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Alli O'Malley on the Hidden Face of Abuse and the Truth About Recovery
Jun 20, 2026
51m 32s
From Broken to the Big Stage: Scott Scovill on Fear of Failure and Reinvention
Jun 13, 2026
47m 07s
The Identity Gap: Who You Were vs. Who You’re Becoming with Dr. Sarah Andreas
Jun 6, 2026
46m 49s
You Don’t Have to Change Everything to Change Your Life | Michele Kehrer on Clarity, Resilience, and Brave Shifts
May 30, 2026
38m 07s
Why You Still Feel Stuck (Even After Doing the Work) | Somatic Healing with Melanie Smithson
May 23, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/20/26 | ![]() Alli O'Malley on the Hidden Face of Abuse and the Truth About Recovery | Sometimes the hardest experiences to recognize are the ones we are living through. Many women think intimate partner violence only looks one way. They picture obvious warning signs, visible injuries, or situations that seem dramatically different from their own. But what happens when the harm is subtle? When it shows up as constant self-doubt, walking on eggshells, losing trust in your own instincts, or slowly becoming someone you no longer recognize? In this powerful conversation, Marianne s... | 51m 32s | ||||||
| 6/13/26 | ![]() From Broken to the Big Stage: Scott Scovill on Fear of Failure and Reinvention | What if the thing standing between you and the life you still want isn’t talent, timing, or confidence—but tenacity? In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne sits down with entrepreneur, creative director, and author Scott Scovill to explore what it really takes to keep going when fear, failure, and self-doubt tell you to stop. Scott’s story doesn’t follow a traditional path. He went from a struggling student who felt “broken” and paralyzed by fear of failure to building one of the ... | 47m 07s | ||||||
| 6/6/26 | ![]() The Identity Gap: Who You Were vs. Who You’re Becoming with Dr. Sarah Andreas✨ | identitymidlife+3 | Dr. Sarah Andreas | Step Into the Ether | — | identity gapmidlife transition+3 | — | 46m 49s | |
| 5/30/26 | ![]() You Don’t Have to Change Everything to Change Your Life | Michele Kehrer on Clarity, Resilience, and Brave Shifts✨ | clarityresilience+4 | Dr. Michele Kehrer | Chicago | — | change your lifeclarity+5 | — | 38m 07s | |
| 5/23/26 | ![]() Why You Still Feel Stuck (Even After Doing the Work) | Somatic Healing with Melanie Smithson✨ | somatic healingmidlife+3 | Melanie Smithson | — | — | stuckhealing+3 | — | 50m 03s | |
| 5/16/26 | ![]() It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Life: Debbie Weiss on Letting Go of the Victim Mindset✨ | midlife changevictim mindset+3 | Debbie Weiss | Maybe I Can | — | life changemidlife+3 | — | 47m 38s | |
| 5/9/26 | ![]() The Real Reason You React The Way You Do In Relationships (And How to Change It)✨ | emotional safetyrelationships+3 | Diane McDowell | — | — | emotional safetyrelationships+3 | — | 42m 19s | |
| 5/2/26 | ![]() The Relationship That Changes Everything: Learning to Show Up for Yourself in Midlife✨ | self-relationshipmidlife+3 | Kerisma Vere | — | — | self-compassionmidlife crisis+3 | — | 43m 41s | |
| 4/25/26 | ![]() Stuck in the Same Patterns? How to Work with Your Subconscious Instead of Fighting It✨ | subconscious mindbehavior patterns+3 | Christine Brodmerkel | — | — | subconsciousbehavior change+3 | — | 47m 45s | |
| 4/18/26 | ![]() Rebuilding From the Inside Out: Jo Rye on Rebuilding Identity, Clarity, and Courage After Crisis✨ | identitycrisis+3 | Jo Rye | Clarity & Courage | — | rebuilding identityclarity+3 | — | 40m 53s | |
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| 4/11/26 | ![]() From Obedience to Inner Authority: Rediscovering Self-Trust with Toni LaMotta✨ | self-trustinner authority+4 | Toni LaMotta | Catholic | — | self-trustinner voice+5 | — | 49m 08s | |
| 4/4/26 | ![]() Resilience Is a Choice: Adriana Cowdin on Reinvention, Chronic Illness, and Starting Again✨ | resiliencereinvention+4 | Adriana L. Cowdin | — | — | resiliencereinvention+5 | — | 35m 40s | |
| 3/28/26 | ![]() It’s Not You vs. The World. It’s You vs. You | Emotional Fitness with Shaun Zetlin✨ | emotional fitnessstrength+3 | Shaun Zetlin | Emotional Fitness | — | emotional fitnessstrength training+3 | — | 56m 27s | |
| 3/21/26 | ![]() Redefining Success, Sobriety, and Self-Awareness in Midlife with Ann Karber | In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne welcomes Anne Karber for an honest and reflective conversation about the midlife moment when everything appears fine on the outside, yet something feels quietly off. Anne is an entrepreneur, author of The Life Hack Playbook, and host of the Let’s Get Naked Podcast. Known for her grounded, no-BS approach, Anne helps people understand how self-awareness, patterns, and unconscious choices shape their lives, especially during seasons... | 44m 40s | ||||||
| 3/14/26 | ![]() You’re Not Stuck. Your Nervous System Is Protecting You. | Many women reach midlife having done years of personal growth work. They’ve read the books, gone to therapy, practiced mindset tools, and still find themselves feeling stuck. Not broken, exactly. Just not settled. Not at ease. In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne is joined by Ranbir Puar for a conversation that reframes what healing actually looks like. Together, they explore why mindset tools alone can fall short, especially for women who have spent years in survival mode witho... | 50m 42s | ||||||
| 3/7/26 | ![]() What If Healing Doesn’t Have to Wait? Emma Churchman on Trauma and Resilience | What if healing from trauma didn’t have to wait until life finally slowed down? What if recovery could happen in real time, right in the middle of uncertainty, responsibility, and everyday life? In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne is joined by Emma Churchman, nationally certified trauma chaplain, leadership mentor, executive consultant, and founder of the Trauma Recovery Certification Program. Together, they explore what trauma really is, how it often lives quietly in the body... | 30m 57s | ||||||
| 2/28/26 | ![]() When Being Busy Stops Working: Curiosity, Connection, and Midlife Leadership | So many women in midlife are craving something they can’t quite name. It’s not another productivity system. It’s not better time management. And it’s definitely not one more thing to add to an already full plate. It’s genuine connection. In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne is joined by Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins, a leadership development expert who believes that when we center human connection in how we learn, lead, and live, everything changes. Mickey’s journey is anything but t... | 45m 17s | ||||||
| 2/21/26 | ![]() Rewiring the Mind in Midlife: Hypnosis, Curiosity, Manifestation and the Power of Imagination | In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne sits down with Clinical Hypnotherapist, imagination advocate, and award-winning author Michelle Walters to explore how hypnosis, curiosity, manifestation, and imagination can help women in midlife rewire long-standing subconscious patterns. Michelle shares the deeply personal story that led her from a successful career in digital marketing into hypnotherapy after the sudden loss of her life partner. That heartbreak became the catalyst for an ... | 46m 58s | ||||||
| 2/14/26 | ![]() You Don’t Have to Earn Your Worth: Ruth Hirshberg on Burnout, Boundaries, and Believing You’re Enough | So many women in midlife are quietly carrying an exhausting belief: that their worth is something they have to earn—through productivity, perfection, and putting everyone else first. In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne is joined by registered social worker, meditation and breathwork teacher, and founder of The Self-Worth Solution, Ruth Hirshberg, for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, boundaries, and the hidden beliefs keeping so many high-achieving women stuck. Ruth s... | 45m 07s | ||||||
| 2/7/26 | ![]() Thriving Through Chronic Illness: Relationships, Resilience & Staying Connected with Lisa Gray, LMFT | What happens to a relationship when chronic illness enters the picture? For many women in midlife, a diagnosis doesn’t just affect the body, it reshapes roles, routines, identity, intimacy, and the emotional fabric of our closest relationships. And without the right support, even the strongest partnerships can quietly shift from connection to survival mode. In this episode of Message in the Middle, I’m joined by Lisa Gray, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in high... | 37m 12s | ||||||
| 1/31/26 | ![]() Turning Heartbreak Into Art: Nikki Allen on Healing, Identity & Reinvention | In this powerful conversation, Marianne sits down with author and creative visionary Nikki Allen, whose novel Loved You, Hated You began as a song, became a screenplay, and ultimately transformed into a raw, emotionally charged exploration of heartbreak, identity loss, and choosing yourself again. Nikki opens up about surviving an emotionally abusive relationship, the kind that doesn’t leave physical bruises but quietly erodes your voice, your clarity, and your sense of self. Through creativi... | 38m 31s | ||||||
| 1/24/26 | ![]() From Fight, Flight, or Freeze to Ease: Reconnecting with Your Nervous System with Kelly Hale | If you’ve ever felt like your body and your mind were working against you—stuck in stress, burnout, or exhaustion—this episode is for you. Marianne sits down with Kelly Hale, a wellness practitioner with over 25 years of experience as an occupational therapist, restorative movement specialist, and nervous system regulation expert. Kelly’s not your typical wellness voice—she’s a self-proclaimed former meditation dropout who discovered that healing doesn’t come from doing more, but from listeni... | 47m 17s | ||||||
| 1/17/26 | ![]() You’re Not Broken, You’re Wired Differently: ADHD, Midlife, and Thriving with Jorie Houlihan | What happens when you realize in midlife that your brain has been playing by a completely different rulebook all along? In this episode of Message in the Middle, host Marianne DeMello-Smith sits down with Jorie Houlihan, Your Guide for the Dopamine Deprived™️—an ADHD life coach, speaker, and host of ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan. After being diagnosed with ADHD at 49, Jorie’s world began to make sense in ways it never had before. But the true transformation came not from the diagnosis its... | 43m 41s | ||||||
| 1/10/26 | ![]() The Power of Storytelling: How to Rewrite Your Life with Shaunna Lee | In this episode of Message in the Middle, we’re exploring something deeply human and undeniably powerful: the stories we tell about ourselves and how changing them can change everything. I’m joined by Shaunna Lee, bestselling author, coach, and passionate advocate for rewriting your inner narrative so you can step into a life that feels aligned, empowered, and true. Together, we talk about how stories shape identity, influence confidence, and often keep us stuck without even realizing it. Sha... | 41m 34s | ||||||
| 1/3/26 | ![]() You’re Not Giving Something Up, You’re Taking Yourself Back: Lauren Fay on Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Midlife Confidence | Many women in midlife begin to question habits they once accepted without much thought, for some that includes their relationship with alcohol. In this episode of Message in the Middle, Marianne sits down with alcohol-free empowerment coach, keynote speaker, and author Lauren Fay for an honest, compassionate conversation about reclaiming your power and choosing a more conscious way of living. Lauren shares what life looked like before she stopped drinking in 2018, and why she doesn’t fr... | 33m 50s | ||||||
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