Big Hair Walking
The Big Hair Walking: Christian Health Podcast for Women Over 40 | Midlife Strength, Faith & Healthy Aging. Are you a Christian woman over 40 who's ever thought... "I didn't know it would be like this." Life has a way of asking more of us than we expected. Somewhere along the way, the years moved faster, the responsibilities grew heavier, your body changed, people you loved were gone, and the woman who used to dream so easily quietly wondered where she went. Big Hair Walking is a Christian podcast about becoming stronger—physically, emotionally and spiritually—for the life we're actually living in the second half - for women who've lived enough life to know that strength looks different now. The ones who remember hitting play on a Walkman, walking out the door with music in their ears, and not overthinking the next step. Back when life felt a little freer. When you trusted yourself more than you questioned everything. When you moved because you could—not because you had to. This isn't about going back. It's about moving forward with the wisdom you've earned. Living stronger. Growing steadier. Holding onto hope. Hosted by Stef Cabaniss, MA, MPH, a Christian health coach, public health professional, and fellow traveler, this podcast explores health, faith, grief, resilience, and the everyday strength to keep walking—whatever the second half of life brings. Together, we'll build strength, health, and hope—not through pressure or perfection, but through a way of living that's strong enough for real life. This is for women who've lived enough life to know that life rarely goes according to our plan... ...and who still believe there's more life ahead. No pressure. No striving. No pretending. Just honest conversations that help you grow stronger in your body, steadier in your life, and more anchored in your faith. Because if you're still here... You're not done. Not yet. Whether you're navigating midlife, menopause, healthy aging, or simply wondering what this next season holds, you'll find practical encouragement rooted in faith and evidence-based health coaching. Through walking, strength training, and honest conversations about faith, grief, resilience, and everyday life, Big Hair Walking encourages Christian women, women over 40 (and any woman who's lived enough life to know it rarely goes according to our plans) to build strength, health, and hope—one small step at a time. Because small steps have a way of changing everything. :-)
Episodes
What if the healthiest people aren't the ones who never mess up...
They're the ones who simply stop starting over?
In this episode of Big Hair Walking, we're talking about why all-or-nothing thinking keeps so many women stuck—and how lasting health is built one ordinary choice at a time.
If you've ever found yourself saying...
"I'll start Monday."
"After vacation."
"When ...
Fear Is Not the Boss of Me! (Part 2)
Choosing Mary Over Martha: What Faith Looks Like on an Ordinary Day
In this follow-up episode, we move from the shift to the steps. We talk honestly about how fear can quietly take over our daily rhythms, how control disguises itself as responsibility, and how choosing Mary over Martha is often a moment-by-moment decision—not a personality trait.
This episode explores a simpl...
Steward What You Have
When Fear Tries to Run the Show—and God Invites Us Back to Faithfulness
Some seasons don’t gently invite reflection—they interrupt it.
After a series of medical emergencies, loss, and the kind of fear that lingers in your nervous system long after the crisis passes, this episode explores a quiet but life-shifting truth:
faith doesn’...
Martha, Mary, and the Music Volume
In this Big Hair Walking episode, Stef reflects on the familiar tension between doing and being—through the lens of the biblical story of Martha and Mary, modern worship preferences, and a deeply personal friendship.
With humor, honesty, and compassion, she contrasts her own easy complaints about church worship with the extraordinary eff...
Sometimes the biggest victory has nothing to do with reps, routines, or the number on the scale.
Sometimes it’s simply walking in the door.
In this episode, Stef talks about the quiet courage of showing up — especially in midlife, when movement can feel emotional, vulnerable, and deeply personal. This is a conversation about perseverance, stewardship, and building ...
Over 50: What Strength Training Means—and Why You Need to Start
If you’ve made peace with the scale but still feel unsure about strength training, this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, we talk honestly—and with a little humor—about what strength training really means in midlife, menopause, and beyond. Not as punishment. Not as reinventi...
The scale can tell you what you weigh - It cannot tell you what you’re made of.
In this episode, Stef unpacks why the number on the scale has been given far too much authority — especially for women in midlife. From years of crash dieting and muscle loss to the moment she realized her body didn’t have the strength it once did, this conversation reframes weight,...
It’s Not About Weight — It’s About Identity
We’ve given a lot of power to a small rectangle on the bathroom floor.
In this episode, Stef takes a light, honest, and sometimes absurd look at how the scale has been allowed to shape our moods, our choices, and even how we see ourselves. With humor and clarity, she reminds us that weight is information &mdas...
Where You Stand Is Enough
Feeling “stuck” doesn’t always mean you are.
In this episode, we explore why so many women aren’t stuck at all — they’re exhausted from being strong for a long time, and their body is asking for steadiness before speed.
This conversation is for the woman who has adapted, adjusted, and kept going — and is now lea...
A Walk Is Where I Start Again
This episode is a quiet beginning.
Not a plan.
Not a challenge.
Not a promise of outcomes.
Stef reflects on how walking has become a way to practice attention — to the body, faith, and the life already in front of us. Starting over doesn’t require momentum. It requires noticing what’s already here.
This is how real change occurs!
T...
In this first full episode of the Big Hair Walking Podcast, Stef shares the heart behind Big Hair Walking — the years of striving, chasing outcomes, carrying responsibility, and quietly putting herself last.
This isn’t a story about finally “getting it right.” It’s about learning...
There was a time when movement didn’t need a plan.
You moved because you could. You walked to your friend's house. You walked to feel free.
And somewhere along the way, life got heavier.
In this trailer episode, host Stef Cabaniss introduces Big Hair Walking — not as a program, challenge, or fix — but as a r...
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