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Middle-Aged Mama Drama

Shelley Bee

You had a baby later in life. Identity ambush, guilt waves, hot flashes, and homework. Same. Pull up a chair.

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Nobody to Blame but Myself, with Jane

Her Story

Jane, a physician and single mother by choice, is back for another conversation. Jane’s two children, who she had at ages 38 and 39 via a donor, are young adults now, nineteen and twenty.

Jane showed up to record this episode st...

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Episode 15: Nobody to Blame but Myself

Episode Overview

Jane returns for her second appearance on Middle-Aged Mama Drama™ to talk about the difference between blame and guilt, matrescence for women who became mothers later in life, and what changes once the kids grow up and t...

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Companion Newsletter · Episode 14 · July 30, 2026


HER STORY

We can’t get enough of Rowan and her middle-aged mom story.

In our first conversation with Rowan, episode 10, she shared her experiences growing up on an organic ranch, h...

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Episode 14: Two Kids. No House. No Job. No Regrets.

Episode Overview

Rowan is back for her third appearance, picking up where episode 13 left off.

She left her dream job, sold her house, and took her family on a nine-month trip through Europe with Boundless Life, a program that handles...

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The Doorbell Rang. I Thought She Was Dead.

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It was mid-winter and bitterly cold.

That evening, I spent a lot of time helping my middle-schooler with homework and refereeing the preschooler and her friends playing loudly in the basement.

I was behind.

I was rushing t...

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