Midlife Remix

About Midlife Remix

Midlife Remix is a podcast exploring the complexities and opportunities of midlife transitions, focusing on personal growth and career evolution. 🎙️ Through authentic, insightful interviews, I speak with inspiring individuals who have successfully pivoted, aligning their careers with the lives they want to live. These conversations offer wisdom, practical advice, and empowerment, helping you reflect, embrace change, and pursue a purposeful, balanced midlife with confidence and clarity.

Publisher

Midlife Remix

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Oct 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   How to Stop Proving Yourself | Veronica Beard CEO Stephanie Unwin

   "I have always felt that I've needed to prove myself." Stephanie Unwin became CEO of Veronica Beard this year after thirteen years as its president. At 22 she left a banking job in Canada, moved to New York, enrolled at Parsons, and started over in fashion. She has been building brands ever since. In this conversation, Stephanie is honest about what the big job costs. She loves her work and her team, and by the end of the day there isn't much left for the people at home. "That is the hardest part," she says. "I would say that I fail at it most times." We talk about why the need to prove yourself is so hard to let go of, how it makes you say yes to things that don't need to be yours, and the small daily pause she uses to ask, "Does this feel too hard? Am I in the wrong space right now?" We also get into why she wants her two teenagers to be a little uncomfortable, why she doesn't believe in balance, how losing her father changed the way she thinks about legacy, and what heart-led leadership looks like at a company that is more than 90% women. Near the end I asked what would still be true about her if the title were taken away tomorrow. "Everything," she said. If you're a senior leader who is still chasing the next thing, this one is for you. Guest: Stephanie Unwin, CEO of Veronica Beard Host: Steven Miyao, executive coach and founder of Coaching Metta https://coachingmetta.com (https://coachingmetta.com) #MidlifeRemix #StevenMiyao #StephanieUnwin #VeronicaBeard #Leadership #ExecutiveCoaching #WomenInLeadership #SelfCompassion Chapters 0:00 "Eventually you surrender" 0:45 Meet Stephanie Unwin 1:29 Leaving banking at 22 3:14 Nothing left at home 4:27 Fire in the belly 5:47 Let kids be uncomfortable 6:45 Balance doesn't exist 8:35 Alignment, not hours 10:50 Leading with compassion 13:06 Is this the mountaintop? 15:16 Loss and legacy 16:58 Proving yourself 19:59 Without the title 20:45 Two practices to start

2. 

   22 Jul 2026

   10 Midlife Wake-Up Calls: Burnout, Identity Loss & Finding Purpose

   What does a midlife crisis actually look like? Sometimes it's a heart attack you drive yourself to the hospital for, an award that feels like nothing once you finally hold it, or burnout that puts you on the kitchen floor.In this Midlife Remix compilation, I bring together the most honest moments from ten conversations about midlife reinvention — career change after 50, burnout recovery, identity loss, loneliness, and what it takes to stop pretending and live more intentionally.Every person in this episode built a career most of us would envy. And every one of them hit a point where the life they'd built stopped making sense. Nobody here tells you what to do. It's ten people describing the point where they stopped pretending, and what they did after. I put it together because I don't think this question should have to wait for an emergency.I'm Steven Miyao, executive coach and founder of Coaching Metta, and this is Midlife Remix — the podcast for high performers rethinking success, purpose, and what comes next in the second half of life.FEATURING: Mike Ma — founder of Sidecut Ventures, formerly head of digital innovation at Bank of America Joel Hempel — founder of Fernweh Guided Expeditions, after 28 years on Wall Street Thomas Droge — physician and Chief Mindfulness Officer at Tiffin Simon Verhoeven — award-winning German filmmaker João Perre Viana — founder of the Walking Mentorship Brittanni Hendricks — leadership coach and author of It's My Turn Molly Carroll — therapist and founder of Cracking Open Erin Collins — executive recruiter and founding partner at Human Capital Acquisition Jack Swift — former Janus Henderson executive and CEO of TiffinCHAPTERS: 00:00 What a midlife crisis really looks like 00:54 Mike Ma: leaving Bank of America — "you just fly in planes and swear at people" 01:34 Turning 50: the wake-up call 02:17 Joel Hempel: losing his parents, his marriage, and his job of 28 years — "corporate heroin" 03:02 Thomas Droge: a heart attack at midlife — "do I want to be doing this right now?" 03:39 Simon Verhoeven: winning a German Film Award and feeling nothing 04:29 Redefining success and choosing the right ambition 05:08 João Perre Viana: identity crisis after leaving corporate life 06:10 Why career transitions take longer than you expect 06:42 Brittanni Hendricks: authenticity, code-switching, and fitting in at work 07:46 ADHD as a superpower 08:12 Why high performers get passed over for promotion 09:11 Molly Carroll: burnout, collapse, and the loneliness epidemic 11:09 How to stay connected: water the plants 11:44 Why me time isn't selfish — advice for leaders 12:54 Fear, control, and Alan Watts 13:32 When your routines stop working 14:19 Faith vs. belief 14:58 Simon: losing his father while filming 16:23 Erin Collins: intuition, asking for signs, and the white butterflies 18:04 Living aligned with your values 18:37 Jack Swift: gut feelings vs. thoughts — leading by sensing, not knowing 21:36 Finding work you'd do for free (and why AI makes it urgent) 22:31 Letting go of your old identity 22:42 Life is a book you can't page back throughConnect with me: Website: https://www.coachingmetta.com#MidlifeRemix #StevenMiyao #MidlifeCrisis #CareerChange #Burnout #Reinvention #PersonalGrowth #Over50

3. 

   6 Jul 2026

   How to Lead in the Age of AI | Jack Swift

   What happens to humans in the age of AI? Steven Miyao welcomes back Jack Swift — a West Point graduate and former Army Ranger who became an executive at Janus Henderson and then CEO of the AI fintech Tiffin — to discuss his new book, Level 7 Leadership. Jack explains why leaders must shift from knowing to sensing, why "I don't know" and "I made a mistake" are the two most powerful phrases an executive can say, and why AI amplifies whatever a leader brings — clarity or chaos. From breathing resets and meditation to moving beyond servant leadership, this conversation is a practical and spiritual guide to leading (and living) on your terms in the age of AI.Chapters00:00 AI amplifies what the leader brings01:36 Welcome back, Jack Swift02:13 Why Jack wrote Level 7 Leadership06:15 From knowing to sensing: the new leadership operating system09:51 What is sensing? Feelings vs. thoughts12:31 Why feelings are faster (and truer) than thoughts16:33 Daily practices: meditation, nature, and the 30-second reset19:59 Beyond servant leadership22:45 Dispersed leadership: everyone leads at the edges25:29 From practical frameworks to spiritual territory28:50 Ancient practices, Taoism, and aligning with nature31:30 "If I do what I love, I can't make money" — the old framework35:12 Two things to start doing tomorrow36:35 Closing#MidlifeRemix #StevenMiyao #JackSwift #Level7Leadership #AILeadership #FutureOfWork #Leadership #AgeOfAI

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• Mark Hsu
• Dr Eric Dawson
• Essie Chambers

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