Midlife Unlimited

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Get roar and real with Kate Porter and her leopard print sister Amanda FitzGerald in Episode 012 of Midlife Unlimited®, the podcast for women who want more, as they wave goodbye to January in style talking about How to Swim not Sink as a Midlife Woman.

Join Kate and Amanda for philosophical ponderings, killer arms and brain-fog moments as they shake things up, smash stereotypes and tell Midlife how it really is. 

Amanda shares how diving out of her comfort zone and discovering cold water swimming became her Midlife salvation, empowering her through a Covid divorce and helping her raise thousands of pounds for vital causes. If you fancy dipping your toe in the water and giving cold water swimming a go, don’t miss Amanda’s insights, inspiration and advice.

And, with her Major Visibility cap on, Amanda shares her top tips for getting visible for all the right reasons by harnessing the power of PR.

Connect with Amanda at 

http://www.amandapr.com/

http://www.instagram.com/amandaprexpert

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandafitzgeraldpr/

For more details of the International Women's Day Big Swim visit https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/20053/The-Big-Swim-2025

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I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Midlife brings with it  many challenging changes that can leave us feeling overwhelmed… but we just get on with it, thinking no one will be interested. And moving out of the family home is right up there, whatever the reason – divorce, downsizing, relocation and bereavement can all play a part. Or simply our desire for a change of scene at this pivotal time in our life. 

Midlife Unlimited is all about having those conversations about subjects we don’t talk about enough and being open and honest sharing how they make us feel. So your host Kate Porter is delighted to be joined by Alex Hughes for this episode to talk about How to Reinvent Home as a Midlife woman, or how to move on when moving out of the family home.

From practical tips and advice on empty nesting and downsizing, to heartwarming memories, Alex shares her experience of leaving the family home after more than two decades, the impact this has had on her, her husband and their two daughters and the lessons she has learned along the way. 

Kate and Alex discuss how to overcome fear of change and the dreaded “what ifs” and "if onlys", as well as coming to terms with the passing of time free from regret and embracing new beginnings on our terms.

Connect with Alex here

https://auxiliumconsulting.co.uk

[email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-hughes-sustainable-business-solutions/

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Is the “What Now?” conundrum casting a shadow over your Midlife? Like so many of the fabulous women Kate coaches, do you feel you've lost direction? Worrying about what comes next. 

We can feel we're in a career slump as our 50s gather pace, dreaming of going it alone but held back by fear of failure and success in near equal measure, underpinned by self-doubt, comparisonitis, lack of self-worth and fear of judgement. While retirement looms on the horizon. 

So is hitting Midlife the end of life as we know it? Are our hopes and dreams slipping away as the clock keeps ticking? Well, Kate is 55 and is just getting started. And she's delighted to be joined by her guest Wendy Garcarz, multi-award winning business strategist, Ted X speaker, futurist, author and founder of REFIREMENT 

Wendy has more than 30 years’ experience working with women business owners in all sectors, helping them create a business strategy that achieves growth and success. And, like Kate, Wendy is a passionate ambassador for giving women 55+ the vital clarity and focus we need moving forward at this pivotal time in our lives. 

Wendy’s REFIREMENT movement is redefining what retirement looks like today and giving women a vital choice in how we age and contribute as we approach our later years. There’s a longevity revolution happening right now, and this is our time to stand up and be taken seriously. To embrace our wisdom and shine in our brilliance.

Kate and Wendy share inspiring stories and insights to empower us all to be – as Wendy puts it – “Rocking Midlife, but not from a chair.” Wendy reveals more details about REFIREMENT and how you can get involved, and shares her three top strategies for refiring our Midlife. 

Connect with Wendy here and get involved with REFIREMENT
https://www.refirement.biz/
www.wendygarcarz.com
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/wendy.garcarz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-garcarz-06b75b2/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keeping-Secrets-Daniel-Service-Thriller-ebook/dp/B08KJK942D

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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If you’re suffering from a case of the January blues then join host Kate Porter and her fabulous guest Steph Walsh for insights, anecdotes and advice on how to reignite your Midlife mojo and unslump yourself this January and beyond.

Kate and Steph are all too aware of how the pressure to take action to “thrive in 2025” and the whole “New Year, New Me” movement can just exacerbate our feelings of being unfulfilled, insignificant.. of stagnating in the Midlife swamp.

So, inspired by Steph’s passion project animation of Dr Seuss’ Oh The Places You’ll Go, the pair have come up with the 3 C’s to unslump yourself which they talk you through in this episode, while also delving into topics including navigating shifting friendships in Midlife, ageism in the workplace, how to embrace cheerleading and unleash the positive power of networking and how to stop waiting and start climbing your mountain. 

So join their conversation to find out more as Kate and Steph shake things up, smashing stereotypes and telling Midlife how it really is.

Connect with Steph Walsh here

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanella/

https://www.instagram.com/_stephanella/

https://www.linkedinfamous.co.uk/

And you can watch Steph's Oh The Places You'll Go here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWSq8iwdTF0

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Again and again the Midlife women Kate Porter coaches tell her they are feeling invisible, unseen…insignificant even. The result? This can cause us to feel stagnant and unfulfilled… when we want to feel visible. 

But this quandary runs deeper than merely stepping out of the shadows, whether that’s on social media or at in-person events.  

It’s not just simply about being visible. 

As Midlife women we want to be seen as us, free from having to wear a mask and pretending to be perfect. 

It’s time to rip off that mask and celebrate our perfect imperfection – and become visible in a way that aligns with our values, our wants, our needs. To be visible on our terms. Our way. 

To feel visible as the real and rather fabulous Midlife woman we are.

In this episode, Kate and her guest Sapna Pieroux reveal insights, inspiration and their own experiences surrounding visibility and both personal and brand image as well as top tips on how to let our Midlife brilliance and wisdom shine through.

From her breast cancer journey to her viral “This Little Girl is Me” post, Sapna shares with Kate how her approach to visibility has metamorphosised. 

And she talks Kate through her six pillars of visibility and how we can use these to overcome our Inner Critic and fear of judgement and become visible in a way that not just works for us – but feels right to us. 

Connect with Sapna here

Check your Visibility Score and get a FREE copy of Let’s Get Visible! https://letsgetvisiblequiz.com/

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sapnapieroux/

https://www.innervisions-id.com/

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sapnapieroux/

You can find out more about Smart Works by visiting their website here

https://smartworks.org.uk/

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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With Christmas Day done and dusted, take some Me Time and beat the Twixmas “meh” by joining your host Kate Porter and her Boxing Day guest Carrie Frost as they turn the spotlight on a subject that is highly likely to crop up in conversation over the coming days.

New Year Resolutions.

Kate and Carrie are not fans. In fact, they positively discourage the setting of New Year Resolutions. And they are not keen on New Year's Eve either - listen now to find out why.

So this double-act of Midlife coaches are putting collaboration over competition into action and are joining forces in this episode to explore Kate’s alternative to New Year Resolutions that don’t work  – New Year “Me”-Solutions. 

Kate and Carrie tell it how it is with New Year Resolutions. Why they just don’t work. 

And why you are highly likely to be doomed to failure the minute you announce yours.

The alternative? 

New Year “Me”-Solutions. 

Listen now for myth busting, insights, inspiration and top tips on how to ditch the negatives, motivate and hold yourself accountable, and inject fun and excitement into creating new habits that light you up.

Because life is too blinking short to do what you don’t want to do!

You can connect with Carrie at

https://www.facebook.com/carrie.frost.3154

https://www.carriefrostcoaching.com

See Carrie's guest profile on the Midlife Unlimited® website for details of her special offer for listeners.

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Wherever you are waking this Christmas Morning and whatever today has in store for you, take some vital Me Time and join your host Kate Porter, The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach®, as she reimagines a festive song from her childhood with her top tips and insights for a perfectly imperfect Christmas Day - your way.

Merry Christmas

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Food glorious food…. it’s seemingly everywhere at this time of year. 

From overflowing shelves of delicious temptations in the supermarket to TV adverts, mouth-watering must-make recipes in magazines, and tantalising posts all over social media. 

The result?

Maintaining a healthy relationship with food over the festive season can be as tough as avoiding Wham’s Last Christmas.

So take some Me Time and join your host Kate Porter and her fabulous guest Caroline Tyrwhitt for this festive episode of Midlife Unlimited® as they discuss how to enjoy food on your terms this Christmas – and beyond. 

From Kate’s mince pie nemesis to Caroline’s top tips for curating your Christmas menu your way, this Yuletide episode is packed with inspiration, insights and stories that will open up a new way to think about food.

Kate and Caroline bust the miracle diet myths and explain how praise and positivity are key to changing our focus from weight loss to wellbeing when it comes to what we eat this season and beyond.

And you won’t want to miss Caroline’s three steps to food freedom. 

If you’d like to rewrite your food story, connect with Caroline here

https://www.freetobenlp.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/carotyr

https://www.facebook.com/groups/themindsetdiet/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-tyrwhitt-mindset-coach

https://www.instagram.com/freetobenlp/

And you can download Caroline’s free Christmas Mindset Tips ebook here

https://mindsettips.co.uk/xmas-ebook

Kate and Caroline would love your feedback on their episode – because Midlife Unlimited® is all about you!

Here’s to being fabulous and flourishing – together!

And to living Midlife Unlimited® 

Merry Christmas from Kate and Caroline.

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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As the Christmas countdown gathers pace, are you already saying “No” to invitations because you have lost your Midlife mojo and whatever you wear you just end up feeling “meh”?

Then take some Me Time and join your host Kate Porter – The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach® and her Guest Style Fairy Godmother Sarah van Dort for this episode of Midlife Unlimited® as they share tips and insights on how to step out of the shadows this Yuletide and sparkle in your gloriously perfect imperfection.

Kate and Sarah know what it feels like to want to hide away in black, baggy clothes. They’ve been there. 

And this episode is packed with practical advice and information as well as transformation stories to inspire you to unleash your “mwah” Midlife style goddess this Christmas – and beyond.

From understanding and falling in love with your Midlife body shape – droopy boobs and all – to identifying your Style Personality and rocking it your way, this episode of Midlife Unlimited® is guaranteed to help you add some vital zhuzh to make you feel fabulous inside and out this festive season.

Merry Christmas from Kate and Sarah!

You can contact Sarah at

https://www.sarahvandort.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahvandort/

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.vandort

 https://www.instagram.com/sarahvandort/

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

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Just who is Kate Porter, The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach®? And why is she turning her dream into a reality by launching Midlife Unlimited® - the podcast for women who want more?

Join Kate for this bonus episode of Midlife Unlimited® to find out, as she explains why launching her podcast Midlife Unlimited® means so much to her.

And she shares her journey to the woman she is today! 

At 55, Kate is just getting started, and she’s on a mission to let fabulous Gen X and up women everywhere know you don’t have to feel alone navigating the Midlife maze. 

You don't have to put on a brave face and put up with it. 

It's time leap out of the shadows and shake things up - and start living and loving our Second Spring our way. 

There is no limit to what we can achieve when we come together.

And each week on Midlife Unlimited®, Kate and her extraordinary female guests will be proving just that – and sharing their top tips, insights and stories to involve and hopefully inspire and entertain you. 

So take some vital Me Time right now, and tune into to start getting to know Kate.

And as a Welcome to Midlife Unlimited® treat, contact Kate via the links below to receive your free copy of her Festive Thrival Guide – Kate’s top tips for putting yourself top of your Christmas list! 

Support the show

I'd love to hear from you - because Midlife Unlimited® is all about YOU! 

Find out about my award-winning 1-2-1 and MORE! group coaching program for Midlife women and join the book waitlist for Your Empty Nest Epiphany on my website : Kate Porter Website • Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee • LinkedIn: Kate Porter Official • Instagram: @kate_porter_official • YouTube: @MidlifeUnlimited • Explore my personally designed range of digital planners for intentional living and Zodiac interiors prints: The Curated Day Company Etsy Shop

Here's to living Midlife Unlimited®

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