We Will Not Be Aging Quietly: Claiming Your Most Powerful Season with Katie Fogarty
“Sometimes the word ‘reinventing’ implies we’re completely changing our lives and getting rid of everything that came before. It’s more about reimagining, because we’re drawing on all of our expertise to apply it in new ways, big and small.” – Katie Fogarty
Episode 131
What if the years everyone warned you about turned out to be the ones you’d been waiting for?
Today, Jen and Amy sit down with Katie Fogarty—a former journalist, career coach, and the voice behind one of the most vibrant midlife podcasts in the country, called A Certain Age—for an honest, energizing hour about what it really means to thrive in this season.
Katie launched A Certain Age thirty-five days before her 51st birthday with one mission: blow up the narrative that women become less relevant as they get older. Five years and 230-plus episodes later, she’s interviewed hundreds of midlife women—and she has thoughts. Big ones.
They dig into the myths about midlife that refuse to die, why Katie calls this season an “accelerant” rather than an obstacle, what it looks like when women stop waiting for permission and start claiming their lives—and what she’s hearing that gives her real hope for the women coming behind us.
If you’ve ever felt like midlife was quietly trying to make you smaller—this episode is your push back.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau on Life, Emotional Regulation and Midlife Reinventions
Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy by Dr. Sharon Malone
The New Perimenopause: What’s Actually Happening to Your Body with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
When Life Happens: The Mindset Shift You Need to Manage Stress, Build Confidence, and Break Free by Dr. Rachel Goldman
Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
The Grand Paloma Resort: A Novel by Cleyvis Natera
The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin
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