Making Midlife Magic

About Making Midlife Magic

Mindset shifts & practical tips for living a fabulous life in your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, & beyond. I'm a college professor turned life coach. When I turned 50, I worried that my creative years were behind me. I was bored at my long-time job, and realized I needed to take control of my future. This is the podcast I wish I had. I make it for you, so you don't waste another day of your precious life. [Music: Oleksandr Stepanov, penguinmusic - Bright Energetic Electronica, Pixabay; Podcast art: Zoey Nahmmacher-Baum]

Publisher

Rachel Baum

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Mar 2022

Latest episode

12 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 194 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Listen Again: Life Wisdom from My Dog (Ep #24)

   Host [Host Name] shares profound life lessons from her dog Wally, offering practical wisdom on self-love and embracing desires.

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   29 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep #184: Give Yourself A Sabbatical

   Host Rachel M. shares how listeners can create their own restorative sabbatical experience without leaving their jobs, offering practical steps for intentional withdrawal and growth.

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   8 May 2026

   Ep #183: What Gets In The Way Of Having Fun (And What To Do About It)

   You've been looking forward to the weekend all week. Finally — no obligations, nowhere to be. And then it arrives, and instead of relief, you feel... anxious. Vaguely guilty. Like you're forgetting something important. Sound familiar? You're not broken. You're well-trained. In this episode, I kick off a new focus on fun by starting with what gets in the way. Because before we can have more fun, we need to understand why fun (and rest, and doing absolutely nothing) can feel so threatening, even when we genuinely want more joy in our lives. It turns out there are real, specific reasons this happens. Your nervous system isn't misbehaving. It's doing exactly what it's been trained to do. Listen to find out why rest can feel like falling behind, what your identity has to do with your inability to close the laptop on a Sunday, and the surprisingly small shifts that can start to change all of it.

Inside a recent episode

Listen Again: Life Wisdom from My Dog (Ep #24)

Published 12 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you've ever been loved by a dog, you know that they are here to show us how to love unconditionally. My dog doesn't care how much money I make, what I weigh, whether I'm wearing makeup, whether my house is messy, whether I've had a productive day. He just loves me. All my dog cares about is that I love him. And amazingly, he lets me love him. Humans can be so complicated in their love, can't we? If I compliment that person, will they think I have ulterior motives? Will I seem too needy? Sometimes we want to love people that refuse our love, or we love people that can't love us the way we want to be loved. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

26 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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