Two middle-aged theatre women walk into a hospital room… and record a podcast.

This week on The Sage Stage, Chandra and Jane record from a hospital bed while Chandra is recovering from diverticulitis, and somehow the conversation spirals into friendship warning labels, menopause, emotional baggage, body image, HRT, naming babies, loud women, nervous systems, rage rooms, and learning how to finally let things go.

Also: yes, we know the lighting is terrible. We were literally filming in a hospital room with hospital juice cups and zero makeup. Authenticity level: medically supervised.

If you’ve ever been told you were “too much,” struggled to slow down, worried about disappointing people, or found yourself rethinking life in midlife — this episode is for you.

Raw, funny, emotional, chaotic, deeply honest… and somehow still hilarious.

✨ Topics in this episode:

• Diverticulitis recovery
• Midlife health scares
• Menopause & HRT
• Emotional suppression and illness
• Friendship dynamics
• Body image & weight changes
• Letting go of people pleasing
• Motherhood & modeling boundaries
• Loud theatre women being loud
• Healing your nervous system
• Hospital podcasting with terrible lighting

🎭 Welcome to The Sage Stage — where nothing is edited, everything is honest, and sometimes the studio is a hospital room.

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