Not Your Mother’s Midlife
Not Your Mother’s Midlife
Welcome to Not Your Mother’s Midlife, the podcast where we dive into the vibrant, sometimes messy, and always real journey of thriving in midlife as a woman. I’m your host, sharing my own experiences—from navigating hormonal shifts to tackling fatigue and keeping the spark alive in relationships—with honesty and humour. Each episode is packed with practical tips on women’s health, fitness routines to boost energy and strength, and beauty advice to help you feel confident and radiant at any age. Whether it’s finding the perfect workout to combat midlife sluggishness, mastering skincare that works for you, or opening up tough conversations with your partner, we’ve got you covered. Join me for stories, expert insights, and actionable ideas to embrace midlife with vitality. Subscribe, share, and let’s redefine what midlife means—because it’s definitely not your mother’s midlife!
Episodes
35 episodes
The Orgasm Gap
Johanna is sharing an episode of unPAUSED where Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Kelly Casperson — urologist, author of You Are Not Broken and The Menopause Moment, and host of a podcast that should frankly be required listening for eve...
Is It ADHD or Is It Perimenopause? The Answer, It Could Be Both
Johanna shares an episode from Dr. Tyna Moore and UK women’s health practitioner Adele Wimsett break down why perimenopause makes every coping strategy you’ve ever had stop working — the hormonal perfect storm, ADHD medication across the cycle ...
Your ADHD Might Be Affecting Your Sex Life
Johanna shares a two-part Dr. Daniel Amen episode on ADHD and intimacy. The conflict-seeking, the forgotten commitments, the rejection spirals and the medications that can making everything worse. If your relationship has ever felt harder...
Is It ADHD? What Women’s Brains Have to Do With It
Johanna shares a Dr. Daniel Amen episode on ADHD in women — Chronically overwhelmed , anxiety, relationships that keep falling apart, working twice as hard for half the result. If any of that sounds familiar, this one’s for you....
Hormones after Breast Cancer, Can you take them?
Johanna breaks down one of the most misunderstood conversations in women's health — hormones after breast cancer. Johanna unpacks what the research actually says about HRT, why so many women are told "no" without explanation, and why suff...
The Yahoo Boys
Johanna breaks down one of the most dangerous threats targeting teenagers right now — and most parents have never heard of it. The Yahoo Boys are organised cybercriminal networks running sophisticated sextortion scams on the exact apps your kid...
Is AI Your New Therapist?
Johanna explores one of the most talked-about shifts in mental health right now — people turning to AI when they can't sleep, can't cope, and can't get an appointment. She covers the apps people are actually using, what the research says, and t...
The Alzheimer's Warning Nobody Gave Us
Johanna breaks down a conversation from the unPaused podcast that every woman in midlife needs to hear. Dr. Louisa Nicola — neurophysiologist and Alzheimer's researcher — explains why almost two thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women, why the...
Is He Okay? Seven Subtle Signs of Low Testosterone — And Why You Need to Know This Too
Johanna breaks down seven subtle signs of low testosterone that have nothing to do with libido — and why every woman and man in midlife needs to know them. Drawing on an episode of The Dr. Tyna Show, she walks through the quiet symptoms doctors...
Minoxidil & Me: Will It Actually Work?
Johanna has always had toddler-fine hair and it's been thinning around her hairline for a while now. In this episode of Not Your Mother's Midlife, she's trying minoxidil to see if it will help thicken things up. She'll be documenting her progre...
Lets Talk About Sex Baby
Johanna talks about her recent discovery of Dr. James Simon, a sexual medicine physician who has spent his career treating couples together and getting to the truth of what’s really happening to sex and desire in midlife. If you’ve noticed chan...
Old Drugs, New Hope: Beyond Chemo
When Cancer Options Run Low: Off‑Label Hope Some People Are Talking about could affordable, decades-old medications offer a new line of defense against cancer? In this episode, I’m exploring the science of drug repurposing an...
My Toddler Hair, Hair thinning and loss
In this episode of Not Your Mother’s Midlife, Johanna Hart opens up about her thinning, toddler-fine hair from hormones, aging, and a bad DIY bleach job. She explains common causes—estrogen drop, genetics, iron/thyroid problems, stress...
They aren't Humans
The Voice You Trust Isn’t HumanWhat if the voice you trust online isn’t human? Johanna explores AI influencers, engineered ads, and how they quietly chip away at your ability to tell genuine human voices from synt...
Mouth Taping: I Test the Viral Sleep Hack
Johanna explores the sleep trend of mouth taping—does sealing your lips at night really improve rest, stop snoring, and boost energy? Hear her personal results and what science says about nasal vs. mouth breathing.🤩Queen Tapehttps...
You're in a Biochemical Trap!
Discover why willpower isn’t the problem—and what is. In this episode, we break down how ultra-processed foods hijack your biology, then lay out three realistic ways to get healthier: shifting to real food your great-grandmother would recognize...
Pornography and Kids
In this episode of Not Your Mother’s Midlife, Johanna tackles one of the toughest but most crucial parenting topics—pornography and kids. She explains how exposure affects developing brains, distorts relationships, and what parents can do to pr...
Midlife Makeup Tips and Tricks
Todays episodes is best viewed as a video, because its a video, a video about makeup. 👇🏻Click the link and be magically taken to my Youtube channel 🤩 🎯• https://youtube.com/@notyourmothersmidlife?si=szq-KzW...
Fixing Dry Lips
This episode is best viewed on my YouTube channel linked below. In this episode, we tackle a common annoyances — dry, chapped lips and nighttime mouth breathing. Discover how simple tools like lip balm, mouth tape, and nasal strips ...
GLP -1 and Rethinking Weight Loss
This episode explores GLP‑1 medications—Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound—and how they’re changing weight loss. Johanna shares her personal story of using low‑dose Ozempic under medical guidance. You’ll hear what these drugs are, how th...
Are humans really meant to be monogamous
In this thought-provoking episode of Not Your Mother’s Midlife, Johanna takes a curious dive into the science and story of human monogamy. Are we naturally wired to love one person forever—or did culture and circumstance just decide that for us...
Sleep Hypnosis
This episode is just a quickie. I had planned to share this in the Sleep episode. I will briefly explain sleep hypnosis and share my favourite voice to fall asleep to.🤩Micheal Sealyhttp://www.youtube.com/subscription_ce...
My Alcohol Experiment
We’ve all tried one of them — Dry January, Sober October, maybe even Dry July. For some, it’s a challenge; for others, it’s just miserable. But what happens when stepping back from drinking isn’t about restriction or willpower? In this episode,...