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've ever felt like you're starting over, questioning everything, or wondering when it's finally your turn, this one is for you.
In this episode:
- Why Rachel is awake between 2 and 4 a.m. every night (and why her Apple Watch might be lying)
- The grief that can sneak into midlife, even over things you didn't expect to grieve
- All the different transitions happening at once: kids leaving, divorce, retirement, career shifts, identity changes
- Why midlife can feel like starting over, even when you're bringing decades of experience with you
- The guilt that shows up when we ask, "When is it my turn?" and why you're allowed to ask it
- Why you're not broken, ungrateful, or in crisis. You're waking up.
- How Gen X women carry both heavy baggage and serious resilience
- The self-dismissal pattern Rachel keeps seeing in midlife women (and a full episode on this coming soon)
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