Reinventing Love and Life After 40

Have you thought about reinventing your love and life after 40? Wendy Valentine did, and here’s her inspirational story!
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Wendy Valentine reinvented her love and life after 40. She’s the author of Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play and the host of The Midlife Makeover Show, a top-rated podcast for women in midlife. After her divorce at 45, she learned to “marry herself” first—rebuilding her life from the inside out. Now she empowers women to embrace self-love, rediscover joy, and attract relationships rooted in authenticity and alignment.
In this episode of Last First Date Radio:
- What it means to marry yourself before dating after divorce
- The FREEDOM Framework for transformation, and how to use it to heal from heartbreak
- How to design your ideal relationship and have an amazing life after 40
EP 694: Wendy Valentine – Reinventing Love and Life After 40
You’ve said that one of the best things you ever did was “marry yourself.” What does that mean, and how did that change the way you approached love and relationships?
When I was 45, I got divorced, was unemployed, $150,000 in debt, had chronic lyme disease, and I had a lot of losses at one time. I went through depression and panic attacks for the first time. I started over with everything and didn’t know how to begin. My saving grace was a dream to drive an RV across the country. I went for it, and despite all that I was dealing with, little by little, I took steps towards that dream. It took two years, and now, I’m living my dream.
“Marry yourself” is getting to know yourself. Most of us don’t know our values and what we want and need. Tune into your needs and wants. What does it mean to truly love yourself? Do the work before dating again.
In your book, you share your F.R.E.E.D.O.M. Framework for transformation. How can women use those steps to heal from heartbreak and open up to healthy love again?
After my divorce, freedom meant freedom from money issues, toxic relationships, etc. So I created the FREEDOM Framework, which are the seven steps I took after divorce to heal.
F: free yourself
R: reset your life
E: envision your new future
E: embrace and explore
D: detach from tomorrow
O: own your best self
What are your final words of advice for anyone who wants to go on their last first date?
Make yourself your forever first date. It’ll all work out. Get to know yourself, take care of yourself. Leap and the net will appear.
Connect With Wendy
- Website: https://wendyvalentine.com
- Media: https://wendyvalentine.com/media-kit
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendy_valentine_/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellowendyvalentine/
- Substack: https://wendyvalentine.substack.com
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