{"podcast":{"title":"Mindfully Disruptive","slug":"mindfully-disruptive-7092517","podcast_index_feed_id":7092517,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/mindfully-disruptive","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n5_zoNHwGInqChtQCeMGqRjxSMfdmNQ2xdtHGL9w44U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMWZh/YzBlMTNhMDg0MWVl/MzExZTRkNzVkOTc5/MGYxNS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Patricia Rundblade","episode_count":80,"summary":"Mindfully Disruptive unfiltered. unapologetic. unignorable. Mindfully Disruptive is the podcast for the woman who has outgrown the life she built — and is finally ready to build the one that she has been craving. If you’ve ever whispered to yourself, How did I get here… and why doesn’t my life fit anymore? Who am I now? Why does everything feel different? — pull up a chair, friend. You’re in the right place. This show is for women moving through midlife — and yes, through perimenopause and menopause — as the initiation it truly is. Not as an ending; as a remembering - a return - a becoming. Together, we explore the exhaustion beneath the exhaustion: the draining of your energy, the control used in order to feel safe, the ways we continually hand our power away, and the ancestral burdens we continue to carry rent-free in our minds, hearts, and bodies. Through tools like Human Design, Gene Keys, creative art practices, ancestral medicine, divination, and shamanic wisdom, we explore what it means to reclaim your energy, your identity, and your self-leadership. On your own terms. In your own timing. In your own design. Each week, we dive into Human Design and Gene Keys teachings that…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:19:41.522307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517"},"episode":{"title":"S5: Episode 60: The Mani-Pause:You're Not Fading—You're Just Done Performing: Redefining Beauty in Menopause","slug":"s5-episode-60-the-mani-pause-you-re-not-fading-you-re-just-done-performing-redefining-beauty-in-menopause","published_at":"2026-02-09T20:01:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517/s5-episode-60-the-mani-pause-you-re-not-fading-you-re-just-done-performing-redefining-beauty-in-menopause","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517","url":"https://mindfullydisruptivethepodcast.transistor.fm/60","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/3351a12c/478814d4.mp3","summary":"You're Not Fading—You're Just Done Performing: Redefining Beauty in Menopause The beauty industry has a message for women in menopause: You're fading. You're aging out. You need to fight it, fix it, reverse it. We call bullshit. In this unapologetic ManiPause conversation, Patricia and Marina take on the beauty industry's exploitation of menopausal women's insecurities—and why we're done buying what they're selling. We're not fading. We're not becoming invisible. We're just done performing beauty for the male gaze, for Instagram, for a society that profits off our fear of aging. And what happens when you stop performing? You start radiating. In this episode, we explore: • How the beauty industry weaponizes menopause to sell you \"solutions\" to a problem that doesn't exist • The insidious ways social media amplifies aging insecurity (filters, anti-aging content, \"age-defying\" everything) • Cultural differences in how aging women are valued (and why Western culture fails us) • What self-acceptance actually looks like when you've been conditioned to hate aging • Challenging traditional beauty standards that were never designed for us anyway • The difference between beauty (external performance) and radiance (embodied presence) • Role models who are aging boldly and redefining what's possible • Why self-love and authenticity are radical acts in a youth-obsessed culture This conversation isn't about \"embracing aging gracefully.\" Screw graceful. This is about embodying your power, your presence, your radiance—unapologetically. We close with reflective questions for listeners: • What would change if you stopped trying to look younger and started radiating who you actually are? • Where are you still performing beauty instead of embodying radiance? • What new definition of beaut…","meta_description":"You're Not Fading—You're Just Done Performing: Redefining Beauty in Menopause The beauty industry has a message for women in menopause: You're fading. 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