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.
Thrive After 45™
Latest Episodes
The "Trauma Lies" Keeping You Stuck in Midlife - with Ernest Ellender
Ernest Ellender, who people call the Black Belt Trauma Coach, is a former clinical psychologist who realized that sometimes we need more than just talk....we need to train our hearts and bodies like a martial artist would.We dove deep in...
Caregiving for Your Parents without Losing Your Mind - with Lili Udell Fiore
Lili Udell Fiore grew up watching her father, a hospital chaplain, provide compassionate care, but she really earned her stripes during twelve years of navigating dementia and medical advocacy for her own family. She’s here to remi...
The Anxiety Lie - It's Not Your Brain, It's Your Bloodline - with Kerie Logan
Kerie Logan is a human consciousness guide and hypnotherapist who has spent 25 years helping people untangle all the messy parts of being human.We dive into something so many of us carry: that heavy, constant hum of anxiety. But Kerie lo...
Don’t Die With Your Dreams Inside You: The "Live Full, Die Empty" Framework - with Sairan Aqwari
Sairan Aqwari has the most incredible perspective on why we need to stop looking at midlife as some sort of waiting room for retirement.Sairan moved from Iraq to the United States and literally rebuilt her entire life and career from the...
Why You’re Failing at Leadership (And the 1 Shift That Fixes It) - with Helen Wada
Helen spent nearly thirty years in the high-stakes world of commercial leadership and accounting, even spending sixteen years at KPMG. She was the person who actually avoided sales at all costs, only to realize she was naturally in...