Half Betty

Andrea Rathborne, Krista Gruen

krista@halfbetty.com

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Booking Overview

Interview podcast focused on midlife women, reinvention, wellbeing, identity, and purpose, typically featuring external writers, coaches, clinicians, wellness founders, and fellow podcast hosts. Suitable pitches include credentialed women's-health and mental-health experts, midlife coaches, authors, and founders with personal or professional insight into life transitions; booking difficulty is likely medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 34

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: Canada

YouTube: 40 subscribers

Instagram: 1.2k followers

Contact Information

krista@halfbetty.com

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Host

Andrea Rathborne - Podcast founder and co-host focused on creating supportive, inspiring conversations about women's midlife transitions, wellbeing, identity, and purpose.

Krista Gruen - Co-host creating thoughtful conversations about women's midlife experiences, wellbeing, identity, reinvention, and the possibilities of a new life chapter.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter expertise in midlife wellbeing, women's health, mental health, emotional resilience, or life and career transitions; guests are typically credentialed clinicians or coaches, authors, wellness founders, or podcast hosts.
Required Achievements:  
Founded a wellness or women's-health company, Published a book, Built a professional practice or coaching business, Hosted or produced a podcast, Held recognized clinical or coaching credentials

Recent Guest Discussions

Claire Fitzsimmons - Midlife Identity, Emotional Honesty, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Emotional Expression, Sustainable Wellbeing, And Navigating Change.

Dr. Kelly Kasteel - Perimenopause, Hormones, Testosterone, Women's Health, Self-advocacy, Burnout, Career Reinvention, And Midlife Wellbeing.

Recent Topics

Midlife Women, Women's Health, Wellness, Reinvention, Perimenopause

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Half Betty
:

Wisdom In Bloom: Five Words

July 16, 2026

We have always loved the way conversations wander. Not because they lose their way, but because they so often find something better.A story about a first job becomes a story about courage. A memory from childhood becomes a reflection on friendship. Someone mentions a woman named Alice, and suddenly you're talking about the people who quietly change the direction of our lives without ever knowing they have.It's exactly where this conversation with Denise and Kamesha from Wisdom in Bloom took u...

Claire Fitzsimmons: Still Becoming

June 20, 2026

In this thoughtful and inspiring conversation, Andrea and Krista welcome their first UK guest to the Half Betty Podcast - writer, wellbeing curator, coach, and podcast host Claire Fitzsimmons.Claire is the co-founder of If Lost, Start Here, a wellbeing company supporting people as they navigate life’s wilds with greater emotional honesty, clarity, and self-compassion. She is also the host of the podcast A Thought I Kept, where she explores the ideas, moments, and conversations that stay with ...

Dr. Kelly Kasteel: Thrive Instead of Survive

June 04, 2026

What happens when the career you’ve built no longer fits the life you want? This week, Andrea and Krista sit down with Dr. Kelly Kasteel—emergency physician, Mum, and founder of Emerge Wellness.After 17 years in emergency medicine, Kelly found herself facing burnout, questioning her identity, and navigating the very real challenges of perimenopause. She shares how the pressures of COVID, coupled with a traumatic workplace incident, became the catalyst for stepping away and reimagining her fut...

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