The Sage Stage Podcast
We are two women fed up with living small. This is our journey. (btw, we say f**k a lot, and don't edit our shit).
Episodes
This week on The Sage Stage, what starts as a hilarious conversation about body counts (the other kind! 😂), thrift stores, and expensive jeans quickly turns into something much deeper.
Somewhere between the laughter, Chandra and Jane find themselves asking a surprisingly vulnerable question:
What if we're afraid to slow down because we believe we'll accomplish... nothing?
Together they unpack the invisible pressure so many women carr...
The Weekly Win: One Year Later | The Pivot Year, Starting a Podcast & Trusting the Process
One year ago, we opened The Pivot Year and read Day One together.
This week, we're reading Day 365... and realizing just how much can change when you keep showing up, even when the progress feels invisible.
In this heartfelt Weekly Win, we reflect on the first year of The Sage Stage Podcast, the lessons that transformed us, why small daily p...
What if the thing you thought would make you happy… never actually did?
In this episode of The Sage Stage, Chandra and Jane dive into a powerful question: “I finally realized happiness wasn’t…”
And the answers surprised us.
From trying to make everyone else happy, chasing the perfect life, dreaming about success, navigating motherhood, career sacrifices, money, independence, and the pressure women fe...
How many years have you spent trying to be enough?
In this episode of The Sage Stage, Chandra and Jane dive into one of the biggest questions of midlife: What happens when we stop chasing everyone else's definition of success and finally start listening to ourselves?
Jane shares the emotional decision to step back from pursuing acting after years of auditions and rejection, while Chandra reflects on a lifetime of people-pleasing and ...
A car gets hit. A stranger changes a life. A conversation about intuition turns into a deep dive about angels, spirituality, past lives, and learning to trust yourself.
In this episode of The Sage Stage, Chandra and Jane explore what happens when we stop living in fear, stop waiting for proof, and start listening to that little voice inside that says, “Pay attention.”
From unexpected kindness and forgiveness to questionin...
Weekly Win: Better Communication, Babysitting & Packing Like Responsible Adults
Welcome to another Weekly Win from The Sage Stage!
This week, Jane celebrates something she almost never does—packing for a trip before the last-minute panic sets in.
Meanwhile, Chandra and Rich survive an overnight visit with their grandson, navigate different parenting styles, and discover something much bigger than just getting through the wee...
What starts as a ridiculous lightning round somehow turns into one of our favourite conversations yet.
This week we're talking about:
🍷 Wine Confessions (yes... we're planning imaginary retreats already)
😂 Why adults desperately need more fun
❤️ Friendship, gratitude, and showing up even when life is chaotic
🚲 Electric bikes, risk-taking, and getting older
👨👩👧 Parents, relationships, and the people who shape us
✨ Why laughter migh...
Listening to Your Body Might Be the Biggest Weekly Win Yet
This week's Weekly Win starts with caffeine, lawn mowing, and eating cheese... and somehow ends with IBS, anxiety, grocery store panic attacks, and why our bodies have been trying to get our attention all along.
This week Chandra and Jane celebrate the small victories that come with slowing down, healing, and finally listening to what their bodies have been saying for years.
W...
Ever been told to "calm down"...and instantly wanted to do the exact opposite?
You're definitely not alone.
This week on The Sage Stage, Jane and Chandra explore the phrases that trigger us most—from "Calm down" to "Slow down" and "You're overreacting." What starts as a funny conversation quickly becomes a heartfelt discussion about relationships, emotional regulation, childhood conditioning, marriage, honesty, personal growth,...
Garden mulch that sat on the driveway for two months. An RV toilet clogged in what the internet calls a "pyramid situation." A book finished in peaceful solidarity while Rich handled the unspeakable. And beets — glorious, digestible beets.
This week's Weekly Win is a masterclass in delayed execution, unexpected team effort, and the very specific joy of solving a problem you didn't even know you'd have. Jane finally tackles the...
Two midlife women sit down to talk about what aging was supposed to feel like... and how reality had completely different plans.
From changing your name after marriage, stage names, identity, and embarrassing pee dreams, to menopause, career reinvention, entrepreneurship, friendship, and why younger women need to stop worrying so much about the future, this conversation goes exactly where you'd expect a Sage Stage conversation to go...
This week's Weekly Win is proof that life can still surprise you.
One of us finally completed a divorce after 13 years of separation.
The other danced until 4 a.m. at a rave.
Honestly, neither of us saw that coming.
In this minisode we talk about:
✔️ divorce and fresh starts
✔️ life after separation
✔️ aging and personal freedom
✔️ mental health and joy
✔️ dancing, music, and staying young at heart
✔️ why it's never too l...
Ever found yourself squatting beside a highway, arguing with a gas pump, or questioning why your favourite bra gets discontinued the moment you find it?
Welcome back to The Sage Stage with Jane and Chandra, where one simple question—"What's the quickest way to lose your respect?"—spirals into a hilarious and surprisingly meaningful conversation about integrity, trust, friendship, feminism, aging, body confidence, consent...
Welcome to another Weekly Win minisode!
This week we're celebrating the kind of growth that doesn't show up on a scale, a résumé, or social media—but changes everything.
In this episode we talk about:
staying calm during stressful moments
- not taking a partner's frustration personally
making big family decisions without resentment
- why so many of our biggest wins are internal
One of our favorite ideas from t...
What happens when lifelong people-pleasers finally start drawing lines in the sand?
In this episode of The Sage Stage, Jane and Chandra dive into the things that have become completely non-negotiable in midlife. From refusing to be everyone's personal secretary to recognizing emotional manipulation, they explore the boundaries they've learned to protect after decades of saying yes, making it work, and carrying everyone else's load.
A...
Welcome to another Weekly Win minisode from The Sage Stage!
This week we're celebrating victories both big and small—from producing an inclusive theatre production with a cast of neurodiverse adults, to giving ourselves permission to step away, slow down, and simply be.
In this episode we talk about:
✨ inclusive theatre and the joy of creative expression
✨ recovering from burnout and health challenges
✨ taking creative wri...
The dance party was a huge success... but now we're sore, exhausted, recovering, and talking about all the things that raise our blood pressure.
In this episode of The Sage Stage, we unpack how we handled stress, anger, frustration and conflict in our 20s compared to now. From tequila-fueled meltdowns and punching walls to deep breathing, dance floors and hard-earned self-awareness, nothing is off limits.
We also tackle those seeming...
Welcome to another Weekly Win minisode — where we celebrate the tiny victories, chaotic moments, and “how are we still functioning?” accomplishments of the week 😅
This episode includes:
✨ returning to supply teaching after years away
✨ imposter syndrome and career reinvention
✨ surviving diverticulitis one scrambled egg at a time
✨ listening to your body instead of bulldozing through life
✨ fantasy ...
This week on The Sage Stage, we somehow went from nostalgic 90s dance clubs to concussions, menopause rage, naked-with-socks sleeping habits, and why we’re officially DONE pretending to like things we hate.
Downhill skiing? Nope.
Scrabble? Absolutely not.
People’s bullshit? Hard pass.
We’re talking about:
✨ Midlife boundaries
✨ Why women get “grumpier” as we age
✨ Regret, reinvention &...
This week’s Weekly Win minisode comes to you straight from a hospital room. 😅
Yes, really.
While Chandra recovers in hospital, Jane shares her weekly win: finally giving herself permission to invest in herself and attend a women’s writing retreat. Meanwhile, Chandra’s win is something many of us struggle with — saying “I can’t,” cancelling obligations, and finally listening to her body befor...
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