Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
by Jessica Colarco and Kelly Fox
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Welcome to the Chasing Brighter podcast; created as a guide to make midlife your best life!
Are you ready to embrace the next chapter of your life with confidence and excitement? Whether you’re looking to reinvent your career, improve your health, deepen your relationships, or find your true purpose, Chasing Brighter is here to help.
Join us each week as we bring you inspiring stories, expert interviews, and actionable tips to help you navigate the challenges and opportunities of midlife. From wellness and personal growth to connection and beyond, we’ve got you covered.
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- Superwoman Diaries10: Fiber Maxing, Breakfast Ruts & the Case for Parenting Less · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 23Superwoman Diaries: Fiber Maxing, Breakfast Ruts & the Case for Parenting Less What happens when you stop doing your kid's homework with them? In this Superwoman Diaries episode…
- Why Her Life Looks Easier (and Probably Isn't) · 12 min · Season 6 Episode 22Why Her Life Looks Easier (and Probably Isn't) Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving Ever been having a perfectly good morning, coffee in hand, and five minutes of…
- Superwoman Diaries #9: Reading, Resilience & Raising Culture-Curious Kids · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 21Superwoman Diaries: Reading, Resilience & Raising Culture-Curious Kids Chasing Brighter | Superwoman Diaries Kelly recently attended a Chicago Humanities Festival event featuring…
- Building the Friendships You Want Now · 23 min · Season 6 Episode 20Ep. 20: Building the Friendships You Want Now We've spent all of October talking about friendship: the ones that last, the ones that change, and the ones we outgrow. To close out…
- Superwoman Diaries #8: Retreats, Rising Costs & the Lost Art of the Letter · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 19Retreats, Rising Costs & the Lost Art of the Letter Jessica and Kelly kick off the week admitting they're running on fumes. Jessica blames perimenopause, post-trip fatigue, and…
- Your Marriage Is a Friendship Too · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 18Your Marriage Is a Friendship Too Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving When was the last time you got curious about your partner, the person they are right now…
- Superwoman Diaries #7: Disco Nights, Builder Gel & Finding the Causes That Move Us · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 17Superwoman Diaries: Disco Nights, Builder Gel & Finding the Causes That Move Us It's October in Vegas and Jessica is still pretending it's cozy season in a blazer. In this…
- The Friend You're Not Sure About Anymore · 13 min · Season 6 Episode 16Not every friendship ends with a falling-out. Some quietly drift. Some go on pause. Some still exist on paper, with birthday texts and the occasional "we should get together!"…
- Superwoman Diaries #6: White Lies, Chicken Sandwiches & the College Search · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 15Superwoman Diaries: White Lies, Chicken Sandwiches & the College Search Jess and Kelly catch up on life as moms of almost-grown and newly-grown kids. Jess shares the college…
- When You Outgrow a Friendship (and That's Okay) · 10 min · Season 6 Episode 14Here are the show notes, built from the episode audio. The timestamps are approximate, so give them a quick check against your final edit. Outgrown, Not Failed: When Friendships…
- Super Woman Diaries #5: Fall Fashion Finds, TJ Maxx Jackpots & the Mystery of the Missing Mediums · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 13Superwoman Diaries: Fall Fashion Finds, TJ Maxx Jackpots & the Mystery of the Missing Mediums It's officially fall, and Jessica and Kelly are talking wardrobes. After a school…
- The Friendships That Found You · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 12The Friendships That Found You Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving Some of the most important people in your life never came from a plan. They came from a park…
- Superwoman Diaries #4: Car Loop Chaos & the Case for Just Being a Good Human · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 11Superwoman Diaries #4: Car Loop Chaos & the Case for Just Being a Good Human It's 99 degrees, school is back in session, and the drop-off line has become a test of character. In…
- Let's Get Honest: What We've Been Waiting to Begin · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 10Let's Get Honest: What We've Been Waiting to BeginChasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving | September 24 All September long, we've been talking about beginnings…
- Super Woman Diaries #3: Back to School: Then vs. Now (and Learning to Let Go) · 25 min · Season 6 Episode 9Back to school looks nothing like it did when we were kids. Jessica and Kelly compare the back-to-school shopping of their childhoods (the planned outfits, the double socks, the…
- High Standards or Self-Sabotage: How to Tell the Difference · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 8Do you have high standards, or are you sabotaging yourself and calling it perfectionism? This week Jessica and Kelly dig into the sneaky ways perfectionism disguises itself as a…
- Super Woman Diaries #2: "2026 Is the New 2016" — Remembering Who We Were vs. Who We're Becoming · 23 min · Season 6 Episode 7Jessica and Kelly dig into the viral "2026 is the new 2016" trend — the exercise of looking back a decade and asking who you were then, what you miss, and what you don't. The…
- The Credential Trap: Why We Keep Waiting to Feel Qualified · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 6Last week we talked about "I'm not ready yet" as fear dressed up as logic. This week, Jessica and Kelly pull on that thread further to unpack the credential trap — the pattern of…
- Super Woman Diaries #1: How ChatGPT Became My Personal Stylist · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 5In this week's Superwoman Diaries, Jessica shares how she's been using ChatGPT as an unexpected style consultant on her weight loss journey. What started as a simple question —…
- The Lie of "I'm Not Ready Yet" · 13 min · Season 6 Episode 4In this episode, they unpack why "I'm not ready yet" sounds responsible but is usually just fear in disguise, why readiness is a decision instead of a feeling, and how the…
