What if midlife isn’t a crisis... but your comeback era?
In this special surprise sneak peek episode, host Roxy Manning—Gen X mom, red carpet interviewer, and unapologetic truth-teller—grabs the mic to introduce The Iconic Midlife podcast. This isn’t a show about slowing down. It’s about waking up.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, underestimated, or stuck in a version of womanhood that no longer fits—this space is for you. We're redefining what it means to be 40, 50, and beyond. No clichés. No playing small. Just real talk, bold ideas, and conversations with iconic women you’ll love.
🎧 In this episode:
-Why Roxy created The Iconic Midlife
-What to expect from upcoming episodes (spoiler: iconic guests + unfiltered stories)
-How midlife can be a rebrand—not a retreat
-Why invisibility is no longer an option
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Hi, I'm Roxie Manning, and this is the Iconic Midlife.
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If you're new here, welcome.
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And if you're already curious, skeptical, excited, or all of the above, perfect.
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You're exactly who I made this for.
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So here's what this quick sneak peek is all about.
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The show launches tomorrow on Tuesday, June 10, but I wanted to drop into your feed a little early to tell you what the iconic midlife really is, why I started it, and what you can expect, and maybe what you didn't even know you were missing.
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Let's start with the obvious.
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Midlife is weird.
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It's shape shifting, code switching, reinvention, heavy time that no one really prepares you for.
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We're told to embrace it, be graceful, stay grateful, take collagen, stop complaining, act our age, age backwards, lean in, tone it down, lift it up, and.
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And get over it, often in the same breath.
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And honestly, I got tired of all the mixed messages.
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So I created this space, the Iconic Midlife, to cut through the noise, to talk honestly, to give midlife the voice, the nuance and the visibility it deserves.
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Because it's not a crisis, it's not a countdown, and it's definitely not about accepting invisibility.
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Here is what it is.
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A power era.
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One with contradictions, clarity, discomfort, breakthroughs and moments of straight up ridiculousness.
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And yeah, sometimes you'll find me talking about hormones, Other times, heels, hustle, heartbreak, hrt, highlighter, whatever's real that week.
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This is a podcast for women 40 and up who are in the thick of it, over it, or just waking up to the fact that maybe, just maybe, this is when things actually get interesting.
