A Certain Age

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Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends with Memoirist Laura Friedman Williams May 17, 2021

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After decades of marriage, three kids, years as a stay-at-home parent, Laura Friedman Williams’ marriage and world imploded. Her upcoming memoir, Available: A Memoir of Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends, is a riveting, page-turning read on navigating the modern dating scene, rediscovering sexuality, and redefining identity as the definition of wife is stripped away, the family unit morphs and shifts, and a woman with a rich and complex private life emerges.
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Global Advocate Jody Day on Living a Childless Life May 10, 2021

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Mother’s Day is a holiday impossible to escape or ignore. But not every woman is buying what Hallmark is selling. Many women have complicated relationships with their mothers. Others mourn lost or absent moms, and many women are not mothers at all, either by choice or by chance.

This week’s show explores being a childless woman in a culture that fetishizes motherhood. Meet Jody Day, a global thought leader and advocate for childless women. Jody is an author, a TEDx speaker, an integrative psychotherapist, and the founder of a global friendship and support network for childless women. She joins me to share her take on how involuntarily childlessness impacts life, happiness, intimacy, and more.
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Reinvent Your Empty Nest with Ideas from Author Melissa Shultz May 03, 2021

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May’s graduation season means those nests are emptying. Are you ready? Today’s show features a woman with ideas for reinventing your life after the kids leave. Writer Melissa Shultz, author of From Mom to Me Again, chronicles how to survive that first dislocating empty-nest year and shares ideas for transforming your marriage, friendships, career, and life as you once again take center stage in your own life.
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Going Grey in a World That’s Not with Silver Hair Evangelist Katie Goes Platinum Apr 26, 2021

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Thinking of ditching the dye and embracing your grey? Ready to save oodles of time (and money) but worried about navigating the awkward transition? Worried your boss, friends, the world will think grey hair makes you...old? Meet silver hair evangelist Katie Emery, creator of the popular blog, Katie Goes Platinum. After 29 years of coloring her hair, she ditched the dye and has ideas for helping you do the same. Katie shares grey hair transition strategies, must-have products for shiny, silver locks, plus two ideas going grey in secret. Mind blown!
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Stand-Up Comic Carole Montgomery on Funny Woman of A Certain Age Apr 19, 2021

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Meet Carole Montgomery—stand-up comic, writer, actress, and producer of two Showtime comedy specials, Funny Women of A Certain Age. After a 40+ year standup career on stages from Vegas to small clubs, often as the only female comic, Carole shares how she got an all-women comedy special greenlit in an ageist entertainment industry. Plus, what’s making her LOL, and the female comics to put on your radar.
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Urologist Dr. Angelish Kumar on How to Laugh (Sneeze) and Work Out Pee-Free Apr 12, 2021

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Got bladder leaks, UTIs, or a fear of being seated in the middle row of an airplane or movie theater? Meet Dr. Angelish Kumar, a urologist and certified menopause practitioner who has ideas for combatting all your irksome bladder issues. We dive into the top 4 common bladder complaints (and why NO ONE talks about them) and the impacts of menopause and aging on bladder and vaginal health. Bottom line: it is possible to laugh, sneeze, and work out pee-free. If you have a bladder, this show is a cannot miss!
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Former Real Simple Editor Kristin van Ogtrop on Her Latest Book "Did I Say That Out Loud? Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them" Apr 05, 2021

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As editor-in-chief of Real Simple, Kristin van Ogtrop grew the magazine into the #1 women’s lifestyle title with a finger-on-the-pulse insight into the psyche and wants of the American woman. Now, she is back with a hilarious new book, Did I Say That Out Loud? Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them, a memoir-cum-exploration of the phases, stages, and outrages of midlife. We cover aging parents, aging bodies, growing children, and the ups and downs of career, love, and life. Plus, why Team Midlife is more phoenix than dinosaur.
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NYT-Bestselling Author Terri Cheney On Modern Madness and Mental Health Mar 29, 2021

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How are you? No, really. How are you? Today’s show features a woman who answers that question honestly. Entertainment lawyer Terri Cheney ripped the covers off her secret battle with bipolar disorder in her New York Times bestselling memoir, Manic. Now she is back with a new book, Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual. We explore the struggle, stigma, and treatments for mental illness and her practical advice for managing (and thriving) with mental disorders. Bonus, we explore how the pandemic is taxing everyone’s mental health and why a COVID-silver-lining might be increased empathy.
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On Pluck and Pandemic America with Oral Storyteller Michelle Fishburne Mar 22, 2021

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Meet Michelle Fishburne. After losing her job and home during the pandemic, Michelle packed up an RV to crisscross the US, filming ordinary Americans sharing their pandemic stories for a one-of-a-kind oral history project called Who We Are Now.

At age 57, the former lawyer and non-profit communications pro found herself "on the edge of a cliff" after her life dramatically changed during our COVID spring. Now, this real-life "Nomadland" traveler shares the heroes she met along the way, stories of regular people muddling through, and how to navigate the gulf between uncertainty and resiliency. We also talk "ax throwing," RV maintenance, and how to be a better neighbor.
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Love, Loss and Laughs. Writer Leslie Gray Streeter on A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief Mar 15, 2021

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Meet Leslie Gray Streeter – veteran journalist and author of “Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books With Words Like ‘Journey’ in the Title.” Named a Glamour Magazine “Top-20 Books to Read in 2020,” Leslie's memoir chronicles the unexpected loss of her young husband and how she was left to raise their baby on her own. Leslie mixes heartbreak and laugh-out-loud funny to create a joyful read for anyone who has lost someone they love.
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