Your 2nd Act

About Your 2nd Act

Welcome to Your 2nd Act podcast - where we celebrate the power and beauty of women in their middle years. Join me each fortnight as I chat to inspiring women from all walks of life, sharing their stories, insights, and hard-earned wisdom. Together, we'll explore the limitless possibilities of your next chapter and trust me, the curtain has just risen on your most exciting act yet.

Publisher

Michelle Parsonage

Category

society & culture · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 May 2023

Latest episode

6 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jul 2026

   How To Run Away (& Other Handy Hints for Your Next Bit).

   Send us Fan Mail A replay of an episode where Michelle had the mic turned on her as a guest on Monique van Tulder’s podcast, How To Run Away (& Other Handy Hints for Your Next Bit). What if midlife isn’t the beginning of the end, but the start of your 2nd act? In this episode of A Grown Up’s Gap Year – The Podcast, Monique sits down with Michelle Parsonage, host of the Your 2nd Act podcast and community for women navigating mid-life change and reinvention. Michelle’s message is all abou...

2. 

   22 Jun 2026

   ARE YOU LIVING A RICH LIFE IN MIDLIFE

   Send us Fan Mail ARE YOU LIVING A RICH LIFE IN MIDLIFE? In this episode, Michelle sits down with financial wellness expert Betsy Westcott to unpack why so many women in midlife feel disconnected from their finances, unsure of what they really want, and overwhelmed by the idea of taking control of their future. Together, they discuss redefining success, financial confidence, societal conditioning and why creating a rich life is far more than just money. ONE SMALL STEP TO TRY TODAY: Wri...

3. 

   8 Jun 2026

   MICHELLE CELEBRATES 3 YEARS OF THE PODCAST WITH HER VERY FIRST GUEST!

   Send us Fan Mail MICHELLE CELEBRATES 3 YEARS OF THE PODCAST WITH HER VERY FIRST GUEST! To celebrate three years of Your 2nd Act, Michelle sits down with her very first podcast guest and one of her oldest friends, Glor, to reflect on just how much life can change in three years. As Michelle and Glor revisit where life was three years ago, they open up about the unexpected emotional shifts that come with this stage of life and why, for many women, midlife can quietly become one of the most fr...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

882

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

94

YouTube

66

Engagement

60

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