Unfucking Midlife

Unfucking Midlife

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June 2025

The Midlife Move: No Sudden Movements
And How Anne Lamott’s Advice to “Never Give Up” Is More Important Than Ever
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Ashley Kelsch
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Unfucking the Hijack: What Getting Distracted is Actually Costing You
Listen now | The everyday distractions that seem normal are hijacking more than your time—they're costing you your peace, progress, and power
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Ashley Kelsch
29:06
The Midlife Lie: Why 40+ Is When Life Actually Begins
Listen now | Debunking the biggest lie about midlife: that your best years are behind you. Discover why your 40s are actually when your mind is finally…
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Ashley Kelsch
24:19
I Had It All, Remember?
A candid reflection on success at 20 vs wisdom at 40+, and why the 'too late' narrative about midlife dreams needs to be unfucked
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Ashley Kelsch
Unfucked In Under 10: Watch Your Mouth- Your Cells Are Listening, Babe
Listen now | You think you’re just being funny when you say “I’m old.” But your cells? They don’t get the joke. Instead they cue cortisol...
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Ashley Kelsch
10:50

May 2025

Stop Saying Your Old: How Your Words Literally Age You Faster
Listen now | The Language That's Stealing Years From Your Life- And How to Change It
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Ashley Kelsch
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17:45
That's So Mid #9: Better Late Than Never (Beginner Lessons from the Tennis Court)
Plus Intermezzo and Martyr book reviews, the Emma Grede Aspire episode that got me thinking, and a summer recipe
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Ashley Kelsch
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The Self-Help Slut Part 2:
Tired of reading self-help books but staying stuck in the same patterns? This episode reveals why the $50 billion self-help industry keeps you consuming…
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Ashley Kelsch
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20:08
We're Aging In, Not Out
Because here's the truth: we're not aging out of anything that matters—we're aging into who we were always meant to be.
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Ashley Kelsch
4
Unfucking Business: It Was Never About ‘No Risk, No Reward’—It’s About Resilience
I was so focused on the idea of success, the romanticized side of entrepreneurship, that I didn't learn to value the struggle itself. The obstacles…
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Ashley Kelsch
Let a Little Shit Run You Out? On Gardens, Goop, and Glennon
This is not a threat to me or anyone else; this is the opening and broadcasting of a message that can reach the masses.
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Ashley Kelsch
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