Thrive After 45™
Thrive After 45™ is a leadership, identity, and personal transformation podcast for women navigating midlife.
Hosted by Denise Drinkwalter — Heart Whisperer, Midlife Mirror & Mentor — the show features intimate conversations that explore identity shifts, self-trust, emotional healing, and personal sovereignty after 45.
Each episode offers grounded wisdom and lived experience to support women in reclaiming their voice, purpose, and inner authority during midlife transitions in life, relationships, and work.
Podcasting since 2025 • 47 episodes
Thrive After 45™
Latest Episodes
The Secret to Solving Your Midlife Identity Crisis - with Dr. Salma Samaha
Dr. Samaha is one of those people who just radiates light. She’s a former academic who decided to retire early at 53 to follow a mission that was pulling at her heart. She’s navigated over 30 years of transitions, some by choice an...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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33:25
The #1 Lie Women Believe About Divorce - with Kimberly Lorah
After over 25 years with her partner, Kimberly’s world was completely upended by a divorce she never saw coming. She describes that season as "temporary insanity," and honestly...Who hasn't felt that way when life pulls...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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33:56
How to Stop Shaming Yourself & Reclaim Your Power - with Emma Lyons
Emma Lyons and I are diving deep into something we all carry but rarely talk about: Shame.Emma spent 15 years in human rights law before burning out and realizing she had to dismantle her own trauma patterns from the ground up.&nb...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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37:43
Why You're Stuck In A Cycle (And the One Step To Break It) with John James Santangelo
John James Santangelo is an expert in NLP and has spent over thirty years helping people get their sparkle back, but he does it in such a grounded and no nonsense way. We really dug into the idea that none of us are actually broken...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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34:05
The Secret Why You're Failing... And It's NOT Your Fault - with Dr. Alain Salas
Have you ever felt burned out while chasing a dream? Dr. Alain Salas, the "Mind Clearing Doctor," was living the ultimate success - a thriving practice, sailing in the South of France - but inside, he was overwhelmed and exhausted....
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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26:31