In This Episode: midlife coaching for women, female empowerment, gender bias, professional women, menopause, identity shift
✨ Show Notes:
Ever been called aggressive when you were just being assertive?
Or a “bitch” when you were just doing your job well?
In this powerful replay episode of The School of Midlife, host Laurie Reynoldson shares why she made the intentional decision to work exclusively with women—and why creating a “No Boys Allowed” space matters more than ever.
From corporate bias and childhood conditioning to midlife shame, guilt, and the universal feeling that you should just be grateful—this episode unpacks the invisible pressure so many high-achieving women carry… and why we need spaces where we can finally put it down.
💡 In This Episode:
- Why women are still expected to succeed like men but stay soft, small, and quiet
- The double standard at work (assertive vs. aggressive, bold vs. bitchy)
- A personal story of being told to “soften up” at work—after outperforming the team
- How early socialization and adulting playbooks shaped our identities
- The physical and emotional gaslighting women endure, especially in health care
- Why The School of Midlife exists—and why we’re not editing ourselves anymore
🔥 Favorite Quotes:
“If you’re a woman in this world, you’ve been expected to do too much with too little support.”
“We are done being handed an identity and asked to wear it.”
“You can be unhinged and bitchy and still be celebrated here—because this is our space.”
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