Welcome to your Matrenaissance! Reframing Midlife

At some point, every woman in midlife finds herself asking: Who am I now? Maybe your kids don’t need you the way they used to. Maybe your career feels stagnant. Maybe your relationships are shifting in ways you never expected. You’re not the same person you were ten years ago, but where does that leave you?

In this episode, I’m sharing my own story—the moment I realized that I wasn’t lost, I was evolving. That midlife wasn’t a crisis, but a turning point. That’s when I started diving into research, self-reflection, and conversations with other women, and I discovered a pattern—a process we all go through but rarely talk about.

I call it Matrenaissance—a movement, a mindset shift, and a framework for understanding the transformation that happens when women redefine their identity, relationships, and sense of purpose in midlife. We’ll talk about how our internal dialogue shapes the way we see ourselves, how shifting roles in motherhood and family dynamics impact our relationships, and how cultural messages about women “aging out” of relevance couldn’t be further from the truth.

If you’ve ever felt like you were losing yourself, this episode is for you. Midlife isn’t about fading into the background—it’s about stepping fully into who you are meant to be. This is your Matrenaissance.

Please help me with my Matrenaissance Identity Theory of Communication research by completing a completely anonymous survey at https://forms.gle/spQCBxhLweDXP2zk8

This research has been approved by the UNCW Institutional Review Board.