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Living Fearless with Donna Winship — How to Move from Anxiety to Identity in Midlife


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What if the unraveling you’re feeling isn’t a breakdown—but an invitation?

In this soul-shifting episode, I sit down with Donna Winship, teacher, author of Living Fearless, and co-founder of Identity Exchange, to talk about one of the most important (and overlooked) challenges facing women in midlife: What happens to our identity when the roles we've lived in—mother, partner, career woman—begin to change or disappear?

Donna left behind the American dream to raise her family in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, in places marked by war, isolation, and uncertainty. But it was in that wilderness where she discovered how to live from her true identity—not her roles, her success, or others’ opinions.

And in this conversation? She shares exactly how to do the same.

🔥 We talk about:

  • Why so many women in midlife feel lost, anxious, and emotionally overwhelmed

  • The “false identities” we adopt—and how they sabotage our peace

  • The physiological toll of living from fear (and how to shift into truth + resilience)

  • What it actually sounds and feels like to hear the voice of love

  • How to ask three daily questions that will rewire your life

Whether you’re battling anxiety, control, people-pleasing, or just a deep sense of something's off—this episode is full of real, practical wisdom you can actually apply.

This one’s not just feel-good fluff. It’s transformation, grounded in neuroscience, spirituality, and lived experience.

🧠✨ You’ll leave with:

  • A daily framework for reconnecting to who you really are

  • A better understanding of how fear hijacks the body and blocks creativity

  • The truth about why you don’t need to earn your worth—just remember it

🎧 Hit play. This one might just change how you see yourself.


🔗 Explore Donna’s Work:
📖 Living Fearless (Book)
🌍 Website – Identity Exchange
📺 YouTube – Identity Exchange
📸 Instagram – @thedonnawinship



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