We Will Not Be Aging Quietly: Claiming Your Most Powerful Season with Katie Fogarty

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What if the years everyone warned you about turned out to be the ones you’d been waiting for? Today, Jen and Amy sit down with Katie Fogarty—former journalist, career coach, and host of the vibrant midlife podcast A Certain Age—for an honest, energizing conversation about what it really means to thrive in this season. Katie launched A Certain Age just thirty-five days before her 51st birthday with one mission: to blow up the tired narrative that women become less relevant as they get older. Five years and more than 230 episodes later, she’s heard from hundreds of midlife women—and she has some big thoughts about what this season really holds. In this episode, they talk about the midlife myths that refuse to die, why Katie sees this chapter as an accelerant rather than an obstacle, what happens when women stop waiting for permission and start claiming their lives, and what gives her real hope for the women coming behind us. If midlife has ever made you feel like you’re supposed to shrink, disappear, or settle down quietly—this conversation is your pushback. Thought-Provoking Quotes: “Sometimes the word ‘reinventing’ implies we're completely changing our lives and getting rid of everything that came before. It's more about reimagining, because we're drawing on all of our expertise to apply it in new ways, big and small.” – Katie Fogarty “Midlife is that moment where you say, let me get going. The kids are grown, the career maybe is established, life is sort of on track, moving forward, and we have this moment with space in our brain, maybe on our calendar, to actually hit go on whatever it is we've been thinking about for so long.” – Katie Fogarty “If you are feeling disconnected from relationships, or like you're not being supported, find people that you are visible to. There are communities of people out there who care about what you care about, who want to see you, who will see you.” – Katie Fogarty Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Jen’s first colonoscopy - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWz8nTvgo6p/ Sophie Grégoire Trudeau on Life, Emotional Regulation and Midlife Reinventions - https://www.acertainagepod.com/shows/sophie-grgoire-trudeau-on-life-emotional-regulation-and-midlife-reinventions Tamsen Fadal - https://www.tamsenfadal.com/ Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy by Dr. Sharon Malone - https://amzn.to/4t14kQY The New Perimenopause: What’s Actually Happening to Your Body with Dr. Mary Claire Haver - https://jenhatmaker.com/podcasts/series-64/the-new-perimenopause-whats-actually-happening-to-your-body-with-dr-mary-claire-haver/ When Life Happens: The Mindset Shift You Need to Manage Stress, Build Confidence, and Break Free by Dr. Rachel Goldman - https://amzn.to/4mnvZsY Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age - https://www.midlifeprivateparts.com/ The Midlife Book Club - https://www.themidlifebookclub.com/about Jen Hatmaker Book Club - https://shop.jenhatmaker.com/collections/book-club Sandwich by Catherine Newman - https://amzn.to/3QauFNM Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo - https://amzn.to/4mkK8XI The Grand Paloma Resort: A Novel by Cleyvis Natera - https://amzn.to/4meEQNi The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin - https://amzn.to/47MkGnX Guest’s Links: Website - https://www.acertainagepod.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/acertainagepod/ Podcast - https://www.acertainagepod.com/episodes Connect with Jen: Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy. Tags: Katie Fogarty, midlife, women aging, reinvention, reimagining, A Certain Age, Jen Hatmaker, Amy Hardin, menopause, perimenopause, women’s health, self-trust, identity, personal growth, second act, midlife awakening, relationships, community, purpose