Kickass Midlife Method
Welcome to the Kickass Midlife Method, the podcast dedicated to inspiring women 45 plus to rediscover their energy, fitness, and sense of adventure while developing a powerful mindset for a thriving later life.
Hosted by Rachael Woolston, a fitness, running and health expert with over 15 years of experience this podcast is your guide to leading a kickass life no matter your age.
Every week, we visit a different topic or feature interviews with fellow experts or motivational stories from kickass women that will help you break free from limiting beliefs and embrace a kickass lifestyle.
Whether you’re looking to boost your fitness breakthrough midlife inertia and find a new direction in life, the Kickass Midlife Method will hopefully help you to navigate this midlife chapter.
Subscribe now and start your journey to becoming the most energetic, adventurous, and kickass version of yourself!
Presented by Rachael Woolston, former health editor and journalist, and a fitness and running coach with over 20 years experience.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Break the Bias Kate Jayden
In the fifth episode of our special Break the Bias series, I chat to Kate Jayden, who has just finished runnnig 101 marathons in 101 consecutive days.
Kate set off on New Year's Day 2022, and has ra…
Break the Bias with Alison Wood
Endurance cycle coach, Alison Wood challenges bias in so many ways, and has done throughout her life.
Of mixed race heritage, she was raised in Essex/London by a white mother within a stones throw o…
Break the Bias with Tasha Thompson, founder of Black Girls Do Run UK
She di…
Break the Bias with Vera Ngosi-Sambrook
Vera Ngosi-Sambrook grew up in Malawi and moved to the UK to study mechanical engineering. From the very start of her adult life, she has challenged bias in her choice of career.
It was after meetin…
Break the Bias with Sally Brider
In our first episode of our new series celebrating women who break down barriers, we chat to Asics FrontRunner Sally Brider about the representation of older women in running and overcoming the impac…
Trailblazers - Jules and Dee Stephenson
'If the only black people you see in magazines are elite runners, it makes you feel that you have to be exceptional to take part in running.'
Listen to these two trailblazing sisters (not sistas, t…
TrailBlazers: Elle Linton
Elle Linton started cycling as a way of commuting to work in London.
So when a friend suggested they cycled to Richmond Park just to 'cycle round and round,' she thought it was a crazy idea. 'Why rid…
Trail Blazers`: Claire Smith
Over twenty years ago Claire Smith (@brutalclaire) started running, pushing her baby in a buggy in a bid to lose weight.
This August, she was back to pushing a baby stroller but this time, it carried…
Trail Blazers: Laura Kennington
If you feel dissatisfied with your life, have you done anything about it? No? Then you may want to listen to this podcast for inspiration.
A bit fed up with her life and work trajectory, Laura Kenni…
Trail Blazers: Beth Pascall
Beth Pascall, 32 is a true trail blazing ultra runner.
Even as a young girl, there was something about exploring the outer edges of comfort and challenging herself that appealed.
From begging her d…
Exploring Race and Diversity: Jevid Majid
Like many women, Jevid Majid started running through doing Parkrun in then home town of Nottingham in 2017.
As a way of getting fit, and finding time for herself, the mum of two says, 'It’s the most…
Special episode: Lucja Leonard and the UTMB
Life often takes unexpected turns and that is particularly true for Australian born Lucja Leonard whose life has been changed by a dog.
After starting to run to lose weight, she and her husband, Dion…
Exploring Race and Diversity: Tasha Thompson
Tahsa Thompson, 43, from London is the founder of Black Girls Do Run UK.
Established in 2019, she set the online community up to help inspire women of colour to run for their health, fitness and ment…
Exploring Race & Diversity: Tanzeem Anwar
Like many women before her, and many who will come after, Taz started running as a way of getting fit and having some me time from her three sons.
But she would go out before sunrise, initially worr…
Exploring Race & Diversity In Endurance Sport: Shirin Gerami
Iran's first female triathlete, Shirin Gerami took part in the World ITU Championships in London in 2013 in a body suit, inspiring women the world over that your cultural background should not inhibi…
Exporing Race & Diversity in Endurance Sport: Kelsie Johnson
'I've never seen another black woman racing in any triathlon events that I have done.'
We speak to Kelsie Johnson, 25, (@kelsieolivia94) a personal trainer, triathlete and PhD student about race in t…
Exploring race & diversity in endurance sport: Ingrid Walters
Celebrating extraordinary trailblazers in endurance sport, Ingrid Walters, 47, an actress and elite marathon runner, chats to us about getting faster with age, running through breast cancer and the n…
Marathon Mastery: Ruth Farnell, 12 marathons in 7 months
Vegan runner, Ruth Farnell, 58, decided to take on 12 marathons in 12 months in 2019.
Her goal? Just to see if she could do it and to explore the world she lived in through her races.
Here she talks…
Girls Run The World Inspire: Gill Bland
Nowadays, it's common for women to be running marathons and beyond - and posting impressive times.
So what happens when you fall pregnant and you want to keep running? And what about post pregnancy…