Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

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In this episode, Wendy talks with memoirist and former actress Alison Rand, whose extraordinary life journey has been shaped by loss, love, reinvention, and the profound wisdom of her beloved dog, Dea. Alison shares how writing two deeply honest memoirs helped her understand her own resilience, navigate grief, and ultimately learn to trust herself again. Through humor, vulnerability, and the lens of a dog’s-eye view, she offers a moving reflection on identity, connection, and what it means to choose yourself after life has asked you to begin again.

They explore:

•  How self-trust grows after years of doubt, loss, and seeking external permission
• The transformative power of memoir, and why writing from her dog’s perspective changed everything
• Loneliness, connection, and the healing impact of the human–animal bond

Tune in for a tender, wise, and unexpectedly joyful conversation about resilience, reinvention, and the stories that shape us.

Connect with Alison:

AlisonRandAuthor.com

Get her books 

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Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of these holiday experiences for your loved ones:

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

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In this episode, Wendy talks with Terry Tateossian about the midlife body shift so many women experience but rarely discuss. Terry shares her own fast and unexpected entry into perimenopause, the health crises that forced her to reevaluate everything, and the individualized approach she now uses to help women understand what’s actually happening in their bodies during this season. Their conversation offers a grounded look at hormones, habits, identity, and the compassionate support women deserve as they move into the next chapter of their lives.

They explore:

• Why so many women feel blindsided by perimenopause and midlife weight gain
• The connection between hormones, stress, sleep and the behaviors that quietly add up over time
• How individualized nutrition, resistance training and mindset support can help women feel strong, clear and at home in their bodies again

Tune in for an honest conversation about what the midlife body shift really looks like—and how to move through it with clarity, agency, and support.

Connect with Terry:

TheHouseofRose.com

Instagram @how.good.can.it.get

Referenced in this Episode:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

Outlive: The Science of Art & Longevity by Peter Attia

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Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy welcomes Tammara Gardner for a powerful conversation about midlife reinvention, desire as a compass, and the courage it takes to step out of the life you built and into the one you truly want. After more than twenty years in corporate law, Tammara chose to follow an inner calling that led her toward personal development, writing, teaching, and supporting women through transformational shifts. Together, they explore what it looks like to leave the familiar “line,” embrace a new chapter with intention, and reconnect with the desires that have been waiting beneath the surface.

They explore:

• How desire becomes a guide for midlife reinvention and personal expansion
• What it takes to step out of the “line” and let go of lives that no longer fit
• The 12 Guiding Stars System and how it helps women align with what they truly want

Tune in and hear the honest, inspiring conversation behind what it really takes to follow desire into the next chapter of your life.

Connect with Tammara:

On Instagram @12starstammara

TammaraGardner.com

Get her book: The 12 Guiding Stars System

Referenced in this Episode:

The Third Door: The Mindset of Success by Alex Banayan

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Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of these holiday experiences for your loved ones:

Dec. 3: Holiday Food Gifts

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

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Year-End Coaching Intensive: a private, 4-session month-long container designed for the woman who’s ready to stop putting off her life and start moving toward the version of herself she’s becoming.

Learn more and reserve your spot here. 

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy welcomes Rebecca Arnold, author of Rooted Renegade, for a grounded and insightful conversation about intentional living, identity, and the small shifts that change everything. Together, they explore how language, energy, and micro-moments can shape a woman’s inner experience and guide her toward a life that feels rooted in clarity and purpose. Through thoughtful reflection and practical examples, Wendy and Rebecca offer a gentle reminder that we already hold so many of the tools we need — it’s simply a matter of accessing what’s been within us all along.

They explore:

• Why identity shifts often begin with choosing new language for ourselves
• How to work with your energy instead of forcing productivity from sheer willpower
• The power of micro-opportunities and small intentional choices throughout the day

Tune in to hear a grounded, inspiring conversation that invites you to choose yourself in small but powerful ways.

Connect with Rebecca:

Her website: TheRootedRenegade.com

Her book: The Rooted Renegade

Referenced in this Episode:

The Audacity to be Queen by Gina DeVee

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If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a 5-star review—it helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of how to host each of these magnificent holiday experiences for your loved ones. $47 each or purchase the bundle for $150. 

Nov. 30: How to Host a Tree Trimming Party

Dec. 3: Holiday Food Gifts

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

The Entertaining with Ease Bundle

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy sits down with her dear friend Jen Kantor, a licensed clinical social worker who traded paycheck-to-paycheck life in Seattle for a bold international adventure. Jen moved to Brazil with her five-year-old daughter, then to Switzerland, creating a life filled with community, global education, and views that look like a Ricola commercial.

They explore:

• Why international schools provide housing, airfare, and full benefits—making adventure more accessible than you think
• Balancing ethical responsibility with abundance: how to stop trying to suffer the world better
• Why magical thinking takes practice and how everything always works out

Tune in for a grounded, openhearted conversation about choosing a different path and discovering what’s possible when you stop waiting for the right time and start following what feels aligned.

Connect with Jen:

LinkedIn

Interested in learning more about therapy for for expats, individual or group clinical social work supervision, or International School Career Coaching? Schedule a time to meet with Jen here. 

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Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

This week, Wendy is joined by emotional eating expert Tricia Nelson, author of Heal Your Hunger and a TEDx speaker with over 2 million views. After struggling with binge eating, Tricia discovered that food was never the real problem—it was what she was trying to escape.

Through a transformative relationship with a spiritual mentor, she learned that sustainable healing requires going deeper than willpower and diets, addressing the blocks to love, the old beliefs, and the trauma that keep us reaching for food instead of God.

They explore:

• Why emotional eating is more about escaping pain than lacking willpower
• The truth about meditation for over-thinkers
• What it means to replace food as comfort with a deeper connection to self and Spirit

This is a powerful conversation for anyone who’s ready to stop numbing and start nourishing—body, mind, and soul.

Connect with Tricia:

Emotional Eater or Food Addict Quiz

HealYourHunger.com

Instagram @tricianelson_

Her Book: Heal Your Hunger

Her Podcast: Confessions of a Binge Eater

Referenced in this Episode:

Meditation Apps: Insight Timer, Calm

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Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of how to host each of these magnificent holiday experiences for your loved ones. $47 each or purchase the bundle for $150. 

Nov. 30: How to Host a Tree Trimming Party

Dec. 3: Holiday Food Gifts

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

The Entertaining with Ease Bundle

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy sits down with Erin Krueger, author of Capture the Culture and leader of a top-producing real estate team in Nashville. After losing both parents in a tragic accident at 21, Erin built a $2 billion real estate business with one guiding principle: people don't leave businesses, they leave cultures. Her team of 12 women (ages 23-62) has an average tenure of 6 years—in an industry known for high turnover.

They explore:

• Erin’s unconventional interview technique that tests for emotional intelligence and attention to detail
• Why she takes her team on all-expense-paid trips every year, and the moment she realized appreciation changes everything
• The tools she uses to build sustainable systems that support employee onboarding and work life balance

This is a must-listen for anyone building a business, a team, or a way of working that values people as much as performance.

Connect with Erin:

Get her book: Capture the Culture

Instagram @theerinkruegerteam 

ErinKreuger.com

Capture-the-culture.com

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Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of how to host each of these magnificent holiday experiences for your loved ones. $47 each or purchase the bundle for $150. 

Nov. 30: How to Host a Tree Trimming Party

Dec. 3: Holiday Food Gifts

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

The Entertaining with Ease Bundle

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy sits down with longtime friend Cara Martin, who shares her journey from mysterious symptoms dismissed as "just perimenopause" to a life-saving diagnosis of Cushing's disease caused by a pituitary tumor. After being told by multiple doctors she didn't "look sick enough," Cara advocated relentlessly for herself, sought multiple medical opinions, and ultimately found the right surgical team that performed the complex brain-adjacent surgery that saved her life.

They explore:

• How to trust your body and advocate for yourself when medical professionals dismiss your symptoms
• The practice of "the bare minimum" without apologizing, and why it's not weakness to ask for help
• Why hope comes in the morning, and how Cara's 5am practice became her lifeline through illness and recovery

This is a conversation about resilience, self-advocacy, and learning to say yes to yourself even when—especially when—your body is asking you to slow down. Press play and discover the power of trusting yourself above all else.

Connect with Cara:

Her Blog: Gayle Force(d) Wisdom

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Check out all of the fabulously curated 2026 travel experiences with Wendy here.

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy reconnects with Alexandra Frew, three years after they met in a transformational goal-setting workshop. What began as a simple mind map about the next 30 years became the launchpad for an ancestral pilgrimage through Germany. 

Alexandra shares how she followed the thread of her Wendish and Scottish heritage by learning German, uncovering church records from the 1700s, and continuing the research her aunt began before the Berlin Wall fell.

They explore:

• How creating an intentional plan opens your mind to opportunities you might otherwise miss—and shifts you from watching life happen to directing it
• The profound experience of ancestral pilgrimage and what it means to carry forward research that previous generations couldn't complete
• Why returning to familiar places deepens your connection to self, story, and a sense of belonging

This is a conversation about legacy, purpose, and the quiet power of honoring where you come from while choosing where you’ll go next.

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Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
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If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a 5-star review—it helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Space to Dream Retreats: Whether you're craving rest, adventure, or soul-nourishing connection, there’s something beautiful waiting for you at the Phineas Wright House. Book your space to dream today.

Entertaining with Ease Series: Join Wendy in her kitchen as she shares the magic of how to host each of these magnificent holiday experiences for your loved ones. $47 each or purchase the bundle for $150. 

Nov. 30: How to Host a Tree Trimming Party

Dec. 3: Holiday Food Gifts

Dec 10: How to Host a Cookie Exchange 

Dec 17: How to Host a New Year's Eve Party

The Entertaining with Ease Bundle

In this episode, Wendy sits down with Michelle Hensley, who went from pastor's wife to building the largest mobile gift wrapping business in the nation. After losing her husband at age 51, Michelle faced financial uncertainty, but chose to launch then learn, creating Nifty Package and eventually becoming a vendor for the White House.

They explore:

• How Michelle shifted from a "ministry mindset" to a "merchant mindset" and learned to value her creative skills
• The power of "launch then learn"—why Michelle puts up the webpage first and figures it out as she goes
• How she's creating opportunities for women over 50 through licensing, an app for creatives, and luxury gift wrap experiences

This is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and recognizing that the skills you've been giving away for decades have real value. Tune in to discover why it's never too late to build something extraordinary.

Connect with Michelle:

Instagram @_michellehensley

Her Book: Master the Business of Mobile Gift Wrapping

MichelleMHensley.com

YouTube

NiftyPackage.co

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If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a 5-star review—it helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Welcome to the Say YES to Yourself! Podcast—the show for midlife women, empty nesters, and anyone navigating life after divorce, burnout, or big transitions. If you're ready to shed cultural expectations, reconnect with your true self, and put your joy first—you’re in the right place.

In this episode, Wendy talks with C. Vicki Gold, author of Aging Safely, Wisely, and Well: A Movement and Mindset Guide for Older Adults. Drawing from decades of experience as a physical therapist, Vicki shares two simple frameworks—her ABCs for movement and mindset—that help women build strength, stability, and self-awareness as they age. With humor and heart, she reminds us that caring for our bodies and our outlook are inseparable parts of living well at every stage of life.

They explore:

• Vicki’s ABC approach to movement and how small, intentional actions support lifelong mobility
• The mindset ABCs that encourage self-responsibility, adaptability, and gratitude
• Why it’s never too early—or too late—to create habits that keep you strong, balanced, and well

This conversation is a reminder that aging well isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what matters with care, presence, and intention.

Connect with Vicki:

LinkedIn

Thera-Fitness.com

Get her book: Aging Safely, Wisely, and Well

Referenced in this Episode:

SYTY Ep 195 with Maria Watson

Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
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If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a 5-star review—it helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.