Podcasts

Ultra-endurance athlete Rich Roll conducts deep conversations about plant-based nutrition, endurance, mental health, addiction recovery, and human potential. Frequently features scientists and practitioners whose work is highly relevant to women’s aging and longevity.

Practical tools and expert insights for managing anxiety and panic. Particularly useful for women experiencing anxiety as a new or worsening menopausal symptom — including panic attacks, health anxiety, and generalized anxiety.

ADDitude Magazine’s expert podcast covering ADHD diagnosis, treatment, and management. Critically relevant for women who are first diagnosed with ADHD in their 40s and 50s — a phenomenon linked to hormonal changes that unmask previously compensated symptoms.

Palliative care physician and financial podcaster Jordan Grumet connects money, identity, meaning, and the lessons of end-of-life care. Uniquely thoughtful for women in midlife reconsidering what financial security means in the context of what matters most.

Glennon Doyle, her sister Amanda, and wife Abby Wambach tackle the hardest questions about love, loss, sex, ageism, body image, and what it means to live fully. Hilarious, vulnerable, and deeply feminist.

Long-form conversations with world-class performers, scientists, and thinkers. Frequently covers aging, longevity, relationships, and personal reinvention — topics of deep relevance for women in midlife.

Fitness and lifestyle entrepreneur Chalene Johnson covers health, hormones, relationships, and business with a focus on women over 40. She has been open about her own perimenopause journey and how it changed her approach to fitness and wellness.

Master coach Brooke Castillo teaches the model she developed for managing thoughts, feelings, and actions. Particularly powerful for women in midlife working on unhelpful thought patterns around aging, body image, and self-worth.

Author of Period Power, Maisie Hill covers menstrual health, hormonal balance, perimenopause, and how to work with your cycle rather than against it. Particularly useful for women in their 40s noticing hormonal shifts.

Functional medicine pioneer Dr. Mark Hyman covers the root causes of chronic disease through food-as-medicine, with frequent episodes on women’s hormonal health, menopause, gut health, and metabolic function.

Celebrity nutrition expert JJ Virgin covers nutrition, metabolism, strength training, and hormonal health for women over 40 with a frank, no-nonsense approach to perimenopause and menopause.

Pharmacist and Hashimoto’s patient Izabella Wentz covers thyroid health, autoimmune disease, gut health, and the root causes of thyroid dysfunction — conditions that disproportionately affect women and often worsen around menopause.

Wide-ranging wellness conversations covering integrative medicine, mental health, sexuality, and personal growth. Best consumed critically — some content is evidence-based, some speculative — but frequently features excellent clinicians and researchers.

Lisa Bilyeu interviews extraordinary women about how they overcame adversity, built resilience, and achieved their goals. Motivating and practical — covering mindset, health, relationships, and purpose.

Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman translates cutting-edge science into practical tools for improving sleep, exercise, nutrition, stress management, and cognitive function — all highly relevant for menopausal women.

Brené Brown’s conversations about the ideas, books, films, and experiences that help us show up fully. Covers vulnerability, shame, courage, grief, and what it means to live wholeheartedly at any age.

Journalists Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes debunk wellness myths and bad science — from the BMI to detox diets to wellness supplements. Rigorous, funny, and essential for distinguishing health fact from profitable fiction.

Therapist Laura Reagan explores trauma, attachment, mindfulness, and the full spectrum of mental health concerns with leading practitioners. Valuable for women navigating depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and trauma healing in midlife.

Personal finance and real estate investing with a focus on achieving financial independence. Particularly useful for women in their 40s and 50s who are looking at real estate as a path to retirement income.

Paula Pant’s philosophy is that you can afford anything — but not everything. Her interviews with financial experts cover investing, real estate, career, and the tradeoffs of building wealth and freedom in midlife.

The leading podcast on the Financial Independence/Retire Early movement, covering index investing, frugality, tax optimization, and building wealth. Many women in their 50s discover FI and use these principles to accelerate retirement timelines.

Conversations with leading teachers in spiritual awakening, transformative psychology, and holistic health. Deeply relevant for women seeking meaning and spiritual growth in midlife.

Beauty and wellness expert Liz Earle covers menopause, nutrition, skin health, hormones, and holistic wellbeing for women over 40 with evidence-based warmth and practicality.

Nephrologist Dr. Jason Fung discusses insulin resistance, intermittent fasting, and the root causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes — metabolic issues that worsen during menopause and are often misattributed to aging.