Thrive After 45™
Thrive After 45™ is a leadership, identity, and personal transformation podcast for women navigating midlife.
Hosted by Denise Drinkwalter — Heart Whisperer, Midlife Mirror & Mentor — the show features intimate conversations that explore identity shifts, self-trust, emotional healing, and personal sovereignty after 45.
Each episode offers grounded wisdom and lived experience to support women in reclaiming their voice, purpose, and inner authority during midlife transitions in life, relationships, and work.
Podcasting since 2025 • 54 episodes
Thrive After 45™
Latest Episodes
The "Duck Syndrome" is the Silent Thief of your Success - with Rochel Lawson
Running on fumes? Today we’re diving into something Rochel Lawson calls the "Duck Syndrome," that exhausting state where we look perfectly calm and collected on the surface while our feet are paddling like crazy underneath just to stay afloat.<...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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38:08
Stop Hating Your Body. It's Not Broken, Your Strategy Is - with Heike Yates
Heike Yates has been working with women and their bodies for forty years. She’s seen every trend come and go, but her approach is so much deeper than just fitness. We talked about how midlife isn't this scary "crisis" we’ve been to...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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35:57
Money Doesn’t Have to Be Scary: The 5-Minute Habit to End Financial Anxiety - with Suzette Wheeler
Have you ever felt that little knot in your stomach when it comes to money - maybe you avoid the bank app or just feel like "numbers aren't your thing"? Suzette Wheeler is basically the finance whisperer we all needed years ago. Sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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29:17
Aged Out, Not Done: How to Spot the Moment Your "Comfort Zone" Becomes a "Casket" - with Heidi Solomon-Orlick
Heidi Solomon-Orlick spent decades as a top performer in a high-stakes, male-dominated world, only to face a massive life shift at 60. After losing both of her parents within days of each other, she didn't just sit back. She paused...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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46:15
What Pressure Reveals: Leadership Lessons from an Avalanche Rescuer - with Caroline Elliott
Caroline Elliott spent over twenty years in ski rescue and mountain rescue units, literally working on the front lines of avalanche response with her dog, Fjord. Imagine being in a situation where the stakes are life or death and e...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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36:45