Her Comeback: Transforming Your Life After 50
Her Comeback: Transforming Your Life After 50
Podcast Description
Her Comeback is a transformative podcast for women over 50 who've reached their breaking point and are ready to reclaim their lives. Life coach Michelle Thompson delivers raw, authentic conversations with women who've navigated major transitions, combining practical rebuilding strategies with expert insights on reinventing yourself at any stage. Whether you're facing an empty nest, career changes, relationship shifts, or the realization you've been living everyone else's dreams, Michelle's warm, no-nonsense approach provides the clarity and courage you need to move from survival mode to thriving. This isn't just about getting back on your feet—it's about proving that mid-life isn't the end of anything - it's the powerful beginning of everything you were meant to become.New episodes drop weekly. Your second act awaits.https://hercomebackpodcast.com/
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of personal transformation, resilience, and empowerment, with episodes featuring women's journeys through empty nest syndrome, career changes, and personal growth. Examples include discussions about overcoming significant life challenges, such as dealing with devastating accidents or relocating internationally, alongside expert insights on how to thrive in mid-life.
Her Comeback is a transformative podcast for women over 50 who’ve reached their breaking point and are ready to reclaim their lives. Life coach Michelle Thompson delivers raw, authentic conversations with women who’ve navigated major transitions, combining practical rebuilding strategies with expert insights on reinventing yourself at any stage. Whether you’re facing an empty nest, career changes, relationship shifts, or the realization you’ve been living everyone else’s dreams, Michelle’s warm, no-nonsense approach provides the clarity and courage you need to move from survival mode to thriving. This isn’t just about getting back on your feet—it’s about proving that mid-life isn’t the end of anything – it’s the powerful beginning of everything you were meant to become.
New episodes drop weekly. Your second act awaits.
Season 3 kicks off with laughter! Humorist Diane Dean-Epps joins Michelle to talk about the absurdities of aging, why women over 50 need more laughter (not more anti-aging advice), and how humor can carry you through the hard stuff.
Diane is the author of four humor books, including BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX: My Aging Journey Into, Through, and Beyond Denial, Fillers & Human Preservatives, and the host of the Bangs ‘n’ Botox podcast. Her “sit-down stand-up” style feels like chatting over a drink with a funny friend, and her reinvention story proves there’s always another path to what you want.
In this episode:
- The doctor’s-office moment (“You’re aging”) that sparked her book
- What “sit-down stand-up” really means, and how she found her voice
- Aging as a non-famous woman: invisibility, limited resources, and why that frees her to say real things
- The “never pause,” hot flashes, and what nobody warns you about
- Snail mucin skincare and other experiments that were only marginally successful
- Why humor gets overlooked, and the many forms it can take (memes, funny friends, animal videos)
- The brain science of laughter and why trying something new matters as we age
- Turning an embarrassing moment into a story people laugh with, not at
- Why she keeps writing, and the “Emily Dickinson of humor writing” plan
- Her comeback: leaving radio and TV, failing a high-stakes teaching exam twice, passing on the third try, and becoming a 30-year English teacher
Key takeaways:
- Humor is a coping tool, and you don’t have to be “naturally funny” to use it.
- Exaggerate the awkward moment and it becomes a better story.
- If the first path doesn’t work, find another. A comeback story is always better when it wasn’t easy.
- You matter, and you’re not alone.
Connect with Diane: Website: dianedeaneppswriting.com Instagram: @mswrite Also on Facebook and LinkedIn Book: BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX on Amazon Podcast: Bangs ‘n’ Botox on YouTube, Spotify, and other platforms
About Michelle Thompson: Michelle is a certified life coach, author of Courageously You: 7 Simple Frameworks to Create the Life You Love and the host of Her Comeback. Get your copy of Courageously You on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D) or anywhere books are sold.
Ready to stop thinking about your next chapter and start living it? Book a call at michellethompsoncoaching.com.
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