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Be kind to people. Actor, Director, Advocate Co-host @talkfiftytome Co-founder @mlifecollective Co-creator @midlifemonologues
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October is #breastcancerawarenessmonth and I never thought I’d be honoring it with my own story.
On March 13th when I was away from home– I heard these words from my doctor over zoom:
“You have DCIS, also refereed to as Stage 0 breast cancer.“
The silence was deafening.
Here I was surrounded by women sharing their secrets about their Midlife truths – and I was holding onto the biggest secret I’d ever held.
First, I had to call my husband and get home to tell our daughter in person.
The mental toll that followed was overwhelming on certain days as I began talking to many more doctors then I would’ve liked. Feeling like my options were limited and most suggested what was the quickest way to get this mass out ASAP, which was a mastectomy.
What if that’s not what I want? What if I want to save my boob instead?
Thankfully, after talking with @drkristifunk, she said:
“I think we can try a lumpectomy, I feel confident I can get it out.”
She was the first doctor to make me feel like what I wanted mattered and that made me weep with joy.
It did take 3 surgeries - 3 weeks in a row, but she did it, she saved my breast and it looks good too!
During all of this I was out on a very public press tour for Love Story, while keeping my diagnosis and treatment private. I then followed my surgeries with radiation, while celebrating my Emmy Nomination.
So, me and @welcometoheidi decided to have my breast surgeon on our podcast @talkfiftytome because I know talking about it can remind women to please not wait until you have symptoms to get yourself checked in all ways possible. You can listen on 10/6 to the whole story.
I’m grateful to be CANCER FREE and thankful to @cathrinewhite for capturing me for the first time since my diagnosis, celebrating what my body got me through over the last 7 months: pure shock and fear alongside pure joy and gratitude.
From hospital gowns to Emmy glamour this was one hell of a ride.
04 Oct 2026
NYC. WHAT A WAY TO GO OUT. 💛🥂
TEN CITIES. HUNDREDS OF WOMEN. SO. MANY. MIDLIFE. TRUTHS.
Our Dressing Room Confessions Tour came home to NYC for the grand finale. And WOW, did you show up.
100 women (and a few men) packed @veronicabeard in SoHo for champagne, shopping, big conversations and a room full of women running out of f*cks to give. In the best possible way. 😉
No panel. No script. Just women connecting, laughing, oversharing (our favorite) and celebrating this gloriously messy chapter of life.
And WHO was in the room?!
✨ Ricki Lake, Alysia Reiner, Deeannah Seymour of @phdfemininehealth AND a surprise visit from KATIE COURIC! 💛
Celebrity stylist Melissa Garcia @melissagarciastyling kicked things off with a little styling magic. Because changing the narrative around aging and obsessing over a fabulous jacket? We can multitask.
🎙️ To every woman who stepped into our confession booth and spilled a midlife truth, THANK YOU. The funny, the messy, the things we rarely say out loud. Your stories are helping shape HER SECOND ACT, our documentary challenging everything we’ve been told about women and midlife.
💛 @veronicabeard, WHAT A RIDE! Ten cities, countless conversations and 15% of event sales supporting our film. Huge love to Lila, Hannah, Caleb and the entire VB team.
And our incredible partners:
@naturalcycles @lorealparis @phdfemininehealth @vellabioscience @_myplusone @cvshealth
Special thanks to @naturalcycles for the gift bags filled with goodies from @higherdose @_myplusone and our wonderful partners.
Because shouldn’t every midlife gift bag include lube and a vibrator? 😉💋
And to our co-founders @constancezimmer @abbyepsteinxoxo @julieflakstad. You had an idea, took it on the road and got hundreds of women talking. LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED.
To every woman who came, confessed, laughed, shopped, overshared or left with a new friend, THANK YOU.
TEN CITIES DOWN. A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY.
The tour is over. The conversation? NOT EVEN CLOSE.
Follow @mlifecollective. We’re just getting warmed up. 💛
📸 credit @rashmigillphotography
#TheMidlifeCollective #DressingRoomConfessions #HerSecondAct
12 Nov 2026
🖤🩶🩷💚💛❤️🤍 My 💗of shoes meets finding 💙’s everywhere I go: from a trash bag, a gum wrapper, leaves to an image I vibe with and a latte I love. LOVE is all around us if we aren’t on our phones and instead are looking around at all the signs that are available for us to see if we keep our eyes open. Also truly loving all the walking I get to do living in #nyc so I’m looking for all the #signs #saturday ❤️ share YOUR Signs of 💗!
07 Nov 2026
Our last guest of season 2 is amazing! Best selling author, public speaker, longtime mental health advocate and mother of three teenagers boys @sophiegregoiretrudeau - has spoken on stages from Yale's Faculty of Medicine to the Forbes 30/50 summit in Abu Dhabi- to SXSW - named a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2025 - and somehow found the time to become a certified yoga teacher!!!
As a first lady she championed causes around mental health, gender equity, and youth empowerment, and was named a global ambassador by multiple organizations including the United Nations - but after almost two decades of marriage she went through an extremely public divorce - and lost her father in one fell swoop. Now - Single at 50 she has reentered the speaking circuit on her own not as someone's wife - has a documentary series in development about her beautiful second act - and a podcast called “listen with sophie.” Her debut book Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other — was an instant national bestseller. Sophies ability to be real and raw about midlife will help shift so many perspectives and we know you'll love her as much as we do!
03 Nov 2026
It’s the last day of October, #breastcancerawareness🎀 month, but wait we’re going to extend it into November as it truly is something that shouldn’t just have one month of awareness! Myself, the amazing @drbeamd, @birkenstock and @shoesforacure are joining forces to raise money for #breastcancer Research!! A little shopping and a little conversation In my NEW home - Brooklyn, NY! Stop by, buy a pair of shoes (or two, it’s almost the holidays) with 10% of sales being donated and personalize your Birks!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷 RSVP REQUIRED: [email protected]
31 Oct 2026
What is circling and why is it so life changing for women? This week's @talkfiftytome guest @andreabendewald takes us inside her world as a master circler and reveals why her work is a midlife miracle for women. Bendewald, a working actress for over 25 years with credits like Suddenly Susan, Friends, OR and more recently as Valerie on The Morning Show, walked off the audition treadmill in midlife, and founded “The Art of Circling” — an ongoing live and virtual women's-circle and mindfulness practice, in Los Angeles and around the world for over a decade. It became its own thing well before "goddess circles" hit Goop, She walked away from chasing the next role and built a second career around the kind of conversations women our age actually want to have, The frame is reinvention, but the texture is friendship, — and she’s the host of Circle This — "the anti-small-talk podcast" since 2024. Built a Substack as her direct-to-circle writing channel — separate from the podcast and the practice. She has said “the cure for midlife disorientation is not a supplement, an HRT regimen, or a retreat — it is sitting in a room with women you trust, with a structure that lets you tell the truth. Available wherever you get your podcasts or linked in our bio.
27 Oct 2026
Welcome to the crew! Introducing more cast, writers, and directors that are scheduled to be a part of our upcoming Broadway show honoring Thomas Kail at the Todd Haimes Theatre on November 2.
Less than 6 days to grab your tickets at the link in our bio!🎟️🔗
26 Oct 2026
WHAT. A. NIGHT. 💃🪩💛
Some birthdays deserve a whole dance floor. And some nights remind us just how magical it is when women come together.
We teamed up with @earlybirds_club to celebrate our very own co-founder Constance Zimmer’s birthday, and WOW, did you ladies show up! 🎉
The dancing. The singing. The friendships. The pure JOY of being in a room full of women letting loose, showing up for themselves and finding their people.
No pressure. No pretending. Just great music, incredible energy and a whole lot of women who know how to have a good time.
For those who haven’t discovered Earlybirds Club, where have you been?!
It’s a dance party for women and gender-expansive folks who love the music of the ’80s, ‘90s and 2000s, want to dance their hearts out AND still get a decent night’s sleep.
As they say, “A dance party for women that have shit to do in the morning.” 🙌
And the best part? The party doesn’t stop in Brooklyn!
📍 NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, DC and beyond! Earlybirds Club is bringing the dance floor to cities across the country. Find an upcoming event near you at early-birds.club.
Because you’re never too old to dance like nobody’s watching. And you’re never too old to make new friends.
💛 FOLLOW @mlifecollective and @earlybirds_club for more opportunities to connect, celebrate and find your people.
👯♀️ TAG a girlfriend (or two!) you’d bring to the next dance party. Better yet, make a date of it!
And NYC ladies, mark your calendars! Earlybirds Club is back November 21 at Webster Hall for an ’80s Night!
MLC, WHO’S READY FOR ROUND TWO?! 🙋♀️💃
Here’s to more nights like this. More connection. More dancing. And a whole lot more JOY.
#TheMidlifeCollective #EarlybirdsClub #MidlifeJoy #FindYourPeople #WomenSupportingWomen
23 Oct 2026
BOSTON, WE’RE GOING LIVE! 🔴💛
Our Dressing Room Confessions Tour is coming to Boston tomorrow, and we’re bringing the conversation straight to you on INSTAGRAM LIVE!
With a full house and an incredible lineup of women, we’re opening up the conversation beyond the dressing room.
Join our co-founders Constance Zimmer, Abby Epstein and Julie Flakstad, alongside special guests Laura Benanti and Joy Allen-Altimare, for CHOOSING, NOT PLEASING.
An honest, unfiltered conversation about what happens when women stop putting everyone else first and start choosing themselves.
Because midlife isn’t about becoming who everyone expects you to be. It’s about becoming who YOU want to be.
📅 Wednesday, October 21
⏰ 5:30 PM ET
📍 LIVE on @mlifecollective
Grab a friend, pour yourself something good and tune in for the FULL panel discussion.
💛 Can’t watch live? We’ll share the conversation on our grid afterwards.
Tag a woman who needs to hear this one. 👇
NEW HERE? WELCOME TO THE MIDLIFE COLLECTIVE. 💛
We’re changing the conversation around women and aging through storytelling, live events and community.
Follow @mlifecollective and join us. Come as you are. We’re so glad you found us. 💛
#TheMidlifeCollective #DressingRoomConfessions #ChoosingNotPleasing #MidlifeWomen
20 Oct 2026
Dating after fifty is a trip!!! Actress @lunalaurenvelez minces no words about midlife, dating, menopause and more!!
A Brooklyn-born, Afro-Latina actress, an identical twin, whose three-decade career spans HBO prison dramas, Showtime crime thrillers, animated superhero blockbusters, and a one-woman show she's been performing about a Cuban Queen for 20 years “They call me La Lupe,” which she’s been trying to get made into a movie. In her 50’s and now 60’s alone she has racked up over 24 credits including “Dexter,” “Power Book II: Ghost,” “New York Undercover,” “American Rust” AND voiced Rio Morales the fierce, most beloved animated Latina mom in cinema history in two of the most culturally resonant animated films of the decade - “The Spider-Verse,”along with finishing a run on stage with John Leguizamo’s in “The Other Americans.” In her 60’s, she wrote, starred and produced the film “I’m Not Her,” with her twin sister, is still booking leads, and still the only Afro-Latina in the room. She is not the woman aging out of roles — she is, if anything, aging into them and she’s keeping us laughing all the way!!
20 Oct 2026
Thank you @extratv for not only helping share more about my #breastcancer diagnosis and being #cancerfree BUT thank you also for sharing about a cause that is more important to me this year than the previous years… @shoesforacure that is happening 10/21-10/25 Chelsea market shopping for shoes with all the proceeds going to #cancerresearch!
It was an early morning do thank you @naokosuzuki for getting up with me for glam and @janeylopatypr for the styling help…
15 Oct 2026
What if the thing you’ll be most proud of is still ahead of you?
I met Constance Zimmer in a dressing room at Veronica Beard. Like I do with most people, I recognized her face and couldn’t quite place where we’d met, so I casually asked her what she did.
I think that’s why she liked me (that’s the story I tell myself) And obviously we’re best friends now. I know that was your next question.
But that week, she opened something up for me about storytelling, the stories we’re losing, and the restrictions we put on our own lives.
We watch women like her and think, “Good for her.”
What would it take to think, “That could still be me”?
I wrote about it on Substack. Link in bio.
But first, tell me: what’s something you still want to do that you’ve been telling yourself it’s too late for?
15 Oct 2026
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