Getting To After: A Safe and Empowering Space for Midlife Women

Chatone Morrison Host, with Co-host Morganne Bustos
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Getting to After is a calm, grounding podcast for midlife women navigating change, recovery, and becoming themselves again. Hosted by Core Energy Coach and EFT (Tapping) practitioner Chatone Morrison, with domestic violence survivor and women’s advocate Morganne Bustos, the show blends thoughtful conversation, nervous system coaching, and gentle EFT to help women 40+ release burnout, self-criticism, old patterns, and rebuild confidence, boundaries, and voice without pressure or pretending. Includes: EFT Tapping, nervous system support, and confidence-building for midlife women.

  1. Before You Give Up on Your Goals... Watch This First | A Mid-Year Reset for Midlife Women

    Jul 7

    Before You Give Up on Your Goals... Watch This First | A Mid-Year Reset for Midlife Women

    By July, many women look back at their January goals and see unfinished plans, forgotten vision boards, and dreams that seem farther away than ever. But what if the middle of the year isn't a report card? What if it's halftime? In this episode of Getting to After, confidence coach Chatone Morrison and co-host Morganne Bustos explore why the best coaches don't spend halftime criticizing the first half. They pause, study what happened, celebrate what's working, and make one or two thoughtful adjustments that change the rest of the game. In this conversation you'll discover:✔️ Why your unfinished goals don't tell the whole story ✔️ How to celebrate accomplishments that never made your January list ✔️ The difference between productivity goals and quality of life measurements ✔️ A simple "Three Plays" coaching exercise to help you finish the year with intention ✔️ A guided EFT tapping session: From Judgment to Curiosity to help release self-criticism and move forward with confidence If you've been telling yourself you're behind, this episode offers a gentler and more effective way to move forward. Because your first half isn't evidence against you...it's information for you. Subscribe for conversations and EFT tapping designed especially for women navigating midlife with confidence, purpose, and emotional resilience. For more information on Chatone Morrison Consulting or the Getting to After Program, visit: www.gettingtoafter.com or schedule with us at bit.ly/chat-tap

    45 min
  2. How to Stop Postponing Your Life | Body Confidence Series Finale for Women 40+

    Jun 30

    How to Stop Postponing Your Life | Body Confidence Series Finale for Women 40+

    Summer has a way of making even the most accomplished women question themselves. As the sleeves disappear, the swimsuits come out, and the cameras start clicking, old stories about our bodies can suddenly feel louder than they've been in months. But what if this summer could be different? In the final episode of our 2026 Body Confidence Series, Chatone Morrison and Morganne Bustos invite you to stop postponing your life. Together, they reflect on what they've discovered over the last four weeks about body criticism, self-trust, reality, and worthiness, then ask the question that matters most: What are you going to do with it now? This conversation isn't about pretending to love your body every moment of every day. It's about refusing to let criticism keep you from participating in your own life. Through honest conversation, guided reflection, a powerful reparenting exercise, EFT tapping, and a heartfelt Summer Permission Slip, you'll be encouraged to step into this season with greater freedom, intention, and self-compassion. In this episode: • Why summer often amplifies body criticism, even for confident, accomplished women. • The difference between knowing you're worthy and living like you're worthy. • How to stop letting old stories determine new experiences. • A gentle reparenting exercise to reconnect with the younger version of yourself. • Guided EFT tapping to help you embrace what's next. • Reflection questions to help you move from insight to action. • A Summer Permission Slip to remind you that your life is happening now. If this series has encouraged you, we'd love to hear from you. Share your biggest takeaway in the comments, subscribe for future conversations, and send this episode to another woman who may need the reminder that she doesn't have to wait to fully live her life. 🎙️ Getting to After with Chatone Morrison & Morganne Bustos New episodes Tuesdays at 8 AM ET on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcast.Visit us on the web: gettingtoafter.com Schedule time with us here: bit.ly/chat-tap Grab the Getting to After Journal: bit.ly/G2A-JOURNAL

    1 hr
  3. What's Actually True About Your Body? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    Jun 23

    What's Actually True About Your Body? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    What if some of the things you believe about your body aren't actually true anymore? Many women carry stories about themselves for years. Stories formed from comments, comparisons, criticism, difficult experiences, or seasons of life that have long since passed.The problem is that after a while, those stories can start to sound like facts. In Week 3 of our Body Confidence Month series, Chatone and Morganne explore a powerful question:What's actually true about your body today?Together, they discuss the difference between reality and criticism, why old beliefs can quietly shape the way we see ourselves, and how body confidence begins when we're willing to look at ourselves with honesty instead of judgment. This conversation explores self-talk, chronic illness, caregiving, menopause, stress, emotional inventory, and the importance of listening to what your body may be trying to tell you. You'll also experience guided reflection questions, EFT tapping, and a powerful affirmation designed to help you meet yourself where you are today. Because reality and criticism are not the same thing. And sometimes the truth is far kinder than the story we've been carrying. 🎧 New episodes premiere Tuesdays at 8AM ET. For detailed information about Tapping Transformations or to work with us, schedule at bit.ly/chat-tap or email help@gettingtoafter.com

    58 min
  4. What Has Body Criticism Cost You? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    Jun 16

    What Has Body Criticism Cost You? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    What has body criticism cost you? For many women, it isn't just confidence. **It's the picture you didn't take. **The trip you didn't fully enjoy. **The outfit that stayed in the closet. **The invitation you declined. **It's the moments you sat out while waiting to feel better about your body. In this second episode of the Getting to After Body Confidence series for 2026, Chatone and Morganne explore the hidden cost of body criticism and the quiet ways women postpone joy, experiences, connection, visibility, and even memories while waiting for some future version of themselves to arrive. Together, they discuss: 💜 The comments and expectations that shape body image 💜 Why body criticism often begins long before adulthood 💜 How self-monitoring and comparison steal emotional energy 💜 The experiences women miss while waiting to feel "ready" 💜 Why confidence has never had a clothing size The episode also includes guided reflection questions, EFT tapping, and a heartfelt love note designed to help you stop treating joy like something that must be earned. Because your life is happening now. And you deserve to be part of it. 🎙️ Getting to After with Chatone Morrison & Morganne Bustos New episodes every Tuesday at 8 AM ET on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcast. Visit us on the web: gettingtoafter.com And...Schedule time with us here: bit.ly/chat-tap Until next time...

    1 hr
  5. How Did We Learn to Distrust Our Bodies? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    Jun 9

    How Did We Learn to Distrust Our Bodies? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

    Nobody is born hating their body. Nobody is born believing they aren't enough. So where did those beliefs come from? This week on Getting to After, we're beginning our June Body Confidence Series with a question that changed the entire conversation: How did we learn to distrust our bodies? In this episode, Chatone and Morganne explore the early experiences that shape the way women see themselves, including childhood observations, family influence, comparison, body criticism, media messaging, and the comments that can stay with us for decades. Together, they discuss: ✨ Why body criticism is often learned, not innate ✨ The comments women never forget ✨ How comparison turns into self-doubt ✨ Why appearance becomes tied to worthiness ✨ What happens when women spend years grading themselves instead of listening to themselves ✨ The connection between body confidence and body trust The episode also includes a FREE guided EFT Tapping Transformation designed to help you begin releasing old beliefs and rebuilding trust with your body. Whether you're struggling with comparison, aging, body image, confidence, or simply learning to treat yourself with more compassion, this conversation is for you. This is Part 1 of our June Body Confidence Month series. 💜 Subscribe to the podcast and join us each week as we continue the conversation. Special Note! Be sure to get a copy of the spring Getting to After online magazine while still available, and support our mission to provide self-care kits to transitioning survivors of DV. BIT.LY/G2A-SPRING26 And for more information visit us on the web at gettingtoafter.com Come on back next episode!

    48 min
  6. Allowing Good Things After Hard Seasons | Moving Forward Without Guilt

    Jun 2

    Allowing Good Things After Hard Seasons | Moving Forward Without Guilt

    In this heartfelt conversation, Chatone and Morganne explore what it means to allow good things into your life after difficult experiences. They discuss healing, healthy boundaries, self-trust, and the challenge of receiving joy when survival mode has been familiar for far too long. Together they explore: • Allowing good things after hard seasons • Moving forward without guilt • Trusting yourself after difficult experiences• Healthy boundaries and healthy love • The difference between privacy and secrecy• Why peace can feel unfamiliar after chaos • Giving yourself permission to embrace a new season Plus, stay through the end for a guided EFT Tapping Transformation designed to help you release emotional bracing, welcome healthy change, and receive joy one moment at a time. Because sometimes healing isn't about fixing what's broken. Sometimes healing is learning to trust what's good. ✨ Connect with us for EFT and confidence coaching: GETTINGTOAFTER.COM ✨ REMINDER: There is still time to grab the Getting to After magazine featuring the spring edition: bit.ly/G2A-SPRING26

    53 min
  7. When Life Hurts | EFT Tapping for Emotional Relief

    May 26

    When Life Hurts | EFT Tapping for Emotional Relief

    Ever wonder about the seasons in life where difficult things arrive at your doorstep in bunches and accumulate in quiet whispers? Work stress. Family tension. Financial pressure. Changes in the body. Relationship shifts. Watching people we love make painful decisions while trying to keep functioning through our own emotions. In this solo episode of Getting to After, Chatone Morrison explores what happens when women spend years suppressing stress, disappointment, grief, overwhelm, and emotional heaviness while continuing to show up for everyone else. This episode includes: • A conversation about emotional suppression and the body • Midlife stress and nervous system overload • Grounding and somatic breathing • EFT tapping for emotional relief • Gentle encouragement for difficult seasons • Support for processing emotions honestly without becoming consumed by them Featured EFT Tapping Transformation: Letting The Body ExhaleIf life has been hurting in little ways lately, this episode is a reminder that your body deserves acknowledgment, softness, relief, and support too. The Getting to After Spring Magazine includes exclusive breathing sessions, grounding support, EFT tools, reflections, and encouragement for midlife women navigating stress, change, caregiving, confidence, emotional healing, and overwhelm. Magazine proceeds help support women transitioning from domestic violence situations through self-care and support initiatives.Get the Spring Magazine here: bit.ly/G2A-SPRING26 🎙️ ABOUT GETTING TO AFTER: Getting to After is a weekly podcast for midlife women exploring confidence, emotional healing, nervous system support, self-worth, relationships, life transitions, EFT tapping, grounding practices, and honest conversations about what it means to keep becoming.📅 New episodes every Tuesday at 8AM Eastern.

    35 min
  8. Choosing Peace When Others Don’t Understand | Midlife Decisions, Self-Trust & EFT Tapping

    May 19

    Choosing Peace When Others Don’t Understand | Midlife Decisions, Self-Trust & EFT Tapping

    In this episode of Getting to After, Chatone and Morganne explore what happens when midlife women make decisions that bring them peace… even when the people around them don’t understand. From career changes and relationship shifts to personal boundaries, family dynamics, and major life resets, this conversation centers on the emotional weight of choosing yourself while navigating opinions, guilt, second-guessing, and the fear of disappointing others. This episode also includes: ✨ Reflective journal prompts ✨ Conversations around self-trust and emotional discomfor ✨ A guided EFT Tapping Transformation for women moving through difficult decisions, identity shifts, and personal change Reminder!! The Spring 2026 issue of the Getting to After magazine is available now and centers on the theme of Reset. Your support also helps fund our ongoing work supporting survivors of domestic violence and their children through empowerment initiatives and community outreach. Get a copy here: bit.ly/G2A-SPRING26 🌿 Explore the magazine, free resources, and coaching support:www.gettingtoafter.com

    36 min
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Getting to After is a calm, grounding podcast for midlife women navigating change, recovery, and becoming themselves again. Hosted by Core Energy Coach and EFT (Tapping) practitioner Chatone Morrison, with domestic violence survivor and women’s advocate Morganne Bustos, the show blends thoughtful conversation, nervous system coaching, and gentle EFT to help women 40+ release burnout, self-criticism, old patterns, and rebuild confidence, boundaries, and voice without pressure or pretending. Includes: EFT Tapping, nervous system support, and confidence-building for midlife women.

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