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Why Falling Apart in Midlife Isn't Something to Fix
Episode 20 • 4th October 2026 • Soul Knows the Way • Kim Marie
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Something in your life is falling apart, or you've simply reached the point where you can't keep going the way you have, yet you have no idea what comes next. If you're a woman in the second half of life feeling lost, worn out, and tired of trying to fix it, this conversation is for you. We see you - here’s what it takes, what gives you the capacity to let something die, dissolve, end, before you know what's coming next.In this Body & Soul Session, Kim Marie of Soul Knows the Way and Vive Oldham of We Are Enough talk honestly about why falling apart in midlife isn't something to fix.

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📍 IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 - When Life Falls Apart and You Don't Know What's Next

00:51 - Why No One Teaches Us How to Handle Big Change

03:56 - Why We Think Something Is Wrong and Rush to Fix It

05:35 - Being Held in Curiosity Instead of Being Fixed

06:47 - Menopause and the Fear of Losing Control

08:14 - How Midlife Teaches You to Loosen Your Grip

12:32 - Losing Your Identity After a Major Life Change

14:52 - The Turning Point When Change Becomes Non-Negotiable

16:48 - Choosing Yourself Even When Others Are Disappointed

22:44 - How Discernment Helps You Say No or Surrender

26:42 - How Your Home Reflects Your Inner Journey

35:12 - Why We Avoid Grief and Why It Matters to Feel It

37:53 - Letting Your Body Move Through Heartache

40:19 - Grounding in Nature When Life Falls Apart

49:26 - Rediscovering Delight and Creative Play

54:27 - Finding Yourself in Fairy Tales and Myth

59:56 - Feeling Again After Years of Numbing Out

01:06:08 - Closing & Where to Find Us

🎙 ABOUT SOUL KNOWS THE WAY

Soul Knows the Way: Reclaiming Depth, Wisdom & Wild Nature is a podcast for women in the second half of life who sense a Soul-hunger they can no longer ignore...a longing for depth, truth, and a life lived from the inside out. Hosted by Kim Marie, soul guide, author, and creator of Solace and The Soulstead, this podcast offers Soul wisdom, sacred living, and the journey home to yourself. New episodes weekly. Follow and join the journey.

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We Are Enough - Pleasure, Satiety and Appetite: How to shake off the epidemic of not-enoughness. Reclaiming fullness as an embodied skill that connects us to our libido and life force. Hosted by Vive Oldham, Somatic Practitioner, MotherCircle facilitator, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Auntie, and Artist serving awareness through BodyDreaming, creativity coaching, authentic expression and somatic vocal work.

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MUSIC: Podcast music composed by Kim Marie, produced by Ben Carano.

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