Rebranding Middle Age
Episodes
Core Values Are An Expression Of Your True Self In The World
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most common search terms on my website or in google that bring people to my site is "how to find your core values" or "what are my core val...
4 Things You Must Learn To Practice For A Soul-Honouring Life
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A soul-honouring life is a life that is true to yourself. One that expresses your True Self in the world - your gifting, your core values, possibly yo...
What Heaviness Are You Carrying That You Want to Lay Down?
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Notice if a lot of the heaviness, pain, and struggle you're feeling is self-imposed.&...
10 Truths To Remember That Will Help You Love Yourself Well Today
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short but hopefully life-giving episode. I offer you 10 reminders that can help you befriend yourself exactly as you are today. And that can...
The Patterns That Got You Here Won’t Take You Where You Want to Go
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The same over-giving, working harder, people-pleasing, perfectionist patterns that brought you to this season of your life won't create the change tha...
4 Ways to Care For Yourself As you Shift Into Spring
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spring reminds me to hold everything loosely and live open to change. It reminds me that I can only see so far - there is so much more beauty and joy ...
Release the 200 lb Backpack You've Been Carrying
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I had a breakthrough this weekend and it felt like 50 lbs were released from my chest. I could breathe deeply and exhale fully again in a way I had no...
Practice "Relationship Over Rules" When Life Doesn't Go To Plan
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As a young parent I heard the phrase "relationship over rules." As a young parent I heard the phrase “relationship over rules” as it pertained to ...
The Powerful Benefits of Decluttering Your (Inner) Life
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tackled a decluttering project in your home? What motivated this decision? How did it feel once you got the extra stuff out of your life...
Old Self - New Self - True Self: A Pathway To A Brave + Beautiful Life
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So many midlife women approach their healing and growth work from the root belief that they are not good enough, they are bad, wrong, or broken, or th...
7 Reasons You Don't Follow Through On What You Want and Need (And 4 Skills That Will Make This Easier)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're like most of the women I work with, you are already fairly self-aware. You've already done quite a bit of internal growth work or inquiry. Y...
Learn To Trust And Validate Your Process and Pace to Improve Your Health, Happiness, and Help You Make a Positive Impact in the World
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are you somebody who needs ample time alone? Time alone in your own house? But you judge yourself for having this need?Are you somebody who can feel o...
This Valentine's Day (and Every Day) Take Responsibility For Filling Yourself Up
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stop outsourcing your wellbeing, happiness, and even value as a person. Stop putting your life in someone else's hands. Midlife women often do this ar...
Living With a Strong and Clear Vision Matters
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Having a vision for where you are heading, what you truly desire, and the world you want to help build, can increase your happiness and help you flour...
Add Joy Snacks Into Your Day (This Supports Your Happiness and Resilience)
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're still on the topic of beginning your year on purpose by building a solid foundation of health before you ask yourself to jump into creating/prod...
7 Simple Ways I'm Recalibrating Post-Holiday
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As we step into the new year and recalibrate after the holiday season (whether it felt restorative or not), this is a good time to make sure we have a...
Begin Your Year On Purpose
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year!In this episode I share one of my favourite all-time practices that has a huge ROI in my life. This will invite you to claim your PRACT...
Going Into The Darkness: What To Pay Attention To Around The Solstice
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're making our way to winter solstice, or heading into the darkness. I love this time in some ways - I love twinkly lights, dusky walks in wooded tr...
Holiday Stress Relief: Set An Intention to Feel More Empowered Over the Holidays
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever felt overwhelmed, resentful, or disconnected during the holidays, this episode is for you.In this conversation, I share practical strat...
How to Be on Your Own Side (And Why It Changes Everything for Women in Midlife)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore what it means to truly be on your own side and why this shifts everything else in life. The truth is, if you can't accept y...
Make Peace With Messiness
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Things break, people get sick, plans are disrupted, life is messy.When we make peace with messiness, we make space for joy.When we hit a bumpy patch o...
Who Are You BEING Today? Who Are You Becoming?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm sharing a recording I made for a lesson inside my Life Visioning Course. It speaks to the importance of recognizing and taking responsibilit...
Why I Talk Out Loud to Myself Often (And Think You Should Too)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you talk to yourself (out loud or in your head) and wonder if it's weird, this episode is for you.In this episode, I break down the science of self...
Why "Working on Yourself" Isn't Working (And What to Do Instead)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever heard someone (me!) talk about "befriending yourself" and thought, "That's nice, but I actually need to change" this episode is for you...
Your Thoughts Are Powerful. Only Water Hopeful Thoughts!
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a super short episode today in honour of my son Jairus who died this day 6 years ago. And in honour of myself and my choice to keep living ful...
Are You Highly Sensitive? Honour Your Wiring and Start Flourishing
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Krista explores high sensitivity and how to recognize and honor your wiring as a highly sensitive person (HSP) in the middle season o...
Autumn Themes: Grief, Letting Go, and Coming Home to Yourself
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore the themes and invitations of autumn, focusing on self-care for women in midlife season of life.In this episode, you'll dis...
Reclaim Your Agency: From Powerless to Purposeful
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agency is your power of choice - your capacity to intentionally influence your life and circumstances. It means you're the author of your life, exerci...
Stop Waiting for Perfect: How Imperfect Action Creates the Life You Actually Want
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Building the muscle and practice of imperfect action is essential if you want to craft an intentional, soul-honoring life. This practice helps us show...
The Three Pillars of Self-Compassion: Mindfulness, Self-Kindness, and Common Humanity
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Self-awareness without self-compassion can lead to shame and despair. Self-compassion is one of the most impactful practices you can develop - it will...
Self-Awareness as the Birthplace of Change: Building a Friendship with Your True Self
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Self-awareness is the "birthplace of change" - you can't change what you can't identify or name. Think of it as a lantern illuminating the next few st...
Self-Awareness + Self-Compassion + Imperfect Action = Reclaim Your Agency
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I share about the 3 layers of my Hope Map Graphic/my work:1. Outer, seasonal living layer2. Yellow macro view of core concepts. To go ...
What If You Were So Filled Up You Overflowed?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My hope for you is that you would love yourself so deeply... that you would be so filled up that you would overflow into the world around you.In this ...
Letting Go and Moving Forward: Insights on Parenting and Personal Growth with Guest Whitney Fleming
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Whitney Fleming, is a writer, social media consultant, mother and advocate. She owns the blog Parenting Teens and Tweens and is the voi...
How Will You Know That You Have Lived Well?
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where we focus we aim. And where we aim, we will arrive/experience. This is where our energy, attention, and important resources go. Where is 80% of y...
The Courage to Shift Your Identity: Bridging the Gap of Change
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy solstice - and happy summer! To start us off I offer a couple simple ways to check-in at the start of the season to ensure that you truly enjoy ...
Motherhood, Shifting Identities, and Menstrual Cycle Tracking With Guest Sophie Jane Hardy
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk with Sophie Jane Hardy, writer, podcast host and business coach inspired by nature's seasons and cycles. Sophie shares a b...
Small Life. Expansive Self.
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You get to define "small" and you get to choose the size and quality of your life. The point is to craft a way of being that allows you feel safe, at ...
Embracing Messiness and Change: The Pathway to Personal Freedom
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All morning I'd been pondering what I wanted to talk about on the podcast this week and what came up was the truth that we must allow ourselves to cha...
Self-Kindness Strengthens Us and Waters Others
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Be kind to yourself today. You do not have to be prettier, smarter, or less emotional, stronger, take up less space, or be less of a hot-mess tha...
Life is Messy and Imperfect: 12 Ideas to Help You Show Up Anyway
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*I talk a tiny bit about grief in this episode, nothing deep. But head's up in case you're not in a place to hear any mention of this. You're imperfec...
Navigating Perimenopause and Trusting the Wisdom of Our Bodies With Guest Asha Frost
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Asha Frost. Asha is an Indigenous Medicine Woman, and the international best-selling author of You are the Medicine, The Sacred Medi...
Happy Spring! 5 Growth Ideas to Explore as You Step (Gently) Into Spring
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I love a fresh start! In early spring it is wise to focus first on freedom and recalibration and then, later, expansion and growth. We need to build h...
Why Pelvic Floor Health is Essential for a Full, Amazing Life With Guest Kim Vopni
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today, Kim Vopni - aka the Vagina Coach – is a Pelvic Floor Fitness & Women's Health Coach. She is the creator of the Buff Muff Method ...
What Is True Rest and How Do I Practice It?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm sharing a short presentation I offered recently as part of an online event called The Joy Reset. In the conversation I talk about True Rest in the...
Release Urgency and Remember: Not Every Good Thing is for THIS Season
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We grow into the wisdom, bravery, and strength that we need for each new season. We don't need to worry forward, compare, or judge ourselves for not k...
Train Your Brain to See a New Possibility and Hold the Tension
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I share a practice that is essential for befriending and growing into your True Self and walking in freedom, wholeness, and joy. It also supports your...
Tiny, Intentional Practices Keep Us Grounded With Guest Heidi Barr
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest Heidi Barr is a writer and wellness coach whose work is founded on a commitment to cultivating ways of being that are life-giving and sustain...
5 Habits That Will Help You Live Rooted + Resilient In Times of Instability or 'Messiness'
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turning toward or facing our wounds, fear, pain or struggle can lead us into healing and growth. But it can also reveal our deepest gifting, our light...
How to Show Up With Strength When Life is Messy or You Must Begin Again
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The messiness of life is not only to be tolerated or managed. It is the pathway to greater freedom, wholeness, and joy. It is the pathway to growing i...
Parenting kids with Extra Needs and Using Our Gifts in the Empty Nest Season
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I said I enjoy long podcast episodes but this is a first, even for me;) Today I chat with guest Amy J Brown. We talk, among other things, about parent...
Soul-Care, Shame, and Self-Compassion in Winter Seasons
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why you need to practice soul-care in winter seasons: Why You Need To Practice Soul-Care In Winter Seasons | A Life In ProgressWinter Mindfulness Jour...
8 Ways I'm Honouring My Wiring and Capacity in This Season
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No.8 in my list, of how I'm practicing honouring my wiring and capacity, may just save my marriage;) Let me know how YOU are practicing!New Year Goal ...
Let Things be Simpler and Easier Wherever Possible
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus episode: I decided to share day 3 of the Quiet the Noise Challenge with you because It aligns with the topic of honouring our wiring and capacit...
Why You Need to Honour Your Wiring and Capacity
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Western culture promotes a linear, constantly productive, ‘more and faster is better’ way of being. it makes us live like we’re in a race: if yo...
Questioning, Wrestling, and Resisting is a Healthy Part of Grief Work and Letting Go
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode I talk about being a Questioner and 'wrestler.' One who must grapple with things in order to make peace with life or the circumst...
Letting Go of The Life You Wanted and Embracing the Life You Have With Guests Mikala Albertson and Jennifer Arnspiger
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Midlife is a great unraveling and re-envisioning/reconstructing. It’s a time of hard and brave work and this work (if we are able to say yes to it) ...
The Messiness of Middle Age With Guests Anno Bell and Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
*Heads up: there's swearing in this episode.In today's conversation, I'm joined by two guests: Anno Bell and Chantal Gauthier-Vaillancourt. We talk ab...
Rebranding Middle Age and Joyful Living: What This Means, Why It Matters.,
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m firmly in my messy middle season of life and it’s been a season of stretching, stripping away, meeting and befriending my True Self ...
It's Important to Trust Yourself (And Your Creative Process)
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If we shift our focus from creative product or outcome to creative process, then it’s easier to understand that we are all inherently creative....
Rising From A Season of Darkness Into Greater Self-Love
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest Julie and I talk openly about many common midlife experiences including:We speak about menopause, suicidal thoughts, and also how it can be h...
Permission to Play: Discover Your Play Personality
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
*Heads up: there's swearing in this episode.Today's guests, Kathy Escobar and Phyllis Mathis, have been soul friends for almost two decades and are th...
A Brief Thank You!
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for being here and listening. I appreciate you.Grieving the Loss of a Parent: Episode 191: Grieving the Loss of A Parent with Krista O'Reilly-D...
Are You Outgrowing Your Old Life? Mine For The Wisdom And Beauty In Every Season
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I believe that there is wisdom and beauty to be mined in every season – even the hardest of them. Do you want to live fully present and&nb...
There Are So Many Ways To Build A Brave + Beautiful Life: A Conversation With Betsy Huggins
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I welcome my friend Betsy Huggins as a guest to the Rebranding Middle Age podcast. Betsy and I have been friends for years and we've c...
Emerging Into (or toward) Second Summer: An Interview with Kate Codrington--
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
*Head's up: there's a swear in this episode. Also Kate's sound quality is a bit warbly at times but doesn't hinder the conversation.I'm delighted to w...
Open Up To A New Joyful Possibility (and the power of a good question)
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who is writing or telling the stories of your life?We all have stories playing out in our life, many unconscious, others that we are aware of yet beli...
What Old Stories Are at Play in Your Life? Explore (and live) A New Hopeful and Joyful Possibility
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we wrap up this season and prepare for the next season's theme of "Old stories. New Possibilities" I remind you about a practice I have that helps ...
Greater Freedom in our Relationships
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom is one of my core 5 values. It's also one of my top 2 values. As a personal value, what freedom means to me (us) as individuals can vary seaso...
Seasonal Living: A kinder Way of Being in Our Body and Life
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy spring! If you want to quiet the noise and practice a kinder way of being in your body and life, one of the most impactful choices you can make ...
Embrace Your Limitations and Love Who and How You Are
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016 I wrote a short post that went viral around the world. It clearly touched something deep in many people. Here's one tiny snippet from that pos...
Relationship in Middle Age Can Be Messy (and that's good!)
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Relationships in middle age can be messy. They take work and nurturing at every stage of life. But in middle age - yikes! If you're growing, healing, ...
8 Important Types of Rest That You May Not Have Heard Of
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all need rest, probably more than we’re getting. Expanding our view of rest beyond naps or Netflixing is helpful and life-giving! Perhaps what yo...
Why Don't You Rest (is it one of these 12 reasons)?
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a culture that idolizes productivity, it can feel countercultural to make rest an essential part of our life and goals. But when we prioritize rest...
What Does it Look, Sound, Feel Like to Feel Fully Alive?
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's an African Proverb that goes like this "When death finds you, may it find you alive."SHOW NOTES: DO YOU FEEL FULLY ALIVE?I've been thinking ab...
We Need to Grow Deep Roots
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To live on purpose - to handcraft a brave and beautiful life - to be anchored in the storms of life - you need deep roots. We grow deep roots through ...
We're All In Progress. We're All Simply Practicing.
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A common experience that comes up in my work is grief and self-judgment when a client or community member feels that they have gone backwards in their...
Take Some Time to Be Proud of Yourself!
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every single woman I know, and each woman I work with, benefits from regular, gentle reminders to pause and name what she is already doing w...
Home is Sacred Space
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Home is sacred. A safe and loving home creates a sense of safety and security in this noisy and often challenging world. Home is a mental-health issue...
Feel Safe, At Home, and Joyful in Your Body and Life
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTESHome is sacred space. It's not the size or fanciness of home that matters. Feeling at home in our body and life is also sacred. We get to tr...
Holding Space for both Joy + Pain over the Holidays (or This is Bullshit!)
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*Heads up: there's swearing in this episode.SHOW NOTESGrief is always hard... but grieving over the holidays can be an extra layer of hard. Our grief ...
Less Performing, People-Pleasing, Perfectionism // More Joy Over the Holidays
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In theory at least, the holiday season is about gratitude, connection/community, a focus on what's truly most important. The reality for many, however...
Shore Up Leaky Boundaries
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoring up leaky boundaries (boundary work in general!) is essential to living with freedom, wholeness, and joy and walking out our core values. There...
Practice All or Something
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All or nothing thinking keeps us stuck in lack. It keeps us stuck in the story that 'when' circumstances align perfectly then we'll be happy, love our...
9 Ways to Cultivate a Lifestyle of Joy
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do you want to be so filled up with that you leak it over into your circle of impact? What are you currently leaking into your circle?LINKS/RESOU...
Finding Safety in the Vulnerability of Joy
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“What if joy is not only entangled with pain, suffering, and sorrow but is also what emerges from how we care for each other through those things?”...
We Heal, Grow, and Become at the Speed of Safety
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After my son died, I was thrown head-first into a deep and dark winter season. The years that followed were incredibly painful and I longed for spring...
More and Faster Isn't Better
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When I’m driving on the highway and someone zooms past me at high speed or weaves in and out of traffic to ‘get ahead’ I always wonder, “where...
Community Matters (Even for the HSP, Strong Introvert, and Busy Midlife Woman)
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“We learn from an early age that ‘masked and armored’ is the safe and sane way to live” writes Parker Palmer in A Hidden Wholeness. We are wir...
Make Peace With Messiness to Make Space for Joy
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Life shouldn’t be neat and tidy. If your life feels challenging, you’re not doing it wrong. It’s the belief that you “should” always know wh...
How Will You Know You’ve Lived Well?
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative nurse Bronnie Ware recorded her patient’s end of life regrets. The top regret of the dying was “I wish I’d had the courage to live a ...
Practice Self-Compassion Like Your Life Depends Upon It. It Does.
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You cannot shame or bully yourself into wholeness. My inner critic was vicious. It bullied me, held me back, pointed out all my flaws 24/7, and told m...
All of You is Welcome Here
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All of you is welcome here. Your strength and struggle, your grief and pain, your creativity and joy. The parts of your story that you feel safe to sh...