Drinks with the Girls®
Karen Shatafian and Lisa Corricello-McDowell
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Drinks With the Girls® 🍸☕ | Real Talk for Women Over 40
Welcome to Drinks With the Girls® , the ultimate podcast for women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s ready to live life unapologetically. 🎙️ Hosted by empowerment coach Karen Shatafian and literacy consultant/special needs mama Lisa Corricello-McDowell, we’re two longtime friends sharing real conversations about everything that matters to women in midlife.
From navigating loss and grief, surviving empty nest syndrome, and redefining relationships to tackling menopause, self-reinvention, and setting rock-solid boundaries — no topic is off-limits. We laugh, cry, reminisce, and celebrate the messy, magical journey of becoming our truest selves.
If you’re craving honest midlife conversations, heartwarming nostalgia, empowering advice, and a reminder that you’re not alone — pull up a chair (and a cocktail or coffee) and join us. Cheers to midlife reinvention, women empowerment, mental health, and the beauty of female friendship.
New episodes drop weekly! Subscribe for your weekly dose of midlife wisdom, self-care tips, boundary-setting inspo, personal development, and the kind of girl talk you didn’t know you needed. 💖
🎧 Topics we spill the tea on:
• Midlife women empowerment
• Empty nest life + parenting adult kids
• Self-care, mental health, and boundaries
• Grief, loss, and healing
• Career reinvention and personal growth after 40
• Friendship, laughter, and living life on your terms
Your next chapter starts here. ✨
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Earth Day: Taking Care of the Earth While Taking Care of Yourself
Ever feel like saving the planet is just… too much? Between the plastic at the dentist, the endless Amazon boxes, and the constant noise of “do more,” it’s easy to slip into that quiet midlife…
Unpacking Trauma in Midlife, Pt 3 with Guests Alyssa Scarano and Alex Casillas
Your body is reacting… and you don’t even know why. One text, one look, one moment—and suddenly you’re spiraling, shutting down, or ready to run. Karen and Lisa get real about those “where did that…
Confidence, Hormones, and Identity: The Midlife Shift Explained
Something feels off… and you can’t quite explain it. You’re forgetting things you never used to forget. Questioning yourself in rooms you used to own. Wondering, quietly, “What is happening to…
Our Favorite Binges: Comfort Shows Feel-Good TV, & Must Read Books
The world feels heavy… and sometimes you just need something that makes you laugh, escape, or feel like yourself again. This week, Karen and Lisa are sharing the binge-worthy shows, movies, books,…
Book Review: 20th Anniversary of “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert
Twenty years later, Eat, Pray, Love still hits a nerve—and this conversation goes way beyond pasta and passports. Karen and Lisa unpack why so many women saw themselves in one woman’s breaking point……
No Expiration Date: What the Winter Olympics Taught Us About Women and Age
The Winter Olympics gave us more than medals this year—it gave us a powerful reminder that women don’t come with an expiration date. From the fearless comeback of Lindsey Vonn to Olympic moms racing,…
Life After the Leap: Midlife Women Who Move Abroad, Part 2
Moving abroad in midlife sounds romantic… until the real transformation begins. In Part 2 of our conversation with women who left the U.S. to build lives in places like Italy, Belize, and the…
Taylor Swift & the Patriarchy: Here's Why It Matters to Women In Midlife
The patriarchy isn’t just politics or headlines — it’s the air midlife women have been breathing for decades. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Karen and Lisa pull back the curtain on the…
Reclaiming Who You Are in Midlife On the Dance Floor: The Early Birds Club
You still love to dance — you just don’t want to stay out until 2AM. Somewhere between raising kids, caregiving, running businesses, and rebuilding ourselves, joy started coming with a curfew. But…
Loving Yourself in Midlife: The Valentine’s Conversation Women Need
You look in the mirror and think, When did I disappear? Somewhere between raising kids, managing relationships, building careers, and being the “low maintenance” one, you stopped centering yourself.…
How Midlife Women Are Surviving America Right Now
America feels louder, harsher, and more unsteady than ever — and midlife women are carrying the weight of it all. The fear. The anger. The exhaustion. The constant question of how much more can we…
The Rules We Are Ditching in Midlife
Speaking your truth after 40 often feels like breaking rules you were praised for following your entire life. In this episode of Drinks With the Girls, Karen and Lisa unpack the unspoken expectations…
Smart Financial Moves for Women Over 40 – With Karen Van Voorhis, Pt. 2
Why does money feel so complicated, especially in midlife? Because it is. And yet, as Karen Van Voorhis gently reminds us in this episode, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible—or that we’re behind. If…
Book Review: Chelsea Handler's "I'll Have What She's Having"
When Jane Fonda tells you to get your shit together—you listen. That’s exactly how Chelsea Handler’s latest book kicks off, and trust us, it only gets juicier from there. This week, Karen and Lisa…
What Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know About Functional Medicine
If you’ve ever been told your labs are “normal” but you still feel exhausted, anxious, inflamed, or just off, this episode is for you. We sit down with Dr. Tracy McCarthy, a functional medicine…
Forced Reinvention in Midlife: When Life Doesn't Ask First
What if the life you built… suddenly wasn’t yours anymore? A job gone. A marriage ended. A role you gave everything to—vanished. In this raw and unfiltered episode, Karen and Lisa unpack what happens…
New Year, No Bullshit: Midlife Wellness On Our Terms
🌿 What if the “New Year, New You” mindset is actually making you feel worse — not better? If you're over 40 and exhausted by toxic wellness trends, diet pressure, and the constant demand to “fix”…
Neurodivergent Eating: Healing Your Relationship with Food After 40
What if your struggles with food, focus, and fatigue weren’t failures—but signs that your brain has been asking for a different kind of care all along? In this eye-opening episode, Karen and Lisa sit…
The Truth About the Mental Load for Midlife Women
If you’ve ever walked into a room and immediately scanned the emotional temperature, remembered five birthdays, scheduled a dentist appointment, and wondered why no one else noticed the moldy milk in…
Welcome to the We Do Not Care Club
This week on Drinks With the Girls, Karen and Lisa dive into the viral “We Do Not Care” movement — and let’s just say, it’s giving hot flashes and zero apologies. From twisted bras and visible…
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