Are you holding yourself back from trying something new because you think you're too old, you're afraid of failing, or you don't feel ready? In this episode of The Midlife Rebel Podcast, I'm joined by author and personal development coach Becky Vannes to explore the courage it takes to become a begi...
How do you learn to trust yourself when you’ve spent years living by someone else’s rules? Toni LaMotta joined a Catholic convent at 17 and spent 16 years living under a vow of obedience. When she left at 33, she realised she didn’t even know something as simple as what colour sofa she liked. That d...
Just because something is labelled plant-based, does that automatically make it healthy? Michael Dorfman explores the difference between eating whole plant foods and relying on highly processed plant-based alternatives. A reminder that when it comes to nutrition and longevity, the quality of what we...
Can changing what you eat change your health and longevity? In this clip from The Midlife Rebel Podcast, Michael Dorfman shares his experience with plant-based eating and explores the role nutrition can play in supporting long-term health and vitality. #PlantBasedDiet #HealthyAgeing #Longevity #Midl...
Grief is one of life's great mysteries. Can we ever really solve it? Philosopher and author Thomas Attig has spent decades exploring death, loss and bereavement. His philosophy invites us to understand grieving as a process of relearning the world and finding ways to live meaningfully after losing s...
What do we expect life to look like when we’re 85? Michael Dorfman is living proof that we might need to think again. Approaching 85, his daily routine includes meditation, breathwork, crawling drills, walking, pickleball and regular resistance training — all part of a lifestyle built around staying...
What can students teach us about the experience of grief? Philosopher and author Thomas Attig reflects on what we can learn by listening to people's experiences of loss, and why understanding grief requires us to look beyond theories and recognise how deeply it affects our everyday lives. From The M...
Why is body literacy so important for women's health? Katrina Christian shares her journey into women's health education and her passion for helping women and girls better understand their bodies, menstrual cycles and hormonal changes. From adolescence through to perimenopause, understanding our bod...
Grief doesn't follow a neat sequence of stages. Losing someone we love can change almost every aspect of our lives — our relationships, daily routines, finances, beliefs and even our sense of identity. Philosopher Thomas Attig explores why grieving is a deeply personal process of relearning the worl...
Perimenopause can bring more to the surface than hormonal symptoms. Katrina Christian explores how the changes of perimenopause can reveal years of stress, unmet needs, emotional patterns and the things women have learned to tolerate or push through. It's a conversation about hormones, nervous syste...