Your Magical Midlife

Brenda Rigney went from being the COO of an $80 million business to starting a company of one. For 27 years, she led sales, marketing, tech, HR, and operations teams for brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Earls Restaurants, and Nurse Next Door, and  was integral in scaling businesses at every level from every angle.

She still draws from a lot of that experience today, but with midlife women entrepreneurs and without the hustle-culture flavor.

In her community Aligned AF, she shares her expertise on developing the brass tacks of building your business, including what not to do-and she helps women in midlife improve their—their health, wealth, relationships, and beyond while building the brand of their dreams.

Meet Brenda: https://www.brendarigney.com

Join The Aligned AF Community: https://www.brendarigney.com/aligned-af-community

The X Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-x-podcast/id1567515594

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

The Maiden, Mother, and Crone archetypes traditionally represent the cyclical nature of life, encompassing youth, motherhood, and old age/death, respectively. 

As I have been aging, reflecting and mining my own life, I have come to a conclusion that there is actually a fourth phase, nestled between the Mother and The Crone that I prefer to call The Empress. She is us, women in midlife. 

The Maiden: is our youth, innocence, inexperience, untapped potential, our playfulness, sense of adventure, desire for new beginnings, and the potential for growth. 

The Mother: is where we nurture, our fertility, our sense of abundance, and the fullness of life, if you don't have children it's our creative ventures and the building block time of life 

The Empress: invites us to pause, discern, take stock, take back our power, process, and reinvent   

The Crone: is where we step into our wisdom, pass on our experience, face endings, and seed the renewal of the Maiden 

At each phase, we carry the other three as we are always cycling through-no matter what age you actually are today. Each stage has wounds to heal and gifts to give us. 

I'll be launching a coaching program around this concept later in 2025. Stay tuned and in the meantime, let me know your thoughts on your season of life 

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

Carin Luna-Ostaseski is one of the founder of Hot Or Just Me ?, a menopause support platform that offers products and solutions for women in midlife. 

She's a fascinating woman who has pivoted multiple times. She began her career in advertising and then pivoted to become the first Hispanic founders of a scotch whisky. Her journey as a first generation Cuban American challenged conventions every step of the way, and has inspired others to achieve the unexpected. 

We have an honest and frank discussion about menopause and sexual wellness. Be sure to follow her on Instagram @hotorjustme

Check out the website https://hotorjustme.com/ and use the code yourmagicalmidlife for 10% off all products 

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

Jen Rigley is an author, motivational speaker and personal transformation expert focused on women’s empowerment and living your best life after 50.  Her mission is to inspire and empower women in midlife to create a new story for their life, especially after facing significant challenges and trauma.

Formerly a top sales and marketing executive working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 clients, Jen is the founder of Flourishing Over Fifty, a brand whose powerful message is rooted in overcoming adversity in midlife.

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and 30+ years of real-life experience encountering and overcoming significant trauma and challenges Jen is sought after to share her story of resilience and triumphing over adversity.

Follow Jen on Instagram: @flourishingoverfifty 

Check out her community: https://flourishingoverfifty.com/

Check out Jen's course (and mine as well !) at The Wellbeing Summit: https://well-being.heysummit.com/?sc=HcLj7nzU&ac=SWT16lYY

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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'm heavier than I'm used to being and heavier than I think of myself in my head right now. My favorite dress doesn't fit. 

At this stage and has of life, I am done done DONE with being that woman who is obsessed with her weight. I just don't want that at this point. 

Internalized agism is so hard. And older heavier bodies are judged the harshest in our society. 

Can you soften up on yourself ? 

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

Kelly Stegmann is on a mission to make magical accessible to all. She is a fellow tarot reader, healer and psychic. She has a gorgeous online community called The Nebula which holds sacred circles, group divination and readings. She is funny, smart and a fellow Duranie ! 

Check Kelly out and give her a follow on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebohowitchery

Join her community The Nebula: https://www.thebohowitchery.com/thenebula

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

Kate Valentine (playwright/producer/choreographer/actor) is one of the instigators of the feminist neo-burlesque movement. Her show, the vaudeville extravaganza The Va Va Voom Room and her hilariously deadpan mistress of ceremonies character Miss Astrid rode a zeitgeist beginning in the mid 1990’s in Los Angeles. The popularity of The Va Va Voom Room hit its apex as a weekly variety show featuring hundreds of noted striptease dancers, musicians, and variety artists running at the beloved cabaret space Fez Under Time Café in NYC. 

Now, as most of us Gen X-ers, Kate has entered midlife and is refusing to be quiet about it. Her new show A Woman Of A Certain Rage, is both entertainment and commentary about aging in a female body in an age of anxiety. It's funny. It's incendiary and you should definitely check it out. 

Kate is smart, witty, delightful and inspiring. I'm thrilled to share this interview. 

Follow her on Instagram @mzkatevalentine

Check out Kate's website for updates on where you can see her live: http://katevalentine.net

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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'm thrilled to share this conversation with Dr Cathleen Brown the new medical director of the Telehealth medicine company, Winona. 

HRT should not be confusing-but it is. I have walked out of multiple OBGYN offices with prescriptions that I did not understand. Dr Brown gives clear, concise and scientifically sound information. 

Let me know what you think of the conversation. 

Check out Winona on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bywinona/

Book a consultation: https://bywinona.com/

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 never one of those women who actively said "No kids for me". 

I was also not one of those little girls who played house and wanted to be a Mommy when I grew up. 

I was pretty surprised when a wave of grief about being 53 without my own nuclear family popped up after the death of my father. 

I think a lot of GenX and younger women are aging without children or a traditional relationship. And it's okay to not love it 100% of the time. 

If you have any thoughts or comments about this episode, drop me an email  

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️

Thank you so much for listening to Season 2 of Your Magical Midlife. I am taking a pause but will re-launch on Valentine's Day 2025 with new episodes, new interviews  and new adventures. See you on the flip side ! 

The waitlist is open for Desert Bloom Retreat Fall of  2027 at Ojo Resort in Santa Fe New Mexico find out all about it and join the waitlist 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

What to book my signature workshop Craft Your Crown: https://yourmagicalmidlife.com/craft-your-crown

Book your FREE  coaching curiosity call: https://calendly.com/your-magical-midlife/coaching-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 ♥️