Did you know women can experience up to eight different kinds of orgasms? Yup, that’s news to us too.

Let’s face it, sex is one of those things you just don’t want to talk about with your friends (at least I don’t!) but you still may have some burning questions.

That’s why in today’s episode we’re speaking to the expert, Dr. Shannon Chavez, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Sex Therapist.

Take a listen as we have a candid conversation about sex in midlife.

The research is in, women are better leaders.

Across the board, women outperform men on all (or most depending on the research) leadership measures. As woman leaders, we must trust ourselves and lean into our inherent feminine traits. This means throwing away the masculine energy many of us thought we had to take on in order to be effective leaders.

Tomorrow’s leaders need to embrace and lead with female traits. Listen up as we talk all about Leading like a Woman.

Menopause is not easy but the good news is we have people like Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz on our side. Through her menopause bootcamps she is here to proclaim menopause is a time of celebration and her menopause bootcamps are a part of reclaiming that journey. 

In this episode, we’re talking with Dr. Suzanne about why she wants women to know their options, feel empowered, feel the love of community, and create opportunities to move into that next part of their life with tools that make sense for them.  Her tools are evidence-based and also based on good common sense.  When it comes to her Menopause Boot Camp and certification program, she has no less than world domination in mind. 

Have you seen a difference in how much you worry or ruminate as you’ve reached midlife?

Listen up because in this episode we’re telling you, we aren’t crazy (even though we may sometimes feel like we are) and instead, why and how we are reacting to the different physical, emotional, and psychological elements happening to us all at the same time. Oh, the angst of midlife!

You can’t turn on the TV or read your LinkedIn news feed without seeing another announcement, Amazon, Google, Salesforce, Walmart, McDonald’s, and Facebook (again) are having tremendous layoffs.

The news feels bleak and couple that with AI “threats” and it can feel as though we have hit bottom and are going to stay there.

Layoffs are complicated, they are emotional, they are disorienting, they are diminishing and they can lead to you questioning your worth. These are normal and natural feelings that Mimi and I need for you, our listeners who may be going through a layoff themselves, or their friends or family, you are not alone and while times may feel desperate, and you may feel alone, you aren’t.

Do you spin out, over analyzing, and constantly look for approval? Or maybe you get some constructive criticism and you decide to disconnect and disengage.

If this is you, it’s ok…. You may be struggling with an insecure attachment style, which isn’t as uncommon as you think. In this episode, we’re going to explore attachment styles and how to manage them.

This Mother’s Day we are doing something completely different. We have secured the most impressive and powerful guests. No, it isn’t Oprah. No, it isn’t Michelle. It’s Linda and Marilyn.

Our Moms.

The amazing women who taught us to be strong, independent, and fearless and who made us, as we like to brag, pretty darn awesome.

Welcome behind the scenes of us, eek, I wonder what they’re going to say.

Playing with the big boys with Laurie Halter

Listen as Laurie shares what it’s like, post-divorce to spend her first Christmas without her kids, how she handled the vulgar comments from an auto exec, and why gratitude and reflection are the paths to personal growth.

Throughout our own careers, we’ve seen tremendous changes in the business landscape. From cubicles to open floorplan office factories, a cocktail at lunch to lunch at our desks, overtime to overworking.

While the evolution is apparent, nothing could have prepared us for the new way to work post-pandemic.

Our guest today, Kerry Hannon, has been reporting on business and finance for years and has seen many of these shifts up close and personal. In this episode, she shares incredible insights and stories.

Throughout our own careers, we’ve seen tremendous changes in the business landscape. From cubicles to open floorplan office factories, a cocktail at lunch to lunch at our desks, overtime to overworking.

While the evolution is apparent, nothing could have prepared us for the new way to work post-pandemic.

Our guest today, Kerry Hannon, has been reporting on business and finance for years and has seen many of these shifts up close and personal. In this episode, she shares incredible insights and stories.

Last week, news spread, not loudly enough quite frankly, about a new bill Florida legislators are looking to pass banning sexual education in elementary school including teaching about menstrual cycles. On top of that, the bill would prohibit girls to talk about their period in school.

Just the idea of this bill is appalling. This is another example of female voices being quieted and men making decisions about the female body. Bills like this will set women’s rights back.

Unlike 5th graders who have their periods in Florida, our voices will not be silenced.

You may have big dreams and goals, yet for some reason, you seem to self-sabotage yourself every step of the way.

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about how you can dare to dream big and get out of your own way.

If you are doing anything from leading a meeting to presenting to a room full of people, marketing your capabilities, or doing online training, you want to ensure your message lands.

In this episode, we’re going to teach you the incredible impact of communicating in threes to influence others.

We believe Gen X is Gen Next. The generation who is going to change the rules and the conversation around what it means to be a woman 40+, at work, in health, in finance, and in life. We aren’t going to allow anyone to put this baby in the corner!

It seems like any chance we can, Gen Xers proudly exclaim Gen Xer here! This of course starts a conversation and mutual bonding over Gen X nostalgia… the hair, the music, the fashion.

That’s why Jackie and I had so much fun talking with Erin Manz, a Gen X Woman and Founder and Editor of the Gen X Girls Grow Up blog and the 33,000 followers strong Gen X Girl Facebook page.

Erin creates content that celebrates the Gen X spirit, 80s pop culture, and the traits that set us apart.

In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a Gen X Woman, why we have such generational pride and of course, we have fun talking about the memories.

The Grammy’s really struck a nerve in us. Our news feed blew up with negative, nasty comments about the work Madonna had done. It made us think, women of a certain age can’t win!

Madonna is crucified for the work she had done.

Paulina is destroyed for not having work done and for her too skinny ‘wrinkled’ body.

Ashley Judd is being obliterated for her weight gain.

WTF? 

Let’s dig in because we are pissed!

Generation X is known as the most brand-loyal generation That’s great for toothpaste and detergent brands. There are pluses and minuses to this for you as a consumer but where it really hurts you is when your blind loyalty spills into your career.

We find ourselves loyal to the organization, to the team we work with, or even to our boss. Is this loyalty a good thing for us?

This week we are exploring the pitfalls of misplaced loyalty.

This week, we are talking with Tamsen Fadal journalist, role model, and champion for women. Tamsen Fadal anchors the primetime news for WPIX-TV in New York City.

She also hosts a weekly podcast Coming Up Next, where she explores stories of women creating the next phase of their lives and is the author of the book The New Single. And if that isn’t enough, Tamsen is currently producing a documentary on menopause. A true Gen Xer, having it all and doing it all.

In this episode, Tamsen talks about bouncing back from a very public divorce which led to crushing debt, and her own menopause struggles including brain fog which disrupted her ability to read on air, and why she is passionate about menopause education.

And why she’s committed to telling Gen X women they owe it to themselves to believe today is their someday.

Nothing matters more to our professional success than our reputation and yet, it is one of the most amorphous traits we can try to ascertain. Unlike other skills to support our success, our reputation is actually only a reflection of perception and it can change, morph, grow and shrink.

Ageism is real which is why we, as Gen X women, need to rely heavily on our reputation equity. In this episode, we’re digging into the best reputation-building blocks and how to trade on your reputation equity.