The Next Phase
Episodes
#24: Tarot 101: A Simple Way to Reconnect With Your Intuition in Midlife
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever been curious about tarot… but also a little skeptical… this episode is for you.Today, I’m joined by tarot reader and teacher Ro...
#23: Astrology 101: How Your Birth Chart Can Help You Understand Yourself in Midlife
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere in our late thirties and forties, a lot of women start to feel like something isn’t working anymore.The way we’ve been living.The expect...
#22: The Millennial Perimenopause Masterclass: Hormones, Stress, Metabolism, and the Nervous System
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If your body suddenly feels harder to live in — you’re not imagining it.In your late 30s and early 40s, hormones start shifting. Sleep changes. St...
#21: Why Millennial Workouts Are Backfiring in Perimenopause (With Dr. JJ Thomas, DPT)
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Millennial moms were raised on one fitness message:More cardio.Eat less.Push harder.Sleep when you’re dead.And now?We’re herniating discs.Developi...
#20: Intermittent Fasting vs. Cycle Syncing in Perimenopause (Why I Stopped Fasting)
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I’m sharing my full experience with intermittent fasting for women in perimenopause — why I started it after struggling with postpartum weight gai...
#19: Minimalism in Midlife: Less Stuff, More White Space
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lately, everything has felt like… too much.Too many activities. Too many Amazon boxes. Too many decisions. Too many tabs open in our brains.In th...
#17: Saying Goodbye to Our 90s Mom: On Catherine O’Hara and the Motherhood We Inherited
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of Catherine O’Hara’s death, a lot of millennial women felt unexpectedly emotional.Not just because we lost a legendary actress — bu...
#16: Perimenopause? What—Like It’s Hard? Herbal Wisdom with Jane Barlow
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Perimenopause can feel like a confusing full-body mystery… but today’s conversation is a deep exhale.I’m sitting down with Jane Barlow, an herba...
#15: The Energetic Power of Finishing Mundane Tasks
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
51 days.That’s how long the too-small sweater sat in my trunk before I finally made the return.In this episode, I’m talking about the mundane task...
#14: The New Year Self-Help Spiral (and How I Found More Space Instead)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January has a way of turning us into projects.Fix your habits.Fix your body.Fix your mindset.Fix your life.In this episode, Stacey reflects on the fam...
#13: Explain EFT to Me: How to Calm Your Nervous System When You’re Spiraling
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been set off by something that looks small to everyone else — but suddenly your chest is tight, your throat feels blocked, and you can...
#12: Why Your Belly Is Changing in Perimenopause — And What Actually Helps
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After watching K-Pop Demon Hunters, my daughters asked me if they “should want abs”… and that moment changed the entire direction of this episod...
#11: Millennial Menopause & Why We’re So Nostalgic for the 90s with Lauren Tetenbaum
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know that low-key identity crisis that hits somewhere around 38–42? The mood swings, the random rage, the 3 AM wakeups, the nostalgia for your 9...
#10: How to Make Cycle Syncing Automatic (So You Can Actually Stick With It)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Between kids, work, and mom-life chaos, no one has the bandwidth to reinvent a grocery list every week based on their hormones.Today I’m teaching yo...
#9: How to Love Your Home Again (A Professional Organizer Teaches Us How)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know that low-grade shame storm that hits every time you look at the piles, the laundry baskets, the boxes you never unpacked?In this episode, I s...
#8: Dear Diary: I’m 40 and Still Terrible at Adulting
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you hit 40 and realized you still hadn’t really grown up?In this week’s episode, Stacey gets brutally honest about the behind-the-scenes c...
#7: When Your House Feels “Off”: The Energetics of Decluttering (Plus Learn How To Smudge)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you felt it lately?That pull to rearrange, clean, and reimagine your space — not for your kids this time, but for you?In this episode of The Ne...
#6: What Diane Keaton Taught Us About Turning 40
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is my love letter to turning 40 — and to the woman who helped me do it with less fear and more fire.As I step into this next phase, I’...
#5: The Energy of Perimenopause: Why You’re So Sensitive Right Now — and What To Do About It
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the “woo” you’ve been side-eyeing all these years is actually the missing piece in your perimenopause puzzle?In this episode, Stacey pee...
#4: How to Eat With Your Cycle to Balance Hormones in Perimenopause
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know that feeling when you’ve been eating the same breakfast for years — same coffee, same smoothie, same handful of nuts — and one day your...
#3: Why You Should Listen to Fewer Podcasts (Including This One) — Especially in Perimenopause
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a world that tells us to “optimize every moment” — even the ones when we’re brushing our teeth. As overachieving, multitasking moms...
#2: Explain Cycle Syncing to Me: Your Guide to Aligning Food, Fitness & Energy with Your Hormones
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember 5th grade health class? Pads, tampons, cramps, done.But what if your gym teacher had told you this: your period isn’t just five days of ble...
Millennial Moms Entering Perimenopause: Start Here (Trailer)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember TRL after school, low-rise jeans that never passed the squat check, and crying through Titanic in theaters (every single time)? We were unsto...
#1: Welcome to The Next Phase: A Wellness + Woo Podcast for Millennial Moms
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Next Phase Podcast! I’m Stacey Hutson—wellness chef, health coach, mom of two, and former co-host of the Mother Plus Podcast. This ...