Not Young. Better.

I can’t believe Season 1 is already over. When I launched this podcast less than a year ago, I didn’t realize how much it would change me—and how deeply I’d connect with this community of women walking through the thick of it.

In this solo season closer, I’m reflecting on the conversations that shaped me, the stories that cracked me open, and everything that’s happened behind the scenes—from caregiving a spouse with a chronic illness, to launching a perimenopause company, to a surprise pregnancy at 42.

I’m answering your questions about:

• What this pregnancy has felt like (hint: it’s nothing like my others)

• What it’s like being the only one in my friend group having a baby

• The real toll chronic illness took on our marriage

• And how I really feel about running Not Young

This one’s honest, messy, hopeful—and full of gratitude. I can’t wait to bring you more in Season 2 (coming this November). Until then, I’ll be soaking up newborn life, and getting all the past episodes uploaded to YouTube for anyone who prefers to watch!

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This week, I’m joined by the incredible Ginni Saraswati—Founder & CEO of Ginni Media, award-winning journalist, and host of The Ginni Show. She’s built a thriving podcast production company, collaborated with some of the biggest voices in media, and helped countless others share their stories.

But this episode? It’s about her story.

In this deeply personal conversation, Ginni opens up about growing up with a mentally ill parent, the trauma of childhood sexual abuse, and the cultural stigmas that often silence survivors. She shares what it was like to be a parentified child, how she built resilience in the face of abandonment and instability, and why therapy and reparenting became her path to healing.

We talk about the nonlinear nature of grief after losing a parent, breaking generational cycles, finding love in adulthood, and building a life that actually feels safe. Ginni’s honesty is rare—and this conversation is a powerful reminder that healing doesn’t mean erasing the past. It means owning it.

If you’ve ever felt like you were carrying too much, stuck in patterns you can’t explain, or just needed someone to say, “me too”—this episode is for you.

🔗 Connect with Ginni
Instagram: @theginnishow
Website: ginnimedia.com

🔗 Connect with Me
Personal IG: @chels_holland
Not Young IG: @notyoung.co
Website & Blog: notyoung.com
The Baseline (for perimenopause support): Shop here

If you’re a parent, this episode is non-negotiable.

Chris McKenna—founder of Protect Young Eyes and one of the nation’s leading experts on internet safety for kids—joins me for an honest, deeply hopeful conversation every caregiver needs to hear.

We go straight into the hard stuff:
– What kids are really up against online
– Why government and tech laws are failing them
– How pornography, predators, and addiction are designed into our platforms
– What to do when you're overwhelmed and feel like giving up
– Real, simple strategies that actually work—without making you feel like a bad parent

As a mom of five, I’ve felt confused, behind, and honestly—scared. We avoided tech as long as we could, but now I’ve got three teenagers and the game has changed. This episode gave me clarity, calm, and tools that made everything feel doable. Chris doesn’t just bring facts—he brings compassion, and a blueprint that works.

What you’ll walk away with:
✔ A clearer understanding of what’s happening on your kids’ screens
✔ Practical steps that won’t overwhelm you
✔ Confidence you’re not alone—and you’re doing better than you think
✔ Hope. Real hope. For you, and for them.

This episode can truly save lives. Please listen. Please share. The time to act is now.

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More from Chris McKenna:
📱 Instagram: @protectyoungeyes
🌐 Website & free resources: protectyoungeyes.com
🎓 Courses, parent guides, and “Join the Table” advocacy: Chris’s Linktree

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Connect with Me (Chelsea):
👋 Host IG: @chels_holland
✨ Brand IG: @notyoung.co
🌿 Website: www.notyoung.com
🧬 The Baseline supplement for perimenopause: Shop Here

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🎧 Not Young. Better. is the show for women who want real conversations about midlife, motherhood, and everything that hits in between. New episodes weekly.

What happens when the internet’s “No Excuse Mom” is diagnosed with stage four colon cancer at 42—while raising three boys and running a business? She fights. She transforms. And she finally lets go of everything she used to prove.

In this raw, riveting episode of Not Young. Better., I sit down with Maria Kang—viral fitness icon, nonprofit founder, cancer survivor, and truth-teller—to talk about what’s beneath the hustle.

You may know Maria from her infamous “What’s Your Excuse?” post that sparked global headlines and fierce backlash. But behind the abs and ambition was a woman unraveling—battling bulimia, chasing external validation, and eventually, facing a terrifying cancer diagnosis that would shake everything loose.

In this episode, Maria shares:

• What stage four cancer taught her about the connection between trauma, illness, and unexpressed emotions

• How she healed spiritually, emotionally, and physically—beyond chemo

• Her unfiltered thoughts on motherhood, identity loss, rage, and finally feeling safe in her body

• Why she’s no longer interested in being “liked” and what actually matters now

This is a wake-up call. Not just about health—but about presence, purpose, and the real work of healing. It’s Maria like you’ve never heard her before.

🔗 Connect with Maria:

• Instagram: @mariakangfitness

• Website: mariakang.com

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✨ Hosted by Chelsea Etheridge
Founder of Not Young, a wellness brand for women in perimenopause and midlife.
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📲 Connect with Chelsea + Not Young:

• Chelsea: @chels_holland

• Brand: @notyoung.co

She was on track to become a Navy pilot…
Then a warship officer.
Then a fashion photographer.
Then an acupuncturist.

Now? Christina J. Warren is one of the most magnetic and insightful voices helping high-achieving women understand their energy through human design—so they can stop forcing life and start flowing with it.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What human design actually is (and why it’s not just woo)

• How to move through burnout, perimenopause, and postpartum by working with your energy instead of against it

• Using human design to parent more intuitively and break free from all the “shoulds”

• The physical and emotional toll of living out of alignment

• Resting as a strategy, not a weakness—especially for moms

• How to tap into your body’s intelligence (in 90 seconds a day)

Christina shares stories from her wildly unexpected life path, her honest experience with motherhood and hormones, and what finally brought her back to herself.

This is one of the most grounding and joyful episodes we've done—and it might just unlock a new way of understanding who you are.

👇 Get your FREE Human Design Chart + connect with Christina:
Instagram → @christinajwarren
Website → christinajwarren.com

👇 Follow Chelsea + Not Young:
Personal IG → @chels_holland
Business IG → @notyoung.co
Shop The Baseline → notyoung.com

At 63, Susan Kanoff is redefining what aging looks like—and feels like.

From surviving divorce, cancer, and early trauma… to building a nationally recognized nonprofit, launching a viral fashion platform, and co-founding a support space for women living with cancer—Susan is the very definition of reinvention.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What really helped her leave a toxic marriage and start over

• How her love for fashion turned into a tool for women’s empowerment

• Her cancer diagnosis, the emotional toll, and the bold community she built in response

• Midlife fashion advice for anyone who feels like nothing in their closet works anymore

• The boundaries aging has taught her to hold, unapologetically

This one is for every woman who’s had to rebuild from rock bottom—and wants to believe something better is still ahead.

👇 Listen now + follow Susan here:
▪ Instagram: @themidlifefashionista
▪ Blog: themidlifefashionista.com
▪ Uncommon Threads nonprofit: uncommonthreads.org
▪ Kicking Cancer in Heels: kickingcancerinheels.com

🎙️ Follow me for more real, raw midlife convos:
▪ My personal IG: @chels_holland
▪ Business IG: @notyoung.co
▪ Learn more about The Baseline & natural perimenopause relief: notyoung.com

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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If you’ve ever wondered why your kid melts down over the wrong color cup—or why your teen can’t remember to turn in their homework but can recite TikToks from two years ago—this episode is for you.

Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is a nationally respected pediatric psychologist, parent coach, speaker, and author of the upcoming book Love the Teen You Have. She helps overwhelmed parents raise emotionally healthy kids without losing their minds in the process. She's been featured in Parents Magazine, Good Housekeeping and The Today Show—and she’s breaking it all down in a way that finally makes sense.

In this conversation, we cover:

• What it actually means to be your family’s “frontal lobe”—and how to stop doing that

• Why so many kids are struggling with executive function (and what you can do starting today)

• How ADHD symptoms show up differently in girls—and why so many go undiagnosed for years

• When anxiety hides in the body (spoiler: it often looks like tummy aches, headaches, or even constipation)

This episode will make you feel seen, equipped, and hopeful. It’s not about parenting perfectly—it’s about understanding what’s really going on and how to support your child (and yourself) in the mess of it all.

🔗 Connect with Dr. Lockhart:

• Instagram: @dr.annlouise.lockhart

• Website: www.anewdaysa.com

• YouTube: @dr.annlouiselockhart

💛 More from Chelsea & Not Young:

• Chelsea’s Instagram: @chels_holland

• Brand Instagram: @notyoung.co

• Website + The Baseline: www.notyoung.com

👉 Listen, take notes, and then share this with the mom in your life who’s running on fumes and just needs a little support.

Beth Feraco (@bethferacofitness) has lived some lives: former alcoholic, binge eater, fashion designer, front-desk gym employee—and now? She’s a no-BS strength and nutrition coach helping thousands of women feel strong, clear-headed, and in control of their bodies.

At 52, Beth is living proof that you don’t have to accept exhaustion, weight gain, or “falling apart” as part of midlife. In this episode, she gets raw and real about:

– Healing her relationship with food after years of disordered eating
– Losing 50+ pounds and keeping it off with actual science
– What women get wrong about perimenopause, weight gain, and hormones
– The “boring basics” that actually work: calorie awareness, strength training, and consistency

We also talk motherhood, marriage, postpartum depression, sobriety, and how building her business saved her life.

This episode is for any woman who feels like she’s tried everything—and is finally ready to stop chasing skinny and start building strength, clarity, and true food freedom.

🎙 Listen and share—this one’s packed with game-changing insight, science-backed tools, and that signature Feraco fire.

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👟 Find Beth online:
Instagram: @bethferacofitness
TikTok: @bethferacofitness
Podcast: Cut the Crap with Beth and Matt
Website + Coaching: bethferacofitness.com

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✨ Connect with Chelsea:
Host: Chelsea Etheridge
Personal IG: @chels_holland
Brand IG: @notyoung.co
Website + Blog: notyoung.com

In this episode of the Not Young. Better. podcast, I’m joined by the brilliant Nancy Levin: bestselling author, master coach, and the founder of Levin Life Coach Academy.

Nancy walked away from a marriage and a high-powered career at Hay House to reclaim her voice—and now she’s helping thousands of women do the same.

We talk about:

• What keeps women stuck in lives they’ve outgrown

• How to start telling the truth (to yourself, first)

• Why boundaries are not about other people

• How to reconnect with your desires after decades of people-pleasing

If you’ve ever felt disconnected, depleted, or like you’re living a life that doesn’t fit anymore, this episode will hit deep. Nancy’s blend of soul and strategy will leave you thinking differently about your own power—and what’s still possible.

💬 “You are worthy of living the life you most desire—even if it flies in the face of who you were brought up to be.” – Nancy Levin

🔗 nancylevin.com
📲 Nancy on Instagram

Connect with me:
👤 @chels_holland
🌿 @notyoung.co
🛒 notyoung.com
✨ The Baseline – our hormone-free perimenopause supplement