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Your 2nd Act
Welcome to Your 2nd Act podcast - where we celebrate the power and beauty of women in their middle years. Join me each fortnight as I chat to inspiring women from all walks of life, sharing their stories, insights, and hard-earned wisdom. Together, we'll explore the limitless possibilities of your next chapter and trust me, the curtain has just risen on your most exciting act yet.
Your 2nd Act
How To Run Away (& Other Handy Hints for Your Next Bit).
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A replay of an episode where Michelle had the mic turned on her as a guest on Monique van Tulder’s podcast, How To Run Away (& Other Handy Hints for Your Next Bit).
What if midlife isn’t the beginning of the end, but the start of your 2nd act?
In this episode of A Grown Up’s Gap Year – The Podcast, Monique sits down with Michelle Parsonage, host of the Your 2nd Act podcast and community for women navigating mid-life change and reinvention. Michelle’s message is all about “the power and beauty of women in their middle years” and the real stories of what happens when women pause, get curious and choose what’s next.
Together they talk about what it’s really like to be the capable one who copes – running the domestic corporation, holding the mental load, doing all the invisible work – and then suddenly find yourself asking, *“What now? What about me?”*
You’ll hear:
- How Michelle knew she was ready for her own 2nd act – and why she started a podcast in her 50s
- Why everyday women’s stories are such powerful fuel for courage and change
the difference between blowing everything up and making small, brave moves in your actual life
- Practical ways to create space for your own next chapter when you’re still busy and needed
This isn’t about becoming a different person. It’s about living a little louder as the woman you already are – with more agency, more curiosity, and a 2nd act that actually feels like yours.
Episode Resources:
YOUR 2ND ACT: INSTAGRAM
Additional Resources:
Your SPACE Prescription - Anti Guilt Calculator
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Dear Blokes Downloadable
Setting Boundaries That Stick - checklist
52 Ideas for YOUR Version of A Grown Up's Gap Year
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