Men, Menopause and Miracles

Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman
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Men, Menopause & Miracles is a podcast for midlife women navigating relationships, hormonal changes, identity shifts, and personal growth. Hosted by Suzanne – Your Midlife Wingwoman, the show blends real-life conversations, expert insights, and soulful reflection to support women in reclaiming agency, joy, and possibility in the second half of life. We explore the real, raw, and remarkable transitions of midlife. Through honest conversations about relationships, menopause, and reinvention, she creates space for women to navigate this life stage with clarity, confidence, and compassion.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 72: The Good Girl Has Had Enough - What Happens When You Stop Living for Everyone Else?

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles, the podcast where we talk about the real stuff happening in midlife: the identity shifts, the relationships, the body changes, the career questions, the unexpected plot twists, and all those moments when you look around and think, "Wait...is this really the life I want?"I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. I'm here to have the conversations that make you stop, think, laugh, maybe squirm a little, and sometimes say, "Wait a minute...that's exactly what I've been feeling."Because midlife has a funny way of making the old rules feel a whole lot less convincing.The rules about who we're supposed to be.How we're supposed to look.How much we're supposed to give.How available we're supposed to be.How nice we're supposed to be.And especially for women, there can come a moment when being the woman who keeps everyone happy starts costing us something we can no longer ignore.Today we're talking about that woman.The good girl.The agreeable girl.The capable girl.The woman who can handle it.The woman who doesn't want to disappoint anybody.The woman who says, "It's fine," when it isn't.And maybe, just maybe, the woman who has finally had enough.This is Episode 72: The Good Girl Has Had Enough - What Happens When You Stop Living for Everyone Else?Let's get into it. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and YouTube.If this episode hit a nerve, I want you to remember this: You can be a good woman without being the good girl.You can love people without living for their approval.You can care deeply without abandoning yourself.And you are allowed to want what you want.Now, before I let you go, I have one very important ask this week.The Top Host Contest voting closes October 15th, which means we are officially in the final stretch. I'm currently in the running for this incredible opportunity, including $25,000, and I would absolutely love your vote.But here's the bigger ask: If you've been listening to Men, Menopause & Miracles, please don't just vote for me. Share the voting link with one friend. Send it to the woman who listens to podcasts.Send it to the friend who loves midlife conversations. Send it to someone who has ever said, "I need a sign."Because my audience may be small, but I believe this podcast deserves a much bigger microphone. So let's see what we can do in this final week by and before Thursday 10/15.The voting link is in my bio, and you can also find it at: tophost.org/2026/suzanne-fazalareVote. Share it. Send it to a friend. And let's see if we can move this thing all the way to the top. And of course, thank you for being here, for listening, for sharing these conversations with me and for coming along for this wild, wonderful midlife ride.I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And remember: You don't need more time to decide. You need to trust what you already know. I'll see you next week. Until then. Bye for now!#menmenopauseandmiracles #yourmidlifewingwoman #goodgirl #self-trust

  2. Oct 6

    Episode 71: You Don’t Need More Time to Decide - You Need to Trust What You Already Know

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles. The podcast where midlife gets real, reinvention gets exciting, and we discover that the woman you’re becoming in this season might just having her best chapter yet. I’m Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman, and today we’re talking about something I think so many capable women struggle with, especially in midlife: decision-making. And I’llgo one further that many capable women dismiss their struggle – they keep it quiet, hidden and many times let it go unnoticed. Almost pretending as if it isn’t there. This is Episode 71: You Don’t Need More Time to Decide - You Need to Trust What You Already Know.  And I’m not talking about the big, obvious decisions. I’m talking about the small decisions that somehow become a 47-tab research project in your brain. But the struggle IS real. I coach so many women who struggle with decisions like: Should I stay? Should I go? Should I take the job? Should I leave the job? Should I go to the gym? Not go to the gym?Should I say yes? Should I say no? Am I being selfish? Am I overreacting? What will they think? What if I make the wrong decision?What if I disappoint someone? What if I regret it?  All the tiny, teeny times that you choose not to make a decision - it’s a decision. Or, you decide to postpone it and make your decision later, you’ve still made another decision. What I’m really getting at, is all the distrust midlife women seem to have with just deciding – when it comes to themselves. Adding themselves as the or how about “a” main character in their life. Putting themselves at the top of their calendar, making time for what’s important to them, and so on. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and YouTube too. Now I'm inviting you to turn that same wisdom inward. Become curious about yourself. Listen to yourself. Believe yourself. And when you don't know, give yourself permission to not know. But when you do know? Don't abandon that knowing just because somebody else might not like it. You don't need more time to decide. You may simply need to trust what you already know. And please join me this Thursday 10/8 at 5pmPST / 8pmEST for my Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: 5 Shifts to Finally Trust Your Next Decision. It’s A Midlife Coaching Session for Women Who Know There’s More—and Are Ready to Trust Themselves Again – just one hour to your more in midlife. Let’s dig into some decisions and build up that muscle of self-trust. Go to www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com to register. And before I let you go, I have a really exciting ask. Voting for the Top Host Contest starts today! If you've been listening to Men, Menopause & Miracles, if you've enjoyed these conversations, if you've ever thought, “Suzanne needs to be doing this on a much bigger stage,” this is your chance to help make that happen. I'm competing for the Top Host opportunity with Ryan Seacrest on iHeart Podcast and a $25,000 prize. I would absolutely love your vote! Here’s the voting link: https://tophost.org/2026/suzanne-fazalare Vote once. Vote daily and share the link to a friend who might enjoy the podcast and want to support me also. Every vote matters, and I am incredibly excited to see where thisopportunity could take Men, Menopause & Miracles and theconversations we're creating together. So, thank you for listening, thank you for being here, and thank you for believing in the community we're building. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And this is Men, Menopause & Miracles. Until next time, remember: You don't need to become someone new to trust yourself. You need to come back to the woman who has been there all along. Bye for now!   #midlifewomen #self-trust #men #menopause #miracles

  3. Sep 28

    Episode 70: You're Not Difficult. You're Just Done People-Pleasing.

    Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles – especially if you’re new here – yay! I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. What if you're not difficult? Have you ever said yes to something when every single part of you was screaming no? Have you ever agreed to make the plans, take on the responsibility, show up for someone, or do one more thing, even though you were already stretched too thin? And then, when you finally had a moment to yourself, you felt resentful. Not necessarily because the other person had done anything wrong. But because you had once again put what someone else wanted ahead of what you needed. If you've ever found yourself in that situation, today's episode is for you. Because I want to talk about something that I think so many women experience, particularly in midlife. What happens when you start to realize that the person you've spent years being is no longer the person you want to be? Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and YouTube. You don't have to have a difficult conversation with everyone in your life. You don't even have to say no to the next person who asks you for something. But perhaps you can pause before you say yes. Perhaps you can give yourself the time to ask, "Do I actually want to do this?" And perhaps, just perhaps, you can begin to believe that your answer matters. Because it does. And if there's one thing I hope you take away from today's episode, it's this: You don't have to keep disappointing yourself to avoid disappointing everyone else. The woman you're becoming deserves your trust, too.   If today's conversation resonated with you, I'd love for you to follow or subscribe to Men, Menopause & Miracles, leave a review, or share this episode with a woman who mightneed to hear it. And if you have a story, a question, or a topic you'd love us to explore, you can reach me at: yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com. Until next time, I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. Remember, you are allowed to change. You are allowed to want something different. And you are allowed to create a next chapter that feels like yours.   Take good care of yourself. And I'll see you next time. Bye for now! Visit me at: www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com #midlife #midlifewomen #yourmidlifewingwoman #menmenopauseandmiracles #people-pleasing

  4. Sep 21

    Episode 69: Coming Back to Yourself - Menopause, the Body & You w/ Cat Macary

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman, and today we're talking about something I think so many women experience in midlife but don't always have language for: that moment when the way you've been living, thinking, coping, pushing, pleasing, achieving or simply getting through life starts to stop working. What if your body isn't actually working against you? What if it's been trying to get your attention? And sometimes the first thing that tells us is our body. Our sleep changes. Our energy changes. Our emotions change. Menopause arrives. We feel anxious, exhausted, disconnected, uncomfortable in our own skin. And we can spend a lot of time asking, "How do I get back to the woman I was?" But what if that's not the question? What if the question is, "Who am I now?" This is Episode 69: Coming Back to Yourself: Menopause, the Body & You. And what if learning to listen to our bodies is actually part of learning to trust ourselves again? That's the conversation we’re having today.   Joining me is Cat Macary. Cat is a holistic recovery coach combining holistic recovery, science, sacred rituals and trauma-informed practices. She creates containers for deep, lasting transformation. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and YouTube. You can learn more about Cat at  www.cat-macary.comor on Instagram at @sacredlysober. I hope today's episode reminded you that your body isn't something you have to fight against. Sometimes, it's the part of you that's been trying to get your attention all along. If there's one thing I hope you take away, it's that coming home to yourself can begin with something very simple: getting quiet enough to notice what you already know, and trusting yourself enough to listen. You don't have to have your whole next chapter figured out. You just have to be willing to hear yourself. If this episode resonated with you, I'd love for you to Like, Follow, or Subscribe. Better yet, leave a review and let us know what stood out to you. If you have questions or there's a topic you'd love us to cover in a future episode, you can always reach me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com And if you know another woman who's in that place of wondering, “Who am I now?” or feeling disconnected from herself and ready to find her way back, please share this episode with her. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman, and this has been Men, Menopause & Miracles. Remember, midlife isn't the end of who you were. It's an invitation to listen more deeply to who you are now. I'll see you next time. Bye for now! #midlifewomen #empoweryourself #yourmidlifewingwoman #menmenopauseandmiracles

  5. Sep 14

    Episode 68: Failures to Launch Before Midlife

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles. Whether you've been here before or you're new to the podcast, this is a space for women navigating midlife, where we talk honestly about the experiences, questions, changes, and possibilities that come with this season of life. I’m Suzanne, Your Midlife Wingwoman, and your host. “My wingwoman”, you may ask? Yes, every woman needs a wingwoman. I'm the woman you can come to for theconversations we don't always have out loud. The questions about who you are now. What you want next. What you're no longer willing to settle for. The things that have changed, the things that haven't, and the things you're still figuring out. Together, we’ll talk about relationships, menopause, identity, self-trust, desire, dreams, loss, reinvention, and all the wonderfully complicated stuff that comes with being a woman in midlife. As I like to say “midlife is a mouthful”.  Sometimes I'll challenge you. Sometimes I'll make you think. Sometimes I'll remind you of something you already know but haven't trusted yourself enough to act on. Because you don't need someone to tell you who to be. You need space to hear yourself. Today’s conversation is about failures to launch. Let me clarify. Not ‘failure to launch’ but failures (if that’s what we want to call them)  prior to midlife. But I challenge you, me and all – to look at things a little differently.  What if midlife is where you meet the woman that all of those experiences has been creating. Life lessons, dreams and ideas launched or not, and wins along the way. This is Episode 68: Failures to Launch Before Midlife. Today’s episode is not about getting your life all together. It’s about what happens when you finally decide your life is yours to launch. Midlife makes you honest. Not necessarily because you're suddenly wiser (but you are). But pretending gets harder. You can only tell yourself “someday” so many times. You can only stay in something that doesn't fit for so long. You can only keep saying “I'm fine” when you're not. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart and YouTube.  We spend so much of midlife looking back at what didn't happen. But what if we looked at those experiences with fresh eyes and asked what they gave us? Every woman has a midlife transformation story – what’s yours? I’d love to hear from you and what you’ve got to share. Or leave a review and share with this community of thecoolest midlife women what stood out to you. Your review helps other midlife women find these conversations, too. And we need them! If this episode resonated with you, I’d love for you to Like, Follow, or Subscribe. And if you have a minute, If you have a question, a story, or a topic you’d love us to explore in a future episode, you can always reach me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com. Lastly, and not to be missed, explore what you’re going to make in midlife in my free coaching hour this Thursday, Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: 5 Shifts to Finally Make YourNext Decision. Now, this is not that you can’t make decisions or don’t, this is to ensure the really important ones about who you want to be in midlife or where you want your midlife journey to go isn’t missed.  I'm not going to tell you what decision to make. I'm going to help you get underneath the noise, the fear and the second-guessing so you can hear yourself more clearly. Go to www.yourmidlifewingwoman.com to Save Your Spot for this Thursday’s session on September 17th. Thank you for being here with me for another episode of Men, Menopause & Miracles. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And I'll see you next time. Bye for now!   #midlifewomen #empoweryourself #yourmidlifewingwoman #failures #selftrust

  6. Sep 7

    Episode 67: Dolly at 40+ The Midlife Masterclass We Didn’t Know We Were Watching

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles. And if you’re new here, welcome. I’m so glad you found us. This is a space for midlife women who are navigating that wonderfully complicated, sometimes exhilarating, sometimes completelydisorienting chapter of life - when so much can be changing all at once. Your body may be changing. Your relationships may be changing. Your career may be changing. Your family dynamics may be changing. Maybe the things you once thought youwanted don’t fit quite the same anymore. Maybe you’re looking around at your life and thinking, Wait a minute... what about me? What do I want now? And that’s really what we talk about here. We talk about the real stuff of midlife. The questions or thoughts we don't always say out loud. The identity shifts. Therelationships. Dating. Menopause. Marriage. Confidence. Purpose. Health.Desire. Reinvention. Those moments when life throws you completely off center and you realize you don't want to simply get back to who you were. You want to discover who you're becoming. Because I don't believe midlife is about winding things down. I think it's about getting more honest. More intentional. More curious. More willing to ask yourself, What would actually make me happy now? And sometimes, the most powerful way to answer that question is to look at women who have already walked into their next chapter and refused to make themselves smalleralong the way. Which brings me to today's episode. Because there is one woman whose life, career, creativity, business savvy, generosity and sheer determination have given us a masterclass in what it can look like to keep becoming more of yourself as you get older. And that woman is Dolly Parton. But today isn't really about Dolly's greatest hits. It's about something much more interesting. It's about what Dolly was doing between 40 and 60. Because while the rest of the world may have been looking at a woman entering midlife, Dolly was building, creating, expanding, giving, imagining and becoming. And I think there is something in that story that every woman listening to this needs to hear. So, today, we're going to look at Dolly through a different lens. Not just as the country music legend we know and love...but as a midlife woman who understood something extraordinary about getting older. And maybe, just maybe, (we know she did) she understood something about our next chapter, too. This is Episode 67: Dolly at 40+ - The Midlife Masterclass We Didn’t Know We Were Watching. And I’m dedicating this episode to my mom who will be turning 79 in this upcoming January and something she has in common with Dolly is they both share the same birth date of January 19th. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or YouTube. Midlife isn't the beginning of the end. It's the beginning of the part where you finally know what to do with everything you've learned. That's Dolly's midlife story. And honestly, it is yours and my story too.  If this episode resonated with you, I’d love for you to Like, Follow, or Subscribe. And if you have a minute, leave us a review and tell us what stood out to you. Your review helps other midlife women find these conversations, too. Share this episode with your bestie! If you have a question, a story, or a topic you’d love us to explore in a future episode, you canalways reach me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com. Thank you for being here with me for another episode of Men, Menopause & Miracles. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And I'll see you next time. Bye for now! #yourmidlifewingwoman #midlifejourney #midlifewomen #dollyparton #womenover40

  7. Aug 31

    Episode 66: The Miracle of Knowing - Going All In on Your Soul’s Wisdom

    Welcome back to Men, Menopause & Miracles, the podcast for women who know there's more for them in this next chapter. More joy. More love. More laughter. More freedom.More purpose. More possibility. Maybe even a little more adventure. Because midlife isn't the end of the story. It's the part where we get to ask a different question: What do I want more of now? I'm Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman. Think of me as the woman in your corner who's willing to ask the questions you might be afraid to ask, say the things we're all thinking but don't always say out loud, and remind you thatthere's still so much possibility ahead. You get to want more. You get to change your mind. You get to follow your curiosity, trust your instincts, and create a life that feels more like you. And I'm here to walk alongside you through all of it: the messy parts, the funny parts, thebeautiful surprises, and those moments when you finally decide it's time to go all in on yourself. And today, we're talking about something that has been sitting right there in the title of this podcast all along: Miracles. Lately I've been thinking about miracles differently. Because when we hear the word miracle, we often think about something extraordinary that happens to us. Somethingunexpected. Something we couldn't have created ourselves. Something that feels almost impossible. But what if there's another way to think about miracles? What if the miracle isn't something that happens to us? What if it's something we're capable of participating in? What if our soul has a kind of miracle capacity? A capacity to know. To imagine. To receive. To change. To begin again. To recognize possibility where we once saw only limitation. And maybe, sometimes, the miracle begins when we stop asking, “What should I do?” And start asking: “What do I already know?” That's where today's conversation gets really interesting. This is Episode 66: The Miracle of Knowing - Going All In on Your Soul’s Wisdom. My guest today, Cindy Anderson, has spent the last decade intentionally investigating intuition and spiritual communication. And she didn't approach it from a place of, “Just trust the signs.” She wanted to know: Can this actually be explored? Tested? Practiced? Repeated? And what she created is her signature method Your Spirit Guide on Speed Dial®, a structured system designed to help ordinary people discover, connect, and communicate with their Spirit Guides. Her guides call her "Seer" and she’s a ProCoach-certified life coach with over a decade of experience helping women reconnect with their deeper calling.  Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or YouTube. You can learn more about Cindy Anderson at soulpiphany.com Take one of the cool quizzes like Discover Your Spiritual Archetype or join her 5-Day Call Your Guide Challenge and somuch more. I want to leave you with this thought: Maybe the miracle isn't always the thing that happens after we take the leap. Maybe sometimes the miracle is the moment before the leap. Because maybe that's part of the miracle of midlife. Not becoming someone completely new. But finally becoming available to everything that's already within you. If this episode resonated with you, I’d love for you to Like, Follow, or Subscribe. And if you have a minute, leave us a review and tell us what stood out to you. Your review helps other midlife women find these conversations, too. Share thisepisode with your bestie! If you have a question, a story, or a topic you’d love us to explore in a future episode, you can always reach me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com. Thank you for being here with me for another episode of Men, Menopause & Miracles. I'm Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman. And I'll see you next time. Bye for now!   #yourmidlifewingwoman #soulguides #miracles #midlife #menmenopauseandmiracles

  8. Aug 24

    Episode 65: No One Is Coming to Save You, And That’s Good News w/ Donna Kreisler

    Welcome to Men, Menopause & Miracles, the podcast for women who know there’s more to midlife than simply getting through it. Together, we unpack the real stories, expert advice, and everyday moments that help us navigate menopause, rediscover ourselves, and step into this season feeling stronger, more confident, and a whole lot more alive. I’m Suzanne, your host and Your Midlife Wingwoman, and today we’re talking about what happens when you realize your life needs to change, but you have no idea where to begin. Because sometimes midlife feels like starting over. A career changes. A relationship ends. Your kids grow up. Your identity shifts. Your confidence takes a hit. Or maybe you simply wake up one day and realize, “I don't want to live the rest of my lifethis way.”  My guest today knows what it means to begin again. This is Episode 65: No One Is Coming to Save You, And That’s Good News.  In 2017, Donna Kreisler weighed 350 pounds, had just 300 in her account, was a single, divorced mother, and wasn't happy. She knew she needed to change her life, but she didn't know how. Today, she has lost 150 pounds, built multiple seven-figurebusinesses, helped more than 10,000 people transform their mindset, finances, and lives, and is the author of No One Is Coming to Save You. But this isn't really a story about weight loss or money. It's a story about what happens when you decide to rebuildyour life with purpose. So today, we're talking about starting over, self-trust,personal agency, money, identity, and the courage to take that first step when you can't yet see the whole path. Listen on Spotify, Apple, iHeart or YouTube. Donna's story is such a powerful reminder that beginningagain doesn't mean beginning from nothing. You bring your experience. You bring everything you'vesurvived. You bring what you've learned. And you bring the woman you've become. And to everyone listening: If there's something in yourlife that you've been telling yourself is too late, too hard, or too far gone, I want you to pause before you believe that story. You don't have to know the entire path. You just have to bewilling to take the next step. Because sometimes the miracle isn't that your life suddenlychanges. The miracle is realizing that you are allowed to change it. You can find out more about Donna at https://donnakreisler.com/ and her program 'Rebuilding with Purpose' or join her Facebook Group and more. If this episode resonated with you, I’d love for you to Like,Follow, or Subscribe. And if you have a minute, leave us a review and tell me what stood out to you. Your review helps other midlife women find these conversations, too. And, as always, share this episode with your bestie! If you have a question, a story, or a topic you’d love us to explore in a future episode, you can always reach me at yourmidlifewingwoman@gmail.com. Until next time, I'm Suzanne, Your Midlife Wingwoman. And remember: Your next chapter doesn't need permissionfrom your last one. I’ll see you next time. Bye for now! #midlifewomen #yourmidlifewingwoman #menopause #weightloss #empoweryourself

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Men, Menopause & Miracles is a podcast for midlife women navigating relationships, hormonal changes, identity shifts, and personal growth. Hosted by Suzanne – Your Midlife Wingwoman, the show blends real-life conversations, expert insights, and soulful reflection to support women in reclaiming agency, joy, and possibility in the second half of life. We explore the real, raw, and remarkable transitions of midlife. Through honest conversations about relationships, menopause, and reinvention, she creates space for women to navigate this life stage with clarity, confidence, and compassion.

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  • Creator
    Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    73
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    © Suzanne - Your Midlife Wingwoman
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