The courage was always yours. You just kept giving it to everyone else. In each episode, Lisa Blanchet explores what it looks like when women in midlife stop living for everyone else and give themselves permission to start choosing themselves, one honest, imperfect, courageous step at a time.
The Courageous Middle Podcast
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The courage was always yours. You just kept giving it to everyone else. In each episode, Lisa Blanchet explores what it looks like when women in midlife stop living for everyone else and give themselves permission to start choosing themselves, one honest, imperfect, courageous step at a time.
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June 18, 2026
It's Graduation Time
<p>On his 18th birthday, my son's school communication app revoked my access. No warning. No transition. Just: you no longer belong here. And while that sounds like a small, practical thing, it didn't feel small at all.</p> <p>In this episode, I'm sharing what that moment stirred up, and why I think it matters, not just for me, but for anyone navigating a season where something is quietly closing before the next thing has opened. We talk a lot about the big milestone moments: graduation day, the diploma walk, the dinner afterward. But midlife is also full of smaller transitions that arrive without ceremony, without a crowd, without anyone handing you a tissue. And those can be the hardest ones to hold, especially when you're holding them alone.</p> <p>If your child is finishing school, or if you're navigating any kind of in-between right now, this episode is for you. Take the quiz at <a href="http://www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz">www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz</a> to notice where you are in your own courageous middle. Or read the full blog post at <a href="https://www.thecourageousmiddle.com/newsletters/letters-lesson-from-the-courageous-middle/posts/It's%20Graduation%20Time">www.thecourageousmiddle.com</a>.</p>
June 11, 2026
The Courage Circle
<p>What if trusting yourself didn't require a dramatic decision or a complete life overhaul? What if it started with just noticing?</p> <p>In this episode, Lisa introduces the Courage Circle, a simple three-part practice grounded in awareness, curiosity, and choice. It's not a to-do list item. It's a way of being. A lens you can bring to any moment, any decision, any whisper that surfaces when life gets quiet enough to hear.</p> <p>Lisa shares how one of her whispers arrived in 2016, quiet, unexpected, and impossible to ignore once she wrote it down. She walks through each step of the Courage Circle with honesty about what it actually looks like to practice it.</p> <p>If you've been running on autopilot, this episode is an invitation to pause. One small moment of awareness. One curious question. One small step toward yourself.</p> <p>Take the quiz at <a href="http://www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz">www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz</a> to find where you are right now.</p> <p>Connect with Lisa - <a href="http://www.thecourageousmiddle.com">www.thecourageousmiddle.com</a></p> <p>Instagram: @lisablanchet_</p> <p> </p>
June 4, 2026
What it takes to choose yourself
<p>We’ve been told that change happens in a moment, a leap, a lightning bolt, a breaking point that clarifies everything. And sometimes it does. But most of the time, that’s not the whole story.</p> <p>In this episode, Lisa gets honest about what choosing yourself actually looks like from the inside. Not the dramatic version. The real one: slow, quiet, built out of small moments of awareness long before any visible shift.</p> <p>If you’ve ever listened to someone else’s transformation story and wondered why yours feels so much messier and less certain, this episode is for you.</p> <p>Lisa talks about what it looked like to walk toward leaving her corporate career, the role of honesty (not confidence) in starting change, why disruption is part of the process, and how self-trust is built, not found.</p> <p>She also shares one small, practical practice for women who don’t know where to start: the “not right now” experiment.</p> <p>Listen to this episode and then take a few quiet minutes with the quiz at <a href="http://www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz,">www.thecourageousmiddle.com/quiz</a>, a gentle way to notice where you are right now.</p> <p>Read more on the blog: <a href="https://www.thecourageousmiddle.com/newsletters/letters-lesson-from-the-courageous-middle/posts/What-it-takes-to-choose-yourself">[link to blog post]</a></p> <p>Connect with Lisa: <a href="http://www.thecourageousmiddle.com">www.thecourageousmiddle.com</a></p> <p>IG: @lisablanchet_</p>
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