say YES to yourself! | Inspiring Midlife Women to Reinvent & Thrive
For Midlife Women Ready to Reclaim, Redefine, and Rise
This is the podcast for women in midlife who are ready to shed outdated cultural expectations, rewrite their stories, and finally put themselves first without guilt or apology.
This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking:
1. Why do I feel lost as a woman in midlife?
2. Who am I now that my kids are grown and I have an empty nest?
3. Is it too late to reinvent myself in my 40s or 50s?
4. How do I rebuild after a divorce or a major life change?
5. Why do I feel guilty for wanting more for myself in midlife?
6. How do I stop people-pleasing and start putting myself first?
7. How do women reinvent themselves after caregiving or burnout?
8. How do I rebuild confidence and trust myself again in midlife?
9. How do I navigate a midlife transition without losing myself?
10. How do I make a career pivot in midlife that actually feels aligned?
Each week on Say YES to Yourself!, host Wendy Harrop curates soulful, honest conversations with inspiring women who are courageously reinventing their lives. From career pivots and creative dreams to empty-nest awakenings and personal breakthroughs, you’ll hear real stories of transformation, healing, and joy.
If you're craving more meaning, more magic, and more you in your life, this podcast is your permission slip. Saying YES to yourself isn’t selfish. It’s the most generous, revolutionary act of your midlife.
Say YES to Yourself! is a podcast for midlife women navigating reinvention, personal growth, and the next chapter of life.
Tune in and be reminded: your best chapter starts now.
say YES to yourself! | Inspiring Midlife Women to Reinvent & Thrive
269: Psychedelic Healing for Grief and Trauma | Alexis Leigh
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Alexis Leigh, author of Pain is a Portal to Beauty, who heard a voice on a walk at age 38 that changed everything: "If you die today, your life will have been a tragedy." That moment of brutal honesty—acknowledging she was deeply lonely and deeply sad—opened a path that led Alexis through divorce, psychedelic healing journeys, and the discovery that the hopes and dreams in our hearts aren't foolish. They're pointing to something real.
They explore:
- How psychedelic journeys with MDMA, psilocybin, and ayahuasca helped unlock grief and discover what love actually is
- Why the darker healing journeys are sometimes easier to integrate from when you do the hard work with the medicine
- How our kids carry our emotions in their bodies, and we carry our parents' emotions in ours, and what to do about it
This is a conversation about leading yourself into painful places to unlock more freedom, discovering you have everything you need within, and learning that everyone's path gets to be right for them.
Connect with Alexis:
Contact Alexis for a free copy of her book here.
Referenced in this Episode:
Calling in the One by Katherine Woodward Thomas
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