A Grown Up's Gap Year
Episodes
How to Turn Your Big Ideas Into a Visible Personal Brand with Michelle B. Griffin
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a head full of ideas about what comes next, and absolutely no idea how to turn any of them into something visible?Last week we intro...
How to Plan Your Next Chapter When You Know What You DON'T Want (But Have No Idea What Comes Next)
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you've cleared the decks, simplified your life, and still have no clue what comes next - this episode is for you.Most planning advice gets it ...
Overwhelmed and Over It: How to Simplify One Part of Your Life This Week
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Overwhelmed and Over It: How to Simplify One Part of Your Life This Week ...so there’s more time for what you actually want to do.In this solo episo...
Life After Menopause: Strong, Supported & Informed with Dr Joanna Bruce Womens Health Expert
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about something that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime: life after menopause. Not the hot flush headlines, not the “is this ...
The Anti-Guilt Calculator: From Mental Load to Real Time-Out and Space for You
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re the one who remembers everyone’s everything – the logistics, the appointments, the emotions – but can’t remember the last time you...
A Grown Up’s Gap Year, From “I Can’t” to “Of Course I Can": My Year of Choosing Yes
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, for the first episode of season three, I'm going to replay one of our most downloaded, most messaged about episodes to ease you into the y...
Ask Why Not You: How Values Become Your North Star
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Happy New Year. During January, I'm replaying four of our most downloaded, most messaged about episodes. Think of them as a short serie...
Emptier Nest And Everyday Resets That Work: with Prue Francis
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Happy New Year. During January, I'm replaying four of our most downloaded, most messaged about episodes. Think of them as a short serie...
Why More Women Over 50 Are Travelling Solo: And Loving It
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Happy New Year. During January, I'm replaying four of our most downloaded, most messaged about episodes. Think of them as a short serie...
Treat Yourself Like a Project: How Small Actions Lead to Big Clarity
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Happy New Year. During January, I'm replaying four of our most downloaded, most messaged about episodes. Think of them as a short serie...
A Grown Up’s Gap Year, From “I Can’t” to “Of Course I Can": My Year of Choosing Yes
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever looked around your life and thought, “Is this it?” while simultaneously being needed by everyone, this one’s for you.In the fin...
Ditch the “New Year, New You” Resolutions: Pick Up a Notebook, Not a 75-Day Challenge
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If “New Year, New You” makes you want to throw your phone in the sea, this one’s for you. In this episode, Monique van Tulder – author of A Gr...
Mid-Life Maintenance Mojo: Just Wear the Bikini & Other Handy Hints
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of A Grown Up’s Gap Year – The Podcast, Monique unpacks mid-life maintenance mojo – from mammograms and strength training to swi...
Happyish Holidays: Festive Season Boundaries & What Feels Like Home
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Design a festive season that actually fits: clear, kind boundaries and small rituals that help you feel at home when “utterly joyful” feels like a...
Dreaming of Your Own Greek Island House? A Chic Local Shares Her Mid-Life Reset on Hydra
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever caught yourself scrolling Greek property listings, wondering what it would be like to trade your commute for cobblestones, donkeys and Aegean lig...
Mid-life Mental Load and Guilt: Your SPACE Prescription for Better Boundaries
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a mid-life woman who’s somehow ended up at the top of everyone else’s “people we need” pyramid and the bottom of your own, this on...
Streamline Your Lifestyle: Declutter, Create SPACE, and Feel Better Now
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling better starts with space — physical first, mental next. In this candid, useful episode, Monique reads from her book, A Grown Up's Gap Y...
Your Two Minute Travel Prescription Reset: Find Space in Mid-life
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling stretched thin and a little invisible? This episode gives you a simple, two-minute Travel Prescription Certificate to start reclaiming space—...
Reinvention With Monique van Tulder and Michelle Cox on One Question Podcast
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a ‘series’ on the podcast One Question with host Michelle Cox - where she is talking to all guests about the same topic, a...
From Shirley Valentine to Solo Adventure: Lessons from a Grown Up's Gap Year
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A replay of an Episode where the mic is turned and I am a guest, chatting with Gillian Whitney of Easy Peasy Books podcast."Monique, author of &q...
Breaking the Midlife Mold: Secrets of Australia’s Most Relentless PR Student
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another replay of an Episode where the mic is turned and I am a guest. This week chatting with Liz Nable, host of Media Magnet podcast (and Chief all ...
I Did a Shirley Valentine: Took a Gap Year and Found Myself
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A replay of an Episode where the mic is turned and I am a guest of Your 2nd Act host Michelle Parsonage: Imagine reaching midlife and deciding to take...
Living As If: A Mid-Life Reinvigoration Idea To Start Now
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the pivot. It’s not about dismantling your life. It’s about backing yourself for a minute. What if your so-called second act isn’...
Seasons and Japanese Rituals: In conversation with Six Senses Kyoto’s Director of Wellness
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head to Kyoto for a conversation about wellbeing that isn’t performative — it’s lived. We talk kerbside shrines and small daily rev...
Why I'm A Fan Of Best Practice Retreats: Wellness Travel Done Well
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling stretched thin but not sure a “holiday” will fix it? This episode unpacks what a real retreat looks like—and how to choose one that does...
Saying Yes in Mid-life: A Camino Pilgrimage with Anna Manlulo
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Manlulo said yes to herself and walked the Camino de Santiago — one step, one day, along hundreds of kilometres of ancient pilgrim paths. We ta...
Why More Women Over 50 Are Travelling Solo: And Loving It
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere between society decided women need permission slips to take a breath. If you need it (and of course we don't 'require permission&a...
Emptier Nest And Everyday Resets That Work: with Prue Francis
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If your house is quieter and you aren't quite sure what comes next - this episode is for you. Mid-life reinvigoration, an emptier nest, and the e...
Ask Why Not You: How Values Become Your North Star
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like you’re circling the same question - What now? Why not me? - without actually moving forward? This episode of A Grown Up’s Gap Year ...
The Rewrite: Letting Go to Begin Again with Melinda Louise Hutchings
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the life you’ve built no longer fits? In this candid, hope-filled episode, author of A Grown Up’s Gap Year, wellbeing commentator and host...
Your Grown Up’s Gap Year Starts Here: And It May Not Be Where You Thought
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Grown Up’s Gap Year starts here — Tiny acts, big shifts: the art of feeling alive again. (no job-quitting or plane ticket required).📚 Get you...
The Great Untethering: Why This Podcast Isn’t Just Fluff
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before the book, the podcast, or the well-meaning comments about being “so lucky,”... there was a woman who ran away. Not forever - but far enough...
Treat Yourself Like a Project: How Small Actions Lead to Big Clarity
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you hit your limit - and run away instead of continuing to ‘run on empty?’ In this first episode of A Grown Up’s Gap Year – ...
Introducing A Grown Up's Gap Year Podcast
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the Grown Up's Gap Year Podcast - a series of interviews.Women (& a few blokes) Doing Inspiring Things in Fascinating Places.The ...