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Life is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's HealthWhen Your Old Life No Longer Fits: Reinventing Yourself with Purpose in Midlife – with Charlene RidleySend a textReady for a Midlife Boundary RESET? Click here for YOUR FREE 5 Day RESETWhen the life you built no longer fits, the bravest move is to ask who you are now. We sit down with business architect and strategist Charlene Ridley to rethink midlife as a season for recalibration, not crisis, and to design a both and life that holds purpose, income, stability, and joy without sacrificing your peace.Charlene unpacks why so many high-capacity women feel stuck: not from lack of talent or drive, but because identity h...
2026-02-1740 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health49: The Real Girl’s Guide To Midlife: Hormones, Humor and Hard truth for Women over 40 with Angela BurkSend a textReady for a Midlife Boundary RESET? Click here for YOUR FREE 5 Day RESETWhat if midlife isn’t a crisis to survive but a clarity you’re allowed to enjoy? We sit down with author Angela Burk to talk hot flashes in the boardroom, shedding approval as a currency, and writing a fearless manifesto that gives women permission to take up space, rest without apology, and design joy on purpose. Angela’s journey started with a red folder buried for two decades—notes on hormones, identity, marriage, work, and the quiet que...
2026-02-1149 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health48: How to Reduce Stress and Worry: Tools That Calm the Nervous System with Dr. Gary SprouseSend a textReady for a Midlife Boundary RESET? Click here for YOUR FREE 5 Day RESETStress doesn’t show up randomly... it’s often the unintended side effect of our greatest strengths. We plan ahead, weigh risks, and care deeply—then get stuck in worry loops, catastrophizing, and overwhelm that feel impossible to escape. With retired primary care physician and author Dr. Gary Sprouse, we dig into why midlife amplifies this tension and how to flip fear into action using grounded, practical tools you can apply today.We start by redefin...
2026-02-061h 03Life is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health47: Choosing Intentional Indulgences For A More Delicious MidlifeSend a textWhen life starts to feel like a loop, we don’t need a bigger alarm clock—we need smaller moments that change the rhythm of our days. I’m kicking off a new monthly ritual called Intentional Indulgences, a simple, soulful practice of choosing tiny joys on purpose so your nervous system learns that rest, beauty, and play are safe and essential. Think comfort drawers stocked with small delights, cozy sacred spaces that cue your body to exhale, and creative excursions that reconnect you with your inner voice.We talk about the subtle...
2026-02-0323 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health46: Over-functioning- When Midlife Caregiving Takes It's TollSend a textThe strongest person in the room often hides the deepest fatigue. I share the story behind a year of caregiving—how a single fall set off a chain of decisions, how my overfunctioning became a shield against grief, and how a hard reset on boundaries brought my health, calm, and presence back online. This is a deeply personal, tender, and practical conversation for midlife women who carry it all and are ready to lay some of it down.MY STORY: We walk through the early warning signs that something bigger was shifting at...
2026-01-2431 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health45: Midlife Divorce As An Act of Self Love with Meagan NorrisSend a textWhat if midlife isn’t a crisis but a green light to design a life you actually want? We sit down with divorce coach Meagan Norris to unpack the moment she chose to break a family pattern, how she walked through the void, and why ending a marriage can be a completion rather than a failure. This is a story of agency, nervous system care, and writing a better future with clarity and compassion.We start with the power of curation—removing inputs that trigger fear and surrounding yourself with voices that stea...
2026-01-0937 min
DiscoveryWhat is Quantum?Quantum theory – our best understanding of the world at the smallest level – is famously weird and notoriously confusing. It’s a theory that seems to say particles can be in two places at once, or somehow “know” if you’re looking at them. Or at least, that’s what you might have heard. But is that really what quantum theory tells us about reality?To find out, presenter Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory: the remote, windswept island of Helgoland. Here, a century ago, a young scientist called Werner Heisenberg made a leap of understanding...
2026-01-0526 min
DiscoveryWhat is Quantum?Quantum theory – our best understanding of the world at the smallest level – is famously weird and notoriously confusing. It’s a theory that seems to say particles can be in two places at once, or somehow “know” if you’re looking at them. Or at least, that’s what you might have heard. But is that really what quantum theory tells us about reality?
To find out, presenter Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory: the remote, windswept island of Helgoland. Here, a century ago, a young scientist called Werner Heisenberg made a leap of understanding that laid the...
2026-01-0527 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health44: How Letting Go Of Stuff Opens Space For Who You’re Becoming with Tracy HothSend a textThe quiet after the holidays can feel stark—and also full of promise. We’re leaning into that fresh energy with certified life and organizing coach Tracy Hoth to explore how clearing clutter becomes a powerful act of self-respect, especially in midlife when roles and routines shift. Together we unpack why decisions feel heavy, how identity ties us to old stuff, and what it takes to design systems that actually stick.Tracy reframes “organized” in the most freeing way: know what you have and find it when you need it. From there, we map o...
2026-01-0233 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health43: 5 Tools to Ring in The New Year with Momentum, Clarity and AuthenticitySend a textReady to design a year that actually feels like you? We celebrate our one-year milestone by swapping shame-fueled resolutions for a kinder, more effective blueprint: reflection, intention, small daily shifts, and boundaries that hold. Midlife isn’t a crisis to survive—it’s an invitation to remember who we are, curate what matters, and build rhythms that last.We start with a compassionate year-in-review and a reverse bucket list to honor wins you’ve forgotten to count. Then we map the eight pillars of a happy life—health, wealth, family, friends, purpose, mind, body...
2025-12-2633 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health42: A Midlife Woman's Guide to Financial Freedom with Steph WagnerSend a textWhat if your next chapter felt wider, calmer, and fully funded? Steph Wagner joins us to share how she rebuilt her life after a blindsiding divorce—transforming shame and avoidance into clarity, confidence, and a mission to help women own their financial future. As the National Director of Women and Wealth at Northern Trust and author of Fly: A Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom and Building a Life You Love, Steph blends disarming honesty with practical tools that make money feel learnable and liberating.We start by unpacking the link between emot...
2025-12-1950 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health40: Reverse Engineering the New Year- Minisode #4 -BODYSend a textWhat if midlife health felt less like a grind and more like a grounded plan you can actually live with? Today we share a practical manifesto that trades perfection for momentum and equips you with tools you can use immediately. No detoxes, no guilt—just four priorities that stack wins day after day.We start by reframing the metric that matters most: energy. Instead of obsessing over age or the scale, we track when we feel most alive and what drains us—late-night screens, skipped meals, stressful meetings, or unsupportive social loops. Then...
2025-12-1607 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health41: Reverse Engineering the New Year- Minisode #5-Redefining WealthSend a textWhat if wealth isn’t a number but a feeling you can build today? We take a clear-eyed look at midlife and name what actually makes life feel abundant: energy to enjoy the day, people who know your story, and a purpose that gets you out of bed with a smile. Instead of chasing more, we map a path to cherishing enough—and the steps are simpler than you think.First, we break the old script that postpones joy for someday. We show how investing in well-being compounds faster than any market: regu...
2025-12-1607 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health39: Offline On Purpose: Rebuilding Our Relationship with Social Media with Mari WuellnerSend a textA riverside Airstream with zero cell service became the digital detox I didn’t know I needed. With no bars and no pressure to post, the urge to document every beautiful moment faded. What replaced it was deeper: a full-body exhale, a simple meal by the fire, the quiet joy of reconnecting with myself and listening to my inner knowings. That unexpected reset opened the door to a powerful conversation with coach and entrepreneur Mari Wuellner, who took a 90-day break from social media to rebuild her relationship with time, se...
2025-12-0948 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health38: 5 Ways to De-Stress December and LOVE the Holidays Again!Send a textThe lights are up, the calendar is full, and your nervous system is waving a tiny white flag. As we celebrate one year of Life is Delicious, we’re giving you something better than another obligation: a calmer, kinder December you can actually enjoy.If December has you feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or stuck in holiday roles you never signed up for, this episode is your permission slip to reclaim a calmer, simpler, more joyful season. Designed especially for midlife women navigating menopause, burnout, emotional labor, and the demands of the sandwich ge...
2025-12-0218 min
Bench To Bold with Alisa Hood and Marnie SchneiderEp 16 - Christy Martin: From Trauma to Triumph — Choosing Bold Every TimeSend us a textThis week on Bench to Bold, we sit down with legendary boxer Christy Martin — a woman whose story is bigger, harder, and braver than most of us can imagine.Christy survived a near-fatal domestic violence attack, years of emotional abuse, addiction, and the pressure of navigating her sexuality in a world that wasn’t ready to accept her. From her hospital bed, she made a deal with God: If she lived, she’d spend the rest of her life helping others.And she’s d...
2025-11-2724 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health37: Reverse Engineering the New Year-Minisode #3-SPIRITSend a textThis week in week 3 of our 8 part Miniseries on reverse engineering the New Year and crafting your own MidLife Manifesto, we dig into SPIRIT.You don’t need a full life overhaul to feel aligned—you just need a few soul-level habits that actually stick. In this episode of Life Is Delicious, we’re building your midlife manifesto around SPIRIT—your inner spark, your intuition, your sense of meaning—and translating it into simple daily rituals that help you feel grounded, hopeful, present, and fully alive.Disco...
2025-11-2609 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health36: COFFEE WITH BURTON-“The Power of the Left Turn: How Small Yeses Can Lead to Big Opportunities ”Send a textWhat if the best parts of your life came from the moments you almost ignored? We explore the power of saying yes to odd chances, trusting your gut, and treating detours like design. With my dad, Burton, back for Coffee with Burton, we trace how tiny openings turned into decades of meaningful work and why midlife might be the perfect time to reinvent.Burton’s journey moves from retail and insurance to commercial sign writing after he watches a painter letter a restaurant door. One $40 sign sold on a cold call replaced a...
2025-11-2245 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health35: Reverse Engineering the New Year-Minisode #2-BODYSend a textStart the new year by choosing how you want to feel in your body—and let that feeling become your north star. We explore a kinder, smarter path for midlife wellness that trades punishment and extremes for body loyalty, identity-based choices, and small daily habits that actually stick. Instead of chasing a 25-year-old ideal, we partner with the body we have today and build energy, strength, and ease from the inside out.We walk through three simple questions to reverse engineer your goals: name one core feeling you want to live in, id...
2025-11-1908 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health34: Finding Your Heart Compass-Design Your Midlife With Flow And Intention with AnnMarie MckenzieSend a textFeeling stretched between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming? In this powerful midlife reinvention conversation, I sit down with business strategist and numerology expert AnnMarie Mckenzie to explore how to navigate change with confidence, clarity, and heart-led intention.We break down what it really takes to move through a midlife pivot without losing yourself—using emotional intelligence, intuition, and a simple “heart compass” framework to make aligned decisions, set healthy boundaries, and create meaningful, purpose-driven work.Anne Marie also shares how numerology can help you understand...
2025-11-1550 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health33: Reverse Engineering the New Year-Minisode #1- MINDSend a textReady to stop drifting through midlife and start steering with intention? We’re kicking off an eight-part mini-series designed to reverse engineer the new year, and we’re starting with the foundation that holds everything else: your mindset. I share why a personal manifesto is more than pretty words—it’s a compass and a love letter to your future self—and how a handful of identity statements can reshape the way you move through change, set boundaries, and pursue joy.We dig into practical tools you can use today. You’ll learn how to...
2025-11-1010 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health32: Scaling Your Inner Everest with Deanette WellsSend a textWhat if midlife isn’t a crisis but a launch window? We sit down with adventure athlete and author Deanette Wells to unpack how a mother of three climbed the seven summits, raced across jungles and deserts, and turned profound loss into a compass for a life lived on purpose. Deanette’s new book, Another Step Up the Mountain, becomes our framework for building resilience: focus on the step in front of you, breathe when fear spikes, and let meaning—not perfection—set the pace.Deanette shares how she managed a fear of heigh...
2025-11-0720 min
BBC Inside ScienceHave scientists created a bionic eye?The 'bionic eye' may make you think of Star Trek’s Geordi La Forge. Now, scientists have restored the ability to read in a group of blind patients with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). And they’ve done it by implanting a computer chip in the back of their eyes. Professor Francesca Cordeiro, Chair of Ophthalmology at Imperial College London explains how bionic technology might provide future solutions for more people with sight loss.Researchers at the University of Sheffield have come up with a way of extracting hormones from human remains dating as far back as t...
2025-11-0428 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health31: Reverse Engineering The New YearSend a textNew Year’s pressure doesn’t have to run the show. We’re flipping the script with a refreshing, research-backed approach to change that starts now—not on January 1—and centers on identity, clarity, and gentle momentum. Instead of chasing rigid resolutions, we map the person we want to become by December 31 and build small, supportive systems that make that identity feel natural and doable.I share the vision behind my Midlife Manifesto and kick off an eight-part mini-series designed to help you craft your own. We explore why most resolutions fail—willpower fa...
2025-11-0414 minBBC Inside ScienceAre embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?Scientists in the US have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fertilising them with sperm. It’s hoped the technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease. Marnie Chesterton is joined by Dr Geraldine Jowett from the University of Cambridge and Emily Jackson from the London School of Economics to discuss the science behind the research, and the ethical and legal issues it could raise. We also look back at the life of the pioneering primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, who di...
2025-10-3028 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health30: 104 Love Lessons- Finding True Love in Midlife with Heidi FriedmanSend a textWhat if your path to real love started with an honest confession: I don’t know what love really feels like? That’s where attorney and author Heidi B. Freeman began, turning a divorce into a decade-long experiment in connection—104 dates, interviews with couples across ages and backgrounds, and a journal that captured both the loneliness and the breakthroughs that followed. We walk through her most hard-won lessons, the ones that turned frustration into clarity and eventually into a marriage that fits.We unpack the difference between standards and rules, and why droppi...
2025-10-1734 minLife is Delicious- Mindset Mastery, Midlife Empowerment, Joy, Purpose, Vitality, Inspiration, Women's Health29: Thanksgiving-Not Just A Holiday But A PracticeSend a textWhat if one honest sentence could change a day—or save a life? We dive into gratitude not as a platitude, but as a biological reset that lifts mood, calms the body, and strengthens community. Drawing on research from UC Davis and Harvard, we unpack how simple acts of thankfulness lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and reduce inflammation, while flooding the brain with dopamine and serotonin that reinforce joy and connection.I share Kevin’s unforgettable lobby-board story: a rain-soaked apartment building, a quiet Post-it prompt, and a slow bloom of handwritten line...
2025-10-1224 min