Midlife with Courage™-Helping Women over 40 Find Their Voice, Trust Themselves & Live Boldly with Kim Benoy
Are you a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond who is wondering what happened to the woman you used to be—and what's possible for the woman you're becoming?
Midlife with Courage™ is for women who are ready to stop living small, stop waiting for permission, and start living life on their own terms.
Each week, host Kim Benoy has honest, courageous conversations with women who are challenging expectations, letting go of the stories that have held them back, and finding the confidence to do things differently. Together, they explore courage, self-worth, identity, purpose, relationships, and what it really means to speak up, take up space, and put yourself back on your own priority list.
Because midlife isn't about becoming someone new. It's about rediscovering who you are, trusting yourself, and having the courage to become the woman you want to be.
You're not too old. You're not too late. And you don't need anyone's permission to live boldly.
Midlife with Courage™-Helping Women over 40 Find Their Voice, Trust Themselves & Live Boldly with Kim Benoy
Real Girls Guide to Midlife: Courage, Menopause Truths and Letting Go with Angela Burk
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In this week's Midlife with Courage Podcast™ Kim talks with Angela Burk, a retired B2B marketer who wrote Real Girls Guide to Midlife after finding a 20-year-old “red folder” of questions. They discuss divorce, grief, perimenopause rage, self-publishing, “together living apart,” and saying no.
- Midlife change, courage, and messy “middle” journeys
- Menopause symptoms, identity shifts, and reclaiming pleasure
- Practical mindset reset: let go of one thing, reclaim one thing; “I’m not available”
00:00 Feeling Alone in Midlife (and the Missing ‘Messy Middle’)
00:34 Podcast Intro: Midlife With Courage + What to Expect
00:52 Meet Angela Burk: Career, Family, and the Book That Came Back
03:23 Courage Moment #1: Ending a Marriage and Choosing Happiness
04:47 Courage Moment #2: Retiring, Finding the Folder, and Writing the Book
06:03 Stop Overplanning: Trust Yourself and Just Start
06:46 Why Women Put Everyone Else First (and How to Unlearn It)
09:11 Midlife Overload: Hormones, Kids, Parents, Career—All at Once
10:36 Reclaiming Yourself After Divorce + Menopause Run-Up in Your 40s
13:56 Strength, Grief, and Letting Go of Shame Around Change
17:10 Why Angela Wrote the ‘Real Girl’ Midlife Guide (Not a Celebrity Story)
19:04 Perimenopause Rage: When It Hits and Why It’s So Scary
21:40 The ‘Wave Three’ Surprise: Symptoms After Your Period Stops
22:45 Letters to Her Boys: Repair, Memory, and Self-Forgiveness
23:38 A Fiancé in Australia: Making Long-Distance Love Work
25:08 ‘Together Living Apart’: Rethinking Midlife Relationships
28:11 Pleasure, Sex, and Being a ‘Whole Person’ in Midlife
31:15 Where to Get the Book + The Manifesto: Let Go & Reclaim
33:14 Practice Saying No: ‘I’m Not Available’ (Final Takeaways & Goodbye)
You can read Angela's blog and buy her book on her WEBSITE.
You've spent your life taking care of everyone else, now it's your turn. It's time to stop shrinking yourself and start taking up space.
That might look like speaking up in conversations, not apologizing when you've done nothing wrong or setting boundaries.
Wherever you are playing small in your life, I can help change that.
The next It's Not J.U.S.T. You™ workshop is coming soon. Make sure you don't miss it by clicking HERE.
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