#456: WTF Is a Saturn Return and Why Is It Ruining Your Life? With Almost 30
The Mark Groves Podcast
Mark Groves
4.9 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik, the brilliant best friends behind the Almost 30 podcast and co-authors of the transformative new book Almost 30: A Guide to a Life You Love. We dive deep into the wild ride of Saturn returns, soul awakenings, friendship, career pivots, and the messy, beautiful process of becoming. From starting a podcast on their closet floors to building a global community, Krista and Lindsey share raw stories of heartbreak, burnout, spiritual breakthroughs, and the power of staying true to your path—even when it looks nothing like you imagined. Whether you're navigating your late 20s or facing a major life change, this conversation is a heartfelt reminder that your soul always knows the way.
Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik are the powerhouse duo behind Almost 30, one of the top health and wellness podcasts with over 120 million downloads. Krista is a public speaker, retreat leader, and creator of transformational programs like Metamorphosis and The Life Edit, establishing her as a leading voice in wellness and spirituality. Lindsey, a creative entrepreneur and media personality, co-founded Morning Microdose and developed The Sacredness of Being Single, empowering thousands of women to embrace their in-between seasons. Now a new mom, Lindsey has also launched New Mom on the Block, a brand supporting mothers in redefining motherhood on their own terms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Rove's podcast. For those of you don't know me, |
| 0:07.8 | my name's obviously Mark and I am love. I'm in love. I am love. Yes, this is true, but I'm in love |
| 0:15.3 | with understanding human behavior, why we do what we do. I'm obsessed with it, with understanding how our relationships, |
| 0:23.1 | how to create the most epic ones, you know, all the stuff that's important, like how life delivers |
| 0:28.4 | us smash after smash of cosmic two by four when we're not paying attention or when we're |
| 0:33.9 | ignoring something. And there just seems to be these cycles of our lives, too, isn't there? |
| 0:38.7 | Where you're like, things are good. And then all of a sudden, psh. All right, new lesson. And they call this |
| 0:44.5 | in your late 20s the Saturn return. I'm 46 now. So maybe I've done another loop around Saturn. |
| 0:51.3 | And I feel like I'm just coming out of that now. Uranus does something to you around 42, so maybe I'm coming out of that. |
| 0:58.8 | But either way, I think this conversation about how to move beyond those thresholds is |
| 1:06.0 | important. |
| 1:07.2 | And I'm so excited because today's guests are the creators of the number one, critically acclaimed wellness podcast, almost 30. |
| 1:15.6 | They've had just profound success because they spoke and continue to speak from their experience and their heart. |
| 1:22.5 | And people relate to them. |
| 1:24.0 | They're incredible humans. |
| 1:25.9 | They're very successful. |
| 1:27.4 | Their best friends who |
| 1:29.0 | navigated their late 20s side by side talking about it. And now they've written a book. |
| 1:35.9 | Called Almost 30, a definitive guide to a life you love for the next decade and beyond. |
| 1:41.5 | And as someone who is beyond 30 by a significant portion, every single one of |
| 1:48.7 | the lessons in there, each chapter, resonated deeply with my own being. So I'm so excited for you to |
| 1:56.6 | hear this, because no matter what your age is, it's going to resonate because these are |
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