Your Magical Midlife
Calling all wildflowers, late bloomers, seekers and dreamers: Your Magical Midlife is for women 40+ who never (quite) fit in.
I'm Kate Higgins, a licensed therapist turned coach. I walk women through the portal of midlife using four archetypes: The Maiden, The Mother, The Empress and The Crone-each phase bringing wounds and wisdom.
This podcast is part confessional, part advice column, and part deep dive interviews with untamed woman living lives of their own creation. If you're tired of midlife content geared towards losing weight and "fixing" yourself, you're in the right place.
When I was struggling through menopause and the reckoning that is aging, the only support available to me was focused on preserving the 35 year old version of me-insisting that I should stay frozen there in that "ideal".
I couldn't find anything geared towards the emotional and spiritual challenges I was facing –let alone anywhere that was CELEBRATING it. So I decided to create it myself from scratch.
Midlife is a Portal, and I'm here to witness and support you as you dance, leap (or even) limp through it. It's okay. I got you.
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Your Magical Midlife
E89: In Defense of My Free Range Face
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In this episode I talk about something I’ve been thinking about for years: what happens when we freeze those expressions with Botox.
Research shows that Botox doesn’t just change how we look — it can actually mute our ability to fully feel certain emotions and can make it harder for children to learn emotional intelligence by watching our faces.
I’m not here to shame anyone who chooses Botox. I get the pressure. But this is exactly why I’ve decided to keep my free-range face — lines, creases, and all.
Because my face isn’t broken. It’s a map of a life fully lived. And in a world that’s becoming more filtered and AI-perfect every day, I want my face to stay a real, honest instrument of connection.
This is part of my Empress energy: choosing to be more fully human instead of trying to look forever young.
If you’ve ever stood in front of the mirror and felt that tug of “maybe I should fix this,” this episode is for you.
What do you think? Have you noticed this in yourself or with the kids around you? Send me a voice note — I read every single one.
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