After a year of "doing," is your nervous system ready to finally learn the art of "letting go"? Welcome to the Season 1 Finale of The Midlife Glow-Up, where we tie together everything we’ve learned about the Let Them Theory and step into the ultimate goal: Letting Life Flow.

In this final episode of 2025, Leah and Eithan explore how detachment is actually the highest form of self-respect. We look back at our journey from Think and Grow Rich and The Power of Now to the Let Them Theory, reflecting on how to find peace without needing permission. This is your invitation to unhook from the chaos and enter the new year with quiet confidence and self-trust.

What You'll Hear This Episode:

• Detachment as Self-Respect: Why loving people doesn’t mean you have to join their emotional chaos or manage their reactions.
• The Peace of Fewer Explanations: How the real glow-up involves letting go of the need to be understood or to prove your side.
• The "Soft Life" Glow-Up or Grow-Up: A deep dive into whether the "Soft Life" trend is a healthy boundary for your nervous system or just an escape from reality.
• The Neuroscience of Flow: Why your brain needs safety and trust – not control – to access creativity and joy.
• Season 1 Reflection & 2026 Sneak Peek: A look back at our growth this year and a special teaser for our next series on The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest.

Resources

If you’ve been loving our conversation on boundaries and peace, keep an eye on your feed for our new Glow-Getter Labs and Mindful Moments! These are short, practical mini-episodes designed to help you apply the 'Let Them' mindset in real life.

To get your hands on all of the amazing content we create for our Glow-Getter’s, just grab your free Glow-Getter Journal Workbook. When you sign up, we'll send you all our other freebies and resources as we create them, sent straight to your inbox.

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Do you know you need a boundary but find yourself trapped by the fear of what happens after you say no? Are you tired of over-explaining, over-justifying and carrying the emotional weight of everyone else’s disappointment? It’s time to stop the cycle of self-abandonment and discover how to stay steady in your truth.

Welcome back to the Glow-Getter Lab! This is a 20-minute practical experiment in The Boundary Rehearsal. This Lab isn't about being cold or rigid; it’s about learning to say a calm, kind and clear "no" without the crushing weight of guilt. We provide the exact boundary scripts and techniques you need to protect your energy and navigate the "curveballs" people throw when you finally start putting yourself first.

What You'll Learn in This Lab:

• The Simple Boundary Formula: A clean, 3-step process for a boundary that requires zero emotional defence.
• Why Boundaries Feel Like Danger: Understanding how your nervous system reacts to perceived rejection and conflict.
• Handling the Curveballs: Practical scripts for when people say "But it's important!" or "You've changed."
• The Emotional Aftermath: How to navigate the guilt and shakiness that often follows a new boundary.
• The Rehearsal Practice: A guided exercise to find the words that feel grounded and true for your life.

This Lab is an essential tool for meditation beginners, people-pleasers and anyone in midlife looking to reclaim their time and mental peace.

Resources

To get your hands on all of the amazing content we create for our Glow-Getter’s, just grab your free Glow-Getter Journal Workbook. When you sign up, we'll send you all our other freebies and resources as we create them, sent straight to your inbox.

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Feeling like you're carrying the emotional load for everyone – your kids, your partner, your colleagues, your extended family? Are you burnt out from saying YES when your whole body screams NO? This episode is your complete guide to the People-Pleaser Detox.

We dive deep into the Let Them Theory (by Mel Robbins) to show you how to stop abandoning yourself to manage everyone else's mood and reclaim your energy, peace and sanity. People-pleasing often looks like kindness, but we reveal why it's truly fear and self-abandonment in disguise. We also tackle the spicy "Glow-Up or Grow-Up" topic: the difference between healthy boundaries and the trend of going "No Contact" with family.

What You'll Hear This Episode:

• People-Pleasing vs. Kindness: The crucial distinction between acting from fear and acting from grounded generosity.
• Midlife Over-Functioning: How the pressure of raising kids and caring for family and friedns intensifies the need to over-accommodate.
• The "Let Them" Shift: Practical examples of applying Let Them Theory to parenting, work and tricky family dynamics.
• Boundaries Without Drama: Why your boundaries work through consistency, not confrontation or over-explaining.
• Glow-Up or Grow-Up: Dissecting the "No Contact" trend and when thoughtful distance is a Glow-Up versus when avoidance needs to Grow-Up.

This is essential listening for women struggling with emotional burnout, codependency, setting healthy boundaries or overcoming the need for external validation.

Resources

If you’ve been loving our conversation on boundaries and peace, keep an eye on your feed for our new Glow-Getter Labs and Mindful Moments! These are short, practical mini-episodes designed to help you apply the 'Let Them' mindset in real life.

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Feeling like you're constantly scrolling, measuring your life against others or whispering, "I'm not enough?" It’s time to step off the competitive treadmill and remember your inherent worth. Stop letting the success of others shrink your own shine.

Welcome back, Glow-Getters, for our latest Mindful Moment! This is a short guided reset focused entirely on combating the comparison trap and anchoring you back into your own lane. This isn't about ignoring ambition; it's about shifting from competition to self-trust so you can feel grounded, capable and confident in your unique journey. Give yourself this gift of quiet, powerful self-reclamation today.

What You'll Hear This Episode

• Anchor Your Breath: A moment of deep, intentional breathing to settle your nervous system and prepare you to face the comparison voice without judgment.
• Notice the Comparison Voice: Gently bringing awareness to recent moments of comparison – without shame – to understand the pattern.
• The "Let Them / Let Me" Reframe: A powerful guided mantra practice to release the need for control ("Let them be where they are") and reclaim your power ("Let me trust my timing").
• A Worthiness Reset: Focusing on speaking louder truths about your self-worth using positive affirmations like, "I am enough, as I am today."
• Releasing the Comparison Story: A calming visualisation where you physically release the belief that you are behind or lacking, returning to a state of clarity, not comparison.

To get your hands on all of the amazing content we create for our Glow-Getter’s, just grab your free Glow-Getter Journal Workbook. When you sign up, we'll send you all our other freebies and resources as we create them, sent straight to your inbox.

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Are you stuck scrolling through other people's highlight reels and feeling that familiar sting of "I'm behind" or "Why not me?"

This episode is your guide to turning external triggers into internal transformation.

Welcome back to The Midlife Glow-Up, where we continue our deep dive into Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory by tackling one of the biggest blocks to midlife peace: The Comparison Trap.

Hosts Leah and Eithan break down why comparison is a zero-sum game that keeps you stuck and how to reframe jealousy from a toxic trigger into actionable, life-changing motivation.

What You'll Hear This Episode

• The Midlife Timetable Lie: Why the feeling of being "behind" is a myth, especially when you're in a season of rebuilding or reinvention.
• Envy as Information: Learn the secret of decoding jealousy – it's not a wish for someone else to fail, but a spotlight showing you exactly what you want the courage to try.
• Reframing the Win: Discover why other people's wins are NOT your losses, and how to use their success as a teacher and an example, not an enemy.
• The Cure for Comparison: We reveal the two-part strategy Mel Robbins champions to beat comparison: Clarity (knowing your values) and Action (staying in your lane).
• The Scroll & Spiral Check: Practical steps to interrupt the social media spiral and redirect your energy back to your own authentic journey.
• Glow-Up or Grow-Up: We tackle the trend of Silent Quitting Relationships – when is pulling back a necessary boundary, and when is it a form of passive avoidance?

Resources

If you’ve been loving our conversation on boundaries and peace, keep an eye on your feed for our new Glow-Getter Labs and Mindful Moments! These are short, practical mini-episodes designed to help you apply the 'Let Them' mindset in real life.

🔗 Grab your copy of The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins here: https://amzn.to/48YvqBa

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Disclaimer This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are our own and not professional advice. The Midlife GlowUp is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mel Robbins or her related entities. Always consult a qualified professional before making any significant life decisions.

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Welcome to the very first Glow-Getter Lab! This is your short, sharp and highly actionable workshop designed to apply the big ideas from books like Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory.

In this Lab, we tackle the biggest energy drain of midlife: the Approval Trap. Are you constantly worrying what people think, managing everyone else’s emotions or apologising for simply living your life? If so, it's time to resign from that exhausting, unpaid job.

What You'll Hear This Episode: Hosts Leah and Eithan guide you through a focused, 15-minute practice to help you surrender the need for external agreement:

• Phase 1: Diagnosis & Discovery – We help you name your core cost: what are you delaying, shrinking or hiding just to keep someone else's approval?
• Practice 1: The Surrender ("Let Them") – Learn the "Allow Their Narrative" technique, your defensive move to create peaceful coexistence with disagreement. Use our Surrender Statement to declare: “I allow this opinion to stand as their story. It is not my fact.”
• Practice 2: The Conscious Choice ("Let Me") – Discover the "Notice My Own Authority" offensive move, where you practice micro-acts of self-sovereignty by making small decisions purely for yourself. This is the engine of your main character energy.

Stop outsourcing your peace and start choosing your own focus. Go claim your self-sovereignty, Glow-Getter!

Coming Up: Keep an eye out for our short Mindful Moments and the next main episode on The Let Them Theory. In two weeks, we'll be back for Glow-Getter Lab 2: The Management Marathon.

The Midlife GlowUp is recorded on the lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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This week, we're kicking off a life-changing new book on The Midlife Glow-Up, diving into Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory!

After wrapping up Eckhart Tolle's lessons on presence, we explore the essential next evolution of surrender: surrender with boundaries.

Midlife often feels like a constant effort to manage everyone's feelings and expectations. This episode shows you how to drop the heavy mental load of trying to control the uncontrollable – from family chaos and parenting stress to comparison and people-pleasing.

What You'll Hear This Episode

• Real 'Let Them' Moments: We share relatable stories about how letting go of the need to micromanage moods and conversations created immediate inner peace and connection.
• Surrender Meets Boundaries: Discover why "Let Them" is not passive indifference, but a powerful mindset tool that stops your stress response and allows you to choose a reasoned response over a reaction.
• The Power of 'Let Me': Learn how to redirect wasted energy (defending, fixing, comparing) back into setting self-honouring boundaries that serve your own path.
• Glow-Up or Grow-Up: We debate the pressure of the constant self-optimisation era – when does bio-hacking and tracking stop being self-care and become another form of control?

If you're struggling with comparison, control, or giving away your power, this episode is your reset button. We give you a simple 'Let Them / Let Me Pause' homework tool to instantly reclaim your peace!

Next up: We tackle the biggest trap of all – The Comparison Trap!

Resources

If you’ve been loving our conversation on boundaries and peace, keep an eye on your feed for our new Glow-Getter Labs and Mindful Moments! These are short, practical mini-episodes designed to help you apply the 'Let Them' mindset in real life.

Want all our Glow-Getter freebies sent straight to your inbox? Download the Glow-Getter Journal Workbook with daily prompts and actions to help you find clarity over chaos. When you sign up, you'll get all our free resources sent straight to your inbox.

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Feeling the weight of work, family or the midlife transition? Holding onto stress, worries or an endless to-do list? It’s time to stop carrying the heavy mental load and discover the secret to instant release right where you are.

Welcome back, Glow-Getters, for our latest Mindful Moment! This is a 15-minute guided meditation focused entirely on releasing physical and mental tension. This isn't about solving your problems; it's about gently placing the heavy mental "backpack" down so you can feel lighter, calmer and more present for the life you're building. Give yourself this gift of quiet surrender today.

What You'll Hear This Episode

• Anchoring Breathwork: A moment of deep, intentional breathing to switch off the 'doing' mind and anchor yourself firmly in the present moment.
• The Gentle Body Scan: A full, compassionate scan from your toes to your head to identify and observe areas of hidden tension, from your shoulders to your jaw.
• Breathe & Release: Combining breath awareness with a conscious release of stress, allowing your shoulders and body to gently drop and soften with every exhale.
• The 'Letting Go' Visualisation: A guided visualisation to help you imagine unbuckling the mental weight of worries, old judgments and to-do lists, providing a moment of calm.

To get your hands on all of the amazing content we create for our Glow-Getter’s, just grab your free Glow-Getter Journal Workbook. When you sign up, we'll send you all our other freebies and resources as we create them, sent straight to your inbox.

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The Midlife GlowUp is recorded on the lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or financial advice. Always consult a qualified professional for health concerns or major life decisions. Please listen to your body and never use guided practices while driving or operating heavy machinery.

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