Aging OUT LOUD: Wisdom, Wrinkles & Wild Stories

Hot & Bothered

Melyssa Ford

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this candid, witty, and powerfully honest episode, host Melyssa Ford pulls back the curtain on what it really means to age unapologetically. Joined by a vibrant panel of guests—each fierce, fabulous, and representing the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s—they unpack the myths, marvels, and messy parts of growing older, especially as women in a world obsessed with youth.From gray hair pride and laugh lines earned through life’s battles, to hormonal shifts and finding joy in saying “no” without guilt, Melyssa , Angelique, Mia and Kacy serve up personal stories, hard-earned truths, and a few hilarious confessions. The conversation isn’t just about accepting age—it’s about owning it, celebrating it, and redefining what it means to be sexy, relevant, and powerful at every stage.Expect a soulful mix of laughter, vulnerability, and the kind of wisdom only time can teach.Topics include: • Botox, body changes & breaking stereotypes • Dating over 40 (and dodging situationships) • Reinventing careers and passions in midlife • Why aging is a luxury, not a loss • The freedom that comes with giving fewer f*cksWhether you’re in your 30s staring down the next decade, or fully embracing your seasoned glow, this episode is a love letter to living life boldly—on your own terms, at any age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This program is intended for informational purposes only and does not contain medical advice.
0:04.8	As always, please contact your physician or qualified health care provider with any questions regarding a medical condition. Welcome to another episode of Hot and Bothered with Melissa Ford.
0:35.3	Do you want you to follow in the shot? Yes, because I have no teleprompter. I'm about to address the fact that I have my phone in the shot, because I got to read off of it. No worries. We're going to keep that. Let me keep that. So my cameraman just stopped me because I have my phone in my hand, but I need it because I have no teleprompter, okay? Okay, that's what happens when you're self-funded. Where the sponsors are.
0:38.1	Right. me because I have my phone in my hand, but I need it because I have no teleprompter, okay? That's what happens when you're self-funded.
0:56.7	Where the sponsors are.
0:58.1	Right?
0:58.7	Okay.
0:59.1	Before I introduce my guest today, this episode is something that I have been thinking of for,
1:04.7	Rach, how long?
1:07.7	A very long time.
1:08.8	A very long time.
1:10.2	As I entered my 40s and I started to experience the joys of aging, I started thinking to myself, boy, have we been sold a bill of goods as women? We have been convinced and conditioned to feel like life is over for us after 40. And boy, was that a big, fat, giant
1:31.5	lie. So I've written this little monologue that I want to read to you guys, because I don't
1:37.7	have a teleprompter, so you're getting this no frills. Aging. The fine art of discovering new
1:43.6	wrinkles, new wisdom, and a sudden inability to stand up without making sound effects.
1:49.0	Today we're going to be diving into the fabulous, frustrating, and often funny world of women and aging.
1:54.0	Let's face it, somewhere between being called Miss and being asked if we qualify for the senior discount, something magical
2:01.9	and mildly confusing happens. Society tells us to fight aging with creams, serums, and green
2:08.3	juice. But what if we just embraced it? What if the lines on our faces were just life's way
2:14.7	of giving us a five-star Yelp review.
2:24.2	Today we're talking about aging, but not as a curse, as a comeback. Because the truth is getting older as a woman isn't the end of relevance. It's the beginning of saying what we
2:29.7	really think, eating the cake, and finally understanding why elastic waistbands are a gift from the gods.
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