I turned forty years old last January. A few months later, an idea bubbled to the surface of my conscious: I should start a podcast about being a woman in my forties.

No! I thought. I don’t have time! Besides, I had just ended my first podcast, Adventures with Postpartum Depression, and it felt like I would be betraying my first show if I launched a new one so quickly.

But the idea would not leave me alone. There were a lot of things I wanted to talk about that did not feel appropriate for Adventures with Postpartum Depression. I created that show to help women in the darkness of a maternal mental illness. But now, as my experience with postpartum depression becomes a hazier memory, I want to talk about the things that are currently helping me feel like my best self, but these are not topics I would necessarily want to discuss with a postpartum other.

For example, I recently quit soda and in the past month, I feel healthier. My skin has a little extra glow and when I wake up in the morning, I have more energy. But if I am talking to a woman who has a maternal mood disorder, I’m not going to tell her to quit soda! That mom needs to hear about very, very different things – things I discussed already on my first podcast. I

So I am starting a new podcast to share all the things, like quitting soda, that I am doing to feel like my best self. The show is called Adventures with my Forties because I want to consciously and intentionally this stage of my life. I have already recorded the first four episodes and once I take care of a few logistics, the show will be ready to go. Woot woot!

I am excited for this new adventure!