It's Never Too Late: Taking a Midlife Gap Year with Lindsey Goldstein

It's Never Too Late: Taking a Midlife Gap Year with Lindsey Goldstein

What would you do if your whole life blew up in 48 hours? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Lindsey Goldstein, author of the debut novel Gap Year. It tells the story of Jane, a 46 year old CPA whose daughter leaves for a year abroad, whose husband leaves her for another woman, and whose boss hands her an ultimatum, all within two days. Instead of staying stuck, Jane books a ticket to Ecuador to climb Cotopaxi, the volcano she dreamed of summiting in her twenties. Lindsey shares why she refused to make her heroine younger, how travel gives you license to change the script, why friendship is one of the most powerful longevity strategies we have, and the deathbed question that finally pushed her to write. If you are standing at your own pivot and wondering what is still in your tank, this conversation is for you. 🦋 Connect with Lindsey Goldstein at lindseygoldsteinauthor.com [https://www.lindseygoldsteinauthor.com/]. 🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack [https://tamijorden.substack.com/], visit her website [https://tamijorden.com/], and follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@tamijorden22] & Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] 🦋

What Are You Carrying? Setting Down Loads You Never Chose

What are you carrying just because it was handed to you? What baggage could you ditch at this age? And do you have room left for what matters to you? In this solo quickie episode of Butterfly Days, Tami asks the questions that might be the most useful ones you ask yourself all year. She gets honest about the loads midlife women carry without ever choosing them: the family peacemaking, the office mom role, the friendship where you give and never get. Tami draws the line between the sacred weight that love asks of you and the weight that got set in your arms out of habit, guilt, or because you are the one who never says no. She exposes the praise trap, those compliments that always come with a job attached, and shares the three gates to run every hard conversation through before you speak. This episode is your permission slip to ask one brave question: Is this mine to carry? Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack [https://tamijorden.substack.com/] and visit her website [https://tamijorden.com/] 🦋 More from Butterfly Days: Substack: https://tamijorden.substack.com/ [https://tamijorden.substack.com/] Website: https://tamijorden.com/ [https://tamijorden.com/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast]

It's Not Too Late: Protecting Your Brain Health in Midlife with Christine Despres

Have you ever wondered if it is too late to start protecting your brain? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Christine Despres, a registered nurse of over 30 years and founder of The Wellness Navigator, to talk about why midlife is actually the most powerful window you will ever have to transform your brain health. Christine shares her own story of discovering she carries the APOE4 gene linked to Alzheimer's risk, the midlife career pivot that took her from hospice nursing to brain health coaching, and the small, doable habits that protect your mind for decades to come. Connect with Christine Despres at thewellnessnavigator.com. [https://www.thewellnessnavigator.com/] 🦋 🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack [https://tamijorden.substack.com/], visit her website [https://tamijorden.com/], and follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@tamijorden22] & Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] 🦋

Stop Optimizing. Start Living: Choose Meaning Over Wellness

Wellness culture is everywhere. Optimize your body, extend your life, chase the protocol. But what if midlife is asking us a completely different question? In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami gets real about the wellness and longevity industrial complex and what it quietly sells to women in midlife: the idea that aging is a problem to solve. She makes the case for ikigai, the Japanese concept of a reason to get up in the morning, and the Stoic practice of amor fati, love of your fate, as the two things that actually deliver what every supplement stack promises and cannot deliver. This episode is a warm but bold rally cry to stop optimizing your body and start inhabiting your life. Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack [https://tamijorden.substack.com/] and visit her website [https://tamijorden.com/] 🦋 More from Butterfly Days: Substack: https://tamijorden.substack.com/ [https://tamijorden.substack.com/] Website: https://tamijorden.com/ [https://tamijorden.com/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast]

Aging Well: What a Harvard Dermatologist Wants GenX Women to Know

Are you tired of the hot girl hamster wheel? The endless products, the procedures you heard about from a friend, the serum you bought because an influencer said so? And still not loving what you see in the mirror? In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Dr. Mary Alice Mina, a Harvard-trained, double board-certified dermatologist and host of the globally ranked podcast The Skin Real, to get honest about what actually works for our skin in midlife and why true skin health starts from the inside out. Connect with Dr. Mina at theskinreal.com [https://www.theskinreal.com]. 🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack [https://tamijorden.substack.com/], visit her website [https://tamijorden.com/], and follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jorden-322918227/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ASQDpGEUX/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@tamijorden22] & Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/butterflydayspodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] 🦋