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The Midlife Rebel Podcast

Season 17 Episode 5

Midlife can feel like someone quietly changed the rules while you weren’t looking. Your body shifts, relationships evolve, work stops fitting the way it used to, and suddenly you’re asking bigger questions about who you are and what you actually want. In this episode, we talk about how midlife doesn’t always arrive when we expect — sometimes it begins in our mid-30s — and why so many women feel like they’re the only ones struggling while everyone else seems fine on the surface.

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V.I.B.E. Living Podcast

Season 9, Episode 179

Midlife has a way of showing up all at once.

Your hormones shift. Your body starts to feel unfamiliar. Relationships evolve. Your role in your career or family begins to change… and somehow, through all of it, that quiet thought creeps in:

“Maybe it’s just me.”

That’s exactly why I wanted Angela Burke on the V.I.B.E. Living Podcast.

V.I.B.E. Instagram Live

Angela Burk, author of Real Girls Guide, joins the podcast to discuss her book and what she has learned during her midlife experience. She is also featured on the show this week, where she and the host compare notes on this stage of life. Listeners can check out the interview through the link in the bio or tune in on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and other major platforms.
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Cake for Dinner Podcast

Episode 33

What if midlife isn’t a crisis… but the most freeing chapter of your life?

In this episode of Cake for Dinner Live, we sit down with Angela Burke, author of The Real Life: A Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife, to unpack the honest, unfiltered truth about what really happens in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.

From identity shifts and hormone changes to self-acceptance, boundaries, and rediscovering desire—this conversation breaks the silence around topics many women experience but rarely talk about.

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Smoke, Mirrors & Menopause Podcast

Episode 21

Angela's narrative elucidates the transformative journey of women navigating midlife challenges, emphasizing the necessity for radical self-acceptance and the reclamation of one's identity amidst societal pressures. Throughout our dialogue, we explore the intricacies of personal growth, the significance of vulnerability in storytelling, and the profound impact that these shared experiences can have on a community of women.

On Healing Podcast

This week on On Healing, Olivia Hunt dives deep with Angela into Career Wellbeing, navigating change and redundancy, aligning with your soul’s work, and asking the big questions like:

What does true security really mean?
Is your career compass guided by fear or by freedom?
Have you ever given yourself the space to dream big?

Whether you’re feeling stuck, facing a career crossroads, or just need a little fire lit under you, this episode is full of gold.

Life is Delicious Podcast

Season 2, Episode 49

What if midlife isn’t a crisis to survive but a clarity you’re allowed to enjoy? We sit down with author Angela Burk to talk hot flashes in the boardroom, shedding approval as a currency, and writing a fearless manifesto that gives women permission to take up space, rest without apology, and design joy on purpose. Angela’s journey started with a red folder buried for two decades—notes on hormones, identity, marriage, work, and the quiet question, “Am I the only one?”

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Asking For a Friend Podcast

Episode 199

Stop Shrinking in Midlife: Reclaim Your Voice, Body & Confidence. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is this all there is?”—this episode is for you. In this powerful conversation, Michele sits down with Angela Burk, author of The Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife, to unpack what’s really happening during midlife—and why it’s not a crisis, but a turning point.

Own Your Midlife

Season 1, Episode 18

Many women reach midlife feeling physically and mentally exhausted not just from being busy, but from years of living by expectations they never consciously chose.

In this episode of Own Your Midlife, Angela Burk, author of Real Girls Guide to Midlife, joins me to talk about navigating midlife transitions and the "invisible rule book" of expectations that so many women are quietly living by.

Sync Your Life with Jenny Swisher

Season 2 Episode 351

Jenny Swisher interview Angela Burk on the topic of how to really step into your power in midlife. Angela is the author of REAL GIRLS GUIDE TO MIDLIFE — a bold, funny, and deeply relatable book that's resonating with women navigating the emotional, physical, and identity upheaval that midlife brings. Angela offers something greatly missing from the cultural conversation: unfiltered honesty. No toxic positivity. No "reinvent yourself in five steps." Just real talk about what it feels like to have your marriage, career, body, identity, and sense of purpose shift—sometimes all at once.

Welcome To Midlife: Gen X Women On Midlife Rage, Reinvention and Reclaiming Our Power

Tired of feeling invisible in midlife? Ready to stop apologizing for aging and start reclaiming your power? In this raw, honest conversation, host Lisa Steadman sits down with author and marketing expert Angela Burk to talk about what nobody tells you about being a Gen X woman in midlife—and how to turn this chapter into your most powerful yet.

Pageant Magazine

Spring 2026

Angela Burk’s raw and wickedly funny Real Girls Guide to Midlife is a bold manifesto for living unapologetically and rejecting the rules that have long held women back. Dismantling the glossy, sanitized narrative of “aging gracefully,” it’s not a guide to getting it right but a companion for getting real—for women who are done shrinking, settling, and waiting for permission to fully live. After divorcing at 45 with three young sons, Burk rebuilt her life from scratch, sharing unfiltered truths about career reinvention, menopause, love, and the hard-earned confidence that comes with midlife.

Midlife with Courage

Episode 259

In this week's Midlife with Courage Podcast™ Kim and Angela discuss divorce, grief, perimenopause rage, self-publishing, “together living apart,” and saying no.

Beyond the Quo

Beyond the Midlife Crisis: Rewriting the Rules and a Return to Self. In the episode of Beyond the Quo, host Stacey Luces and Angela discuss how multiple shifts can collide at once, from hormones and menopause/perimenopause, career pivots, divorce, parenting changes, and caring for aging parents to how unexamined patterns like people-pleasing, overachievement, and never questioning expectations can lead to overwhelm, burnout, and health consequences.

Coming Into Focus with Helen Tansey

In this episode of Coming Into Focus, Angela shares her personal journey, the inspiration behind her book, and why midlife can be one of the most powerful and liberating chapters of life. Her work brings together real stories, humor, and fearless conversations about identity, reinvention, and living authentically.

Susan LoPresti Wellness Mind Body Soul

Today’s episode is a refreshingly honest conversation about midlife — the kind most women wish someone had years ago. Midlife is often portrayed as a time when life finally settles into calm and comfort. But for many women, the reality is something entirely different — a powerful, messy, and deeply transformative chapter that asks us to rethink everything we thought we knew about ourselves.

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Women Mastering Midlife Podcast

Episode 92

The Messy Middle of Midlife: Menopause, Identity, Rage, Rest, and Reclaiming Yourself with Angela Burk

Victoria Byrd

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The Messy Middle Nobody Talks About: A Conversation with Angela Burk

Medium Authority Mag.

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Embracing Grace: Angela Burk on How Women Are Redefining Aging Authentically

Midlife Audacity Podcast

Episode 16

Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife: Menopause Truth, Identity Shifts, and Boundaries, with Angela Burke

Natalie Tysdal Podcast

Breaking Midlife Myths: Hormones, Health, and Advocacy for Women in Midlife

Forward from 50 Podcast

Episode 159:

Angela insists that midlife is not about fixing what is broken. It is about reclaiming what was always yours, including your voice and desires.

The Tonic Podcast

Episode 417

We discuss the "Real Girl's Guide to Midlife" with author Angela Burk

The Aging Well Podcast

Episode 358

Real Talk for Real Midlife: Honest Conversations with Angela Burk

Real Food Stories Podcast

Episode 145

Menopause Isn’t A Boss Battle You Beat In 12 Months with Angela Burk

The Unapologetic Midlife Podcast

In this episode of The Unapologetic Midlife Podcast, Mindi Lobuzzetta sits down with Angela Burke, author of Real Girl’s Guide to Midlife, for a brutally honest and hilarious conversation about midlife identity shifts, reinvention, menopause, and the courage it takes to stop shrinking.

The Fxck You 50s Podcast

Season 2, Episode 13

Strap in people!! On this episode of The FxCK YOU 50s, we are joined by the woman who literally wrote a manual on this gong show: Angela Burk, author of The Real Girls Guide to Midlife.

Your Spectacular Life Podcast

From career reinvention to navigating three waves of menopause including rage and a host of wild symptoms, Angela Burk holds nothing back in her Angela Burk's brutally honest, deeply passionate book, “Real Girls Guide to Midlife.”

Belong Wellness Podcast

The Midlife Trifecta: Menopause, Divorce and Dating. Sometimes midlife doesn’t unfold neatly, one chapter at a time.

Sometimes it hits all at once.

Menopause symptoms you didn’t see coming.

Sharing Out Loud Podcast

Midlife Table Talk: The Conversation Everyone deserves. Because midlife doesn’t need a makeover; it needs a microphone! And it also needs LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of women talking about it, sometimes for hours at a time.

Gen X Juggler

Episode 47

Midlife—The Gift That Keeps on Giving: A Real Girls Conversation with Angela Burk. They talk about the importance of rejecting outdated narratives, the impacts of menopause, and the significance of embracing one's true self.

The Kathryn Zox Show

Episode 1810

Forget everything you think you know about women in midlife. Angela Burk’s raw, unfiltered, and fiercely passionate book shatters the glossy, sugar-coated stories we’ve been sold about ‘aging gracefully.’ This isn’t a manual for doing midlife perfectly—it’s a companion for doing it honestly.