Midlife Strategies for Badass Women is the go-to podcast for bold, brilliant women over 40 who are done playing small and ready to reinvent their lives—without guilt, filters, or apologies.
Hosted by Badass Midlife Strategist - Sue Willoughby, each weekly episode delivers unfiltered conversations, real stories of reinvention, and practical strategies to help you break free from the crap that’s holding you back and finally live life on your damn terms.
Whether you’re navigating a midlife reset, rediscovering your passions, building confidence, or launching your next chapter—this podcast gives you the mindset shifts, clarity, and community to make it happen.
🔥 Expect:
No-BS life advice and midlife strategies that actually work
Inspiring interviews with women who’ve transformed their lives
Soul-stirring solo episodes packed with truth and action
Coaching-style episodes to help you reclaim your purpose, power, and passion
This isn’t a podcast about “getting through” midlife.
It’s about owning it—louder, wiser, bolder, and unapologetically YOU.
Subscribe now and start rewriting the rules of what’s possible in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.
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In this powerful and deeply grounding episode of Midlife Strategies for Badass Women, Sue Willoughby sits down with joy mentor and author Kate Furnish to explore what surrender really means in midlife, and why it might be the key to freedom, flow, and lasting joy.
If you are tired of striving, over-achieving, people-pleasing, and carrying the emotional weight of everyone else, this conversation will feel like a deep exhale.
Together, Sue and Kate unpack:
- Why surrender is not giving up, but letting go of ego and control
- How high-achieving midlife women forget how to receive
- The difference between uphill striving and downhill flow
- Why joy is a resilience practice, not a personality trait
- How to reconnect with your body and nervous system
- Simple breathwork tools to reset your energy in minutes
- The truth about midlife awakening versus midlife crisis
This episode is a masterclass in choosing joy now, not someday. If you have ever wondered what it would feel like to stop fighting life and start flowing with it, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
Chapters
[00:00:00] Opening welcome and why joy and surrender matter now
[00:01:32] Midlife awakenings not midlife crises
[00:03:49] Surrender as an anchor during crisis and change
[00:11:30] Receiving and turning your strengths toward yourself
[00:21:43] Joy Mastery Method book overview and three steps
[00:46:52] Closing gems choosing joy even in challenge
Key Quote:
"It is your time. It is your turn to enjoy your life."
Connect with Kate:
Website: https://mysanctuarysource.com/joy-mastery-method/
Free 31-Day Joy Expanding Email Series available on her site
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.furnish/
Book: Joy Mastery Method: Three Steps to Let Go of Struggle and Enjoy Your Life Now https://a.co/d/0gBewVy4
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Website - https://www.willoughbycoaching.com/
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sue_willoughby/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suewilloughby/
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