Why are so many women in midlife saying yes to love — but pausing when it comes to marriage?

In this episode of Menopause Love Lounge, we talk about the rise of Living Apart Together (LAT) — committed relationships that don’t involve sharing a home, merging everything, or following the usual rules.

From empty nesters to newly divorced women, many of us are rethinking what partnership should look like in midlife — especially as menopause, independence, blended families, and lived experience change what we actually want.

In this conversation, we explore:

• What Living Apart Together really means
• Why menopause and midlife shift how women think about commitment
• The practical realities that complicate marriage now (kids, money, caregiving, space)
• The fear underneath “I don’t want to be a nurse or a purse”
• When LAT feels like thoughtful design — and when it feels like protection
• Why clarity often comes inside a relationship, not before it
• Our game: Caring, Commitment, or Cop-Out?

This isn’t about right or wrong choices.

It’s about finding ways to love that feel honest, sustainable, and true to who you are now.

Welcome to the Lounge.

Menopause Love Lounge dives into menopause, perimenopause, hormone health, hormone replacement therapy, adrenal fatigue, hot flashes, and night sweats—and how they intertwine with love, intimacy, identity, midlife relationships, dating, marriage, divorce, libido, and emotional wellness, helping women navigate midlife with confidence, connection, and pleasure.

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Email: theladies@menopauselovelounge.com

Andrea Knoche

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Ozzie Osborne

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Karen Viesta

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Dawn Wiggins

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Laurie Gerber

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Junie Moon

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At some point in midlife, sex stops responding the way it used to. What once felt automatic now feels muted, unpredictable, or completely offline — and that shift can be confusing, frustrating, and emotionally loaded.

In this episode of Menopause Love Lounge, six women talk honestly (with humor and precision) about midlife sex and menopause, and what happens when desire, arousal, and turn-ons change. We explore the physical realities, emotional context, and nervous system factors that shape intimacy in this season — without pretending it’s simple or universally empowering.

We talk about:

• Midlife sex, menopause, and why sexual response changes
• When familiar turn-ons stop working — and what that disrupts
• Libido loss, desire mismatch, and arousal differences
• Pain, dryness, discomfort, and the ripple effects on intimacy
• Stress, exhaustion, resentment, and nervous system overload
• The pressure to want sex — and the cost of pushing past ambivalence
• How intimacy shifts when the body asks for different conditions

This conversation doesn’t rush to reassurance or solutions. It stays with the complexity — the grief, the relief, the anger, the curiosity — and makes room for honest reflection about what intimacy means now, not what it used to mean.

If sex feels different, distant, or harder to access than before, this episode offers language for what’s happening — and permission to stop pretending it’s neutral or easy.

Welcome to the lounge.

Menopause Love Lounge dives into menopause, perimenopause, hormone health, hormone replacement therapy, adrenal fatigue, hot flashes, and night sweats—and how they intertwine with love, intimacy, identity, midlife relationships, dating, marriage, divorce, libido, and emotional wellness, helping women navigate midlife with confidence, connection, and pleasure.

Where to find the ladies...

IG/TT: @menopauselovelounge

Email: theladies@menopauselovelounge.com

Andrea Knoche

IG: @from.mrs.2.ms

Tiktok: @from.mrs.2.ms

Ozzie Osborne

IG: @IamOzzieOsborne

Karen Viesta

IG @wellegantwoman

Dawn Wiggins

IG: @DawnWiggins

Laurie Gerber

IG: @LaurieGerber_Coach

Junie Moon

IG: @midlifeloveoutloud

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Menopause is not killing the vibe. It is helping us choose better, love deeper, and date with more confidence than ever.

Some of us are dating again.

Some are redefining love inside long marriages.

And some have decided they’d rather sleep diagonally across the whole damn bed.

Menopause changes everything — our hormones, our confidence, our desires. But it also gives us permission to rewrite the rules.

In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means to find, keep, or completely re imagine love in midlife — from dating apps and second chances to long-term intimacy that still sparks.

In this episode...

1. How can embracing "healthy selfishness" transform your dating life after 50?
2. What are the benefits of non-traditional relationships, like living apart together, for women over 50?
3. Why is it important to manage your energy and mindset when engaging in online dating?

And so much more...

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Menopause Love Lounge dives into menopause, perimenopause, hormone health, hormone replacement therapy, adrenal fatigue, hot flashes, and night sweats—and how they intertwine with love, intimacy, identity, midlife relationships, dating, marriage, divorce, libido, and emotional wellness, helping women navigate midlife with confidence, connection, and pleasure.

Where to find the ladies...

IG/TT: @menopauselovelounge

Email: theladies@menopauselovelounge.com

Andrea Knoche

IG: @from.mrs.2.ms

Tiktok: @from.mrs.2.ms

Ozzie Osborne

IG: @IamOzzieOsborne

Karen Viesta

IG @wellegantwoman

Dawn Wiggins

IG: @DawnWiggins

Laurie Gerber

IG: @LaurieGerber_Coach

Junie Moon

IG: @midlifeloveoutloud

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.