The Midlife Rebel Podcast

Creative Midlife, Honest Menopause, New Beginnings - Lisa Parda


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Midlife doesn’t arrive quietly — it arrives with questions, friction, and the invitation to do things differently. In this candid conversation with Lisa Parda, we explore the messy magic of reinvention: hormone chaos that scrambles your words, burnout that creeps in when you’re “good at everything,” and the unexpected joy of building a second act that actually fits.

Lisa shares the moment a routine workday opened the door to radio, why she chose to keep the parts of real estate that lit her up and release the rest, and how a health scare became the catalyst to quit alcohol — leading to steadier energy, better sleep, and a clearer head.

Together, we dismantle the loud narratives about midlife and replace them with practical truth. Brain fog isn’t the end of you — it’s a temporary rewiring that sharpens your focus on what truly matters. Beauty pressure softens. People-pleasing loosens its grip. The real work becomes identity by subtraction: asking who am I without this? and letting old labels fall away. From there, creativity can emerge — saying yes before fear sets in, tolerating the beginner phase, and building rhythms that support making, not just doing.

Food is where philosophy meets the plate. After autoimmune symptoms and AFib, Lisa reframed cooking from a chore into a daily act of self-care. We talk food as medicine, why ultra-processed “convenience” steals more than it gives, and how gratitude can change the body’s chemistry around a meal. Her cookbook weaves accessible recipes with love letters to breakfast-for-dinner, gut-friendly party food, and desserts that are worth it because they’re made with intention.

If you’re craving a grounded, hopeful take on midlife — one that honours your body, edits your workload, and feeds your creativity — this conversation will land. Listen, share it with a friend who needs it, and if it resonates, follow, leave a review, and reflect on the one thing you’re ready to set down this year.

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