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Girl, Wake Up!Answering Your Midlife Wake-Up Call (w/ Co-Authors Dina Alvarez & Dina Aronson)Midlife isn’t a breakdown. It’s a wake-up call.In this honest and eye-opening episode of Girl, Wake Up!, I sit down with Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson, co-authors of Midlife Private Parts, to talk about what really happens to women in their 40s and 50s-physically, emotionally, sexually and psychologically-and why so many of us feel blindsided.Because no one prepared us.No one told us perimenopause could feel like anxiety, rage, brain fog and clarity all at once. No one told us we might start questioning our marriages, our careers or the...
2026-02-2439 min
The UpliftersSaying Yes to Yourself in MidlifeDina Aronson and Dina Alvarez: Creating Midlife Private Parts - An Anthology for Women over 40What happens when two women meet in their fifties and decide that the stories being told about midlife women are incomplete? Dina Aronson, a former attorney turned pro-age advocate and writer, and Dina Alvarez, a freelance writer and co-founder of SomosPadres, created Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change The Way You Think About Age—an anthology that's reshaping how we talk about midlife transformation, menopause, aging, and what's possible after 40. These two powerhouse editors met through a serendipitous "midlife blind da...
2026-02-1950 min
The UpliftersMidlife Private Parts: A Love Note to Female Friendship in Our 50sDina Aronson and Dina Alvarez: Creating Midlife Private Parts - An Anthology for Women over 40What happens when two women meet in their fifties and decide that the stories being told about midlife women are incomplete? Dina Aronson, a former attorney turned pro-age advocate and writer, and Dina Alvarez, a freelance writer and co-founder of SomosPadres, created Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change The Way You Think About Age—an anthology that's reshaping how we talk about midlife transformation, menopause, aging, and what's possible after 40. These two powerhouse editors met through a serendipitous "midlife blind da...
2026-02-1247 min
Late Bloomer Living PodcastYou’re Not Alone: The Power of Sharing Midlife StoriesMidlife has a way of surfacing questions many women have carried quietly for years — about identity, desire, change, and who they’re becoming now.
In this episode, Yvonne is joined by writers and editors Dina Aronson and Dina Alvarez, co-editors of Midlife Private Parts, a deeply honest anthology that reflects the many ways women experience midlife.
Together, they explore what happens when women stop editing themselves and start telling the truth — about reinvention, menopause, friendship, pleasure, invisibility, grief, creativity, and growth.
This conversation is a reminder that midlife isn’t something to get through...
2026-02-0445 min
LIBERTY ROAD with Nada Jones144. More Than Hormones: Dina AronsonDina Aronson is a writer, editor, and pro-age advocate who is passionate about shining a light on midlife women and reframing the cultural conversation around aging. A former attorney, law firm manager, and founder of a legal search consultancy, she pivoted careers at 51 after realizing how little content reflected her own evolving midlife experience. She began freelancing for startups focused on women over 40. Along the way, she founded the Patina blog, now a Substack newsletter called Patina with Dina Aronson, where she explores topics related to aging through her midlife lens.
Dina is the coeditor of Midlife...
2025-10-2236 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson, Authors of Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About AgeWomen over 40 comprise 25% of the U.S. population, yet they remain significantly underrepresented in popular culture and the media. Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson set out to change that with their bold new anthology, Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age. It is a deeply moving collection of soulful essays that speak to what it really feels like to move through the world as a midlife woman and beyond. It is a rallying cry to embrace midlife unapologetically, and a powerful reminder that you are not going through it alone....
2025-09-0532 min
Reinvention RebelsHow Janet Taylor Reinvented Herself Through Midlife Caregiving—One Organized System at a TimeWhat happens when life throws you into a caregiving role you never expected? For professional organizer Janet Taylor, it meant putting her business on hold, stepping up for her beloved mom, and discovering a new layer of strength, purpose, and reinvention.In this inspiring and heartfelt episode, Janet shares how she navigated the intense, emotional, and often overwhelming journey of midlife caregiving — and how her organizing superpowers became her greatest ally.✨ You’ll hear how Janet:🌿 Reinvented herself in midlife when her caregiving role became all-consuming🧩 Used organization systems to manage her mother’s care...
2025-07-1038 min
A Certain AgeMidlifers Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud with Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson of Midlife Private PartsMidlifers are saying the quiet parts out loud—and we have stories that will make you laugh, cry, and feel like you've found your tribe. This week, writers, reinventors, and editors Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson join host Katie Fogarty to explore their new essay collection "Midlife Private Parts"—a series of revealing essays that will change the way you think about age. Dina and Dina spent two years gathering 27 contributors (including many ACA podcast favorites like Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Sarah Milken, and Laura Belgray) to capture snapshots of midlife in all its magnificent, messy, comical glory. From horm...
2025-06-3035 min
Totally Booked with ZibbyDina Alvarez & Dina Aronson, MIDLIFE PRIVATE PARTS: Revealing Essays that Will Change the Way You Think About AgeTotally Booked: LIVE! In this special episode of the podcast (in-person at the Whitby Hotel with a live audience!), Zibby interviews Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson (as well as 10 other contributors!) about MIDLIFE PRIVATE PARTS, a soulful and revealing collection of essays on what it really feels like to move through the world as a midlife woman and beyond. Zibby, a contributor herself, moderates the conversation on the complexities, challenges, and liberation that come with aging. Touching on shifting identities, raging hormones, sexual awakenings, skin-tightening treatments, menopause, medical gaslighting, empty-nesting, and societal invisibility, each contributor shares a candid, often...
2025-06-2929 min
Reinvention RebelsMidlife Private Parts: Dina Aronson & Dina Alvarez on Reinvention, Visibility & Owning Your StoryMidlife Never Felt So Good or Empowering! What happens when two bold midlife women stop asking “Who am I to do this?” and start asking “Why not me?” You get Midlife Private Parts—a revealing, empowering new anthology that explores the raw, real, and often unspoken truths about midlife womanhood. In this episode of Reinvention Rebels,...
2025-06-2634 min
Reinvention RebelsMidlife Private Parts: Dina Aronson & Dina Alvarez on Reinvention, Visibility & Owning Your StoryWhat happens when two bold midlife women stop asking “Who am I to do this?” and start asking “Why not me?” You get Midlife Private Parts—a revealing, empowering new anthology that explores the raw, real, and often unspoken truths about midlife womanhood.In this episode of Reinvention Rebels, I’m joined by the dynamic duo Dina Aronson and Dina Alvarez, co-editors of Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age.Together, we dive into: ✨ Why visibility matters more than ever in midlife ✨ How Instagram help...
2025-06-2633 min
Pleasure in the Pause: Midlife Conversations About Menopause, Sex & Pleasure62 | Midlife Private Parts: Stories to Inspire Your Next Chapter with Dina AronsonWhat if the very parts of yourself you've been hiding—the messy, the marvelous, the unspoken—are the ones that will set you free in midlife? We're often told to shrink, to quiet down, to accept invisibility, like it's a rite of passage. But what if this chapter is actually about expansion, revealing more of who we are, not less? Because let's be honest, midlife women are not a monolith. We're complex, multifaceted, full of rage and tenderness, reinvention and regret, humor and heartbreak. So many of those parts don't get revealed until we find the courage to tell our...
2025-06-2546 min
Get Hooked On An Powerful Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Midlife Private Parts by Dina Aronson, Dina AlvarezPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/174212to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Midlife Private Parts
Author: Dina Aronson, Dina Alvarez
Narrator: Angela Juarez
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 06-24-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Self-Esteem
Publisher's Summary:
Whether it's sexual pleasure, midlife reinvention, menopause, friendship, redefining style at a certain age, dating after divorce, feeling invisible, or simply being in the last place you ever thought you'd be, you'll feel seen in these essays that acknowledge the changes and challenges but capture the power, freedom, and confidence that comes with age. Told through the eyes of...
2025-06-244h 54
The Jen Marples Show for Midlife WomenMidlife Private Parts: A Conversation That Will Change the Way You Feel About Age with Dina Aronson & Dina AlvarezWhat if everything you've been told about aging is wrong? I'm sitting down with authors Dina Aronson and Dina Alvarez for a conversation that will completely shift how you think about midlife. These two powerhouse women met in their 50s through social media, instantly connected, and decided to create something extraordinary together - an anthology called "Midlife Private Parts" that captures the raw, unfiltered truth of what it really means to be a woman navigating this transformative time. This book is about the beautiful mess, the unexpected freedom, and the incredible possibilities that come when you stop apologizing for...
2025-05-2946 min
True Stories at Work: fresh from HRHR and Culture Shock, From the US to the UK: DinaDid you ever think it would be easy to work in England, because you already speak the language? Well tune into this episode of ‘True Stories at Work’ to meet Dina, an executive coach and former HR professional, shares her experiences working in human resources across different cultures and the unique challenges that come with it. She shares challenges with the English language and culture while working in the UK, New York City and Texas. You’ll learn why she quit a job to save herself from a bad boss. And how she stays adaptable, resilient, and trusts herself to alwa...
2024-05-0233 minTrue Stories at Work: fresh from HRHR and Culture Shock, From the US to the UK: DinaDid you ever think it would be easy to work in England, because you already speak the language? Well tune into this episode of ‘True Stories at Work’ to meet Dina, an executive coach and former HR professional, shares her experiences working in human resources across different cultures and the unique challenges that come with it. She shares challenges with the English language and culture while working in the UK, New York City and Texas. You’ll learn why she quit a job to save herself from a bad boss. And how she stays adaptable, resilient, and trusts herself to alwa...
2024-05-0233 min
Dietitian TalksTechnology and Dietetics, Ep 7We talk with Dina Aronson, RD who has worked in technology with companies such as Computrition, Frito-Lay, and Timex as well as owning her own technology company.
2024-02-0623 min
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 024 by VARIOUSAyelet HaShachar on The Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar, a contemporary women's Jewish music ensemble, features Lisa Aronson Friedman on keyboard and vocals, Shalomis Koffler Weinreb on guitar, percussion and vocals, and Stephanie Rabinowitz on vocals. Drawing on an extensive musical background, the trio blends original songs, unique vocal, and instrumental arrangements, and beautiful harmonies to create sounds of deepest feeling that inspire and uplift. Their music is a sensitive expression of eternal Jewish themes, resonating with meaning for our Times.
Ayelet HaShachar has had three major areas of focus: to be true to Jewish and Torah values, to hold their music to a high standard of p...
2018-01-1041 min
The Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar on The Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar, a contemporary women's Jewish music ensemble, features Lisa Aronson Friedman on keyboard and vocals, Shalomis Koffler Weinreb on guitar, percussion and vocals, and Stephanie Rabinowitz on vocals. Drawing on an extensive musical background, the trio blends original songs, unique vocal, and instrumental arrangements, and beautiful harmonies to create sounds of deepest feeling that inspire and uplift. Their music is a sensitive expression of eternal Jewish themes, resonating with meaning for our Times. Ayelet HaShachar has had three major areas of focus: to be true to Jewish and Torah values, to hold their music to a h...
2018-01-1040 minThe Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar on The Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar, a contemporary women's Jewish music ensemble, features Lisa Aronson Friedman on keyboard and vocals, Shalomis Koffler Weinreb on guitar, percussion and vocals, and Stephanie Rabinowitz on vocals. Drawing on an extensive musical background, the trio blends original songs, unique vocal, and instrumental arrangements, and beautiful harmonies to create sounds of deepest feeling that inspire and uplift. Their music is a sensitive expression of eternal Jewish themes, resonating with meaning for our Times. Ayelet HaShachar has had three major areas of focus: to be true to Jewish and Torah values, to hold their music to a h...
2018-01-1040 minThe Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar on The Franciska ShowAyelet HaShachar, a contemporary women's Jewish music ensemble, features Lisa Aronson Friedman on keyboard and vocals, Shalomis Koffler Weinreb on guitar, percussion and vocals, and Stephanie Rabinowitz on vocals. Drawing on an extensive musical background, the trio blends original songs, unique vocal, and instrumental arrangements, and beautiful harmonies to create sounds of deepest feeling that inspire and uplift. Their music is a sensitive expression of eternal Jewish themes, resonating with meaning for our Times. Ayelet HaShachar has had three major areas of focus: to be true to Jewish and Torah values, to hold their music to a h...
2018-01-1040 min