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From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

The Decades of Life and How to Appreciate Each One

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Does it feel like time is just moving quicker and quicker? Are you yearning to slow down the clock and enjoy each moment as it comes your way? In today’s episode, Rachel is about to celebrate her husband’s 40th birthday. After meeting in their twenties, having two children, and spending decades together - this feels like a big milestone. Rachel shares her thoughts on growing older as she takes a trip down memory lane. With every passing year it feels like time is moving faster. How can we slow it down? How can we appreciate each decade as it comes our way (and especially the challenging ones with young children)? One day we will look back and miss it all. This episode will have you feeling nostalgic and remind you to appreciate every single moment - because it’s all we have. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about growing older, which of course, we all are all the time,

0:07.0

but this week my husband is turning 40. And although I know that it's still very young,

0:12.6

I feel like it's a big milestone. And I take a little look at the different decades that

0:18.3

we've moved through in life and how with every passing year,

0:21.8

it feels like time is moving faster. So is it possible to give ourselves the perception of time

0:29.3

slowing down? How can we appreciate each decade as it comes our way? Especially when we have

0:36.2

little kids and we're in the trenches of things.

0:38.7

Time feels like it's moving so quickly. And one day we're going to look back and we're

0:43.1

going to miss it all. So this episode really is about appreciating each moment because truly it's

0:49.7

all we have. Let's jump in. Hi, friends. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Welcome to a brand new episode of the show.

1:05.6

And also, good morning. It's not even, what is it, like 8.8.15 right now, which is very early for me to be

1:17.4

talking to you. I'm literally in my PJs sitting here with a huge cup of mushroom, collagen, golden milk, coffee. Don't ask. It's just, it's just what I drink.

1:36.0

Feeling very comfy and very cozy. I'm sitting in my really cozy podcast chair here in the

1:42.5

bedroom, looking out at this spring morning, the sun

1:45.5

filtering in through the clouds and all the trees budding outside. I have this apple tree

1:52.7

right outside my window. And it's coming alive. I know every podcast these weeks kind of starts

1:58.7

with some sort of excitement about spring.

2:09.5

And I can't help it. I know everybody, most people, okay, I guess maybe aside from people with super severe seasonal allergies and stuff, which by the way, if you have a lot of

2:16.1

pollen allergy, what you need is more exposure to the natural

2:20.6

pollen in your local natural area. So I used to have really bad hay fever and super

2:30.1

allergic to pollen my whole entire life. Eating honey and bee pollen from our own bees,

2:35.5

like from our own backyard, it literally means you're just eating pollen. I have basically

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