{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":608,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:20:56.758135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 542: The Woman You're Becoming Doesn't Need Your Apology","slug":"episode-542-the-woman-you-re-becoming-doesn-t-need-your-apology","published_at":"2026-05-20T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-542-the-woman-you-re-becoming-doesn-t-need-your-apology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-542-the-woman-youre-becoming-doesnt-need-your-apology","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/May_20.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"At some point in midlife, many women begin to change in ways that surprise the people around them — and themselves. They stop tolerating what they used to accept. They become harder to manage and more honest about what they need. This episode is permission to stop apologizing for that. Growth in midlife is rarely quiet — and not everyone will celebrate it. Drawing on Glennon Doyle's Untamed, Courtney offers a three-question framework to help you distinguish between a genuine apology and the reflexive shrinking we do to make others comfortable with our becoming. Get your free chapter of The Consistency Code at https://theconsistencycode.com/freechapter #midlifeidentitychange #stopapologizingforgrowth #glennondoyleuntamed #womenchanginginmidlife #authenticselfmidlife #peoplepleasingrecovery #midlifereinventionwomen #settingboundariesmidlife #thoughtmanagementwomenover40 #becomingyourselfmidlife #growthmindsetwomen #personalgrowthmidlifewomen","meta_description":"At some point in midlife, many women begin to change in ways that surprise the people around them — and themselves. They stop tolerating what they used to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":478,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-542-the-woman-you-re-becoming-doesn-t-need-your-apology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-542-the-woman-you-re-becoming-doesn-t-need-your-apology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}