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Your Magical MidlifeE77: It's Time for A Sacred PauseHi it's Kate-I am in the process of an exciting rebrand and relaunch of Your Magical Midlife The Podcast. I will be back on September 4th with a refocus on walking you through the four feminine archetypes: The Maiden, The Mother, The Empress, The Crone. I will have new guests, new episodes and a new look ! In the meantime, be sure to check out seasons 1-3 and follow me on Instagram for the latest and greatest Much love and see you in September xxoKate Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coa...2025-06-2102 minYour Magical MidlifeE74 And Now For Something Completely DifferentOn Mother's Day I led a healing ceremony for women who had walked the childless or childfree path by chance, choice or somewhere in between. I was really proud of what I managed to offer and blown away by the vulnerability and open hearts of the women who showed up. This week, I am sharing the mediation that I led-it's for women in peri or post menopause to reconnect them to their creativity, their vitality and their sacred center. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.co...2025-06-2114 minYour Magical MidlifeE76 You Deserve Sexual Pleasure at Any Age: A Conversation with Susan Bratton“Intimacy Expert to Millions” — Susan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all who desire passionate relationships.Flashes of brilliance pop like paparazzi as Susan rolls out one relationship epiphany after another. When she describes how love and intimacy can transcend what media portrays, you see the path to more intimacy and pleasure than you’ve been getting.Whether you enter Susan’s world through a sexual health problem you need to solve, intimacy skills you want to learn, or bedroom communication techniques to ignite your connection and pleasure, she offers a world of good to...2025-06-051h 01
Paul Higgins Podcast613 - Turn AI Chaos Into Client Results, Fast with Kate vanderVoortWhy you should listenKate breaks down exactly where to start, without chasing shiny tools.Learn how to build AI systems they’ll actually adopt.Kate shares how to train GPTs on your tone and strategy.If AI still feels overwhelming, like you’re already behind or unsure where to start, you’re not alone. In this episode, I speak with Kate VanderVoort from Social Mediology, who helps consultants move beyond shiny tools and build practical AI systems that actually save time. Kate explains why most businesses struggle with AI and how to fix it by starti...2025-06-0237 minYour Magical MidlifeE75 Building a Foundation of Self Care with Therapist and Coach MJ VachonMJ Vachon is a licensed clinical social worker and coach of over 30 years. She specializes in helping clients to build a foundation of self care. In an increasingly stressful and overstimulating world, MJ offers her clients her signature "NEST" toolkit and works with them to re-regulate their nervous system, minimize their scroll time and develop alternate coping skills to shopping, scrolling and relying on weed and wine. This is an amazing deep dive into developing a tool kit for living in a complicated world. Follow MJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vachonmjmurray/Check out he...2025-05-2258 minYour Magical MidlifeE73 Yaaaas Queen ! An interview with Elizabeth Hammond aka The Queen WhispererElizabeth Hammond is a leadership coach with a twist-she doesn't coach her clients to play the game and fit in, she coaches her clients to stand out ! Elizabeth's signature We Queens Leadership Framework™, unlocks the codes to collapse time for your GROWTH as a skilled leader, a visionary entrepreneur, and a woman ready to whisper her vision to redefine her legacy... THEN when she's ready... GO SHOUT about it FROM wherever she pleases.you can check out her website here https://www.thequeencurrent.com/Follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thequeencurrent/F...2025-05-0836 minYour Magical MidlifeE72 Tracy Gold: Dressing the body you have nowTracy Gold is a NYC based stylist and designer who wants women to feel beautiful, comfortable and (yes) sexy as their bodies shift and change in peri and menopause. We have an amazing conversation about aging and personal style. Check out Tracy's beautiful collection here: https://tracygoldnewyork.us/Get Tracy's best style tips for morphing bodies here: https://tracygoldnewyork.us/blogs/newsFollow Tracy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/tracygoldnewyork/?hl=enFollow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: h...2025-05-0151 min
The Mind Movement Health PodcastUnveiling the Genetics of Addiction with Dr. Evelyn HigginsJoin host Kate Boyle and her special guest Dr. Evelyn Higgins, a recognized authority in health and wellness and founder of Wired BioHealth, as they dive into a profound discussion on the science of addiction and pain management.
Dr. Higgins shares insights on the role of genetics in addiction, the impact of epigenetics, and the science behind why certain individuals may be predisposed to addictive behaviors.
Learn about the biomarkers of addiction and how understanding these can help in developing effective treatments and preventative strategies. If you or someone you know is affected by addiction...2025-04-2951 minYour Magical MidlifeE71 In Our Hag Era A Conversation About Performing Over 40Lesli Baker is the creator of the Instagram and Substack platform In Our Hag Era for shes and theys of a certain RAGE! Burly folx 45 +,this is a place to embrace aging, find like-minds, and share thoughts and feels. She and I met under our burlesque alter egos Bettie Beelzebub (Leslie) and me (Beelzebabe) and we bonded not just over our similar names, but also in our love for alternative music, performing and aging well in an agist culture. This conversation delves into health, staying mobile, self acceptance and how agism pops up eve...2025-04-2453 minYour Magical MidlifeE70: You Cannot Mess This Up a conversation with Amy Weiland DaughtersAmy Weinland Daughters is a keynote speaker, letter writer, satirist, sports journalist and author of Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter and You Cannot Mess This Up: A true story that never happened. She is absolutely convinced that when human beings connect individually in a meaningful way that nothing can separate them. Amy's book is heartfelt, funny and a nostalgic lens back in time. This book kicked up a lot of emotions for me. Grab your copy here: https://www.a...2025-04-1745 min
The Mama Mode PodcastEp 09 – Sustainable Fitness and Well-being with One Fly Philly Female: Kate’s StoryIn the early days of motherhood and the trenches of raising kids, maintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn’t come easy for everyone. For some it’s second nature, but for many moms, fitness falls low on the list of priorities. Today, Kate, or “Fly Philly Female” for any Peloton riders, takes us through her fitness journey as she looks back on over a decade as a mom. Kate reflects on her efforts to make fitness part of her routine and how a mindset shift helped make positive, sustainable steps toward a healthier mind, body, and family.2025-04-1637 minYour Magical MidlifeE69: Brenda Rigney wants you to be Aligned AFBrenda Rigney went from being the COO of an $80 million business to starting a company of one. For 27 years, she led sales, marketing, tech, HR, and operations teams for brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Earls Restaurants, and Nurse Next Door, and was integral in scaling businesses at every level from every angle.She still draws from a lot of that experience today, but with midlife women entrepreneurs and without the hustle-culture flavor.In her community Aligned AF, she shares her expertise on developing the brass tacks of building your business, including what not t...2025-04-1046 minYour Magical MidlifeE68: Maiden Mother Empress CroneThe Maiden, Mother, and Crone archetypes traditionally represent the cyclical nature of life, encompassing youth, motherhood, and old age/death, respectively. As I have been aging, reflecting and mining my own life, I have come to a conclusion that there is actually a fourth phase, nestled between the Mother and The Crone that I prefer to call The Empress. She is us, women in midlife. The Maiden: is our youth, innocence, inexperience, untapped potential, our playfulness, sense of adventure, desire for new beginnings, and the potential for growth. The...2025-04-0317 minYour Magical MidlifeE67: Hot Or Just Me ? Carin Luna-OstaseskiCarin Luna-Ostaseski is one of the founder of Hot Or Just Me ?, a menopause support platform that offers products and solutions for women in midlife. She's a fascinating woman who has pivoted multiple times. She began her career in advertising and then pivoted to become the first Hispanic founders of a scotch whisky. Her journey as a first generation Cuban American challenged conventions every step of the way, and has inspired others to achieve the unexpected. We have an honest and frank discussion about menopause and sexual wellness. Be sure to follow he...2025-03-2737 minYour Magical MidlifeE66: Jen Rigley Flourishing Over FiftyJen Rigley is an author, motivational speaker and personal transformation expert focused on women’s empowerment and living your best life after 50. Her mission is to inspire and empower women in midlife to create a new story for their life, especially after facing significant challenges and trauma.Formerly a top sales and marketing executive working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 clients, Jen is the founder of Flourishing Over Fifty, a brand whose powerful message is rooted in overcoming adversity in midlife.With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and 30+ years of real-life experience enc...2025-03-2043 minYour Magical MidlifeE65: Body BummersI'm heavier than I'm used to being and heavier than I think of myself in my head right now. My favorite dress doesn't fit. At this stage and has of life, I am done done DONE with being that woman who is obsessed with her weight. I just don't want that at this point. Internalized agism is so hard. And older heavier bodies are judged the harshest in our society. Can you soften up on yourself ? Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE...2025-03-1319 minYour Magical MidlifeE64: Tapping into Your Magic with Kelly Stegmann of The Boho WitcheryKelly Stegmann is on a mission to make magical accessible to all. She is a fellow tarot reader, healer and psychic. She has a gorgeous online community called The Nebula which holds sacred circles, group divination and readings. She is funny, smart and a fellow Duranie ! Check Kelly out and give her a follow on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebohowitcheryJoin her community The Nebula: https://www.thebohowitchery.com/thenebulaFollow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call G...2025-03-0641 minYour Magical MidlifeE63: Kate Valentine A Woman of A Certain RageKate Valentine (playwright/producer/choreographer/actor) is one of the instigators of the feminist neo-burlesque movement. Her show, the vaudeville extravaganza The Va Va Voom Room and her hilariously deadpan mistress of ceremonies character Miss Astrid rode a zeitgeist beginning in the mid 1990’s in Los Angeles. The popularity of The Va Va Voom Room hit its apex as a weekly variety show featuring hundreds of noted striptease dancers, musicians, and variety artists running at the beloved cabaret space Fez Under Time Café in NYC. Now, as most of us Gen X-ers, Kate has entered midlife and is r...2025-02-2752 minYour Magical MidlifeE62: HRT Made Easy with Dr Cathleen Brown of WinonaI'm thrilled to share this conversation with Dr Cathleen Brown the new medical director of the Telehealth medicine company, Winona. HRT should not be confusing-but it is. I have walked out of multiple OBGYN offices with prescriptions that I did not understand. Dr Brown gives clear, concise and scientifically sound information. Let me know what you think of the conversation. Check out Winona on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bywinona/Book a consultation: https://bywinona.com/Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery cal...2025-02-2047 minYour Magical MidlifeE61: Childless by ChanceI was never one of those women who actively said "No kids for me". I was also not one of those little girls who played house and wanted to be a Mommy when I grew up. I was pretty surprised when a wave of grief about being 53 without my own nuclear family popped up after the death of my father. I think a lot of GenX and younger women are aging without children or a traditional relationship. And it's okay to not love it 100% of the time. If you have any thou...2025-02-1314 minYour Magical MidlifeE60: The Power Of A PauseThank you so much for listening to Season 2 of Your Magical Midlife. I am taking a pause but will re-launch on Valentine's Day 2025 with new episodes, new interviews and new adventures. See you on the flip side ! Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WILE Woman https://wilewomen.com/ at Check Out code KATEH20Get 20% off at Rosebud Woman with affiliate link https://rosewoman.com?rs_ref=ZNfL4cMjGet 20% off at Ki...2025-01-0503 minYour Magical MidlifeE59 Jane Boon The Calculated Muse: From Engineering to EroticaJane Boon is an adventurer at heart and a technologist by training. She is fascinated by how things work and why things happen. Jane studied manufacturing systems engineering at Kettering University before earning a master’s degree in technology and policy at the MIT. She spent years in the corporate trenches before returning to school for a Ph.D. in industrial engineering. More recently, Jane got interested in the phenomenon of “big data,” completing a master’s degree in statistics at Fordham University where she graduated with honors, at the top of her class. Curiosity and openness to experi...2024-12-1946 minYour Magical MidlifeE58: Staci Berkovitz Naked at 50Staci Berkowitz is the author of the recently released memoir, Naked at 50. The year she turned 50, Staci made a bold decision: to say YES to 50 new experiences. From wild, exhilarating adventures to transformative moments, her year of discovery will make you laugh, reflect, and maybe even shed a tear.But this isn't just Staci's story-it's an invitation for you to kick fear to the curb and start living with more joy, passion, and purpose. With humor, heart, and a little bit of sass, Naked at 50 will show you that midlife isn't the end of the road-it's the beginning...2024-12-1247 minYour Magical MidlifeE57: Grieving in 6” Heels: How Amy Gabrielle Found Herself Again After WidowhoodAmy Gabrielle, aka The Manhattan Milf, made the unexpected choice to start an online erotica page after the devastating loss of her husband to cancer. Rather than resign herself to a long and lonely life of widowhood in her early 50s, she channeled her grief into self expression and self exploration. This episode is about survival and self determination-and sometimes taking the road less traveled to get there. check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenny.manhattan.milf/Read her article in Get Griefy: https://issuu.com/legacylettersjournal/docs/get_griefy_q4_2024_virtual_2024-12-0551 minYour Magical MidlifeE56: Happy ThanksgivingThanksgiving and gratitude. Short and sweet. Even when things are hard, there is so much to be thankful for. I hope this episode helps you to find the things in your life that are really really good, even when other parts are hard. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WILE Woman https://wilewomen.com/ at Check Out code KATEH20Get 20% off at Rosebud Woman with affiliate link https://rosewoman.com?rs_ref=ZNfL4cMj2024-11-2812 minYour Magical MidlifeE55: Treena Orchard Sticky Sexy Sad Dating in the Digital AgeDr Treena Orchard is an anthropologist who has been exploring sex and dating in the digital age. This episode covers everything from trauma, gender identity, gen x nostalgia and single cat ladies. Treena's fascinating book: Sticky, Sexy Sad Swipe Culture & The Darker Side of Dating Apps was released in the spring of 2024 and is available here: https://utorontopress.com/9781487549305/sticky-sexy-sad/Check out her website: https://treenaorchard.com/Treena on The Midst: https://the-midst.com/treena-orchard/Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly...2024-11-2156 minYour Magical MidlifeE54: Sairan Aqrawi Finding Your Hidden GemsSairan Aqrawi is an engineer turned business coach for women in midlife. She immigrated to the United States with $700 and millions of dreams. She is a certified coach, an author and a sought after speaker. Her coaching approach is both compassionate and tough. This episode is all about finding your passion, chasing your dreams and finding your path to resiliency. You can follow her on Instagram @SairanAqrawi Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at...2024-11-1444 minYour Magical MidlifeE53: Claudia Noriega-Bernstein Don't Shrink To FitClaudia Noriega-Bernstein is the hostess of the award winning podcast Don't Shrink To Fit. As an abundance coach, she works 1:1 with clients helping them to step into themselves and their confidence. Claudia has an amazing breadth of experience from being thrust into fame at the age of 17 to being a seven time author. Check out her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-shrink-to-fit-empowering-and-inspiring-women-one/id1701338861Coach with Claudia: https://claudianoriegabernstein.com/coaching/Read her books: https://claudianoriegabernstein.com/claudias-books/Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claudia_noriega_bernstein/...2024-11-0749 minYour Magical MidlifeE52: Sacred Sensuality: Christine Marie Mason on Reconnecting to Your Magic in MidlifeChristine is a six-time founder and CEO, with a deep interest in women's wellness and the liberation of all people. She's a futurist, a yogi, tantrika, mother of 4, and grandmother. She's the author of Reverence (2021), The Nine Gifts (2020), The Invitation (2018) and Body Love, as well as 5 other books, and the co-founder a meditation center and medicinal farm on Hawaii. She's appeared on radio, tv, print and podcasts (from NPR to Vogue to TEDx), speaking to entrepreneurship, freeing the mind and body, activism and sexual and intimate wellness. French, German. MBA, Phi Beta Kappa Northwestern University. PhD student in Philosophy...2024-10-3159 minYour Magical MidlifeE51: Had a DadMy dad died. I was not expecting him to. At least not last week. Sitting with him for the last 2 weeks of his life was an intense, sad, spiritual experience which made me to reflect on my own life and how I want to live it. Listen in and email me at Yourmagicalmidlife@gmail.com with your thoughts Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WILE Woman https://wilewomen.com/ at Check Out code KATEH20Ge...2024-10-2420 minYour Magical MidlifeE50: Yes, Menopause Can Be Magic: Dr. Fiona Lovely on Thriving, Not SurvivingIn honor of October 18th which is World Menopause Day, I am so thrilled to have Dr Fiona Lovely as a guest. She is the host of the OG midlife podcast: Not Your Mother's Menopause. She is a functional medicine doctor who specializes in endocrinology and neurology. She is a powerhouse and an advocate for women to feel their best through perimenopause and beyond. We had so much fun discussing mourning our youthful vaginas, HRT myths and living in cycle with the moon. Follow Dr Lovely on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfionalovely/Check out her p...2024-10-171h 06Your Magical MidlifeE49: Burn Out: Struggling with The Tornado of TasksThis week is a solo (and short!) episode. Do you have too much on your plate ? Does your life feel unmanageable ? Are you exhausted and burnt out ? Do you have aging parent(s), a demanding job, family responsibilities, bills to pay, health you've been neglecting ? Let's have a brief chat about getting back to basics when it all feels like a tornado of never ending tasks. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WIL...2024-10-1013 minYour Magical MidlifeE48 Midlife Manifesting with The Biddy TarotBrigit Esselmont aka "The Biddy Tarot" is one of the most recognized names in the Tarot and spiritual community. In 2012. Brigit walked away from a successful corporate career to become a Tarot reader. Now. she has a seven-figure business dedicated to bringing Tarot into the mainstream as a powerful. modern tool for personal growth and manifestation. Brigit believes Tarot's power goes beyond predicting the future. serving as a transformative tool to build the lives we desire.In her latest book. "Intuitive Manifesting," Brigit introduces a breakthrough approach to manifesting by combining intuitive wisdom with practical2024-10-0355 minYour Magical MidlifeE47 Alyssa Abrahamson Healing From WithinAlyssa Abrahamson is a holistic wellness coach whose focus is self compassion and auto immune healing. She is the host of the podcast Positively Anti-inflammatory. I've know Alyssa for years under her stage name, Minnie Tonka. She is an inspiring human and her approach to wellness is both gentle and do-able. You can follow Alyssa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.wellnesshq/Check out her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/positively-anti-inflammatory/id1547032543?i=1000504003531 Check out her essential guide and find out how to work with her here: https://guide...2024-09-2647 minYour Magical MidlifeE46: Holly Lamb Living in Alignment With Your Inner SeasonsHolly Lamb is a UK based health and wellness coach who shifted her focus to hormonal health after being diagnosed as being perimenopausal in her early 30s. Holly helps her clients to shift their mindset around menopause and addresses her client's physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Today, we go on a deep dive around how all women (whether they are still bleeding or not) can live in harmony with the cycles of nature. You can follow Holly on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/hormoneharmonycoach/And check out her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com...2024-09-1943 minYour Magical MidlifeE45: Perimenopause is a PortalPerimenopause is the gateway. It's a portal. It's the portal between your old self and your new self.And you have to walk through fire to get there. It's a transformation. There's a reason why they call it "the change". Because it changes you in every way. Spiritually. Emotionally, physically, intellectually. It's a total repurposing of your soul. I have been massively transformed in the last decade. I don't see anything the same way that I did in my 30s. I don't look the same. I don't feel the same and I don't act the same. Perimenopause will...2024-09-1222 min
The New TruthHow to Shift from Criticism to Connected Communication in your Relationships with Dr Jessica Higgins If you constantly feel criticized by your partner in your relationship or you're trapped in your own judgement towards them- this episode is for you. Kate has a powerful conversation with Dr Jessica Higgins, the host of The Empowered Relationship Podcast - and they unpacks what's causing this cycle, how to reprogram this self-defeating behaviour and how to deepen your intimacy through your triggers with vulnerability. The number one thing that erodes relationships overtime is overt or covert criticism, and in this episode - you'll learn how to turn your critical patterns into an opportunity for growth. 2024-09-101h 19
No F**ks Given: Stepping into your Power through Cyclical Living24. Embracing Magical Midlife ft. Kate HigginsIn this episode, host Holly Lamb interviews Kate Higgins, a licensed clinical social worker and coach for women in midlife. Kate shares her personal journey of embracing her magic and intuition during perimenopause and menopause. They discuss the mental and physical challenges women face during this transition, the lack of support from doctors, and the importance of education and empowerment around menstrual health. They also touch on the need for a change in societal attitudes towards women's bodies and the potential for implementing menstrual leave. In this conversation, Holly and Kate discuss the importance of connecting with...2024-09-0736 minYour Magical MidlifeE44: Dump The Frump with Stylist Mary MichelleMary Michelle Nidiffer is a Master Style Coach, Life Coach + Founder, StyleFinder Boutique based out of Raleigh NC. She is on a mission to help women in midlife to dress their changing (or changed) body with style, joy and confidence. Feeling good in your skin and how you present yourself in the world is a challenge that many women face once they are upwards of 45 and find that their shape is different and they just don't feel like themselves. Mary Michelle helps women to reconnect to their beauty through the power of self adornment. She has an...2024-09-0549 minYour Magical MidlifeE43: OMG WTF is Happening To My Face ??? Confronting The Stranger In The MirrorWhen you get to "a certain age" you may be startled when you see yourself in the mirror. One of the things there is so little discussion around is the overall strangeness of aging-and how sometimes your sense of self gets pulled out from under you. More often than not, when I see myself these days, I have a little startle. Is that me ? Me with the crowfeet ? The furrowed brow ? The under eye bags ? The spare tire ? That old lady couldn't possible be ME ? When did this happen ? It takes a lot of work and a mindset shift...2024-08-2919 minYour Magical MidlifeE42: The Great Escape: Ditching Corporate In MidlifeA year ago, I voluntarily participated in a corporate lay off and ditched my 8-5 for good. I had been at that safe, secure, and (boring) job for almost a decade. It's been scary, challenging but......... ultimately rewarding. Somedays I'm in flow, building my business. Other days, I'm stuck in a panicked spin cycle. Choosing myself has been a big adventure and a huge lesson. Do you dream of leaving your corporate job but need help getting out of your own way ? Email me at yourmagicalmidlife@gmail.com and let's get you unstuck. Follow me on...2024-08-2224 minYour Magical MidlifeE41: The Queen Of The Crone Age A Conversation with Kit MessickKit Messick is an archivist, horse enthusiast, and world traveling adventurer. She and I met in the early 90s while gogo-ing in some of NYC's biggest nightclubs. We have bonded over the years on our mutual love of goth/industrial and alternative music, alternative spirituality and the our love for The Coney Island Mermaid Parade. I invited Kit on because she is, like me, a woman who has lived an unconventional life of her own creation. She prefers that you do NOT follow her on social media. Kit says "go read a book" 🩷 Follow me on...2024-08-1556 minYour Magical MidlifeE40: I No Longer Identify As YoungBaffled by youth culture ? Not understanding "the kids" ? Still under the impression that it's 1998 ? Not knowing when this happened to YOU ? You are not alone ! This week, I'm musing on fully accepting and maybe even embracing that I am wholeheartedly middle aged. ..............It's okay. I'd rather know that I'll be doing chair yoga to Duran Duran when I'm 85 rather than to whatever a Dojo Cat is. warning: this episode contains content that will make you cynical. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kat...2024-08-0817 minYour Magical MidlifeE39: Confessions Of A Middle Aged ShowgirlWhen I was 38 years old, already pressured by "time" I took it upon myself to take up burlesque despite the fact that I was well into my more traditional career. It was an adventure to be sure, but it also taught me a lot about agism - including my own. Which was a surprise to everyone, especially me. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WILE Woman https://wilewomen.com/ at Check Out code KATEH20Get 20% off a...2024-08-0125 minYour Magical MidlifeE38: Are Your Affairs in Order ?It's not a fun thing to think about-but we need to. What would happen if you suddenly got ill ? Did you have a Power of Attorney ? A Medical Proxy ? A Will ? A plan ? Or if you died today would you leave a mess behind for your loved ones to address ? I admit-I'm 53, I had cancer, I was in a very serious car crash last year and I STILL don't have a will. I have a life insurance policy, but no documentation about what I would like done with both my physical body or my possessions. Doe...2024-07-2515 minYour Magical MidlifeE37: Wendy Perrotti Why You Should Go To Camp ReinventionWendy Perrotti is a master-level Certified Professional Coach, speaker and leadership trainer with over 25 years of experience in helping individuals and groups nationwide to affect positive change in their lives.Her intelligence, easy demeanor, unparalleled ability to listen and hear are just a few of the qualities that allow her to help clients tap into and utilize the insights they gain in working with her. Wendy’s goal is to allow those she works with move past any of their self or societally imposed barriers to clarify and reach their goals.Wendy combines her study and...2024-07-1848 minYour Magical MidlifeE36: Diana Dunbar Place: It's Time For Your Third ActDiana Dunbar Place has a 40-year professional career that spans advertising, a leadership role at America Online (AOL-Time Warner) and three entirely different entrepreneurial ventures. Throughout her life, she has taken on mentor/advisor roles to a range of women as well as started several organizations including an angel network to serve and connect women. For a variety of reasons, she never put this personal passion front and center. Until now. In her fifties, she found myself at powerful transition point. Despite the coinciding emotional challenges surrounding a cancer diagnosis, closing her latest entrepreneurial venture, and beco...2024-07-1141 minYour Magical MidlifeE35: Escaping The Self Doubt Spin CycleSelf doubt creeps in at the most inconvenient times. You can be hopped up and gung ho all excited about your life and BAM self doubt, fear, anxiety rear their ugly heads and all of a sudden.............you question every decision you've ever made. For me-I can go DARK and paranoid. It's not pretty. And it is never productive. What's the way out of this sinister spin cycle ? I'm glad you asked..........Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at...2024-07-0415 minYour Magical MidlifeE34: Analog Girl In A Digital WorldHas technology "gotten out from under you ?" Sometimes, I can't even believe that I am able to successfully record, edit and add music to this podcast. I am not a tech girl. I keep a paper calendar and rely on it heavily. But you have to adapt. Or you become your inept parents who couldn't figure out their VCR clock-and really is that who you want to be ? Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get 20% off at WILE Woman https://wilewomen.c...2024-06-2720 minYour Magical MidlifeE33: Weaving Sacred Rituals: Igniting Your Midlife MagicOver the past decade, but louder in the past 5 years-more and more- I feel called towards spirituality and more specifically to ritual. As an unmarried, childless woman, the last time I was celebrated by community was when I was confirmed in the 7th grade. Why is it that we do not mark the passage of time in a more meaningful way other than the occasional birthday party ? Do you feel that you are missing out in this modern age of screens and more screens ? Do you long to connect in community and to celebrate the stages of your life...2024-06-2017 minYour Magical MidlifeE32: Rachael Ran Away: A Life Of Wild Adventure.Rachael Lancaster is a wellness coach who ditched NYC for a life of wild adventure. She is a professional house sitter who has traveled the Pacific Northwest, South West and California over the past 2 years taking the most breathtaking photos along the way. She went from novice camper to full-blown solo adventurer- let her bravery and her badassery inspire you !She's also a nutrition expert and a vegan: here is her yummy hot cacao recipe; 1-2 teaspoons raw organic cacao powder1.5 cups organic soy or oat milk (unsweetened)Pinch sea salt2 drops van...2024-06-1348 minYour Magical MidlifeE31: From Fear to FlowSometimes we just get stuck and paralyzed with fear. What's at the root cause of this paralysis ? For me, it's always the fear that I am being judged. When I examine it further-whose judgement do I fear the MOST ? How do we put it down-for good ? Today I discuss some of my personal methods for finally finally FINALLY putting down my fears and allowing myself to step fully into the person I want to be. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call Get...2024-06-0619 minYour Magical MidlifeE30: Rethinking RetirementRetirement may be going the way of the dodo bird. Are Gen X-ers ever going to be able to afford to retire ? Do we even WANT to retire ? Can you build a life from which you never want to retire from ? I am working on building my life's work-and these days 65 is still young. What if you could build a life that feels vital, exciting and expansive at 60, 65, 75 80 and beyond ? Put THAT on your vision board. Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife Book your FREE 20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 2024-05-3023 minYour Magical MidlifeE29: Are You Ready For Massive Expansion ?Season 2 opens with the question: Are you ready for massive expansion ? Sometimes life shakes you sideways and you realize: it's time to grow. It's times to step into yourself. It's time to stop hiding, to stop playing safe, to stop playing small. It's go elfin time. The experience of going to perhaps, the most life altering retreat/conference/summit/gathering for women 50+ changed my mind about what's possible for me at this stage of my life-and made me realize that my goal is to create a life so big, so delicious and so massive that I never need to "...2024-05-2313 minYour Magical MidlifeE28 Brief UpdateWelcome back to Season 2 of "Your Magical Midlife," This podcast is for women who are seekers, dreamers and out-of-the-box thinkers. If you are a Gen X woman who never quite fit in-(and probably never will)-listen up. Kate Higgins, your host, I’m a licensed clinical social worker and coach and I’m here to guide you through the expansive, exhilarating and sometimes exhausting crossroads that we find ourselves in at midlife. This season I’ll be releasing solo episodes sharing insights, reflections, and personal experiences alongside interviews with some of...2024-05-0101 min
Meaning and Moxie After 50Navigating Midlife Changes: Insights from Kate HigginsI'm chatting with the delightful Kate Higgins, a licensed clinical social worker turned coach for midlife women, who's challenging the societal norms around aging and harnessing the incredible potential of these transitional years.We dive into Kate's journey, from her bustling life as a therapist in New York to her tranquil new beginnings in sunny Sarasota, Florida. Kate also offers insightful glimpses into the power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping in managing stress, a method she's employed during her trying times. Kate helps us understand the importance of altering the dialogue around aging, boldly env...2024-04-2931 min