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Ever fantasize about quitting your 9-to-5 to move to Italy? Michelle DiBenedetto-Capobianco built something better—a life split between two places she loves. The corporate lawyer turned travel and culinary entrepreneur divides her time between a cooking school on Long Island and leading small-group trips through under-the-radar Italy—Abruzzo, Puglia, the Dolomites, and beyond. We dig into her full identity pivot and the Italy tourists overlook on their way to Tuscany. Plus: a farro-peach salad you'll want to make tonight, why "traveling deeper" beats checking boxes on a bucket list, and the one-line mantra that can help you reinvent your own life. Let's wander, beauties. 🇮🇹
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Struggling with midlife weight gain even though you're doing everything right? OB/GYN and obesity medicine specialist Dr. Karen Mann, medical director at Noom, breaks down why weight gain isn't willpower — it's hormones, metabolism, and mindset. You'll learn why pairing GLP-1s with behavior coaching leads to 48% more weight loss than medication alone, how to safely combine HRT and GLP-1s (and in what order), and why perimenopause is your window to get ahead of muscle loss and metabolic slowdown. As Dr. Mann puts it: "How you feed yourself is how you love yourself." Let's get smart about it, beauties!
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Feeling erased by anti-aging culture? You're not broken—the messaging is toxic. You already know the beauty industry is selling you something that doesn't exist. What you might not have is a way to mark what's happening in your life right now—the identity shifts, the perimenopause and menopause transitions, the empty nest. Skylar Liberty Rose, a pro-aging advocate who's taught guided meditation to over 140,000 listeners on Insight Timer, creates ceremony for the milestones culture hasn't bothered to ritualize, along with personalized touchstones—custom guided meditations built around exactly what you need. This episode hands you the language and celebration you didn't know you were missing.
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You know the feeling: midlife hands you a hard reset—the layoff, the diagnosis, the divorce you didn't see coming. Amy Shoenthal, journalist and bestselling author of "The Setback Cycle," spent years studying how the most resilient women bounce back to develop a framework anyone can use—and it's nothing like the "stay positive" advice you've heard before. We also dig into the AI anxiety so many of us are feeling right now, and how the same setback thinking applies to navigating a career that suddenly feels less certain. Amy has walked the talk: she turned her own layoff into a business so successful she now coaches teams at major companies, and she's now bringing that same thinking into intimate salons packed with women rewriting their next chapter. This one will change how you think about your own setbacks. Age boldly, beauties!
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What if the life that looks perfect on paper is the one quietly shrinking you? If you've ever woken up feeling like a stranger in your own life this episode is for you. Bestselling novelist Jane Green returns to A Certain Age with her memoir Rewilding, an evocative, transportive account of packing her suitcases, moving to Marrakesh, and reimagining life at 55. Jane opens up about how menopause cracked her world wide open, how psilocybin lifted a depression that years of talk therapy couldn't touch, and how somatic therapy taught her to trust her body for the first time. She gets real about friendship—who deserves access to you, why your friendships are either lifting you or limiting you, and what it feels like to finally stop needing everyone's approval. You'll finish this episode with a new lens on your own life. Let's go, beauties. 🌿
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Bloating. Brain fog. Stubborn weight that won't budge. What if it's not failing hormones—it's your gut asking for help? As estrogen declines, the gut microbiome becomes midlife's new control center, driving everything from immunity and mood to metabolism and menopause weight gain. Nurse practitioner, TEDx speaker, and Everyday Wellness host Cynthia Thurlow joins us to unpack her new bestseller, The Menopause Gut. You'll learn what "leaky gut" really means, how the estrobolome affects hormone balance, the critical gut-bone health axis, and which gut health tests matter in perimenopause and menopause. Time for a gut check!
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Here's a shocker. Between 25 and 30% of adult women have at least one pelvic floor disorder—think bladder leaks, painful sex, chronic pelvic pressure, constipation and more, yet most just quietly live with it. Dr. Lynn Gray-Meltzer, Doctor of Physical Therapy and pelvic health specialist, is here to change that. Today, she walks us through the two types of urinary incontinence, why tight muscles can add up to pelvic dysfunction, how to make sex more comfortable, and why pelvic organ prolapse is more common than you think (and how to prevent it). Bonus! What to expect at your first pelvic floor PT appointment. Practical, clear, and genuinely life changing. This one's worth sharing, beauties.
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We don't talk about Alzheimer's enough—and women are paying the price. We are more likely to develop it, and more likely to spend years caring for someone who has it. Two thirds of dementia caregivers are women. One in four is still raising her own kids at the same time. And the lifetime cost of care? Over $400,000, mostly uninsured, mostly falling on her. Today we're changing that conversation. Dr. Heather Snyder of the Alzheimer's Association brings science and straight talk—on why women are more vulnerable, research on what you can do right now to protect your brain, and how to navigate a healthcare system that doesn't always take you seriously. This one's important, beauties. Share it wide.
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Midlife can shatter the life you planned—and hand you a better one. At 46, Jen Hatmaker, author of 15 books and five New York Times bestsellers, discovered her 26-year marriage was over. What followed became "Awake," an instant NYT-bestseller and a blueprint for reinvention. Jen has been on Katie's dream guest list since day one, and this conversation did not disappoint. If you've ever felt like your best years are behind you, this episode will change that. We explore why midlife is the right time to stop hustling past your grief, how your body (not your brain) holds the key to healing, and how one bold solo trip rewired Jen’s life. Listen in and start planning your own midlife “Me Camp,” beauties.
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Want glowy summer skin? Today’s episode is your cheat sheet. Just in time for skin-bearing season, we're sitting down with Dr. Corinne Erickson, the only physician in Georgia who is both a board-certified dermatologist and menopause-certified practitioner. We unpack the impact of peri/menopause on skin health, what to expect from your skin in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, and whether estrogen skincare works. Plus, wrinkle-softening serums, how to stock your cabinet with products that deliver, and do a dive into peels, lasers, Korean beauty, and the hydration habits that keep your skin thriving at 80. Let's glow, beauties!
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