Love From the Inside Out: Real Life Conversations for Women Going Through Midlife, Menopause Body Changes and Identity Shifts
Love From the Inside Out is an honest, empowering podcast for women in midlife navigating menopause, body changes, burnout, boundaries, relationships, self-trust, anxiety, and identity shifts.
Hosted by Susan Kricun, storyteller, PR strategist, speaker, and midlife woman navigating many of these same questions herself, this show offers grounded reflections, real conversations, and relatable stories to help you feel seen, less alone, and more connected to yourself again.
If you’ve been wondering, “Why don’t I feel like myself anymore?” or “Who am I now?” this podcast meets you in that in-between place with honesty, warmth, humor, and perspective you can use in real life. The conversations are emotionally honest without being heavy, reflective without feeling overly therapeutic, and real without leaving you stuck in what feels hard.
Whether you’re navigating menopause, midlife anxiety, body image, people-pleasing, burnout, grief, marriage, friendship, boundaries, reinvention, self-doubt, or the feeling that your old roles no longer fit, each episode is designed to help you slow down, name what you’re feeling, reconnect with your own voice, and begin trusting yourself in this next chapter.
With decades of experience in storytelling, communications, and connecting people through honest conversation, Susan explores the emotional side of midlife, the parts we don’t always say out loud, but so many women are quietly carrying.
At its heart, Love From the Inside Out is about telling the truth about this season of life without making midlife feel like something to survive. It is about noticing what you’ve been carrying, questioning what no longer belongs to you, and remembering that this part of life can still hold beauty, joy, movement, confidence, friendship, laughter, style, pleasure, freedom, and a deeper connection to yourself.
You’ll hear honest solo episodes and real conversations about midlife, menopause, body changes, self-trust, people-pleasing, burnout, boundaries, identity, grief, anxiety, relationships, and what it means to stop living on autopilot.
If you’re asking, “Is this menopause, midlife, burnout, anxiety, or something else?” “How do I stop people-pleasing and trust myself again?” or “What do I want for this next part of my life?” you’re in the right place.
New episodes every Thursday. Follow along for honest conversations about midlife, menopause, self-trust, and coming back to yourself.
Episodes
58 episodes
How to Stop Overthinking What You Can’t Control
If you've been overthinking a situation you can't control, replaying conversations in your head, worrying about what might happen next, or feeling stuck in uncertainty, this episode is for you.In this episode of Love From the Inside Out,...
How to Stop Pushing Through Midlife Burnout
Why trying harder isn’t helping and backing off isn’t giving up.In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan explores midlife burnout, the addiction to effort, and why pushing through, doing more, and overriding your body ...
Why I Didn't Change My Last Name After Marriage
What happens when the thing you imagined your whole life finally arrives... and it doesn't feel the way you expected?For most of my life, I assumed I would change my last name when I got married. I actually looked forward to it. Growing ...
Midlife Body Changes: Caring for Your Body Without Trying to Control It
If your body feels different in midlife and you’ve found yourself wondering what you missed, what you did wrong, or why all the “right” things aren’t working the way they used to, this episode is for you.In this episode of Love From the ...
Why You Feel Responsible for Other People’s Moods: Emotional Hypervigilance, Boundaries, and Self-Abandonment
In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, Susan explores why some of us feel responsible for other people’s moods and how that pattern can quietly lead to emotional exhaustion, overthinking, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment.
Perfectionism in Midlife: Why We Keep Trying to Get Life Right
Why do we keep trying to be perfect at life, even when we know life is a practice?In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m exploring the pressure so many of us feel to get life right — to make the right decision, respond the righ...
Being Seen, Body Image, and Self-Doubt in Midlife
What is it about having your picture taken that can bring up so much?In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m talking about a recent headshot experience that brought up more than I expected around being seen, body image,...
Grief Anniversaries: When Certain Dates Bring Memories Back
Some dates stay with us. Grief anniversaries, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and the moments our bodies seem to remember before we do.In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m reflecting on the emotional memory ce...
When Both Choices Cost You Something: How to Make Peace with No-Clean-Answer Decisions
Have you ever been in one of those no-clean-answer moments where both choices make sense and both choices cost you something?In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m talking about the love-hate relationship we can have w...
What We Keep: Family Keepsakes, Old Photos, Memory, and Legacy
I went into our storage unit looking for my mother’s mahjong set and a few things I wanted to give to my brother. Instead, I found old family photos, childhood keepsakes, handwritten notes, and pieces of my life I hadn’t seen in years.Wh...
When Your Body Forces a Pause: Signs You Need to Slow Down
If your body, your energy, or your life has ever stopped cooperating with the pace you were trying to keep, this episode is for you.A rough stomach bug forced me to slow down in a way I never would have chosen for myself, and once the wo...
Why Getting Dressed Feels Harder Than It Should
If getting dressed has been feeling more emotional, frustrating, or loaded than it should, this episode is for you.After listening to Mel Robbins’ recent conversation with celebrity stylist Erin Walsh, I thought I was about to feel inspi...
Choose Joy First: How to Feel Good Without Earning It
How do you feel good without earning it first? In this episode, I’m talking about why so many of us wait to relax, enjoy life, or feel better until everything is done — and how choosing joy first can help break negative thought loops, shift you...
When Your Life Looks Fine on Paper But Doesn’t Feel Right Anymore: Midlife Transition Signs
What if nothing is exactly wrong, but something still feels off?In this episode, I’m talking about 7 signs you may have outgrown your life and are at a midlife turning point. If you’ve been feeling more irritated, more disconnected, more...
How to Create Abundance Without Abandoning Yourself
What if abundance isn’t about getting more — but about caring for what you already have?In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan reflects on an unexpected lesson about abundance after repotting a money tree plan...
Getting Older, Getting Clearer: A Birthday Reflection on Midlife
A few days before her birthday, Susan shares a personal reflection on what it means to get older, get clearer, and choose how she wants to meet this season of life.In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, she opens up about ...
How to Stop Losing Yourself and Find Yourself Again
Want support you can press play on?Return is my private podcast feed for the moments you can feel yourself slipping into urgency, overthinking, over-functioning, or self-abandonment. Inside, you’ll receive at least two private...
When Anger Is the Signal: Irritability, Resentment, and Self-Abandonment
Join Return (private podcast feed) here.If you’ve been feeling more irritated or resentful lately, this episode will help. Even if anger isn’t your main signal, keep liste...
Scripts: No Over-Explaining
Borrow these clear, kind scripts for work, family, and relationships—especially when you feel the urge to explain yourself to death.Hi. It’s Susan.This is a Boundary Script Pack you can come back to anytime you want to sa...
Reset: Stop the Spiral
Use this when everything feels “right now”—a short reset to slow your system and get clear.Hi. It’s Susan.This is a Reset you can use in real time when you feel rushed, tight, buzzy, or like you’re about to over-function....
Awareness Over Shame
When you catch yourself doing it again, this is your permission to get curious, not cruel—and come back.Hi. It’s Susan.This is the episode I want you to come back to the moment you notice you’re self-abandoning and your b...
Welcome to Return: Start Here
A quick orientation to what Return is, what you’ll find here, and how to use this feed when real life hits.Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.Return is the private feed inside Love From the Inside Out—created for t...
Stop Self-Abandonment: Nervous System Healing and Learning to Stay With Yourself
Return is live 🎧 Join here. 💛Stop Self-Abandonment: Nervous System Healing and Learning to Stay With YourselfWhat does it actually mean to stop aband...
Bonus Episode: Year of the Fire Horse 2026 — Momentum Without Self-Abandonment (Lunar New Year Reset)
As the Lunar New Year begins and we enter the Year of the Fire Horse, I’m sharing a grounded reset you can use anytime you feel that “new chapter” energy building.This isn’t a predictions episode. It’s a practical, nervous-system-friendl...