The Threshold
by Angie Schaffer
The Threshold is a podcast for women navigating midlife, healing, and the in-between. Hosted by Angie Schaffer — threshold guide and a woman walking her own midlife crossing — these conversations and reflections are for the woman who feels something shifting. Something ending. Something not yet arrived. You haven’t found this by accident. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
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It’s Here: The Midlife Homecoming
For weeks I’ve been sharing that I created a workbook and while it’s name has changed a time or two, the heart of it is the same. It’s a year-long journey within the walls of your midlife marriage and, while not a makeover, it is most definitely a place to come home to each other. And, so, if you...
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The Exhale
We have been taught a beautiful but deeply exhausting lie about relationships: that to heal a drifting marriage or a heavy life, we have to work harder at it. We are told to schedule more forced dates, push through increasingly difficult conversations, and constantly try to fix, manage, or...
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The Patterns We Bring Into Our Marriage
We don't just marry a person. We marry our history. In this episode, Angie explores how childhood patterns like keeping the peace, going quiet, and over-functioning show up in how we fight, ask for what we need, or shut down in our marriages. She shares how to notice when a reaction is older than...
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The Marriage You Already Have
Midlife marriages rarely fall apart with a bang. More often, they drift quietly while life stacks up: kids, careers, caregiving, and all the roles we carry. Somewhere along the way, we stop really seeing each other. In this episode, Angie opens a season of returning, as Venus goes retrograde…
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When We Stop Asking Questions
This week on The Threshold, Angie talks about the quiet distance that can creep into a marriage in the empty-nest years - not from one big fight, but from years of asking about logistics instead of asking anything real. She shares what shifted when she started asking different questions, and...
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What I Actually Did About It
Last episode, Angie asked: where has your marriage gone quiet? This episode picks up the thread- the story of what she actually did when she noticed the quiet in her own marriage. Instead of one big "fix-it" conversation, she built something smaller and more sustainable: a 52-week workbook of...
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The Quiet Kind of Lonely
Most marriage conversations assume something's broken - conflict, betrayal, a big blowup. This episode is about the marriages that look fine from the outside and still feel a little empty on the inside. Angie talks about the quiet kind of distance that creeps into a long marriage. Not a crisis,...
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Getting Out of the Fog
Twenty-five episodes in, fresh off a trip to Italy and back into the reality of being “stuck” in Nashville, Angie shares the simplest thing that pulled her out of a summer of hormonal shifts, grief, and uncertainty. This episode names the real difference between staying in it -to feel, notice…
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Staying In the Fog
I came home from Italy this summer full of clarity. Momentum. Excitement about everything ahead. And then it stopped. Hard. Since mid-June, it’s felt foggy. Hard to feel clear. Hard to move with the certainty I had standing in that beauty, in that open, spacious feeling I found there. Today I’m...
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The Painful Space Between
There’s a season most of us try to escape as fast as we can - the in-between. The dream that didn’t happen yet, or the come-down after it almost did. The body in flux. The miles between the start and finish. The relationship that’s shifting. We find ourselves wanting to skip straight to the...
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At Summer’s End
A short reflection on the feelings I've been circling since May and thoughts for anyone in the in-between.
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Staying Alone with Myself
This week I had four days completely alone… no plans, no one to perform for, nothing to manage but myself. What I found in that silence wasn’t loneliness. It was her. The little girl underneath everything, the one I’ve spent most of my life managing around instead of actually sitting with. In...
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The Ache is the Map
I used to think I needed a map before I could move. Turns out, the ache itself was the map all along. This week I’m sharing something that surfaced in real time during a moment where I felt disagreement in my body before I could name why, and followed it instead of the easier agreement. That…
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Nashville, Italy and the Marriage Portal
Nashville almost cost us. Not in the way you’d think. This episode is about the marriage portal, the moment two people who love each other are asked to change together, not just separately. It’s about the old shame of wanting transformation and claiming it was worth the cost, and how that same...
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The Parent I Swore I’d Never Become
The tone. The words. The moment of recognition. A honest look at inherited patterns and the slow work of choosing something different.
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The Contrast I’m Living In
Nashville. Italy. The senses coming online. What it feels like to stand inside a question with no answer yet and why that’s not a failure, it’s a threshold.
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The Woman Who Stopped Numbing
I used to think the wine was unzipping me. Loose, fun, likable and I thought that was the real Angie finally showing up. It wasn’t. It was hiding in plain sight. In this episode I’m sharing the three experiments that changed everything: the sixty days sober, the year of no shopping, the thirty…
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The Woman Who Came Back
I came back from Italy different. Not just emotionally… something that had gone quiet became loud again. In this episode, I shares what I found my way back to, the story of Nash, and what it means to stop leaving the most important parts of yourself out.
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The Permission Slip
In this episode, recorded just days before stepping onto a plane to Italy, Angie talks about the permission slip we’ve all been waiting for. The one that would finally make it okay to want the expansive life, to go toward the dream, and stop deferring the long vision.
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The Threshold of Going
Standing at the edge of something you’ve always been pointed toward is its own kind of passage. There is guilt. There is leaving. There is the strange vertigo of the long vision finally arriving. In this episode, recorded just before Angie left for Italy, she explores what it means to choose to…
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The Long Vision
There is a dream you have been carrying for a long time. Maybe you stopped talking about it. Maybe you convinced yourself it wasn’t practical, or that it wasn’t really for you. In this episode, Angie explores why women abandon their long vision, what it costs them, and what becomes possible when...
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The Marriage in the In-Between
What happens to a long partnership when one person is in radical transformation? Thirty years of love, nine months in a new city, and what depth without destruction actually looks like.
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The Girl Who Read Every Room
Some of us were never just children. We were the ones who held the family together by reading the room, managing the emotions, staying small so everyone else could feel okay. This episode is for the girl who carried what wasn't hers to carry. And for the woman she became.
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The Empty Nest & Our Identity
This week’s episode came from a real moment. I was sitting on my daughter’s porch in Florida, holding space for her grief, and somewhere in the quiet I felt my own. Not because anything was wrong. But because motherhood at this stage looks so different than I expected, and I’m still learning who…
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To the Woman Who is Hiding
In today’s episode I explore the armor I’ve worn as a woman and how all the hiding from being fully known has cost me. If you have been holding back from your truth, your dreams, desires. and everything in-between, this episode is for you. You can also find my work on Substack at The Threshold…
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The Cycle Breaker
What does it actually cost and what it actually gives when you are the cycle breaker. That is today’s conversation on The Threshold. I would love to hear about your journey in the threshold. Email [email protected], follow on IG at @angielynnschaffer or follow on Substack @ The Threshold.…
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Staying In the In-Between
In every Threshold, the decision to stay in it is the true discipline that leads to transformation. This is what today’s episode is all about. The staying. I hope you enjoy this episode, it truly is one of my favorites. To connect with Angie, please email to [email protected], connect on IG...
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She Isn’t Ready to Go
In today’s episode, I share a personal reflection on living with all of the past, present and future versions of ourselves. I’d love to hear from you. You can reach me via email at [email protected], connect via IG @angielynnschaffer and on Substack @ The Threshold.
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The Mother Wound and Lineage
The Mother Wound and Lineage Angie Schaffer In today’s episode, I share reflections on carrying the wounds of your lineage, generational healing and transforming our lives to be the legacy that ripples forward into our family and world. As mentioned, if you are looking to go deeper into your own...
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What the In-Between Actually Feels Like
On today’s episode, I share how being in the season of in-between feels when you show up. This isn’t a polished chapter of life, but it is a real one. There’s a feeling of something ending and something has not yet arrived and it brings many unknowns with it. Today’s episode reminds the listener...
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Why Now?
The timing of awakening in never accidental. Today I share why a woman finds herself in the season of in-between at this exact moment and how midlife as a passage is not a crisis. Connect with me at [email protected] and learn more about my work at www.angieschaffer.com.
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Welcome to The Threshold
Welcome to The Threshold. A podcast of conversations and reflections from the in-between for the women in the thresholds of their life. On today’s episode, I share a brief introduction of The Threshold…what it is, why it exists and who it is for. You can learn more about my work at...
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Helping Your Teen Build Confidence in a World of Comparison
In today’s episode, Angie has a conversation with Natalie Borrell of Life Success for Teens. Natalie is a school psychologist and coach who loves working with students who need a boost of confidence to feel successful both in and out of the classroom. Our discussion will help the parents…
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Creating a More Intentional Relationship with Your Children
In this week’s episode, Angie brings Cynthia Kane onto the show to share a conversation on creating a more intentional relationship with your children. Cynthia is the CEO and Founder of Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC, a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor and the author...
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Looking to Come Back to Me?
In today’s first episode of November, Angie shares the details of her new, free community for midlife moms who are desiring community, support and practical activities and tips to guide your journey “back to me”. You can join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcominghome. For other…
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Have You Ever Said “Eff It All”?
In this Saturday morning episode, Angie brings a sacred message about moments in life where you are brought to the decision to say “Fuck It All” and go all in on yourself, your thoughts, and your power. Angie hopes this message is met with the deep introspection of where you may be called to…
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Are You Living Authentically?
In today’s episode, Angie shares a channeled message on living authentically and how doing so honors all of your relationships. For more information on working with Angie, you can follow her on IG @angielynnschaffer and www.angieschaffer.com.
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Let’s toss humbleness out the window!
Today’s episode is a sweet story and reflection from Angie’s conversation with her youngest about the curse of being humble and how to shift into being proud of ourselves. Listen in to hear how raising your children to be humble can ultimately be a detriment to their growth and an even deeper...
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When you evolve, everything evolves
In today’s episode, Angie reflects on the journey of this podcast and how it has evolved as she has evolved as a passionate woman, wife, and mother. A true testament to showing up in deep work is to watch your relationships, career, and most notably, yourself transform in a beautiful unfolding....
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Want to gift your child the freedom they desire?
In today’s episode, Angie shares a reflection on the gift your give your child when you heal and how the healing journey in her own life has impacted her daughter’s and the guidance she offers the lives she touches. Listen in for opportunities to lean into your own healing and how generational...
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Where are you dimming your light?
In this week’s bonus episode, Angie shares a channeled message to invite the listener to lean back and reflect on where they are dimming their light. Whether we are afraid of judgement, feel like we don’t fit in our old life, or are worried we are too much for those around us, the truth is, women...
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Are you supported?
In today’s new episode, Angie shares a conversation around support in your life. Whether you are navigating a difficult time in life, grieving a loss, transitioning into a new chapter of motherhood, or simply have some thoughts on your mind, it’s so important to find your support team. Listen in...
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Are you in balance?
In today’s episode, Angie channels Spirit and shares the message downloaded during meditation. As you listen in and walk through your week, Angie invites you to notice where your life feels out of balance and how it’s showing up in your body, your relationships and your business. You can find…
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Where are you hiding?
A year has gone by with very few episodes up on the pod, maybe you’ve noticed. What I thought would be a year filled with episodes and all the things business growth, the 2021-2022 school year quickly became a year of everything taking a backseat except for motherhood. And, looking back…
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What’s Been Up in My World!
For four months, I left the podcast go. My heart was heavy, my mind spinning with worry, and my spirit exhausted. I questioned if I would ever return to it. I contemplated a new name and look (this is still a possibility). I allowed the voice in my head to grow bigger and bigger that my words…
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A Conversation with Kate Williams Stone: Part 2 - Let’s Talk Perimenopause and Our Second Puberty
In today’s second episode of the week, Angie has a conversation with our special guest of the week, Kate Williams Stone to talk about perimenopause and our second puberty! In this episode full of juicy wisdom on perimenopause we get personal, learn the symptoms of perimenopause, and connect it…
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A Conversation with Kate Williams Stone: Part 1 - Intuitive Eating, Saying Good-bye to Fad Diets and A Peek into Our Second Puberty
In today’s first of two episodes this week, Angie welcomes special guest Kate Williams Stone to share her wisdom on intuitive eating, role as a coach, and both personal and professional insight into disordered eating and the spectrum of eating disorders. Kate is a certified health and life coach...
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Will You Heal For Your Daughter?
In today’s new episode Angie shares an invitation to explore the difficult experiences brought forth in motherhood and how leaning into the healing of your wounds can also heal your daughter’s heart as she navigates the teen years and beyond. Listen in and open up to what comes up for you in...
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Is Your Daughter Looking For Answers?
In today’s episode, Angie shares an “off-the-cuff” episode that offers guidance and ideas for anytime your daughter (or you!) are looking “out there” for answers. With her personal experiences and stories, Angie reminds the listener that the answers are always within if we are willing to sit in…
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Is Your True Self Calling?
Do you have a beautiful life, yet feel like something is “off”? Have you been wondering where the joy is in life? Do you ever feel disconnected inside and confused how to explain it to others? In today’s episode, Angie shares her personal journey as she navigated these very questions and how…
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About this show
The Threshold is a podcast for women navigating midlife, healing, and the in-between. Hosted by Angie Schaffer — threshold guide and a woman walking her own midlife crossing — these conversations and reflections are for the woman who feels something shifting. Something ending. Something not yet arrived. You haven’t found this by accident. New episodes every Tuesday.
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