699: Managing Anxiety and Identity in Midlife + Why You Need Community More Than Supplements with Rosie Acosta
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Episode Description
Here’s your invitation to slow down, tune in, and truly support yourself through the midlife transition.
Because all the changes in menopause, emotionally and physically, can seriously rock your identity.
That’s why I’ve invited mindfulness expert Rosie Acosta on the podcast to explore the intersection of mindfulness and menopause, and how being in a community with other women can make this season of life feel less isolating and so much more empowering.
Rosie shares how anxiety can become a messenger to your body rather than an enemy, and offers simple breathing techniques so you can feel grounded anytime, anywhere.
Together, we redefine what womanhood and wellness look like in midlife and beyond—more connected and more intentional than ever.
Listen now to feel seen and inspired on your midlife journey!
Rosie Acosta
Rosie Acosta is a mindfulness teacher at Headspace and author of You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self-Love. With over 20 years of study and a decade of teaching, she’s led transformative retreats, workshops, and teacher trainings worldwide. A devoted advocate for equity and intergenerational healing, she volunteers with the Re-Evolution Prison Project and is earning her Master’s in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine. She’s also the host of The Radically Well Podcast.
IN THIS EPISODE
- What relationships and community in midlife should look like
- How to use mindfulness to support changes in menopause
- Mindful ways to manage anxiety rather than fighting against it
- The uptick in early perimenopause and autoimmune disorders
- Using mindfulness to shift the menopause narrative
- What radical love looks like for a woman in midlife
- Embracing change and your evolving identity in menopause
- About Rosie’s Book: You Are Radically Loved
QUOTES
“As a perimenopause expert, it's like a moving target. Something that worked one day might not work the next. I think if I had to give the people listening right now just one technique that works, it's learning how to use your breath to ground, to create safety even if it's just for a couple of minutes.”
“I think the more that we have conversations like this, the more normalized it will become, and the more normalized having these conversations will become. It gives us the empowerment and the invitation to ask questions, to ask our doctors to do the right types of tests, to get different opinions, to explore.”
“Radical love to me means embracing the whole of who you are.”
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Order Rosie’s book: YOU ARE RADICALLY LOVED
https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Radically-Loved-Self-Love/dp/0593330153
Order my new book: The Perimenopause Revolution
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Check out Rosie’s Podcast: The Radically Well Podcast
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