Love From the Inside Out: Midlife Reinvention, Relationships and Boundaries for Women

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Welcome to Love From the Inside Out, a podcast about midlife reinvention, relationships, boundaries, and finding yourself again for women navigating anxiety, burnout, self-doubt, people-pleasing, and life transitions. Hosted by Susan Kricun, a longtime PR, marketing and event professional with roots in sports and entertainment, the show blends heart, humor, real-life stories, and neuroscience to help women calm their minds, regulate their nervous systems, stop abandoning themselves, and reconnect with who they really are. Each Thursday, Susan shares honest reflections and science-backed tools to help you move from survival mode to self-awareness. You’ll learn how to release stress, set healthier boundaries, understand old relationship patterns, rebuild self-trust, and live and love from the inside out. If you’ve ever felt anxious, stuck, responsible for everyone else’s feelings, unsure what you want, or ready for your next chapter, this show will remind you that peace, purpose, and clarity are already within reach. It’s never too late to feel at home in yourself. ✨ New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe now and start your journey toward midlife reinvention, healthier relationships, stronger boundaries, and finding your way back to yourself.

  1. 1d ago

    Why You Feel Responsible for Other People’s Moods: Emotional Hypervigilance, Boundaries, and Self-Abandonment

    In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, Susan explores why some of us feel responsible for other people’s moods and how that pattern can quietly lead to emotional exhaustion, overthinking, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment. If you’ve ever walked into a room and immediately wondered what you did wrong, replayed a conversation to figure out why someone seemed “off,” or felt like it was your job to fix the energy around you, this conversation may feel familiar. Susan shares a personal reflection on emotional hypervigilance, boundaries, nervous system regulation, and the midlife realization that caring about people does not mean carrying their emotions in your body. This episode is about learning to notice the old pattern sooner, pause before taking responsibility for what may not belong to you, and choose self-loyalty instead of slipping into the same familiar loop. It’s a conversation for anyone learning how to stop walking on eggshells, trust themselves more deeply, and create healthier emotional boundaries in relationships. Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    13 min

  2. May 21

    Perfectionism in Midlife: Why We Keep Trying to Get Life Right

    Why do we keep trying to be perfect at life, even when we know life is a practice? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m exploring the pressure so many of us feel to get life right — to make the right decision, respond the right way, grow faster, heal faster, know better, and somehow skip the messy middle of living what we’re learning. This conversation started over lunch with one of my closest friends, when we were laughing about how self-aware we can be and still fall into the trap of wanting to perfect our lives. She mentioned that a law office is called a practice and a doctor opens a practice, and that stayed with me. If law and medicine — two serious, high-stakes professions — are practices, why wouldn’t life be one too? I also talk about yoga as a practice, why insight does not always create instant change, and how perfection can feel like protection when life feels uncertain. But the practice of life is often where we learn the most: what feels true, what no longer fits, what we love, what we tolerate, and what makes us feel more like ourselves. This episode is for anyone who is self-aware, reflective, growth-oriented, and still frustrated that they don’t have everything figured out yet. Especially in midlife, it can feel like we should already know how to handle the hard conversation, the changing body, the uncertain season, the friendship shift, the career question, or the next version of ourselves. Maybe the point is not to master life before we live it. Maybe the point is to stop treating growth like a performance and let life be the practice that teaches us. In this episode, I talk about: Why self-aware women still feel pressure to get life rightLife as a practice, not a performancePerfectionism, personal growth, and the illusion of controlWhy insight does not always mean instant changeHow real life teaches us through experience, discomfort, and contrastMidlife growth, changing priorities, and becoming more honest with ourselvesWhy the polished moments are not always the ones that change usHow to stop using self-awareness as another way to judge yourselfListen if you’ve ever thought: “I should know better by now.” “Why am I still figuring this out?” “I’m self-aware, so why do I still repeat old patterns?” “I want to grow, but I don’t want my growth to become another performance.” “I’m tired of trying to be perfect at being human.” Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    14 min

  3. May 14

    Being Seen, Body Image, and Self-Doubt in Midlife

    What is it about having your picture taken that can bring up so much? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m talking about a recent headshot experience that brought up more than I expected around being seen, body image, self-doubt, visibility, and the very human desire to feel like ourselves in the way we are seen by others. At first, it seemed simple. I needed new photos. I had a beautiful opportunity through a women’s group I belong to. I signed up before I could overthink it. And then, as the photo shoot got closer, everything started to feel more complicated. The clothes. The makeup. The camera. The body image thoughts. The pressure to look good, but still look like myself. The strange feeling of being comfortable representing other people and other brands professionally, but feeling much more exposed when the visibility was personal. This episode is about what happens when something small — like a headshot — touches something deeper. I’m sharing the story of how the experience brought up old insecurities, the part of me that wanted to explain myself, and the way self-doubt can still show up even when we’ve done years of inner work. Because being seen in midlife can feel different. We may have more wisdom, more clarity, and less patience for pretending, but that doesn’t mean the younger, more careful parts of us disappear. Sometimes they show up right when we are trying to step into something bigger. This is also an episode about body image in midlife, self-acceptance, vulnerability, and the practice of not abandoning ourselves when we feel uncomfortable. Not because we have mastered it. Because we are practicing it. And sometimes the thing we feel embarrassed by becomes the very thing that lets a more honest conversation begin. In this episode, I talk about: Why being seen can feel more vulnerable when the work is personalHow a simple headshot brought up body image and self-doubtThe difference between professional visibility and personal visibilityWhy midlife can make photos, visibility, and body changes feel more layeredThe instinct to explain ourselves before anyone has askedWhat it means to practice self-love when old insecurities still show upHow vulnerability can create more honest conversations between womenSupport the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    34 min

  4. May 7

    Grief Anniversaries: When Certain Dates Bring Memories Back

    Some dates stay with us. Grief anniversaries, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and the moments our bodies seem to remember before we do. In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m reflecting on the emotional memory certain dates can hold, especially as I move through the month of May, which marks the anniversaries of both of my parents’ passing. My father passed away seven years ago on May 9th, and my mother passed away ten years ago on May 30th. With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day also falling around this season, May has become one of those times of year that feels layered before I even fully realize why. This is not a heavy episode about grief. It’s more of a quiet reflection on how love, loss, memory, and the body can all meet on the calendar. Sometimes a date is just a date. And sometimes, inside of us, it carries a whole history. I talk about how grief has softened over time, why I don’t always feel called to visit my parents at the cemetery, and how I still feel them most in ordinary moments — in the way I think, tell stories, make decisions, host people, choose words, and continue becoming myself. This episode is for anyone who has ever felt a certain date, holiday, season, or anniversary bring something back to the surface. Not because you’re stuck in the past, but because something in you remembers. In this episode, I explore: How the body can remember certain dates before the mind catches up Why grief doesn’t always get easier, but can soften over time The complicated emotions around Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and grief anniversaries How loved ones can continue to feel present in ordinary, everyday moments Why remembrance doesn’t have to look a certain way How to move through meaningful dates with less pressure and more honesty If this episode brings someone to mind, or if you know someone moving through a date or season that carries a lot for them, feel free to share it with them. Sometimes it helps to hear someone else put words to something you’ve felt but maybe haven’t said out loud yet. Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    26 min

  5. Apr 30

    When Both Choices Cost You Something: How to Make Peace with No-Clean-Answer Decisions

    Have you ever been in one of those no-clean-answer moments where both choices make sense and both choices cost you something? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I’m talking about the love-hate relationship we can have with choices that are good for us, choices that feel good in the moment, and choices that come with consequences later. This conversation came up for me after a full weekend of events for my husband Elliot’s 40th high school reunion and his baseball team’s Hall of Fame induction. I wanted to be fully present, enjoy the celebration, go with the flow, and not make the entire weekend about managing my food sensitivities. And at the same time, I knew my body was still more sensitive after a recent stomach bug and that some of those choices might have a cost. That’s the tension I explore in this episode: how do we choose between joy and self-care when both matter? How do we make peace with the fact that sometimes the loving choice still has a downside? And how do we care for ourselves afterward without turning every consequence into proof that we made the wrong decision? I also share how this connected to my ongoing nervous system regulation work after my Dr. Joe Dispenza retreat, why feeling regulated doesn’t mean life never throws us off again, and what it means to come back to ourselves with honesty and care. This episode is for anyone navigating food sensitivities, body trust, self-care, midlife choices, emotional regulation, social energy, or those frustrating moments when you want to enjoy your life without constantly calculating how it might affect you later. Maybe the point isn’t to find the perfect answer every time. Maybe it’s to be honest about the choice we’re making, honest about what it may cost, and gentle with ourselves on the other side. In this episode, I talk about: What happens when both choices feel loving, but both come with consequencesThe tension between enjoying your life and taking care of your bodyFood sensitivities, social events, and wanting to be fully presentWhy a consequence does not always mean you made the wrong choiceNervous system regulation, body awareness, and coming back to yourselfWhy self-care can sometimes feel like restrictionHow to stop judging yourself for imperfect, real-life choicesListen if you’ve ever thought: “I want to enjoy my life, but I also want to feel good in my body.” “I don’t want every choice to become a wellness calculation.” “I know what supports me, but sometimes I just want to be in the moment.” “I wish there were a clean answer, but there isn’t.” Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    17 min

  6. Apr 23

    What We Keep: Family Keepsakes, Old Photos, Memory, and Legacy

    I went into our storage unit looking for my mother’s mahjong set and a few things I wanted to give to my brother. Instead, I found old family photos, childhood keepsakes, handwritten notes, and pieces of my life I hadn’t seen in years. What started as a search for one meaningful thing turned into a reflection on memory, grief, legacy, and the strange emotional weight of the things we keep. In this episode, I talk about family keepsakes, old photos, finding pieces of my younger self in old boxes, keeping loved ones alive in memory, and the very human reality of what we’d love for someone to find one day… and what we really hope they don’t. If you’ve ever opened an old box and been surprised by what came rushing back, this episode is for you. In this episode: my mother’s mahjong set and why I wanted so badly to find itold family photos, keepsakes, and the memories they still holdgrief, legacy, and keeping loved ones alive in memoryfinding pieces of my younger self in old boxeswhat we keep, what we leave behind, and what we hope no one findsSupport the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    14 min

  7. Apr 16

    When Your Body Forces a Pause: Signs You Need to Slow Down

    If your body, your energy, or your life has ever stopped cooperating with the pace you were trying to keep, this episode is for you. A rough stomach bug forced me to slow down in a way I never would have chosen for myself, and once the worst of it passed, I started to realize this week was about more than just being sick. It showed me how much I had been pushing through stress, pressure, overdoing it, and the quieter signs my body had already been giving me before life got louder. In this episode, I’m talking about what a forced pause can reveal about burnout, body signals, urgency, and the difference between momentum and alignment. I’m also sharing how this experience made me look at the pressure I was putting on myself, the ways I had started slipping back into some familiar patterns, and why slowing down is not the same thing as falling behind. We get into: what a forced pause can revealthe whispers we override before life gets louderhow stress, pressure, and overdoing it can pull us out of balancethe difference between momentum and alignmentwhy slower still countshow a pause can bring you back to yourselfIf you’ve ever felt like you should be able to keep going, even when something in you was already asking you to slow down, I think this conversation will resonate. Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    12 min

  8. Apr 9

    Why Getting Dressed Feels Harder Than It Should

    If getting dressed has been feeling more emotional, frustrating, or loaded than it should, this episode is for you. After listening to Mel Robbins’ recent conversation with celebrity stylist Erin Walsh, I thought I was about to feel inspired to clean out my closet, get intentional, and finally connect a few dots around style, confidence, and embodiment. That is not what happened. Instead, I opened my closet, felt immediate resistance, shut the door, and walked away. Then I went shopping with birthday gift cards, good intentions, and every plan to freshen up my wardrobe and I left without trying anything on. In this episode, I’m talking about why getting dressed can feel so much harder than it should, especially when your body has changed, your closet no longer feels like you, and old stories about confidence, visibility, comfort, and self-worth are still hanging around. I’m also sharing the deeper realization this brought up for me: sometimes what we call comfort is actually hiding. We get into: why shopping and getting dressed can feel so emotionalthe difference between comfort and camouflagebody image, postmenopausal weight, and the disconnect between how you want to feel and what you keep reaching forwhy this experience is more universal than it may seema gentler way to start closing the gap between your inner life and what you wearIf you’ve ever stood in front of your closet feeling discouraged, left a store empty-handed, or reached for something “easy” when what you really wanted was to feel more like yourself, I think this conversation will resonate. Referenced in this episode: The Art of Intentional Dressing by Erin Walsh Mel Robbins’ episode with Erin Walsh: “6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning”Support the show 🎧 Connect & Get More: • Instagram: @susan.kricun • Drop in my DMs and share your story or ask a question. • Sign up for my newsletter for free resources and updates. 🎶 Music Credit: “Seize the Day” by Andrey Rossi, via #Uppbeat (uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day) ✨ Support the Show: • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen • Share this episode with a friend who could use a little more love—right where it matters most. 📚 Susan’s Favorite Books + Tools • This link leads you to a curated list of books and tools I genuinely love and use. • Some links are Amazon affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🎙️ Be a Guest on the Show. Fill out this form. © 2025–present Susan Kricun. Love From the Inside Out™ is a trademark of Susan Kricun. All rights reserved. All opinions are my own. This podcast is educational, not medical or legal advice.

    23 min
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Welcome to Love From the Inside Out, a podcast about midlife reinvention, relationships, boundaries, and finding yourself again for women navigating anxiety, burnout, self-doubt, people-pleasing, and life transitions. Hosted by Susan Kricun, a longtime PR, marketing and event professional with roots in sports and entertainment, the show blends heart, humor, real-life stories, and neuroscience to help women calm their minds, regulate their nervous systems, stop abandoning themselves, and reconnect with who they really are. Each Thursday, Susan shares honest reflections and science-backed tools to help you move from survival mode to self-awareness. You’ll learn how to release stress, set healthier boundaries, understand old relationship patterns, rebuild self-trust, and live and love from the inside out. If you’ve ever felt anxious, stuck, responsible for everyone else’s feelings, unsure what you want, or ready for your next chapter, this show will remind you that peace, purpose, and clarity are already within reach. It’s never too late to feel at home in yourself. ✨ New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe now and start your journey toward midlife reinvention, healthier relationships, stronger boundaries, and finding your way back to yourself.

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