Hosted by Gill Townsend & Barbara Scalzi · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 8 episodes
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Midrising: Real Talk is an honest podcast about identity, reinvention, and the quiet shifts many women experience in midlife.Hosted by Gill Townsend (Australia) and Barbara Scalzi (Thailand), these conversations explore what happens when the old version of you no longer quite fits — not as crisis, but as transition.This is thoughtful, grounded dialogue for women navigating change, growth, and what comes next. hotcupofmama.substack.com
Gill Townsend & Barbara Scalzi hosts Midrising: Real Talk, a society show with 8 episodes published.
You can declutter your house… and still feel completely overwhelmed. Because the real clutter isn’t on your shelves. It’s in your head. In this episode of Midrising: Real Talk, we unpack the mental load so many women car
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In this episode, Gill and Barbara explore what it means to live on autopilot — and how easy it is to drift into a life you didn’t consciously choose. They share personal experiences of waking up to that realisation, the
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We weren’t planning to talk about perimenopause. It wasn’t the topic for this episode. But somewhere in the conversation, we realised something we couldn’t ignore… We are having completely different experiences of midlif
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Most of us spend our lives trying to stay in control. We build plans.Careers.Routines.Identities. All designed to make life feel stable and predictable. And then something happens that reminds us that control might have
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Somewhere along the way, many of us start asking a quiet question. Is it too late? Too late to change direction.Too late to start something new.Too late to build the life we once imagined. In this episode of Midrising: R
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In this episode of Midrising: Real Talk, Barbara Scalzi and I explore the question so many women quietly ask: “Is it too late?” Too late to pivot.Too late to build something new.Too late to express more of who you are. W
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In this episode: • When the feeling of “I don’t know who I am anymore” first appears • Sudden identity shifts vs the slow erosion of self • How much of who we were was tied to roles — work, motherhood, relationships • Wh
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In this episode: • How Barbara and Gill met • The moment something started to feel “off” • Why midlife doesn’t have to be framed as crisis • The quiet shift that led to Midrising • What reinvention really looks like (wit
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Midrising: Real Talk is hosted by Gill Townsend & Barbara Scalzi. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 8 episodes.
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