Meet Holly Wiskamp and Renee Famula, the women behind Hot Flash and Sassy, a local St. Louis podcast opening honest conversations about perimenopause and menopause. Through personal stories, humor, and conversations with guests, they help women feel understood, less alone, and more confident asking questions about their health. Discover how their own experiences inspired the podcast, why these conversations matter, and how GlowInto will be joining them this fall.

You can have a full life—a spouse, family, career, busy calendar, and plenty of people around you—and still find yourself craving deeper connection. In Craving Community in Midlife, Gieta Beckmann explores why our sense of belonging can shift as children grow up, careers change, relationships evolve, and familiar social circles begin to look different. She reminds us that community in this season may not happen automatically; sometimes, we have to be the one who sends the text, extends the invitation, and keeps showing up. Because the next chapter isn’t only about where we’re going—it’s also about who we want beside us along the way.

Teresa’s conversations explore the experiences that change us, stay with us, and often reshape the way we see our lives. Through honest discussions around loss, relationships, transition, resilience, and the stories women carry, the podcast fits beautifully into what What Shapes Us Now is all about.

And this won’t be a one-time feature.

Each month, I’ll be sharing selected conversations and content from Female Voices: Life and Loss with GlowInto readers, giving you another place to discover meaningful stories and perspectives from women navigating real life.