Ep. 115 Why Turning 50 Feels Weirdly Like Being 16 Again: Mood swings, identity shifts, and rediscovering who you are — why midlife can feel like a second coming-of-age.

About this episode

The episode explores the emotional parallels between being 16 and 50, focusing on hormonal changes and identity shifts during midlife.

Click here to send us a quick message!! We want to hear from YOU! A 16-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman walk into a room… and the emotional energy is the same. One is spiraling over a text. The other is spiraling over the dishwasher. Both blame hormones. Both are thinking, Why am I like this? In this episode, we’re talking about the surprising parallels between being 16 and being 50 — and when we say 50, we’re really talking midlife: your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond — because hormonal chaos...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christy, Ana

Topics covered

• midlife
• coming-of-age
• hormones
• identity shifts
• emotional energy

Keywords

• midlife
• hormones
• identity
• emotional energy
• coming-of-age

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