Episode #050 How to Turn 50 in Style with your Host Kate Porter

Your host Kate Porter The Midlife Metamorphosis Coach® has something a bit different in store for this episode, as she invites you to join her to celebrate Midlife Unlimited® turning the big five-oh! 

Kate shares what it means for her podcast for Gen X-up women who want more hitting its half-century, and looks back on her little acorn’s journey and pays tribute to all those who have played a part in the growth of Midlife Unlimited®… and that includes YOU!

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Welcome to Midlife Unlimited, the podcast for women who want more. I'm your host, Kate Porter, the Midlife Metamorphosis Coach, and I know what it's like to feel stuck navigating the midlife maze. I've looked in the mirror and thought, who is that woman? So Midlife Unlimited is here to let you know you are not alone. You don't have to put on a brave face and put up with it. You don't have to play it safe. Midlife Unlimited is all about ripping off that mask and telling midlife how it really is. Nothing is off limits because together there's no limit to what we can achieve. So welcome to today's episode. Now I've something a bit different in store for you today because this is episode fifty of Midlife Unlimited. Yep. My podcast for rather fabulous Gen X and up women just like you has hit the half century. And just like us moving into our sixth decade, it's something I wanted to take time to celebrate. Because reaching fifty episodes is rather blinking fantastic. Buzzsprout even gives me a badge for it. Why? Well, I'll break it down. Approximately only 9.91% of podcasts reach 50 episodes according to Podmatch. This means that 90% of podcasts don't make it past episode 3, according to Pod News. And of those that do, 90% of those don't make it past episode 20, according to Pod News as well, which leaves roughly 1% of podcasts reaching 21 or more episodes. Therefore, we'll do the maths, a small percentage of podcasts, about 9.91%, make it to 50 episodes. Again, according to Podmatch. So drumroll please, I'm thrilled you are joining me to mark Midlife Unlimited's 50th episode. Yay! Because my podcast wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. I've said it before, but it's true. Without you there would be no Midlife Unlimited. So I thought I'd take some time to savour the forty nine episodes that have brought Midlife Unlimited to where we are today at episode fifty. It seems like a blink of an eye ago that Field Fab Philippa Taylor joined me as my first guest when Midlife Unlimited launched on the 5th of December to talk about how to have a perfectly imperfect Christmas. And as the Queen of Taking Perfectly Imperfect Action, I've been doing just that ever since. Through hundreds of hours of recording, editing and promoting, celebrating each and every one of the thousands of listens and downloads that Midlife Unlimited has received over the past months, launching Midlife Unlimited Life of 5 video podcasts that stream live to LinkedIn and are then uploaded onto my YouTube channel at Midlife Unlimited. Thanks again to my leopardprint sister, by the way, and major visibility, Amanda Fitzgerald, who suggested we did a five minute live to promote our episode back in February. And in true Kate style I took this inspiration and ran with it. So whether you're a listener to the full length audio podcast or viewer of the Video Taster podcast where my guests and I share golden nuggets, or both, I thank you. I've honestly been blown away by the amazing support from each and every one of you. It means so much. And as for my fabulous female guests, you rock. Thank you for understanding my why, for getting what Midlife Unlimited is all about, for being part of the journey, and for helping our little acorn grow. I'm so excited for the coming weeks as Midlife Unlimited approaches her first birthday on the fifth of December. I've made no secret of the fact that I'm not a wannabe. I don't aspire to be anyone else. I'm being me, and that's what I will continue to be. Because that's what I do best, and that's who I am. I'd love your feedback. What have you enjoyed? What would you like to hear more of? What topics are right for some stereotype smashing and myth busting? Do you fancy joining me as a guest to buff some myths and tell midlife how it really is? Remember, nothing is off limits, because together there's no limit to what we can achieve. So as my podcast for extraordinary women just like you turns fifty, here's to being fabulous and flourishing together and to living midlife unlimited. Bye.