Rewriting the Story — From Accumulated Weight to Intentional Joy with Jen Rigley

Catalyst Conversations · Aug 19, 2026 · 43m

There’s a kind of weight we can carry for so long that we stop noticing how heavy it has become.

Grief. Responsibility. Expectations. Loss. The pressure to keep going. The identity of being the strong one. None of it arrives all at once, but over years and decades, it accumulates.

In this deeply human episode of Catalyst Conversations, I’m joined by Jen Rigley, speaker, author, and guide for women in midlife who are ready to rediscover happiness and imagine what might still be possible.

Jen’s perspective comes from lived experience. After navigating profound loss, breast cancer, and years of…