Magnificent Midlife

My guest today is Keren Etkin, the Gerontechnologist. She's a gerontologist who's written a fascinating book called The Agetech Revolution: A book about the intersection of aging and technology. We dig into the fascinating area of technology designed especially for older people.

We talk about:

- How Keren got so passionate about agetech

- What agetech is and why we need it

- Why we'll still need agetech when the digital natives are older

- The impact of Covid on the agetech industry

- Digital exclusion and touch screens

- How best to develop technology for older people

- The importance of aging in place

- Cultural differences towards aging

- What needs to be considered when building technology for older people

- Keren's agetech predictions or the next 5, 10 and 20 years

- How we can all get better at embracing technology in general

And more!

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Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

Follow Rachel on:

Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife

Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester

Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife

Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1

Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife

Elizabeth Joseph describes herself as a social media menopause guinea pig. She's on a journey of perimenopausal transformation. We dig into exactly what that means. Elizabeth is so much fun and I know you're going to be entertained by her perimenopausal antics!

We talk about:

- What Elizabeth means by being a social media menopause guinea pig

- How her Instagram feed has grown and what it's about

- Why she does what she does

- Ending the taboo about menopause

- The funny remedies she's tried in her perimenopausal journey

- The importance of being prepared and talking about menopause

- Going back to her dramatic, entertainment roots

- Building a community on social media

- Getting kids involved in menopause conversations

- What Elizabeth has learnt through her menopause journey

- What she wants other midlife women to know

And more!

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening.

Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

Follow Rachel on:

Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife

Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester

Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife

Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1

Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife

A fun and inspiring conversation with the very wise and straight-talking Lori Saitz about how to move from just feeling fine to feeling truly fantastic. It may seem scary but getting beyond the fear is where the magic happens. And who wants to just stay at fine?

Lori Saitz is a writer, speaker, and broadcaster with a passion for using meditation and gratitude to change lives and help women achieve their goals. She's also the host of the Fine is a 4-Letter Word Podcast.

We talk about:

- What happened to Lori to make her change direction and do what she does now

- How Lori found the strength to move on and to create something different

- How to trust that what we're building now will keep us excited and unhappy long enough?

- Why it's scary to get quiet and listen to our inner voice

- Lori's trilogy for success

- What Lori's meditation practice looks like on a daily basis

- What meditation enables Lori to do in her life

- Why we should all be thinking about gratitude

- Cultural differences when it comes to gratitude and positivity

- What it means to have a gratitude practice

- Lori's favorite episode and guest on her own podcast

And more!

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening.

Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

Follow Rachel on:

Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife

Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester

Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife

Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1

Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife

Anne Michaud is a veteran political journalist who reported for the Wall Street Journal and Newsday. She was named columnist of the year by the New York News Publishers Association. She recently published a new edition of her book Why They Stay: Sex scandals, deals, and hidden agendas of eight political wives. It's a riveting read! It's fascinating to explore the similarities and differences between how political wives behave and the rest of us!

We talk about:

- Why Anne chose to update her book

- The common traits of women who stay in marriages after husbands have cheated

- Why Elizabeth Woodville is the perfect embodiment of these common traits

- The British couple Anne included in the book and why she specifically included them

- How the behaviors of these wives have changed over the years

- How the Trumps are different to everybody that Anne had previously researched

- Who most surprised Anne amongst the couples she researched

- What motivated Anne to write this book

- The parallels and differences between political and non-political wives

And more!

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening.

Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

Follow Rachel on:

Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife

Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester

Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife

Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1

Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife

Dr Louann Brizendine is the best-selling author of The Female Brain and is here to talk to me about her latest book, The Upgrade: How the female brain gets stronger and better in midlife and beyond. The Upgrade amounts to a celebration of how women can step into their power and an entirely new—and radically positive—understanding of aging.

We talk about:

- Why Louann wrote The Upgrade

- How our brains get stronger and better as we age and especially after menopause

- How menopause impacts our brains

- What the post menopause (upgrade) brain changes enable us to do

- How women can sometimes sabotage the upgrade

- How life gets better for women with each passing decade

- What we need to make the most of the upgrade

- The impact of stress on older women

- How to upgrade the gut brain team

- The importance of social connection

- Embracing the wisdom and power of the upgrade

And more!

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening.

Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

Follow Rachel on:

Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife

Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester

Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife

Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1

Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife

A very special 100th episode of the podcast as I welcome the first man on to the podcast, my husband Mark Estdale, who has shared my Magnificent Midlife journey over the last sixteen years.

We talk about:

• Our support animal
• How I managed to persuade Mark to come on my podcast
• How Ashton Applewhite's words on ageism impacted us both
• The importance of learning and being open as we move through midlife
• Getting men to embrace this period, especially for the women in their lives
• The rollercoaster of Rachel's early menopause diagnosis and how it happened
• Reversing the early menopause diagnosis for a time
• The pain of secondary infertility
• How we both became aware of the negative narratives around women, menopause and aging
• Learning to appreciate the cyclicality of women and the power that can come from that
• Society's attitudes towards menstruation, menopause and lack of awareness
• How and why heterosexual relationships can break down in midlife
• The evolution of our relationship including our sexual one
• The misrepresentation of data when it comes to menopause
• The still waters after menopause
• Current narratives around HRT and the importance of a holistic approach
• The importance of curiosity, exploring ideas and challenging dogma
• Fear driven narratives around menopause and HRT
• How Mark thinks Rachel has changed
• Trusting that the dots will connect when you look back in the future
• The book baby
• Ground flaxseed, yoga, exercise in general and cutting down on alcohol
• Barefoot shoes
• Mark's advice to other men with menopausal partners

And more!

"You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."

To celebrate this 100th episode you can get 50% off Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond with the code PODCAST100 at magnificentmidlife.com/book

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when?

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot

Clarissa Kristjansson is a Mindfulness and Menopause expert, author of The Mindful Menopause, and host of the brilliant Thriving Thru Menopause podcast. She's on a mission to change the way women approach menopause and aging. The last time we got together, we had such a brilliant conversation, on her podcast, I just had to share her with you. We both get quite hot under the collar about a lot of the same issues.

We talk about:

• How Clarissa got so passionate about menopause
• Why it's so important to take a holistic approach to menopause
• The importance of mindfulness when it comes to a good menopause experience
• What annoys Clarissa about the prevailing narratives surrounding menopause
• The myths around menopause
• How women can be proactive and not just reactive about their menopause experience
• The use of data when it comes to menopause
• Understanding and contextualizing data presented
• Menopause at work
• Sexism and ageism and their insidious intersection
• The female brain drain in midlife
• Making work work better for women, especially older ones
• Clarissa's top tips for thriving through menopause

And more!

Find more about Clarissa:

Clarissa's website: clarissakristjansson.com

Instagram | Twitter

Clarissa's book: The Mindful Menopause: The Secret to Balance, Vitality and Clarity Through The Change

Listen to her podcast: Thriving Thru Menopause

Organizations which have lists of produce most susceptible to hazardous pesticides mentioned on the podcast:

Environmental Working Group

Pesticide Action Network UK

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when?

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot

Dr Christine Li is the Procrastination Coach. She's a clinical psychologist who helps people find their creativity, confidence and calm. She has a wonderful podcast called Make Time For Success.

Why do we so easily get in our own way? Why is it easier to procrastinate and what can we do about that? Listen in to find out how we can realize our personal power. This is a very fun and empowering episode.

We talk about:

• Why Christine has focused in on procrastination
• Why we procrastinate, especially women
• Ways in which we procrastinate
• How we can stop procrastinating
• The role of anxiety in procrastination
• What Christine has learnt from doing a podcast
• The intimacy and authenticity of podcasting
• What she has learnt from her podcast guests
• What I have learnt from my podcast guests – Christine turns the tables on Rachel

And more!

Find more about Christine:

Christine's website: www.procrastinationcoach.com

Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Listen to her podcast: www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com

f you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when?

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot

I interview Person Irresponsible, the incognito author of Everything You Ever Taught Me, about her solo trek along the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada and her experience of being an alcoholic. This is a hilarious and very inspiring interview, with incredible vulnerability, wit and wisdom from PI. This amazing woman walked 2,650 miles, carried everything she needed on her back and did 70% of the trek alone.

We talk about:

• Why PI is incognito
• What it means to be a recovering alcoholic
• How alcohol consumption and dependence has increased exponentially during the pandemic
• When drinking becomes alcoholism
• Why she decided to do this crazy trek
• What it means to be a thru-hiker
• The people PI met on the hike
• Walking together versus walking alone
• Being a solo female on the trail
• Being a thru-hiker during the Covid pandemic
• What PI learnt about herself from the trek
• Why she's thinking of doing another long trek
• The impact of coming home after something this huge
• The pain of walking 2,650 miles
• What she learnt about herself doing this challenge

And more!

PI's website: www.mlconaquad.com

PI's book: Everything You Ever Taught Me: If you've got a lot on your mind, go for a walk...

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when?

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn is a physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist, and founder of Keep the Adventure Alive. She specializes in osteoarthritis treatment because she found people were getting premature surgeries and ending up with life-changing pain in their 40s and 50s because of this condition. She says this can be prevented when you know what options you have and other ways you can find pain relief, aside from surgery.

We talk about:

• Why pain and weakness are not inevitable with age
• How Alyssa got so passionate about this topic
• What we can do to protect ourselves from pain as we age
• Why osteoarthritis is a big issue, especially for women
• How women can best cope if we get a diagnosis of osteoarthritis
• How osteoarthritis differs from regular arthritis
• How we can reduce the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis
• What we can do to limit the impact of osteoarthritis
• How to master arthritis naturally
• What it means to still be able to adventure with osteoarthritis
• What we can do about knee, ankle and hip pain

And more!

Find more about Alyssa:

Dr. Alyssa's website: keeptheadventurealive.com

YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook Group

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when?

Named #18 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot