🌿 Episode Description

Not every holiday season feels joyful — and that doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.

In this gentle solo episode, I share a heartfelt reflection for anyone moving through a tender, heavy, or quieter-than-expected holiday season. This is an invitation to slow down, lower expectations, and allow yourself to be exactly where you are — without guilt, explanation, or pressure to perform joy.

If you’re craving reassurance, softness, and permission to simply be, this episode is for you.

🌿 Show Notes

The holidays are often filled with expectations — to feel joyful, grateful, connected, and festive. But what if this season feels tender instead?

In this solo episode, I’m sharing a compassionate reflection for anyone navigating a quieter, heavier, or more complex holiday season. I talk about how midlife reinvention doesn’t always look bold or loud — sometimes it looks like pausing, allowing, and sitting gently with what is.

This episode isn’t about fixing anything or pushing through. It’s about permission.

In this episode, I explore:

• Why tenderness during the holidays doesn’t mean you’re failing
• How midlife holidays can carry unexpected complexity
• Letting go of performative joy and unrealistic expectations
• Choosing kindness, softness, and rest instead of pushing
• How reinvention can unfold quietly through pause and reflection

I also shine a light on the Ageless Traveler podcast, which celebrates women who continue to explore, adventure, and discover what’s possible at every age.

If this season finds you feeling unsure, reflective, or in need of gentleness, this episode is a reminder that you’re not alone — and you’re exactly where you need to be.

🎧 Listen, pause, and take what you need.

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At 48, breaking up with her snooze button sparked a major shift for Yvonne Marchese. What began as one small change opened the door to reconnecting with herself, challenging ageist beliefs, and rediscovering what is possible in midlife. Now at 56, she lives a joyful, multi-passionate life shaped by curiosity, play, and purpose. Her story is a powerful reminder that tiny steps can unlock your midlife superpower.

This week on Reinvention Rebels, I’m celebrating the power of small steps, brave choices, and the unexpected sparks that set midlife reinvention in motion.

At 48, Yvonne Marchese was feeling stuck, exhausted, and overwhelmed by the daily grind. Hitting snooze had become a ritual — until one morning she realized something had to change. That tiny shift of getting up when the alarm rang became the first domino in a much bigger personal awakening.

Today, at 56, Yvonne is an author, speaker, photographer, and host of the Late Bloomer Living podcast. She is also the creator of the Age Agitators Club and a passionate advocate for seeing midlife as a playground, not a decline. Her journey is a beautiful example of how purpose, playfulness, and self-trust can become a midlife superpower.

In this candid and joyful conversation, Yvonne opens up about redefining aging, embracing imperfection, and giving herself permission to be a beginner — again and again.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How ditching the snooze button at 48 sparked Yvonne’s reinvention
• The moment she realized her ageist beliefs were holding her back
• Why she believes aging can be playful, creative, and liberating
• The importance of asking for help, community, and doing it imperfectly
• How curiosity, consistency, and baby steps became her midlife momentum

Connect with Yvonne Marchese:

• Website: https://www.latebloomerliving.com/
• Instagram: @latebloomerliving

If this episode inspired you to explore your own possibilities, download my free guide, 100 Ways to Reinvent Yourself in Midlife. It is filled with simple, meaningful ideas to help you start betting on yourself in new ways.

👉 Check out my friend Adriene Berg's podcast, The Ageless Traveler, to discover enticing locations, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel,
adventure itineraries, and meet the people who make travel easy.

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A Thanksgiving re-release with fresh perspective. In this episode, I explore how gratitude, midlife reinvention, and the lessons we gain from failure, wisdom, and support systems can help us move through midlife stuckness and reconnect with clarity, purpose, and possibility.

The Midlife Gratitude Reset: 3 Ways to Break Through Stuckness This Thanksgiving

I'm bringing back a deeply meaningful episode that feels especially powerful during Thanksgiving week. If you are carrying midlife overwhelm, uncertainty, or a sense of stuckness, this is for you.

Here is what I know.

You can be grateful and confused.

Grateful and unsure.

Grateful and still figuring it out.

And yet, gratitude has a way of clearing space for clarity, confidence, and bold possibility in midlife reinvention.

In this solo episode, I share three ways gratitude can help you get unstuck, shift your mindset, and reconnect with your midlife purpose.

In This Episode, I Explore:

• How midlife failures can become catalysts for growth
• Why the wisdom we gain from lived experience is worth celebrating
• How our support systems remind us we do not have to do this alone
• Why gratitude sparks midlife curiosity
• Simple prompts that open the door to new reinvention possibilities

This is not a fluffy gratitude pep talk. It's a grounded and honest reflection on how the hardest parts of midlife often lead us exactly where we are meant to go.

If you want a moment to breathe and reset during the holiday season, this episode will meet you right where you are.

Free Gift to Support Your Reinvention Journey

Download 100 Ways to Reinvent Yourself in Midlife, a free guide filled with ideas, sparks, and micro-movements to help you build momentum and explore what is next.

Podcast Spotlight: Wisdom at Work

I also want to highlight a beautiful podcast hosted by my friend Ilana Landsberg-Lewis:

Wisdom at Work: Older Women, Elderwomen, and Grandmothers on the Move!

It features inspiring global conversations with older women activists and artists sharing creativity, courage, purpose, and wisdom. Find it wherever you listen or visit wisdomatworkpodcast.com

If This Episode Resonates

Share it with a friend who may need a gentle reminder that gratitude, growth, and midlife reinvention are all possible, even in seasons of uncertainty.

Wishing you a warm, wonderful holiday season.

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