AP 737: Midlife Makeover: How to Transform Crisis Into a Catalyst for Growth || with Wendy Valentine
About Progress
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4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I think that midlife strips away the roles, the roles and the expectations that we have carried for years. |
| 0:07.6 | And it puts us into this beautiful position to ask ourselves the question, who do I want to be as I step into this next chapter of my lives? |
| 0:23.5 | Hi, this is Monica Packer, and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about |
| 0:28.3 | progress made practical. |
| 0:31.5 | I am turning 40 years old next summer, so we can now cue all the midlife crisis jokes. But all kidding aside, I have to say |
| 0:41.4 | that this approaching milestone of midlife has so far lived up to many of its stereotypes. My eyesight |
| 0:50.0 | is fading. I'm considering getting some readers really soon. My joints aren't what they used to be. |
| 0:56.1 | And I'm thinking a lot more deeply about my past, who I am, how I got here, and what I would like |
| 1:03.7 | my future to look like. I have long joked that I already went through my midlife crises at 20 and 30 years old, |
| 1:11.0 | and those were genuinely awful but transformative times in my life. |
| 1:16.3 | But with 40 coming up, I'm feeling more shifts are in the works. |
| 1:21.2 | However, I would like this period to feel more like a catalyst than a crisis. And when I think of you, I am sure you are in a |
| 1:31.1 | similar boat. This is why I invited Wendy Valentine on the podcast today. As a podcaster, coach, |
| 1:37.7 | and author, Wendy didn't really begin to wake up to her life until she turned 45 years old. |
| 1:45.6 | After navigating divorce, |
| 1:52.6 | menopause, job loss, debt, and an empty nest all at once, Wendy stopped living on autopilot and started designing a life that finally felt like her own, and she is on a mission to prove that |
| 1:57.9 | it is never too late to wake up to what's possible. |
| 2:02.6 | In today's interview, we will chat about the legitimate reasons why midlife gets such a bad |
| 2:07.9 | rap, how Wendy wants us to make over our own perspective of this time, and how to turn this |
| 2:14.2 | period into an opportunity to create a life that reflects who we want to be. |
| 2:21.6 | If you're like me and swiftly approaching midlife or you are well on your way, this episode |
| 2:27.1 | will help you get more clarity and hope on what your life can become. |
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