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Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me

Midlife Unfiltered

Take back your power and choose yourself in midlife. Exploring often taboo topics and busting outdated stereotypes with your hosts, Anita & Erica. midlifeunfiltered.substack.com

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19:28

You can't afford to miss this conversation if you are...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/11/03

It’s not often that women’s health is given a mega spotlight. Not like this. It’s indeed rare to have 4 powerhouses of women’s health around the same table, sharing their knowledge, their wisdom with the goal of making us more aware of how our body works, what it needs to work well now, and for Future Us. Steven Bartlett on his podcast Diary Of A CEO recently facilitated a very thoughtful, comprehensively insightful, practical and considered conversation with Dr Vonda Wright, Dr Stacy Sims, Dr Mary

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31:28

The Misconceptions of Mediocrity.

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/10/21

Just last week Erica declared something that was NOT very Erica to me. That with so much on her plate, she wasn’t striving for an A in her assignment, she was going for a pass. WHAAAT? And then there was Jennifer at Midlife Anticrisis - ‘Being Mediocre’, post we both read (and loved). We felt the universe was sending a message and that we simply had to go there, on the podcast, this week. Perplexity.ai defines mediocrity as ‘a quality or state of being average, ordinary or not particularly good.’ It

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27:51

This doesn't feel like me. When your style mojo goes...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/10/14

“When I feel ‘styled’ I don’t feel like me”. A recent trip to the hairdressers left Erica feeling like her new hair cut doesn’t really feel like her. Even questioning does that even matter? It may seem frivalous at first, but thinking about why and talking it through…well…turns out it’s faaar from frivalous. Join us as we talk it through on the podcast.Feeling Like ME.“I’ve never really found my style, so it typically doesn’t look like what I see. But in my early 40’s I desperately want to look in

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22:57

Has your life been touched by Dementia?

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/10/03

“Thank goodness you said I have dementia and not Alzeheimer’s.” These were words I heard on a Hammondcare’s Dementia podcast when Prof Cunningham was relaying a story. Having been on a dementia journey with my family and Dad, I am rather familiar with this misconception about dementia. It’s why we need to have many, many, many conversations about it. To broaden understanding about what dementia is and how it can infiltrate and influence so many aspects of our lives. We’ve had those conversations

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72:28

Identity in the Midlife Transition. An Unfiltered...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/09/21

Identity Shifts in Midlife. It hits hard in this swirling mass of change. For many of us, the impact it can have, we will not see coming nor recognise it. Transitioning. Discovering. Unraveling.In this very honest and open conversations Alex and Cat join Eric and Anita to talk about Identity in midlife. Unfiltered.What we do Vs Who we are because they are not the same thing.But how to you know who you are and what can guide you through that discovery.How have your Identity shifts impacted you in

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19:09

Living Midlife with a Beginner's Mindset. Are you?

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/09/16

We often remember our firsts. First love, first pet, first home when you left home, first car. Remembering, often bringing a smile. What if we could continue creating and treasuring firsts as we age? How would that impact how we thought about aging, did our aging?In this episode we take a path off the road of curiosity and explore the Beginner’s Mindset. Exploring new with little (if any) expectation of what will unfold but with and open heart and mind willing to try and to learn. Taking a passage

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34:07

Do You Love Yourself Enough To Pause?

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/09/09

When she broke 17 bones, Anita’s friend said it was the greatest gift she’d received. Sure, an unexpected response. The gift came in the extended forced pause. To quiet, to listen. To seek honest answers from herself to big questions ‘what do I want?’ and to question what mattered most now in midlife and beyond (as well as how to do I heal my body :) ).But they don’t have to be big, or forced. We can choose very small pauses to ground, reset and appreciate what we’re feeling and what an honest next

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27:13

Longevity: Nurturing Connection in Midlife.

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/09/01

Connection: The energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued; when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derice sustenance and strength from the relationship. Connection is in our neurobiology. (Brene Brown - Atlas of the Heart).A large meta analysis studies show that social isolation increases the risk of all-cause mortality by 26-32% even after allowing for factors like age, health, behaviours and chronic illness. Connection. Being present.

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34:42

Podcast: How's Your Midlife Blood Vessel Health & Why...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/08/18

Our Blood Vessel health matters and it changes as we age. Do you know your blood vessel health? If you don't, you're not alone. It's something that's not often specifically talked about even with our health team members unless we are in the advanced stages of related disease like Cardio Vascular Disease - the #1 cause of death of women in the US and in Australia #2, second to Dementia, which is also related to our blood vessel health.In our conversation, Maryann Jacobsen and I talk about:* What do

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22:48

The power of Regret & what it can teach us.

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/08/11

“Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to remember.” (My Way).Anita thought that was true for her life too. But upon reading about Regret in Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown, she did a complete back flip. There is so much more to this emotion than a meets the eye.Of course she’s lived a life with regrets. We all do. That’s being human.Join Erica and Anita as they talk about the gift of exploring this often glossed over or underappreciated emotion in midlife and open up about some of

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29:10

Giving JOY a Greater Voice in Midlife

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/08/04

Hello! Thanks for being here. Let’s cultivate a little Joy together. In this chat you’ll hear (and see) Erica & I talk about JOY from various perspectives:The importance of cultivating & acknowledging JOY regardless of what else is going on. In the context of our individual lives and beyond, across the global landscape. Holding grief and JOY together. Brenee Brown - Atlas of the Heart: The concept of Chairo (χαίρω) by the ancient Greeks. Yep, they’ve nailed it…yet again.The difference between JOY

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29:24

The Upgrade - how the female brain gets stronger and...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/07/30

What if we changed the language we used to talk about Perimenopause, Menopause and Postmenopause. Away from a medicalised framework to one more aligned with how we feel and in those phases of life? Because after all, we are human and they are phases, not a disease.Dr Louann Brizendine is ushering us to do just that, to instead call these phases of life The Transition & The Upgrade. Just saying those words feels more uplifting and empowering.Her book ‘The Upgrade - How The Female Brain Gets Stronger

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35:18

Reversing her Osteoporosis: Anita's Story

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/07/22

At 51 Anita was diagnosed with osteoporosis. She’s now almost 58 and post-menopausal. Determined to turn this around, she formulated her bone health plan and is making it happen. The results have been brilliant and very encouraging. Giving her the confirmation that she’s on the right track and the confidence to keep going.In this chat Anita shares the one signifcant thing that has reversed her osteoporosis and how she knows it to be so. Anita talks about REMS bone scanning and how that assessment

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45:54

Her Lucky Break: Brodee's Osteoporosis Story

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/07/16

We're on a mission to empower women to live a brilliant midlife and beyond. A major influence on how that plays out for us as we age, is our Bone Health.Brodee found out the hard way that she had osteoporosis when she broke her ankle whilst jogging. Though because of her age (she was 55 at the time), she considers it her lucky break. Osteoporosis had revealed itself to her and her GP. Otherwise fit and healthy, she had time and options to turn this around. And turn it around she did.She admits she

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32:00

ADHD & Autism in Midlife: Erica's Diagnosis

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/07/08

We’re all about busting stereotypes. This open and honest conversation might bust your preconceived notion of what it means to be ADHD and Autistic. It has mine. As Erica talks about what it means to be diagnosed ADHD and Autistic in midlife, the questions it has raised for her and how she plans to move forward.Her decision point: To accept the label and let it define her. Or permit herself to use it as a foundation on which to build a deeper understanding of who she is. Sitting in the discomfort of

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64:18

ADHD in Midlife with Clinical and Forensic...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/06/30

She’s back! Kirstin is a gun. She’s back to talk with us, this time about a topic that is close to our hearts - ADHD in midlife. Erica is currently being assessed for ADHD and Autism and…informally, a psychiatrist has made comment that she thinks Anita is too. Personally we know of quite a few women with recent ADHD diagnoses in midlife so we are super curious. Why is it on the rise for midlife women? Why now? How do you know if you are ADHD? And then what?Kirstin helps women in midlife with their

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40:24

Substack Book Chat: Atlas Of the Heart by Brene Brown

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/06/23

In midlife emotions are new, varied and can cut deeply. Beyond sad, mad and glad - the ones most of us can confidently identify. But there are more. Loads more. Atlas of the Heart by the brilliant Brene Brown explores 87 emotions and experiences helping us to identify them with greater clarity, helping us to assign meaning; for greater connection to ourselves and each other.The more specific we can be when identifying our emotions and experiences around them, the better equiped we are to understand

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61:16

Measuring Your Bone Health with REMS technology: with...

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/06/15

Do you know your bone health status? Do you know if you have poor bone health? I’m almost 58 and have osteoporosis. Diagnosed about 7 years ago after one of my parathyroid glands grew a benign tumour, causing it to be grossly over-active - a condition called hyperparathyroidism. So bone health is a topic close to my heart.With 67% of Australians over the age of 50 (both men and women) estimated to have sub-optimal bone health, it should be your high on your priority list of things to know about your

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29:36

Breath, The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor.

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/06/10

Thoughts about a book. A book that has influenced us greatly. Literally changed our lives. Thanks James Nestor. We highly recommend it to you as we do for others. A must read.How did it change our lives? What did we learn? How have we joined the dots with breathing and other aspects of our lives and knowledge?* Breathing has direct access to our nervous system - the power of the long exhale. 3 breaths later I had completely relaxed (Anita). * Nasal breathing - no waking with dry mouth (from mouth

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39:52

Learning to listen to your body.

Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me ·

2025/06/04

We do it when we need to pee, we listen to that cue, that message our body is sending us and we act. Why don’t we do that for other messages our body is sending us like when we are tensing our shoulders, our jaw? What is my body trying to tell me? In a society that prides itself of productivity, we are taught it a sign of strength to push through, push that feeling down and get on with it…it’s be okay. What BS!Our body is the barometer and it will never lie. It will give us cues before we have

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