Episode 53: What Midlife Reveals About the Life You’ve Survived

Episode 53: What Midlife Reveals About the Life You’ve Survived

Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles, the podcast where midlife women get to rethink everything they’ve been taught about aging, identity, success, relationships, and who they’re allowed to become next.  I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman, helping women rebuild self-trust, reconnect with who they are, and navigate midlife with more clarity, confidence, and authenticity. And today’s conversation feels like a deep exhale for women who are tired of performing, proving, and pushing through life disconnected from who they really are. We’re diving into a conversation about authenticity, transformation, and the exhausting pressure so many women feel to keep performing instead of truly living. This is Episode 53: What Midlife Reveals About the Life You’ve Survived Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or watch on YouTube. Today’s guest is Angiee Tajouidi, a keynote speaker, executive coach, personal brand strategist, author of Be. Human. Again., and host of The Authentic Advantage podcast. She’s single mom of three and someone deeply committed to helping people reconnect to who they really are in a world that often rewards performance over presence. You can learn more about Angiee and her services on her website at www.angieetajouidi.com [http://www.angieetajouidi.com] or follow her on YouTube @angieetajouidi. You can also listen to her podcast ‘The Authentic Advantage’ on Apple or wherever you listen.  And lastly, her book ‘Be.Human. Again’ is found on Amazon. I’ll add the details in the show notes. What I loved most about this conversation is the reminder that so many women are walking around successful on paper while quietly disconnected from themselves underneath itall. And that real transformation often begins the moment we stop living on autopilot and start asking ourselves what actually feels aligned. Sometimes midlife doesn’t ask women to become someone new. It asks them to stop abandoning who they already are. I hope today’s conversation with Angiee reminded you that authenticity isn’t a buzzword. It’s a return. A return to your voice, your truth, your humanity, and the parts of yourself that may have been buried beneath performance, pressure, survival mode, or expectations. If today’s episode gave you new insight into identity, healing, self-leadership, or what it means to truly be human again, be sure to Like, Subscribe, or Follow so you don’t miss what’s next. New episodes drop every Monday, and you can also watch this conversation on YouTube. And if someone you know has been feeling emotionally exhausted, stuck in performance mode, or disconnected from who they are in this season of life, Share this episode withthem. Sometimes hearing another woman’s story becomes the permission slip someone else needed. I’m Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman and this is Men, Menopause & Miracles. I’ll see you next Monday. Until then, take care of yourself… and don’t forget to listen to the woman underneath all the noise. Bye for now!

Episode 52: Things Every Midlife Woman Should Know

Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles. The podcast where midlife women stop shrinking, stop second-guessing themselves, and start having honest conversations abouthow they truly want to live. We talk about menopause, dating, identity shifts, grief, reinvention, boundaries, and what it looks like to move forward with more confidence and self-trust in this chapter of life. This is a podcast where midlife women come to have real conversations about who they’ve been, who they’re becoming, and how they want to live moving forward. This is a space for truth-telling, perspective shifts, laughter, healing, and finding the courage to choose yourself without apology I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman, helping women rebuild self-trust in the season where everything familiar starts asking deeper questions. I coach midlife women to stop abandoning themselves and start making decisions that actually feel like home.  Well, hello party people! It’s Memorial Day holiday weekend. How’s yours been? It’s kind of the sign that summer season is about to start. My idea of a party is some good music but nottoo loud, hanging out with family or friends but not too many people and do nothing (aka things that don’t involve adulting) for as long as possible. And, I can’t believe we’re here - I’m here. Celebrating one year that this podcast has been going with our 52nd episode today. It has been such a pleasure to speak with you weeklyabout all things midlife. And with guests who’ve shared their transformative stories -  as I know we’re all writing our owntransformation story in this season right? This is Episode 52: Things Every Midlife Woman Should Know Today I’m going to highlight 52 things I wish midlife women before us and those in it now and those that will come after us will know. That we as women will continue to have open conversations, share our wisdom, be curious to learn more about who we are and this special season of our lives. Listen to the full episode on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or YouTube. Fifty-two things we as midlife women deserve to know, talk about more openly, and pass down to the women who come after us. If today’s episode gave you something to think about,feel, or finally tell yourself the truth about, make sure you follow the show and share it with another woman navigating her own midlife shift.  Because this season of life isn’t the end of your story. It may be the first chapter you live fully on your own terms. I want to remind you of my free one-hour midlife coaching session: “Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: 5 Shifts to Finally Trust Your Next Decision.” this Thursday May 28th at2:00pmPST / 5:00pmEST This is an hour for women who know there’s more—and are ready to trust themselves to have it. This group coaching  session is designed for women in midlife who are tired of circling the same decisions, doing the indecision limbo, and finally ready to move forward with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust in this season. Because your life cannot fully change while you remain emotionally parked in hesitation.  Go to www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com [http://www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com] for details and clickReserve Your Spot today.  I’m Suzanne — Your Midlife Wingwoman. I look forward to another year ahead and many, many more good things to come about with Men, Menopause & Miracles. I’ll see you next Monday. Same time, same space. Until then, take care. Bye for now!   #midlifewomen #self-trust #men #menopause #miracles

Episode 51: The Real Reason You Can’t Make a Decision

Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles. The podcast where midlife women get to stop performing and start telling themselves the truth. This is a space for honest conversations, nervous-system ex-hales, unexpected laughter, and the kind of reflections that make you rethink what’s actually possible in this season of life. We talk about relationships, reinvention, hormones, desire, identity, grief, courage, boundaries, pleasure, and the beautifully unpolished reality of being a woman in midlife. Oh my!  This is a podcast where midlife women are reminded that they are not disappearing… they are finally arriving in their own lives.  I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman, helping women rebuild self-trust in the season where everything familiar starts asking deeper questions. Through honest conversations and practical perspective shifts, I help midlife women stop abandoning themselves and start making decisions that actually feel like home. This is Episode 51: The Real Reason You Can’t Make a Decision There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much. It comes from thinking too much. From replaying conversations in your head. Researching every option. Analyzing every angle. Asking five friends or family what they think. Waiting for certainty before making a move. Today we’re talking about:  the exhaustion of overthinking, why intelligent women still hesitate, and the identity recalibration that happens in midlife that no one really prepares us for. So, if you’ve been stuck in indecision lately, circling the same thoughts, questioning yourself constantly, this episode is for you. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and also YouTube. Self-trust isn’t built by never doubting yourself. It’s built by collecting evidence that your inner voice has been wise all along. If this episode resonated with you, if you’ve been stuck in overthinking, indecision, or feeling disconnected from your own voice, I want you to know this:  * Totally normal. * You are likely in a season of recalibration. * And sometimes you don’t need more information. You need support reconnecting to yourself. This is why I created my free one-hour midlife coaching session: “Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: 5 Shifts to Finally Trust Your Next Decision.” Coming up on Thursday May 28th (two weeks from today) at 2:00pmPST / 5:00pmEST This is for women who know there’s more—and are ready to trust themselves again or more. This session is designed for women in midlife who are tired of circling the same decisions, indecision limbo, and ready to move forward with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust in this season. Because your life cannot fully change while you remain emotionally parked in hesitation. And this hour is open to any women of any age, because we’re all just learning here right?. Go to www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com [http://www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com] for details and to Reserve Your Spot today. And maybe your next decision is not asking you to become someone else. Maybe it’s finally asking you to become yourself.  If this episode helped you reconnect with your own inner voice or trust yourself a little more today, make sure you Like, Follow, or Subscribe so you don’t miss future conversations inside our midlife circle here.  And share this episode with a friend who’s been stuck in overthinking, hesitation, or carrying the pressure of trying to make the “right” decision all the time. Sometimes the reminder another woman needs most is this: you do not have to have everything figured out to move forward.  I’m Suzanne — Your Midlife Wingwoman. And this is Men, Menopause & Miracles. I’ll see you next Monday. Same time, same space. Until then, take care. Bye for now! #midlifewomen #self-trust #men #menopause #miracles

Episode 50: Motherhood, Midlife & Becoming Again

Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles. The podcast where midlife women get to acknowledge all the pieces and parts of themselves. This is a space for honest conversations around men, menopause, miracles, midlife transitions, emotionalhealing, and the powerful rediscovery of the woman underneath it all. We talk about the things women carry quietly. Menopause, motherhood, relationships, identity shifts, emotional exhaustion, healing, purpose, and the courage it takes to become yourself again.  This is a  podcast where midlife women are reminded thatthis season of life is not the ending of who they are, but the awakening of who they were always meant to become. Here we get to acknowledge all the pieces of ourselves. I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman. I’m here to help women feel seen through the transitions of midlife and reminded that this season can still beone of healing, growth, rediscovery, and becoming. Together, we’ll have honest conversations that help you feel seen, supported, and empowered to become who you’re meant to be next. This is Episode 50: Motherhood, Midlife & Becoming Again. Today I’m speaking about mothers and the profound pain, sacrifice, transformation, and miracles involved in bringing life, love, and care into this world. This episode is an emotional doorway to all women and one that widens the definition of motherhood beyondbiology. In midlife, there are mothers who are going through the empty nesting in this season and there are many women who carry invisible versions of mothering. Motherhood is the state or experience of being a mother. In the context of motherhood, "state" refers to a person's specific condition, status, or mode of being at a given time. And I believe at any given time, we being women, are called in ways to mother. So yes, today, I’m speaking about mothers with yesterday being Mother’s Day.   Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or now on YouTube. As a coach and Your Midlife Wingwoman, I don’t believe women in midlife need fixing. I believe they need support, space, guidance, and honest conversations that help them hear their own voice again. Because midlife has a way of asking women powerful questions: What do I need now? What do I want now? Who am I becoming now? And sometimes having someone walk beside you while you rediscover those answers can change everything. To answer these questions make time for yourself and join me for “Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: 5 Shifts to Finally Trust Your Next Decision” on May 28th. This is a free, one-hour virtual  Midlife Coaching Session for women who now there’smore—and are ready to trust themselves again. Go to www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com [http://www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com] for details and to Reserve Your Spot. Midlife truth: Many women have spent years holding everyone else together while quietly losing connection to themselves.Permission slip: You are allowed to return to yourself now. If this episode made you feel seen in any way, make sure you Like, Follow, or Subscribe so you don’t miss future conversations inside our midlife circle here. And if another woman came to mind while listening, someone carrying the invisible weight of caregiving, motherhood, or trying to rediscover herself underneath it all, share this episode with her. Sometimes the greatest gift we can give another woman is the reminder that she’s not alone.  You can always reach out to me with your questions, stories and more at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com [yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com] I’m Suzanne — Your Midlife Wingwoman. And this is Men, Menopause & Miracles. Midlife isn’t a closing chapter for women. It’s often the first-time life asks them who they are beyond who everyone else needs them to be. Midlife isn’t your disappearance. It’s yourreintroduction. It’s where the usefulness you’ve provided to others finally gets to be explored in ways you may need it. I’ll see you next Monday. Same time, same space. Until then, take care. Bye for now! #midlifewomen #midlife #mothers #motherhood #mothersday #menopause

Episode 49: Resilience - Learning to Love the Hard Things w/ Ron Drews

Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles—the podcast where we explore what it really means to feel strong in midlife… not just when life is smooth, but when it stretches you, challenges you, and asks you to meet yourself in entirely new ways. Today’s conversation sits right at that edge. Because at some point in midlife, the strategies that once worked—pushing through, thinking your way out, staying in control—stopworking. And what replaces them isn’t always obvious. Sometimes, it starts in the most unexpected place… like your breath. I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman. I’m here to help you navigate this season of life with more awareness, more intention, and a deeper connection to your body—especially when it’s asking you to do things differently. If you’ve been feeling the tension between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming… this conversation is going to meet you right there. Let’s get into it. This is Episode 49: Resilience: Learning to Love the Hard Things. Today’s guest is living proof that mind over matter isn’t just a concept—it’s a way of living that invites you to do the very things you once avoided. Ron Drews has built a remarkable career behind the scenes of some of the world’s biggestproductions—from the Olympics to Star Wars, American Idol, and the Grammy Awards—earning multiple Technical Emmy Awards along the way.  But what’s most compelling about Ron isn’t just what he’s built… it’s how he’s chosen to live. His path has taken him into extreme environments, deep personal challenges, andultimately into the work he now shares—breathwork, cold exposure, and mindful living—as tools for resilience, clarity, and vitality. Today, we’ll explore what happens when a man who has spent decades building, achieving, and performing at a high level is brought face-to-face with physical limitations, anxiety, and the unknown—and how that led him into breathwork, cold exposure, and a completely different relationship with challenge. This is a conversation about pushing limits… but also about listening. About adventure… but also surrender. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and now also on YouTube. And please send your questions or story interests to me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com Whether you’re wanting to reduce anxiety, struggling with your health and high stress levels, or simply looking forinspiration — you can find Ron at Best Life Breath Workshops by emailing him directly at rdrews@thewellness7.com [rdrews@thewellness7.com] and also find him on LinkedIn. His next Best Life Breath Workshop is on May 17th. There’s something powerful about realizing that strengthisn’t just about pushing harder… sometimes it’s about pausing, breathing, and choosing to meet yourself differently. In wrapping up today, here’s what I hope you take with you:Ron’s story reminds us that the edge we spend so much time avoiding is often the very place our strength is rebuilt—not by pushing harder, but by learning how to breathe, listen, and respond differently. It also reminds us that midlife isn’t a decline to manage—it’s an invitation to relate to your body, your fear, and your life with a new kind of awareness… one that allows you to move forward with resilience, intention, and a deeper trust in yourself. If this episode sparked a new way of thinking about anxiety,breath and believing that good is on the other side of your challenges make sure to Like, Subscribe, or Follow so you don’t miss what’s next. New episodes drop every Monday, and you can also watch this conversation on YouTube. And if someone you know is navigating midlife and pain newor old and wondering how to approach it in a new light, share this episode with them. Send them some love. Sometimes the right story arrives right on time. I’m Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And this is Men,Menopause & Miracles. I’ll see you next Monday. Until then, take care. Bye for now!