Your Magical Midlife

It's Saturday night, and we are north of 40. The couch wins. A caftan, a canceled plan, Tim Gunn over a Tito’s and tonic. Gen X already got it in — this is off the clock, not off the joy. Harvest Moon energy: bring in what’s ripe. Leave the rest in the dark. If you're with me, give this episode a listen. 

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

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Ojo site visit for Desert Bloom was done and dusted. Then off to The Midst in Pasadena for The Midst: How The Fuck to Old, Justina Blakeney. Inspiration overload. Two travel days in a four-day trip. Soft Girl Era: I don’t recover like I’m twenty-eight. Saturday night in my own pool with my honey. Inspired. Then I needed a week.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

I was humbled at the physical stress and strain I felt while recently traveling to NYC-a place I thrived in not that long ago. I need more now. And that's okay. Have you discovered this about yourself as you've aged ? 

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

I witnessed the terrorist attacks while working on an inpatient adolescent psych unit at Elmhurst Hospital. Here's how that day changed me, changed NYC and what I learned about resilience and letting go. 

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

In August I traveled North to scatter my father's ashes in the Long Island Sound. It was the complicated closure I didn't even know I needed. 

Releasing yourself from the past and isn't about denial or bypassing the hurt, it's about acknowledging it, and letting go of it. For you. 

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

Your Wound Isn’t in the Way — It Is the Way

What if the parts of your story you’ve been trying to hide are actually the very things that qualify you? 

In this episode I talk about the old belief that our wounds, messy choices, and late-blooming paths disqualify us — and how the opposite is true. Your imperfect life isn’t a liability. It’s the ground you stand on. You get to heal. You get to be happy. 

Your wound isn’t in the way.
It is the way.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

This is episode 100.

In this special milestone episode, I look back at the messy, beautiful journey of the past hundred episodes — what I’ve learned about unmasking, midlife loneliness, sacred silliness, and becoming who we were always meant to be.

Thank you for walking with me. Here’s to the next hundred episodes of still becoming.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

After years of screens, Zoom rooms, and AI chatbots, a lot of us are feeling it — that quiet hunger for real, in-person connection.

In this episode I talk about the loneliness that can sneak up in midlife (kids launch or never arrived, parents pass, friendships shift) and why gathering in the same room still matters more than ever. I share how retreats, ceremonies, and simple circles like Care and Connection at The Wellness Space remind us that magic still happens when women show up face to face.

If you’re craving sisterhood that feels alive — not filtered — this one’s for you.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

Three years ago I walked away from corporate life with big dreams and zero roadmap. In this honest reflection, I share the real, unfiltered story of what it’s actually been like — the loneliness, disorganization, money fears, ambition guilt, and late-bloomer chaos… along with the unexpected magic.

From replacing a steady paycheck with therapy clients to slowly building “Your Magical Midlife,” I talk about unmasking as a coach, reclaiming creative joy, stepping into Empress energy, and learning that the mess is part of the medicine.

If you’re thinking of making your own leap — or you’re already in the messy middle — this episode is for you.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️

From 1970s catcalling being “just how it was,” to the thrill and cost of being seen on burlesque stages and in NYC nightclubs, I spent decades navigating life under the male gaze.

In midlife, something shifts. The watching quietly fades — and with it comes a strange mix of grief, relief, and disorientation.

In this episode, I explore what it means to move from being watched to being truly witnessed: by other women, by ourselves, and in sacred circles. I share how Craft Your Crown has become a powerful witnessing ritual — a place where we’re seen not for how we look, but for who we’re becoming.

If you’ve ever felt invisible, free, or somewhere in between as the gaze changes, this one is for you.

Registration is open for Desert Bloom A Blood Moon Retreat February 18-22nd 2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it here: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/desert-bloom-retreat

If you’re ready to explore which archetype is most active in your life right now, take the free Midlife Archetype Quiz.

👉 Take the Midlife Archetype Quiz

Book me to come to you so that YOU can Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  20 minute coaching discovery call: https://calendly.com/kate-katehigginslcsw/curiosity-call 

Follow me on Instagram @yourmagicalmidlife where you can find updates on my upcoming workshops, retreats and coaching offers.  

Please share this podcast with a midlife friend who needs to know she's not alone ♥️