Episode 17: The One Where We Redefine Success in Midlife

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What if the key to personal growth isn’t adding more goals, but choosing what to let go?

In this episode of Unfiltered-ish, Natali, Carina, and Nikki unpack a powerful conversation inspired by a long-form interview with Steven Bartlett and Chris Williamson about ambition, work, sacrifice, and what actually makes a meaningful life.

They dive into:

• Why we try to change too many things at once
• The idea that you can’t add something new without sacrificing something else
• Whether “working less” is realistic for ambitious women
• What success really looks like in midlife
• The pressure to scale businesses bigger and bigger
• Retirement, purpose, and why “having time” isn’t enough
• Marriage, divorce, and the emotional weight of choosing differently
• The hidden gender dynamics behind career ambition and parenting

The conversation moves from entrepreneurship and seven-figure businesses to weight goals, friendships, aging parents, relationships, and the question:

When you’re 85 years old, what will you wish you had chosen differently?

They also reflect on:

• The best and worst money they spent this year
• Why growth sometimes requires grieving something successful
• Playing small vs thinking bigger
• Viewing life as an experiment instead of a permanent decision

This episode is honest, layered, and very real about midlife transitions, women in business, ambition, relationships, and redefining success on your own terms.

If you’ve been questioning your goals, your career direction, your relationships, or what this next chapter is supposed to look like, this conversation will feel familiar.

Unfiltered-ish is a women’s podcast about growth, reinvention, entrepreneurship, relationships, and the messy decisions we don’t always say out loud.