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92. Gratitude Without Guilt: Finding Joy When Life Isn’t Perfect

November 24, 2025 • 15 mins

Instead of weaponizing gratitude as “it could be worse,” Holly unpacks the difference between genuine appreciation and toxic positivity, and offers grounded, compassionate practices to help midlife women notice joy and meaning without denying their reality.

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Episode 91. Body Wisdom 101: What Your Cravings, Energy, and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You

November 17, 2025 • 23 mins

Cravings, fatigue, and emotions aren’t failures—they’re wisdom. Learn how to reconnect with your body’s intuitive signals in midlife and build trust again.

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90. How to Rebuild Trust With Yourself (After Too Many Broken Promises)

November 10, 2025 • 13 mins

Every broken promise erodes confidence—but every gentle follow-through stitches trust back together. Learn the science and soul of rebuilding integrity with yourself in midlife.

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89. From Overthinking to Aligned Action: How to Calm Your Nervous System and Create Real Momentum

November 3, 2025 • 14 mins

You’re not stuck—you’re overstimulated. Learn how nervous-system safety unlocks intuitive action and calm confidence in midlife. Calm your mind, regulate your body, and turn overthinking into aligned, confident action.

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88. Midlife Reinvention Lessons from K-Pop Demon Hunters: Ditch Perfection, Find Your Voice, and Stop Performing Your Life

October 27, 2025 • 40 mins

In this episode of How to Lose the ‘WAIT’, Holly Toscanini uses the animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters as a surprisingly profound lens for midlife reinvention. Through themes of performance, hidden identity, sisterhood, perfectionism, and reclaiming your voice, Holly invites women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s to stop performing their lives — and start living them with confidence and authenticity.

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87. What Happens When You Stop Asking for Permission

October 22, 2025 • 23 mins

Stop waiting for permission. Discover the quiet power of self-approval, intuition, and midlife reinvention in this empowering episode.

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86. The Confidence Gap: Why Smart Women Still Second-Guess Themselves

October 18, 2025 • 12 mins

Why experience doesn’t always equal confidence — and three micro-habits that rebuild self-trust fast.

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85. The Religion of Thinness: Why Midlife Women Deserve a New Faith

October 7, 2025 • 13 mins

Discover how diet culture became a modern religion—and how midlife women can reclaim sovereignty, self-trust, and joy in the GLP-1 era.

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84. Middlescence: Women Over 50 Are The Influencers We Need Now

September 30, 2025 • 12 mins

Middlescence is ignition, not decline. Discover how women 45–65 are wisdom-keepers, creators, and influencers shaping the future.

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83: It’s Not Too Late: The Midlife Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

September 7, 2025 • 17 mins

Feeling stuck in midlife? This empowering episode is your reminder that it’s never too late to expand, say yes to yourself, and start living fully.

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90. How to Rebuild Trust With Yourself (After Too Many Broken Promises)

89. From Overthinking to Aligned Action: How to Calm Your Nervous System and Create Real Momentum

88. Midlife Reinvention Lessons from K-Pop Demon Hunters: Ditch Perfection, Find Your Voice, and Stop Performing Your Life

87. What Happens When You Stop Asking for Permission

86. The Confidence Gap: Why Smart Women Still Second-Guess Themselves

85. The Religion of Thinness: Why Midlife Women Deserve a New Faith

84. Middlescence: Women Over 50 Are The Influencers We Need Now

83: It’s Not Too Late: The Midlife Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

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92. Gratitude Without Guilt: Finding Joy When Life Isn’t Perfect

Episode 91. Body Wisdom 101: What Your Cravings, Energy, and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You