initial hotel challenges -...
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174 The myth of making it with Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the former editor of Teen Vogue and Feministing and the editorial director at The Meteor. She's the author of The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning, which explores the contradictions and inequities of success in the modern workplace, particularly for women and...
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173 Finding our purpose at midlife with Lesley Jane Seymour
Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and the former editor of More magazine. She founded Covey Club, an online community for women over 40, which grew out of a survey that More magazine readers took after the iconic magazine closed. She's been a leading light in the media industry for many...
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172 Unlocking the gifts of perimenopause with Kate Codrington
I always love chatting to this returning guest! Kate Codrington is the author of The New York Times recommended book, Second Spring: The Self-Care Guide To Menopause, and her second book is The Perimenopause Journal: Unlock Your Power, Own Your Wellbeing, Find Your Path. This is a beautiful…
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171 Navigating bowel cancer with Dr Anisha Patel
Dr Anisha Patel is a GP specializing in women's health whose world was turned upside down with a diagnosis of stage three bowel cancer. She's the author of the brilliant book Everything You'd Hoped You'd Never Need To Know About Bowel Cancer. I found this such a powerful book, with lessons for…
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170 Unpicking menopause narratives with Dr Sarah White
Dr. Sarah White is the CEO of Jean Hailes for Women's Health, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving women's health across Australia through every life stage. She is part of the National Women's Health Advisory Council and the Women's Health Products Working Group at...
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169 Getting creative about dementia with Shelle Luscombe
Shelle Luscombe is an entertainer, a singer, a presenter, a voiceover artist. She turned 50 in 2021 and she set out to have 50 memorable experiences. She also wanted to raise money for a cause very close to her heart, having two copies of the Alzheimer's risk gene and having lost both parents to...
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168 DNA surprises, identity, healing and growth with Maria Leonard Olsen
This is such a fascinating podcast! Maria Leonard Olsen is a lawyer, an author, a TEDx speaker, and a mentor to women in recovery. She wrote 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life and is host of the Becoming Your Best Version podcast. She's had a very full and fascinating life – so...
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167 Menopause in Africa with Sue Mbaya
Sue Mbaya is the founder and director of Menopause Solutions Africa and host of the Pause for Menopause podcast. She's leading menopause awareness in Africa and seeking to normalize the change while empowering women. She has over 20 years of policy advocacy, advisory and development experience at...
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166 Writing about Jewish culture with Lynne Golodner
Lynne Golodner is a novelist writing about strong Jewish women and Jewish culture. She shares her background and journey as a writer, her focus on writing about Orthodox Jewish life, and the challenges and research involved. Lynne recently set up her own independent publishing house for women…
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165 Midlife update, solo with Rachel
A midlife update from Rachel on what's been happening lately and what's coming up for her as we move towards summer. She talks about: - Cherishing loved ones and coping with grief - Recent podcast episodes Being a veteran Black menopause and staying curious Staying strong and healing Embodied...
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164 The power of herbs for menopause with Hannah Charman
Hannah Charman has been a medical herbalist since 1999, having first become interested in alternative medicine when she used it to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome in her early teens. She specialises now in helping women who prefer or need a natural route through menopause, combining herbal...
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163 Finding what works at midlife with Dr Maria Luque
Dr. Maria Luque is a menopause fitness expert, a health science professor, and an Air Force veteran. She's passionate about helping menopausal women become healthier, stronger, and happier. Her PhD dissertation was all about enhancing quality of life in menopause. We talk about: - What quality of...
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162 Discovering the joy of volunteering with Ann Marie Jackson
Ann Marie Jackson is the co-founder of microlending organization Mano Amiga and works with Casita Linda, which builds homes for families living in poverty in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She's lived as an expat in Mexico for a decade, is a columnist for Mexico Daily News and recently wrote a...
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161 The embodied experience of postmenopause with Stella Duffy
Stella Duffy is an award-winning writer of 17 novels, over 70 short stories and 15 plays who's also worked in theatre for 35 years as an actor, director and facilitator. She's a psychotherapist and a yoga teacher. She recently completed her doctorate in existential psychotherapy and her research...
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160 Staying strong and healing well with Dr Kristie Ennis
Dr Kristie Ennis is a physical therapist, nutritionist, and strength and conditioning specialist. She wants to empower people to do more than they think they can and realize they are stronger than they think they are. She has a fantastic YouTube channel, which is where podcast host Rachel found…
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159 Black menopause and staying curious with Pamela Windle
Pamela Windle joins the podcast to talk about menopause, at work, for Black women, diversity of experience, the importance of representation and staying curious about big statements about women's health, especially when those relate to race. Pamela is a women's health coach and menstruation and...
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158 Being a veteran with Cat Corchado
Cat Corchado is a US Air Force veteran turned founder of the Small Space Pilates Community. She's made it her mission to help women veterans transition from the military, and is the host of the Sisters in Service podcast. We talk about: - Why Cat is still very active in the military community -...
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157 Midlife update, solo with Rachel
Mag Mid podcast host Rachel is flying solo this week, talking about what's been happening in her world. There's a trip to the UK Houses of Parliament and a book recommendation in the New York Times in the mix! Check out what's been catching her attention lately. She talks about: - The success of...
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156 Staying fit as we age with Elaine Reynolds
Elaine Reynolds is a master personal trainer and yoga teacher. She teaches women over 50 to not give up or give in with the crazy things happening to our bodies. She had an epiphany at 50 and bought a one way ticket to Bali, where she lives now. We talk about: - What's it like being an expat in...
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155 Healing through memoir with Sherry Sidoti
Sherry Sidoti is an author and a yogi. She recently published her first book, a memoir about her own healing journey, A Smoke and a Song. This is such a powerful and moving story highlighting how we can heal ourselves by exploring and accepting our experiences, and coming to terms with the past.…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Midlife isn't the end of meaningful life, just the end of the first half rehearsal. Listen, laugh, learn and be inspired as Rachel Lankester, author, mentor and founder of Magnificent Midlife, interviews women in midlife and beyond living authentic, empowered lives, not disappearing into obscurity. From round the world yachtswomen to 60 year old pole dancers, from palliative care doctors to sustainable food evangelists, this podcast explores the myriad things older women get up to and the issues we face. We challenge the status quo and bash those negative stereotypes about being an older woman. Need some inspiration about what's possible for you when you're over 40, over 50 or beyond? These women will show you anything is. Need help overcoming your own limiting beliefs about getting older or struggles with menopause? Learn from women who've experienced the same but found ways to thrive and become who they were always meant to be. Learn their life-hacks and how they do what they do.
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Rachel Lankester
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Midlife isn't the end of meaningful life, just the end of the first half rehearsal. Listen, laugh, learn and be inspired as Rachel Lankester, author, mentor and founder of Magnificent Midlife, interviews women in midlife and beyond living authentic, empowered lives, not disappearing into obscurity....
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