The Aging Games Podcast with Lynn Hardy
Sep 21, 2026 · 44 min · 12 segments
Today I'm joined by Brooke Davis. This is such an important conversation for women going through perimenopause and menopause… and honestly, for the people around them too. We talk about what really…
Brooke DavisGuest
Lynn HardyHost
And also a lot of relationships end up breaking up, a lot of marriages and, you know, around 50, around menopause, because people just change so much.
I actually, I noticed that with friends in the past as well, when I was younger and they were already like, you know, hitting their 50s.
And I didn't realize that, you know, coming up to it, it's like, my God, it's going to hit hard.
And it's really great to know that there are solutions and there are people that can support us through this journey.
And, you know, what I think also kind of like to what you're saying, too, is, you know, that relationships kind of feel like they go off track.
And specifically, let's say in a marriage and a lot of times it's because we're using the same assumptions or the same expectations.
or the same roles, you know, that we always have maybe for the past, you know, 20 or so years in our life.
And what's really changed is our capacity, you know, for what things that we're willing to tolerate or things that we do want to do or don't want to do anymore and expectations.
And I think a lot of couples really don't talk about that piece of it because we've been, you know, in certain roles in a relationship for so long.
You know, the husband is like or the spouse is like, well, why do we need to change that? It's always worked.
Why is it so different now? And I think that is what's hard for spouses to kind of understand that.
Most women, you know, have probably spent a lot of their life caring for others, right? You know, whether it's children, whether it's family members, whether it's, you know, the work that we do or the volunteer work that we do or the things that we take care of at our jobs and things like that.
We've kind of naturally, I think, fallen into a lot of those roles that we are very nurturing and caring for others.
And I think you get to this point in life that it kind of says, no, you know what, if you don't take care of yourself, you're going to be miserable.
And also a lot of relationships end up breaking up, a lot of marriages and, you know, around 50, around menopause, because people just change so much.
I actually, I noticed that with friends in the past as well, when I was younger and they were already like, you know, hitting their 50s.
And I didn't realize that, you know, coming up to it, it's like, my God, it's going to hit hard.
And it's really great to know that there are solutions and there are people that can support us through this journey.
And, you know, what I think also kind of like to what you're saying, too, is, you know, that relationships kind of feel like they go off track.
And specifically, let's say in a marriage and a lot of times it's because we're using the same assumptions or the same expectations.
or the same roles, you know, that we always have maybe for the past, you know, 20 or so years in our life.
And what's really changed is our capacity, you know, for what things that we're willing to tolerate or things that we do want to do or don't want to do anymore and expectations.
And I think a lot of couples really don't talk about that piece of it because we've been, you know, in certain roles in a relationship for so long.
You know, the husband is like or the spouse is like, well, why do we need to change that? It's always worked.
Why is it so different now? And I think that is what's hard for spouses to kind of understand that.
Most women, you know, have probably spent a lot of their life caring for others, right? You know, whether it's children, whether it's family members, whether it's, you know, the work that we do or the volunteer work that we do or the things that we take care of at our jobs and things like that.
We've kind of naturally, I think, fallen into a lot of those roles that we are very nurturing and caring for others.
And I think you get to this point in life that it kind of says, no, you know what, if you don't take care of yourself, you're going to be miserable.
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