The circumstances of our lives as kind of modern, mother,

as modern people in midlife are just really different now.

How much care we're still providing for our families

as our hormonal balance shifts out of that kind of caregiving mode.

Midlife is a powerful threshold and one that is often misunderstood or endured in shame and

solitude.

I know something that comes up for me consistently, if not constantly, that I've heard from

many of my friends is just a feeling of failure, failing at one aspect of life or another because there

are so many things that we're juggling. In this episode, we explore the in-between terrain where

old identities dissolve and new ways of being have not yet fully emerged. My guest, Jesse

Harold, and I reflect on how today's societal pressures collide with the emotional and biological realities

of midlife and motherhood, creating an unprecedented landscape that calls for more compassion,

more community, and more honest conversations.

You know, that's what I'm here for.

By naming and honoring these transitions, especially those unique to women, we open the door to self-discovery,

validation, and personal and collective growth. I'm Amber, and my guest Jesse's work

centers around midwifing women through modern-day rites of passage and radical life transitions.

She's written books, works one-on-one with clients,

keeps an active blog and hosts a podcast, the Becoming podcast, based on all these topics. So

she has got her finger on the pulse of what real women are going through at this moment in history.

And she's not just focused on midlife, but metrescence as

well, you know, the portal into motherhood, the first years, months, years, let's say, after becoming a

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