This week, it’s just me talking to you! I reflect on my podcast experience with you. I do love a challenge and I share what I’ve learned from putting this together all by myself. I touch on how I’m fighting feelings of burn out, moments that I wanted to cry, my favorite parts, and much more. There have been multiple times I wanted to stop creating episodes but I’m glad I’ve kept going. I also recap each guest’s responses to the question I ask everyone at the end of each episode. Lots of great wisdom and life advice from people in their 30s and 40s.

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Zach brings it all to the table. He shares how he never felt like he fit in in social circles and friendship groups starting in high school and how that led him to leave behind conventional timelines. He’s not one to conform because that’s what society says. We get into his thoughts on kids and marriage before and after he met me. We share how we figured out the joint decision not to have kids and how we got there. Luckily, we agreed on that early on in our relationship. At the end, I share one quality I love most about him and I promise it’s not too sappy!

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Hannah shares how her career trajectory in her 20s prompted her to pause and embark on a journey to discover what she wanted out of life. That led her to type out a spreadsheet of what she desired in a partner. She discusses how in her thirties she found her husband and then grew her family into a family of four. From her life experiences, she says she doesn’t have life figured out but is comfortable with change. Since we met on a tennis court, of course, there are tennis analogies and we talk about how being on the court has impacted our mindset!

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Mentions:

Seal talks about tennis in this article in the N.Y. Times.

In this episode, I talk with my cousin and friend, Monica. We’re only two weeks apart! Recently, there have been a lot of big changes she’s adapting to, but they were thoughtful ones that she feels ready for. We talk about her life changes and milestones. We discuss her thoughts on her childfree life, which includes her journey with a PCOS diagnosis in her 20s and discovering uterine fibroids in her 30s. Overall, in her late thirties, she has made the moves to find purpose in her life and feel content with it.

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Mentions:

The book, Women Without Kids, by Ruby Warrington

Venus Williams shares her experience with uterine fibroids in Self Magazine.

Gustavo hoped and dreamed that he would start a family right out of high school. But that ended up not being in the cards for him at that time. We go through his timelines and look into how he spent his 20s and 30s finding himself and building confidence.. All the while, he had fun and kept his heart and mind open to new opportunities. Then, in his 40s, he met his wife, and they had a son. He built a family he had always dreamed of, even though it wasn’t on the timeline he wanted it to happen. Now, as a father of one, he talks about how he’s navigating being a father, husband, and friend. At the end, Gustavo comes prepared with lyrics from his favorite songs, including from the band U2, to impart to his son and his generation.

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In this episode, I interview my sister’s best friend, Belen. She talks about how her timelines changed as she grew up. Early on, she thought she would be destined to be on one pathway, to repeat her mother’s timeline. But her viewpoint and perspective have changed a lot as she’s grown up. I love that she shares how she finds moments with her bestie, even though they live states apart. We end with some comments on reality TV shows like The Valley. Belen is showing us all that we don’t have to hold on to old beliefs and that we can change our minds.

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Episode Sources:

• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2025/20250423.htm?utm

• https://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/2025/06/13/7780/?utm

• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-3.pdf?utm

In this episode, Leia and I talk about how she’s merging her career and creative project aspirations, like writing a book, with her desire to have a kid soon. She shares the societal and familial pressures she’s felt lately. Drawing from our own experiences, we get into how we can have better conversations with our friends who have kids.

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My friend, Rocio, shares that she never pictured her wedding day and often resisted conventional timeline milestones. Now, at almost 40 years old, she talks with her husband about the possibility of adoption. She shares how her perspectives on life have changed over time, especially caring less about what other people think. Rocio shares many insightful, wise life lessons she’s learned along the way.

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