What happens when the silence that once protected you starts holding you back?
Growing Older Together is a short-form podcast about fear, aging, identity, and the weight of what we carry over time. These are the stories we’ve held onto—sometimes out of fear, sometimes out of habit. Each episode, usually under 15 minutes, offers space for the thoughts we don’t always say out loud—not to fix them or dramatize them, but to acknowledge that they exist and they matter.
A Return With A New Perspective
I paused the podcast in December 2024 to care for my mom during her final months. She passed away in March 2025, and it changed how I think about fear, aging, and the stories we hold inside. After completing my memoir, Gripped: The Weight I Refused to Carry, I returned to the microphone with a clearer sense of why these conversations are needed.
Season Two is now live with Episode 10, Returning to the Mic [LISTEN HERE], and an interview series that honors the complexities of what women endure across a lifetime.
What to Expect
Season Two: Finding Strength in Our Fears
New episodes are released every 2–3 weeks. This season asks: What are we afraid of, and what happens when we stop pretending we are not? Episodes explore the fears that live in our bodies. The ones we manage quietly while moving through life as if nothing is wrong.
Interview Series: What the Eyes Carry
Released every eight weeks as part of Season Two, this interview series explores what it means to confront fear and meet ourselves on the other side. Each conversation invites women to share the unseen parts of their stories. Those moments when loss, fear, or misunderstanding tried to define them, and the quiet resilience that empowered them to move forward.
These are stories of becoming visible again—of accomplishments born from courage, tenderness restored after grief, and the strength found in confronting the fears we were taught to hide.
Also in Spanish
Madurando Juntos – You can listen to the Spanish version of the podcast on my YouTube channel dedicated to Spanish-language content. [LISTEN HERE]
Want to Be Part of the Series?
If you connect with these themes and have your own untold story, I invite you to reach out. For the email, I will see your name, but for the podcast itself you can choose to share your name or remain anonymous. It’s up to you.
Inspired by Brené Brown’s words, “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it,” this podcast invites you to create honest connections and experience the quiet strength that comes from letting go.
Contact Me: podcast@lourdesdirden.com
Listen & Subscribe
Click here to listen to Growing Older Together and the interview series What the Eyes Carry. You can tune in on your favorite podcast app and view show notes for each episode.
Click here to listen to Madurando Juntos – Spanish translations of Season One are available up through Episode 7. If you’re interested in translations of other episodes, let me know.
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