Hosted by Jo Blackwell · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 187 episodes
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For women 50+ navigating change with courage and curiosity, wanting to feel confident, grounded, and inspired. Join Jo each week for a solo reflection or a conversation with a guest on confidence, menopause, reinvention, wellbeing, and ageing with purpose. Real stories. Practical wisdom. A calm companion for your midlife and beyond journey. joblackwellmidlifeandbeyond.substack.com
Jo Blackwell hosts Midlife & Beyond Conversations, a society show with 187 episodes published.
Neil Taylor helps families capture the stories, memories, and voices of their parents before it’s too late. After losing his own father to dementia, Neil realised how many stories had gone unrecorded – and how quickly vo
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Why are women over 50 being overlooked at work? In this episode, Jo Blackwell and Celine Egan explore ageism, menopause, confidence, and why “second half women” may be among the most valuable hires. This is a public epis
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Midlife parenting, letting go, and confidence. A thoughtful conversation on supporting adult children without holding them back, and rediscovering your own life beyond motherhood.You can find Randi here:https://www.randi
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Menopause, hormones, and women’s health are often misunderstood. In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Magic, author of The Empowered Woman. We talk about perimenopause, post-menopause, the limits of modern wellness advice
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Why diets fail women over 50 and what actually works instead. A practical, empowering conversation about food, energy, inflammation, and sustainable health in midlife.Connect with Sue Ellar here: https://sueellar.com/ Th
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Planning for ageing, dementia, and independence. A practical, honest conversation about caring for parents, early warning signs, and preparing for later life.Connect with Vicki on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AgingO
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Flourishing as we age means letting go of identity, ambition, and constant doing. In this conversation, Jo Blackwell and Laura Davis explore ageing, creativity, illness, and how slowing down can lead to greater freedom,
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Is it possible to start a successful business after 50? In this episode, Jo Blackwell speaks with Janis Doherty, who launched a creative venture in her late fifties after breast cancer and the pandemic prompted her to re
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In this reflective episode, Jo Blackwell shares 10 things she quit after 60 that made life calmer, lighter and happier. From letting go of constant usefulness and external validation to trusting intuition and releasing t
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In this episode, Jo Blackwell talks with marketing mentor Kaye King, who trained as a swimming instructor at age 61. They discuss learning new skills later in life, overcoming self-doubt, the benefits of open-water swimm
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When the world feels chaotic, our instinct is often to rush in and try to fix everything. But what if the most powerful role we can play is simply to remain steady? In this reflective episode, Jo Blackwell shares the sto
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Midlife transformation rarely follows a tidy plan. In this conversation, Jo Blackwell talks with Karen Skidmore about leaving a 21-year career, navigating the “messy middle” of menopause and identity change, and learning
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Why did I write Ageing Wonderfully Well? In this episode, I share my personal experience of menopause, midlife transition, ageism and self-ageism – and what I hope women over 50 take from this book about growing older wi
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What happens when redundancy hits in midlife — just as you’re already questioning who you are and what you want next? In this episode of Midlife & Beyond with Jo Blackwell, I’m joined by author Sara King, who was made re
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Do you fear growing older, or the losses we’re told come with it? In At Peace with Growing Older, Jo Blackwell reflects on ageing, illness, acceptance, and the quiet emotional shifts that can happen in later life. Drawin
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Vicky Payne, Jo’s guest on this podcast, created an online book-club for women of all ages to read and discuss self-help and motivational books that we normally tend to read, then leave to gather dust on the shelf withou
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Have you ever lost your glasses while you’re wearing them, or walked into a room and completely forgotten why you went there? Most of us put moments like these down to “getting older”, but are they really something to wo
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Your breath is like a remote control for your nervous system, and you have far more control over it than you think. In this episode, Sam Adams explains why breathwork isn’t about doing something fancy or ‘woo’, but about
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One of the most dangerous ideas is that exhaustion means you’re weak. In reality, burnout often happens to the most capable, conscientious people, the ones who’ve been holding everything together for years. In this conve
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If you’re on a diet this year, there’s one thing I really want you to hear - and I’m going to say it straight away in this solo episode, not save it for the end. If you’re dieting, you must start weight training. So many
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Midlife & Beyond Conversations is hosted by Jo Blackwell. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 187 episodes.
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