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Midlife UnlimitedA Christmas Message from Kate PorterJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textWishing you a Christmas Day as fabulous as you! Thank you for being part of Midlife Unlimited - because without you there would be no Midlife Unlimited.Together there's no limit to what we can achieve. Support the showI'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! https://buymeacoffee.com/kateporter Support the show https://www.buzzsprout.com/2417699/support https://www.facebook.com/groups/4035518246684901 https://midlifeunlimitedpodcast.buzzsprout.com...
2025-12-2508 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Write Your Next Chapter Your Way with Guest Raichelle JordanJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textAs we head towards the end of the year, it’s a great time to take stock.And one question that’s been raised a lot in recent conversations is “How do you feel about retiring?”Does it feel like your battery is running down? Are you starting to ask “Is that it?”Or are you excited by the changes on your horizon, and already planning how to make the most of every moment?Or are you already living it… on your t...
2025-12-1858 min
Top of Mind with Brad PorterInnovation and Investment in Robotics with Alfred Lin and Kate RooneyDiscussing innovation and investment in the future of robotics with Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital) and Kate Rooney (CNBC) on the stage of the 2025 HumanX ConferenceWhy now for robotics?How to think about investment in the robotics space?Why not humanoids?How automation will create more jobs?Why the future is robotics!VideoSequoia’s Series A in CobotNewsletter
2025-12-1122 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Show Your Yoni Some Love with Guest Tuesday SimmondsJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textIs the gift-giving challenge giving you a festive headache?Well, put the kettle on, grab a mince pie and gift yourself some time out. Because this episode delves into a gift you can give yourself. We talk a lot about self-care here on Midlife Unlimited – nurturing our mental health, physical health and even spiritual health.But when was the last time you actually took time to care for your yoni?And would you even know where to begin?I...
2025-12-1151 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Start Living Boldly with Guest Elle KayJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textAre you caught up in the Christmas countdown, with the overwhelming urge to be the hostess with the mostess threatening to put a dampener on your festive spirit?At this time of year more than any other, we don’t put our wants first. It’s a seemingly endless round of pleasing others… even the recovering people pleasers among us – me included.It’s time to give yourself a gift better than anything Santa could leave in your stocking.If chasing perfection...
2025-12-0449 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Recognise Your Resilience with Guest Claire BestJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textHats… how many do you wear?And just when we’re getting used to wearing a certain hat, all too often something beyond our control kicks in, and it all changes.The result can be that we find ourselves questioning these roles we’ve been juggling. We’re forced to reassess who we actually are.If this resonates, then this episode is for you. I’m delighted to be joined by my Episode 57 guest Claire Best, marketing strategist and owner of Cl...
2025-11-2751 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Organise a Menopause Summit with Guest Andrea ClareJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textHow often have you had an idea… a potentially great idea – then quickly talked yourself out of why it’s doable? You stop yourself taking the next step. You've limited your vision.If you’ve been wanting to organise an event for like-minded women, then this episode is just for you because I’m delighted to be joined by my guest Andrea Clare The Creative Pause Coach, founder of Andrea Clare Art and Founder of The Scottish Pause Summit to talk about How to Organise a Menopause...
2025-11-2057 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Make Sure Your Will Reflects Your Wants as a Midlife Woman with Guest Nellie McQuinnJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textDoes the thought of writing a will scare you? Do you see it as a reminder of your mortality? Something that you’ll get round to… one day? Or are you super organised and have a will in place… but it actually doesn’t reflect your recently changed circumstances?Let’s face it.. we won’t be around when our will comes into play. So it’s vital we take action now to make sure our wishes are fulfilled.I’m calling in the expert and am...
2025-11-1353 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Cut Through the Noise as a Midlife Woman with Guest Kim BrockwayJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textStanding in the supermarket queue the other day I seemed to be surrounded by people complaining about noise – from neighbours building work to rowdy youngsters! Has the weather fallen from favour?But there’s another type of noise that we just don’t talk about enough. The noise that threatens to overwhelm us… the noise of constant STUFF! Demands… pressures… Arghhhh! It can feel like we are being taken over, so that we can lose sight of who we are and what we actually want.And, in...
2025-11-0655 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Date Again as a Midlife Woman with Guest Eimear DraperJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textWith the Christmas countdown looming, and party season too, are you dreading spending your first Yuletide alone in a long time?If you are worrying about being single this festive season, but the thought of joining the Midlife dating scene is scaring the big girl pants off you, then this is the episode for you.I’m delighted to be joined by my guest Eimear Draper, dating coach, founder of Kindling Dating and Platinum Magazine’s dating expert to talk about How t...
2025-10-3050 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to be Heard as a Midlife Woman with Guest Anne LeatherlandJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textHow often do you hold yourself back from sharing what’s really on your mind? Worried about saying the wrong thing? Or that what you say will be taken the wrong way? Even that no one will be interested in what you have to say?I don’t just mean taking to the stage.. launching a podcast… or putting your tuppence worth forward in meetings.I mean in day-to-day conversations too. From family gatherings, to long-postponed phonecalls.If you’re tired of feelin...
2025-10-2351 min
Lydia's Lunch BunchKate Porter and Meghan Levesque - ASA Ski SwapAuburn Ski Association president Kate Porter and vice president Meghan Levesque join the Lunch Bunch to talk about the ASA's mission and the 60th Annual ASA Ski Swap at Lost Valley, happening November 9 from 9am - 2pm!
2025-10-2136 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Reignite Your Career After 40 with Guest Caroline NieldJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textWe talk a lot about change on Midlife Unlimited®. And changing career in Midlife is something that so many of us face. For a myriad of reasons… relocation, redundancy, relationships… our health even. All can impact our choices.Add in longer lifespans and increasing State Pension ages in the UK, and this pivotal time in our lives is also a great time to take stock of what we actually want from our career – now and moving forward. And for us to start listening to those dreams t...
2025-10-1648 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Turn 50 in Style with your Host Kate PorterJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textYour host Kate Porter The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach® has something a bit different in store for this episode, as she invites you to join her to celebrate Midlife Unlimited® turning the big five-oh! Kate shares what it means for her podcast for Gen X-up women who want more hitting its half-century, and looks back on her little acorn’s journey and pays tribute to all those who have played a part in the growth of Midlife Unlimited®… and that includes YOU!Support t...
2025-10-0905 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Practice Living Midlife Your Way with Guest Nina de SausmarezJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textFake it ‘til you make it…. sounds great in theory. But putting it into practice can leave us feeling icky. Overwhelmed. And it can raise up even more self-doubt and fear of judgement. Feeling like we are not enough. And those “can’ts” keep on coming, as we make even more excuses to ourselves.But there is a way to unleash the woman we deserve to be that aligns with our values - the true us – and reflects our self-worth.If this resonates, take some vit...
2025-10-0951 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Use Tarot as a Tool to Support Midlife Change with Guest Nikki LeaderJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textMidlife is a fabulous time to try something new. And this often means whisking things off that back burner and taking perfectly imperfect action.For your host Kate Porter, one such thing is Tarot. She was intrigued from when she first saw Jane Seymour as Solitaire in James Bond’s Live and Let Die.And she couldn’t resist buying an original pack of the Tarot of the Witches, which Jane uses in the film, when she spotted them on an auction site. Kate...
2025-10-0252 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Surprise Yourself as a Midlife Woman with Guest Helen DavisJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textHow often do you talk yourself out of doing something? You’re too old. Too unfit? You’ve got too little time… It’s the same old, same old excuses. You’re on that overly familiar and rather tiring hamster wheel or recycling your behaviour – because you’ve always done it that way.And if it ain’t broke and all that. And what would everyone think if you stopped conforming?Reality check time! You’re at risk of boring yourself by being predictable....
2025-09-2559 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Speak Up and Speak Out as a Midlife Woman with Guest Hannah HoltJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textAs the host of Midlife Unlimited®, Kate Porter has found her voice in Midlife. After years of people pleasing… worrying about what others were thinking… diluting herself.Unleashing this confidence and freedom to stop hiding, to stop closing yourself off, to take back your power and discover what lights you up is truly liberating.And Kate, The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach®, is not alone in ditching the guilt and celebrating knowing ourselves better than anyone else. She is not alone in wanting more!So sh...
2025-09-1841 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Come Out the Other Side Stronger with Guest Nikki TalbotJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textMidlife is a time of change which can leave us feeling vulnerable. Like we’re losing control. Losing our power. Sh*t just keeps happening…This vulnerability can also unleash feelings that we thought we had dealt with… but now realise we have merely packed them away. We’ve tried to block them. Tried to forget. But deep down that vulnerability is making us feel raw. If you’ve had enough of putting on a brave face, join your host Kate Porter The Midlife...
2025-09-1150 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Beat Busyness Syndrome with Guest Wendy MolyneuxJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textDo you pride yourself on being a busy bee? Or do you often feel like you are busy doing nothing? Filling your time with seemingly endless tasks that are distracting you from stopping to ask yourself what you really want and need to be doing – right now? How you want to be spending your precious time?It’s time for a personal stocktake. To take back our power, so that we can do more. Be more.If your To Do List – or as your ho...
2025-09-0450 min
Taste Music Hear Food Podcast ShowGustavo & Kate Romero: Love, Corn & the HustleIn this episode of Taste Music Hear Food, we sit down with Gustavo & Kate Romero; the powerhouse couple behind Minneapolis’s beloved Nixta Tortilleria and the James Beard–nominated Oro by Nixta.From ancient nixtamalization to the realities of running a kitchen (and a marriage), we dive into it all:How heirloom corn became their shared love language What it’s really like building a food empire as a coupleWhy culture, craft, and conflict all deserve a seat at the tableAnd the soundtrack behind their slow burns and big winsWe play “This or That: Hu...
2025-08-281h 02
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Become a Midlife YouTube Sensation with Guest Teresa AkerJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textAre you sick of feeling invisible? Of not feeling heard? Have you got a message to spread, but worry that no one will be interested? Fearing no one will listen?If this resonates and you are yearning to find your voice but just need that push to take the next step, join your host Kate The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach® and her guest Teresa Aker host of The Success Diaries with Teresa Aker for Episode 043 as they talk about How to Become a...
2025-08-2844 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Embody Your Sage as a Midlife Woman with Guest Sarah TompsettJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textLabels. Host Kate Porter and her guests talk about them a lot on Midlife Unlimited®… and not fabulous designer ones. Kate means the labels that are thrust upon us. And, especially in Midlife, these labels can be as uncomfortable as an ill-fitting pair of jeans. They just don’t feel right. They don’t align with who we really are.Midlife is our time to stop conforming, and say “Hell no!” to trying to fit it. It’s time for us to break the mould.Now one m...
2025-08-2152 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Turn Your Expertise into a Bestselling Book with Guest Helen O'NeillJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textDo you have a hankering to write a book? To share your knowledge? To widen the reach of your brilliance? Your host Kate Porter does.And with so many Midlife Unlimited® guests climbing the best-seller charts – and one of Kate’s weekly guest questions being What is the title of your autobiography? – she’s donning her queen of taking perfectly imperfect action crown and going for it too.As a former newspaper editor, Kate still regularly writes editorial copy. But when it comes to publish...
2025-08-1454 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Live into the Journey with Guest Nicola TonsagerJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textChoices. How often do you find yourself spiraling round in circles when trying to make a choice? Making excuses to yourself? Waiting for that certainty that will never come? Procrastinating because you are unclear of your destination? Unsure of what you really want and need. If you’re a Gen X woman struggling to decide just which of the choices you are facing is the right choice for you right now, then this is the episode for you.Join your host Kate Porte...
2025-08-0740 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Master the Art of Midlife with Guest Wendy Kriz EvansJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textDo you feel like you are stifling your creativity? That there is a budding artists inside you just waiting to break out… if you just had the time. Or could just focus. Or believe in yourself enough to just go for it.Well, Midlife Unlimited® is all about inspiring and encouraging you to take that step… to leap out of your comfort zone and go for it.So if this resonates with you as a Gen X woman, join your host K...
2025-07-3144 min
The Glitter EffectCreating Safe Havens for Dementia Support with Kirsty Porter
In this heartfelt and eye-opening episode of The Glitter Effect, host Kate sits down with the extraordinary Kirsty Porter, founder of Umbrella Dementia Cafés — a grassroots initiative providing safe, inclusive spaces for people living with dementia and their loved ones.
Kirsty shares the personal story that inspired her to shift from a career in aged care nursing to becoming a powerful community advocate. From a serendipitous visit to a dementia café in the UK to launching a now-vital network of support back home in Australia, Kirsty unpacks the urgent need for more dementia-friendly environments and open conv...
2025-07-2440 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Value Your Feminine Worth with Guest Gemma NorrisJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textWhat does the word feminine mean to you? Does it conjure up images of pink blossom and floaty summer dresses? Or does being feminine run deeper for you… embodying your connection with Mother Earth?Can we be fierce and feminine?Have we lost touch with our inner feminine?Midlife Unlimited® is all about smashing stereotypes and shaking things up. So if this resonates with you as a Gen X woman, join your host Kate Porter The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach® and h...
2025-07-2447 min