A Certain Age
Katie Fogarty
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A Certain Age is a podcast for women navigating midlife at 40, 50, 60, and beyond. Host Katie Fogarty, a journalist and career coach, brings expert-backed conversations every Monday on topics like perimenopause, menopause, health, fitness, purpose, career reinvention, relationships, and money. The show aims to provide real answers and a community for women ready to embrace their age. With over 280 episodes, it is a top-ranked podcast for this audience.
Episodes
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A Second Act Built on Italy, Travel and Food with Michelle DiBenedetto-Capobianco 03.08.2026 48mEver fantasize about quitting your 9-to-5 to move to Italy? Michelle DiBenedetto-Capobianco built something better—a life split between two places she loves. The corporate lawyer turned travel and culinary entrepreneur divides her time between a cooking school on Long Island and leading small-group trips through under-the-radar Italy—Abruzzo, Puglia, the Dolomites, and beyond. We dig into her full identity pivot and the Italy tourists overlook on their way to Tuscany. Plus: a farro-peach salad you'll want to make tonight, why "traveling deeper" beats checking boxes on a bucket list, and the one-line mantra that can help you reinvent your own life. Let's wander, beauties. 🇮🇹 FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
The Real Science Behind Midlife Weight Gain with Noom's Dr. Karen Mann 27.07.2026 42mStruggling with midlife weight gain even though you're doing everything right? OB/GYN and obesity medicine specialist Dr. Karen Mann, medical director at Noom, breaks down why weight gain isn't willpower — it's hormones, metabolism, and mindset. You'll learn why pairing GLP-1s with behavior coaching leads to 48% more weight loss than medication alone, how to safely combine HRT and GLP-1s (and in what order), and why perimenopause is your window to get ahead of muscle loss and metabolic slowdown. As Dr. Mann puts it: "How you feed yourself is how you love yourself." Let's get smart about it, beauties! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Ritualizing Menopause and Midlife Milestones with Pro-Ager Skylar Liberty Rose 20.07.2026 41mFeeling erased by anti-aging culture? You're not broken—the messaging is toxic. You already know the beauty industry is selling you something that doesn't exist. What you might not have is a way to mark what's happening in your life right now—the identity shifts, the perimenopause and menopause transitions, the empty nest. Skylar Liberty Rose, a pro-aging advocate who's taught guided meditation to over 140,000 listeners on Insight Timer, creates ceremony for the milestones culture hasn't bothered to ritualize, along with personalized touchstones—custom guided meditations built around exactly what you need. This episode hands you the language and celebration you didn't know you were missing. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Turn Your Midlife Setback Into Your Set-Up with Amy Shoenthal 06.07.2026 44mYou know the feeling: midlife hands you a hard reset—the layoff, the diagnosis, the divorce you didn't see coming. Amy Shoenthal, journalist and bestselling author of "The Setback Cycle," spent years studying how the most resilient women bounce back to develop a framework anyone can use—and it's nothing like the "stay positive" advice you've heard before. We also dig into the AI anxiety so many of us are feeling right now, and how the same setback thinking applies to navigating a career that suddenly feels less certain. Amy has walked the talk: she turned her own layoff into a business so successful she now coaches teams at major companies, and she's now bringing that same thinking into intimate salons packed with women rewriting their next chapter. This one will change how you think about your own setbacks. Age boldly, beauties! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Menopause, Marrakesh, and the Courage to Choose Yourself: Rewilding Your Life With Jane Green 29.06.2026 39mWhat if the life that looks perfect on paper is the one quietly shrinking you? If you've ever woken up feeling like a stranger in your own life this episode is for you. Bestselling novelist Jane Green returns to A Certain Age with her memoir Rewilding, an evocative, transportive account of packing her suitcases, moving to Marrakesh, and reimagining life at 55. Jane opens up about how menopause cracked her world wide open, how psilocybin lifted a depression that years of talk therapy couldn't touch, and how somatic therapy taught her to trust her body for the first time. She gets real about friendship—who deserves access to you, why your friendships are either lifting you or limiting you, and what it feels like to finally stop needing everyone's approval. You'll finish this episode with a new lens on your own life. Let's go, beauties. 🌿 FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Menopause Gut Health Explained: Leaky Gut, Bloating & Weight Gain with Cynthia Thurlow 22.06.2026 1h 2mBloating. Brain fog. Stubborn weight that won't budge. What if it's not failing hormones—it's your gut asking for help? As estrogen declines, the gut microbiome becomes midlife's new control center, driving everything from immunity and mood to metabolism and menopause weight gain. Nurse practitioner, TEDx speaker, and Everyday Wellness host Cynthia Thurlow joins us to unpack her new bestseller, The Menopause Gut. You'll learn what "leaky gut" really means, how the estrobolome affects hormone balance, the critical gut-bone health axis, and which gut health tests matter in perimenopause and menopause. Time for a gut check! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources This episode is sponsored by Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session by visiting strawberry.me/katie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Your Pelvic Floor Deserves More Attention Than You Give It with Dr. Lynn Gray-Meltzer 15.06.2026 51mHere's a shocker. Between 25 and 30% of adult women have at least one pelvic floor disorder—think bladder leaks, painful sex, chronic pelvic pressure, constipation and more, yet most just quietly live with it. Dr. Lynn Gray-Meltzer, Doctor of Physical Therapy and pelvic health specialist, is here to change that. Today, she walks us through the two types of urinary incontinence, why tight muscles can add up to pelvic dysfunction, how to make sex more comfortable, and why pelvic organ prolapse is more common than you think (and how to prevent it). Bonus! What to expect at your first pelvic floor PT appointment. Practical, clear, and genuinely life changing. This one's worth sharing, beauties. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Alzheimer's Hits Women Twice. Here's What You Can Do About It with Dr. Heather Snyder 08.06.2026 43mWe don't talk about Alzheimer's enough—and women are paying the price. We are more likely to develop it, and more likely to spend years caring for someone who has it. Two thirds of dementia caregivers are women. One in four is still raising her own kids at the same time. And the lifetime cost of care? Over $400,000, mostly uninsured, mostly falling on her. Today we're changing that conversation. Dr. Heather Snyder of the Alzheimer's Association brings science and straight talk—on why women are more vulnerable, research on what you can do right now to protect your brain, and how to navigate a healthcare system that doesn't always take you seriously. This one's important, beauties. Share it wide. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources This episode is sponsored by Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session by visiting strawberry.me/katie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Wide Awake in Midlife: Jen Hatmaker on Rebuilding a Life You Truly Love 01.06.2026 58mMidlife can shatter the life you planned—and hand you a better one. At 46, Jen Hatmaker, author of 15 books and five New York Times bestsellers, discovered her 26-year marriage was over. What followed became "Awake," an instant NYT-bestseller and a blueprint for reinvention. Jen has been on Katie's dream guest list since day one, and this conversation did not disappoint. If you've ever felt like your best years are behind you, this episode will change that. We explore why midlife is the right time to stop hustling past your grief, how your body (not your brain) holds the key to healing, and how one bold solo trip rewired Jen’s life. Listen in and start planning your own midlife “Me Camp,” beauties. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Glow Getter: The Summer Skin Playbook for Perimenopause and Beyond with Dr. Corinne Erickson 25.05.2026 43mWant glowy summer skin? Today’s episode is your cheat sheet. Just in time for skin-bearing season, we're sitting down with Dr. Corinne Erickson, the only physician in Georgia who is both a board-certified dermatologist and menopause-certified practitioner. We unpack the impact of peri/menopause on skin health, what to expect from your skin in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, and whether estrogen skincare works. Plus, wrinkle-softening serums, how to stock your cabinet with products that deliver, and do a dive into peels, lasers, Korean beauty, and the hydration habits that keep your skin thriving at 80. Let's glow, beauties! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources This episode is sponsored by Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session by visiting strawberry.me/katie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Your Next Chapter Starts With Who You Know—Shelly Lombard on the Power of Midlife Networking 18.05.2026 47mMidlife has a funny way of revealing hard truths or what you neglected to build. At 50, after 35 years on Wall Street, Shelly Lombard got laid off—and her phone never rang. That painful wakeup call led her to found Schmooze, a platform teaching woman to build relationships and network with intention and joy. Learn how one Happy New Year text landed Shelly a corporate board seat, why 80% of board roles are filled through relationships, and why it's never too late to cultivate relationships to create what’s next. Want to find your people? Tune in! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources This episode is sponsored by Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session by visiting strawberry.me/katie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Why You Can't Sleep at 3am and the Truth About Midlife Sleep Apnea with Dr. Shelby Harris 11.05.2026 39mLying awake at 3am replaying tomorrow's to-do list? Surprise! Your nighttime sleep issues may be a daytime problem. Back for a third time on A Certain Age, board-certified sleep expert Dr. Shelby Harris, author of The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia, helps us stop hitting the snooze button. We cover why consistent wake times are an overlooked reset, how light exposure is as powerful as caffeine, and why scheduling "worry time" keeps your brain quiet at night. Bonus! Sleep apnea and snoring often begin in midlife, with serious health risks. Yet, a simple at-home test can catch them. Listen in for your best sleep! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Jenn Sherman to Midlife Women: Stop Training Like You're 30 04.05.2026 52mMidlife hits and suddenly the fitness strategies that carried you through your 30s start quiet quitting on you. Want to shake up your fitness and your life? Meet Jenn Sherman—hired by Peloton at 45 after years as a stay-at-home mom, now 57 and rewriting the rules for how women train. Her “Back Nine Era” playbook is exactly what your body has been waiting for. As Jenn says, "I'm training so I can pick up my grandkids in 10 years." Tune in for functional fitness secrets, five habits that build strength for life, and a mega jolt of midlife mojo. Let's go, beauties. 💪 FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Want to Change Your Life? Dr. Rachel Goldman Says Start with a "Tweak" 27.04.2026 35mFeeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like life just keeps life-ing? You don't need a crisis to build a mental health toolkit or to change your life— you need tools before the curveballs hit. Dr. Rachel Goldman, NYU clinical psychologist and author of “When Life Happens,” shares how one tiny tweak (not change!) rewires your day, why "thoughts are not facts," and how to create a resilient mindset—including strategies for big change and making peace with a midlife body that's shifting in ways you didn't ask for. You'll leave with practical scripts to silence your inner critic, reframe mistakes, and to stop *shoulding* all over yourself. Your reset starts now! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Infertility, IVF, and the Emotional and Financial Toll of Midlife Family Building with Ali Prato 13.04.2026 38mThe longing for another child can consume you — even when you already have one you love fiercely. Infertility can strain your marriage, drain your bank account, and follow you straight into midlife. Award-winning journalist, infertility advocate, and host of Infertile AF, Ali Prato shares her raw journey through secondary infertility and IVF, including the toll it took on her relationship and finances, and why she turned her pain into a movement and a larger cultural conversation. You'll learn why getting pregnant is harder than we're taught, how to advocate for yourself with doctors, the high cost and low odds of infertility treatments, and why grief can coexist with deep gratitude. Hit play, beauties. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer with Dr. Marisa Weiss of Breastcancer.org 06.04.2026 50mBreast health is women's health—and it's a conversation we should be having every month, not just in October. In a do-not-miss episode, Dr. Marisa Weiss, breast oncologist, founder of Breastcancer.org (with 250 million served), and a survivor herself, breaks down what's moving the needle in treatment today. We cover lifestyle shifts that reduce risk, the truth about alcohol, the latest treatment breakthroughs, and the HRT/breast cancer conversation that many doctors aren’t equipped to have with you. Knowledge is power, beauties—press play and pass it on! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
One in Eight Americans Is on a GLP-1 — Here's What Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen Wants You to Know 30.03.2026 43mOne in eight Americans is on a GLP-1 right now — and most of them are flying blind. That's why I sat down with return guest Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, a board-certified obesity specialist and the bestselling author of Weightless, for a conversation that your doctor should be having with you but probably isn't. We get into everything: who's actually a good candidate, how to keep your muscle while you lose weight, and why struggling with your weight was never, ever a willpower thing. She breaks down all the brands, spills on whether "microdosing" GLP-1s works or is a TikTok trend and tells you which foods to avoid while you're on the medication. You're going to walk away knowing what questions to ask, how to handle the side effects, and why muscle mass is the metric you should be watching way more than the scale. Don't sleep on this one, beauties. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Work, Worth & Style: Embracing Change at Any Age with M.M. LaFleur's Sarah LaFleur 19.03.2026 47mNobody builds a remarkable life in a straight line. In this first-ever live recording of A Certain Age, Katie sits down with Sarah LaFleur, founder of M.M. LaFleur, inside her NYC Bryant Park showroom to explore how to embrace change at any age. Sarah's winding path — Paris bike guide, management consultant, private equity, retail founder — led her to build women’s workwear brand M.M. LaFleur on one powerful belief: the world is better when women succeed. Walk away knowing why your outfit is your armor, why leaning into your strengths beats fixing your weaknesses, and how to keep your relationships — and your sense of self — intact when life gets relentlessly full. Real talk, live energy, zero filter. This one's for you, beauties. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Making Moves in Midlife: Denise Pines on The M Factor 2, Wellness, and Taking Up Space 09.03.2026 52mMidlife women are done whispering. The runaway success of the menopause doc The M Factor proved it — millions of women were starving for a conversation nobody was having. Now Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and wellness powerhouse Denise Pines is back as co-producer of The M Factor 2: Before the Pause, dragging perimenopause out of the shadows and into the spotlight where it belongs. A busy multi-hyphenate, she's also launching her game-changing Hot Flash Tea into Target stores soon. Plus, Denise reveals the time management and mindset secrets that keep her making films, running companies, sitting on medical boards, and building a tea line — you know, basically unstoppable. Get ready to take notes, beauties — this one's pure fuel. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Gut Check: Eat to Improve Energy, Weight, and Mood with Dr. Amy Shah 02.03.2026 49mHot flashes. Brain fog. Extra weight that won't budge. You're not imagining it — and you're not powerless. Dr. Amy Shah, MD, double board-certified physician and author of Hormone Havoc, says food is the most underused tool for navigating menopause — but most doctors never bring nutrition up. We explore her 30-30-3 method, the power of protein timing, why most women are way under the daily recommended fiber intake, which probiotic foods ease symptoms, and how small, sustainable shifts can restore your energy, sharpen your focus, and help you feel like yourself again. Fix your gut. Feel like yourself again, beauties! FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE Instagram Facebook LinkedIn GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter AGE BOLDLY We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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