Midlife Confidence Lab (formerly Edge of Real)
Midlife Confidence Lab (formerly Edge of Real) is a podcast for women in midlife who want to rebuild confidence, trust themselves again, make aligned decisions, and create a life that finally feels like their own.
Hosted by certified life coach Kristin Hamilton, this podcast blends storytelling, coaching, practical tools, spirituality, psychology, and lived experience to help you understand what’s happening inside you during this midlife identity shift - and how to step into the next chapter with clarity and confidence. Expect real talk and developing the kind of midlife confidence that comes from choosing yourself - boldly, imperfectly, and on purpose.
Each episode explores the real work of midlife and offers guidance to help you choose and become the woman you actually want to be. This podcast will help you explore:
- Unlearning outdated roles
- Midlife identity shifts and how to feel fully alive again
- Mindset work and how to overcome self-doubt
- Breaking old patterns and healing emotionally
- Reconnecting with your desires
- How to rebuild confidence from within
- How to rediscover yourself after 40, 50, or 60
- Signs you are living out of alignment
- Midlife self-trust and aligned decision-making
- How to stop people-pleasing and create healthy boundaries
- Somatic and nervous system support
- Midlife reinvention and identity evolution
- Manifestation and trusting your intuition
If you’ve ever thought:
Is this all there is?
Who am I now?
Why don’t I feel confident anymore?
Why do I doubt myself?
I want to feel alive again…
…you’re in the right place.
Whether you're navigating empty nesting, divorce, career change, relationship shifts, or personal reinvention, this podcast gives you the tools to feel more yourself than ever. If you’re ready to feel alive again, trust your decisions, and move through midlife with strength, intention, and confidence… welcome to Midlife Confidence Lab.
Episodes
16 episodes
The Psychology of Midlife Reinvention: Why You Want More Now - #15
We reintroduce our show as Midlife Confidence Lab (formerly Edge of Real Podcast) and explore why midlife restlessness is not a crisis but a call to a deeper, truer identity. We share the psychology, the signs to watch for, and practical steps ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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17:18
#14. Big News: Edge of Real is becoming Midlife Confidence Lab
Today we share a decisive shift - Edge of Real is becoming Midlife Confidence Lab - to best support women in a midlife transformation to move from self-reflection to embodied, practical confidence. The heart stays the same: honest stories, trut...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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20:08
#13. Low Confidence? Learn Better Decision-Making
Staring at a menu too long, rewriting the same text, or living in the land of maybe isn’t a character flaw - it’s a signal that your confidence got outsourced. In this episode, host Kristin Hamilton opens up about how that happens in midlife an...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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16:26
#12. How to Find Meaning in Midlife When Everything Is Fine But Nothing Feels Real
The quiet question “Is this all there is?” can actually be an invitation. We trace the origins of midlife restlessness back to generational scripts that prized endurance over expression and to a Gen X upbringing that taught independence without...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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25:38
#11. Feeling Fully Alive Again: Reclaiming Freedom, Joy, and Choice in Midlife
What does it really mean to feel alive again - to wake up each day knowing you have the power to choose how you show up, what you want, and who you want to be? In this episode of Edge of Real, Kristin explores the exhilarating...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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16:58
#10. Stop Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Start Expanding Who You Are
What if the real block isn’t leaving your comfort zone, but believing you have one in the first place? We explore a gentler, more powerful approach to growth: living as expansion. Instead of muscling through fear, we look at how language, ident...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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13:21
#9. How to Trust Yourself Again: The Foundation for Alignment and Expansion
We explore how self-trust erodes through small betrayals, then rebuild it through nervous system regulation, compassionate reframes, and seven practical steps that create proof you can rely on yourself. • how self-trust erodes thro...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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19:38
#8. The Weight of Shame and the Freedom Beyond It
We take a hard, honest look at shame - the kind that tells you you’re the problem - and trade the old scripts for a new practice of self-return. Along the way, we unpack how culture taught many midlife women to internalize blame, explore why yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:29
#7. Living Out of Alignment? How to Recognize the Signs and Realign with Your Authentic Self
You now that quiet nudge you sometimes feel inside, that whisper that something just feels off? That heaviness in your body, flatness in your mood, or racing thoughts you can't quiet? These aren't random feelings - they're powerful signals that...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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21:25
#6. Feeling Unsettled? How to Learn From It
Ever feel that familiar tightness in your chest when someone says something that pushes your buttons? That sensation isn't just discomfort, it's a doorway to profound personal growth.Emotional triggers - we're taught to avoid them, mana...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:18
#5. Embodying Your Highest Self: How to Live It Today
What happens when you stop waiting to become your future self and simply embody her right now? Discover the radical power of living as if you're already on the other side of transformation.Most of us believe identity transformation happ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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18:12
#4. Empty Nest, Divorce, Loss… and Finding Yourself Again
Midlife transitions often strip away roles that once defined us, leaving us questioning our identity and worth beyond titles like mother or wife.• Society tends to assign women value based on what we do for others• Roles like mother...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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13:03
#3. 6 Ways to Reclaim Your Visibility in Midlife
Reclaiming visibility in midlife means finally aligning the version of yourself the world sees with the woman you truly are inside. In this episode of Edge of Real, I share personal stories and practical tools to help you rediscover yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:52
#2. Permission to Not Know Yet
If you've ever felt lost between who you were and who you're becoming, this episode is for you. As women in midlife, we often find ourselves in this uncomfortable limbo, feeling lost and disconnected while simultaneously hungry for something mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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15:51
#1. Paper Dolls and the Real Girl
Ever have that uncomfortable feeling that you've tucked away parts of yourself to please others? You're not alone. In this revealing episode, I share the two pivotal moments that cracked me open and ultimately birthed this podcast.First...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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18:25