Dec. 8, 2025

The Midlife Upgrade: Reinvention, Boundaries & Joy with Certified Coach Jody Phifer | EP 32

The Midlife Upgrade: Reinvention, Boundaries & Joy with Certified Coach Jody Phifer | EP 32
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The Midlife Upgrade: Reinvention, Boundaries & Joy with Certified Coach Jody Phifer | EP 32

In this empowering episode, Tiffany and Jeanette sit down with Certified Midlife Coach and Thrive with Intention podcast host, Jody Phifer, to talk about what so many women quietly struggle with — reinvention, identity shifts, boundaries, trauma healing, clutter, money guilt, and the courage to want more at midlife.

Jody shares deeply personal stories, powerful mindset tools, and actionable frameworks that help women break old cycles, release guilt, reclaim their power, and step into the next chapter on purpose.

Whether you're navigating divorce, career shifts, empty nesting, or a quiet knowing that “something needs to change,” this episode will feel like a warm, wise conversation with the midlife mentor you didn’t know you needed.

What We Discuss
  • What a midlife coach actually does

  • How coaching differs from therapy

  • Jody’s career evolution from travel blogger to coach

  • Google algorithm changes & trusting a career pivot

  • Allowing space for clarity and intuition

  • Identity loss in midlife: motherhood, marriage, career shifts

  • Why reinvention becomes necessary in your 40s and 50s

  • How guilt stops women from wanting more

  • Shifting limiting beliefs like “I should be grateful” or “It’s too late”

  • The myth of being “too old to start over”

  • Trauma, childhood patterns & emotional reframing

  • Tools to release resentment, including gratitude lists

  • Decluttering, money guilt, emotional attachment to items

  • Energetic space: why clutter blocks growth

  • Boundaries, self-worth, and stopping the habit of playing small

  • Creating coaching programs and community spaces for women

    Key Takeaways 1. You’re allowed to want more.

    Gratitude and ambition can coexist. Wanting more doesn’t make you ungrateful — it makes you human and evolving.

    2. Reinvention is a normal midlife milestone.

    Marriage, career, friendships, and identity all shift. Reinvention isn’t failure — it’s an upgrade.

    3. Trauma doesn’t define you.

    Reframing past experiences can release emotional charge and create space for growth.

    4. Decluttering is emotional and energetic work.

    Clearing physical space creates emotional space for new relationships, opportunities, and income.

    5. You are not too old — ever.

    Whether it’s going back to school, starting a business, changing careers, or dating again, midlife is still the beginning.

    6. Own your wisdom and stop playing small.

    Your lived experience is a superpower that younger generations don’t have.

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