Scenic Route through Midlife — Society, Self & Shifting Gears

We think deeply, feel a lot, and we're done pretending mental load, exhaustion and burnout are personal failures. This is Scenic Route through Midlife, a mental health and personal growth podcast for women navigating burnout, rage, and perimenopause while still making space for wonder and whimsy.

Hosted by sociologist and mental health advocate Jennifer Walter — a half-rebel, half-marshmallow perimenopausal millennial with ADHD — we explore where society meets the self: perfectionism, overthinking, and the pursuit of well-being collide with power, gender, capitalism, and social change.

Here we believe healing isn't just personal, it's collective.

New episodes every Tuesday.
New affirmations every Friday.

The longest way round is the shortest way home. That’s why we’re taking the Scenic Route.

Podcasting since 2022 • 129 episodes

Scenic Route through Midlife — Society, Self & Shifting Gears

Latest Episodes

Weekly Affirmation — Like Attracts Like

This is your Friday affirmation. Take a breath you didn't know you were holding. Exhale.This week's affirmation is for the woman who has been asking for something — quietly, persistently, longer than she'd like to admit — and is starting...

March 27, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 128 • 4:32

Spellwork 101: The Question That Changed Everything with Aly Kravetz (Bronx Witch)

Are you happy?It sounds simple. But for Aly Kravetz — Bronx-born witch, tarot reader, Reiki practitioner and spiritual entrepreneur — that three-word question from her mum became the pivot point for everything: leaving law school, ending...

March 24, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 127 • 30:57

Weekly Affirmation – Rest is not the reward

This is your Friday affirmation. Let's pause for a breath you didn't know you were holding. Exhale.This week's Soft Landings affirmation is for the woman who's been spring-cleaning everything except her exhaustion.Today's affirmat...

March 20, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 126 • 3:23

Spring Cleaning Culture: Why Mud Season Is Good Enough

Every spring, you're told to declutter your wardrobe, your goals, your relationships, and your mindset. And if you don't feel the urge? There's a low hum of guilt that says something's wrong with you.This week on The Scenic Route, we're ...

March 17, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 125 • 16:13

Weekly Affirmation – Self-Compassion

It's Friday. Pause for a breath you didn't know you were holding. Exhale.This week's Soft Landings affirmation is for the woman who keeps mistaking her patterns for her personality. For every midlife woman who's been fighting the thing s...

March 13, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 124 • 3:29

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