Redefining Midlife with Jo Clark
by Jo Clark
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204. How to Finish the Year Strong, Starting Today
204. How to Finish the Year Strong, Starting Today
About this podcast
I'm Jo Clark, midlife mentor and coach, and this is your space for honest conversations about the changes that come with the second half of life. Menopause. Identity. Career. Relationships. Who we become next. Each week I share the lessons and strategies I've learned, alongside guest experts and everyday women with real stories to tell, because midlife isn't the end of the story. It's your chance to create a life you truly love.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 205 episodes
- 204. How to Finish the Year Strong, Starting Today · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 204Picture two women at the end of a long year: one waits for January, the other starts now with a few small choices each day. In this episode, Jo shares why that difference matters…
- 203. The Two Minutes That Could Change Your Life · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 203“ How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life," says Louise Hay. So what if the first minute of yours belonged to you? Jo…
- 202. 5 Signs You're Shrinking Yourself in Midlife · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 202In this episode, Jo Clark unpacks the quiet, everyday ways women shrink themselves to keep others comfortable. It's not one big dramatic moment; it's the small stuff: the apology…
- 201. The Truth Behind Why I Started This Podcast · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 201On episode 201, Jo takes you back to day one. No plan, no experience, just a microphone and a feeling that something was missing. She shares the four real reasons she hit record…
- 200. My Husband On Midlife And Menopause · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 200For the first time in 200 episodes, Jo hands the microphone to someone else: her husband of 30 years, Philip. He answers listener-submitted questions with total honesty, some of…
- 199. Why Midlife Feels Like Living Two Lives at Once · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 199An Instagram post about the contradictions of midlife went quietly viral, and thousands of women said the same thing: "This is literally my life." In this episode, Jo digs into…
- 198. Why She Finally Said Yes to Herself · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 198This week Jo is joined by Charmaine Size, one of her Reimagine mentoring clients, who opens up about burnout, a recent ADHD diagnosis and learning to put herself first. If you…
- 197. How to Have Hard Conversations in Midlife · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 197What's the conversation you've been avoiding? Jo unpacks why so many midlife women have become experts at keeping the peace, and what it actually costs us. This episode looks at…
- 196. Who Am I Now? Debbie's Story After Breast Cancer · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 196In this episode, Jo sits down with Debbie Craig, one of the women she's mentored, to talk about life after a breast cancer diagnosis. Debbie shares what it was like to finish…
- 195. Why Setbacks Hit Harder in Midlife and What Helps · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 195In this solo episode, Jo unpacks why setbacks feel so much heavier in midlife than they did in our twenties, and what to do about it. It's not just about the plan that fell…
- 194. How to Stop Settling for Good Enough · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 194Is your life good enough, or is it actually yours? In this episode, Jo unpacks the quiet difference between contentment and settling, and why so many midlife women confuse the…
- 193. 5 Ways to Feel Present in Your Everyday Life · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 193Ever notice a Tuesday that looks exactly like last Tuesday, which looked exactly like the one before that? In this episode, Jo unpacks why midlife days can start to blur together…
- 192. Why Waiting to Feel Ready Is Keeping You Stuck · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 192"I've missed my window." "Someone younger would do this better." Jo pushes back hard on both of these stories in this episode and makes the case that everything you've lived…
- 191. How to Talk to Your Doctor, Health Checks That Matter and More · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 191There's a website that Jo credits with genuinely changing her understanding of her own health, and today she's sitting down with the woman who leads it. Dr Sarah White, CEO of…
- 190. How to Make the Second Half of 2026 Count · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 190We're halfway through 2026, and if that hit you somewhere in the chest, you're not alone. This solo episode is an invitation to pause, look honestly at the first six months of…
- 189. Declutter Your Life (Not Just Your Wardrobe) · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 189Six years. That's how long a bag of old teacher clothes sat at the back of Jo's wardrobe. Not because she forgot about them, but because getting rid of them meant admitting that…
- 188. When Leaving Is the Brave Choice in Midlife · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 188What do you do when you've quietly started asking yourself not how to fix your relationship, but whether you should leave it? In this honest and compassionate conversation, Jo…
- 187. Rediscover You: The First Step to Figuring Out What You Want in Midlife · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 187Have you stopped lately to ask yourself what you actually want? In this episode, Jo shares something she's been quietly working on behind the scenes — a tool designed to help…
- 186. 3 Ways to Build Your Courage Again (Even When You Don't Know Where to Start) · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 186You aren’t born with or without courage; it's something you build. In this solo episode, Jo explores what it really means to be brave in midlife, and why waiting to feel ready…
- 185. Getting Older on Your Own Terms · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 185The pressure to look a certain way, age a certain way, measure up to images that may not even be real, it's everywhere, and it's exhausting. In this episode, Jo Clark sits down…
