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How Hard Can It Be? with Diana Maria Riva

How Hard Can It Be? with Diana Maria Riva

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Diana Maria Riva hosts the weekly podcast for GenX women navigating midlife’s most fantastic bullsh*t. Through laughs, tears, or tears and laughter, Diana invites her squads from Ohio to Hollywood for some real talk on being the boss, the empty nester and the caretaker, all while battling night sweats AND being the linchpins of society. From the FUPA to the hot flash, it's time for women to have unpolished, unfiltered conversations about the midlife roller coaster. With all the changes, surprises and WTFs, join Diana and celebrity guests, experts, and allies as they tackle everything in the second act of life, love, sex and society, as we ask… How hard can it be?

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Episodes
  • Maria Hinojosa on the Importance of Independence in a Marriage, Asking Your Kids for Forgiveness, and Being a ‘Wisdom Elder'

    Maria Hinojosa on the Importance of Independence in a Marriage, Asking Your Kids for Forgiveness, and Being a ‘Wisdom Elder'
    Oct 15 2026

    Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Maria Hinojosa joins Diana Maria Riva to discuss how she’s managed to keep her identity, the secret to her 35-year marriage, and asking her kids for forgiveness for the time her work kept her away from them. Maria also talks about rebuilding in this stage of life, her self-care routine (boxing at 6am?!), and why being called an “elder” won’t slow her down.

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    46 mins
  • Millennials vs. Gen X: Comparing Notes on Midlife with Francia Raisa & Jessica Marie Garcia

    Millennials vs. Gen X: Comparing Notes on Midlife with Francia Raisa & Jessica Marie Garcia
    Oct 8 2026

    Host Diana Maria Riva is joined by her millennial babes Francia Raisa (Grown-ish, How I Met Your Father) and Jessica Marie Garcia (Liv and Maddie, On My Block) to swap notes on what midlife really looks like. They talk openly about midlife facts and fiction (night sweats, perimenopause, sex drive), the challenges of finding the right OB-GYN before you need one, and the power of embracing a new chapter in life. Francia, Jessica and Diana also discuss dating and relationships, self-trust, and the one message they have for their future selves.

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    51 mins
  • Toxic Love, the Sex and the City Paradox, and Dating Right after 50 with Sabrina Bendory

    Toxic Love, the Sex and the City Paradox, and Dating Right after 50 with Sabrina Bendory
    Oct 1 2026

    Host Diana Maria Riva sits down with relationship coach and bestselling author Sabrina Bendory to talk about finding love, recognizing the difference between chaos and chemistry, and the discovering of our true selves in the process. They get into the different types of toxic behavior (love bombing, mirroring, bread crumbing), how movies, TV shows AND dating apps have skewed our views on what healthy relationships look like, and the myth that it’s too late to find love after 40. Whether you're newly single, dating again after divorce, or 30 years into a marriage, this episode speaks the blunt truth to the standards, or lack thereof, we live by.

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    50 mins
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