For every woman who’s ever looked around her life and thought, “Wait… is this it?” — this episode is for you.
In our first conversation, Erin and Jennie crack open the real story behind midlife identity loss, nervous system burnout, relationships, motherhood, divorce, career upheaval, and the moment everything comes crashing down… and you finally have to ask yourself: Now what?
With two very different life paths — one married, one divorced; one navigating special-needs parenting, one rebuilding after divorce — they discover they’ve been feeling the same thing:
✨ Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a reawakening.
• Losing yourself in the daily grind
• Divorce, motherhood & emotional transitions
• Parenting kids with dysregulated nervous systems
• Rebuilding identity in your 30s, 40s & beyond
• Survival mode as a personality
• How childhood patterns shape adulthood
• The moment life forces you to pause
• Why women don’t talk about this — and why we need to
• The power of community, connection & being seen
• How regulating YOUR nervous system changes relationships
Quote:
“You haven’t lost yourself — you’ve just outgrown the version of you that survived before.”
Book:
➡️ The Change by Kirsten Miller
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Book:
➡️ Becoming the One by Sheleana Aiyana
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00:00 — Welcome
01:00 — “I’m starring in a show I didn’t audition for.”
03:00 — Jennie’s Now What moment
03:35 — Erin’s Now What moment
06:00 — Nervous system foundations
07:40 — Parenting & emotional availability
08:10 — How they reconnected
10:58 — Jennie’s story
15:40 — Erin’s story
25:00 — Partner dynamics
27:00 — Keegan’s progress
31:00 — Nervous system safety
32:30 — Triggers & tools
34:45 — What this podcast won’t be
36:20 — Recommendations
38:30 — Outro: “You’re not broken, you’re just becoming.”
“Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a reawakening.”
“You haven’t lost yourself.”
“Everything comes back to you.”
“I was wearing all the hats and no one taught me how to wear them.”
“I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize myself.”
“We’re not doing this alone anymore.”
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