Midlife Muse: Things Your Mother Never Told You

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  The Method Behind The Movement: Dr. Amanda Hanson EP 70 12.08.2026 57min

  For the first time on this show, Dr. Amanda is not the one asking the questions. Her best friend and COO of Midlife Muse, Judith Nowlin, steps in to interview Dr. Amanda about the methodology she has spent nearly 30 years building. What unfolds is one of the most honest and revealing conversations she has ever had on camera. The origin story. The personal experiences that changed the entire trajectory of her work, the moment she realized that traditional psychology had been built without women in mind, and the methodology she built from scratch, tested on herself first, and has been used to change the lives of thousands of women across the globe. In this episode, we explore: Why traditional psychology has been failing women and the specific moment Dr. Amanda knew something had to change The two deeply personal experiences, her natural childbirths and her son's healing, that cracked open everything she thought she knew about medicine and the female body The methodology she built from the ground up and why it produces results in weeks that years of traditional therapy could not What it actually looks like to age naturally and openly in public and the real internal work that happens even for the woman teaching this The Divine Mother archetype, what she is, how to build her inside yourself, and why she is the key to coming home to who you actually are Why women are taught to fear their own emotions and what becomes available when they finally stop running from them What Dr. Amanda is most proud of and why it is the exact thing she was sent to the office for as a little girl The one woman from history Dr. Amanda would give anything to spend an afternoon with and what she would ask her This is a conversation about a woman who built something because nothing else was working. Who experimented on herself before she ever asked another woman to go there. Who has never once taken a client somewhere she had not already been willing to go herself. If you have been wondering whether this work is for you, this episode is your answer. Attend Magnetic, Dr. Amanda's signature Live Event Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Judith Nowlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-nowlin-3a9b82b  
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  It's Never Too Late To Begin Again: Marie Forleo EP 69 08.07.2026 59min

  You have been waiting to begin for longer than you want to admit. Maybe you have been sitting in a career that looks successful from the outside but feels like slow suffocation from the inside. Maybe you left everything to raise your family and now you are standing in your kitchen wondering who you are outside of that role. Maybe you have had an idea for years that lights you up and terrifies you in equal measure...and you keep telling yourself you will start when the time is right, when the kids are older, when you feel more ready, when you have more proof that it will actually work. And still that feeling keeps returning. No matter what you do. The most important thing you can do is trust it. In this conversation, Dr. Amanda sits down with Marie Forleo...the multi-passionate entrepreneur, founder of MarieTV and B-School, and bestselling author of Everything Is Figureoutable. From the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to bartending her way through a life coaching certification nobody had heard of yet, she built something that has changed the lives of millions of women around the world. What she built along the way was not just a business. It was a philosophy. And it begins with the radical idea that you were never behind. You were always becoming. In this episode, we explore: Why the body knows before the mind does...and what it looks like to actually trust that signal through fear and uncertainty Marie's journey through Wall Street, Vogue, and bartending to finally discovering what she was actually meant to build The philosophy of "everything is figureoutable" and why it is most powerful not in ambition but in devastation What Marie navigated when both her parents' health collapsed simultaneously...and what she learned about surrender, advocacy, and the limits of even the most resourced among us Why women believe they are behind...and why that belief has been running since their twenties What visibility really costs women and how to decide whether the camera is a skill to build or simply not your path The legacy Marie hopes to leave...and why joy is not a reward for work well done but the whole point The woman this episode is for has been talking herself out of her own beginning for years. She has called it being realistic. She has called it waiting for the right time. But the truth is simpler and harder than that. She is afraid that what is inside her is not enough. This conversation does not fix that fear. It does something better. It sits beside it and says: begin anyway. The voice inside you has been right about you from the start. Join the Muses Community https://www.amandahanson.com/themuses Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Marie Forleo: https://www.instagram.com/marieforleo/  
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  Intimacy Is a Skill Not a Feeling: Stefanos Sifandos EP 68 10.06.2026 1t 8min

  There is a conversation most couples never get to have...because no one ever taught them the language for it. The language of the body. The language of the nervous system. The language of what it actually means to be safe enough to stay. This episode goes there. I sit down with Stefanos Sifandos, a behavioral scientist, author, and men's work facilitator with 25 years in the personal transformation space. Together we discuss what is really happening underneath the surface of modern relationships...why emotional intimacy feels so threatening to so many men...and what women can do when they are exhausted from carrying the emotional weight of a connection that never quite reaches them. In this episode, we explore: Why relationships fail not because of a lack of love, but because of a lack of nervous system capacity...and what that actually means for your partnership What is really at the root of male defensiveness and why your husband is not trying to hurt you when he shuts down The missing rites of passage for men and boys and how the absence of initiation is quietly destroying intimacy How I healed my father wound and what changed in my 30 year marriage the moment I did Why women have been conditioned to distrust themselves and the devastating cost of that for relationships and for men The truth about devotion in a swipe culture and whether deep commitment is still possible Stefanos's new book Tuned In and Turned On and how intimate relationship can become the fastest pathway to experiencing divinity in human form This conversation is for the woman who has loved hard and still feels far away from the connection she is aching for. The woman who has read all the books, done all the work, and still wonders why it is not translating into the relationship she deserves. The answer, more often than not, lives in the nervous system. In the wounds that were never named. In the moment we finally stop waiting for someone else to go first.   Join the Muses Community https://amandahanson.com/themuses/ Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Stephanos Sifandos: https://www.instagram.com/stefanossifandos/ tunedinandturnedonbook.com
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  I Hired My Best Friend: Judith Nowlin EP 67 13.05.2026 1t 6min

  There is a woman in your life...or perhaps you are still searching for her. The one who picks up the phone when no one else does. The one who holds your vision before it has a name, your heart before you have a plan. The one who does not shrink in the presence of your intensity, but instead reflects it back to you as the very thing that makes you extraordinary. Female friendship, when it is built on the right foundation, becomes the infrastructure of who you are allowed to become. In this episode, Dr. Amanda sits down with her very best friend of 20 years, Judith Nowlin, her co-founder on the groundbreaking iBirth app and now COO of Midlife Muse. Together, they unpack what has made their friendship not only endure, but deepen with every season, and what they believe every woman deserves to know about building the kind of sisterhood that lasts a lifetime. In this episode, we explore: Why true Safe Sisterhood begins with a rising tide mentality and how Judith's refusal to compete changed the entire trajectory of Dr. Amanda's life The mic drop moments that rewired both women's relationship to themselves and how one reframe can alter the course of an entire life Self-leadership as the quiet force behind thriving homes, lasting marriages, and friendships that grow rather than stagnate How Amanda and Judith co-founded iBirth, one of the very first pregnancy and postpartum apps, and what it taught them about saying yes before you know how Navigating a business transition with grace and how that moment became the foundation of even greater trust The promises made, the rituals kept, and the invisible agreements that make love feel like safety Why celebrating yourself out loud is one of the most generous things you can do for the women around you Some women walk into your life and stay long enough to build an empire beside you. Long enough to sit across from you and say: I was there. I knew who you were before you did. This conversation is for the woman who has always known, somewhere deep inside, that she was made for more than surface-level connection. The woman who wants to be truly known, genuinely celebrated, and held accountable to the fullest version of herself. That kind of sisterhood is not luck. It is a practice. And it is available to you. The Muses Community was built on this exact premise. That expansion is not the exception, it is the baseline. That women from around the world, at every stage of their becoming, can walk alongside one another with radical generosity and zero competition. That the rising of one woman lifts every woman in her orbit. If you are ready to be surrounded by women who have your back, who reflect your greatness back to you, and who are committed to going further together, your people are waiting for you inside the Muses Community.  Join The Muses Community  https://amandahanson.com/themuses/  Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/
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  Why You Love Who You Love with Eli Harwood EP 66 08.04.2026 1t 3min

  Most women believe they are struggling in relationships because they are choosing the wrong people. But what if the pattern began long before them? What if the way you learned to seek love, hold love, or even lose yourself in love…was formed in the very first relationships you ever experienced? Attachment has a way of shaping everything. Not just how you love, but how you trust, how you express your needs, how safe you feel being seen, and how you respond when connection feels uncertain. In this conversation with Eli Harwood, we explore what it means to understand those patterns, not from a place of blame, but from a place of awareness and responsibility. Because when you can see the pattern…you can begin to change it. In this episode, we explore: Why attachment patterns formed in childhood continue to show up in adult relationships. The difference between seeking a partner and unconsciously seeking a parent. How self-abandonment becomes a strategy for staying connected. The grief of not receiving what you needed, and why it must be faced to move forward. Why one secure relationship can shift your sense of self and your capacity for connection. How the mother wound can influence sisterhood, trust, and connection with other women. The importance of emotional maturity in leadership, healing, and relationships. What many women discover is that the ache they feel in relationships isn't about this moment. It lives deeper than that…in something that was never fully seen or safely held. And while you cannot go back and change where you came from, you can begin to meet your life differently now. In the way you choose. In the way you love. In the way you stay with yourself. This conversation is for the woman who is ready to stop repeating the same cycles… and start creating relationships that feel safe, steady, and real. If this episode resonates, share it with a woman who is learning to love without losing herself. Because this is work we were never meant to do alone. And if you feel called to go deeper into reclaiming your sense of self and emotional safety, my book Muse is available now. It is a guide for women returning to themselves. Order your copy of Muse https://amandahanson.com/muse/?utm_source=attachment&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=eli&utm_campaign=podcast Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Eli Harwood: https://www.instagram.com/attachmentnerd/  
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  Behave Candy: From Play To Profit: Mayssa Chehata EP 65 11.03.2026 1t

  As a woman, when everything you built stops working, it feels like failure.  But it doesn't mean that your dream was wrong. It just means that the way you learned to push, prove, and perform can no longer carry what you're trying to build.  Entrepreneurship has a way of bringing those moments to the surface.  The moments where ambition collides with exhaustion. Where discipline stops feeling empowering and starts feeling like punishment. When a woman begins to realize that the rules she followed to get here may not be the ones that will carry her forward. What many women discover is that entrepreneurship is not just a business journey. It becomes a spiritual one.  Because building something of your own has a way of surfacing every belief you carry about worth, safety, success…and love. In this conversation with Mayssa Chehata, founder of Behave Candy, we speak honestly about what happens when building a company becomes a mirror.  In this episode, we explore: Why what we often call discipline can actually be a lack of self-trust The hidden conditioning holding female entrepreneurs back The subconscious limits from childhood that show up in entrepreneurship The real emotions behind financial fear, burnout, and staying in the game  Why reconnecting to purpose is often the turning point How creativity and fun can unlock growth that force never will  What rock bottom in business is really trying to teach you Sometimes the breakthrough you need isn't found in working harder. It is found in working differently.  It's the willingness to slow down, reconnect with your purpose, and begin creating from joy instead of pressure.  This conversation is for the woman who is building something brave and feeling the weight of it. For the woman who wonders if she is cut out for this. For the woman who senses that the next level won't require more effort, but more self-trust. If this episode resonates, consider sharing it with a woman who is creating something of her own. Because no woman building something brave should feel like she has to do it alone.  And if you feel called to go deeper into reclaiming your inner authority and self-trust, my book Muse is available now. It's a guide for women who are returning to themselves.  Order your copy of Muse https://amandahanson.com/muse/?utm_source=entrepreneurship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=maysa&utm_campaign=podcast Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Mayssa Chehata: https://www.instagram.com/mayssa/
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  The Spirituality of Menopause: Dr. Amanda Hanson EP 64 11.02.2026 21min

  There is a moment in a woman's life when something quiet but irreversible happens. It isn't loud. It isn't dramatic. And it isn't the breakdown we've been taught to expect. Menopause is often framed as something to manage, fix, or endure. A list of symptoms to brace for. A season to survive. What I was never offered, and what so few women are, is the deeper truth of this passage. Menopause is not the loss of self. It is the reorganization of self around truth. There is a spirituality to this experience that our culture rarely names. Ancient societies understood this threshold. They prepared women for it. They listened to the women who emerged from it. Today, we tend to rush her, medicate her, and ask her to return to normal even though there is no normal on the other side of transformation. This reflection names what becomes possible when menopause is honored as a rite of passage rather than treated as a hormonal inconvenience. I speak to meeting physical changes with curiosity instead of fear, allowing ritual to replace resistance, and listening for the deeper intelligence inside each shift. In this episode, I explore: Why menopause is not a breakdown, but a profound internal shift How fear-based narratives disconnect women from their bodies What happens when a woman stops bending, explaining, and bleeding energy Why discernment sharpens and tolerance drops in this season of life The difference between patriarchal and matriarchal stories of aging How choosing a different narrative can change the experience entirely Here, I share my experience…not from a medical or prescriptive lens, but from a lived, embodied one. I offer this for the women walking that path now. And for the younger women who deserve a different imprint than fear. Because menopause does not diminish a woman. It reveals her. If this conversation resonates, consider sharing it with a daughter, a friend, or a woman you love. To continue this work of reclaiming inner authority across every season of womanhood, my book Muse is available now…a guide for women returning to themselves. Connect with me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Order your copy of Muse https://amandahanson.com/muse/?utm_source=menopause&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=episode64&utm_campaign=podcast
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  The Postpartum Crisis We Ignore: Kate Hernandez EP 63 28.01.2026 48min

  There is a quiet abandonment built into motherhood. After the baby arrives, the world gently but decisively turns its gaze. Questions shift. Attention moves outward. The mother is expected to hold the rest privately…recovering offstage, adapting without pause, needing little, asking less. Within that quiet expectation, something internal begins to form. Women start to minimize their own truths. They tell themselves it's not that bad. They learn to translate exhaustion into gratitude, confusion into shame, grief into something to be endured rather than spoken. What cannot be neatly named is often swallowed whole. Women don't stay silent because they want to. They stay silent because our culture tells them there is no room for the truth. In this episode, I sit down with Kate Hernandez, founder of Postparty, a company built on a radical premise: that the recovery of mothers is essential, not optional. Together, we name the truths that are often minimized or ignored: the fear and guilt new mothers carry, the physical realities of postpartum healing, the emotional rupture many women experience, and the permission to hold gratitude and struggle at the same time. In this conversation, we explore: Why birth is celebrated while mothers are quietly abandoned afterward. How shame keeps mothers from asking for help when they need it most. The cultural obsession with bouncing back and who it actually serves. Why "being cleared" is not the same as being cared for. How virtual and in-home care can close dangerous access gaps. The cost of ignoring maternal wellbeing on families, children, and future generations. What becomes possible when mothers are finally centered and supported. Why postpartum never really "ends", it simply evolves. Because birth is not the finish line. It's the handoff into a years-long transformation and the way we show up for mothers in the weeks, months, and years after birth reverberates through families, communities, and generations. If you're pregnant, newly postpartum, supporting a new mother, or holding your own birth story in silence…this conversation is for you. Because when the mother is well, the family is well. And when the mother suffers, we all suffer. If you want to continue this work of honoring the mother, not just the birth, my book Muse is available now. A guide for women reclaiming their identity, restoring inner authority, and returning to themselves in every season. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Kate Hernandez: https://www.instagram.com/yourpostparty/ Order your copy of Muse https://amandahanson.com/muse/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=kate_hernandez
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  The Curse of Generations: Gary Vee EP 62 14.01.2026 1t 1min

  This week I am joined by the incredible Gary Vee…a visionary who often speaks about hustle, but today, sits with us to talk about heart. The conversation began before the microphones turned on. With my own children gathered around him, asking questions and soaking up his words. He took the time to talk with them and share his wisdom. It spoke volumes about who he was, how he relates to people of all ages, and the valuable words he has to offer. Once we started recording, he continued the conversation with the same authenticity. We stripped away the layers of "shoulds" and expectations that society places on us. We explored what it really looks like to stop apologizing for who you are and start celebrating it. Gary shares his unique perspective on why the fear of judgment is what's standing between you and the life you crave, and how self-awareness is the ultimate form of self-love. Inside this episode, we discuss: Why success doesn't shape character…it exposes it How fear gets passed down quietly through generations Why so many adults are still waiting for approval long past childhood How entitlement replaces gratitude and erodes resilience without us noticing Why failure is formative, not damaging What happens when self-awareness replaces performance The moment adulthood actually begins If you have been feeling the call to reinvent yourself, to pivot, or simply to show up more boldly in your own skin, this episode is for you. Remember, it is never too late to become the woman you were always meant to be. If you want to continue this work of remembering who you are beneath the noise, my book Muse is available now. A guide for women reclaiming identity, authority, and their inner voice. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Gary Vee: https://www.instagram.com/garyvee/ Order your copy of Muse https://amandahanson.com/book/
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  She Stopped Performing : Constance Zimmer EP 61 31.12.2025 56min

  By the time a woman reaches midlife, she has usually learned the rules: stay pleasant, stay young-looking, stay non-threatening. Don't take up too much space. Don't show the edges. And definitely don't age out loud. The cost of that agreement, however, is the slow erasure of her voice, her authority, and her truth. In this episode, I sit down with actress Constance Zimmer to talk about aging in Hollywood, the fear and grief that can come when opportunities narrow after 50, and the sovereignty that emerges when women refuse to go quiet. Constance shares the story behind her iconic Entourage audition, how her most "unlikable" characters became the most relatable, and why she's now building spaces for women to tell midlife stories across stage, screen, and community. Inside this episode, we explore: The myth that actors "choose" roles - and what it's really like when opportunity chooses you How Constance landed Entourage by walking in with nothing to prove and everything to own What shifts for women after 50 in Hollywood - and why the silence can feel terrifying Why midlife often becomes a creative ignition point tied to purpose and legacy The vision behind The Midlife Monologues and creating platforms where women's stories are centered The cultural cost of erasing women's aging faces - and the message it sends to our daughters How women heal through truth-telling, witnessing, and community - without fixing or performing This episode is for the woman who can feel the old programming creep in - the voice that says, "Stay likable. Stay small. Stay young." If this conversation moves something in you, share it with a sister who needs the reminder. Because that's what sisters do. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Constance Zimmer: https://www.instagram.com/constancezimmer/
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  Sober. Emotionally.: Colleen Freeland EP 60 17.12.2025 53min

  So many women tell the same quiet story: "I'm fine. I'm grateful. I'm doing it all." And yet… There's a glass of wine waiting every evening just to soften the edges enough to keep going. In this week's episode of Things Your Mother Never Told You, I sit down with Colleen Freeland, the woman redefining what sobriety means for high-achieving, overwhelmed women. Her work is not about labels or lifelong abstinence. It's about emotional sobriety - the art of living without the chaos, pressure, and self-abandonment that make us reach outside ourselves for relief. Colleen brings a radically compassionate perspective: Most women don't have drinking problems. They have disconnection problems. Inside this conversation, we explore: Why Type A, hyper-capable women often use alcohol as a bridge to survive the life they've built. How emotional numbing becomes a default for women who never learned to feel their own needs. Why shame-based sobriety models can backfire - and what actually creates lasting change. The truth about "mommy wine culture" and the billion-dollar industry marketing alcohol as self-care. How creating small, honest moments of pleasure and regulation can begin to untangle long-held patterns. What happens when a woman finally tells the truth: I'm not okay, and I can't keep living this way. The real reason midlife becomes a turning point, and why so many women "wake up" during these years. This episode is an invitation to pause. To listen inward. To meet the woman you've been overriding for far too long. If something in this conversation lands in your body - share it with someone who needs to hear it. Your revolution begins within. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Colleen Freeland: https://www.instagram.com/thehangoverwhisperer/ https://emotionalsobrietycoaching.com/  
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  Pleasure After Religious Trauma: Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton EP 59 03.12.2025 54min

  Most of us were taught some version of the same story:  Good women are modest. Quiet. Selfless. Desire is dangerous. Pleasure is suspicious. But that story is not holy. It is a tool of control. In this conversation, I sit down with my dear friend Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton - intimacy scholar, coach, and former evangelical insider - to talk about how purity culture, patriarchy, and religion have shaped our bodies, our bedrooms, our marriages, and our sense of worth as women. We speak about the heartbreak of watching purity culture move from private dogma into national policy...while raising daughters in the midst of it. And we name something I see every day in my work: women who are exhausted from doing it all, flirting with "trad wife" fantasies, simply because they're desperate for one place to finally surrender. Inside this episode, we explore: How purity culture quietly trains women to disconnect from their bodies, their desire, and their pleasure. Why so many powerful women secretly fantasize about being dominated - and what's really underneath those fantasies. The rise of "trad wife" culture and the hidden longing for safety and rest that makes it so seductive. How to hold both: being a woman in her full power and having a place to soften, lean back, and be cherished. What happens in our marriages when we stop dimming, start telling the truth, and allow our identities to expand. Why your pleasure is not frivolous - it is a form of spiritual and political rebellion that liberates everyone, including the men you love. This conversation is for the woman who feels a million miles away from her own body...the woman who is quietly wondering, "Is it selfish to want more?" It is not selfish.  It is your birthright. If this episode stirs something within you, share it with another woman who is ready to step out of martyrdom and into her own aliveness. And if you are ready to remember who you've always been - to reclaim your desire, your voice, and your pleasure - join me at MAGNETIC in Phoenix, December 5-6. The revolution begins within. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton: https://www.instagram.com/drkimberlyrosependleton/ https://www.kimberlyrosependleton.com Join the Movement at MAGNETIC in Phoenix – December 5–6 http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic  
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  The Woman I Raised, The Man She Chose: Ava Hanson & Chris Jerrild EP 58 19.11.2025 1t 1min

  For generations, women have been taught to quiet themselves in love - to shrink, to compromise, to hold the emotional weight of the relationship while asking for so little in return. But something is changing. In this episode, I sit with my daughter Ava, and with the man she chose, Chris, and together we step into a conversation that feels less like an interview and more like a blessing. What they are building together is not naïve young love - it is intentional, emotionally intelligent, a deeply human partnership. What unfolds in this conversation is not perfection. It is evolution. It is a story of a young woman who would not abandon her truth, and a young man who chose to rise and meet her. A story of the next generation doing what so many before them could not: building a relationship from intention rather than inheritance. Inside this episode, we explore: What happens when a young woman refuses to abandon her values in order to be loved. What it looks like when a man chooses curiosity over defensiveness - and growth over comfort. The importance of accountability, communication, and repair in healthy partnership. How generational healing happens through the relationships our children create. The power of raising boys - and men - to listen, witness, and emotionally attune. Why the next generation of love demands emotional intelligence, not perfection. This is not just a relationship conversation. It is a generational conversation. It is a window into what becomes possible when daughters are raised to honor themselves, and when sons are encouraged to feel deeply rather than armor up. It is the embodiment of the evolution so many of us have prayed for. It is proof that the next generation is not waiting for change. They are creating it. If this episode moves you, share it with your daughters, your sons, your partners, or the people in your life who are crafting their own path in love. And if you are ready to deepen into your own becoming - to soften, awaken, and rise - join me at MAGNETIC in Phoenix, December 5–6. The next generation is rising. Let us rise with them. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Join the Movement at MAGNETIC in Phoenix – December 5–6 http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic  
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  Shattering The Perfect Mother Myth: Dr. Shefali Tsabary EP 57 05.11.2025 51min

  For too long, women have been told that good mothering means perfection - tidy homes, obedient children, unshakable patience. But perfection is a prison. What our children truly need is our presence. In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and the woman who shattered the myth of the "perfect mother." Through her pioneering work in conscious parenting she has given women permission to break generational patterns, to stop parenting from fear, and to finally turn inward - toward their own healing. Dr. Shefali reminds us that parenting is not about control, it is about connection; that our children are not ours to mold, but mirrors showing us where we are still unhealed. Inside this episode, we explore: The radical truth that our children don't need perfect mothers - they need conscious ones. How to dissolve the guilt, martyrdom, and self-betrayal that women have been conditioned to carry. Why healing our own wounds is the greatest gift we can give the next generation. The epidemic of disconnection among our boys - and how mothers can help bring them back to life. The urgent need for the matriarchal voice - for women to lead not like men, but as mothers of the world. This conversation is a mirror - one that invites you to look tenderly and honestly at yourself. It is a reminder that true liberation is not a battle cry, it's a homecoming. If this episode stirs something within you, share it with another woman ready to step out of perfection and into presence. And if you're ready to remember who you've always been - to soften, awaken, and rise - join me at MAGNETIC in Phoenix, December 5–6. The revolution begins within. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Dr. Shefali Tsabary https://www.instagram.com/doctorshefali/ https://www.drshefali.com Join the Movement at MAGNETIC in Phoenix – December 5–6 http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic    
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  She Is Building Temples For Women: Sarah Jenks EP 56 22.10.2025 52min

  For centuries, women were taught that the sacred lived outside of us - in churches, in scriptures, in the hands of men who told us how to pray.  But there was a time before that. A time when women gathered in circles, when our emotions were seen as holy, our bodies as sacred, and our desires as divine. In this conversation, I sit down with Sarah Jenks, ordained priestess and co-founder of The Living Temple, a woman who has remembered what was once ours and is bringing it back to life. Sarah once had everything she was told she should want: marriage, success, motherhood - and yet felt empty inside. The moment she stepped into her first women's ceremony, her body remembered something ancient. And from that remembering, her true life began. Inside this episode, we explore: The moment Sarah stopped living by the patriarchy's checklist and began living from her soul. How ceremony and sisterhood are not "woo" - they're ancient medicine. The deep conditioning that keeps women small, silent, and disconnected from themselves. That equality inside the home is the next frontier of women's liberation. Why reclaiming the sacred feminine is not rebellion - it's remembrance. This conversation is an invitation to bring the holy back into your daily life. To find the divine in the chaos, the beauty in the ordinary, and the power that's always been yours. If this episode stirs something in you, share it with another woman ready to come home to herself. And if you're ready to experience this work in person - to gather, release, and rise - join me at MAGNETIC in Phoenix, December 5–6. Your remembrance begins now. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Connect with Sarah Jenks https://www.instagram.com/sarahjenks/ https://www.sarahjenks.com Join the Movement at MAGNETIC in Phoenix – December 5th & 6th http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic  
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  The Princess To The Queen EP 55 08.10.2025 33min

  For so many women, the story begins the same way: waiting to be chosen, waiting to be loved, waiting for someone to see our worth. We were raised on fairy tales written by men - tales where our value was confirmed only through someone else's gaze. In this episode, I explore one of the most profound energetic shifts a woman can make: the evolution from princess energy to queen energy. The princess is well-intentioned, but she is always seeking - approval, validation, belonging. She is waiting for the world to tell her she's enough. The queen, on the other hand, no longer waits. She has learned to source everything she once sought - love, worth, safety - from within. This transformation is not about hierarchy; it's about maturity of energy. It's about remembering that everything you've ever longed for is already yours. Inside this episode, I share: How the media and culture conditioned us to crave approval instead of cultivating self-trust. The emotional difference between seeking and being. How to recognize when you're reacting from princess energy in love, work, or friendship. What it looks like to self-source validation, pleasure, and intimacy. Why grounding in your queen energy changes the way you walk into any room, relationship, or decision. The moment you stop waiting to be chosen, and choose yourself, you reclaim your throne. I hope this conversation inspires you to notice where the princess still runs the show, and to lovingly call your queen forward. She's not above anyone. She's simply at home within herself. If this episode resonated, share it with another woman ready to rise into her own sovereignty. And if you're ready to fully embody this work—to step into your power, presence, and self-sourced magnetism—come join me at MAGNETIC in Phoenix, December 5–6. Your throne is waiting. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Join the Movement at Magnetic in Phoenix – December 5th and 6th http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic
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  Beauty Absurd EP 54 24.09.2025 22min

  The beauty industry is out of control. Women are being sold an endless stream of shame disguised as "solutions." When did being a woman become something to fix? When did our natural bodies become the enemy? In this candid and fiery conversation, my COO Diana joins me as we unpack some of the most absurd, dangerous, and heartbreaking trends being marketed to women today. Together, we laugh, rage, and call bullshit on the cult of beauty that profits from our self-doubt. Inside this episode, we also discuss: Why the chase for "eternal youth" has become both grotesque and dangerous. The porn culture fueling procedures that rob women of their humanity. The double standard: endless products telling women they're broken, while men remain untouched. Why complying with beauty absurdities keeps us complicit in our own objectification. The radical truth that your body - every wrinkle, every line, every curve - is already worthy. Behind the absurdity is a sobering reality: beauty culture was never created to honor women, but to profit from our insecurities. I hope this episode inspires you to see the absurdity for what it is - and to choose reverence for your own body instead. No more fixing. No more apologizing. Just you. Whole. Sacred. Enough. If this conversation stirred something inside you, share it. And if you're ready to lay down the impossible standards once and for all, come join me at MAGNETIC. Your freedom is waiting. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ Join the Movement at Magnetic in Phoenix – December 5th and 6th  http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic
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  The Hidden Truth About Aging Naturally EP 53 10.09.2025 52min

  Aging is a luxury. Aging women were once seen as wise women. They were held in a place of honor. When did we start seeing aging as something to hide? To erase? When money and the beauty industry started speaking louder than our own intuition. In this deeply personal conversation, my COO Diana, sits down with me, and discusses my choice to age naturally. We dive into why I started this journey, why I chose not to use fillers, and I share stories that have helped to strengthen my commitment to this path. Inside this episode, we also discuss:  Why I first said no to the beauty industry's relentless demands, and how that "no" evolved into a profound "yes" to myself. The freedom, relief, and unexpected power that comes when you stop running from your own humanity. The mirror practice that has re-rooted me in love and reverence for my own reflection. The heartbreaking stories of the women who came before us - and why I refuse to let my life be remembered for how I looked. What it means to live as a "walking permission slip" for other women who are longing to lay down the sword and step into a truer, deeper beauty. I hope this conversation inspires you to love the woman in the mirror. No filters. No fillers. To see the beauty in the woman reflected back and love her just as she is. Worthy.  You are allowed to age. You are allowed to be seen. You are allowed to love yourself as you are. If this episode stirs something inside you, share it. If you're ready to meet yourself in the mirror - truly meet her, come join me at MAGNETIC. Your future self is already waiting. Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/  Join the Movement at Magnetic in Phoenix - December 5th and 6th  http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic  
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  The Business of Birth: Eyla Cuenca EP 52 27.08.2025 46min

  What if everything you've been told about birth was a lie? In this unforgettable episode, I sit down with Eyla Cuenca, a sacred birthkeeper who has stood witness to over 200 births—and what she reveals will forever change how you view the process of birth, the postpartum period, and the systems that surround it. Her message is clear: You were never meant to shrink inside the most powerful moment of your life. This isn't about shame. It isn't about doing it "right." It's about awakening. To the stories we've inherited. To the choices we didn't know we had. To the wild, intelligent, ungovernable truth of the female body. Together, we explore: The traumatic ripple effects of birth trauma and postpartum neglect Why disconnection from the body begins long before labor How shame and silence shape a woman's first experiences of her own body The politics of pain management, C-sections, and "safe" birth narratives What's truly at stake when a woman is not informed or supported in her choices The raw power of surrender, sovereignty, and body-led birth This is not a birth class. This is remembering. A return to the body. A dismantling of every story that told you birth was something to numb, hide, fear, or endure. This episode is not just for mothers. It's for every woman who's ever handed over her power because she didn't know she had a choice. Listen with your whole heart. And if it stirs something inside you—share it. Connect with Eyla: Instagram: @eyla_cuenca_birth Website: https://www.uncoveringbirth.com/ Learn how to better navigate choice within the medical system: The Sovereign Birth Map Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/  Join the Movement at Magnetic in Phoenix - December 5th and 6th  http://www.amandahanson.com/magnetic
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  A Woman Who Died And Came Back: Anita Moorjani EP 51 13.08.2025 54min

  What if the illness you fear most isn't the real disease? In this episode of Things Your Mother Never Told You, I sit down with Anita Moorjani, who was once given just hours to live. In 2006, Anita fell into a coma from end-stage lymphoma—her organs shutting down, her family was told to say goodbye. But in the space between life and death, she discovered a profound truth: fear is the lie, and self-abandonment is the real disease. Anita returned to her body with a mission—and a message that would save her life: You are not here to be small, sick, or silent. In this conversation, we explore: How a lifetime of fear and self-betrayal manifested as terminal cancer The near-death experience that awakened her to her true power Why self-love isn't selfish—it's life-saving How women can reclaim their worth, voice, and vitality This is not just a story about healing. This conversation is a call to remember who you truly are and to live fearlessly—because your life depends on it. If something inside you stirred, share this with a woman who's ready to stop apologizing and start remembering who she is. Connect with Anita: Instagram: @anitamoorjani Website: https://www.anitamoorjani.com/ Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/  Join Dr. Amanda for The Sacred Assessment at Omega  https://www.eomega.org/workshops/sacred-assessment-women