You Did Everything Right. Why Does Midlife Feel So Wrong?

JOIN ME AT THE NATIONAL MENOPAUSE SHOW

Come for honest conversations, practical information and a whole lot of midlife connection.

When: Oct 17, 2026–Oct 18, 2026 | 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: The International Centre, Hall 5, Mississauga, Ontario.

I’ll be podcasting from the show floor, including a live conversation with Jessica Holmes on Saturday. Come say hello!

Use my code TRANSFORM45 for 15% off your tickets.

Tickets: National Menopause Show tickets

What happens when you’ve done everything “right”—and still find yourself asking, Who am I now?

Around her 50th birthday, Jennifer Arthurton faced divorce, unemployment, an empty nest and illness. The checklist she’d followed no longer offered an answer for what came next.

In this episode of Transforming 45, Jennifer and Lisa Boate talk honestly about the grief and anger that can come with a changing identity, the energy it takes to perform a perfect life, and the small questions that can bring you back to yourself.

Jennifer shares how writing opened a door to creativity she hadn’t recognised, why stillness was so uncomfortable, and how she learned to ask harder questions without taking responsibility for everyone else’s reaction.

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