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Sensitive StoriesREPLAY: Emerging Into Your True Self as a Sensitive PersonHave you put yourself aside for years? In this episode, I talk with Jen Berlingo, LPC, ATR about tuning back into your inner calling and… • Emerging in midlife and unmasking to be your full self again • Looking inward to identify what needs to change • Navigating big life changes and taking one small step forward at a time • Turning your ear back inward to listen to your inner yearnings and reclaiming your true nature • Assessing whether your lifestyle supports your sensitive nervous system • Learning to assert your preferences in...
2025-12-3045 min
Divorced PeopleSeason 2, Episode 1: Jen Berlingo and her Magical, Queer, Midlife EmergenceJen Berlingo is a coach, a writer, an artist, a mother, a trained therapist, and an intuitive being. Her story is so intricate and beautiful.
As she writes about in her book, Midlife Emergence, Jen reached her 40s, married to a man that she loved, and felt an undeniable call to end her marriage to further pursue her queer identity and love with a woman. The way that Jen is able to hold love and truth in so many ways that might seem to oppose one another is magical, and skilled.
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2025-01-191h 16
Queer Women Rising® with Sophia Spallino | Finding Lesbian Love. Smart WLW Dating ConversationsOver 40 Queer Awakening & Midlife Emergence with Jen Berlingo - Late in Life Lesbian - Coming OutDM to connect with me on Instagram👉 https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallinoApply to join Queer Womxn Rising™'s The Queer Country Club™ (where I connect extraordinary queer womxn) 🌈 https://bit.ly/3zM9Qjy 🎤About my guest:🌈Coming out midlife or late in life… is complicated and can be scary.When she entered her forties, psychotherapist and coach, @JenBerlingo was living what appeared to be a stable life, running a successful private practice, married to a devoted man, and parenting their vibrant kid...But a fire burned deep within that she knew she cou...
2024-09-091h 01
Sensitive Stories11: Emerging Into Your True Self as a Sensitive PersonHave you put yourself aside for years? In this episode, I talk with Jen Berlingo, LPC, ATR about tuning back into your inner calling and… • Emerging in midlife and unmasking to be your full self again • Looking inward to identify what needs to change • Navigating big life changes and taking one small step forward at a time • Turning your ear back inward to listen to your inner yearnings and reclaiming your true nature • Assessing whether your lifestyle supports your sensitive nervous system • Learning to assert your preferenc...
2024-05-2145 min
Second Breaks226. The Purpose of Liminal Spaces During Midlife TransitionsThis episode is brought to you by We're All Getting Older, a publication and a community for midlifers who want to get better as they get older. In this episode, we discuss the concept of midlife portals and the importance of liminal spaces during life transitions. Inspired by Jen Berlingo's book "Midlife Emergence," I explore the metaphor of doorways marking the passage into new life phases, particularly focusing on significant transitional periods. I share reflections from my personal journey when I left my corporate life and the lessons I learned about the value of liminal spaces.
2024-05-0916 minSecond Breaks226. The Purpose of Liminal Spaces During Midlife TransitionsThis episode is brought to you by We're All Getting Older, a publication and a community for midlifers who want to get better as they get older. In this episode, we discuss the concept of midlife portals and the importance of liminal spaces during life transitions. Inspired by Jen Berlingo's book "Midlife Emergence," I explore the metaphor of doorways marking the passage into new life phases, particularly focusing on significant transitional periods. I share reflections from my personal journey when I left my corporate life and the lessons I learned about the value of liminal spaces.
2024-05-0916 min
The Stories We TellUnified Not Uniform: The Importance of Sharing Your Story with Jillian Abby, Jen Berlingo, Melissa Giberson.Learn the importance of sharing your story “Unified not uniform”. Hear from three successful lesbian memoirists: Jillian Abby, Jen Berlingo, Melissa Giberson.
Hear from three successful lesbian memoirists: Jillian Abby, Jen Berlingo, Melissa Giberson. Panel moderated by Club Lilles founder and podcast host of The Stories We Tell, Jaime Messina.
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2024-04-291h 03
Second Breaks225. Finding Our Way Through Major Life Changes and the Midlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoI'm joined by Jen Berlingo, author of Midlife Emergence, to discuss the transformative journey of midlife. We explore the concept of emergence as a positive reframe of the midlife crisis, emphasizing the opportunity to unveil one's authentic self. Jen discusses the second individuation process, the challenges of embracing change while managing life's responsibilities, and the importance of authenticity. Our conversation reveals the complexities of midlife changes, the struggle with societal expectations, and the courage to pursue personal truth and growth.Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a...
2024-04-2553 minSecond Breaks225. Finding Our Way Through Major Life Changes and the Midlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoI'm joined by Jen Berlingo, author of Midlife Emergence, to discuss the transformative journey of midlife. We explore the concept of emergence as a positive reframe of the midlife crisis, emphasizing the opportunity to unveil one's authentic self. Jen discusses the second individuation process, the challenges of embracing change while managing life's responsibilities, and the importance of authenticity. Our conversation reveals the complexities of midlife changes, the struggle with societal expectations, and the courage to pursue personal truth and growth.Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a...
2024-04-2553 min
Midlife Mavericks - Living Life Happy, Healthy, Sexy & StrongEpisode 128: - Embracing a Queer Life in Midlife with Jen BerlingoOutwardly, Jen Berlingo had the perfect life - a beautiful home and family and a great career. She had established a family, career, and persona that fulfilled social, familial, and cultural expectations.
When she entered her forties, she realized that something didn't feel right. She reframed the midlife transition as a midlife emergence® to make meaning of her own transformation during this time of life when she dared to reveal the raw, sometimes inconvenient truth of who she was.
Today, through her own experiences, as well as decades of working as a psychotherapist and coach with those fac...
2024-03-0345 min
FINE is a 4-Letter WordMidlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoMany of us go through life wondering if we’re really living our authentic lives.Are you doing what you really want to do?Are you being who you really want to be?Even if you’ve created a great life, been fortunate, and haven’t had what you consider an existential crisis, is something just not quite right?Jen Berlingo had what seemed to be a great childhood. As she would discover later, she thought she was happy because early on she embraced being a good girl, a people pleaser, and as...
2024-01-1147 min
Mindful U at Naropa University101. Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner FireOur latest podcast with Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR is out today!
Jen is a Naropa Alumnx of the MA Transpersonal Therapy program, a practicing coach, licensed therapist and author of her new book Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire.
In this episode you’ll hear about her Naropa experience and how getting a degree in counseling served her true calling of art, therapy and coaching after leaving the corporate world. She also shares her journey of coming out as queer in midlife and what it looked like to alchemize her midlife transition into a Mi...
2023-11-0954 min
The Ex-Good Girl PodcastEpisode 39 - Midlife Magic with Jen BerlingoSend us a textI have an extraordinary guest this week! Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a licensed professional counselor, a nationally registered art therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. She wrote a book called Midlife Emergence, which reached #1 in several Amazon categories. She is also a visual artist and created the painting on the cover of her book. Jen is a dynamic being who assists in helping others to hone in on their own desires and live their truth. In this episode, Jen and I go into the challenges that...
2023-11-0150 min
Can I Just Say? with Nikki La CroceMidlife Emergence: A Journey From Healing To Wholeness with Jen Berlingo🎙️ In this episode, I share the mic with Jen Berlingo, a midlife coach, licensed professional counselor, and author of the memoir "Midlife Emergence." Jen shares her personal journey of stepping fully into her queer identity and how it inspired her to write the book as a companion for other women going through their own midlife journeys.
Our conversation explores the concept of reframing the midlife crisis into a midlife emergence, where we have the opportunity to emerge as our authentic selves and challenge the conditioning we have lived with in the first half of our lives. Jen discus...
2023-09-121h 13
Neuroinclusion#25 "Midlife Emergence and the Messy Middle" with Jen BerlingoJen Berlingo (she/her) is a coach, thought-leader, and best-selling author of the book "Midlife Emergence". She and I talk about how we unmask and unravel truths as we shed social, cultural, and familial layers. Like Jen and I experienced, many women and non-binary folx are living heterofacing lives and feeling like their marriages are "fine" or "good enough on paper". The thought of leaving to explore their sexuality feels scary and, sometimes, selfish. And yet, the whispers of knowing turn into screams and they start fantasizing about the paths not taken. They want more-more truth, more c...
2023-08-2336 minThe Stories We TellMidlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoJen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. After two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own passage through a fiery midlife portal where she more fully stepped into her queer identity, she was inspired to write Midlife Emergence to accompany other women in traversing their midlife journeys. Jen is also a visual artist who creates custom pieces for collectors worldwide and exhibits her fluid, abstract art locally in her beloved town of Boulder, Colo...
2023-07-1334 min
What Needs To Be SaidEmbracing “Midlife Emergence:” A Journey to Authentic Living with Jen BerlingoIn this captivating episode of "What Needs To Be
Said," host Alex Reegan engages in a thought-provoking conversation with
Jen Berlingo, an author, coach, and Licensed Professional Counselor
specializing in midlife transitions. Together, they explore Jen's personal
journey of origin, struggle, and emergence, offering invaluable insights and
inspiration for listeners embarking on their own paths of authenticity. Jen's
book, "Midlife Emergence," serves as a compassionate guide for women
seeking to reclaim the powerful parts of themselves that may have been
concealed by societal conditioning. Join this enlightening discussion as Jen
fearlessly shares her transformative experiences, challenging societal norms
and...
2023-06-271h 00
Late Bloomer Living PodcastEP 146: Midlife Emergence with Jen Berlingo
In this podcast episode, we explore the courage it takes to liberate the unexpressed part of ourselves that longs to be set free. It can be daunting to acknowledge and act upon, especially in midlife when we've already met society's expectations. Our guest, Jen Berlingo, is a midlife coach who helps women navigate major life transitions. She shares her own experiences and insights from her book Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire. Join us as we discuss how to awaken to our inner call, even if it means breaking free from societal expectations.
2023-05-3136 min
Tune In: Radio for Your Mind, Body & SoulLetting Go … Inviting In—with author-artist-therapist-guide Jen Berlingo“Don’t abandon yourself.” So says Jen Berlingo, visual artist, art therapist, midlife coach/guide & author of the newly released book, “Midlife Emergence.” Her wisdom comes the hard way. But her sage advice is not to be ignored. Hear her story (including coming out fully later in life—& the deeply spiritual rituals she used to keep her family intact through the process), & learn how you can use writing prompts, art-making & your own personal rituals to uncover your own deepest desires & inner wisdom, especially in midlife emergence. “Our deepest wounds,” she also shares, “point us toward our superpower.” || Get your $15 copy of Jen’s book at htt...
2023-05-301h 00
The Nancy Levin ShowEmbracing Wholeness in Midlife with Jen BerlingoIn this week's episode of Your Permission Prescription, I'm joined by midlife coach, professional counselor, registered art therapist, master reiki practitioner, and visual artist, Jen Berlingo. We discuss her knowledge and experience going through a midlife shift, her journey writing her book, Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire, and the idea of focusing on wholeness instead of happiness. Connect with me: nancylevin.com Instagram Facebook Transform Together Facebook Group
2023-05-1534 minThe Nancy Levin ShowEmbracing Wholeness in Midlife with Jen BerlingoIn this week's episode of Your Permission Prescription, I'm joined by midlife coach, professional counselor, registered art therapist, master reiki practitioner, and visual artist, Jen Berlingo. We discuss her knowledge and experience going through a midlife shift, her journey writing her book, Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire, and the idea of focusing on wholeness instead of happiness. Connect with me: nancylevin.com Instagram Facebook Transform Together Facebook Group
2023-05-1534 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Jen Berlingo, Thought-Leader, Coach, Guide and Author on the Midlife Transition
Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. After two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own passage through a fiery midlife portal, she was inspired to write Midlife Emergence to accompany other women in traversing their midlife journeys. Jen is also a visual artist who creates custom pieces for collectors worldwide and exhibits her fluid, abstract art locally in her beloved town of Boulder, Colorado. There, among the sunn...
2023-04-2128 min
Emerging Women: Grace and Fire » PodcastFreeing Your Inner Fire with Jen BerlingoEpisode Summary
In this episode, Jen Berlingo talks about her story, her thoughts on the midlife crisis, breaking away from social norms, and finding what serves and does not serve you in different stages of life. She also highlights staying true to yourself, dismantling social norms, admitting our own truths, and why we need support in our lives and finishes with insights about her book.
About Our Guest
Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist...
2023-04-1748 min
Embark On The Most Spellbinding Full Audiobook Today!Midlife Emergence by Jen BerlingoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4492to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Midlife Emergence
Author: Jen Berlingo
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Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
Release date: 04-11-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets shamel...
2023-04-116h 31Discover A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Addictive.Midlife Emergence by Jen BerlingoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/32293to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Midlife Emergence
Author: Jen Berlingo
Narrator: Jen Berlingo
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
Release date: 04-11-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets...
2023-04-116h 31
Get Thousands of Audiobooks on Any DeviceMidlife Emergence (By Jen Berlingo)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/32293 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets shamelessly visible. Title: Midlife Emergence Author: Jen Berlingo Narrator: Jen Berlingo Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins Release date...
2023-04-1102 min
Midlife Magic & MayhemReframing Midlife as Emergence with Jen BerlingoListening to each other’s stories is one of the most impactful ways to learn. This week’s guest on the podcast is Jen Berlingo, and she has a powerful story of midlife transition which helped inform a beautiful approach to reframing this life threshold.Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. After two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own passage through a fiery m...
2023-04-0455 min
Spirituality In ProgressThe Archives: Ep. 91 - Midlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoToday is a special guest episode where I talk to Jen Berlingo. She is an artist, coach, mother, and new author!
We talk about her journey through divorce, embracing her identity, authoring her first book, and navigating all that the stars have to throw at her.
You can find more about Jen and purchase her book, Midlife Emergence, for pre-order all on her website:
www.jenberlingo.com
2023-02-2554 min
Spirituality In ProgressThe Archives: Ep. 91 - Midlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoToday is a special guest episode where I talk to Jen Berlingo. She is an artist, coach, mother, and new author!
We talk about her journey through divorce, embracing her identity, authoring her first book, and navigating all that the stars have to throw at her.
You can find more about Jen and purchase her book, Midlife Emergence, for pre-order all on her website:
www.jenberlingo.com
2023-02-2554 minSpirituality In ProgressThe Archives: Ep. 91 - Midlife Emergence with Jen BerlingoToday is a special guest episode where I talk to Jen Berlingo. She is an artist, coach, mother, and new author!
We talk about her journey through divorce, embracing her identity, authoring her first book, and navigating all that the stars have to throw at her.
You can find more about Jen and purchase her book, Midlife Emergence, for pre-order all on her website:
www.jenberlingo.com
2023-02-2554 min
The Becoming PodcastThe Becoming Podcast | Season 3; Episode 11 | Jen Berlingo on midlife emergence, following your intuition + speaking the truth of your lifeThe final episode of Season 3 of The Becoming Podcast is a conversation with Jen Berlingo, midlife midwife extraordinaire. Jen is a coach, licensed professional counselor, a nationally registered art therapist, a master-level Reiki practitioner, an author, an artist and a witch. She speaks, writes and teaches about midlife emergence, including her own world-rocking experience of upending her entire life as she entered her forties. It's obvious why I had to have her on the show, right? Our conversation kicks off with The Ani Difranco Songs That Changed Our Lives, and it just gets be...
2021-11-3059 min
Power ReclamationFreeing Your Inner Fire - With Jen BerlingoHow to Find Jen Berlingo:Jen's Program for Women: Midlife Emergence Program: https://jen-berlingo.mykajabi.com/midlife-emergenceweb site: jenberlingo.cominstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenberlingofacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenberlingotherapyetsy shop: artsorceress.etsy.comtwitter: https://twitter.com/jenberlingopinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jenberlingo/_saved/linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenberlingo/More on Anne-MarieIf you have a power reclamation story to share or questions, please send them to Ask Anne-Marie.If you want to learn more about my work you can visit my websites:Power reclamation guide and somatic healing...
2021-09-041h 04
The Become Your Higher Self PodcastEpisode 010: Witches, Midlife Emergence + The Empowered Feminine with Jen Berlingo Jen Berlingo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist (ATR), a master-level Reiki practitioner, and she is professionally trained in Hakomi, a body-centered, mindfulness-oriented psychotherapy practice. Jen earned her master’s degree from Naropa University, a Buddhist-oriented school for experiential and contemplative education. For nearly twenty years, she has used transpersonal psychotherapy, art therapy, coaching, energy work, ceremony, and ritual to support adult women in becoming their most authentic, sovereign selves. Through her private practice, women’s circles, and online courses, Jen has midwifed hundreds of women through life’s major...
2021-05-2352 min