A Certain Age

Does getting to midlife allow us to quit the things that no longer serve us? After years of hiding her addiction from everyone, Laura Cathcart Robbins was ready to leave her Hollywood power marriage and confront her secret pill addiction. In her propulsive, vivid memoir, Stash: My Life in Hiding, Laura invites us on her journey to sobriety, self-love, and a life rooted in serenity versus fear. We get into the intersection of race, privilege, motherhood, and aging with addiction and recovery and explore why midlife is exactly the right time to take charge of your happiness. Bonus, we talk recovery resources, including apps, the best “quit lit” books and why to meditate.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nope, you aren’t imagining it. Thinning ponytails, widening parts, excessive shedding, more visible scalp, even patches of total hair loss—aging and menopause can do a number on your hair. Meet Dr. Mary Wendel, an expert in female hair loss and the founder of Medi Tresse, which offers hair loss prevention and treatment for women of all ages. We get into hair care nutrition and supplements, scalp massages, and rejuvenation tools, including lasers and plasma therapy. Plus, the role of hormones, heredity, and the surprising ways your hair care routine, and even your hairstyle, can cause hair loss.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Midlife is a time of life that reveals new truths and can sound a clarion call for transformation. In today’s show, integrative physician and social justice activist Tanmeet Sethi, MD, invites us to see joy as an innate human right accessible to all regardless of our financial status, race, gender, or circumstances. In her new book, “Joy is My Justice: Reclaim What’s Yours,” Dr. Sethi unpacks neuroscience from an equity lens and shares inspiring stories about the range of human capacity and powerful mind-body exercises for emotional wholeness and joy on a cellular level.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning TV writer and author Laura Belgray walks us through her debut book, “Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst”—a hilarious permission slip for living life on your own terms. We cover the joys of being a late-bloomer versus peaking in high school, non-linear careers, loser superpowers, and why midlife is the right time to embrace being “flawsome.” GenX bonus! We talk MTV, Moon Unit Zappa, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and sneaking into bars underage. Plus, is ChatGPT a copywriting killer app? Tune in to find out!SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting to midlife means recognizing that your voice, your body, and your ideas deserve to take up space in the world. Public speaking coach Casey Erin Clark of Vital Voice Training offers three tools to express yourself with confidence, clarity, and charisma. Casey is a singer, actor, and public speaking coach who knows that powerful public peaking is not just for Broadway; it’s a key skill for work, board meetings, PTA meetings, Zoom calls, for wedding toasts, and beyond. Bonus! We hear about her role touring as Fantine in Les Miz!SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the pandemic moved workouts into our living room, interior design pro and serial entrepreneur Shane Reilly tripped over her ugly hand weights and had a lightbulb moment. What came next was Obshay—a first-of-a-kind company bringing wellness décor to market in the form of decorative, sculptural hand weights. We get into home design trends and why wellness decor is a natural evolution of fitness products in daily life (think athleisure and wearable tech like Fitbit). We also get into the benefits of weightlifting, how to incorporate “micro-movements” in your day, and what it takes to build (and sell) companies. Shane has sold two companies, one to Minted.com and one to the Gilt Group.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Julie Gordon White, founder and CEO of MenoWell Menopause Energy Bars, recently named an Oprah Daily Best Menopause product. Julie launched MenoWell in 2020 after struggling with the impacts of menopause on her confidence and body. Now, the naturally sweet, plant-based bars are available across the country on Amazon. Julie hosts the MenoLounge on Instagram to share expert voices and wellness resources and create community to help women #menolikeaboss! We get into plant power, how to serially reinvent, brand building, and the upside of menopause. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Style icon and menopause leader Stacy London helps us declutter our midlife mind and closet. We get into how to say goodbye to things that no longer serve us (from clothing to ageist/patriarchal beliefs) and dive deep into reinvention, transformation, fashion, menopause, and the magic of midlife. Plus, why GenX wants to live a values-based midlife, the power of microjoys, and recognizing that life is not black and white—time to get comfortable living in the grey.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPTacertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does getting to midlife allow us to see and accept our parents in their full, flawed humanity? Memoirist Priscilla Gilman, author of The Critic’s Daughter, captures a loving and gimlet-eyed look at a brilliant, mercurial father and the struggle to reconcile love and a tangled relationship with an exquisitely complex parent. We cover the impact of divorce, loss, grief, forgiveness, and explore the universality of Priscilla’s singular story. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertainagepod.com FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resources CONTACT US: katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Optimize midlife health with nutrition and lifestyle ideas from Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified OB/GYN, and a certified Culinary Medicine specialist. Dr. Haver developed a groundbreaking nutrition and lifestyle program which has helped nearly 100,000 women get in shape and improve midlife health. Now, she is bringing the same doctor-developed, patient-proven plan to burn fat and tame hormonal symptoms to a wider audience with her new book, “The Galveston Diet.” She joins me to talk about anti-inflammatory food choices, rethinking our eating window to explore intermittent fasting, and how to refocus our food choices to prioritize macro-nutrient-rich meals. If you're ready for more energy, fewer menopausal symptoms, and a nutrition plan that fuels fat-burning, this conversation is for you! SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT acertainagepod.com FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resources CONTACT US: katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices