Shoshana Bean on Heartbreak, Deciding She’s Just Getting Started, and Staying Wild

Broadway superstar and Tony winner Shoshana Bean (The Lost Boys, Wicked, Hell’s Kitchen) joins host Diana Maria Riva to talk about what women in midlife often don’t hear: You’re just getting started. Shoshana and Diana get into the lie that “youth” is a woman’s only superpower, the invaluable asset…

Midlife Makeup Secrets, Must-Haves, and AbraCADAVER No More with Makeup Guru Erica Taylor

The midlife makeup guru herself, Erica Taylor, joins the show this week to re-route your routine! She discusses the importance of skin prepping, how exfoliating is often the un-sexy answer to great makeup, and puffy versus sunken eyes remedies. Diana also dives into makeup myths or magic, Erica's f…

Anjali Bhimani on Going After Your Dreams, Dealing with Grief, and Why Midlife isn’t All Downhill

Actress Anjali Bhimani (Ms. Marvel, Overwatch, Apex Legends) stops by the show to talk about the challenges of choosing a career in TV/film in an Indian household, how she learned she doesn’t have to go through life with her fists up, and the loss that taught her how to move through grief and how t…

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: A Survivor’s Story and Where to Find Help

Content warning: This episode talks about domestic violence, relationship abuse, emotional control and coercive control. Please listen with care. You can reach the National Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7, in English and Spanish, at 1-800-799-7233 or by texting START to 88788. October is Domestic V…

Maria Hinojosa on the Importance of Independence in a Marriage, Asking Your Kids for Forgiveness, and Being a ‘Wisdom Elder'

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Maria Hinojosa joins Diana Maria Riva to discuss how she’s managed to keep her identity, the secret to her 35-year marriage, and asking her kids for forgiveness for the time her work kept her away from them. Maria also talks about rebuilding in this stage of life, …

Millennials vs. Gen X: Comparing Notes on Midlife with Francia Raisa & Jessica Marie Garcia

Host Diana Maria Riva is joined by her millennial babes Francia Raisa (Grown-ish, How I Met Your Father) and Jessica Marie Garcia (Liv and Maddie, On My Block) to swap notes on what midlife really looks like. They talk openly about midlife facts and fiction (night sweats, perimenopause, sex drive),…

Toxic Love, the Sex and the City Paradox, and Dating Right after 50 with Sabrina Bendory

Host Diana Maria Riva sits down with relationship coach and bestselling author Sabrina Bendory to talk about finding love, recognizing the difference between chaos and chemistry, and the discovering of our true selves in the process. They get into the different types of toxic behavior (love bombing…

Ashley Jones on the AARP Ambush, Dating Profiles, and Co-Parenting After Divorce

Actress Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Beyond the Gates) joins host Diana Maria Riva to talk about recognizing anxiety as a legit symptom of perimenopause, her uninvited notification from the AARP, and how forgiveness and even friendship is possible after divorce. Ashle…

Elisa Donovan on Grief, Saying No, and Rebuilding After Losing it All

Actress Elisa Donovan (Clueless,Night at the Roxbury, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) stops by the show and discusses the blow felt when everything you’ve built your identity on disappears at once, the difference between choosing a partner versus a project, and raising a teen with your own father’s voic…

Shaun Robinson on Aging Out Loud, the Power of Representation, and Helping the Next Generation

Award-winning journalist and 90 Day Fiancé host Shaun Robinson joins the show to talk about the moment she stopped hiding her age and the freedom and relief that came with embracing it. Shaun and Diana also discuss the dangers of AI-perfect influencers, what a body type is even supposed to mean, an…