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Welcome to Before Boca, a podcast for midlife women navigating the awkward what-the-hell-now phase, where we’re not quite ready for pickle ball at nine, canasta marathons, or the early-bird special at Max’s Grille, but we're also about to wrap up this whole parenting gig.
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Peptides 101: The Midlife Treatment Everyone Is Talking About (opens the original)
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Peptides for Menopause? Weight loss? Longevity? Skincare? Peptides are the buzzword every woman our age is hearing about and almost nobody is sure what they actually do. So we brought in an expert to explain it in plain language. Dr. Gajer joins us to break down what a peptide actually is,why everyone started talking about them in the last few years, and how theydiffer from hormone replacement therapy — including whether the two can worktogether. Then we get specific about the symptoms midlife w
Gen X Girls Know How To Have Fun (opens the original)
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Gen X girls know how to have fun and we proved it. If youlove gen x trivia, 80s trivia and 90s trivia, this one's for you. Our friend Jen hosted a full Gen X game show to see how wellwe really know each other — from funny would you rather questions to settling the debates that still divide Gen X women. On this episode of Before Boca: A Podcast For MidlifeReinvention, it's pure Gen X nostalgia, laughter and friendship — the episodes you tell us you love most for feeling seen and connected. WHAT W
Empty Nest Identity Grief: Who Am I Now That My Kids Are Gone? (opens the original)
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I didn't know who I was when my kids left. If you'renavigating empty nest syndrome and identity grief after college drop off, you're not alone. For women over 50, life after 50 for a woman can feeldisorienting when the role that defined you for 18 years shifts overnight. In this episode of Before Boca: A Podcast For Midlife Reinvention, we unpack what happens when the nest is empty or emptier and you go from everyday parenting to parenting adult children. We break down a powerful Goop article -
Money After 50: What Every Woman Needs To Know About Her Finances (opens the original)
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Every woman over 50 needs to know her finances — not someday, now. How many of us have said "my husband handles that" about investments, life insurance, and passwords... until one day he doesn't? In this brutally honest conversation, Stacey Aquino shares what happened when she left her 27-year marriage — married at 20, mom of 6 — and had to put her lawyer's retainer on her husband's credit card. We talk about the financialvulnerability so many midlife women face in gray divorce and widowhood, an
Margaret Josephs on Starting Over at 50 & Midlife Reinvention (opens the original)
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What does starting over at 50 actually look like — whenmillions of people are watching? Margaret Josephs knows. She joined The Real Housewives of New Jersey at 50, ended a first marriage to build a new life with Joe, let cameras into the messy middle of family fallout, and then — after 7 seasons — walked away from Bravo to start again. In this episode of Before Boca, Margaret talks about the partof reinvention nobody posts: the identity you have to shed, the scrutiny you have to survive, and how
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