As we say goodbye to a challenging 2025, Erica & I talk about 2025's most popular podcast topics and why they've resonated so much and how they resonated with us personally as we reflect upon them. Rest. Identity & Values.
We record weekly so have banked about 50 episodes in 2025, moving to launch from Substack at the end of 2024. Still finding our feet in many ways but loving it here. From Substack our podcast is broadcast on all the usual podcast apps like Apple Podcasts and Spotify so if you are over there, look out for us!
Top 3 Podcast Topics for 2025?
The REST episode, resonated deeply. It was our #1 downloaded episode for the year. Erica's Reframing Rest framework, the star of the show. Listen to that Episode here on Substack.
IDENTITY: Who you are not what you do. When the scaffolding falls away in the transition of the midlife years, who we are, is what is left of us, raw and real. We've chatted a few times in the podcast with much loved guests of the show Alex Hanlon and Cat Matson, both now on Substack. Listen to Identity in Midlife with Alex and Cat here.
We also talked about it in terms of how we present ourselves, our style self-expression and how that can go MIA in midlife. We brought on another brilliant guest, Fiona Keary from Style Liberation to talk about this hot topic. She's a stylist and has helped 1000's of women find their style mojo again. Listen to that episode here.
VALUES, a personal favourite for us too. Best buddies with IDENTITY because who you are, how we 'be' sits on the solid shoulders of our values. What matters most to us. Values also help us to navigate all the shoulds in life - the expectations, the masks, the roles and bring us back to who we are. Values are spoken of in many episodes and are an anchor for both of us in the tumultuous change of midlife. Living with alignment of values.
Where to From Here?
Without giving you something else to do...consider reflecting on what your values are. What a gift to give yourself as the year closes and the next begins. Erica talks about the Value of Values here and how living in misalignment gives us clues as to why things feel 'wrong'. It might give you a little guidance to what your values are and how to navigate life using them.
I have also used Personalvalu.es and found that really helpful.
2026:
2026 for Anita will mean advocating for Dementia and Bone Health more having had her life impacted deeply by both. And for Erica, advocating for those who are Donor Conceived as she discovered she was this year. So watch out for more conversations around these topics and more.
What matters to you in midlife? If you have any topics you'd like us to tease out in a podcast chat then please DM us here or email us at hello@midlifeunfiltered.com.au. We'd love to hear from you. Maybe you'd like to be a guest? Let us know.
We will be back soon. Leaning into our Values of Family and Connection, we will be taking a break from recording new episodes until the end of January.
Until then, we welcome you to dive in and listen to our 50+ episodes recorded through 2025 and the later part of 2024. You'll find them all here on our Substack page.
Thank You for tuning in and sharing your precious time with us. We know what a valuable commodity that is. We are most appreciative.
If you celebrate Christmas, happy Christmas! If you're gathering with those who matter most to you, we wish you a wonderful time full of love, calm and .... rest.
See you in 2026.
Anita & Erica. xx
