510: How to Make Every Day Feel Like a Vacation (Without Leaving Home) with Jessie Schwartzburg
Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40
Natalie Jill
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
What if the secret to a life that actually feels full has nothing to do with where you are and everything to do with how you show up?
With world-class event coordinator and experience designer Jessie Schwartzburg, we unpack why so many midlife women feel like life is flying by and what you can do about it starting today. Jessie has spent decades creating unforgettable moments for high-profile clients and bucket-list travel groups, and her approach to designing days worth remembering is something every woman in midlife needs to hear.
We explore why our brains create such vivid memories during new experiences, how small intentional touches can transform an ordinary moment into something people talk about for years, and what it actually takes to stop feeling like life is passing you by. Jessie also breaks down her personal formula for structuring any day or any trip around the four things she believes are the secret to a long, vibrant life: movement, learning, adventure, and connection.
You will walk away with practical, immediately actionable ideas, from planning a memorable birthday lunch to finally booking that group trip you have been putting off. This one is a genuine reset for how you are choosing to spend your time in midlife.
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| 0:00.0 | experiences are really what set the tone for incredible memories. And I see as we navigate |
| 0:06.0 | midlife, a lot of us get distracted in daily to-do. So we're caught up in our phones or our |
| 0:11.2 | laptops or to-do lists. And we seem to make less memorable experiences. And time seems to |
| 0:18.8 | compound. It feels like time is just flying by. Midlife isn't falling apart. |
| 0:22.5 | It's changing. And for a lot of women, it can feel confusing, frustrating, or overwhelming. |
| 0:27.8 | And if your body feels different, hormones feel unpredictable. Fat loss feels harder and stress hits |
| 0:33.1 | differently than it used to. You are not broken. You're just in midlife. Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, and this is |
| 0:39.3 | Midlife Conversations, the podcast where I take complicated health topics and break them down |
| 0:44.6 | simply so you actually understand what's happening in your body and what to do next. I have honest, |
| 0:51.0 | fascinating conversations with leading doctors and experts about hormones, gut, thyroid health, blood sugar, weight management, brain health, emotional well-being, relationships, and navigating this special season of life with clarity and confidence. |
| 1:04.0 | No fear tactics. No extremes, just real conversations and practical insights to help you feel confident, capable, in control of your health again. |
| 1:15.7 | When we think back to our most memorable experiences, we can remember every detail, how we felt, |
| 1:21.9 | where we were, where we were, how excited we were, or how down we were. But experiences are really what set the tone |
| 1:29.8 | for incredible memories. |
| 1:31.7 | And I see as we navigate midlife, |
| 1:34.0 | a lot of us get distracted in daily to-do. |
| 1:36.1 | So we're caught up in our phones or our laptops |
| 1:39.3 | or to-do lists. |
| 1:40.7 | And we seem to make less memorable experiences and time seems to compound. It feels like time |
| 1:47.3 | is just flying by. A lot of times when I talk to women, they say, gosh, it seemed like time was so |
| 1:52.5 | expansive when we were younger and now it just seems to be flying by. One of the things I've been |
| 1:57.4 | very committed to in the last several years is how can I create more |
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