Episode 05: The Midlife Awakening - when Success Doesn’t Feel Like Enough
Why Midlife Success Feels Hollow
You’ve worked hard, checked the boxes, and built a life that looks impressive from the outside. But inside, something feels off. Midlife often brings this quiet, unnerving realization: the success you’ve created doesn’t feel like enough.
This episode explores that moment of awakening, when the job, the home, the family, or the achievements no longer fill the gap inside.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Why “good on paper” often leaves women in midlife restless and unfulfilled
The emotional cost of chasing external approval instead of inner resonance
Signs you’re in the midst of a midlife awakening
How Human Design and Gene Keys reveal where you’ve been living out of step with your true energy
The first steps to move from burnout and resentment into self-trust and purpose
The Awakening as a Turning Point
Midlife isn’t a crisis, it’s a wake-up call. It’s the moment when you begin to question:
Why doesn’t this life feel like mine, even though I built it?
Why do I feel restless even when nothing is “wrong”?
Why do I keep thinking “there has to be more than this”?
Through Human Design and Gene Keys, these questions stop feeling like failures and start becoming invitations back to yourself.
Real-Life Reflections
In this episode, I share how my own achievements once looked shiny from the outside but felt hollow inside, and how midlife forced me to stop ignoring that tension. You’ll hear stories that mirror what so many women experience: the quiet ache of realizing success isn’t the same as fulfillment.
Resources + Links
🎧 Grab your free Energy Snapshot audio, a quick guide to how your Human Design type is designed to use energy.
📖 Go deeper with the Decode Your Design digital reading, a full breakdown of your chart to help you see what’s truly yours.
💌 Connect with me on Instagram or TikTok and share your midlife awakening story.
About the Rewild by Design Podcast
Rewild by Design is a podcast for women in midlife who feel the pull to stop performing and start remembering who they are. Hosted by Marissa Gordon, it blends Human Design, Gene Keys, and grounded conversations about the midlife awakening.
