Get It Got It Girl: Midlife Rebuild

I’m sitting in my podcast room on the one year anniversary and my body feels exactly like it did at the start: nervous, excited, and not totally sure what I’m going to say. That turns out to be the most honest place to begin, because the past year hasn’t been about sounding perfect. It’s been about showing up, pressing record, and letting the process change me in real time. I look back at the woman who started this midlife podcast and speak to her with the kindness I didn’t know I needed. I ...

I didn’t expect a five-minute mirror exercise to hit me this hard. I genuinely thought I was done with shadow work, like I’d already “worked on myself” and moved on. Then I sat down with no phone, no noise, no distractions, and just looked at myself. What I saw wasn’t the version of me I carry around in my head. I looked sad. Miserable, even. And it scared me because it raised a bigger question: when was the last time I truly checked in with myself? That moment helped me see how easy i...

I made it 20 minutes into an amazing flow… then looked down and realized I never hit record. That mistake turned into the best reminder I’ve had in a long time: you can start over without starting from scratch, and feeling “lost” doesn’t automatically mean something is wrong with you. I talk through what midlife soul-searching actually looks like when you stop panicking and start paying attention. We get into intentional living, self-discovery, and the small clues that point to what you want...

Your life can change so much that one day you look up and think, “Is this it?” That question isn’t always depression. Sometimes it’s clarity. Tina gets real about missing the version of herself who had more freedom, more spontaneity, and more excitement and how that loss can show up as quiet, repetitive days that feel like going through the motions. We talk about what happens when the calendar fills with doctor’s appointments, responsibilities and recovery mode. Leaving an unhealthy relation...

The moment I realized the mural was dancing, I knew my night had crossed into unfamiliar territory. What started as a fun club hang with an old friend and a little something I thought was marijuana turns into a sharp lesson about perception, risk, and the stories we laugh at later because we survived them. I walk through the exact chain of events: the music that suddenly sounds “different,” the shock of feeling truly drunk after only two drinks, and the creeping question that changes everyth...