Turning 30 Podcast

By Emma WilsonSociety & Culture Relationships

Turning 30 Podcast episodes

February 06, 2024 How to Fully Accept the Path You Are On in your Thirties and Grieve the Path not Taken
A one-off preview of a module from my brand new course Next Chapter in Love. Within the course, there are 27 self-study modules to help you transform your current love life, and this episode offers you an exclusive preview to one of the topics in the course.
After working with hundreds of women in their thirties, a pattern I often see is how many people feel frustrated or disappointed about how their thirties were not as they expected them to be.
When we hold on to a perception of how our lives ‘should look’, it affects how we accept where we are right now- and when it comes to our love life, this can often show up in how we date and approach our relationships.
In this solo episode I share my thoughts on how to accept the path that you are on, whilst also giving space to grieve the path never taken. This way, you can learn how to take healthy and conscious action steps to build your next chapter and break free from the past.
My brand new course NEXT CHAPTER IN LOVE : how to build your next chapter in love is opening IS NOW LIVE.
This course is dedicated to helping you create the love life that you want in your thirties, embrace your single status, ditch the timelines and create a positive mindset in dating. Special launch price available until end of February,

Register for your next chapter in love here:
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]

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33 min
January 24, 2024 How to navigate your Saturn Return and Trust Your Timing in Dating and Relationships ft Alice Bell
Did you know that in astrology the age of 29 (and the lead up to it) is particularly significant because it marks our ‘Saturn Return’: a time re-evaluation and considering how you want the next chapter to be?
I have invited Alice Bell, the author of “Trust Your Timing’ and astrolger for British Vogue to explain all about Saturn Returns and how we can best navigate them. In the episode we discuss the growing pains of Saturn Returns, sharing both of our experiences of going through our own, and we also talk about the other relevant astrological ages that can mark big changes and transitions.
We also dive into the topic of Alice’s book: how you can trust the unique timing of your own journey and use astrology to support dating and your journey to a relationship.
This episode is for you if you want to work on your own trust in divine timing and explore how astrology can support you in your journey.
My brand new course NEXT CHAPTER IN LOVE : how to build your next chapter in love is opening IS NOW LIVE.

This course is dedicated to helping you create the love life that you want in your thirties, embrace your single status, ditch the timelines and create a positive mindset in dating. Special launch price available until February 1st.
Register for your next chapter in love here:
Connect with Emma
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
Connect with Alice
Instagram: @stalkalice
More info: https://www.alicebellastrology.com/insta-bio

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44 min
January 16, 2024 How to find your match (and keep them) ft Aleeza Ben Shalom
In this week’s episode I have invited seasoned matchmaker, dating coach and Netflix star Aleeza Ben Shalom from Jewish Matchmaking to talk about how to find your perfect match.
We dive into:
what ‘a good match’ means
what you should be looking for when going out in search of a life partner
Aleeza’s ‘date em til you hate em’ theory and when to know whether to go on a second date
What changes when you are looking for love in your thirties
The ick: and what to do when you get it!
As you will know if you watched the Netflix series, Aleeza’s energy is contagious and her methods of matchmaking have helped over 200 singles manifest love.
My brand new course NEXT CHAPTER IN LOVE : how to build your next chapter in love is opening IS NOW LIVE.
This course is dedicated to helping you create the love life that you want in your thirties, embrace your single status, ditch the timelines and create a positive mindset in dating. Special launch price available until February 1st.
Register for your next chapter in love here:
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
Connect with Aleeza
Instagram: @aleezabenshalom
Website: https://marriagemindedmentor.com/

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42 min
January 09, 2024 My Future You method to become who you want to be in 2024 (Free practical coaching tool)
The Future You coaching method is my foolproof coaching tool to paint a clear vision of who you are becoming in the future, and for the first time I am sharing this with my entire community for free.
If you are ready to get clarity on how you want 2024 to pan out for you, so that you can successfully build your next chapter- this episode is for you.
The Future You exercise is a practical activity that you can complete whilst listening to the episode, and I have created a special template on Notion that you can download for free.
Notion is a productivity software that allows you to take notes, manage tasks and set goals, you can also use it to plan your next trip, get clear on your morning routine or share menus for a dinner party.
I use Notion daily to organize my personal life and to manage my business, and I have created templates for many of the coaching tools that I use with my clients.
In honour of the New Year, I have now made my Future You template available for you to download for free, so you can get clarity on how you want your next chapter to look.
Sign up for free to Notion: https://ntn.so/turning30
Download your free Future You template to complete the exercise in the podcast: https://www.notion.so/templates/future-you-2024
The Future You activity is taken from my brand new course NEXT CHAPTER IN LOVE : how to build your next chapter in love is opening and if you are already on the waitlist you will get special first access and a discount. This course is dedicated to helping you create the love life that you want, embrace your single status, ditch the timelines and create a positive mindset in dating.
Sign up to the waitlist here:
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
38 min
December 20, 2023 GIRL TALK: How to Not Lose Hope When Dating ft Caitlin Smith
Let’s be real- being single in your thirties brings up a whole host of emotions, and one of those can be despair and loss of hope that you will meet someone.
Knock-backs, rejection, dating apps, ghosting, comparison: all of these things can impact our mindset when it comes to dating, and many of my community contact me and ask how to keep the faith and trust that love is coming.
In this week’s podcast episode I have invited my coaching colleague back for yet another unfiltered, real conversation on this topic, Caitlin aka The Compatability Coach.
In another instalment of our Girl Talk, Caitlin and I have an open conversation about how to trust that you will meet someone, what to do in times of despair, advice on how to enjoy being single and I share my own personal journey of rejections and meeting someone in the last year.

On NYE my brand new course NEXT CHAPTER IN LOVE : how to build your next chapter in love is opening and if you are already on the waitlist you will get special first access and a discount. This course is dedicated to helping you create the love life that you want, embrace your single status, ditch the timelines and create a positive mindset in dating.

Sign up to the waitlist here:
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
Connect with Caitlin
Instagram: @the.compatibility.coach https://www.instagram.com/the.compatibility.coach/
Website: https://www.thecompatibilitycoach.co.uk/
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1 hr 4 min
December 12, 2023 How to Make New Friends in Your Thirties
Carrying on the conversation all around friendships in your thirties, I am giving you free exclusive access to one of the key modules of my Friendships Audio Course: How to Make New Friends.
Whilst many people think that making friends in your thirties is more challenging than our younger years, I’m here to remind you that not only is it possible, but it is one of the most rewarding things you can focus your energy on at this age.
In an ideal world, aligned friends that share similar values and lifestyles to us would organically appear on our doorsteps, however the reality of it is that we have to go out and consciously and intentionally make these friendships. And when we do, the connections that we create are fulfilling and uplifting.
I have created a clear six stage process for how to make new friends, tried and tested over the past two years where this has been one of my key goals.
This episode is for you if you have been feeling the urge to make new friends, struggle with loneliness and feel that your current friendships aren’t satisfying you, want to know where and how to make new friends
To access the remaining 7 modules of the Friendship Audio Course, register here:
turning-30-coaching.teachable.com/p/friendships-in-your-30-s-mini-course
8 Audio modules packed full of coaching and content about how to have better friendships.
With modules on emotional adulthood, expectations, boundaries, letting go of friends and how to cope when your friends are at different life stages, you will gain practical coaching tools to strengthen your current friendships and help you to create new ones.
**N.B. This is a re-run of an episode released in April 2022**
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
39 min
December 06, 2023 Help! My Friends are at a Different Life Stage to me: Advice on How to Navigate Changing Friendships in your Thirties
At the end of December the Reclaim course: how to build your next chapter in love is opening and if you are already on the waitlist you will get special first access and a discount. Sign up to the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/reclaimcoursewaitlist

Have you ever found yourself zoning out of a conversation during dinner with your friends when topics turn to things you can’t relate to?

Have you ever felt a distance growing between you and a close friend because you are now at different stages of life?

In this solo episode, I am diving into a topic that I know so many of my community struggle with: feeling that all of your friends are doing something different to you and not being able to maintain the friendships.
Whether you’re feeling left behind, or you’ve recently moved to a different life stage to your friends, this time can feel confronting and it happens to so many of us in our thirties.

I am sharing my own personal experiences of shifting friendships and giving some mindset shifts and musings on how I think you can look at this in a different mindset.

If you like this episode and want to learn more about friendships, you can purchase my ‘How to have better friendships in your thirties’ audio course for 8 podcast-style audio modules diving even deeper into this topics. And it’s only $66.

Register here: https://turning-30-coaching.teachable.com/p/friendships-in-your-30-s-mini-course

Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
38 min
November 28, 2023 YOUR THIRTIES: You Never Know What is Waiting For You Just Around the Corner Ft. Nikki Healey
In this special guest episode I have invited my client Nikki back onto the podcast to share with us her life updates and her incredible story of how her life changed drastically over the period of six months, in a way which she could never have predicted before.

In her early thirties Nikki experienced a break-up and was unexpectedly single, leading her to mental health lows and fears that she wouldn’t fulfil her dream of becoming a mother. After taking control of her fertility and egg-freezing, a special trip to Bali and starting her coaching journey with me, she reclaimed her thirties and started out on a new path.

In Winter 2021, she started dating her now husband and in this episode Nikki is sharing her journey going from single to mum-to-be in the space of five months, where she is in her life now and the challenges and key parts of her journey over the past two years.

Nikki and I share our views on what has helped us to embrace our thirties path which was so different to what he had ever imagined, and then how we have dealt with big, unexpected life changes. This episode is all about accepting your timelines and knowing that your story is panning out the way that it is meant to, even at the times when you feel left behind or that you have no idea how your future will look.
Because the truth is, you never know what is waiting for you- just around the corner!

For the first time I am also sharing some exciting life updates that are my version of not knowing what is around the corner- so tune in to hear what’s been going on behind the scenes.
Until November 31st, my Next Chapter Course is currently on sale for $99, if you sign up you will also get FREE access to my exclusive ‘How to have better friendships in your thirties’ mini-course worth $66.

The Next Chapter course is my coaching foundations course, and it is the perfect way to dip your toe into the coaching world and see if it is something you want to know more about.

It includes access to 4 coaching workshops (each worth over $200!), 14 x self-study videos on coaching concepts, a 100-page workbook and my exclusive Next Chapter Facebook Community.

Register here: https://www.turning30coach.com/the-next-chapter

Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
1 hr 9 min
November 21, 2023 REAL TALK: Why Our Thirties Can Be Lonely and What We Can Do About It
There’s no denying it, being in your thirties can be a lonely time.
Priorities and focuses have shifted from your twenties and your social life has evolved over the past years.
Your friends are at different life stages, those around you are busy on their own paths.
The result? We feel more lonely than before.
In this week’s solo podcast episode, we’re diving into why our thirties can feel lonely and how to combat that loneliness. And the episode may surprise you- as it’s not all about ‘putting yourself out there’ to meet new friends.
In the episode I share my own personal journey of experiencing an extreme period of loneliness, how I overcame it, how you can use your mind and coaching tools to work on your loneliness ‘narrative’ and some tips for how to make more meaningful connections.
Don’t forget to subscribe to my new YouTube channel to receive exclusive videos including monthly YouTube Q&As that won’t be available on the podcast. Go and check T30 out on IG and help us grow our community!
To celebrate the new season of the podcast, my Next Chapter Course is currently on sale for $99 AND for the whole month of November, if you sign up you will also get FREE access to my exclusive ‘How to have better friendships in your thirties’ mini-course worth $66.

The Next Chapter course is my coaching foundations course, and it is the perfect way to dip your toe into the coaching world and see if it is something you want to know more about.

It includes access to 4 coaching workshops (each worth over $200!), 14 x self-study videos on coaching concepts, a 100-page workbook and my exclusive Next Chapter Facebook Community.

Register here: https://www.turning30coach.com/the-next-chapter

Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
35 min
November 14, 2023 Turning 30 and Age Anxiety, Fear of Growing up and How to Overcome it to Enjoy Your Thirties
Today we’re covering something that is central to my mission as a life coach focusing on helping individuals feel better about their age: – age anxiety. This is a topic that so many of us experience as we transition from our twenties into our thirties and we experience the reality of ‘growing older, entering a new phase of life and really facing the societal pressures of becoming an adult and everything that comes along with that.

For some of us this feeling is sudden and happens at the turn of a big birthday or as our birthday approaches, yet for many of us this is a background anxiety that gets heightened.

In this solo episode I am sharing my thoughts on the reason we experience anxiety at this age, how I personally experienced aging anxiety over the years, and how we can cope with this and take control of our anxiety and even use it to our advantage to make the most of our thirties.

Topics that I cover include the ‘instruction manual’ we hold ourselves accountable to in our thirties, the existential fears that can crop up as we age and see our parents growing older and experiencing loss, the part that society and popular culture plays in convincing women of their impending value drop due to growing older and more.
Don’t forget to subscribe to my new YouTube channel to receive exclusive videos including monthly YouTube Q&As that won’t be available on the podcast. Go and check T30 out on IG and help us grow our community!
To celebrate the new season of the podcast, my Next Chapter Course is currently on sale for $99 AND for the whole month of November, if you sign up you will also get FREE access to my exclusive ‘How to have better friendships in your thirties’ mini-course worth $66.

The Next Chapter course is my coaching foundations course, and it is the perfect way to dip your toe into the coaching world and see if it is something you want to know more about.

It includes access to 4 coaching workshops (each worth over $200!), 14 x self-study videos on coaching concepts, a 100-page workbook and my exclusive Next Chapter Facebook Community.

Register here: https://www.turning30coach.com/the-next-chapter

We talk about:
[0:00] Intro
[3:10] What is age anxiety
[7:00] The birthday hole
[8:40] Why is 30 the number we dread?
[9:55] The expectations we have by certain ages
[10:55] The age of marriage getting higher
[12:00] How pop culture influence our perception of reality
[13:35] The external pressures of movies and TV shows that we're 'doing something wrong'
[15:20] How confusion induces this anxiety
[16:20] The fear of being older
[22:30] Finding acceptance for where we are in life
[27:55] Women growing 'less valuable' over time
Connect with me
Instagram: @turning30coach / www.instagram.com/turning30coach
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/t30coach
Website: www.turning30coach.com
Email me your questions: [email protected]
If you loved this episode please subscribe to the Turning 30 Podcast on whichever platform you are listening on and rate us five stars!
40 min

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The Turning 30 Podcast is a collection of solo episodes and real-life candid conversations with 30-somethings navigating the ups and downs of adulthood. The podcast is hosted by Turning 30 Life Coach…