#285: Midlife Crisis But Make it Fun
A Beautiful Mess Podcast
Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In honor of Emma's 40th birthday, this week we're doing an official midlife crisis episode. Our experiences didn't go exactly like the movies, and we have a lot to discuss. It's going to be fun!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Beautiful Mess Podcast, your cozy comfort listen in honor of Emma's 40th birthday. |
| 0:10.5 | Happy birthday, Emma. |
| 0:11.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:12.6 | This week, we're doing an official midlife crisis episode because our experiences didn't go exactly like the movies and we have a lot to discuss. |
| 0:22.3 | I think this is going to be fun. |
| 0:24.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.7 | I love a midlife crisis. |
| 0:26.0 | I love a midlife crisis. |
| 0:27.4 | Popic. |
| 0:28.3 | I didn't have a crisis, but I did have an experience. |
| 0:34.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.5 | So I am excited. |
| 0:35.8 | Okay. |
| 0:35.9 | So before we jump in, I think we should discuss internal age. |
| 0:39.4 | I think we've talked about this on the podcast before, but for anyone who is new or hasn't ever |
| 0:46.8 | thought about their internal age. Okay, so my theory, so an internal age is just like the age you feel on the inside and it can very wildly. |
| 0:57.9 | So for me, did you learn about this somewhere? |
| 1:00.5 | I don't know. |
| 1:01.4 | I don't know. |
| 1:01.8 | Okay. |
| 1:02.2 | We've talked about it quite a bit and I associate you with teaching me about it. |
| 1:05.8 | But then I'm like, did she tell me that it was from a book? |
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