About Unboxed, Unburdened, Unstoppable with Michelle Madrid
Most Myself is a podcast about the deeply personal journey of remembering who you are and returning to yourself in midlife.
Hosted by Michelle Madrid, each episode explores the grief, identity shifts, and awakenings that often arrive in this season of life.
Through honest conversations and shared stories, Michelle offers a space for reflection, compassion, and the quiet work of finding your way back to yourself.
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Letting the Woman You Are Now Choose What Comes Next
Everyone wants to know how you’re handling this season. Hardly anyone asks what you want from it.
We get so used to managing change that we forget we’re allowed to want something. The kids grow up. The house gets quieter. Another birthday arrives. And when someone finally asks, “What do you want next?” we realize we don’t have an answer ready.
In this episode, Michelle explores what becomes possible when we stop asking only how we’re coping and start asking what we’re becoming interested in. She shares why we can miss something and want something at the same time, how we build a case against our own dreams before we’ve even explored them, and why possibility doesn’t have to mean reinvention.
Sometimes it starts with one page, or one protected hour.
✨ Learn more about Michelle and her work: www.TheMichelleMadrid.com (https://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com)
✨ Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid (https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid)
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4 Oct 2026
It's Time to Stop Being "Acceptable"
Women spend decades becoming acceptable before they finally become themselves.
We learn what keeps the peace. We learn which parts of us are welcome and which parts make people uncomfortable. We become fluent in everyone else's needs, until someone asks, "What do you need?" and we suddenly don't know.
In this episode, Michelle explores how so many women in midlife end up here, and why the behaviors that get praised, like being easygoing, dependable, and strong, can quietly pull us away from ourselves. She shares the question she asked herself in the mirror a few years ago: What has it cost you to be her?
She also offers a gentle place to begin: one small act of self-fidelity, today, that says I'm here. I'm listening. I'm not leaving myself this time.
✨ Learn more about Michelle and her work: www.TheMichelleMadrid.com (http://www.themichellemadrid.com/)
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20 Sept 2026
Why I Don't Believe You've Only Got 10 Good Years Left
Somewhere along the way, many women hear that the best is behind them: it's too late, you've had your turn, be grateful and take up less space. And after enough years of hearing it, it can start to sound like your own voice.
In this episode, Michelle takes on the idea that relevance has an expiration date. She shares the moment at her 40th birthday dinner when a stranger told her she had "about ten good years left," and why she's come to believe something very different. Michelle talks about how self-abandonment can sound perfectly reasonable, why grief and possibility can exist side by side, and how curiosity can become a way back to yourself.
Your relevance doesn't have an expiration date. This may be the part where you arrive as most yourself.
✨ Learn more about Michelle and her work: www.TheMichelleMadrid.com (http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com)
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