Loving that Midlife
Are you a woman navigating the sometimes beautiful - sometimes challenging - season of midlife? If so, this podcast is for you!
Together, we'll explore how to take control of your thoughts to take control of your life, how to parent teens and young adults, how to reconnect with your husband, how to discover the new you as you enter the next chapter of life, and much more.
Join me, Lori Buck, certified Christian life coach, for practical advice, relatable stories, and a community of women who get it.
Episodes
58 episodes
How Did We Get Here? When Your Marriage Changes After the Kids Leave
Have you ever looked at your marriage and wondered, "How did we get here?"Maybe nothing is terribly wrong, but something feels different. The kids have grown up, the house is quieter, and now you have the space to notice changes i...
Why You Don't Know What You Want Anymore (And How to Start Figuring It Out)
For years, many women have been asking the same questions: What needs to be done next? Who needs me? What's the priority? Then midlife arrives, and suddenly a new question appears: <...
Why Midlife Feels So Lonely (Even When You're Surrounded by People)
Why do so many women feel lonely in midlife—even when they're surrounded by people?In this episode of Loving That Midlife, Lori explores the surprising reasons loneliness often shows up during the empty nest and midlife y...
What 55 Episodes Taught Me About Midlife Women
One year. Fifty-five episodes. Countless conversations with women navigating midlife. When I started Loving That Midlife, I hoped to encourage women through the challenges of this season. What I didn't expect w...
How to Actually Enjoy Your Family on Vacation in Midlife
Family vacations can create beautiful memories… and also reveal every unresolved stress response you have.In this relatable summer episode, Lori Buck shares the realities of vacation prep in midlife: the packing, planning, overstimulatio...
Wake Up to Your Life: How to Find Purpose in the Midlife In-Between
Have you ever found yourself with more space than you've had in years — and somehow that space feels more uncomfortable than you expected? You're not broken. You might just be in the midlife in-between. In this episode, Lori gets re...
Becoming a Mother-in-Law: What to Do (and Not Do) in This New Role
Are you stepping into the role of mother-in-law — or already in it and wondering if you're getting it right? You're not alone. And this episode is for you. Lori shares the practical advice, mindset shifts, and honest coaching she gi...
When Mother’s Day Disappoints You: Expectations, Hurt Feelings & Emotional Adulthood
Mother’s Day can bring flowers, brunch, and sweet social media posts… but for many women, it also brings disappointment. Maybe you only got a text from your adult kids.Maybe your husband didn’t plan anything.Maybe you spent ...
50 Episodes In: The 5 Mindset Shifts That Help Me Survive (and Thrive) in Midlife
Have you ever felt like you should have midlife more figured out by now — but somehow the ground just keeps shifting beneath you? You're not alone. And you're not broken.In honor of 50 episodes of Loving That Midlife, Lori is sharing the...
When College Kids Come Home for the Summer: How to Welcome Them Back Without Losing Your Mind
Your college kid is almost home — and you have feelings about that.You're excited. You've missed them. You've maybe already planned their favorite meals.And you're also a little nervous about what it's going to look like when two ...
Why You’re Still Triggered (Even After Doing the Work)
Have you ever thought, “I’ve worked on this… so why is it still bothering me?”You’ve done the work. You understand your patterns. You’re trying to respond differently.And yet—you still get triggered.In this episode, w...
Why You Feel Guilty Even When You’re Not Doing Anything Wrong
Do you ever make a decision you feel good about… and then immediately start questioning it? You set a boundary, say no, or take care of yourself—and suddenly you feel guilty. Like maybe you’re doing it wrong. In this epi...
How to Have Hard Conversations Without Being Confrontational
If you’ve ever avoided a conversation because you didn’t want to upset someone, this episode is for you. So many women in midlife struggle with confrontation—not because they don’t care, but because they were raised to be “good girl...
When Your Adult Child Is Struggling (and You Can’t Make It Better)
When your adult child is struggling, everything in you wants to fix it. You want to step in. Make a call. Say the right thing. Take the pain away. But what happens when you can’t? I...
When Your Adult Child Makes a Decision You Don’t Agree With
When your adult child makes a decision you don’t agree with, it can bring up a very specific kind of tension.You’re not in charge anymore… but you still care deeply.In this episode, we’re talking about what it looks like to naviga...
When Your Adult Child Comes to You With a Problem: What to Do Instead of Fixing It
If you’ve ever found yourself standing in your kitchen, listening to your adult child share a problem… and feeling that immediate urge to fix it—this episode is for you.Because here’s the truth:Parenting doesn’t get easier when our k...
When You Stop Fixing Everything: Learning Self-Leadership in Midlife
In midlife, many women begin to realize how much they’ve been carrying for years — managing emotions, solving problems, keeping the peace, and making sure everything holds together.In the last episode, we talked about what happens when y...
When You Stop Over-Functioning and Everyone Pushes Back
When you stop over-functioning — stop fixing, managing, and carrying what isn’t yours — the discomfort doesn’t always come from inside you. Often, it comes from the people around you. In this episode of Loving That Midlife,...
Over-Functioning in Midlife: When You’re Carrying What Isn’t Yours to Carry
Are you responsible — or are you carrying things that were never yours to manage? In midlife, many capable women find themselves exhausted, anxious, and quietly resentful — not because they aren’t doing enough, but because they’re d...
Feeling Anxious in Midlife? It Might Be an Unmade Decision
Sometimes the low-level anxiety women feel in midlife isn’t coming from unprocessed emotions...it’s coming from an unmade decision.In the last episode, we talked about how unnamed emotions can leak out sideways as irritability, tension, ...
When Nothing Is Wrong but You Don’t Feel Right in Midlife
Feeling more irritable, overwhelmed, or emotionally reactive in midlife — and not always sure why?In this episode of Loving That Midlife, we’re talking about something many women experience but rarely have language for: unpro...
Feeling Overwhelmed in Midlife? How to Lead Yourself When Circumstances are Hard
When circumstances are objectively hard, midlife can feel overwhelming — and no amount of positive thinking can change that. In this episode of Loving That Midlife, Lori Buck, master certified Christian life coach, shares a...
Who Am I Now? Understanding Midlife Identity Challenges for Women in Their 40s and 50s
Who am I now? If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s and quietly wondering why life feels different — even though nothing is technically “wrong” — this episode is for you.In this episode of Loving That Midlife, Lori Buc...
When Midlife Makes You Want to Quit: How to Count the Cost Without Burning It All Down
Midlife doesn’t just make women tired — it can bring many of us to a breaking point. In this episode of Loving That Midlife, Master Certified Christian Life Coach Lori Buck talks about a pattern she’s seeing everywhere: tho...
Why Midlife Exhaustion Isn’t a Personal Failure (And What Actually Helps)
Life can feel more exhausting in midlife than it used to — and for many women, that exhaustion feels confusing and discouraging. Instead of seeing it as a season shift, we often turn it inward and judge ourselves for being more tired, less pati...