The Mother of Reinvention Show

The Mother of Reinvention Show with Meagan Francis is a weekly podcast inspiring midlife moms to ask, “What’s Next?”

Do-over wedding plans & midlife marriage advice

If you were getting married all over again, what would you change about your wedding? And, what are the best and most challenging things about midlife marriage? As my wedding day draws near, I posed those questions to eight writer/podcaster friends, and their answers are full of insight, wisdom, and humor – along with a …

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From Farmer to Author With Anna Featherstone

It’s easy to romanticize the “simple life” (I’m guilty of it pretty much daily) but what happens when the simple, sustainable, satisfying life you set out to create turns into…something else entirely? Australian author and sustainability advocate Anna Featherstone experienced exactly this while she and her husband were running a “small” farm that, along the …

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Living authentically in midlife with Rachel Macy Stafford

What does it mean to live “authentically” in midlife? I chat with Rachel Macy Stafford, author of the new book Soul Shift: The Weary Human’s Guide to Getting Unstuck, about the roles we tend to layer onto our identities starting when we’re young, and how the middle of life is the perfect time to start …

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Midlife body image & reclaiming your style with Kristen Mei Chase

What do you do when your midlife body just doesn’t feel like you anymore? From hormone-induced weight gain to a shifting of your proportions, a changing body can be a normal – if not always welcome – part of perimenopause and menopause. In this conversation, Kristen Mei Chase and I get real about how we’re …

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Laura Tremaine Mother of Reinvention Podcast

Why prioritizing friendship is self-care, with Laura Tremaine

Midlife women have a lot on our plates. Should nurturing friendships take a backseat when we’re busy? Not according to Laura Tremaine, author of The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs. In this candid conversation, Meagan and Laura discuss why the work of friendship is worth doing, plus Laura shares her five friendship philosophies. …

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From bureaucrat to bookstore owner at 55

“Owning an bookstore is literally my dream.” Since announcing our plans to start our own indie book shop with our partners in northern Michigan, my sister Kathreen and I have heard those words many times. But if you’re not accustomed to thinking of yourself as a business owner, making the leap from a 9-5 job …

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