The Gen X Shift Turns 1! 🎉 A Year of Big Conversations & Bold Moves. All month, we’re celebrating with a 4-part anniversary series, counting down the top 8 life-changing topics (Casey Kasem-style) covered by my guests. This week kicks off #8: Health - Let’s Get Physical and #7: Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Career Shifts - The Eye of the Tiger.

If you’re a person who cares about other people and wants to make the world a better place for everyone, then consider this your invitation to embrace the notion of healing your way forward.  myisha t. hill returns this week with a powerful interview to celebrate the paperback release of her book, Heal Your Way Forward:  A Co-Conspirator’s Guide to An Anti-Racist Future.  

Ready to reignite your inspiration, find your creative flow, and reclaim yourself by learning to surrender? This week’s guest—Ellen Latzen—will have you “shittin’ bricks” on this epic journey through reclaiming who we are.

Over 40 and wondering, "Is this all there is?"  You're not alone. This week, we’re talking with Sue Willoughby about reinvention, resilience, and the power of trying new things—at any age. Gen X’ers, it’s never too late to shake things up!

This week’s episode combines a message for Black History Month with practical, digestible steps that you can take right now if you are feeling overwhelmed in the face of political oppression. Listen and learn about 5 Black activists from whom you can take your cue for political activism.

Menopause is as much a part of life as other hormonal fluctuations we experience as teenagers or during or after pregnancy (for those who have children).  Yet for decades, menopause has been stigmatized and mocked, leaving women to navigate this critical life shift in silence and often, shame.   

Well no more!  It’s time to get scrappy about menopause!    

Michele shares her personal journey though the last two years that inspired her to give up hope . . . and, instead, embrace something even deeper and more power. In this episode, she shares 3 tips for you to do the same.

This special episode is dedicated to helping all of us provide support to victims of the Los Angeles fires that broke out on January 7, 2025. The intention is that we can all find a way to help others and us move through these tragedies . . . .

Give up hope! That’s what Michele invites all Gen X’ers to consider as we enter a new year. In part 1 of this 2-part series, learn what hope is and five problems with hope. This episode will challenge you to think differently about “hope.”

If the holidays feel like a bittersweet mix of nostalgia and stress because traditions aren’t what they used to be, this episode is your permission slip to grieve, honor your past, and reimagine. Whether you're mourning the loss of what once was or trying to create something meaningful in its place, this episode has you covered.

There are two ways that change happens: desperation and inspiration. And yoo need both. Join host, Michele Walter, and her guest, Eric Nehrlich, as they take you through an epic journey of finding your own power of choice to make change in your life.

I've had so many questions from people lately asking, what can we do? What can we do now? And my response is always to start with your damn self. This week Michele gives you 6 tips for surviving those tricky dinner table post-election conversations this Thanksgiving.

If you’re a Gen X’er who’s tired of feeling victimized by a formulaic health care system that takes a one-size-fits-all approach to prescription medicine, this episode is for you! Michele talks with Matt Comneck of Grounded Healthcare to learn how phramacogenomics can help you take back control of your health. You’ll also learn about the benefits of microdosing mushrooms for improved well-being.

The 2024 elections are finally here…and along with them is a lot of anger, sadness, stress, overwhelm, and anxiety.

But before you lash out at the world, shut down, or try to take action, you need to start with yourself by learning how to down-regulate your survival mode so that you can respond wisely instead of reacting unwisely. The 5 mindfulness meditation practices in this week’s episode give you a survival guide for doing just that!

Get ready for a short solo episode where Michele walks you through a 3-piece mindfulness meditation framework that will help you face change with more peace and clarity. Get a better handle on the Resistance that trips you up and learn how making just 1% change leads to powerful momentum!

Ben Grimes is a decorated military attorney, helicopter pilot, and Department of Justice attorney turned entrepreneur and executive leadership coach. This week he shares his leadership lessons and entrepreneurial insights for Gen X'ers both in and out of the legal profession.

One of the biggest hurdles for Gen X’ers moving through transitions is our stubborn steadfastness to wanting to DIY everything on our own!  This week’s guest, myisha t. hill, has been a life-saving guide on my journey over the last few years to heal through my rugged individualism, shame, and systems of oppression.

Michele sits down with Jen Gergen for a journey through Non-Violent Communication (NVC).  For Gen X’ers in the midst of various transitions, NVC offers a transformational way to connect to ourselves and others through awareness of what’s truly present – the feelings and needs that each person is experiencing. This approach offers a profound invitation to a deeper way of listening and connecting to ourselves and each other.  

The Gen X Shift is taking a summer break for a few weeks, but not before we celebrating publishing 18 episodes! Tune in for an invitation for the rebellious Gen X’ers who want to build a true supportive community to do our deeper work, and how you can build your mindfulness foundationn for these transitions!

Dovetailing off Episode 17 last week (3 Key Observations on Change and Transition), Michele shares eight practical tips for being able to make the small shifts and transitions that make up the bigger changes in life. From career shifts to physical transitions and everything in between, this episode will give you a clear path forward.