The Midlife Rebel Podcast

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Midlife can feel like someone quietly changed the rules while you weren’t looking. Your body shifts, relationships evolve, work stops fitting the way it used to, and suddenly you’re asking bigger questions about who you are and what you actually want.

In this conversation, I’m joined by Angela Burk, author of Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife, for a take on midlife that’s honest, confronting at times, and often very funny.

We talk about how midlife doesn’t always arrive when we expect — sometimes it begins in our...

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What if astrology isn’t fluff at all, but a practical tool for leaders who want clarity, timing, and better decisions?

In this conversation I’m joined by astrologer, martial artist, and Hermetic practitioner Aleksandra Ceho. We explore astrology’s deeper roots—from Hermes Trismegistus and the mystery schools—to how these ancient principles can be applied in modern life and business.

Aleksandra explains how a true astrological reading goes far beyond Sun signs, revealing strengths, blind spots, and the Almutin—a key indicator in the chart that often e...

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What if the chaos we see around us is amplified by the noise we carry within? And what if clearing that noise is simpler than we think?

In this conversation, I’m joined by elder and lineage keeper Kay Cordell Whitaker to explore Ka Ta See, an ancient tradition with roots in Peru and the Egyptian mystery teachings. Kay shares wisdom that has been passed down through her teachers for generations, along with insights from her new book, The Seven No-Nos: A Guide to Awakening and Freedom.

According to Ka...

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You deserve skin that thrives without a daily dose of hidden chemicals.

In this conversation with Zero Zero Founder, Stevie Smilas, we pull back the curtain on “clean” beauty and uncover what’s hiding in plain sight: fragrance loopholes that can contain hundreds of undisclosed chemicals, palm-derived glycerin quietly slipping into formulas, and label theatre that sells a hero oil in name only.

If your hormones feel off, your skin looks irritated, or midlife has you questioning what you put on your body, this episode offers a practical reset.

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What if desire hasn’t disappeared in midlife… it’s just been buried under stress, hormones, and a lot of responsibility?

In this conversation, I sit down with sensuality educator and author Elana Auerbach to talk honestly about why intimacy changes in our 40s and 50s — and how we can reconnect without pressure, performance, or pretending everything’s fine.

Elana shares her “Sure Thing” ritual — a simple weekly container that takes sex off the negotiation table and replaces it with intention. No waiting for the perfect mood. No silent rejection storie...

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Hot flushes. Sleepless nights. Weight gain that makes no sense. And a GP quick to hand you a patch.

But what if the problem isn’t simply “low hormones”?

In this episode, functional hormone and health coach Patricia Hernandez lays out a smarter sequence for women in perimenopause and menopause: test first, repair the foundations, then make a measured decision about HRT.

We unpack why so many women “do everything right” and still gain weight. Why night sweats don’t automatically mean low oestroge...

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Perimenopause and menopause bring real physiological shifts that change how women respond to exercise, food, and stress. Registered dietitian and strength coach Erin Henry joins me to explain those changes clearly, and to share what actually helps women build strength, stabilise energy, and feel capable again.

Our conversation starts with the physiology. Declining oestrogen, reduced insulin sensitivity, and a more reactive stress response change how women respond to food and training. Erin explains why eating less and doing more cardio often backfires, and why progressive strength training becomes a cornerstone in...

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Hot flushes, brain fog, sudden midlife rage — these experiences are often treated as problems to suppress or manage. In this conversation, we look at them differently: as signals the body is trying to get through.

This week, I’m joined by Dr Evette Rose, author, spiritual teacher, and trauma recovery expert, to explore how emotions shape physiology and why midlife turns the volume up. Evette shares her own path — from burnout and atheism to mapping the links between unresolved trauma and specific physical symptoms — and explains how learning to regulate the nervous...

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The story we’re often told about midlife is loud: push through, do more, ignore the body, and defer to the “experts.” This conversation takes a different path.

I’m joined by Katie Krimitsos, founder of the Women’s Meditation Network, to talk about how short, practical pauses can help women move from stress and self-doubt into clearer intuition and more aligned action — especially through peri-menopause and menopause.

Katie shares her early experiences with meditation, the leap from a successful coaching business to building a global meditation network, and a humbling $...

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Midlife is often framed as a slow fade. This conversation takes a different view.

I’m joined by Sunaina Mehta, strategist-turned-founder, who spent two decades in global brand leadership before stepping away to redesign her own life. What followed wasn’t neat or linear — two divorces, children leaving home, selling a house, and returning to study for a master’s in strategic design. Out of all of that came a clear focus: helping ambitious women shape their next chapter with intention, confidence, and momentum.

We talk about what Sunaina calls gr...

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The old story says midlife is a crisis. This conversation offers something different.

I’m joined by meditation teacher and Breethe co-founder Lynne Goldberg for an honest, grounded conversation about navigating midlife with awareness rather than fear. Lynne doesn’t speak in theory. She shares the real seasons of her life — profound loss, divorce, cancer, and reinvention — and the simple practices that helped her stay steady when life felt anything but.

We talk about how awareness interrupts autopilot, why “future tripping” fuels anxiety, and how a daily practice can...

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Forget the midlife “slow down” script. In this conversation, I’m joined by Barbara With — award-winning author, peace activist, and seasoned channel — to explore a practical way of turning inner conflict into real-world calm. Barbara shares how her approach, Conflict Revolution, blends breath, intuition, and conscious choice to shift tense moments into grounded action, whether you’re navigating a homework standoff, workplace friction, or persistent anxiety.

We begin by reframing midlife as an awakening. Barbara speaks candidly about the freedom that comes with being in her seventies, t...

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Midlife “mystery symptoms” are often misunderstood. Rather than something being broken, they can be signs of a nervous system that no longer feels settled or safe. In this grounded conversation, I’m joined by health coach and nervous system specialist Mitch Webb to explore his journey through traumatic brain injuries, mold and Lyme exposure, and years of long COVID — and what it actually took to feel like himself again.

Mitch shares how years of trying to fix his body with protocols, supplements, and constant tweaking kept him stuck in a cyc...

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Midlife doesn’t arrive quietly — it arrives with questions, friction, and the invitation to do things differently. In this candid conversation with Lisa Parda, we explore the messy magic of reinvention: hormone chaos that scrambles your words, burnout that creeps in when you’re “good at everything,” and the unexpected joy of building a second act that actually fits.

Lisa shares the moment a routine workday opened the door to radio, why she chose to keep the parts of real estate that lit her up and release the rest, and how a...

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What if midlife isn’t a crisis, but a wake-up call — an invitation to live more honestly, more expansively, and with greater ease?

In this conversation, I’m joined by energy expansion coach and Akashic Records reader Kanika Vasudeva. We trace her journey from outer success and inner emptiness to a life shaped by healing, visibility, and money that actually feels safe to receive. Kanika shares a profound turning point: the loss of her daughter at 31 weeks, and the unexpected grace that followed — everyday helpers, striking synchronicities, and a mother...

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What if midlife isn’t a crisis, but the moment you finally stop pretending?
In this conversation, I sit down with Stacey Nye, whose life was reshaped by releasing the emotional charge that had been running it.

After a traumatic assault and years of holding everything together in silence, Stacey encountered a simple five-minute guided process that changed everything. The memories didn’t disappear — but her body stopped reliving them. The fear, the looping thoughts, the heaviness softened. For the first time, calm became available.

We explor...

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What if midlife isn’t a crisis, but a wake-up call from the body asking for better inputs?
In this episode, I sit down with Greg, known as The Hydrogen Man, whose healing journey took him from years of pain, immobility and a looming heart surgery to vibrant health and renewed energy. His turnaround didn’t come from another pill or protocol — it began with a return to the basics: truly clean water, correctly made molecular hydrogen, and restoring nutrients by helping the body absorb what it already needs.

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What if the most powerful shift you can make in midlife isn’t another push, but a pause?
In this episode, I sit down with James Brett—a former high-stakes sales leader across Europe and Asia Pacific—whose life was redirected by a diagnosis and a sudden confrontation with his own limits. Moving from boardrooms to a hospital bed forced him into a kind of listening he had spent years avoiding. What he discovered is that resilience isn’t built through force; it’s built through presence, pacing, and deep r...

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The midlife story we’re handed tells us to slow down, shrink our world, and pour a glass to cope. This conversation with grey area drinking coach and author Sarah Rusbatch offers a different possibility. We explore how even a short break from alcohol can reset sleep, ease anxiety, sharpen focus, and open the door to a stronger, brighter midlife—without losing your social spark.

We begin where many women find themselves: using wine as a reward at the end of a long day, only to wake up foggy, flat...

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A midlife plot twist doesn’t have to look like a crisis. It can look like soil under your nails, bread you milled yourself, and a dinner you can trace back to land you actually know.

In this episode, I sit down with BBC journalist Max Cotton, who spent an entire year eating and drinking only what he could grow or raise on his small farm in South West England. What began as a one-man protest became a deeply human exploration of resilience, reconnection, and a slower, more intentional wa...

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What if the second half of life could feel bigger, freer, and more you than anything that came before it?
 

That’s the spark behind this conversation with K.Margaret Solorio—author of Make Ease Your Vibe, certified Angel Reiki Master, and creator of the Home Frequency Reset. Together, we trace her surprising journey from biotechnology labs to intuitive energy work, and the daily rituals that transformed burnout into spacious, grounded ease.

We explore the real inner work of midlife:
 • How to tell...

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The word crisis gets thrown around at midlife like it’s inevitable. We push back...
This conversation with Roanna White—senior teacher, mum of three, and unapologetic solo traveller—is a grounded and generous exploration of how women can transform upheaval into agency.

We talk through the real stuff: leading a team while quietly battling anxiety, parenting teens who test every limit, and the moment somatic therapy surfaced repressed memories that finally explained years of physical symptoms. It’s vulnerable, practical, and quietly radical.

What sets Ro apart...

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From Soviet shadows to divine light — Diana Esther’s life is a testament to courage, trust, and the quiet power of listening to your heart. In this intimate conversation, she shares her journey of awakening from a world built on fear and control into one illuminated by truth, love, and freedom.

Through surrender, faith, and divine guidance, Diana learned to transmute pain into purpose — discovering the radiant “diamond within” that she now helps others uncover for themselves.

We explore what it means to live guided by your soul, to embrace ch...

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The moment you decide midlife isn’t a cliff but a launchpad, everything changes. Today I'm unveiling our new name—Midlife Rebel—and the story behind it: a clear mission to help women rewrite the script on health, purpose and identity without the stale narrative of decline. From the early days post-COVID to 120 guest interviews, this journey has been a slow, steady build powered by curiosity, community and a refusal to shrink.

In this short introduction of the new name, from Life, Health & The Universe to Midlife Rebel, I talk about the tu...

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A routine scan changed everything....
When Dr. Bill Bruno, a world-renowned plastic surgeon, discovered significant coronary plaque at 49, he didn’t just rely on prescriptions—he rebuilt his life from the inside out.

In this energising conversation, we explore the Longevity Pyramid Bill now teaches: sleep, nutrition, and movement at the base; targeted testing in the middle; and social health, stress management, smart supplementation, and—only at the top—medications and advanced therapies.

We dig into why sleep is the keystone habit for fat...

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Many women notice weight gain in menopause, stronger cravings, and mood swings that don’t respond to willpower or meal plans.

When food stops being your main comfort, life gets louder—in the best way. In this episode I sit down with nutritionist and nutritional biochemist Juniper Devicis to unpack the real drivers of emotional eating and the exact steps she used to quiet food chatter, stabilise mood, and rebuild self-trust. Her story moves from teenage body image and burnout to a rock-bottom photo, hypnosis, and the surprising relief of finally feel...

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Why does betrayal feel like it shatters not just your present, but rewrites your entire past? In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Mr Jay—Certified Betrayal Trauma Practitioner and Intrapersonal Relationship Coach—to explore the hidden layers of betrayal, from infidelity to grief to the resurfacing of old wounds.

We unpack why some people turn to affairs as a way to “feel alive,” the isolating impact of secrecy on partners, and why betrayal triggers are more than memories—they’re full-body flashbacks that demand nervous system care.

This isn’t a...

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Diet rules, mirror anxiety, and the lie that thinness equals happiness—let’s challenge the script. In this episode of Life, Health & The Universe, I sit down with Marla Mervis-Hartmann—coach, Reiki Master, TEDx speaker, and author of "BE-Friend Yourself-Finding Freedom with Food and Peace with your Body"—to explore what actually leads to peace with food and a kinder relationship with your body.

Marla’s story spans both extremes: cycles of binge eating marked by shame and the “thinnest ever” phase that still felt miserable. Those bookends reveal a deeper truth: the pro...

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Ever felt like your brain is working against you? You're not alone. Today's conversation with Jocelyn Pepe opens a fascinating window into how we can reclaim control of our mental wellbeing by understanding the powerful connection between science and soul.

Jocelyn takes us on her personal journey from experiencing compounding psychological stress to discovering how to claim her brain through both evidence-based practices and intuitive wisdom. After suffering a traumatic brain injury that completely disrupted her life as an endurance athlete, she found herself forced to slow down and completely reimagine...

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What if the future of medicine wasn’t about cutting, but about regenerating?

In this powerful episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Dr. Jeff Gross — a neurological surgeon turned regenerative medicine pioneer — reveals how stem cells, PRP, and exosomes are transforming healthcare.

For midlife women in particular, this conversation offers hope beyond surgery. Dr. Gross explains how hormonal changes accelerate cellular aging, inflammation, and bone or muscle loss — and why regenerative medicine can help restore vitality, reduce pain, and prevent decline without invasive procedures.

With over 20...

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What if the discomfort of midlife transition isn’t something to push through or medicate away, but a profound invitation to reclaim your most authentic self? In this episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Debs De Vries brings over 30 years of experience in spiritual and personal development to illuminate the deeper meaning of this powerful life stage.

Debs shares how a vivid dream called her to work specifically with midlife women, guiding them through the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual gifts of this transition. With refreshing honesty, she describes pe...

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Ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” but still missing something essential?

In this episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Dr. La Toya Davis — spiritual teacher and founder of the Chi Healing Institute — shares her journey from high-achieving academic and entrepreneur to living in true soul alignment.

We explore how societal conditioning creates a disconnect between external success and internal fulfilment, and how breaking free from these patterns can lead to a life that feels authentic and energising.

Dr. Davis introduces the Akashic Records as a profo...

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Midlife often brings conflict — between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming. But what if those conflicts weren’t roadblocks, but invitations to awaken? In this fascinating conversation, award-winning author and psychic channel Barbara With shares how the wisdom of Albert Einstein can guide us through inner turmoil into compassion, clarity, and peace.

Barbara With has been channelling Albert Einstein for decades, along with other influential figures such as Princess Diana. Her groundbreaking approach, Conflict Revolution, reveals how healing our inner conflicts naturally transforms our oute...

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What if the key to breaking family patterns and healing generational cycles was written in the stars? In this powerful episode, intuitive astrologer and medium Brandi Khan reveals how astrology can help parents understand their children more deeply — and free their families from repeating old wounds.

A homeschooling mother of four with a master’s degree in psychology, Brandi bridges spiritual wisdom with practical parenting. She explains why the moon sign — a child’s emotional language — is essential for nurturing emotional security. Through personal stories, including how her children’s Virgo and...

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Ever wondered what you’d regret if today was your last day? That question drives bestselling author and behaviour change expert Karen Salmansohn in her powerful new book Your To Die For Life. In this thought-provoking conversation, Karen reveals why death might just be your greatest life coach — and how embracing mortality can help us live more authentically, joyfully, and without regret.

After the loss of her father, Karen transformed from workaholic “beast mode” into balanced “best mode.” This awakening became the foundation for her revolutionary approach: creating a “to-die list” —...

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What if your deepest wounds held the key to your greatest gifts? In this raw and illuminating episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Jennie Bloomfield describes herself as a self-healer — someone who draws on her lived experience, cycles, and somatic practices to help other women reconnect with their bodies. She shares her seven-year journey through trauma, chronic illness, and ultimate transformation.

Jennie opens up about decades of living with undiagnosed endometriosis before a life-threatening ruptured appendix forced her to confront both physical pain and long-buried emotional trauma. Refusing conventional so...

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Ever wondered why your best ideas come at 4 AM? Neuroscience reveals that the brain’s early-morning transition from delta to theta and alpha waves creates the perfect conditions for creativity and problem-solving.

In this inspiring conversation, leadership coach George Brooks shares how understanding our brain can transform the way we lead, work, and live. From regulating the amygdala (the fear centre of the brain) to reframing problems as opportunities, George offers practical tools to move beyond micromanagement, stress, and control — and into innovation, empathy, and authentic connection.

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What if you could receive direct messages from angels and spirit guides — guidance so personal it feels written just for you?

In this episode of Life, Health & The Universe, Michael McAdams shares his extraordinary story of three generations touched by the unseen world. Raised in a strict Pentecostal household, Michael’s curiosity led him beyond literal biblical interpretations toward a more expansive spiritual understanding. That quest culminated in the book An Angel Told Me So, co-authored with his mother Wilma, who spent 22 years receiving and typing profound spiritual dictations.

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Can Your Breath Change Your Life? 

Can something as simple as your breath hold the key to healing, clarity, and emotional transformation?

In this powerful episode, Anthony Abbagnano — founder of the Alchemy of Breath and author of Outer Chaos, Inner Calm — shares how breathwork became his path to awakening. 

His first spiritual breakthrough came through a paper bag breathing experiment at age seven — a moment that would anchor him through life’s darkest chapters. Years later, facing a serious health crisis, Anthony discovered that surrender isn’t weak...

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What happens when your inner truth no longer aligns with the life you've built?

In this powerful episode, Carolyn Durrant shares her midlife transformation—from decades in evangelical Christianity to embracing a soul-led, spiritually expansive path. After leaving her marriage and religious community, Carolyn faced the immediate fallout of job loss, judgment, and deep personal upheaval. But through it all, she stayed committed to conscious co-parenting and slowly began rebuilding a life rooted in authenticity.

Carolyn's journey challenges the belief that it’s “too late” to change. She opens up about...