What if the life you’re living isn’t wrong — just a little too familiar? Midlife has a way of quietly asking whether comfort is still serving you… or slowly shrinking you.

In this Thinking Out Loud episode, Margit is joined by Brett for an honest, meandering and very real conversation about comfort zones — the obvious ones, and the ones we barely notice we’re living inside.

They reflect on routine, habit and how easily life in midlife can become predictable, even when it looks perfectly fine from the outside. Not all comfort zones are bad, but some quietly drain our energy, dull our curiosity, or leave us wondering why something feels off.

The conversation moves gently between everyday examples — relationships, health, friendships, routines — and the deeper questions midlife tends to surface. There’s no pressure to overhaul your life here, just an invitation to notice where small changes might open new doors.

It’s a spacious, reflective conversation about awareness, choice, and remembering that midlife isn’t the ending — it’s a beginning we get to shape.

In this episode we explore:

• When comfort quietly turns into stagnation
• The difference between supportive routines and soul-numbing habits
• Why boredom can be a signal, not a problem
• How midlife invites reflection rather than reinvention
• Stepping outside comfort zones without blowing up your life
• Loneliness, friendship and outgrowing old patterns
• Fear, familiarity and the stories we tell ourselves about change
• Seeing midlife as possibility, not decline

01:10 – Routines, predictability and decision-making fatigue
03:32 – The invisible roles we carry in midlife
05:03 – Wanting something different means doing something different
06:15 – The moment comfort starts to feel constricting
07:13 – Health, effort and stepping outside what’s familiar
09:46 – Why discomfort sometimes opens unexpected doors
12:12 – Midlife isn’t the ending — it’s the beginning
13:16 – Small, steady steps and what they make possible

Margit Cruice is a midlife and leadership coach who believes this chapter of life can be one of the most expansive and liberating we’ll ever live. Drawing on decades of experience, sport, travel and deep personal inquiry, she creates spaces for honest conversations about identity, ageing and becoming.

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