Not Done Yet: A Podcast for Midlife Women
Not Done Yet is a podcast for midlife women who know their story isn’t finished. Through honest conversations about reinvention, purpose, and courage, this show will remind you that the life you’ve lived might be the very thing that leads you into what’s next.
Episodes
17 episodes
Ep. 17 - The Era Of Me - A Midlife Mantra
Rachel cracks open the belief that keeps showing up disguised as concern, judgment, or a raised eyebrow: that a midlife woman saying "it's my turn" is somehow too much. It started with a TikTok clip of Michelle Obama answering one question with...
Ep. 16 - Is It Perimenopause or Am I Just Losing It? with Dr. Shannon Cothran
Rachel sits down with Dr. Shannon Cothran, a board-certified gynecologist who left 15 years of private practice to build Menostart, a direct-to-patient practice designed entirely around perimenopause and menopause care. They get into the real r...
Ep 15 - Is It Normal to Feel Invisible in Midlife? (Yes. And Here's the Reframe That Changes Everything.)
Rachel cracks open one of midlife's most disorienting experiences: the moment the world stops noticing you. Not because you've changed, but because the culture has decided you're no longer the most interesting person in the room. In this episod...
Ep. 14 - What Midlife Women Aren't Saying (And Why We Stay Silent) with Katie Pulsifer
Rachel sits down with master certified life coach Katie Pulsifer for a conversation about the thing most midlife women never say out loud: that the life that looks fine from the outside doesn't always feel fine on the inside. They get into the ...
Ep. 13 - The Confidence Lie Midlife Women Keep Falling For
Rachel shares a story she almost didn't tell, about a post she almost didn't publish, and the ripple it set off that she never saw coming. This episode is about the difference between confidence and courage, and why waiting to feel ready before...
Ep 12- Nobody Told Us the Checklist Would Run Out
Rachel cracks open a reel that's been quietly giving midlife women anxiety everywhere: the idea that after 50, the milestones just stop. Birthdays, graduations, the whole checklist — done. So now what? Rachel takes that fear head-on and names w...
Ep. 11 - Why Your Midlife Exhaustion Is Not Just Hormones with Sheri Johnson
Rachel sits down with her friend Sheri Johnson, co-founder of Midlife Women Rising, for one of those conversations that starts with matching outfits and ends with you rethinking everything you believe about aging, exhaustion, and why you still ...
Ep. 10 - I Could Never" (And Other Lies Your Midlife Brain Tells You)
In this episode, Rachel takes apart the phrase that quietly ends more midlife dreams than any other: "I could never." It feels like a fact. It's actually one of the lies your brain tells you, and Rachel makes the case that you're not lacking co...
Ep 9 - Pee, Portals, and Permission Slips: A Midlife Reinvention Pep Talk
In this episode, Rachel cracks open the quietly destructive habit most midlife women don't even know they're doing: handing out permission slips for their own life. The "this might sound silly" cycle. Waiting for a coach, a partner, a parent to...
Ep. 8 - The "Too Late" Lie Every Midlife Woman Tells Herself
In this episode, Rachel pulls apart the one belief that quietly steals more midlife dreams than anything else: I'm too late. It feels like a fact. It's actually a story. And it's costing you the version of your life that's been waiting...
Ep. 7 The Messy Middle Nobody Talks About When You Follow Your Heart
What would change if you stopped waiting for someone else’s approval and just… did the thing?In this deeply personal episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the story I've never fully told publicly, the one I wrote in a book chapter abo...
Ep. 6 - Boobs, Besties, And The “Who Am I” Spiral
When was the last time you described something you did with the word "just" in front of it?I just raised my kids. I just managed the house. I just got through a really hard season.That word. That tiny, sneaky, completely ...
Ep. 5 - Your Spark Called. She Wants Her Life Back.
Has the aliveness you used to feel about your own life gotten quieter? That forward-leaning sense that things were possible, that there were things you were genuinely excited about... it's just not as loud as it used to be. And underneath that ...
Ep. 4 - This Might Sound Silly But... (It Doesn't)
You've said it this week. Maybe more than once. That little phrase that sneaks in before you share an idea, a dream, or even just a feeling. This might sound silly. I know it's probably not realistic. I could never do something like that, but. ...
Ep. 3 - Why Your Boobs Are Lower And Your Dreams Are Louder
Nobody warned us that midlife would feel like this. The body is changing, the roles are shifting, and somewhere in the middle of loading the dishwasher and the school drop-offs and the job that used to feel like enough, you're asking a question...
Ep. 2 - Nobody Told Us It Would Be Like This
Midlife is weird. There, she said it. In this episode, Rachel gets real about the transitions, the 2 a.m. wake-ups, the hormones, the grief, and the big feelings that come with this stage of life and why all of it is completely normal. If you'v...