Midlife Circus: Gen X Reinvention
Midlife isn't the end — it's the evolution. Hosted by Brent Drever and Rob Espenel, Midlife Circus is where real conversations meet reinvention. Like any good circus, midlife is part chaos, part wonder — a stage for learning new acts. From career changes and empty nests to money, relationships, health, and second-act adventures, Rob and Brent explore the unpredictable, messy, and meaningful middle of life with humor, honesty, and a touch of rebellion. It's a show for Gen X and anyone reinventing what comes next. Pull up a seat under the tent — and get ready to laugh, reflect, and rediscover what's possible in Your Next Great Act.
Midlife Circus: Gen X Reinvention
Latest Episodes
Sudden Money: How a Windfall Changes You and Everyone Around You
At some point in midlife a financial windfall may show up: a business sale, an inheritance, a severance package, a bonus bigger than expected. Rob and Brent walk through what actually happens next, using the five rings of the Midlife Circus to ...
Navigating Health Scares in Midlife: The Visible and the Invisible
Health scares in midlife come in two forms: the visible ones you feel, like a back that goes out and won't recover, and the invisible ones you can't, like a cholesterol number that flags a problem you'd never have noticed on your own. In this e...
Connection, Health, and Renewal: A Midlife Adventure in Costa Rica
This one is a field trip. Brent and Rob recorded it on location at Surf Synergy, a surf camp in Jacó, Costa Rica, where they brought their own families along with a group of friends and theirs, ages ranging from 3 to 55, for a week of surfing, ...
The Stuff We Keep: Why Letting Go in Midlife Creates Room for What's Next
Rob and Brent each did a room-by-room walkthrough of their own houses and came back with the evidence: a 90-year-old silk top hat, a custom motorcycle jacket from the Harley days, a bin of coaxial cables, gold-toed bowling shoes, and three corp...
Acceptance as Strength: Recovery and Rebuilding with Musician Ezra Vancil
Ezra Vancil got signed to a music label as a teenager and spent the years that followed living the life of a rock star. By 21 his label had dropped him with no plan B, and the next two decades were a collapse into addiction and isolation that n...
