Is This a Midlife Crisis or a Wake-Up Call? w/ Wendy Valentine

Real Talk, Whole Life

Cloud10

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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What if the thing that feels like a breakdown in midlife is actually the beginning of something better? After hitting rock bottom at 45—divorce, debt, illness, grief, and burnout—Wendy Valentine chose a different path: not starting over, but becoming someone new on purpose. In this conversation, Stacy and Wendy unpack what midlife really looks like for women today—the mental load, the stress, the identity shifts—and why so many feel exhausted, stuck, or quietly wondering, is this it They explore how to reconnect with yourself without blowing up your life, why tiny steps matter more than big changes, and how to stop abandoning yourself while taking care of everyone else. Find Wendy: wendyvalentine.com instagram.com/wendy_valentine_/ womenwakingup.com Find Stacy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠⁠ Thanks to our sponsor: Factormeals.com/stacy50off | New subscribers! Use code stacy50off to get 50% off and free breakfast for a year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.3	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.5	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.2	Stream now.
0:32.3	Listeners, welcome back to Real Talk Whole Life. I'm super excited to introduce you to what is now my friend, Wendy Valentine, third time's a charm.
0:40.0	Listeners, we recorded this podcast and I, in my periomontad puzzle, brain fog state, did not record it.
0:50.1	Do not advise zero out of ten.
0:52.6	But Wendy and her infinite patience is back. It is worth recording
0:58.1	again. So I hope that you'll stick around. And in the meantime, I went on Wendy's podcast. So if
1:04.6	you enjoy our show today, Wendy, can you tell people where they can find that podcast and a little
1:10.2	bit about yourself?
1:12.1	It is great to be back.
1:14.6	And, you know, let's just all make the point.
1:16.5	It's okay to be messy.
1:19.0	There are no mistakes in life, only retakes.
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