427 Let's talk about midlife: the struggle is real in the clothes closet

Sorta Awesome

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Welcome back to the Midlife with Mindy and Meg series! Sorta Awesome regular Mindy Brouse is back, and this week, she brought the Perimenopause Critters with her! She and Meg are exploring the many conflicted feelings and paradoxes of this stage of life. From not recognizing our own bodies to feeling guilt over anti-aging products, from hearing advice from all sides and not knowing who to trust, this very candid conversation brings so much to the surface. All those things you thought you couldn’t say out loud? Mindy and Meg have created a safe place to have THOSE conversations! Also WE MADE A VALENTINE’S GIFT GUIDE for you - find something for everyone on your list (or something just for you!) THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Grove: Go to grove.com/AWESOME and get a free gift set worth up to fifty dollars with your first order. Plus free shipping! SHOW NOTES: Meg’s AotW: The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff Mindy’s AotW: Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family’s Remarkable Journey from Syria to Canada and Peace by Chocolate movie and Peace by Chocolate chocolate Let's talk about midlife playlist on Spotify The Galveston Diet by Dr Mary Claire Haver Follow Dr. Mary Claire Haver on IG The Change by Kirsten Miller Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder Honor by Thrity Umrigar MORE EPISODES FROM SORTA AWESOME: Ep. 419: Let’s Talk About Midlife: Support for Grief & Losing a Parent Ep. 380: Let’s Talk About Midlife: Brain Fog and Cycle Chaos Ep. 389: Let’s Talk About Midlife: Nonstop Appetite & Historical Hysteria Ep. 395: Let’s Talk About Midlife: Parenting Our Parents and Life in the Middle Ep. 401: Let’s Talk About Midlife: The Ups and Downs of Sex! You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Find Mindy on Instagram and as a regular on the Currently Reading podcast! Mindy also produced and created Bookend Homeschoolers. Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! This post may contain affiliate links, which means we receive a tiny commission from the seller at no additional cost to you, if you purchase from them. We only share products and services we have used, tested, and love ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's February 3rd, 2023, and I am so excited because it is time to bring back one of our
0:06.9	most popular series from last year. We're bringing her back. It's our sort of awesome regular
0:13.2	Mindy Browse back to talk with me about all issues midlife. The midlife with Mindy and Meg
0:18.6	series is back Mindy. Hello, and how are you? Hi, Meg. Good to see you again. Yes, I'm hanging in
0:25.1	there, you know, like doing life, but yeah, it's been a good start to the air. So that's good.
0:30.3	That's good. We did it. We made it through the first one-twelfth of 2023.
0:37.7	Well, what I just said is absolutely true. Our midlife with Mindy and Meg series, if you are new to
0:43.7	sort of awesome, you can go back in our archives and look for any episodes that say let's talk
0:50.0	midlife. Also, Mindy, I finally went in on Spotify and made a playlist of just our midlife episodes.
0:58.7	Oh, I love that. I know it'll be fun to share. It took me like less than five minutes to do. I'm
1:04.0	like, why did I not do this last year? I do not know, but I will put a link in the show notes. You
1:07.9	guys, if you are okay with listening to podcasts over on Spotify, I've got a whole playlist. You
1:12.9	can start at the beginning and listen through. And of course, we'll be adding them as we go through
1:18.8	in 2023 because the people have demanded. We must have more midlife conversation and it must be
1:26.0	with Mindy Browse. And so thank you for bringing once again to sort of awesome your time, your
1:32.6	experience and your wisdom. I'm really excited about today's conversation because we are going to
1:37.6	dig in on the conflictedness, the tension of aging, how we are both trying to embrace our changes
1:48.5	and in resisting change and all of that stuff, right? It's such a paradox. Like it really,
1:55.6	it is. It feels like I have two knees that are looking at each other going, you're fine. Well,
2:00.4	you need to do this. And I'm like, okay, um, I don't, can you be, each go back to your corners?
2:06.0	Because I don't know what to do with this. Yeah. Right. Yes. Exactly. And it's even confusing for
2:10.4	me. A gym and I were known for our twin natures. But even I get very confused when it comes to all
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