Nobody hands you a roadmap for midlife. One minute you’re following society’s script… and the next you’re standing there like, “Um, hello? Plot twist?” This is the chapter of creaky knees, reader glasses, zero f***s, and crystal-clear clarity. The season where wisdom hits harder, priorities sharpen fast, and you finally start choosing yourself—boldly, honestly, joyfully. Welcome to the conversations that make midlife feel real, hilarious, brave, and deeply human. Together, let’s turn this whole messy, magic adventure into the chapter you didn’t see coming—in the absolute best way.
Welcome To Midlife: The Search For Meaning In The Middle
Claim This Podcastby Lisa Steadman
32 episodes
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Nobody hands you a roadmap for midlife. One minute you’re following society’s script… and the next you’re standing there like, “Um, hello? Plot twist?” This is the chapter of creaky knees, reader glasses, zero f***s, and crystal-clear clarity. The season where wisdom hits harder, priorities sharpen fast, and you finally start choosing yourself—boldly, honestly, joyfully. Welcome to the conversations that make midlife feel real, hilarious, brave, and deeply human. Together, let’s turn this whole messy, magic adventure into the chapter you didn’t see coming—in the absolute best way.
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July 1, 2026
S2 E19: Midlife Sexual Shifts With Arielle Zadok
<p>In this Welcome To Midlife episode, host Lisa Steadman sits down with Arielle Zadok, a board-certified sexologist, intimacy coordinator, consent director, holistic health coach, producer, pole dancer, and host of <i>Birds and Bees Don’t Fck</i>.</p><p></p><p>Together, Lisa and Arielle have an honest, stigma-free conversation about sex, intimacy, desire, consent, body confidence, and reconnecting with pleasure in midlife. Arielle shares why great sex isn’t about luck — it’s about language, safety, curiosity, communication, and giving yourself permission to explore what you actually want.</p><p></p><p>They discuss how women can separate authentic desire from performance, navigate hormonal shifts and changing bodies, talk about sex without making it weird, explore sensuality without a partner, and rebuild confidence through erotic safety and self-trust.</p><p></p><p>Whether you’re married, single, divorced, widowed, dating again, or simply wondering if it’s too late to have the sex life you want, Arielle’s message is clear: you have not missed your window.</p><p></p><p>Subscribe to <i>Welcome to Midlife</i> for more conversations about reinvention, relationships, hormones, confidence, purpose, and thriving in the middle.</p><p></p><p>#WelcomeToMidlife #MidlifeWomen #SexAndIntimacy #FemaleDesire #SexualWellness #MidlifePodcast #WomenOver40 #WomenOver50 #BodyConfidence #Pleasure #Consent #Menopause #Perimenopause #DatingAfterDivorce #GenXWomen ##GenXPodcast</p>
June 22, 2026
S2 E18: Hormone Intelligent Leadership With Mariah Prince-Allen
<p>Midlife women are often told they’re burned out, stressed, or just tired. But what if the real issue is hormonal?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of <i>Welcome to Midlife</i>, Lisa Steadman talks with women’s health expert Mariah Prince-Allen about <b>Hormone Intelligent Leadership</b>, a powerful new framework for understanding how perimenopause, menopause, and midlife hormonal shifts impact women at work, at home, and in their sense of self.</p><p></p><p>Mariah breaks down why so many high-achieving women suddenly experience brain fog, fatigue, sleep disruption, mood changes, and a loss of confidence in midlife — and why traditional burnout advice doesn’t always help. She also introduces the idea of hormonal bankruptcy, what it means for women who are carrying careers, caregiving, relationships, and identity shifts all at once, and how workplaces can better support women through this chapter instead of losing brilliant talent.</p><p></p><p>If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re burned out, hormonally depleted, or simply in a season where your body is asking for a different kind of leadership, this conversation is for you.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, we talk about:<br />• What Hormone Intelligent Leadership means<br />• Why midlife symptoms are often misdiagnosed as burnout<br />• The workplace impact of brain fog, fatigue, sleep issues, and mood changes<br />• What hormonal bankruptcy is and why it matters<br />• How leaders and organizations can better support women in perimenopause and menopause<br />• Why midlife women need more support, not more shame</p><p>Subscribe for more honest conversations about midlife, reinvention, purpose, relationships, health, and what it means to become more fully yourself in the middle.</p><p></p><p>#MidlifeWomen #Perimenopause #Menopause #WomenInLeadership #HormoneHealth #Burnout #WelcomeToMidlife #WomenAtWork #MidlifeReinvention #GenXWomen #Podcast</p>
June 10, 2026
S2 E17: Coming Out Of The Midlife Closet With Rick Clemons
<p>What happens when midlife becomes the ultimate wake-up call?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of <i>Welcome To Midlife: The Search For Meaning In The Middle</i>, host Lisa Steadman sits down with Rick Clemons, The Coming Out Coach, for a candid, compassionate, and deeply human conversation about identity, sexuality, relationships, career reinvention, and what it really means to come home to yourself in the middle of life.</p><p></p><p>Rick shares his own coming out journey, the unique challenges men face when coming to terms with their sexuality in midlife, and how to find support when the life you built no longer fits the truth of who you are. Lisa and Rick also explore the biggest wake-up calls for men who are already out, the emotional and physical shifts men experience in midlife, and why career transitions, empty nesting, and “dead bed” relationships can force us to ask bigger questions about meaning, intimacy, and self-worth.</p><p></p><p>Whether you’re navigating a midlife identity shift, supporting someone through their coming out journey, questioning what’s next, or simply trying to live with more honesty and joy, this conversation is an invitation to stop performing the life you think you’re supposed to want, and start honoring the one that actually feels true.</p><p></p><p>Subscribe for more real conversations about midlife, meaning, reinvention, relationships, purpose, hormones, career, aging, identity, and becoming more fully yourself in the middle.</p><p></p><p>#WelcomeToMidlife #MidlifeReinvention #ComingOutCoach #RickClemons #ComingOutInMidlife #LGBTQ #MidlifeMen #MensHealth #DeadBedroom #EmptyNest #CareerTransition #MidlifeAwakening #LisaSteadman #MidlifePodcast</p>
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