THE MIDLIFE EDIT PODCAST
Beth Crosby
Going Viral, Going Through Perimenopause & Maybe Starting a Music Festival
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION
Going viral. Going through perimenopause. Starting a music festival?
Beth Crosby — aka Garbagemom — has built a community by saying the things women are thinking but aren't always willing to say out loud.
In this episode, Beth and Jen talk about what happens when going viral collides with midlife: perimenopause, motherhood, marriage, anxiety, rage, body changes, and the strange experience of suddenly having thousands of people paying attention to what you have to say.
And because apparently that isn't enough, there's also the possibility of starting a music festival.
This is a conversation about getting older, getting louder, finding humor in the absolute chaos of this stage of life — and realizing that maybe midlife isn't about becoming less of yourself.
Maybe it's finally about becoming more.
IN THIS EPISODE
Becoming Garbagemom and what happened when Beth went viral
The perimenopause symptoms nobody adequately prepared us for
Anxiety, rage, insomnia, hormones, and the WTF is happening to me? years
Motherhood, marriage, body image, and identity in midlife
Building an online community by saying the quiet parts out loud
Music, nostalgia, and why it hits differently at this age
The very real possibility of a midlife women's music festival
Why getting older might actually mean getting louder and weirder
MEET THE GUEST
Beth Crosby
Beth Crosby is an actress, writer, speaker, comedian, and the creator behind The Garbage Mom, where her brutally funny and painfully relatable takes on motherhood, perimenopause, marriage, and being a woman in midlife have built a devoted online following.
With a background in musical theater and comedy, including training with The Groundlings, Beth brings humor to the parts of midlife women are often expected to suffer through quietly — and reminds us that maybe we're allowed to make some noise about it instead.
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