Midlife Purpose Project: Guiding 40+ women toward Purpose, Peace, and Reinvention
The Midlife Purpose Project is a podcast for midlife women navigating anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, perimenopause, menopause, body changes after 40, and the deeper questions of purpose, identity, and what comes next. I’m Katie Farinas — yoga teacher, podcaster, former nurse, and dharma coach. In yoga, dharma means your deeper purpose: the unique path, gifts, and way of serving that are yours to live. I’m here to help you move through the messy, beautiful, soul-stretching terrain of midlife with more peace, clarity, and self-trust. Each week, we explore how to move through midlife with more intention and less overwhelm by blending yoga p...
153: Why Anxiety Increases in Midlife and What It’s Trying to Tell You
Anxiety in midlife isn’t just stress—it may be a signal that something in your life is ready to change.
If you’ve been feeling more anxious, on edge, or overwhelmed lately—even when nothing is obviously wrong—this episode will help you understand why.
In this episode, Katie explores how anxiety is often connected to feeling stuck, nervous system shifts, and deeper identity changes in midlife—and how yoga philosophy offers a powerful reframe for what your anxiety is really trying to show you.
You’ll learn:
why anxiety often increases in m...152: Finding Purpose in Midlife and Stepping Into Your Next Chapter
Feeling stuck in midlife isn’t a crisis—it may be a wake-up call to reconnect with your purpose, identity, and what truly matters.
If you’ve been feeling unfulfilled, disconnected, or like something in your life no longer fits—even if you can’t fully explain why—this episode will help you understand what’s really going on.
In this episode, Katie is joined by Wendy Valentine to explore how what feels like a midlife crisis is often a deeper awakening—and how self-discovery, courage, and aligned action can help you move from feeling stuck to creatin...
150: Meditation for Releasing Old Patterns and Getting Unstuck
Feeling stuck in midlife isn’t always about not knowing what to do—it’s often about the unconscious beliefs and patterns that keep you from moving forward.
If you’ve been feeling stuck, caught in self-doubt, overthinking, or the fear of disappointing others—even when you deeply desire change—this episode will help you understand why.
In this episode, Katie begins a powerful four-part meditation series on self-discovery, exploring how limiting beliefs, unconscious patterns, and old identities lead to self-sabotage—and how awareness is the first step to letting go and creating real change.
You’ll le...
151: Why You Feel Stuck in Midlife and What Yoga Teaches About It: A grounded look at why you feel stuck in midlife and how yoga philosophy helps you understand, navigate, and move through it.
Feeling stuck in midlife isn’t a sign that something is wrong—it may be a signal that something deeper in your life is ready to change.
If you’ve been feeling restless, disconnected, or like something is “off”—even when your life looks fine on paper—this episode will help you understand why.
In this episode, Katie explores how feeling stuck is often rooted in unconscious patterns, identity shifts, and nervous system responses—and how yoga philosophy offers a powerful path toward clarity, alignment, and self-discovery.
You’ll learn:
why feeling stuck in midlife i...149: Finding Self Forgiveness In Midlife: A Yogic Pathway When You Know You Were Wrong
About Katie Farinas
Katie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with their intuition and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic selves.
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About Katie Farinas
Katie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with their intuition and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic selves.
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Visit Katie’s websiteJoin the newsletter for soulful insights and to receive weekly practicesRead and watch on SubstackBook a reflective Insight Seat to come on the show and receive live coachingSchedule a Clarity Call to see if...147: Meditation for Heart Brain Coherence and Calm
Meditation in midlife doesn’t have to be complicated—it can be simple, effective, and deeply regulating for your nervous system.
If you’ve struggled to quiet your mind, felt overwhelmed, or found traditional meditation hard to stick with, this episode will show you a different approach.
In this guided meditation, Katie introduces a simple Heart-Brain Coherence practice—blending yoga, breathwork, and nervous system awareness to help you feel calmer, more present, and more connected in just a few minutes.
You’ll learn:
how simple breathing practices regulate the nervous systemwhy meditation doesn’t ne...146: Midlife Weight Loss: What Actually Works with Debbie Harris
A compassionate conversation about hormones, stress, food, and sustainable weight loss in midlife without shame, guilt, or restrictive dieting.
Why does weight loss in midlife feel so much harder than it used to? In this episode, Katie sits down with Debbie Harris, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, hypnotist, and founder of the 30 to Life Solution, to explore why traditional dieting so often fails women in midlife and what actually works instead.
Debbie shares her personal journey as a lifelong dieter and opens up about how restrictive eating, guilt, and shame can leave women disconnected from their...
145: Yoga for Midlife Women: Healing, Inner Peace, and Self-Discovery with Megan Miksitz and Anna Trezzi
A grounded conversation about yin yoga, Yoga Nidra, trauma-sensitive yoga, and how yoga becomes a path of healing, embodiment, and peace in midlife.
In this episode of The Midlife Purpose Project, Katie welcomes yoga teachers Megan Miksitz and Anna Trezzi to the yoga teacher roundtable for a heartfelt conversation about how yoga supports healing, self-discovery, and inner peace, especially in midlife.
Megan shares about her teaching across vinyasa, yin, and Yoga Nidra, and explains how yin yoga offers deep restorative benefits while Yoga Nidra can open the door to meditative awareness, nervous system regulation, and...
144: Dharma Archetypes: How to Discover Your Soul’s Purpose
A deeper look at archetypes, self-discovery, and how understanding your natural gifts can help you live your dharma with more ease, clarity, and alignment.
In this episode, Katie continues the conversation on dharma, purpose, and self-discovery by exploring the world of archetypes—universal expressions of the soul that shape how we live, create, serve, and contribute.
Katie explains that archetypes are not roles, personalities, or job titles. They are energetic qualities we each embody in unique ways as we fulfill our soul’s purpose. While there are nine primary archetypes, most people resonate most strongly with...
143: Midlife Marriage and Gray Divorce: Finding Peace When Life Feels Stuck
A grounded conversation about gray divorce, midlife marriage, self-trust, and how women can reclaim peace, purpose, and alignment when life no longer feels fully their own.
In this episode, Katie is joined by Hannah Hembree Bell, award-winning family law attorney and founder of one of the fastest-growing family law firms in the country, for a deeply honest conversation about midlife marriage, gray divorce, and reclaiming peace and purpose when life feels stuck.
They begin by exploring the rise of gray divorce and why so many women over 45 find themselves questioning relationships that may not be...
142: Meditation for Inner Peace: A Guided Practice and Community Invitation
A simple guided meditation to help you release tension, calm the nervous system, and reconnect with yourself—plus an invitation to join Katie’s free weekly meditation community.
In this episode, Katie explores how simple yoga practices and guided meditation can help you cultivate inner peace and strengthen your connection to yourself and the world around you.
She reflects on the power of returning to the familiar in both life and yoga, and how simplicity can create a sense of safety in the nervous system. From that grounded place, we are more able to relax, acce...
141: 6 Tools to Find Your Life’s Purpose In Midlife
About Katie Farinas
Katie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with their intuition and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic selves.
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Visit Katie’s websiteJoin the newsletter for soulful insights and to receive weekly practicesRead and watch on SubstackBook a reflective Insight Seat to come on the show and receive live coachingSchedule a Clarity Call to see if...140: Healing Your Relationship with Money in Midlife
About Katie Farinas
Katie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with their intuition and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic selves.
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Visit Katie’s websiteJoin the newsletter for soulful insights and to receive weekly practicesRead and watch on SubstackBook a reflective Insight Seat to come on the show and receive live coachingSchedule a Clarity Call to see if...139: The Final Step of Manifestation: Surrender, Alignment, and Peace
This episode completes a three-part exploration of manifestation through the lens of yoga philosophy, and it may be the most misunderstood — and most liberating — step of all: surrender (Ishvara Pranidhana).
Previously in This Series
In Part 1, Katie explored manifestation as clarity of truth and desire, inviting listeners to reconnect with what they truly want beneath conditioning and expectation. In Part 2, the focus shifted to alignment and right action — how living your values, cleaning up unconscious patterns, and staying present creates the conditions for meaningful change. Together, these episodes laid the foundation for a manifestation practice rooted...
138: Midlife Manifestation Through Yoga Philosophy: Listening To Soul Desire
What do you really want—and how do you know the difference between a soul desire and an ego desire?
In midlife, this question becomes impossible to ignore. The goals that once motivated us may no longer satisfy, and popular manifestation techniques—visualizing harder, wanting more, pushing forward—often fall flat.
In this episode, we explore desire through the lens of yoga philosophy, offering a grounded and spiritually mature reframe of manifestation. Rather than treating desire as something to amplify or control, yoga teaches us to listen—to discern whether a desire is rooted in fear and...
137: 3 Steps to Soul-Aligned Manifestation
In this episode, Katie Farinas explores manifestation in a grounded, embodied way—breaking it down into something that is simple, though not always easy.
Katie explains how manifestation works through the combined power of attention and intention, and why where we place our awareness directly shapes our lived experience. She outlines five key areas to focus on for 2026—health, relationships, work, money, and material possessions—and demonstrates how attention alone can shift perception and experience.
You’ll learn Katie’s three-step manifestation process: clearly defining desires and planting them into the subconscious, surrendering the outcome while main...
136: Trusting Intuition: A Medical Intuitive’s Guide to Physical and Spiritual Healing
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In this illuminating episode, Katie Farinas sits down with Katie Beecher, a licensed professional counselor and renowned medical and spiritual intuitive, for a deeply honest and expansive conversation about intuition, spiritual guides, and the true nature of healing.
Katie Beecher shares her unique process of creating highly...
135: Set Your Intention For 2026 Using Meditation, Numerology & Tarot
In this Substack Live conversation, Katie Farinas is joined by fellow midlife coach Sue McCreedie to explore the powerful difference between setting goals and living from soul-aligned intentions.
Both Katie and Sue share their journeys from medical professionals into midlife coaching, and why the new year is a natural inflection point—a time to reflect, release, and consciously choose what we want to bring forward.
They discuss why goals often leave us feeling like we either succeed or fail, while intentions allow us to live in alignment with our deepest values and soul’s desires. From...
134: Awakening to Patterns That Drain Your Energy | Yoga & IFS
In this episode, Katie helps you navigate the holiday season with more clarity, grounding, and energy. Building on the idea of energy hygiene, she shares how daily energy maintenance is just as essential as caring for your physical health. Simple practices like pausing, walking, or breathing mindfully can help you stay centered even when life feels overwhelming.
Katie also opens up about a deeply personal moment of clarity: recognizing an old unconscious pattern of trying to fix and protect everyone around her. This habit—rooted in childhood experiences of caretaking and managing others’ emotions—has continued into adulth...
133: Clearing Your Energy Field: The Hidden Key to Vibrational Wellness with Britt Michaelian
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In this deeply insightful episode, Katie and Britt dive into the transformative world of energy hygiene, Reiki healing, and intuitive wellness practices. Britt—a Reiki Master, artist, and therapist—shares her journey into energy work, highlighting how intuition, grounding, and self-awareness can support healing and personal growth.
Together, Katie and Britt explore how energy practices like yoga, Reiki, Saima Diksha, Tai Chi, and Qigong help release bloc...
132: Holiday Stress Relief: Finding Ease with Sthira & Sukha for Nervous System Regulation
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In this episode, we explore how the yoga principle of **Sthira & Sukha—steadiness and ease—offers a powerful roadmap for navigating holiday overwhelm, stress, and emotional intensity. You’ll learn how to recognize when you're in “too much effort,” how to soften your system in real time, and how to apply s...
131: Live Coaching: Strengthening Your Intuition and Trusting Your Inner Guidance
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In this powerful coaching episode, Katie guides guest Megan Tobler through an intuitive exploration to reconnect with her inner voice. Together, they uncover how intuition can serve as a compass for clarity, purpose, and aligned action—especially when fear and outside noise cloud decision-making.
You’ll hear Megan’s journey as a podcast host and entrepreneur navigating visibility, fear of the unknown, and the pull toward someth...
130: From Scarcity to Flow: How to Redefine Your Relationship with Money
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In this deeply insightful episode, Katie sits down with Shannon Ryan, a seasoned wealth advisor with over 30 years of experience, to explore the emotional, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of money. Together, they unpack what it means to cultivate a healthy relationship with wealth — one rooted in awareness, values, and self-trust rather than fear and scarcity.
Shannon shares how her career ev...
129: Beating Overwhelm with Yoga Philosophy & Mindfulness. Plus A Breathwork Practice To Reset
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In this episode, Katie guides you through how yoga, mindfulness, spirituality, and breathwork can help you move beyond the cycle of overwhelm and reconnect with peace in the present moment.<...
128: Gratitude: The Key to Unlocking Abundance and Flow in Your Life
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Gratitude is more than a fleeting feeling—it’s a vibration, a way of moving through the world that unlocks abundance, joy, and connection. In this episode, we explore gratitude from both yoga philosophy and modern spiritual wisdom, weaving together insights from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Bhakti Yoga, and teachers like Deepak Chop...
127: Functional Medicine for Midlife Women: Root Causes, Menopause, and Longevity Strategies
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In this enlightening episode, Katie Farinas sits down with Andrea Nakayama, functional medicine expert and wellness advocate, to explore how functional medicine can transform health in midlife, especially for women.
They dive deep into the principles of functional medicine, emphasizing personalized, root-cause-focused care rather than symptom-based treatments. Andrea and Katie discuss how functional medicine differs from traditional healthcare models and share personal stories that demonstrate its...
126: The Universal Teacher: Discover How Life Is Always Teaching You Lessons
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In this episode, we explore the concept of the Universal Teacher—a timeless idea from yoga philosophy that shows us how guidance and wisdom are all around us. From our inner voice and life’s challenges to mentors, our bodies, and the natural world, every experience can teach us valua...
125: Meditation vs. Mindfulness — Exploring the Deeper Meaning and Everyday Benefits
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In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative practice of meditation and mindfulness. Many people think meditation is “too hard” or “not for me”—we’re here to bust those limiting beliefs and show you how anyone can start, even with just a few minutes a day.
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The difference between meditation and mindfulness and why both are powerful for mental clarity and emotional balance.How yoga philosophy views meditation as a tool for s...124: The Gifts of Courage
Living with Courage: Resilience, Growth, and Embracing Your Authentic Self
What does it really mean to live with courage? In this inspiring episode, Katie Farinas sits down with Terry Sidford—life coach, author, and TEDx speaker—to explore the power of resilience, the courage to step into the unknown, and the freedom that comes from embracing discomfort.
Terry shares her transformative personal journey, including a defining moment in her early 20s when she lost everything to a con artist. While her possessions were taken, she realized that her inner strength, soul, and authentic self could neve...
123: Autumn, Ayurveda & Finding Balance in this Season + A Guided Meditation
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As autumn creeps in, nature begins its shift — and so do we. According to Ayurvedic wisdom, we are inextricably linked to the natural world. Whatever happens outside in nature is also happening inside of us, impacting our body, mind, and spirit.
In this episode, we explore how the season of Vata — represented by spac...
122: Honey in the Heart, Fire in the Belly: Cultivating Gratitude & Courage
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119: Our Shared Life Purpose
Feeling overwhelmed by the weight of the world? In this episode, we explore how to navigate fear, anxiety, and anger while staying true to your dharma and living a life of purpose. Discover how to cultivate “honey in the heart and fi...
121: What Are Your Dreams Trying To Reveal? Tapping Inner Wisdom with Jamie Cromer Grue
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Have you ever wondered what your dreams are really trying to tell you? In this episode, Katie and guest Jamie explore the fascinating world of dream analysis and its connection to inner wi...
120: Shifting Perspectives: What Are You Not Seeing Because You’re Seeing What You’re Seeing?
In this episode, Katie unpacks a thought-provoking quote from Yogiraj Achela:
“What are you not seeing because you are seeing what you are seeing?”
At first glance, it may feel puzzling. But as Katie shares her reflections—through the lens of parenting, change, and the passage of time—you’ll discover how this question challenges us to recognize blind spots and open our eyes to new possibilities.
You’ll learn:
How focusing too narrowly can limit what we notice in life.Why shifting perspective can bring more clarity and peace.How parenting milestones...119: Our Shared Purpose In Life: Exploring Dharma and Soul Alignment
In this episode of The Midlife Purpose Project, Katie explores the ancient concept of Dharma—our soul’s true purpose—and how it connects to living a meaningful, fulfilling life. She reflects on the cultural and environmental influences that shape us, often creating protective layers we may need to reevaluate in midlife, especially when we feel inner tension or a longing for deeper meaning.
Through her own journey of seeking purpose, Katie invites listeners to turn inward, listen to their heart and higher self, and uncover their unique Dharma. The episode closes with a guided meditation and journa...
118: How Cancer and Divorce Led One Women To Her Life’s Purpose
What happens when the life you’ve built looks picture-perfect from the outside, but inside you’re struggling with depression, misalignment, and major life challenges like illness and heartbreak?
In this episode of The Midlife Purpose Project, Erica Carrico shares her deeply personal journey from being a free-spirited traveler to building a corporate career in Sydney—a life that left her battling depression despite its shiny exterior. After a doctor encouraged her to reevaluate her path instead of relying solely on medication, she discovered life coaching and uncovered her true calling.
But Erica’s path to purpo...
117: Saying Goodbye to What No Longer Serves You
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After 20 years as a bedside nurse, I made the difficult decision to walk away from a career that once felt like home. In this episode, I share my journey of letting go, overcoming fear, and finding peace even in the hardest seasons of life.
You’ll learn why we cling to what no longer serves us, how our purpose can evolve over time, and a simple journaling exercise to help you take your next aligned step. If you’re navigating change, this episode will help you trust yoursel...
116: Reclaiming Identity, Rest & Purpose with Rachel Brooks
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In this episode, Katie introduces the concept of “pockets of joy” as a path to reclaim happiness when life feels flat...
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