Confessions of a Freebird - Midlife, Divorce, Dating, Empty Nest, Well-Being, Mindset, Happiness
Laurie James - Podcaster, Author, Somatic Practitioner and Coach
5.0from 81 ratings
- 137
- Episodes
- 78
- Transcribed
- 81
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Confessions of a Freebird - Midlife, Divorce, Dating, Empty Nest, Well-Being, Mindset, Happiness
Are you somewhere in the middle of your life wondering — is this all there is? Maybe you've spent decades putting everyone else first. Maybe you're navigating divorce, empty nesting, loss, or the quiet ache of a life that no longer fits. Maybe you're ready for something more — you are stuck and don't know how to get there yet. This is "the" podcast for "that". Confessions of a Freebird is a space for people in midlife who are done surviving and ready to live again. Three times a month, host Laurie James — author of Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go, certified somatic practitioner, coach, mother of four, divorcée, and recovering caregiver — brings you honest conversations and embodied tools for the journey back to yourself. Expect raw personal reflections, expert conversations, and somatic coaching strategies covering everything from divorce strategies, grief, trauma healing, and anger to sex, dating again, finances, caregiving, and reinvention. Because the people who need this podcast aren't looking for toxic positivity — they're looking for someone who gets it. Every episode is an invitation to stop managing and start feeling. To stop performing fine and start living freely. To come home to yourself through attuning to the body — and design a life that fits who you actually are now, not who you were twenty years ago or who someone else told you to be. Whether you're in the thick of the sandwich generation, starting over after loss or divorce, or quietly dreaming of your next chapter — you're in the right place. Confessions of a Freebird. Your midlife permission slip to evolve, heal, and fall in love with your life all over again. Because the most important relationship you'll ever have is the one you have with yourself. XO, Laurie Connect with me: www.laurieejames.com (http://www.laurieejames.com) My Free "Beginner's Guide to Somatic Healing" https://laurieejames.myflodesk.com/bgtsh Purchase my book, Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go, https://www.laurieejames.com/book (https://www.laurieejames.com/book) IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurie.james/ (https://www.instagram.com/laurie.james/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurie.james.79219754
- Publisher
- Laurie James - Podcaster, Author, Somatic Practitioner and Coach
- Category
- education · health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
78 of 137 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Why You Feel Broken When You're Sick and How Self Compassion Helps You Heal with Dr. Karyn Shanks
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That we all have a tendency to gravitate towards sometimes when we're stressed or we're overly hungry because we skipped lunch. I'm speaking for myself, of course. I have a feeling some of our listeners might also do this as well. We use food in its various forms, even in its non-food forms, which is I assume highly processed food is to me is not really food. But I hear what you're saying. And yes, we all do that. But, you know, we're really designed to flourish when we eat an unprocessed whole foods diet that contains all the macro and micronutrients that our body needs to run all the chemistry of the body. […]
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- Dr Karyn Shanks
- Stephanie Mara Fox
- Zach Brittle
- Johanna Danaher
- Wendy Valentine
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 72 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
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- 94
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 77
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