{"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 552: From Surviving to Settling In — What Thriving Actually Feels Like","slug":"episode-552-from-surviving-to-settling-in-what-thriving-actually-feels-like","published_at":"2026-05-30T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-552-from-surviving-to-settling-in-what-thriving-actually-feels-like","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-552-from-surviving-to-settling-in-what-thriving-actually-feels-like","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/May_30.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"For a lot of women in midlife, the goal has quietly become just getting through — getting through the week, the season, the transition. But getting through was never supposed to be the destination. Survival mode was designed to be temporary, but for many midlife women it has become the default — managing life rather than inhabiting it. Drawing on Howard Thurman's challenge to come alive, Courtney maps out the five specific practices she consistently sees in women who have made the shift from surviving to genuinely thriving. Get your free chapter of The Consistency Code at https://theconsistencycode.com/freechapter #thrivinginmidlifewomen #beyondsurvivalmode #midlifeflourishing #womenover40thriving #survivingvsthriving #howardthurmancomealive #intentionallivingmidlife #midlifetransformationwomen #howtostopjustgettingthrough #midlifewellnesslifestyle #comingaliveinmidlife #womenswellbeingafter40","meta_description":"For a lot of women in midlife, the goal has quietly become just getting through — getting through the week, the season, the transition. But getting throug…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":537,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-552-from-surviving-to-settling-in-what-thriving-actually-feels-like/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-552-from-surviving-to-settling-in-what-thriving-actually-feels-like.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}