Your Magical Midlife
Hello and thank you for listening ! Your Magical Midlife is your go to podcast is for gen x women who never (quite) fit in. I'm Kate Higgins, your host, and I'm a therapist turned coach. I will be discussing all things midlife: body changes, relationship shifts, career changes, caring for aging parents and most of all finding the joy and MAGIC in midlife. I'll be having guests, throwing some tarot cards, sharing wisdom and adventures.
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Episodes
71 episodes
S3 E12: In Our Hag Era
Lesli Baker is the creator of the Instagram and Substack platform In Our Hag Era for shes and theys of a certain RAGE! Burly folx 45 +,this is a place to embrace aging, find like-minds, and share thoughts and feels. She...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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53:53
S3 E11: You Cannot Mess This Up a conversation with Amy Weiland Daughters
Amy Weinland Daughters is a keynote speaker, letter writer, satirist, sports journalist and author of Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter and You Cannot Mess Thi...
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45:28
S3 E10: Brenda Rigney wants you to be Aligned AF
Brenda Rigney went from being the COO of an $80 million business to starting a company of one. For 27 years, she led sales, marketing, tech, HR, and operations teams for brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Earls Restaurants, and Nurse N...
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46:55
S3 E9: Maiden Mother Empress Crone
The Maiden, Mother, and Crone archetypes traditionally represent the cyclical nature of life, encompassing youth, motherhood, and old age/death, respectively. As I have been aging, reflecting and mining my own life, I have come to ...
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17:06
S3 E8: Hot Or Just Me ? Carin Luna-Ostaseski
Carin Luna-Ostaseski is one of the founder of Hot Or Just Me ?, a menopause support platform that offers products and solutions for women in midlife. She's a fascinating woman who has pivoted multiple times. She began her...
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37:16
S3 E7: Jen Rigley Flourishing Over Fifty
Jen Rigley is an author, motivational speaker and personal transformation expert focused on women’s empowerment and living your best life after 50. Her mission is to inspire and empower women in midlife to create a new story for their lif...
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43:18
S3 E6: Body Bummers
I'm heavier than I'm used to being and heavier than I think of myself in my head right now. My favorite dress doesn't fit. At this stage and has of life, I am done done DONE with being that woman who is obsessed with her weight. I j...
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19:49
S3 E5: Tapping into Your Magic with Kelly Stegmann of The Boho Witchery
Kelly Stegmann is on a mission to make magical accessible to all. She is a fellow tarot reader, healer and psychic. She has a gorgeous online community called The Nebula which holds sacred circles, group divination and readings. She is funny, s...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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41:59
S3 E3: Kate Valentine A Woman of A Certain Rage
Kate Valentine (playwright/producer/choreographer/actor) is one of the instigators of the feminist neo-burlesque movement. Her show, the vaudeville extravaganza The Va Va Voom Room and her hilariously deadpan mistress of ceremonies character Mi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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52:54
S3 E2: HRT Made Easy with Dr Cathleen Brown of Winona
I'm thrilled to share this conversation with Dr Cathleen Brown the new medical director of the Telehealth medicine company, Winona. HRT should not be confusing-but it is. I have walked out of multiple OBGYN offices with prescription...
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47:27
S3 E1: Childless by Chance
I was never one of those women who actively said "No kids for me". I was also not one of those little girls who played house and wanted to be a Mommy when I grew up. I was pretty surprised when a wave of grief about bein...
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S2 Closer: The Power Of A Pause
Thank you so much for listening to Season 2 of Your Magical Midlife. I am taking a pause but will re-launch on Valentine's Day 2025 with new episodes, new interviews and new adventures. See you on the flip side !
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3:07
S2 E31 Jane Boon The Calculated Muse: From Engineering to Erotica
Jane Boon is an adventurer at heart and a technologist by training. She is fascinated by how things work and why things happen. Jane studied manufacturing systems engineering at Kettering University before earning a master’s degree in technolog...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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46:45
S2 E30 Staci Berkovitz Naked at 50
Staci Berkowitz is the author of the recently released memoir, Naked at 50. The year she turned 50, Staci made a bold decision: to say YES to 50 new experiences. From wild, exhilarating adventures to transformative moments, her year of discover...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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47:05
S2 E29: From Loss to Liberation Amy Gabrielle
Amy Gabrielle, aka The Manhattan Milf, made the unexpected choice to start an online erotica page after the devastating loss of her husband to cancer. Rather than resign herself to a long and lonely life of widowhood in her early 50s, she chann...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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51:54
S2 E28 Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving and gratitude. Short and sweet. Even when things are hard, there is so much to be thankful for. I hope this episode helps you to find the things in your life that are really really good, even when other parts are hard.
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12:11
S2 E27: Treena Orchard Sticky Sexy Sad
Dr Treena Orchard is an anthropologist who has been exploring sex and dating in the digital age. This episode covers everything from trauma, gender identity, gen x nostalgia and single cat ladies. Treena's fascinating book: Sticky, Sexy...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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56:04
S2 E26 Sairan Aqrawi Finding Your Hidden Gems
Sairan Aqrawi is an engineer turned business coach for women in midlife. She immigrated to the United States with $700 and millions of dreams. She is a certified coach, an author and a sought after speaker. Her coaching approach is both comp...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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44:01
S2 E25: Claudia Noriega-Bernstein Don't Shrink To Fit
Claudia Noriega-Bernstein is the hostess of the award winning podcast Don't Shrink To Fit. As an abundance coach, she works 1:1 with clients helping them to step into themselves and their confidence. Claudia has an amazing breadth of experience...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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49:39
S2 E24: Christine Marie Mason Founder Of Rosebud Woman
Christine is a six-time founder and CEO, with a deep interest in women's wellness and the liberation of all people. She's a futurist, a yogi, tantrika, mother of 4, and grandmother. She's the author of Reverence (2021), The Nine Gifts (2020), T...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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59:50
S2 E23: Loss and Lessons
My dad died. I was not expecting him to. At least not last week. Sitting with him for the last 2 weeks of his life was an intense, sad, spiritual experience which made me to reflect on my own life and how I want to live it. Listen ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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20:14
S2 E22: Dr Fiona Lovely Your Midlife Awakening
In honor of October 18th which is World Menopause Day, I am so thrilled to have Dr Fiona Lovely as a guest. She is the host of the OG midlife podcast: Not Your Mother's Menopause. She is a functional medicine doctor who specializes in endocrino...
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S 2 E 21: Burn Out: Struggling with The Tornado of Tasks
This week is a solo (and short!) episode. Do you have too much on your plate ? Does your life feel unmanageable ? Are you exhausted and burnt out ? Do you have aging parent(s), a demanding job, family responsibilities, bills to pay...
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13:30
S 2 E 20: Intuitive Manifesting with Brigit Esselmont of The Biddy Tarot
Brigit Esselmont aka "The Biddy Tarot" is one of the most recognized names in the Tarot and spiritual community. In 2012. Brigit walked away from a successful corporate career to become a Tarot reader. Now. she has a seven-figure b...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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55:27
S2 E19 Alyssa Abrahamson wants you to have self compassion
Alyssa Abrahamson is a holistic wellness coach whose focus is self compassion and auto immune healing. She is the host of the podcast Positively Anti-inflammatory. I've know Alyssa for years under her stage name, Minnie Tonka. She is an inspiri...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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47:48