Noelle Van on Long-Term Recovery and How to Transition Out of Corporate
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Release Date: 10/08/2025
Ending the Podcast on a High Note With the Final Episodes
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
I have so much love and appreciation for my listeners. I want to give you a heads up that I will be ending To 50 and Beyond in the next two to three weeks. I've put a lot of thought into this and have decided it's time. I'm ending on a high note. If you have a question or something you would like to share to be included in the final episodes, please send me an email at . Thank you for listening. ✌🏻
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The Weekend Shift: Journal But Make it a List
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Hey there! I hope you're having a lovely day. If you've been wanting to start a journaling practice but can't seem to make it stick, list-making might be your answer. In this episode, I talk about why list-making is a journaling practice, especially if you've been telling yourself you don't have the time or don't know what to write. I share the story of the journal that led me to go alcohol-free in August 2013, and I give you a list of list of list ideas you can start using right now, including a few specifically for women working on living alcohol-free. Grab your journal,...
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Why and How I'm Taking a Month to Reset
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Episode #356 Hey there! I'm taking a month to reset and wanted to share why and how I'm doing it to inspire you if you are need of time off to pause and get clear on where you are and headed. In this episode, I share my five categories I'm focused on: My home, health, relationships, happiness, and business. I also share that this month is a clarity month. More "being" and less "doing," and the signs that led me to giving myself my first ever month-long reset. Thank you for listening. I'm with you! To ask me questions about getting started with your...
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The Weekend Shift: The No Longer Giving Up My Weekends to Alcohol Club
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Hey there! If you're choosing an alcohol-free lifetyle and taking your weekends back, welcome to The No Longer Giving Up My Weekends to Alcohol Club. There are so many midlife women who are a part of this club, including me since 2013. In this episode, I share a simple way to plan your weekends to protect your choice to stay alcohol-free. Thank you for listening. I'm with you. Peace. If you need help in getting started in living alcohol-free, please reach out for a complimentary call to learn more about private coaching. I offer flexible, personalized...
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Staying True to Yourself When Someone Says You Can Have "Just One" Drink
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
#355 Hello! In this short episode, I share why staying true to your choice to live alcohol free matters, and what to do when someone tells you that you can have just one drink or that you don't really need to stop. I talk about why we are vulnerable in the early stages, and some simple things you can say when you are put on the spot. I also share what it was like when I got sober in 2013 and what I heard from friends and family, including my husband about what my drinking and not drinking. I'm so happy that I didn't take this advice. Thank you for listening. I'm with...
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The Weekend Shift: Rest on Purpose
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Hey there! Thank you for being here. In this episode, I'm talking about something very important - rest and how to rest. I share Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's seven types of rest, and talk about different ways to be proactive with rest throughout the week so your energy bank isn't in a deficit. You can read the full transcript, here. Mentioned in this episode: Thank you for listening!
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Life After Alcohol: Navigating Your Kitchen and Grocery Store
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Episode #354 Hey there! I'm glad you're here. I am talking about alcohol and my drinking. If you're not in a place to listen to an episode about this topic, skip it and come back later. This episode is for you if you’re finding it challenging being in your kitchen, cooking, or grocery shopping without drinking or buying alcohol. I’m here to give you some simple suggestions that will support you in staying alcohol-free in two places you frequent often. In the episode, I talk about why these two areas can be difficult, how to make your kitchen alcohol-free friendly, and...
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The Weekend Shift: How Was Your Week?
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Hey there! For the past couple of years, I've thought about ways to bring back a version of my original weekend podcast, The Sitch On Saturday (yup, I used to say "Sitch") to help you reflect, reimagine, and take care of yourself throughout the week. The Weekend Shift came to me at 2:30 am, and I recorded this first episode just hours later. It feels good, and I'm so excited to be with you twice a week now. Listen in for a simple reflection to help you end your week and head into the next with a little more clarity. Thank you for listening. See you on Wednesday, 4/22, with an episode...
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What Trying to Make Alcohol Work For Two Years Looked and Felt Like
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Episode #353 Hello! I know what it feels like to be in a place where you are reassessing your relationship with alcohol, cutting back, and taking breaks. I also know what it looks and feels like to realize that drinking less and placing rules on your drinking is not how you want to drink. This short episode is a look inside what the two years leading up to me ultimately going alcohol-free was like, and how those two years led me to the acceptance I needed to go alcohol-free. Mentioned in this episode: Thank you for listening! I'm with you. Your 5-Minute Rating and Review Helps...
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Dear Midlife Woman: You Are the Solution (Not Alcohol)
To 50 and Beyond | Midlife and Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
Episode 352 Hello there! This episode goes out to midlife women who are working on living alcohol-free. You are the solution is a core belief of mine. This episode is about what that actually means in practice. I share my own story of stopping drinking at 45, smack in the middle of midlife, with no clue what I would do without alcohol. I talk about the loop of no solution that alcohol creates, why midlife women are drinking in 2026, and I walk you through simple, practical ways to apply "you are the solution" in your daily life. I'm with you! If...
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Hello there! I'm happy you're here.
Today's episode is a conversation among midlife friends. Our guest today is Noelle Van. Noelle has been on the podcast twice before, starting with episode 24 (see below). She is someone I appreciate having conversations with because she is authentically herself.
During this episode, Noelle and I talk about where Noelle is with getting older - the joys and challenges. Noelle talks about how being in recovery has helped in other areas of her life and where she is now in long-term recovery.
Noelle talks about her life in Corporate and how to identify burnout, and take the first steps towards transitioning out of the Corporate world, and more good stuff about change in midlife.
Thank you for listening. I appreciate you.
To read this episode's full show notes, head on over here.
Check out Noelle's past episodes:
Episode #24: High Functioning Alcoholism and Hiding Your Drinking
Episode 230: How to Start a Journal Practice
Noelle's podcast: The Change Effect
Free resource: The Daily Sobriety Toolkit
Team Alcohol-Free enrollment (closes October 31st)