Midlife Rising
This is not just another midlife podcast about belly fat, Botox, or bone broth.
We’re not here to help you stay young, offer makeup tips, or share recipes to sneak kale into your brownies. If you’re looking for hacks to stay small or “age gracefully,” this might not be the space for you.
We’re here to burn down the old rulebook - and help you rise from the ashes.
We unpack the invisible systems and internalized conditioning that keep midlife women stuck, over-functioning, and exhausted. We talk about the links between patriarchy, stress, and menopause symptoms. This is the conversation behind the conversation—raw, wise, and necessary.
We’re Sheri and Jen - twin sisters, former “good-girls” turned paradigm-breakers, and your new favourite midlife truth-tellers. Our unfiltered conversations crack open the things women don’t say out loud. We’re here to offer you the tools, re-frames, and permission slips to finally stop performing and start becoming.
Expect “why didn’t anyone tell me this sooner?!” kinds of insights, advice to nix your menopause symptoms without HRT, and paradigm-shifting “aha” moments that make you want to take your power back.
So if you’re ready to stop performing, and rise into the woman you were always meant to be - pull up a chair. We saved you a seat.
Episodes
53 episodes
52: Why You Keep Circling the Life You Want (And Never Land It)
You know what you want - the new career, the business, the trip, the relationship. So why do you keep circling it instead of landing it? Today, we break down why so many high-achieving women get stuck wanting to shift but not getting there....
51: The Cost of Making Menopause a "Medical" Issue
We need to talk about something that's been irking us: menopause got turned into a diagnosis, and it's quietly keeping women out of leadership. Somehow menopause has become a medical problem to be fixed rather than a natural transition to...
50: Companies Are Getting Menopause Completely Wrong
The media says menopause is costing companies billions in lost productivity. We dug into the research - and found the story is backwards. Jen has been researching menopause and leadership, and in this episode we unpack how the...
49: The Menopause Paradox: Why Your Brain Fog Might Be Your Leadership Edge
Why Your Brain Fog Might Be Your Leadership Edge. You’ve been losing your train of thought in important meetings way too often these days. Laughing it off but silently cringing and wishing it would just stop happening so your colleagues won’t j...
48: What Orcas Know About Aging That We've Been Missing All Along
What Orcas Know About Aging That We've Been Missing All AlongTrillions of dollars are being put towards an industry to fight a perfectly natural process. The anti-aging industry…that bombardment of marketing and advertising w...
47: The Grandmother Hypothesis - Why Menopause Isn't a Decline
Why Menopause Isn't a Decline...If you've been telling yourself that aging is decline, this episode is your wake-up call. Sheri and I are pulling back the curtain on one of the biggest patriarchal misconceptions keeping women feeling invisible ...
46: Night Sweats: Three Things Nobody Tells You
Night Sweats: Three Things Nobody Tells YouYou wake up in the middle of the night soaked. PJs drenched, sheets drenched. You throw off the covers, change, put a towel down, and try to fall back asleep - only to wake a few hours la...
45: What No One Tells You About UTIs After 40
What No One Tells You About UTIs After 40 - Body, Mind, SpiritHave you suddenly started getting UTIs in your 40s or 50s and wondered why? You're not doing anything differently, but your body is. In this solo e...
44: How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt (and the Nervous System Secret No One Tells You)
How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt (and the Nervous System Secret No One Tells You)Do you find yourself saying "yes" when every part of you wants to say "no", and then spend hours wondering why? If you feel guilty ...
43: You Don't Have a Hormone Problem. You Have an Alignment Problem.
You Don't Have a Hormone Problem. You Have an Alignment Problem.What happens to your body when you stay in a misaligned life?Most women in perimenopause assume their symptoms - exhaustion, brain fog, sleepless nig...
42: Why "I Need a Vacation" Is a Sign Something's Wrong (And What To Do About It)
Why Needing a Vacation Is a Sign Something's Wrong (And What To Do About it)If you're living for the weekend or counting down to your next vacation, this episode is a gift, albeit an uncomfortable one!Needing a vac...
41: Unhinged: What Your Aching Hips Are Really Trying to Tell You
Unhinged: What Your Aching Hips Are Really Trying to Tell YouIf your aching hips are keeping you up at night (or from walking normally during the day) this episode is for you. We go three layers deep into midlife hip pain: the ...
40: Stop Trying to Get Back to Who You Were. Do This Instead.
Stop Trying to Get Back to Who You Were. Do This Instead.If you've ever looked in the mirror and thought "I don't recognize myself anymore", this episode is for you.In midlife, everything shifts. Your body ch...
39: The 3 Hidden Patterns Keeping You From a Life That Feels Fulfilling
The 3 Hidden Patterns Keeping You From a Life That Feels FulfillingWe've heard many midlife women talk about their second chapter in three key ways: “I should be happy… my life is pretty good. But somethin...
38: What the Wellness Industry is Missing About Midlife
What the Wellness Industry is Missing About MidlifeIf you feel like you've been doing everything “right” in midlife - following all the biohacking and longevity advice, doing the vision boards and manifesting techniques and doing ...
37: You're More Stressed Than You Think (Even if Nothing is "Wrong")
You're More Stressed Than You Think, Even if Nothing is "Wrong".If you’ve been telling yourself “I’m fine… nothing is really wrong,” but you have menopause symptoms, your energy is low, and life feels a little flat, this episode i...
36: The Hidden Energetics Keeping You Feeling Unfulfilled in Midlife
The Hidden Energetics Keeping You Feeling Unfulfilled in MidlifeSo many midlife women aren’t unhappy… but they’re not fully alive either.It sounds like... “I just need to get through a few more years…...
35: Why Midlife Women Are So Hard On Themselves (and How to Stop)
Why Midlife Women Are So Hard On Themselves (and How to Stop)Have you ever caught yourself thinking… “Why can’t I keep up like I used to?” “What’s wrong with me that I need more sleep?” ...
34: Here's What's Wrong With the Body Positivity Movement
Here's What's Wrong With the Body Positivity MovementThe body positivity movement has done a lot of good… but is it actually helping women in midlife, or is it subconsciously keeping us more stuck in criticism than ever?In this ho...
33: Why "No Is a Complete Sentence" Rarely Works
No is NOT a Complete Sentence. So many of us want to believe “no is a complete sentence” and will try to will ourselves into saying it. But this line falls apart when it matters most.In this solo episode Sheri explains the mi...
32: Five Hidden Reasons Midlife Women Wake Up at 3 am
Get the Midlife Sleep SanctuaryIf you're a midlife woman who is waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep for 2 hours, the first step to fix this (...
31: How to Stop Ruminating in the Middle of the Night
Get the Midlife Sleep SanctuaryWaking at 2 AM with your mind racing? In this episode, we unpack why we ruminate at night and the surprising steps that actually s...
30: How to Set Soul-Aligned Boundaries Without Guilt
Get the Midlife Sleep SanctuaryHave you ever said to yourself, "I just need better boundaries"? But when you try to maintain your own boundaries, you just can't say...