{"id":11700,"date":"2025-10-12T19:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/dr-amanda-hanson-on-the-untold-magic-of-midlife-for-women\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T19:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:04:54","slug":"dr-amanda-hanson-on-the-untold-magic-of-midlife-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/dr-amanda-hanson-on-the-untold-magic-of-midlife-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Amanda Hanson on the Untold Magic of Midlife for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You see it everywhere<\/em>. Social media, commercials, movies, magazines (if you still flip through those). The message is clear: aging is the downfall.<\/p>\n

Tell someone you\u2019re in your 40s, and watch their face drop like you\u2019ve been diagnosed with something fatal. You can almost hear the sympathy in their voice: \u201cOh no, she\u2019s got a case of the 40s.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how dramatic we, as a society, have become about getting older. Like it\u2019s contagious, and the cure is pretending to stay 21 forever.<\/p>\n

But Dr. Amanda Hanson<\/strong>, a clinical psychologist and the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Muse: The Magnetism of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves<\/em>, has a radically different take.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is only one legitimate reason you can\u2019t live a beautiful life<\/em>,\u201d she\u2019s been quoted to say. \u201cAnd that\u2019s because you don\u2019t believe you can<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her work dismantles the idea that youth equals vitality. And her biggest takeaway is the second half of life is an awakening<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Who is Dr. Amanda Hanson, and what makes her message so powerful for women?<\/h2>\n

Ask those in the know, \u201cWho is Dr. Amanda Hanson<\/a>?<\/em>\u201d and you\u2019ll quickly find out that she\u2019s more than your typical psychologist. She has spent more than 25 years studying why women lose their fire as they age and has built a global movement to help them get it back.<\/p>\n

Megan Pormer, the co-host of The Mindvalley Podcast, is one of those women. On stage with Dr. Hanson at Mindvalley U 2025<\/a>, she tells the crowd, \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Wow, this woman has, you know, some courage to say things that I\u2019ve been wanting to say, but I didn\u2019t have the courage<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the impact that the self-proclaimed \u201cMidlife Muse\u201d has on those in search of self-love<\/a> in their more mature years. As a matter of fact, it\u2019s something research shows is a growing need, with many struggling with identity loss and self-connection<\/a> as their roles and bodies change.<\/p>\n

For Dr. Hanson, even the language around empowerment misses the point. The word itself, she explains, still sounds like waiting for someone to hand you permission.<\/p>\n

She once asked her husband if he had ever talked with his friends about feeling empowered. He said never. Men grow up knowing power belongs to them.<\/p>\n

Women don\u2019t get that same memo. Most of us were raised to believe power is something granted, something earned after being good, quiet, and agreeable enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs women<\/em>,\u201d she says in her sit-down with Megan, \u201cI think we just want power over our choices, over our bodies, over our opinions, over our feelings, over our agency<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

She, for instance, wants personal power<\/a> in her wealth and finances and to move safely in this world. But the idea of empowerment keeps women waiting for someone to notice them first.<\/p>\n

Sure, it sounds inspiring on the surface. Underneath, however, it\u2019s still a plea for permission.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what she\u2019s here to change.<\/p>\n

Watch Dr. Amanda Hanson\u2019s interview on The Mindvalley Podcast:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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