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
69 episodes
Do You Want to Be Right or Happy? Choosing Curiosity in Midlife
How often do you find yourself digging in because you know you’re right? Maybe it’s an argument with your husband, a disagreement with an adult child, or simply frustration when someone doesn’t do something the way you think it should be done. ...
Is Life Just Happening to You? How to Take Back Your Agency in Midlife
What if the way you’re experiencing your life has less to do with what’s happening around you and more to do with the way you’re relating to what happens? In midlife, it’s easy to find ourselves thinking, “This is just how things are,” or “Ther...
You’re Allowed to Change Your Mind: When Quitting Isn’t Failure in Midlife
What if quitting isn’t failure? We’ve been told that quitters never win and that we should finish what we start—but sometimes continuing to do something that no longer works for us isn’t perseverance. Sometimes it’s simply staying stuck....
What Are You Waiting For? How to Stop Putting Your Life on Hold in Midlife
What are you waiting for?In midlife, it's easy to put our lives on hold while we wait for something to change. We tell ourselves we'll be happier when the kids are more independent, when our marriage is better, when our bodies feel diffe...
Stop Fighting Reality: How to Stop Making Hard Things Harder in Midlife
What if the thing making a hard situation even harder isn't the circumstance itself—but the fight you're having with the fact that it's happening?In this episode of Loving That Midlife, Lori Buck explores what it means to stop f...
What If This Is the Body I Have Now? Learning to Accept Your Changing Body in Midlife
What happens when your body changes in midlife—and you don't know whether the change is temporary or your new normal? A sore joint, lingering injury, hormonal changes, or a new physical limitation can leave you wondering, “Can I fix this, or is...
It’s Never Too Late to Learn Something New in Midlife
What happens when you decide to learn something new in midlife—and suddenly find yourself feeling like you should already know how to do it?That’s the topic Lori Buck covers this week on Loving That Midlife, because it's exactly where sh...
When Your Child's College Drop-Off Doesn’t Go the Way You Expected
You pictured college drop-off a certain way. Maybe there would be tears, hugs, a meaningful goodbye, and a Hallmark-worthy moment with your child.But what if reality looks completely different?What if your child is anxious, distra...
When Your Teen Is Leaving for College and Everything Gets Weird
What happens when your teenager is getting ready to leave for college—and suddenly everything feels a little… weird?They’re excited to leave, but they’re also irritated, distant, argumentative, or picking fights with their siblings. You’...
Wake Up to Your Own Life
Last week, we talked about one of the biggest realizations of midlife: our days are numbered.So now what?Do we panic? Reinvent ourselves? Start checking off a bucket list?In this Season 1 finale of Loving That Midlife
The Midlife Realization Nobody Talks About
Have you ever caught yourself doing the math?Someone casually says, "Thirty years from now," and before you even realize it, your mind is calculating how old you'll be.If so, you're not alone.In this episode of Loving T...
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...