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Too Late My Ass
You’re not too old. You’re not too late. And your best damn chapter hasn’t even started yet. This is the place for second acts, third chances, and plot twists you never saw coming, whether you’re climbing out of a career you hate, crawling out of a midlife fog, or just wondering what the hell comes next. Hosted by international speaker and reinvention expert Fay Chapple, this show is equal parts truth bomb, pep talk, and permission slip — laced with sarcasm, wit, and zero tolerance for fluff…
Episodes
Too Late My AssWhat To Do After Your First Sale (The Day After Yes)
For weeks Fay has been learning, live on camera, how to ask strangers whether they want into a paid room. Then she asked herself what happens if one of them…
Too Late My AssYour Mother Does Not Count: Your first sales were affection with a receipt.
Five weeks of building eleven things in public, and on Saturday morning there were finally sales to read out loud. Then Fay looked at who had bought. Every…
Too Late My AssYou are not unpopular. You are unlisted.
How to get found on Google is what Fay typed into her own phone at half past six on a Saturday morning, after twenty five years of explaining the answer to…
Too Late My AssZero is not a no. It is the number everything starts at.
Fay has opened eight brand new things on camera in a fortnight, from a blank screen, with people watching. This episode is about the state of all eight of…
Too Late My AssEarned is not lived. Nobody turns the money into a life for you.
Pick one thing. Build it. Get paid. Live well. Fay has done the first three on this show, and this is the fourth, which is the one everybody nods along to and…
Too Late My AssSomebody said yes. You still have not been paid. Four skills nobody taught you.
You spent thirty or forty years in a job where the money arrived on its own, on the fifteenth and the thirtieth, and you never had to ask for it once. Then you…
Too Late My AssSunday Mornings: Saying It Out Loud | Box Breathing, A Rehearsed Conversation And Five Journal Prompts
This week the work was to say a number out loud about your own work, to a real person, and then be quiet. Some of you did it. Some of you spent five days…
Too Late My AssSell It: Why You Cannot Say The Number, And The Four Moves That Fix It
You picked your one thing. You built the ugly version. And then somebody asks what it costs and you hear a voice come out of your mouth that you do not…
Too Late My AssBuild It Gently. Why Smart People Polish Instead of Ship
The quiet one. All week we have been loud about building: putting the rough version in front of real people before it feels ready. This morning we meet the…
Too Late My AssBuild It: Why Smart People Polish Instead of Ship
Last week we picked our one thing. This week we build it, and Fay argues that the way most capable people were taught to build is exactly why nothing gets…
Too Late My AssChoosing One Thing On Purpose | Breathwork, Meditation and Journaling
The quiet one. All week we have been loud about choosing, closing doors, and the people who make nothing because they try everything. This morning we set that…
Too Late My AssWhy the People Who Make Nothing Try Everything
Season 3 opens with the one skill nobody teaches you after 50: How to Choose. Fay tells the story of the night she reheated the same cup of coffee three times…
Too Late My AssYour Bio Is a Leash (And It's Choking Your Next Chapter)
Read your LinkedIn bio out loud. Did that sound like who you are now, or who you were at your last job?Your bio isn't describing you, it's issuing instructions…
Too Late My AssYou're Not Starting Over. You Need a Translator.
You're not starting over. Your experience isn't old, it's untranslated. Fay reveals how to reframe your past achievements into powerful future-facing…
Too Late My AssI Built Three Things Nobody Asked For
Nobody asked Fay to build any of it. This year she shipped three things anyway — Stillwater Reset, an honest no-supplements water-reset app; The Mindful City…
Too Late My AssYou Did the Work. Why Didn't Anything Change?
You did the thing. Said the new language. Held the rate. Walked in as the future self. And then Tuesday arrived. And nothing changed. That's not failure…
Too Late My AssFuture Self Protocol: How to Install an Identity Before You've Earned It
You did all the inner work. You have the reframe. You have the new story. And nothing has changed. Welcome to the gap. This is the Identity Upgrade arc — the…
Too Late My AssYou're waiting to be confident before you go visible. That's the wrong order.
You did all the internal work. You found the old story. You rewrote the chapter. You declared the new identity. And then told nobody. The April finale. Why the…
Too Late My AssMemory is not a Recording. It's a Reconstruction.
Every time you narrate a chapter of your past, you have the opportunity to change how it's encoded. That's not a metaphor. That's the neuroscience of memory…
Too Late My AssThe Language Trap: How Your Words Wire Your Brain Against Your Own Reinvention
"I used to be..." — four words that may be doing more damage to your reinvention than any external obstacle. This week on Too Late, My Ass™, Fay goes into the…
Too Late My AssThe Identity Autopsy: Who are you actually living as?
There's a version of you that other people agreed to a long time ago. And your brain has been quietly defending it ever since — not because it's true, but…
Too Late My AssWhy your Brain tries to quit right before change
You've been thinking about the challenge. Or the Inner Circle. Or both. And somewhere in the last few days, a very calm, very reasonable voice showed up and…
Too Late My AssWhy Transformation Events Don't Stick — and What You Actually Need Instead
Most people who do a transformation challenge end up right back where they started. Not because they failed. Because the challenge was designed to be a…
Too Late My AssThe Convert
You've done the work. You've said the thing. You've made the pivot. So why, in certain rooms, certain conversations, certain moments of pressure, do you still…
Too Late My AssThe Momentum Problem — Why You're Not Stuck, You're Depleted
You're not stuck because you lack discipline. You're not stuck because your vision isn't big enough. You're stuck because you've been running a neurological…
Too Late My AssThe Beginner Advantage: Why Starting Over at 50 Beats Starting at 25
Being a beginner at 50 is not the same as being a beginner at 25. Here's why—and how to claim your advantage. In this episode: - The neuroscience of adult…
Too Late My AssYou're Allowed to Start Over (Even If Nobody Agrees) | Permission Psychology
Nobody's going to give you permission to start over. Here's why—and how to give it to yourself anyway. In this episode: - Why your brain is wired to seek…
Too Late My AssThe 10-Second Life Rewrite: How Your Brain Creates New Identity
Most people think reinvention takes years. It takes 10 seconds. Here's the neuroscience. In this episode, we're breaking down: - How your brain creates…
Too Late My AssStop Waiting to be Chosen
If you’re still waiting to be chosen, invited, validated, or tapped on the shoulder — this episode is for you. Not because you’re insecure. Not because you…
Too Late My AssIt’s Not a Midlife Crisis. It’s a Software Update.
It’s not a midlife crisis. It’s a software update. Who Are You When You Stop Pretending?If you are exhausted, it isn’t because you’re old. It’s because you…
Too Late My AssFrom Vet To Innovator: Reinvent Yourself After 50 with John Waterhouse
Imagine a life filled with unexpected turns, from veterinary dreams to ranching realities, and then a bold leap into digital education. John Waterhouse’s…
Too Late My AssThe Rebrand: Retiring the Version of You That Kept Everyone Else Comfortable
If you’re navigating a midlife identity shift, feeling burned out, or questioning the life you built — this episode is for you. In this episode of Too Late, My…
Too Late My AssStethoscope to Steering Wheel: Her Second Life on the Road
A six-figure salary, a busy clinic, and a professional title—she had it all. But Dr. Celia Waterhouse realized she was living the wrong life. In this inspiring…
Too Late My AssYour Brain Is Wired for Reinvention
You’ve been lied to. The world told you your best years were behind you. That change gets harder after 40. That reinvention is a young person’s game. Science…
Too Late My AssThe Productivity Myth — Why Doing More Is Keeping You Small
You’re not behind — you’re just exhausted from pretending busyness is purpose. In this brutally honest episode of Too Late, My Ass™, Fay dismantles the biggest…
Too Late My AssThe Courage Hangover — Why Growth Feels Like Regret (and That’s a Good Thing)
Ever done something brave… and immediately wished you hadn’t? That’s not failure — that’s your *Courage Hangover.* In this unapologetic episode of *Too Late…
Too Late My AssThe Confidence Con — Why You Don’t Need to Feel Ready to Be Ready
If you’re waiting to “feel ready,” here’s your wake-up call: confidence is a scam. In this unfiltered TLMA deep dive, Fay burns down the myth that you need to…
Too Late My AssYour Brain Is Wired for Reinvention: How Neuroplasticity Proves It’s Never “Too Late”
Think you’ve missed your shot? Science says otherwise. In this episode, Fay Chapple dismantles the myth that “change gets harder with age.” Spoiler: your brain…
Too Late My AssStop Chasing Balance — It Doesn’t Exist
Everyone keeps telling you to “find balance.” Cute idea. Totally useless. In this unapologetic reality check, Fay burns down the myth that you can “have it…
Too Late My AssRetirement Is a Lie They Sold You
The word “retirement” was invented to make you feel finished — convenient, right? Society sells it as the prize at the end of the race. But what if it’s…
Too Late My AssMotivation is a Scam — Here’s What Actually Works
Motivation is a scam. There, I said it. If “just stay motivated” actually worked, we’d all be billionaires with six-packs by now. But motivation is nothing…
Too Late My AssReinvention Isn’t a Makeover, It’s a Revolt
Think reinvention is just a new haircut and a vision board? Sit down. This week on Too Late, My Ass™, we’re torching the makeover myth and talking about what…
Too Late My AssFeeling Behind in Life? Let’s Blow It Up.
Scrolling through everyone else’s highlight reel and thinking, “I’m so behind”? Too Late, My Ass. In this fiery episode, Fay rips apart the comparison trap and…
Too Late My AssYour Bucket List Is Boring (What to Do Next)
Who decided the “dream life” was skydiving, bungee jumping, or sipping cocktails on a beach? Your bucket list is boring — and in this episode, Fay explains why…
Too Late My AssThe Myth of Too Late (and Why It’s Bullshit)
Think it’s “too late” to change careers, start over, or finally chase the thing that lights you up? That belief is total bullshit — and in this raw kickoff…
Too Late My AssToo Late, My Ass — The Rebellion Against Playing Small
Forget midlife crisis. This is your midlife plot twist. Hosted by Fay Chapple, Too Late, My Ass is the unapologetically bold podcast for anyone who refuses to…