When the holidays arrive… does your body tighten before your mind even catches up? 

 You’re not crazy, you’re intuitive. And your body has been whispering the truth long before you learned how to listen.

 In this short and potent episode, we explore the root of your boundaries — not the surface “say no” version, but the deeper identity wounds, people-pleasing patterns, and protective mechanisms your nervous system created to keep you safe.

This is where midlife empowerment truly begins: in understanding why you react the way you do… and choosing something different.

 You’ll hear why gatherings can trigger contraction, how inherited wounds shape your limits, and what shifts the moment you set boundaries from self-awareness rather than fear.

If you’re navigating midlife reinvention, healing your inner child, or craving grounded self-trust, this episode is your gentle wake-up call.

 

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• How your body signals boundary violations before your mind does.
• Why old wounds and identity patterns shape the way you set (or avoid) limits.
• What happens when people-pleasing becomes your automatic survival mode.
• How awareness helps you shift from reacting to choosing with intention.
• The truth about setting boundaries as a midlife woman in healing and reinvention.

🦋 Reflection Questions (3)

1. Where does your body tighten or contract when you’re about to betray your own needs?
2. What identity are you still protecting — the good girl, the peacemaker, the responsible one?
3. Who do you become when you set boundaries that honour your truth, not your fear?

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

When life strips away everything you thought you were… who do you become next?

In this raw and breathtaking conversation, Jen Chambers shares the story of waking up at 15 with her entire memory erased — no past, no identity, no sense of who she was supposed to be. What followed wasn’t just recovery; it was a full-blown rebirth. 

 Together, we explore the messy beauty of midlife reinvention, the deep wisdom stored in the body, and how choosing yourself — even in the face of fear, illness, or uncertainty — becomes the most sacred act of freedom.

Jen opens up about rebuilding her identity from the ground up, the power of storytelling as self-trust, and why midlife is not a winding down…but a revving up.

If you’re navigating a transition, craving a deeper sense of purpose, or feeling the pull toward your next chapter, this episode will remind you of your resilience, your joy, and the woman you are here to rise into.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• How storytelling becomes a pathway back to your power.
• Why your body remembers what your mind forgets — and how to honor that truth.
• What happens when you release old identities and choose who you want to be now.
• The truth about midlife reinvention and why it’s never too late to start again.
• How to rebuild trust in yourself after trauma, loss, or major life shifts.

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where in your life are you still mirroring who others expect you to be instead of who you truly are?
2. What identity — old, heavy, outdated — are you ready to release so you can rise?
3. What would shift if you trusted your inner “yes” and “no” the way Jen learned to trust hers?

✨ Connect & Follow Jen Chambers

• Website: https://jenniferchambers.my.canva.site/jen-chambers
• Substack: https://jbchambers.substack.com/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/J_b_chambers

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

Ever felt torn between what your mind says you should do and what your body whispers you need? In this raw, heart-opening episode, Kena shares why honouring yourself matters. 

From changing her own event plans to reclaiming calm and alignment, she invites you to explore what true coherence feels like: when your thoughts, emotions, and actions finally agree.

By the end, you’ll remember that honouring yourself isn’t selfish, but a way to find peace within. 

✨ In This Episode You’ll Learn

• Why honouring yourself brings instant nervous-system regulation
• How to notice when your mind leads you away from your truth
• What coherence really means (and how to live from it daily)
• How self-honouring becomes your pathway to freedom and calm

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where in your life are you overriding your truth just to keep the peace?
2. How would it feel to let your body—not your mind—lead the way today?
3. What might open up if you trusted your inner “no” as much as your “yes”?

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

If you’ve spent years fixing, organizing, and caretaking before you even check in with yourself—this one is your homecoming. We name the quiet ache of overgiving and replace it with a grounded, guilt-free “first you” practice that turns scarcity into overflow. Through simple morning rituals, energetic boundaries, and self-honoring choices, you’ll feel how awareness shifts your entire day—and your life. We talk midlife empowerment, identity shifts, and the standards that rise when you finally remember your worth. By the end, you’ll know how to set your tone for the day, protect your energy like it’s sacred (because it is), and move from reaction to creation. Come breathe, recalibrate, and choose yourself—so the ripple you send into your world is love, joy, and alignment. 

 

✨ In This Episode You’ll Learn

• How a 5–90 minute morning ritual shifts you from reaction to creation. 
• Why “first you” ends resentment and fuels overflow for everyone. 
• What happens when you protect your energy with boundaries and breath. 
• How to return to center fast when life wobbles you. 
• The truth about worthiness: higher standards change your world. 

 

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where am I still overgiving from emptiness instead of overflow?
2. What would shift if I woke up for myself and not for everyone else?
3. Which boundary — with myself or others — would honour my energy right now?

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

What if your next chapter didn’t come from fixing yourself, but from remembering the divine fire already alive within you? In this juicy, heart-expanding episode, Kena sits down with Dr. Anette Betancor, a former dentist turned somatic alchemist, who traded her “golden handcuffs” for a life of freedom, faith, and embodied joy.

Anette shares how healing begins when we stop searching outside ourselves and start stretching beyond our conditioning— through movement, presence, and radical devotion. Together, we explore the art of reconnecting to the body’s wisdom, tuning into divine frequency, and transforming transitions like divorce, loss, or reinvention into sacred awakenings.

By the end, you’ll remember that your body is not your obstacle — it’s your portal back home to your soul’s smile.

✨ In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How to find peace in transition without rushing your healing
• Why acceptance regulates your nervous system and expands your power
• The truth about tuning your body to God’s frequency
• What happens when you stretch beyond your stories and awaken your flow
• How to embody your future self now — not someday

🦋 Reflection Questions:

1. What truth is your body trying to whisper through tension or resistance?
2. Where are you being called to make a radical decision from love, not fear?
3. How would your life feel if you trusted your body as your sacred compass?

💜 Find Dr. Anette Betancor:

• Instagram: @anettelosophy
• Website: https://sonrisasdelalma.org/en/home/

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

You’ve spent years being the rock, the giver, the caretaker — the one who keeps it all together. But what happens when the woman holding everyone else up starts to crumble inside? 

 In this raw and liberating episode, Kena calls out the toxic myths that have kept midlife women small.

Through laughter, truth, and a few well-placed “fuck thats,” she flips the script: self-care isn’t indulgence — it’s sacred rebellion. You’ll learn how to fill your own cup first, release resentment, and reconnect to your soul’s whispers of peace, pleasure, and expansion.

By the end, you’ll remember what it feels like to give from overflow, not depletion.  Because when you choose you first, life starts flowing with more ease, joy, and freedom.

✨ In This Episode You’ll Learn

• The 5 myths that keep midlife women stuck in self-sacrifice
• Why choosing yourself first is an act of love, not selfishness
• How resentment fades when you give from a full cup
• The truth about slowing down and letting life support you
• A soulful practice to reconnect with your heart and soul

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where have I been abandoning myself in the name of being “good”?
2. What would shift if I believed that my needs are sacred, not selfish?
3. How can I fill my own cup today — even in one small, loving way?

If this lands, follow the show, leave a review to help more women find it. And share with me @midlifebutterfly on Instagram, what’s the 'fuck that' moment you're done with? 

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

Ever felt like life cracked you open just to remind you who you truly are?

In this heartfelt episode, Kena sits down with Casey Taton, a woman whose story of illness, surrender, and rebirth will awaken your own inner strength. Once a healthcare worker suddenly on the other side of the hospital bed, Casey faced years of uncertainty, pain, and misdiagnosis — yet what emerged was a radiant story of resilience, service, and love.

Through her foundation Little Moments, Big Dreams Celebrations, Casey now brings light and laughter to children in hospitals, reminding us that joy can exist even in the hardest places. Together, she and Kena explore the art of receiving help, slowing down, trusting divine timing, and letting love move through you.

By the end, you’ll feel inspired to see your own challenges as sacred teachers — guiding you back to presence, connection, and your spark of resilience.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• How pain can become your path to purpose and deeper love.
• Why learning to receive support is part of healing and abundance.
• What happens when you slow down and trust divine timing.
• The truth about resilience — it’s not about strength, it’s about surrender.
• How community and sisterhood awaken joy even in the midst of struggle.

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where in your life are you being asked to receive instead of do?
2. What if your greatest challenge is actually an invitation to deepen your connection with yourself?
3. How might your story inspire others when you begin to share it from love instead of fear?

If Casey’s story sparked something in your heart, share this episode with a woman who’s in her own healing or reinvention season.

How to find and support Casey:

Little Moments Big Dreams Celebrations: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1APmU1vTUe/

Become a Sponsor - Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Little-Moments

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cataton/

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/casey.taton

Facebook Group: Little Moments Big Dreams Celebrations - https://www.facebook.com/groups/LMBDC/

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

What does it really take to start over — not once, but again and again — with your heart wide open?

In this soulful 40th episode, Kena celebrates her Canadian quinceañera — 15 years since she arrived in Canada with two suitcases and a luggage full of dreams. Through stories of courage, heartbreak, language barriers, love, loss, and rebirth, she reflects on what it means to live, love, and reinvent yourself — again and again — as a woman in midlife.

You’ll feel seen in the way she talks about courage, resilience, and the sacred in-between of who we were and who we’re becoming. By the end, you’ll remember that no matter how many times life asks you to begin again, your wings always know the way.

🦋 In This Episode You’ll Hear:

• How courage shows up when you start a new chapter with nothing but dreams.
• Why resilience isn’t built overnight — and how every challenge refines your strength.
• The truth about belonging when you move, love, and lose in midlife.
• What happens when you trust your path, even when it doesn’t make sense.
• How embracing the unknown opens doors to freedom, purpose, and joy.

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. What invisible dreams are you still carrying in your suitcase?
2. How would your life feel if you trusted your resilience as much as your fear?
3. Where is life inviting you to begin again, with more softness, courage, and trust?

If this episode touched your heart, share it with another woman who’s in her own becoming.
And if you’re ready to walk your next chapter with courage and guidance, book a 90-min free call with Kena.

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

Have you ever felt like you did everything “right” — followed the checklist, played the good girl — yet somehow lost yourself along the way?

In this heartfelt conversation, Kena and Karolina strip away the conditioning that keeps women small and explore what it means to reclaim your voice, your pleasure, and your power in midlife. Karolina shares her journey of leaving behind the rules, navigating divorce and loss, and rediscovering her truth through sound therapy and soul connection.

This episode is a love letter to every woman who’s done being who she was told to be and is ready to become who she truly is — free, joyful, and unapologetically herself. By the end, you’ll remember that everything you’ve been searching for has always been within you.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Hear

• How fear often shows up as a sign your soul is ready to expand
• Why healing isn’t about fixing yourself, but remembering who you are
• What happens when you shift your inner vocabulary and start speaking to yourself like your best friend
• How letting go of control opens the door to true freedom and flow
• The truth about midlife: it’s not a crisis, it’s your awakening!

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. Where in your life are you still living by someone else’s checklist?
2. What would it look like to choose joy — just for you — today?
3. How can you start speaking to yourself with the same love you offer others?

If this episode lit something up in you, share it with another woman who’s ready to rise.

And if you’re walking through your own season of reinvention, explore The Butterfly Path or The Truth Seeker, Kena’s 1:1 coaching journeys to help you reconnect with your soul, reclaim your joy, and create your next chapter from deep alignment.
Visit midlifebutterfly.com or connect on Instagram @midlifebutterfly

You can find Karolina:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinnersoundcheck
• Podcast That Delulu Life: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/theinnersoundcheck/
• Website: https://theinnersoundcheck.com

Midlife empowerment podcast, reinvent yourself after divorce, midlife awakening, healing journey for women, spiritual awakening in midlife, find your purpose midlife, self-trust and alignment.

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

Dating in midlife serves as a powerful mirror reflecting our self-worth, patterns, and authentic desires rather than just a path to finding someone. It isn’t just about swiping, profiles, or who texts back—it’s about who you are becoming in the process. 

As women in our 40s +, we’re no longer chasing validation, we’re remembering our worth, reclaiming our power, and letting our bodies lead the way in love, intimacy, and connection. In this episode, I open up about what dating has taught me about self-worth, wholeness, and pleasure, and how every experience (even the messy ones) can become a mirror for our own awakening.

If you’ve ever felt like dating was complicated, like you had to settle, or like you were searching outside yourself for love—this conversation will bring you back home to you.

Explore dating as a mirror for self-worth, wholeness & freedom in midlife. Rediscover yourself, your body’s wisdom, and aligned love.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Hear

• Why dating can become a powerful path of self-discovery in midlife.
• The truth about self-worth, patterns, and not giving your power away.
• How swiping culture turns us into “merchandise” and how to reclaim intention.
• What your body knows about attraction that your mind can’t always see.
• Why wholeness (not a checklist) is the secret to calling in aligned love.

🦋 Reflection Questions

1. When have you noticed yourself seeking validation instead of standing in your worth?
2. What does your body tell you on dates or in relationships—and are you truly listening?
3. If you looked at your own “list” of qualities in a partner, would you date yourself?

Take a moment to reflect or journal about what resonated with you in this episode. If you feel called to share this with a friend who might need it too, please do. Connect with me on Instagram @midlifebutterfly and tune in weekly for more soulful conversations about love, transitions, and creating your most powerful chapter in life.

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✨ First You: Boundaries for Joyful Holidays

The holidays don’t have to drain you. Step into a space where your peace comes first, your energy is protected, and your joy gets to lead.

Inside this on-demand masterclass, you’ll learn how to create loving, guilt-free boundaries that keep you grounded, present, and actually enjoying the season — without overgiving, overextending, or abandoning yourself.

- Watch the Masterclass: http://midlifebutterfly.ca/firstyoumasterclass

Song: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada