The Crone Stories The Crone Stories is a narrative podcast for women in the long middle of life. Real stories of perimenopause, menopause, and the becoming that comes after. Each episode is one woman's story. Hosted and written by Karen Amy, longtime holistic practitioner and story keeper, the show is built around private hour-long conversations with women in midlife about what they have lived through, what it has cost them, and what they are becoming on the other side. Karen shapes those conversations into a told story and reads it back. The woman gets to hear her own life narrated with care. Then she comes in to speak in her own voice, in a short three-question reflection that closes each episode. This is not a wellness podcast. There are no five-step plans, no hormone hacks, no advice. It is a place where the conversations women used to have on porches and in circles get to be witnessed by the rest of us. Stories of grief, the body, motherhood, marriage, illness, work, identity, and the slow becoming that midlife asks of us. Season one runs from June through October 2026, with new episodes every other Friday. Whether you are deep inside perimenopause, walking through menopause, or living the years that come after, you will recognise yourself in these stories. You are not alone in this. The word crone has been quietly stripped of its weight. The Crone Stories is taking it back. A crone is a woman who has lived enough to know what she knows. She is the one you go to. These are her stories. karenamy.com · @karen_amy_ https://www.karenamy.com/ en © 2026 Above the noise 019eacd8-bb68-78c1-957b-419b560adca1 no podcast https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/90c8ba1a-a633-46b3-916f-ed64125bb0ec/Crone_Stories_Podcast_thumbnail_and_logo.png?t=1781016418 The Crone Stories https://www.karenamy.com/ false episodic Karen Amy The Crone Stories is a narrative podcast for women in the long middle of life. Real stories of perimenopause, menopause, and the becoming that comes after. Each episode is one woman's story. Hosted and written by Karen Amy, longtime holistic practitioner and story keeper, the show is built around private hour-long conversations with women in midlife about what they have lived through, what it has cost them, and what they are becoming on the other side. Karen shapes those conversations into a told story and reads it back. The woman gets to hear her own life narrated with care. Then she comes in to speak in her own voice, in a short three-question reflection that closes each episode. This is not a wellness podcast. There are no five-step plans, no hormone hacks, no advice. It is a place where the conversations women used to have on porches and in circles get to be witnessed by the rest of us. Stories of grief, the body, motherhood, marriage, illness, work, identity, and the slow becoming that midlife asks of us. Season one runs from June through October 2026, with new episodes every other Friday. Whether you are deep inside perimenopause, walking through menopause, or living the years that come after, you will recognise yourself in these stories. You are not alone in this. The word crone has been quietly stripped of its weight. The Crone Stories is taking it back. A crone is a woman who has lived enough to know what she knows. She is the one you go to. These are her stories. karenamy.com · @karen_amy_

]]> Karen Amy karenamyyes@gmail.com Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:09:49 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:10:51 +0000 beehiiv Episode 1: Welcome to The Crone Stories https://www.karenamy.com/podcast/s/the_crone_stories/episode_1_welcome_to_the_crone_stories Welcome to The Crone Stories. In this first episode, I tell you what this show is, why I wanted to make it, and what you can expect from the season ahead. No guest yet. Just me, telling you what I have been quietly building. ***Note I have decided that... Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:09:49 +0000 1309 Karen Amy false full 2 1 Welcome to The Crone Stories.

In this first episode, I tell you what this show is, why I wanted to make it, and what you can expect from the season ahead. No guest yet. Just me, telling you what I have been quietly building.

***Note I have decided that for this first season there won't be a video version of the show it will be on Youtube as an audio only

In this episode

  • Why the deep, honest conversations women used to have with one another have become rare, and what I am trying to do about it

  • What the word crone actually means, and why I am taking it back

  • How an episode of this show actually works, including the closing sitting that ends every episode

  • The nine women of season one, who said yes before there was anything to say yes to

  • An invitation to the women of season two

The season ahead

Season one is eleven episodes, running from June through October 2026, bi-weekly on Friday mornings. Story one arrives Friday June 19. A new woman's story lands every other Friday until the season closes in late October.

Do you have a story you want to tell?

Season two is open. You do not have to be a podcaster. You do not have to be polished. You only need a story, and the willingness to let me hold it with you. Find me at karenamy.com.

Stay close

The newsletter brings each new story to your inbox the morning it lands, along with a small note from me. Subscribe at karenamy.com.

If something in this episode found you today, please subscribe wherever you listen. It is the single thing that helps a new podcast more than anything else. And if you know a woman who would feel less alone with these stories in her ear, send this episode to her by name.

About The Crone Stories

The Crone Stories is a narrative podcast for women in midlife. Real stories of perimenopause, menopause, and the becoming that comes after. Hosted by Karen Amy, story keeper. New episodes every other Friday.

karenamy.com · @karen_amy_

Produced and edited by Madison Salcedo

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