A Certain Age

How do we hold grief in one hand and joy in the other? After the most difficult year of author Cyndie Spiegel’s life—a year of devastating losses and major health challenges—she found herself zooming in on the small things to stay afloat—life’s microjoys.Getting to midlife teaches us that loss and hardship are not optional—in Cyndie’s latest book, “Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay,” she helps us hone the practice of uncovering joy and finding hope at any age and situation.Today’s conversation is a warm hug, chockful of actionable guidance on the power of joy and thoughtful prompts for anyone looking to uncover microjoys in their own lives (no matter their circumstances). Yes, please! SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum wants you to know that if you have a heart, you need to think about heart disease—the #1 killer of women in the U.S.We dive into the steps, tests, and lifestyle choices EVERY woman should take to protect their heart for the long haul. And we explore the impact of menopause, stress, and Covid on women’s heart health.Jam-packed with heart-health tips, including the heart-healthy snacks Dr. Steinbaum reaches for daily, a favorite get-up-and-get-going exercise for heart health that anyone can do at any age, we also learn more about the heart-health app she is bringing to market as the founder of the heart-tech company Adesso.As a former Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Prevention, Health, and Wellness at Mt. Sinai Heart in New York City, and the Director of Women’s Heart Health at Northwell Lenox Hill, and a Today Show and GMA favorite, Dr. Steinbaum offers us 30-minutes of do-not-miss heart smarts from one of the country’s top docs. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is your sex life amazing? Or is it meh, painful or non-existent? If you want to reprioritize your sex life, tackle the effects of menopause on your body and intimate life, and make this the year of greater intimacy with your partner, please meet Dr. Kelly Casperson, a woman who believes that pleasure is not just a nice to have, but a vital aspect of wellness and health. Dr. Casperson is a urologist, wife, mom, author, sex educator, and host of the top sexual wellness podcast called “You Are Not Broken.” She joins me today to give us the 411 on midlife intimacy, sexual health, and the science of desire, and to share ideas for making your sex life sing.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wanted a life do-over? In “My What If Year, Alisha Fernandez Miranda is about to turn forty and has summited the peak of personal and professional success; she has a Harvard education, a loving husband and children, and is CEO of an uber-successful company. But Alisha’s “good-on-paper-life” has a price—she’s overworked, exhausted, and wondering why having everything she’s ever wanted has her feeling like she’s missing something fundamental. Alisha puts her CEO life on hold and spends a year doing unpaid internships in the dream jobs of her youth—Broadway, the London art world, a fitness studio, and a Scottish luxury hotel. The result? An exuberant, hilarious, yes-you-can! book on second chances and reinventing your life before it’s too late.  SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Going into surgical menopause overnight at 40 wreaked havoc with Monica Molenaar’s health, well-being, and marriage. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) restored her equilibrium and overall wellness. Now, Monica is an “estrogen activist” working to offer menopause solutions, resources, and community to women in peri, menopause, and beyond as a co-founder of women’s telehealth and pharmacy platform Alloy. We talk hormones, breast cancer, why menopause is inevitable, but suffering is optional, and how to build a menopause support team. Bonus! Monica shares snippets of her expat life, and how a lifelong New Yorker came to find herself launching a company (while tending a garden) in The Netherlands.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our show's taglines is "Age Out Loud." But aging in our society is complicated, especially in our workplaces. Ageism is rampant in the work world and in our larger culture. Meet age activist Patti Temple Rocks, author of "I'm Still Not Done: It's Time to Talk about Ageism in the Workplace," who has ideas to bring age inclusivity to the modern workplace. We dive into the cost of ageism and how it impacts people, businesses, and the bottom line and explore what we all can do to eradicate ageism. If you've ever thought, "I'm too old for that," or worried that your age is sidelining you in your career, this conversation is for you!SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fitness and women’s health expert Amanda Thebe offers no BS ideas to feel fitter, stronger, faster, and saner in 2023. This is not a “New Year, New You” show from the land of diet culture and commodified wellness. Beauties, you are already more than enough. But as longevity increases, (re)commiting to fitness practices and healthy lifestyle choices keeps the trains on the tracks and fuels better health—for the long haul. Ready to amp up your 2023 fitness? We talk at-home workouts versus the gym, kettlebells, mobility work and functional fitness, how often to exercise (and for how long), and why time-crunched midlifers can embrace a “fitness snack” approach. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magazine publishing legend and entrepreneur Lesley Jane Seymour (former EIC of More, Redbook, and Marie Claire) knows how to get sh*t done. We do a deep dive into tips, tools, and practices for powering productivity and staying focused—we talk physical planners, how to end digital distractions, and why the “Pomodoro Technique” might just change your life. We also get into the art of reinventing and hear the #1 takeaway Lesley has learned from interviewing 200+ people for her podcast Reinvent Yourself. Bonus-Lesley fills us in on the “30-Day Reinvent Yourself Challenge” from her company, the CoveyClub.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you remember rotary phones, the Go-Gos, Gunne Sax dresses, and job hunting with a Crane’s heavy-weight paper resume in hand? If so, you may be “tunics years old.” Humorist Wendi Aarons helps us work through our mixed bag of emotions on midlife, being “ma’am’d,” and our vintage vaginas—with a pitch-perfect look at the indignities, triumphs, and comedy of being a midlife woman in her latest book, “I’m Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot Louder.” Because funny never gets old.SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expiration dates are for milk, not for people. But in a youth-obsessed and beauty-focused culture, women are bombarded with messages that their value and worth are fleeting. Psychologist Dr. Amanda Hanson, aka The Midlife Muse, invites us to deeply question negative cultural and internal messages and offers us tools to build self-love, spark optimism and embrace aging as a spiritual experience. We get into the divine feminine, the transformative power of incremental change, and why you can't buy radiance at the beauty counter—time to invest in a "soul care" routine. SHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:acertainagepod.comFOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE:InstagramFacebookLinkedInGET INBOX INSPO:Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLYWe share new episodes, giveaways, links we live, and midlife resourcesLIKE BOOKS?Each month we do an author BOOK LOOK on Instagram Live Follow us for the fun! @acertainagepodCONTACT US:katie@acertainagepod.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices