The Midlife Makeover Show is your go-to podcast for women ready to reinvent their second act and live life on their own terms. Hosted by Wendy Valentine—author of Women Waking Up and midlife maven—this show is packed with real talk, inspiring stories, expert advice, and powerful tools to help you navigate everything from menopause to mindset, empty nesting to empowerment. ❤️ All the goods: https://wendyvalentine.com 🔥 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellowendyvalentine/ 🎤 Nominate a guest: http://midlifemakeoverguest.com 👉 Sponsor the show: sponsor.wendyvalentine.com
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The Midlife Makeover Show | Women Over 40, Menopause Support, Divorce Recovery, Empty Nest Advice, Aging Gracefully, Finding Purpose is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 355 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.
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Episode #355
355 ✨ Giving Up the Ghost: How to Stop Playing Small and Finally Be Seen in Midlife with Samantha Rose, Emmy-Winning Writer & NYT Bestselling Ghostwriter
Sep 29, 20261h 2m
What would it take for you to give up YOUR ghost? In this episode of The Midlife Makeover Show , Wendy Valentine sits down with Samantha Rose — Emmy award-winning television writer and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter of nearly twenty books — to talk about what happens when the woman behind everyone else’s stories finally tells her own. After losing her mother to suicide in 2020, Samantha began writing to process her grief… and discovered she had been living as a ghost in her own life. That writing became Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir — winner of Best Memoir at the San Francisco Book Festival — and the first book ever published under her own name. Together, Wendy and Samantha explore grief, healing, finding your voice in midlife, and why it’s never too late to stop playing small and finally be seen. If you’ve ever felt invisible in your own life, this conversation is your permission slip. ✨ What You’ll Learn • Why so many women become the “ghostwriter” of their own lives — and how to stop • What “giving up the ghost” really means — and how to give up yours • How writing (or any creative outlet) helps grief move through your body • Why unprocessed grief waits for you — and how to finally give it a voice • How to step out of the shadows and be seen — even as an introvert Tune in now ✨ Watch the video replay Connect with Samantha Rose Explore All Things Midlife Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up Follow the fun on IG Author Spotlight: Preferment™ by Anne van Leynseele — the research-backed alternative to retirement, trading "what now?" for a mission worth waking up for (from a five-time career reinventor and award-winning chocolate farmer!). Grab it on Amazon and https://www.rarifiedlife.com
354 How We Lose Ourselves in Love: Trauma Bonding, Self-Abandonment & Breaking Free with Jessica Anne Pressler, Author of “Traitor Within”
Sep 22, 202643 min
Have you ever looked back at a relationship and wondered, how did I lose myself like that? In this powerful episode, Wendy sits down with Jessica Anne Pressler — a Columbia-trained psychotherapist, hospice grief counselor, and author of the new psychological suspense novel Traitor Within — to talk about s elf-abandonment, trauma bonding , and the hidden ways we disappear inside our relationships . With four decades of clinical experience (and her own hard-won healing), Jessica explains what a trauma bond really is, why intelligent, empathetic women stay, and how the “traitor within” — the protective part born in childhood — keeps us people-pleasing and self-abandoning for decades . Most of all, she offers hope: the moment you stop abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable is t he moment healing begins . If you’ve ever made excuses for someone, loved them for their potential, or struggled to walk away — this conversation will help you reconnect with your voice, your worth, and yourself. ✨ What You’ll Learn • What a trauma bond actually is — and why leaving can feel physically impossible • The “traitor within”: the childhood-born protective part that keeps us self-abandoning as adults • Why smart, empathetic women stay — and why understanding someone is never a reason to accept abuse • How to tell narcissistic traits from the clinical disorder — without the social-media buzzwords • The first steps to boundaries, going no-contact, and coming home to yourself Tune in now ✨ Watch the video replay Connect with Jessica Anne Pressler Explore All Things Midlife Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up Follow the fun on IG Author Spotlight: The Balance Cure: The TCM Way to Lasting Weight Loss by Dr. Angela Zeng — an Amazon #1 bestseller blending the ancient wisdom of Chinese medicine with modern science to help you discover your unique body pattern, understand why you gain weight, and navigate GLP-1s with confidence. Grab it on Amazon
353 Stop Waiting for Him to Change: Marriage Transformation, Intimacy Skills & Femininity with Alicia Johnson, Certified Relationship Coach
Sep 15, 202647 min
What if you could completely transform your marriage — without your husband changing a single thing? In this episode of The Midlife Makeover Show , Wendy Valentine sits down with Alicia Johnson , certified Laura Doyle relationship coach and founder of Crown of Honey, who went from constant fighting, controlling everything, and believing she’d married the wrong guy… to rebuilding her marriage from the inside out. Alicia shares the six intimacy skills that changed everything — starting with self-care (the real kind), the daily gratitude practice that dissolved years of resentment, and what happened when she finally let go of control and let her husband step up. She also opens up about feminine energy, the fear hiding underneath our need to control, and why your joy is your responsibility — and your power. If you’re exhausted, stuck, or secretly miserable in your marriage but divorce isn’t what you want, this conversation is your permission slip to stop waiting for him to change. ✨ What You’ll Learn • Why the woman who shifts first changes the whole atmosphere of her home — no couples therapy required • The six intimacy skills — and why real self-care (not just pedicures) is the foundation of all of them • How a daily gratitude practice “hijacks your brain” and dissolves resentment — because the two can’t coexist • How to stop complaining and start expressing your desires femininely — so he finally knows how to make you happy • What’s really hiding underneath control (hint: it’s fear) — and how to let it go without losing yourself Tune in now ✨ Watch the video replay Connect with Alicia Johnson Explore All Things Midlife Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up Follow the fun on IG Author Spotlight: Preferment by Anne van Leynseele — the research-backed alternative to retirement, trading "what now?" for a mission worth waking up for (from a five-time career reinventor and award-winning chocolate farmer!). Grab it on Amazon .
352 Your Trauma Becomes Your Money Drama: Money Mindset, Nervous System + Real Wealth in Midlife with Tiffany Carter
Sep 8, 202659 min
Is your bank account stuck in fight-or-flight? In this episode of The Midlife Makeover Show , Wendy Valentine sits down with money mindset expert Tiffany Carter — business mentor and host of ProjectME with Tiffany Carter , a Top 5 money and entrepreneurship podcast in 57 countries. Tiffany opens up about going from TV news broadcaster to multimillionaire entrepreneur, losing her first million to a smooth-talking “finance guy,” and the wake-up call that sent her on a mission to heal the trauma driving her money story. You’ll learn how fight, flight, freeze, and fawn show up in the way you earn, spend, and sell — why those patterns were wired in long before your first paycheck — and how to start rewiring them with radical responsibility and zero shame. Tune in now ✨ Watch the video replay Connect with Tiffany Carter Explore All Things Midlife Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up Follow the fun on IG Today's Author Spotlight: She Who Remembers by Megan Dalla-Camina Grab your copy Got a book to share? Head to author.wendyvalentine.com
351 The Midlife ADHD Wake-Up: Late Diagnosis, Big Emotions & Dopamine with Andrea Morton, ADHD Coach for Midlife Moms
Sep 1, 202655 min
What if the hardest parts of your life finally made sense? Wendy Valentine sits down with certified ADHD coach Andrea Morton , who was diagnosed with combined-type ADHD at 48 — after a lifetime of masking, over-functioning, and secretly Googling “who takes care of moms?” at 2 a.m. Andrea breaks down what ADHD really is (spoiler: inconsistent attention, not a lack of it), why so many women slip through the cracks until midlife, and how plummeting estrogen in menopause can unmask symptoms you’ve managed for decades. She shares the tools that actually help — exercise, the physiological sigh, modeling self-regulation for your kids — plus the story behind her new guided journal, The Late Starter Kit for Late-Diagnosed ADHD Moms , illustrated by her daughter. If you’ve ever called yourself lazy, flaky, or “too much,” this conversation will feel like one great big exhale. ✨ What You’ll Learn • What ADHD actually is — and why “inconsistent attention” beats “attention deficit” • How ADHD shows up differently in adult women (hello, 2 a.m. rumination) • Why menopause and dropping estrogen can unmask a lifetime of hidden ADHD • In-the-moment tools: the physiological sigh, exercise, and modeling self-regulation for your kids • How to trade shame and masking for self-knowledge, self-compassion, and self-love Tune in now ✨ Watch the video replay Connect with Andrea Morton Author Spotlight: The Unabridged Life of Missy Kinkaid by Kirsten Pursell — a witty, fiercely uplifting novel about starting over and owning your story (Book 2 of the Scarlet's Harlots Trilogy — each reads as a standalone!). Grab it on Amazon Explore All Things Midlife Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up Follow the fun on IG
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