Diva Tonight with Carlene Humphrey

We talk with Jenny C. Cohen about dancing through chemotherapy, rebuilding safety in the body, and the tools midlife women need to protect hormones, bones, and boundaries. Energy, access, and advocacy shape a candid look at survivorship, care systems, and movement as medicine.

• discovering belly dance and fusion as grounding practice
• performing through chemo and understanding energy exchange
• posture, neutral p...

The checklists are loud—marriage, kids, title, house—but the quiet question underneath is louder: what does a fulfilled life actually look like? We sit down with Babs Faseesin author of Cracking the Life Code, to rethink success after forty, confront cultural expectations, and make space for a life measured by purpose, not trophies. From the aches that remind us time is real to the urge to please family, culture, and our younger se...

We explore how Melissa moved from nonprofit burnout to building Make Ideas Work, a project management approach that turns chaos into systems while protecting family time. We trade practical tactics for buy‑in, boundaries, and single‑tasking, and share small rituals that build strong homes and teams.

• defining the mompreneur and choosing service
• why make ideas work started and what it solves
• reframing project m...

We sit down with coach and author Kadeem McLean to demystify budgets, debt, and investing while unpacking the silence many of us grew up with around money. Real stories, plain language, and practical steps to build discipline, protect credit, and outpace inflation.

• budget as a financial map and mindset shift
• saving versus investing and beating inflation
• minimum payments, credit score factors, and payoff metho...

We share Liliana Guadagnoli’s journey from immigrant roots and university career to spiritual coach and Reiki master, and how leaving a 30-year marriage opened the door to purpose. Practical advice, honest stories, and a clear path for women ready to choose themselves.

• immigrant beginnings and early life in Toronto
• choosing friends by energy and trust
• 40-year career at York and entrepreneurial steps
• men...

Tommy Kilpatrick challenges the assumptions behind “credit card debt,” drawing a hard line between invoices and statements, and show how language can shift the burden of proof back to the bank. We share tactics, limits, and ways to clean reports and rebuild credit while urging third-party verification.

• origin story: media deal collapse, lawsuits, credit report fallout
• law as language: using the word alleged to reframe d...

We speak with author and mom Michaela Cox about turning the 38 Triple D—disability, divorce, and death—into a clear roadmap from surviving to thriving. She shares the five keys of “grace,” how year two of grief can hit hardest, and why self-care isn’t optional when parenting through loss.

• framing the 38 Triple D: disability, divorce, death
• sudden widowhood with young children and rebuilding support
• why year t...

We share a candid talk with Dr. Tara Harding about hitting forty with intention while navigating fertility, hormones, and the medical maze. She breaks down why “unexplained infertility” falls short, what tests matter, and how to choose clinicians who listen and innovate.

• turning forty with focus on presence and boundaries
• nurse practitioner scope and collaborative care
• rural roots and building a patient-first...

We explore how to stop repeating painful cycles by clearing unconscious patterns, not just talking about them. Brianna Malia shares a story of betrayal, alchemical forgiveness, and the Clear To Create method that replaces old neurology with strategies that actually stick.

• conscious vs unconscious mind and why awareness alone fails
• clearing stored emotional charge to end therapeutic loops
• alchemical forgivenes...

We trace a small coffee clash into a masterclass on anger: how pride fuels escalation, how to de‑escalate when stakes feel high, and how midlife hormones can set the stage for rage. Julie Christiansen shares evidence‑based steps for calm choices, plus candid stories about medical hurdles, HRT, and building autonomy at work and in life.

• Anger triggers and the cost of being right
• Practical de‑escalation in retail and...

We explore how faith and desire can coexist without shame and why honest, practical talk about sex belongs in church and everyday life. Miracle Sims shares the origins of God, Sex, and Love, the role of community, and coaching insights for singles who want marriage.

• balancing conviction with real desire
• why faith and sex must be discussed together
• handling criticism while owning a mission
• church fellows...

We trace Lauren’s jump from a late‑stage layoff to a thriving, values‑driven PR firm, and explore how culture, clarity, and earned media fuel growth in an AI‑noisy world. Along the way we dig into boundaries, motherhood, and the quiet power of trusting your gut in your forties.

• layoff at eight months pregnant sparks launch
• coach‑guided decision making and early clients
• why reputation and networks beat résumés...

We talk with Stephanie Rose of Firefly Scout about using stream-of-consciousness journaling, energy awareness, and human design to turn midlife confusion into clear next steps. Practical stories show how small rituals like walking and flexible goals build self-trust.

• how journaling differs from diary writing
• building self-trust through mind–hand connection
• translating corporate skills into a purpose-led busin...

We sit down with family law attorney Devani Wells Gibson to demystify prenups, community property, and blended family planning. We share how hard conversations about money, sex, politics, and religion can strengthen trust and lower the risk of divorce.

• defining what a prenup does beyond divorce
• differences between attorney and lawyer, licensing limits
• virtual court shifts after COVID and impact
• communit...

We invite Alyx Coble-Frakes of The Agenda Period to rethink how we plan work, energy, and home life around the menstrual cycle and perimenopause. We share practical tools, clear language, and real stories that make tracking and advocacy feel doable, not awkward.

• aligning work tasks to the four phases
• perimenopause symptoms and brain changes
• period leave and humane workplace policies
• daily check-ins to r...

We explore why so many women feel “broken” for being single and why that story serves patriarchy more than personal truth. Fanny Tristan shares how trauma acts like a lens, why community matters, and how to turn loneliness into information instead of panic.

• therapist to coach: moving beyond the medical model
• the myth that single equals wrong
• patriarchy’s scripts and the marriage industrial complex
• readi...

Deanna Radulescu shares her incredible journey from human trafficking survivor to successful podcaster, fashion designer, and soon-to-be magazine publisher. Her story demonstrates how resilience and determination can transform trauma into triumph.

• Overcame an abusive relationship and human trafficking situation as a teenager
• Built a 700+ episode podcast over six years that continues to grow in popularity
• Crea...

Dr. Julie Pham shares her decade-long experience with "living apart together" (LAT), a relationship arrangement where committed partners maintain separate homes. She reveals how this unconventional approach has deepened appreciation, improved communication, and allowed both partners to bring their best selves to the relationship.

• LAT relationships affect approximately 3% of married couples who choose to maintai...

Marie and Nicole share their experiences as mothers, entrepreneurs, and friends of 18 years, exploring the challenges and joys of raising children while maintaining their identities outside of motherhood.

• Friendship that has evolved into family over 18 years, with a "drive-by friendship" style where they drop in without formal plans
• Raising children in different environments - Nicole's experience in ...