What if the messy parts of your midlife relationships are the key to understanding yourself better and improving your overall happiness? Together, we'll explore how these connections, as complicated as they may seem, are crucial for our health, happiness and longevity.

We'll be decoding how our attachment styles, crafted by our primary caregivers, influence our relationship dynamics and why understanding them in midlife is more important than ever. We'll also dive into the tricky territory of reacting to our partners' pain and creating a secure relationship amidst the chaos of our own issues and resentments.

Buckle up for an unfiltered conversation that'll challenge your notion that relationships are a matter of luck, and instead, enlighten you on the transformative power of understanding your role in them. Prepare for some serious midlife relationship real talk!

Book Referenced: In Each Others Care

Have you felt lost, disconnected, or overwhelmed by the pressures of midlife? I'm Syd Moreau, and in this episode of Forty AF, I share my personal journey through the messy, complicated, and sometimes downright confusing aspects of midlife, and how I learned to embrace change, face my fears, and live a life filled with confidence, joy, and vitality.

Together, we'll tackle the big questions: How can we lead a 'fuck yeah' life, and what do we need to do to create the life we truly desire?

Join me as I dive into the importance of relationships, defying expectations, and rewriting our default thinking to create a brighter, more vibrant future. I'll share how I used numbing and perfectionism as coping strategies and how choosing confidence and taking action changed everything.

Midlife is the perfect time to take a look at your relationships. Studies show in your midlife your marital happiness is a better predictor of the length of your life than cholesterol or obesity.

The relationships we have in our life can be transforming or debilitating. In this episode I talk in depth about the ways in which we relate to our partners, how our childhood bonds with our caregivers can be a set up for successful or failures of our adult relationships and what to do about it.
And no, its not finding a new partner, at least I hope not!