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School of Midlife
This is the podcast for high-achieving women in midlife who want to make midlife their best life.
Women who have worked their entire lives, whether that’s in a traditional career or as the CEO of their household, or for many women, both. And they look around at their life in midlife, and think “I’ve worked my ass off for this?”
They have everything they always thought they ever wanted, but for some reason, it feels like something is missing.
This is the podcast for midlife women who are experiencing all sorts of physical changes in their bodies, while navigating changes in every other part of their lives, too: friendships, family life, work life.
This is the podcast for midlife women who find themselves wide-awake at 2.00am, asking themselves big questions like “what do I want?” “is it too late for me?”, and “what’s my legacy beyond my family and my work?”
Each week, we’re answering these questions and more at the School of Midlife.
When it comes to midlife, there are a lot of people talking about menopause and having a midlife crisis. This isn’t one of those podcasts. While we may occasionally talk about the menopausal transition, but that’s not our focus. Because we believe that midlife is so much more than menopause. And it’s certainly not a crisis.
At the School of Midlife, we’re looking to make midlife our best life.
School of Midlife
151. Hope Is Not a Strategy: How to Create a Midlife You Love Now
You don’t need to blow up your life. But you do need to stop waiting to live it.
In this deeply reflective solo episode, Laurie is back in the studio (fresh off a trip to Paris and a new haircut) with a wake-up call for midlife women everywhere: if you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself living the same year over and over again—and call it a life.
From the blur of daily routines to the invisible waitlist we put our dreams on, this episode unpacks why high-achieving women often postpone their own fulfillment—and what it actually takes to start living with more intention, starting now.
💡 In This Episode:
- Why the end of the year feels so jarring—and what to do about it
- The difference between living and just preparing to live
- Why most women don’t need reinvention—they need intention
- How to stop deferring your dreams “until after…”
- A heartfelt invitation to attend either the Best Life Planning Day and the last live masterclass of the year...or both!
🔥 Favorite Quotes:
“For most of us, we have fewer years ahead than we’ve already lived.”
“Hope is not a strategy. Wishing and praying don’t create a best life. Intentional action does.”
“You don’t need to blow it all up. But you do need to do some things differently.”
🎯 Upcoming Events:
- 🗓️ Best Life Planning Day (Boise): A one-day retreat to create clarity, intention, and a real plan for 2026. No suitcase. No PTO. Just space to focus on you.
- 💻 Final Live Masterclass: How to Not Live the Same Year Every Year — 5 days of coaching to change your next 365.
Don’t wait another year to start living the life you actually want.
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