Welcome to the place where midlife is just the beginning. We’re two women with a wildly optimistic view of getting older, here to laugh loudly, dig deep, and hold space for the messy, magnificent reality of midlife. This is a podcast for women who know they’re just getting started - who crave honest conversations, unexpected insights, and the kind of supportive community that feels like a group chat with your best friends. If you’ve ever thought, “Surely there’s more to this chapter?” — you’re in exactly the right place.
Only Gets Better
Claim This Podcastby Heather and Selin
12 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Welcome to the place where midlife is just the beginning. We’re two women with a wildly optimistic view of getting older, here to laugh loudly, dig deep, and hold space for the messy, magnificent reality of midlife. This is a podcast for women who know they’re just getting started - who crave honest conversations, unexpected insights, and the kind of supportive community that feels like a group chat with your best friends. If you’ve ever thought, “Surely there’s more to this chapter?” — you’re in exactly the right place.
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Recent Episodes
July 20, 2026
Laughing Our Way Through Mum Guilt
<p><strong>Episode 12:</strong> In this one, we laugh through that motherhood universal - guilt. Because honestly, a good chat with a girlfriend is all it takes to realise none of us have it figured out and we’re all doing a pretty great job anyway. </p><p>If you’ve ever worried about not serving meals everyone loves every day, not running a 24/7 curb‑to‑curb taxi service, or accidentally raising children who didn’t eat a single vegetable this week - or this month - this one’s for you. </p><p>Come feel seen and gently reassured as we laugh out loud and remind ourselves that parenting is not about providing endless entertainment. And we realize - after all the worrying we do - that we don't know a single mum who isn't doing a great job.</p><p>Heather's recommendation: Insta follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wanwanluve?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@wanwanluve</a></p><p>Selin's recommendation: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikaross.therapist%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/hayleymorris3</a></p><p>Podcast Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast</a> </p><p>Selin’s Insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens</a> </p><p>Heather’s Insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab</a> </p><p>Heather’s Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites</a></p><p><br></p>
July 6, 2026
Trucks, Unicorns, and Raising Kids
<p>Episode 11: Do boys naturally love trucks and girls instinctively reach for unicorns…or have we been unconsciously scripting this story all along?</p><p>This week, Selin and Heather explore how we shape boys and girls—often without realising it. We say we want emotionally intelligent, grounded men… but are we actually raising them that way?</p><p>Because when boys step outside the old lines—tender, expressive, vulnerable—the world doesn’t always clap.</p><p>So while girls are finally being told they can be anything, we ask:have we expanded their world… while leaving boys in a shrinking one?</p><p>Heather gently flips the lens at what is underneath all of this: our 10,000-year beta-test of patriarchy - and its overwhelming 1-star reviews. </p><p>She introduces us to what happens when women are in charge, and it turns out that matriarchy is not about women OR men. It's about children, and we look at what happens when we put them first.</p><p>Join us as we try to figure out how to make this place a little better.</p><p><br></p><p>Selin's recommendation: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast%E2%81%A0"><u>https://www.instagram.com/dadgotbars</u></a></p><p>Heather's recommendation: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast%E2%81%A0"><u>https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast</u></a></p><p>LINKS</p><p>Podcast Instagram: <u></u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast%E2%81%A0" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast</u></a> </p><p>Selin’s Insta: <u></u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens%E2%81%A0" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens</u></a> </p><p>Heather’s Insta: <u></u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab%E2%81%A0" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab</u></a> </p><p>Heather’s Substack: <u></u><a href="https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites%E2%81%A0" target="_blank"><u>https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites</u></a></p><p></p>
June 22, 2026
Derailed by Michelle Obama
<p>Episode 10: This episode did not go according to plan. At all.</p><p>We thought we were going to talk about raising boys and girls, and the difference, if there is one. Instead, Selin casually mentioned she’d just seen <strong>Michelle Obama live</strong>… and that was the end of our whole plan.</p><p>What followed was a completely unplanned (and very real) conversation about parenting, and <strong>what on earth we’re actually trying to teach our kids</strong>.</p><p>We ponder:</p><ul><li>- Why teaching kids to <strong>think for themselves</strong> isn't taught in every school.</li><li>- The difference between raising children to be compliant vs. capable.</li><li>- And through a few personal stories we get a little emotional and conclude that kindness is magic.</li></ul><p>Heather's recommendation: Mika Ross Therapist</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast"><u>https://www.instagram.com/mikaross.therapist</u></a></p><p>Selin's recommendation: Michelle Obama (everything, but specifically her podcast)</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/71mvGXupfKcmO6jlmOJQTP">IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson | Podcast on Spotify</a>Links </p><p>Podcast Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/onlygetsbetterpodcast</u></a> </p><p>Selin’s Insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/littlefacelens</u></a> </p><p>Heather’s Insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab" target="_blank"><u>https://www.instagram.com/progression_lab</u></a> </p><p>Heather’s Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites" target="_blank"><u>https://substack.com/@heatherpatersonwrites</u></a> </p><p><br></p>
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