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.
Love From the Inside Out: Real Life Conversations for Women Going Through Midlife, Menopause Body Changes and Identity Shifts
Why Getting Dressed Feels Harder Than It Should
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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 inspired to clean out my closet, get intentional, and finally connect a few dots around style, confidence, and embodiment.
That is not what happened.
Instead, I opened my closet, felt immediate resistance, shut the door, and walked away. Then I went shopping with birthday gift cards, good intentions, and every plan to freshen up my wardrobe and I left without trying anything on.
In this episode, I’m talking about why getting dressed can feel so much harder than it should, especially when your body has changed, your closet no longer feels like you, and old stories about confidence, visibility, comfort, and self-worth are still hanging around.
I’m also sharing the deeper realization this brought up for me: sometimes what we call comfort is actually hiding.
We get into:
- why shopping and getting dressed can feel so emotional
- the difference between comfort and camouflage
- body image, postmenopausal weight, and the disconnect between how you want to feel and what you keep reaching for
- why this experience is more universal than it may seem
- a gentler way to start closing the gap between your inner life and what you wear
If you’ve ever stood in front of your closet feeling discouraged, left a store empty-handed, or reached for something “easy” when what you really wanted was to feel more like yourself, I think this conversation will resonate.
Referenced in this episode:
- The Art of Intentional Dressing by Erin Walsh
- Mel Robbins’ episode with Erin Walsh: “6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning”
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