The Radically Well Podcast

In this episode of the Radically Well podcast, Rosie Acosta sits down with actress Kate del Castillo for an honest and insightful conversation about the challenges of aging, menopause, and the importance of women’s health advocacy.

Kate opens up about the stigma surrounding menopause, the unique health struggles women face, and the urgent need for better representation of Latinas in the entertainment industry. She shares her personal health journey, including her battles with vertigo and tinnitus, and stresses the importance of self-advocacy in navigating healthcare.

Sponsored by Biome Breakthrough
www.biomebreakthrough.com/radicallyloved
Use promo code: radicallyloved to get 15% off! 

Why You Should Listen:

1. Tune in to hear Kate del Castillo share her powerful personal journey with vertigo and tinnitus, offering valuable insights on advocating for your own health in the face of adversity.

2. Don’t miss the conversation on the urgent need for more Latina representation in Hollywood and how diverse storytelling is reshaping the entertainment industry.

3. Listen all the way through to discover inspiring advice on maintaining self-respect, navigating generational differences, and prioritizing wellness in your everyday life.

Chapters
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:06:45) The Radically Well Collective launch
(00:07:36) Embracing Aging and Menopause
(00:15:29) The Journey of Kate del Castillo
(00:24:55) Health Challenges and the Search for Answers
(00:30:14) The Importance of Advocacy in Women's Health
(00:37:33) Crossover Success and Cultural Identity
(00:47:40) Creating Opportunities in Entertainment
(00:52:54) Embracing Age and Identity
(00:54:21) The Challenge of Representation in Media
(00:56:54) The Impact of AI on Creativity
(00:59:48) The Importance of Authenticity in Art
(01:00:50) Navigating Relationships and Self-Respect
(01:09:11) The Choice of Motherhood and Personal Fulfillment
(01:12:20) Generational Differences in Work Ethic
(01:19:19) Learning from Experience and Humility
(01:24:24) Defining Wellness and Self-Respect

Resources:
Cholawood Productions https://www.katedelcastillo.com/cholawood-productions
Kate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katedelcastillo 
Kate's Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realkatedelcastillo

Let’s Stay Connected
✨ Instagram: @rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: Rosie Acosta
✨ Twitter/X: @rosieacosta
✨ YouTube: Rosie Acosta

💌Dive Deeper With Me
For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/m…Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfco...
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com?u... 

If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and felt conflicted about aging, beauty, or confidence, this conversation will speak to you. In this episode of The Radically Well Podcast, Rosie Acosta and Tessa Tovar explore how body image, self-worth, and validation evolve through midlife and relationships. You’ll learn how to reconnect with yourself, release comparison, and feel confident at any age.

✨ What You’ll Learn:
• How confidence and body image shift after 40
• Why partner validation still matters (and how to own your worth)
• How perimenopause changes self-expression and identity
• The truth about Botox, beauty standards, and making empowered choices

💬 Big Question:
What truly makes you feel confident and how can you honor that daily?

Sponsored by Biome Breakthrough
www.biomebreakthrough.com/radicallyloved
Use promo code: radicallyloved to get 15% off! 

Timestamps:
00:00 How Early Love Shapes Body Image
08:55 Do You Really Need Validation in Love?
19:26 Why Partner Opinions Still Matter
25:39 Embracing Change, Style & Freedom at 40+
34:09 Why Women Shouldn’t Shrink Themselves
39:58 Embrace Beauty at Any Age: Why Confidence Matters Most

💌Dive Deeper With Me For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/m…
Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfcompassionbook
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=2t314w

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose. 

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessa: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

I’ve often wondered why we’re taught to distance ourselves from our own bodies just when they need us most. We’re so good at setting ourselves on fire to keep everyone else warm, but what happens when the internal pilot light starts to flicker?

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, a world-renowned OBGYN, menopause expert, and my own doctor, joins me to discuss the "humanistic side" of healthcare, why so many women feel invisible in the exam room and how the disconnect between mind and body is often rooted in years of societal conditioning. From my own "shit show" journey through early perimenopause to Dr. Shepherd’s mission to restore the patient-provider connection, this episode is a call to reclaim your agency and embrace the transitions of midlife with both scientific clarity and radical self-compassion.

✨ What You’ll Learn
- How medical training often forces doctors to prioritize data points over the human being sitting in front of them.
- Why women are socially conditioned to ignore their physical needs and the cost of that "silencing."
- How to distinguish between the effects of birth control and true Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
- Why the current 15-minute medical transaction model is failing women’s mental and physical health.
- How your personal story serves as the most important diagnostic tool in hormone health.
- What happens to our perception of reality when we ignore the physiological shifts of perimenopause.
- How hormones can be used as a sacred tool to restore balance and personal vibrancy.
Why the dismissal of women’s pain is a systemic issue that requires soul-embodied advocacy.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
02:37 Understanding the Medical Perspective
05:51 Rosie's Menopause Journey
07:34 The Importance of Empathy in Healthcare
09:36 Midlife Health and Hormone Therapy
17:36 The Role of Estrogen and Aging
21:37 The Role of the FDA in Hormone Therapy
23:40 Healthcare Disparities and Women's Health
27:40 Long-term Health Risks for Women
32:49 The Weathering Effect on Black Women
38:12 The Emotional Journey of Menopause
44:03 Supporting Women Through Midlife

Follow Dr. Jessica Shepherd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicashepherdmd
Website: https://www.jessicashepherdmd.com/

💌Dive Deeper With Me For support at the Radically Loved Collective: 
Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com 
Join me on Substack: https://radicallyloved.substack.com/

Discover More Mindful Episodes

Self-Care with Your Hormone Besties
https://youtu.be/xG5V58RwMBY?list=PL7gs_y4KiKgTlTcmjDgwn1oL9dRSBsLLV

Supporting Her Through Menopause
https://youtu.be/oWulTfjCACA?list=PL7gs_y4KiKgTlTcmjDgwn1oL9dRSBsLLV

Hormones and Balance: Understanding the Ups and Downs
https://youtu.be/cJaD1l6NWAI?list=PL7gs_y4KiKgTlTcmjDgwn1oL9dRSBsLLV

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose.

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessa: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

What if every ending in your life was actually an invitation to return to yourself more fully? In this conversation, Rosie Acosta sits down with Krista Williams, writer, mentor, and co-founder of Almost 30, to explore the raw beauty and spiritual depth that can emerge through transition. From divorce to rediscovering identity, from body healing to the courage it takes to step into purpose, Krista shares the lessons that shaped her evolution.

Together they talk about the tenderness of growth, the honesty required for true transformation, and the emotional and energetic shifts that come with Saturn return and reinvention. This episode is a reminder that growth is often uncomfortable, but always sacred, and that every change can guide us toward deeper self trust, embodiment, and compassion.

✨ What You’ll Learn
- How Saturn return exposes what is unaligned and opens the door to real transformation.
- Why relationships are powerful mirrors for healing and spiritual maturity.
- How to date from curiosity instead of fear and create growth inside new connections.
- What happens when you stop approaching love transactionally and begin relating from authenticity.
- How writing a book becomes a spiritual initiation and why promoting it can feel even harder.
- Why believing in your message is essential and how embodiment strengthens your voice.
- How childhood stories and inner child memories reveal the threads of your essence.
- What it takes to release body shame and rebuild a relationship with nourishment and safety.
- How purpose softens the grip of self criticism and brings clarity after major life changes.
- Why mentors and coaches matter and how the right support can open new pathways for truth.

Follow Krista Williams
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskrista/
Podcast: https://almost30.com/

Timestamps

00:00:00 Meeting change with honesty and learning to grow through tension
00:02:20 Dating after divorce and shifting from fear to opportunity
00:04:10 Releasing transactional patterns and learning to see people clearly
00:05:40 How every relationship becomes a catalyst for spiritual healing
00:08:20 Writing a book, honoring timing, and knowing when you are ready
00:12:50 Aging, identity, and navigating body changes through perimenopause
00:18:05 Authenticity, belonging, and finding people who let you be yourself
00:23:40 Trusting the soul’s path through shame, transition, and reinvention
00:31:10 The emotional reality of promoting a book and learning who shows up
00:36:40 Body healing, purpose, and reclaiming confidence from within
00:44:10 Healing the mother wound and reshaping your relationship with nourishment
00:46:50 What Krista would tell her 27-year-old self about purpose and self trust
00:48:40 The wisdom of her future self and stepping into a new chapter of service
00:49:55 The power of mentors, emotional safety, and finding support you can trust

 💌Dive Deeper With Me For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/m…
Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com 
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfco... 
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com?u...  

Discover More Mindful Episodes
Boosting Confidence, Libido, and Feeling Your Best at Any Age
https://youtu.be/iTSzOlzNrGM?list=PL7gs_y4KiKgTlTcmjDgwn1oL9dRSBsLLV

Relationship Resets: Navigating Shifts in Partnerships
Ep 5: Relationship Resets: Navigating Shifts in Partnerships

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose.

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessie: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

What if the symptoms you thought were stress, burnout, or “just getting older” were actually something deeper happening inside your body? In this powerful episode of The Radically Well Podcast, Tessa Tovar sits down with Siddhali Shree and Anubhuti, Jain monks, spiritual teachers, and filmmakers behind the groundbreaking new docuseries Balance. Together, they explore the emotional, physical, and spiritual unraveling that often begins in a woman’s late thirties and early forties, and the path toward reclaiming clarity, peace, and connection during perimenopause.

Siddhali and Anubhuti share their deeply personal stories of anxiety, rage, exhaustion, and confusion, and how their search for answers led them into hormone testing, medical research, and the often misunderstood world of hormone therapy. Their discoveries not only transformed their own wellbeing but also opened their eyes to the urgent gaps in women’s healthcare, medical education, and social awareness.

This conversation shines a compassionate light on a transition almost every woman experiences yet few feel prepared for. It is an invitation to understand your body, release shame, and advocate for the care you deserve. Because when women are informed, supported, and connected, suffering dissolves and healing begins.

✨ What You’ll Learn
- How perimenopause can begin as early as age thirty five and why so many women miss the signs
- Why anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, and emotional overwhelm are often hormone related
- How Siddhali and Anubhuti discovered their own hormone deficiencies and what changed afterward
- What hormone therapy is, how it works, and why so many women were denied it after the 2002 WHI study
- How social stigma and medical gaps keep women from receiving proper care
- Why spiritual practices like meditation, breathwork, and fasting can support emotional balance
- How lifestyle changes such as protein intake, resistance training, and nutrient replenishment help regulate hormones
- Why knowledge, community, and open conversation are essential for women’s long-term health
- How Balance aims to reshape the global conversation around perimenopause and midlife wellbeing

Follow Siddhali & Anubhuti
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balancedocuseries/
Website: http://balancedocuseries.com

Timestamps
00:04:16 What Led Siddhali and Anubhuti to Create the Balance Docuseries
00:05:47 The First Signs of Perimenopause and Feeling “Not Like Myself”
00:06:40 A Wake Up Call: Severe Deficiencies and Entering a Pre-diabetic State
00:09:25 The Hidden Struggle of Women Ages 35 to 55 Seeking Clarity and Identity
00:10:56 How Balance Helps Women Understand Hormones and Make Informed Choices
00:12:21 The Role of Spiritual Practices in Navigating Hormone Shifts
00:14:20 How Hormone Therapy Immediately Improved Sleep and Emotional Stability
00:22:03 The WHI Study and Why Women Were Denied Hormone Therapy for Decades
00:26:57 What Low Estrogen Really Means for Brain, Bone, and Long-term Health
00:29:44 The Movement: Why Balance Is Changing the Global Conversation for Women
00:37:08 The Future of Women’s Healthcare and the Power of Education
00:40:32 Envisioning a Better World for Women in Midlife
00:45:14 How to Follow and Watch the Balance Docuseries

 💌Dive Deeper With Me For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/m…


Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com 
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfco... 
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com?u...  

Discover More Mindful Episodes

Hormones and Balance: Understanding the Ups and Downs
https://youtu.be/cJaD1l6NWAI?list=PL7gs_y4KiKgTlTcmjDgwn1oL9dRSBsLLV

Thriving in Midlife: Purpose, Passion & Reinvention
Ep 7: Thriving in Midlife: Purpose, Passion & Reinvention 🌟

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose.

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessa: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

Have you ever wondered why you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected in a world that keeps asking you to hold more? This conversation will meet you gently and honestly. In this episode of The Radically Well Podcast, Rosie Acosta sits down with Mayim Bialik, PhD, actress, neuroscientist, writer, and mental health advocate. Together they explore the inner landscape of women’s wellbeing through a blend of science, spirituality, and lived experience.

They talk about the rise of anxiety, the emotional aftershocks of the pandemic, the realities of perimenopause and menopause, and the way trauma often resurfaces as we age. They also discuss why women are still dismissed and misunderstood in medical spaces and how reclaiming our voice and agency can be transformative. This episode reminds us that we are not alone, we are not broken, and we deserve compassionate care and connection.

✨ What You’ll Learn
- How Mayim blends neuroscience and spirituality to make mental health feel both accessible and empowering.
- Why anxiety, burnout, and emotional overwhelm have increased since COVID and what this reveals about our nervous systems.
- What women experience during perimenopause and menopause, especially around mood changes, identity shifts, and feeling misunderstood.
- How trauma stored in the body can resurface with hormonal changes and stress.
- Why many women are misdiagnosed or dismissed when seeking medical support for hormonal or emotional symptoms.
- How contemplative practices, community, and connection support mental resilience during major life transitions.
- What Mayim has learned from interviewing physicists, near death experiencers, and mental health experts about consciousness and healing.
- Why compassion, self advocacy, and curiosity remain vital tools for emotional wellbeing.

Connect with Mayim Bialik
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missmayim/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@MayimBialik
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6TgOe2poCdpZtQwKetQmU1
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mayimbialik

Timestamps

00:00:00 Why Mayim Started a Mental Health Podcast
00:02:10 Anxiety, COVID, and the Emotional Toll No One Predicted
00:05:30 Blending Neuroscience and Spirituality in Real Life
00:08:45 Women, Hormones, and Feeling Unheard in Healthcare
00:12:20 Rosie’s Early Menopause Experience and Misdiagnosis
00:15:40 How Trauma Resurfaces During Perimenopause and Menopause
00:20:05 The Stigma and Barriers Around Hormone Therapy
00:27:00 Trauma, Hormones, and Emotional Intensity
00:33:10 What Hope, Community, and Curiosity Teach Us About Resilience
00:43:00 The Physicist Who Changed Mayim’s Perspective
00:53:00 Mayim’s Substack and the Return to Writing
00:54:29 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfco...
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com?u... 

Discover More Mindful Episodes
Wellness For Women Through Connection, Community, And Emotional Balance
Bonus Ep: Wellness For Women Through Connection, Community, And Emotional Balance

Sleep and Recovery: Restoring Energy in a Busy World
Ep 10: Sleep and Recovery: Restoring Energy in a Busy World

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose.

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessa: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and felt confused, tender, or unsure about the changes happening in your body, you are not alone. In this second season’s first episode of The Radically Well Podcast, Rosie Acosta and Tessa Tovar open an honest and deeply compassionate conversation about midlife, hormones, and the emotional terrain of body image. Together, they explore why these changes can feel so overwhelming, how societal conditioning shapes our inner dialogue, and what it truly means to care for yourself with grace during this season of life.

This episode is a grounding invitation to rethink beauty, release self-judgment, and build supportive practices that reconnect you to your strength, your truth, and your aliveness.

✨ What You’ll Learn
- Why body image shifts in midlife feel so emotionally charged
- How hormonal changes impact weight, skin, energy, and mood
- How to talk about body changes without self-shaming or seeking validation
- Why women internalize anti-aging messages and how to unlearn them
- How to cultivate healthier inner dialogue and emotional reframing
- What sustainable health practices look like during perimenopause and after
- How to navigate the fear of weight gain and build supportive habits
- Why discomfort is part of growth and how to distinguish it from harm
- What it means to create community with women who model healthy aging
- How to return to neutrality and self-compassion when everything feels hard

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:24 Listener Question: How Do I Accept My Body Changes?
00:05:49 Changing How We Talk About Our Bodies
00:08:25 Unlearning Validation Seeking and Self-Deprecation
00:11:43 How Conditioning Shapes Beauty Standards
00:13:52 Plastic Surgery, Choice, and Conscious Motivation
00:18:57 Feeling Invisible in Media and Society
00:20:46 Health Journeys, Fasting, Sugar, and Sustainability
00:23:48 Building Habits Without Obsession
00:27:32 Education, Personalization, and Adaptability
00:30:51 Navigating the Wild West of Perimenopause
00:33:24 Discomfort vs Pain and Why Growth Requires Both
00:38:41 Returning to Aliveness and Compassion

 💌Dive Deeper With Me For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/m…
Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com 
Begin Your Path to Radical Self-Compassion: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfco... 
Deepen Your Practice with the Mindful Love Hub: https://radicallyloved.substack.com?u...  

Discover More Mindful Episodes
Body Image and Self-Love Through Life’s Changes
Ep 4: Body Image and Self-Love Through Life’s Changes

Young Menopause: What No One Tells You
Ep 1: Young Menopause: What No One Tells You

Transforming Through Mindful Living 
Hi, I’m Rosie Acosta. I’m here to question the conventional and share what truly makes a difference in living with presence, love, and compassion. Whether it’s through meditation, mindful living, or healing the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore, I believe every moment of our journey holds the power to transform us. I’m not about quick fixes or surface solutions. I’m about real, conscious practices that reconnect us to our truth, our roots, and our higher purpose. 

Connect with Rosie
✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rosieacosta
✨ Facebook: http://facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie 
✨ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta  
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RosieAcosta

Connect with Tessa: 
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/
✨ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tessamarietovar
✨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tessatovar

In this episode of The Radically Well Podcast, hosts Rosie Acosta and Tessa Tovar get real about the emotional rollercoaster of dating during menopause. They share the powerful stories of two listeners, Crystal and Raquel, who open up about love, heartbreak, and self-discovery in midlife.

🎙️ Topics We Cover:

• The impact of perimenopause and menopause on dating & intimacy
• Why self-awareness is your superpower in midlife relationships
• Challenging societal expectations around aging and love

This episode is a must-watch for women navigating midlife transitions, those curious about the intersection of menopause and relationships, or anyone seeking inspiration to own their story without apology.

💬 Have you experienced love or loss during menopause? We'd love to hear your story.

🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the NOTIFICATION BELL so you never miss a radically honest convo about wellness, relationships, and everything in between.

Chapters

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:00) Navigating Dating and Menopause
(00:11:00) Season Finale Reflections
(00:12:44) Dating During Perimenopause: Crystal's Story
(00:30:30) Raquel's Journey: Dating After Divorce
(00:37:20) Navigating Relationships and Heartbreak
(00:39:28) Dating in Midlife: Challenges and Considerations
(00:42:47) Rebuilding After Heartbreak: Finding Yourself Again
(00:45:46) Empowerment Through Change: Embracing New Experiences
(00:49:51) The Complexity of Love: Conditional vs. Unconditional
(00:52:17) Understanding Midlife Crises: A Male Perspective
(01:00:06) The Dynamics of Desire: Age and Experience in Relationships

Enjoy the podcast? If you do, we'd love a review from you. Don’t forget to follow and message us on these platforms! 

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rosieacosta
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosieacosta 
Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@itsrosieacosta

🚨Join Us 🚨 For support at the Radically Loved Collective: https://radicallyloved.mykajabi.com/membership?kj_previewing=true

Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com

Get Our Free Guide to Self-Compassion Here: https://radicallyloved.kit.com/selfcompassionbook

Sign up for ’The Mindful Love Hub’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@mindfulnesswithrosie