How high-performing women can navigate caregiving, burnout, and life transitions without sacrificing themselves.

If you're caring for aging parents, supporting a spouse through illness, balancing work, family, and everyone else's needs, you know how easy it is to put yourself last.

In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks with Amy Lokken, founder of The Amy Factor, about caregiving, burnout, self-respect, and what happens when high-performing women quietly begin disappearing beneath the weight of responsibility.

Amy's insights come from lived experience. She cared for both of her parents until their final breath, supported her mother through dementia, and years later found herself caring for her husband through serious health challenges—all while leading a business and trying not to lose herself in the process.

Together, we explore:

• Caregiving and the sandwich generation
• Dementia and caring for aging parents
• Supporting a spouse through illness
• Burnout in high-performing women
• Self-respect versus self-sacrifice
• Leadership through life's hardest seasons
• Identity after caregiving
• Life transitions and reinvention after 50
• Resilience, boundaries, and emotional wellbeing

Amy shares why caregiving is one of the highest forms of leadership, how small daily compromises quietly erode self-respect, and what it takes to care for the people you love without abandoning yourself.

If you've ever felt exhausted, overwhelmed, invisible, or wondered where you went while taking care of everyone else, this conversation will remind you that caring for yourself isn't selfish—it's essential.

Because the people who depend on you need the healthiest, strongest version of you.

✨ What's Next for You?

If you've outgrown the life you've built and want a private space to think through what's next, let's have a conversation.

Learn more about Beverley's work and schedule a conversation at ReinventImpossible.com.

Resources

For similar episodes to help you further, check out Finding Your Voice episode number 154 and Success, Burnout, and what Really Matters, episode 184. And if you're going through difficult times, the Dementia Decoded Podcast with Jennifer Fink is a masterclass for working family caregivers. That's podcast.show Fading Memories.

Amy Lokken – Founder, The Amy Factor™

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Success can be lonely—especially for women in leadership.

Whether you're a founder, business owner, executive, board member, or a high-performing woman leading others, there are decisions you can't always share, doubts you keep to yourself, and pressures few people truly understand.

In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer sits down with entrepreneur and KELLA founder Hannah Wrixon to explore one of leadership's least talked about challenges: loneliness at the top.

Hannah's story didn't begin in the boardroom. She shares the experiences that shaped her resilience—from surviving abuse and becoming a single mother to building and selling businesses, navigating grief and depression, and discovering that success doesn't protect you from feeling alone.

Together, we explore:

• Women in leadership
• Leadership loneliness and executive burnout
• Career transitions and reinvention after 50
• Women entrepreneurs and business leadership
• Psychological safety and trusted peer networks
• Decision-making under pressure
• Asking for help without losing confidence
• Resilience, purpose, and authentic leadership

If you've ever felt the weight of leading, struggled to make difficult decisions in silence, or believed you had to have all the answers, this conversation will remind you that the strongest leaders aren't the ones who carry everything alone.

They're the ones who know where it's safe to tell the truth.

✨ What's Next for You?

If you've outgrown the life you've built and want a private space to think through what's next, let's have a conversation.

Learn more about Beverley's work and schedule a conversation at ReinventImpossible.com.

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If you're wondering 'What's next' for me?' Let's map that out together. Schedule a Free Next Act Strategy Session. 

 For similar episodes on Aging with Purpose and Passion, check out When Success No Longer Fits. That's episode number 181 and Success, Burnout, and What Really Matters, episode 184 on Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you like podcasts for older women, women over 70 is a powerful force. These compelling stories shatter the myth that we become irrelevant as we age, and that's womenover70.com.

Hannah Wrixon – Founder & CEO of KELLA

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But sometimes it’s just the sentence that keeps you stuck.

In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks with author and publishing partner Lynn Miller, whose book Ahead of Their Time is based on more than 200 interviews with pioneers who challenged broken systems and created new possibilities.

Together, they explore one powerful question:

What if there’s another way?

Lynn shares how childhood challenges, opera training, caregiving, loss, advocacy, and research into pioneers shaped her understanding of reinvention, resilience, and purpose.

This conversation is for women over 50 navigating life transitions, career change, caregiving, loss, uncertainty, or the quiet feeling that the life they built no longer fully fits.

You’ll hear how to stop accepting “that’s just how it is,” ask better questions, reuse your strengths in new ways, and begin creating a meaningful next chapter.

Because reinvention after 50 doesn’t begin with having all the answers.

It begins with refusing to stop asking.

✨ What’s Next for You?
If you’ve outgrown the life you built and want a private space to think through what’s next, let’s have a conversation.

Learn more at ReinventImpossible.com.

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If you're wondering 'What's next' for me?' Let's map that out together. Schedule a Free Next Act Strategy Session. 

For similar episodes on advocating for yourself, check out Beating the 5% odds of cancer, that's episode 164, and Finding Your Voice, episode 178 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you love podcasts of older women, the Late Bloomer Living Podcast helps you find joy, embrace change, and live playfully. And that's latebloomerliving.com. 

Lynn Miller – Author, Researcher & Publishing Partner

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It's realizing you have to make life-changing decisions when you're scared, exhausted, overwhelmed, and unsure what questions to ask next.

In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer sits down with Dr. Tiffany Troso, an oncologist with more than 25 years of experience helping women navigate breast cancer, gynecologic cancer, treatment decisions, and the emotional challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis.

Patients often leave medical appointments with information.

But not always with clarity.

Dr. Troso explains how to become a more empowered patient, communicate effectively with your healthcare team, get the most from medical appointments, and make confident healthcare decisions when the stakes feel overwhelming.

We discuss:

• Breast cancer and gynecologic cancer
• Patient advocacy and self-advocacy
• Questions to ask after a cancer diagnosis
• Why second opinions matter
• Understanding treatment options
• Organizing medical records and test results
• Managing fear, uncertainty, and overwhelm
• Building confidence during treatment
• Caregiving and support during cancer
• Navigating the healthcare system

Dr. Troso also shares her own story of reinvention after being diagnosed with a neurodegenerative eye disease—an experience that transformed her understanding of resilience, patient care, and what people need most when life changes unexpectedly.

If you've ever faced a serious diagnosis, cared for someone you love, or felt overwhelmed by medical decisions, this conversation will help you move from confusion to clarity and from fear to informed action.

Because taking back control doesn't start with having all the answers.

It starts with asking the right questions.

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For similar episodes on empowering yourself with cancer, check out Creating the 5% Odds, episode 164, and When Life Breaks You Open Episode 178 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you like podcasts for older women, Women Over 70 is a powerful force. These compelling stories shatter the myth that we're irrelevant as we age.  womenover70.com.

Dr. Tiffany Trosso-Sandoval, MD – Oncologist, Author & Founder of the Empowered Cancer Patient Community

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In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer Life and Work Transition Expert sits down with Dr. Sara Hart, leadership development expert, executive coach, and founder of Prime Spark Women and Antiretirement: For Women Too Smart to Retire.

After more than 40 years in corporate leadership and consulting, Sara began questioning one of society's biggest assumptions: that retirement should be the goal.

What if it isn't?

Sara shares her own reinvention story, including the bold decision to leave a successful career, sell most of what she owned, and drive across the country to start a completely new chapter in San Francisco.

Together, we explore what happens when women outgrow the roles, expectations, and identities they've carried for decades.

We discuss:

• Retirement after 50
• Career change and reinvention
• Ageism and stereotypes about older women
• Finding purpose after retirement
• Building a second act
• Consulting, volunteering, and portfolio careers
• Confidence and self-belief in midlife
• Women over 50 in the workplace
• Personal growth and lifelong learning
• Creating a meaningful future on your own terms

If you're wondering whether retirement is really the finish line, navigating a career transition after 50, or looking for a new sense of purpose, this conversation will challenge the assumptions you've been taught about aging, work, and what's possible next.

Because your most valuable years may not be behind you.

They may be just beginning.

Please subscribe, share this episode with a woman who'd love this, and drop us a note with one belief about aging you're ready to drop.

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For similar episodes on life after retirement, check out episode 175, The Retirement Puzzle with Dr. Dorian Mintzer. And Sex, power and money after 60. That's episode 171 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you like podcasts of older women, the Late Bloomer Living Podcast helps you find joy, embrace change, and live playfully. That's latebloomerliving.com. 

Dr. Sara Hart – Founder of Prime Spark Women & Creator of Antiretirement

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💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahartcom/
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Beverley Glazer, MA, CCC, ICF – Life and Work Transition Coach & Host

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Your calendar can be full and your life can still feel out of alignment.

For many high-achieving women over 50, success becomes a habit: say yes, stay visible, work harder, keep producing, keep proving.

Until life forces a different conversation.

In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer speaks with Paige Arnof-Fenn, founder of Mavens & Moguls, branding expert, entrepreneur, and former marketing executive whose career spans Wall Street, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, internet startups, and building a successful global consulting firm.

But this conversation isn't really about marketing.

It's about what happens when success collides with real life.

Paige shares how six years of family illness, caregiving, loss, travel, and estate responsibilities transformed the way she viewed work, ambition, relationships, and success itself.

The lesson surprised her:

Doing less did not make her less successful.

It made her more intentional.

Together, we explore career reinvention after 50, entrepreneurship, burnout, caregiving, personal branding, networking, boundaries, work-life priorities, and why human connection matters more than ever in the age of AI.

We discuss:

• Reinvention after 50
• Entrepreneurship and building a business
• Burnout and overachievement
• Caregiving and family responsibilities
• Personal branding and visibility
• Networking and meaningful relationships
• Boundaries and intentional living
• Life transitions after 50
• Redefining success in midlife
• Creating a meaningful second act

If you're tired of treating urgency like a lifestyle, feeling trapped by expectations, or wondering whether success still looks the way it used to, this conversation will make you feel seen.

Because the next chapter isn't always about doing more.

Sometimes it's about choosing what matters most.

Please Subscribe, share this episode with a woman who needs to hear it, and leave a review to help more women discover what's possible after 50.

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For more episodes on making change after 50, check out Who Are You Without the Career, episode 181 and episode 174, Career Change at 50 on Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you love podcasts for older women, the Late Bloomer Living Podcast gives you a fresh perspective on midlife and aging. That's latebloomerliving.com.

Paige Arnof-Fenn – Founder & CEO of Mavens & Moguls

🌐 https://www.mavensandmoguls.com
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigearnofffenn

Beverley Glazer, MA, CCC, ICF – Life and Work Transition Coach & Host

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You didn’t lose your ambition. Your body changed the rules.

For high-performing women over 50, menopause can feel like betrayal.

You’re doing what always worked — pushing harder, eating better, staying busy, holding everything together — but suddenly your energy, sleep, mood, weight, focus, and confidence don’t respond the same way.

Then too many women hear the same dismissive message:

“It’s normal. Just live with it.”

Dr. Prudence Hall says no.

In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Dr. Hall — OBGYN, author, and founder of The Hall Center — explains what really changes during perimenopause and menopause, and why women deserve better answers than silence, shame, or one-size-fits-all medicine.

We talk about hormone replacement therapy, HRT, bioidentical hormones, brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, sleep, inflammation, metabolic health, stress, trauma, and functional medicine for women over 50.

But this conversation is bigger than hormones.

It’s about reclaiming authority over your body at the exact stage when many women are told to step back, shrink down, or accept decline.

If you’ve been thinking, “I don’t feel like myself anymore,” this episode will help you understand why — and what to ask for next.

Menopause is not the end of your vitality.

It may be the moment you finally stop tolerating less than full power.

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For similar episodes on reclaiming your health and sexual wellness, check out episode 170 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. 

Dr. Prudence Hall – OBGYN, Author & Founder of The Hall Center

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You built the life. You earned the success. So why don't you feel something is missing?

Mary Madeiras won three  Emmy Awards and The Screen Director Award of America. She is also the author of The Akashic Way, and an Advanced Akashic Records practitioner. She spent years directing on major television networks and had daytime TV hits, including General Hospital and Another World. Mary built a successful career many women spend a lifetime chasing.

But achievement could not silence the deeper question rising underneath it all:

What happens when the version of success you created no longer feels aligned with who you are becoming?

In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Mary shares her journey from Emmy-winning television director to spiritual teacher and Akashic Records practitioner — and why reinvention after 50 is often less about external change and more about inner truth.

This conversation goes beyond career transition and midlife reinvention. It explores the hidden exhaustion many high-performing women carry after decades of proving, performing, producing, and pushing through.

We talk about:

• reinvention after 50
• career change and identity shifts
• intuition and self-trust
• spiritual awakening in midlife
• burnout from achievement culture
• finding purpose after success
• and how the Akashic Records can help people reconnect with clarity, direction, and inner guidance

Mary also explains the Akashic Records in grounded, practical language — not as something to fear or worship, but as a tool for self-understanding and deeper awareness at life’s crossroads.

If you’ve been successful on the outside but disconnected on the inside… if your old definition of success no longer fits… this episode will make you feel seen.

Listen and reconnect with the part of yourself that’s been waiting for your attention.

Please subscribe, share this episode with a woman navigating her next chapter, and leave a review with the insight that stayed with you most.

For similar episodes on trusting your intuition, check out episode 162 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you like podcasts for older women, check out Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined. Their compelling stories shatter the myth that we become irrelevant as we grow older. WomenOver70.com

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Mary Madeiras – Advanced Akashic Records Practitioner, Author & Emmy Award-Winning Television Director

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When your career disappears, your ego panics. Your identity is what needs rebuilding.

Dr. Angela Mulrooney was in the middle of surgery when her hands stopped working. Soon after, she was told not to touch another patient. Six months later, the diagnosis arrived — and the dental career she had built since childhood was over.

For high-performing women over 50, this conversation hits a nerve many quietly carry:

Who am I if I can no longer do the thing that made me successful?

In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Angela shares the emotional crash of losing her professional identity, the financial fear that followed, and the painful reality of rebuilding after forced career change, burnout, and health crisis.

But this is not a story about giving up.

It’s about reinvention.

We talk about:

• career transition after 50
• identity loss and reinvention
• burnout and health wake-up calls
• forced retirement and starting over
• LinkedIn visibility and personal branding
• turning expertise into intellectual property and influence
• and why experienced women must stop shrinking in a culture obsessed with youth

Angela also shares how losing her career unexpectedly opened the door to a completely new chapter built around freedom, visibility, impact, and authority.

If you’re navigating a layoff, illness, menopause transition, empty nest, divorce, or the quiet fear that your best years may be behind you — this episode will make you feel seen.

🎧 Press play, take notes, and choose one next step.

Please subscribe, share with a woman rebuilding her life or career, and leave a review so more women over 50 can find conversations like this.

Resources:

For similar episodes on rebuilding your life after 50, check out episode 175, The Retirement Puzzle, and Episode 178, When Life Breaks You Open on Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you like podcasts for older women, Women Over 70 is a powerful force. Their compelling stories shatter the myth that we become irrelevant as we age. That's www.womenover70.com.

Dr. Angela Mulrooney – Founder of Unleashing Influence & Reinvention Expert

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In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, psychotherapist and coach Beverley Glazer sits down with Dr. Dravon James, transformation specialist, founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy, and creator of the Everyday Peace Philosophy, to talk about starting over after 50, divorce recovery, self-worth, and finding peace when life falls apart.

Dr. Dravon shares how growing up in poverty on Chicago’s South Side built resilience, why keeping appearances can cost women their truth, and what it takes to rebuild after more than 25 years of marriage ends.

For high-performing women over 50 navigating divorce, career change, midlife reinvention, parenting pressure, or the fear that their best years are behind them, this conversation is a reminder: starting over is not failure. It is courage.

Please subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review to help more women move from stuck to unstoppable.

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For similar episodes on peace and freedom, check out Recovery from PTSD, that's episode 121. And from Healing from Betrayal, episode 177 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you love stories of unapologetic older women, check out www.Reinvention Rebels.com

Dr. Dravon James – Transformation Specialist, Founder of Next Step Leadership Academy & Creator of Everyday Peace Philosophy

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📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EverydayPeace/
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In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverly Glazer speaks with Vera Milan Gervais, speaker, best-selling author, and entrepreneur, about self-talk, labels, and identity ceilings shape confidence, identity, and reinvention for women over 50 and far beyond.

Vera shares the story behind Words We Wear, shaped by childhood surgeries, a teenage marriage, life-altering car accidents, and the courage to rebuild. Together, we explore confidence after 50, self-talk, identity, reinvention, and how language influences the way high-performing women show up in work, relationships, and life transitions.

You’ll learn how to drop diminishing labels, stop minimizing your wins, and introduce yourself with more self-trust.

Please subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review to help more women rewrite their story.

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For similar episodes on changing your story, check out Sex, Money and Power - episode 171. And Midlife Reinvention # 174 on Aging With Purpose and Passion.  And if you like stories of unapologetic women who have boldly reimagined life on their own terms, check out Reinvention Rebels Reinventionrebels.com.

Vera Milan Gervais – Speaker, Author & Success Mentor
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💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-milan-gervais
📝 https://veramilangervais.substack.com/

Beverley Glazer, MA – Reinvention Strategist, Mentor & Host
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In this powerful episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer speaks with Frankie Picasso, international socialpreneur, broadcaster, author, artist, and co-founder of G Woman Media, about the motorcycle accident that changed her life overnight.

Frankie shares how she rebuilt through critical care, career loss, divorce, legal decisions, invisible pain, and the pressure to stay strong for her children. Together, we explore reinvention after 50, resilience, recovery, purpose, and what it means for women over 50 to start again after life falls apart.

For high-performing women navigating midlife transition, burnout, divorce, identity shifts, or starting over, this conversation offers real hope and hard-earned wisdom.

Subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review to help more women find these stories.

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For similar episodes on rebuilding your life, check out Episode 165, When Hollywood Says You're Done. And 170, Business Burnout, and Career Reinvention on Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you love stories of unapologetic older women, check out Reinvention Rebels - rebels.com

Frankie Picasso – SocialPreneur, Broadcaster & Change Leader
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I’m joined by Farla Efros—seasoned retail executive, speaker, and author of Fck Cancer*—to unpack the reality of an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis hitting in the midst of high-stakes leadership and profound family loss.

In this episode, we move beyond the "pink ribbon" narrative to discuss the visceral whiplash of a positive diagnosis after a clear mammogram. Farla opens up about the grueling reality of undergoing chemotherapy while navigating extreme caregiver stress for parents facing stroke and brain cancer. We explore what grief and cancer actually look like when you are still expected to function at a high level.

We break down the "Self-Sovereign Patient" framework, focusing on:

• Patient Advocacy: Why you must refuse to be a passive participant in your own care.
• Cancer Treatment Plan: How to prepare for oncology meetings with data and "spiky" questions.
• Cancer Survival Tips: Why pushing for mid-treatment scans can restore your sense of agency.
• The "Executive Board": How to recruit a support team—from medical experts to "truth-tellers"—to speak for you when you’re exhausted.

Stick around for the final minutes where I provide the distilled, operational actions you can take to move from "patient" to "advocate" and reclaim your sovereignty in the face of a crisis.

Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: What is the one question you want to feel brave enough to ask your medical team next?

Resources: For simpler episodes on healing, listen to Reclaim Your Health, episode 141, and Meeting the 5% Odds of Cancer, episode 164 on Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you have stories of unapologetic women who have boldly reimagined life on their own terms, check out www.reinventionrebels.com

Farla Efros – Author, Speaker & Retail Executive
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Some of the strongest women are the ones quietly carrying the most pain and still showing up. I’m Beverley Glazer, and in this episode, I talk to Dr. Melanie Sue Hicks—workforce expert and author—for a conversation that is different. We aren't just talking about "resilience" (a word that’s been overused into meaningless). It's about the mechanics of survival when your life takes a detour that blindsided you.

Melanie pulls back the curtain on how domestic violence defies every stereotype and why "peace" can feel terrifying when your nervous system has been conditioned for chaos. We dive into the grief of an emergency hysterectomy, the shame of repeated patterns, and the courage it takes to recraft your career after a public divorce.

What we’re unmuting today:

•  The Stability Trap: Why we subconsciously sabotage peace and how to reset your nervous system.
• Betrayal Recovery: Practical strategies for reclaiming self-worth when you feel "behind" or childless.
• Human-Centered Leadership: How to turn your trauma into a high-impact, empathetic professional lens.
• The Everest Within: Using Melanie’s memoir, Incongruent, as a blueprint for midlife reflection.
• The "Recraft": Rebuilding your work and identity when the "book tour" of your life destroys you.

If you’re done with "surviving" this conversation offers the honest language and grounded strategy you need to move forward.

Resources: For similar episodes on trauma and healing, - Lifestyle Change at 50 # 174. And Resilience and Renewal # 149 And if you love stories of unapologetic older women -  Reinvention Rebels. www.reinventionrebels.com. 

Dr. Melanie Sue Hicks – Author, Speaker & Leadership Expert
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Your life can look "fine" to everyone else while you’re quietly fighting to get through the day.

I sit down with Kari Wells, known to millions as a cast member on Bravo’s Married to Medicine, to pull back the curtain on the private reality behind public success. Beyond the cameras, Kari has navigated a grueling path through grief, an eating disorder, and a violent robbery that left her battling PTSD.

In this deeply personal episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, we get specific about the mechanics of trauma recovery and the "unmuted" truth about rebuilding your sense of safety.

What we discuss in this episode:

• The Reality of PTSD: Navigating fear in everyday places—from grocery stores to your own home.
• The Victim-to-Agency Shift: Moving from "Why is this happening to me?" to "Why is this happening for me?"
• Healing Tools: The practical power of journaling to reduce re-triggering and the role of a support system.
• The "To-Be" List: Why choosing who you want to be is more important than what you want to do during midlife reinvention.
• The Aspen Legacy: How Kari is using storytelling and her foundation to give back as her children enter adulthood.

If you are searching for resilience tools or a grounded way forward after life has knocked you down, Kari’s story is your blueprint for hope.

Resources:

For similar episodes on healing, check out episode number 147, Finding Your Voice After Trauma, and 154, Reinvention and Healing Through Music. And if love stories of unapologetic women, 50-90 years young, who have boldly reimagined life on their own terms, check out ReinventionRebels.com

Kari Wells – Author, TV Personality & Entrepreneur
📧 kariwells@me.com
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Who told you the window for 'new' was closed? Most women over 50 are playing it safe, waiting for a permission slip that’s never coming. Dr. Dorian (Dori) Mintzer is the woman who burned the script.

After a near-death accident at 20 changed her DNA for risk-taking, Dori navigated a high-stakes divorce and infertility to become a mother through surrogacy at age 50. Now, at 80, she is a world-renowned retirement expert facing her own "Couple's Puzzle": navigating her husband's memory decline while staying professionally relevant.

The "Why You Must Listen" List:

• The 50-Year-Old Pivot: Why Dori chose surrogacy when the world said "it’s too late."
• The Retirement Crisis: Why most "planning" fails because it ignores the psychological transition.
• Caregiving & Identity: How to stay grounded in your own purpose while a partner’s memory fades.
• The 80-Year-Old Frontier: Why your "Bonus Years" are for growth, not shrinking.

Stop asking if it's too late. Start asking what's next.

Resources:

For a similar episode on reinventing retirement, check out The Leisure Trap episode 167 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you're over 50 and love to travel, the Ageless Traveler is your number one resource for lifelong travel.

Dorian (Dori) Mintzer – Retirement & Reinvention Expert
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  info@unleashinginfluence.com
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What happens when the "right" life feels completely wrong? Most women over 50 are terrified to walk away from what they’ve built. Jeanne Blasberg did exactly that. She traded a high-achieving life in Boston for a regenerative farm in Wisconsin—but the real story isn't the farm. It’s the childhood addiction and perfectionism she had to unlearn to get there.

In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer and Jeanne dig into the "antenna for empathy" created by early chaos and why "success" often feels like forcing yourself into the wrong shape.

The "Why You Must Listen" List:

• The Perfectionism Trap: How growing up on "pins and needles" creates a desperate need for control—and how to break it.
• The 3-Year Reset: Why moving to Switzerland taught Jeanne that you can rebuild a life anywhere with just the basics.
• Regenerative Reinvention: How focusing on soil health and climate change cured Jeanne’s "midlife stuckness" and brought her creativity back online.
• The Decluttering Mandate: Practical, no-nonsense advice for women over 50 to drop obligations that no longer fit.

Stop living inside other people’s stories. Whether you’re facing a career pivot, healing from childhood trauma, or searching for women’s empowerment, this episode is your roadmap to a deeper next chapter.

Resources: If you've enjoyed this episode, you might like Finding Your Voice After Trauma #147 & Reinvention & Healing Through Music 154  

If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Jeanne Blasberg – Author & Speaker

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Are you walking into rooms feeling unseen, underestimated, or just slightly "off" in your own skin? In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, host Beverley Glazer talks with Bria Johnson, founder of Iconic with Style, about why style is the ultimate strategic tool for midlife reinvention.

As women over 50, we often face the "Embodiment Gap"—the space where our internal wisdom and our external image no longer match. Bria shares how to bridge that gap with intention, proving that personal branding isn't just for influencers; it's for every woman ready to be seen and heard in her second act. In this episode, we discuss:

• Style Strategy Over 50: Why "dressing for success" changes as we evolve and how to align your wardrobe with your current authority.
• The 3-Second Rule: The psychology of how your clothes introduce you before you speak a single word.
• Midlife Wardrobe Reclamation: Practical, budget-friendly ways to upgrade your look during career pivots, promotions, or post-divorce.
• Overcoming the "Imposter" Look: How to navigate body image changes and weight fluctuations with confidence and grace.
• The Legacy of Presence: Lessons from Bria’s grandmother on dressing with dignity, regardless of resources. Key Takeaway: You’ve spent decades building your image, midlife is the time to stand out.

Resources - For similar episodes on visibility and confidence, check out episodes 150 and 166 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

If you love travel over 50, Check out the  https://agelesstraveler.com

Bria Johnson – Chief Style Strategist, I.C.O.N.I.C With Style™
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Is your next chapter a matter of luck, or a series of deliberate choices? In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks with author and "MBA Mystic" Ronnie Ann Ryan. Ronnie shares the exact strategy she used to find love and how she pivoted her career during a global crisis by trusting her midlife intuition.

If you’re a woman over 50 navigating modern dating, a career pivot, or a second act, this conversation is your roadmap to transitioning from a "grind" to a "divine flow."

Top Takeaways from This Episode:

• The 30-Date Strategy: Why treating your love life like a marketing project yields results.
• Dating Mistakes to Avoid: The two biggest reasons women over 50 stay single—and how to fix them.
• The "MBA Mystic" Pivot: Transitioning from corporate finance to intuitive coaching using neuroscience.
• Softening the Armor: How to stop leading with judgment and start leading with "Smile Magic."
• The Intuition Superpower: Why your "gut feeling" is a data-driven tool that gets sharper after 50.

Key Takeaway: You don't need a miracle; you need a method. Your second act is an experiment—don't be afraid to fail until you win.

Resources:

If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Ronnie Ann Ryan - Intuitive Coach & Wise Woman

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Can your most exciting chapter actually begin after 60? In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, host Beverley Glazer sits down with biologist and author Stella Fosse. Stella’s life is a masterclass in midlife reinvention—moving from a career in biotech and finance to becoming a leading voice in post-midlife erotica and independent publishing.

Whether you are navigating caregiving, exploring late-life love, or looking to start a business after 60, Stella’s journey from Berkeley advocate to the founder of a  book publishing company, proves that you can design the future you actually want.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Challenging Ageism: Why Stella created the Elderotica series to rewrite myths about desire and aging.
• The Creative Leap: How a backyard chicken mite infestation led to her first scientific saga and book.
• Love After 60: Meeting her partner Graham online at 62 and launching a successful entrepreneurial partnership.
• Self-Publishing Secrets: Owning the process from page to publication and the discipline behind a thriving creative life.
• Disability Advocacy: Lessons learned from the disability rights movement and raising twins with high-care needs.

Key Takeaway: Ignore the scripts that shrink you. Your next chapter is yours to write, whether it involves post-midlife sexuality, a new career, or a creative legacy.

Resources: 

If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Stella Fosse – Author & Speaker

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In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, host Beverley Glazer talks with entrepreneur and author Ev Foster. Ev shares her raw journey from building a women’s gym community in Scotland to walking away under crushing pressure and ultimately reinventing herself in real estate leadership.

Whether you are navigating single motherhood, recovering from business burnout, or looking for a midlife career change, Ev’s "butterfly metaphor" provides a practical blueprint for transformation.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Pivot from Burnout: How to walk away from a business that no longer serves you.
• Cultural Mindsets: Breaking the silence around success and ambition.
• Single Motherhood & Career: Turning self-employment into a lifeline for your family.
• Change Starts With Choice: Why a failed business is a door, not a dead end.

Key Takeaway: Transformation requires a "chrysalis." Sometimes you have to deconstruct your current life to emerge stronger in your next chapter.

For similar episodes on rebuilding your career in later life check out  #160 and 165 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

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If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Ev Foster – Coach & Speaker

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Beverley Glazer, MA – Reinvention Strategist & Host

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How do you survive coercive control, domestic abuse, and suicide loss? Counselor Patricia Gordon Stevens reveals how to reclaim your life.

 On Aging with Purpose and Passion, host Beverley Glazer MA, CCC, sits down with counselor and author Patricia Gordon Stevens to trace a harrowing path from a high-control marriage to a life of service and resilience.

Patricia opens up about the chilling reality of coercive control—from being marched out of a university class by a partner to the calculated bravery required to leave when control turns dangerous. Her story takes an even deeper turn as she discusses the back-to-back deaths of her sister and her son to suicide, exploring how the world responds to "stigmatized" grief.

Inside the Episode:

• Identifying Coercive Control: The red flags of domestic abuse that go beyond physical violence.
• Safety Planning: Why the most dangerous moment is the decision to leave—and how to do it safely.
• Grief Without Stigma: Navigating the specific isolation and "silence" of suicide loss.
• The Power of Study: How returning to psychology in midlife restored Patricia’s identity and income.
• Madness in Memphis: Using storytelling and fiction to expose the truth about domestic violence.

For similar episodes on reinvention in later life check out  #104 and 154 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

Resources: 

If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Patricia Gordon Stevens – Author & Owner, Maxwell House Counselling

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On this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, host Beverley Glazer sits down with life and grief coach Marie Crews to discuss the unpolished reality of resilience after the unthinkable. From a childhood of poverty to the devastating loss of her son to suicide, Marie’s life is a masterclass in post-traumatic growth.

Marie skips the platitudes to deliver a clinical approach to grief recovery, trauma healing, and identity reinvention.

Inside the Episode:

• Clinical Journaling: Why writing is a neurological tool for emotional regulation and reframing trauma.
• Suicide Loss Support: How to navigate the specific silence of losing a child and transform pain into a new relationship.
• Breaking the Poverty Trap: The "next right steps" and hard boundaries required to escape cycles of addiction.
• Identity Reinvention: Practical shifts to move from "victim" to a purpose-driven life.
• Regulating the Nervous System: Using self-honesty to spot the mental patterns that cause burnout.

Whether you are navigating bereavement, mental health struggles, or a life transition that feels impossible, Marie Crews provides a roadmap built in the trenches.

For similar episodes on grief and healing check out  #152 and 154 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

Resources: 

If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Marie Crews – Empowerment & Grief Guide 📧 empowerwomentorise@gmail.com
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Host Beverley Glazer sits down with University of Toronto gerontologist Dr. Michelle Pannor Silver to discuss how high achievers—physicians, CEOs, and Olympians—navigate the "Identity Gap." If you’ve hit a wall after leaving a leadership role, this is your roadmap for a "second awakening."

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The High-Achiever’s Wall: Why leaving a career of high-stakes decisions can feel like grief.
• The Identity Gap: How to stop being "the former CEO" and start thriving on curiosity.
• Avoiding the "Leisure Trap": Why hobbies aren't enough and how to design a meaningful daily structure.
• Resilience as a Skill: Practical habits to move from professional burnout to personal purpose.

Guest Credentials: Dr. Michelle Pannor Silver is the Chair of the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto and the author of Retirement and Its Discontents.

In this episode, we cover: Retirement Identity Crisis | Finding Purpose After 50 | High-Achiever Career Transitions | CEO and Physician Retirement | Healthy Aging Research | Gerontology | Dr. Michelle Pannor Silver | Reinvention for Women Over 50 | Overcoming the Leisure Trap.

For similar episodes on reinvention and retirement check out  #153  of Aging with Purpose and Passion

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If you’re over 50 and love to travel, The Ageless Traveler is your #1 resource for life long travel. Discover exciting places, luxury travel for less, grandparent and solo travel, culture and culinary experiences, and meet the people who make travel easy.  https://agelesstraveler.com

Dr. Michelle Pannor Silver – Author & Gerontologist

📧 mpannor@gmail.com
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Beverley Glazer, MA – Reinvention Strategist, Empowerment Coach & Host

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nside this episode, we tackle:

• The "Invisible" Myth: Why traditional "Top 50 Over 50" lists miss the mark and how the Real 50 Over 50 project is amplifying real impact.
• The $100K Case Study: How to transform media mentions into social assets that drive actual sales, not just "likes."
• The "Tried and New" Method: A simple audit to package your "effortless skills" into high-ticket offers that feel natural.
• Tech Anxiety & Mindset: How to stop the "reinvention" spiral and reclaim your sovereignty as a founder.

Your career history isn't a burden—it’s your blueprint. Tune in to learn how to turn your clarity into momentum and finally claim your "What’s Next."

For similar episodes on career change for older women check out episodes 142 and 152 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

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Donna Carvotta – Founder, Carvotta Media Group

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Beverley Glazer, MA – Reinvention Strategist, Empowerment Coach & Host

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Today on Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks to Stacey Dutton about what happens when Hollywood says you're "done"—and how she pivoted to a life of sovereignty.

 We’re pulling back the curtain on the "invisible wall" with Hollywood powerhouse Stacey Dutton. After 30 years managing multi-platinum stars and casting major TV hits, Stacey found herself being reduced to “someone’s mom” on set.

She didn't retreat. She revolted.

This isn't just a career story; it’s a masterclass in Emotional Sovereignty. We’re talking about the gut-wrenching transition from being the "woman in charge" to being a woman who has to find her own purpose when the industry turns its back.

The Breakdown:

• The Ageism Trap: How to handle being punished for the very experience you worked 30 years to gain.
• The "Stoic" Pivot: The exact daily methods (Stoicism, thought drills, and journaling) Stacey used to move from "purposeless" to "powerful."
• Stripping the Labels: Who are you when the titles of Executive, Mother, and Wife are gone?
• Third-Act Entrepreneurship: How Stacey co-founded an agave farm in Mexico at 60—proving curiosity beats expertise every time.
• Respond, Don't React: Why "invisibility" can actually be your greatest competitive advantage.

Stop feeling sidelined. Start building your own path.

For similar episodes on career reinvention check out episodes 156 and 160 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

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Stacey Dutton – Founder, Creative Director & Executive Producer

📧 staceythemayor@gmail.com
🌐 https://livesovereignself.com
📸 https://www.instagram.com/staceythemayor
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-stacey-dutton-980933

Beverley Glazer, MA – Reinvention Strategist, Empowerment Coach & Host

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In this episode, Dr. Neja Zupun, a PhD and Global Energy Master, shares her journey from a “special needs” childhood in socialist Slovenia to surviving an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis with only a 5% chance of survival.

Neja reveals why she chose to love her disease rather than fight it, and how she used energy work, spiritual alignment, and laughter to become cancer-free for 13 years.

Key Topics Discussed:

• Overcoming Limiting Labels: From special needs to a PhD.
• The BRCA Gene: Breaking generational health patterns.
• Energy Mastery: Using lymphatic release and breathwork for physical healing.
• The Sovereignty Choice: Rejecting chemo and radiation for an intuitive path.
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• Frequency Medicine: Why 1 hour of daily laughter resets the nervous system.

Take Action Right Now:

1. Audit Your Labels: Identify one word used to describe you that isn't yours to keep.
2. The 2-Minute Listen: Ask your biggest struggle: "What are you here to teach me?"
3. Choose Joy: Commit to 10 minutes of "inappropriate" laughter today to shift your chemistry.

For similar episodes on empowering your health, check out episodes 141 and 157 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

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Resources: If you love podcasts for older women, Award-winning author Jane Leder and guests take a deep dive into the joys and challenges of being an older woman. visit: www.JaneLeder.net

Dr. Neja Zupan – Founder, Dr. Neja Zupan Institute

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Beverley Glazer, MA, ICF – Reinvention Strategist & Empowerment Coach📧 Bev@reinventImpossible.com
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What if retirement isn’t the finish line, but the start of your most creative chapter? In this episode, we sit down with business expansionist and senior digital nomad Jannette Anderson to explore how mature professionals can reclaim their autonomy. If you’ve felt the sting of ageism in the workplace or feel "unemployable" because of your vast experience, Jeanette proves that your wisdom is actually your greatest asset for building a laptop lifestyle over 50.

We dive deep into:

• Overcoming Ageism: How to flip the script when you feel invisible and own your value in rooms where deals get made.
• The "Maturepreneur" Reality: What it actually looks like to downsize dramatically and build a steady remote income across global time zones.
• Wisdom to Wealth: Moving from the corporate trenches to a digital platform that solves real-world problems.
• Combatting Self-Talk: Breaking the internal limiting beliefs about age, technology, and starting "too late."

The "Clarity Compass" Framework: Jannette unpacks her practical three-part framework for a bold "Second Act":

1. Clarify: Define the vision for the next third of your life.
2. Connect: Link your past lessons to a deeper future purpose.
3. Craft: Create a monetization plan that fits your energy, skills, and market demand.

For a similar episode on living a digital nomadic life over 50 check out episode 139 of Aging With Purpose and Passion and if you know others who would benefit from this episode, please drop a review and share it with a friend

Resources: For more podcasts for women over 50, Older Women and Friends hosted by Award-winning author Jane Leder and guests take a deep dive into the joys and challenges of being an older woman. https://janeleder.net/podcast/

Jannette Anderson – Founder, Maturepreneur World

jannette@bodacity.ca
🌐 https://maturepreneur.world
📸 https://www.instagram.com/maturepreneurworld
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannetteanderson

Beverley Glazer, MA, ICF – Reinvention and Empowerment Coach for women 50+

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How do you distinguish between a "gut feeling" and true intuitive guidance? In this episode, we sit down with renowned New Orleans psychic medium Cari Roy to explore how a lifetime of sensitivity—rooted in a family of numerologists and astrologers—became a grounded, modern practice for reinvention after 50.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Empath Protection: How to avoid emotional overload and set healthy boundaries without losing your compassion.
• Ethical Readings: Why "do no harm" is the gold standard and how to spot "curse removal" scams.
• The Science of Knowing: A look at anomalous cognition and the shift from "seeing spirits" to a deep, internal knowing.
• Ancestral Support: How to hear the quiet, supportive voices of your ancestors during times of change.
• Intuition vs. Fear: Practical steps to help you move forward in your career or relationships with renewed purpose.

Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, Cari offers a powerful dose of resilience and a reminder that the future is friendly. It’s time to stop absorbing the world's pain and start trusting your own direction.

 If this episode helped you trust your gut, please share this episode with a friend and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

Disclaimer: This episode explores personal intuitive experiences and mediumship. The insights shared are for informational and entertainment purposes only and do not constitute professional legal, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to use their own discernment and consult qualified professionals for specific life decisions.

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Cari Roy – Psychic Medium & Intuitive Guide

📧 info@neworleanspsychic.com
🌐 https://www.neworleanspsychic.com
📘 https://www.facebook.com/neworleanspsychicmediumcariroy
📸 https://www.instagram.com/nolapsychicmedium/

Beverley Glazer, MA – ICF | Reinvention & Empowerment Coach for Women Over 50

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Restoring Intimacy & Desire After 50

In this episode, we tackle the reality of intimacy after 50, offering a roadmap to restore low libido and reclaim sexual wellness. Linda shares her journey from shut down to a vibrant, embodied sexuality that blossomed after menopause.

In this conversation, we dive into:

• Menopause and Libido: Why this phase is a portal to freedom.
• Somatic Healing: Moving the nervous system from pressure to safety.
• Practical Solutions: Managing dryness and using breathwork for arousal.
• Human Design: Using your "Projector" nature to transform intimacy.

 If these insights resonate, share this with a friend and subscribe for more purpose-driven conversations. 

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Linda Landon – Coach, Creator of the Ignite Method

📧 linda@igniteyourjoy.us
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Beverley Glazer, MA – Transition Coach, Psychotherapist & Host

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What happens when the job that defined your life vanishes overnight? We sit down with Cat Greenleaf—the former host of NYC’s beloved Talk Stoop—to explore the unvarnished truth of losing status, facing depression, and finding reinvention through hard, humane work.

Cat shares the scrappy birth of Talk Stoop on her Brooklyn steps, the wild ride of success, and the unexpected career cut-off without a clean reason. Instead of chasing a new network, Cat designed two acts of repair, focusing on recovery and service:

1. Soberness Podcast: A candid show where artists speak plainly about addiction recovery and sobriety.
2. Restorative Housing Organization: A model that renovates undervalued waterfront homes using teams of formerly incarcerated residents, creating dignified affordable housing and reentry solutions.

This conversation is a direct, humane playbook for those rebuilding after job loss, divorce, or a stalled dream. You’ll hear practical steps to reclaim purpose: ask for help, volunteer to feel useful, and practice the concept of chop wood and carry water. Your identity crisis is a chance for a truer, better next chapter.

Key Topics for Search: Cat Greenleaf, Talk Stoop, Soberness podcast, Restorative Housing Organization, job loss identity crisis, career reinvention, sober recovery journey, losing status, affordable housing, rebuilding after job loss, facing depression, midlife pivot, staying sober, addiction recovery, NYC TV host, second chances.

Resources: For similar episodes on rebuilding your life from the ground up, check out episodes 98 and 123 of Aging with Purpose and Passion

Cat Greenleaf – Journalist, Creator & Host of Soberness

📧 Cat@Soberness.com
🌐 https://www.soberness.com
📸 https://www.instagram.com/catgreenleaf
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/cat-greenleaf-52900279
🤍 https://www.restorativehousing.org

Beverley Glazer, MA – Transition Coach, Psychotherapist & Host
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Internationally renowned fragrance expert Sue Phillips joins us to share how scent can elevate confidence, trigger healing, and reconnect you with the parts of yourself you’ve forgotten. From her beginnings in South Africa to creating fragrances for Tiffany, Burberry, and celebrities around the world, Sue’s journey is a masterclass in reinvention.

We explore how fragrance taps directly into the brain’s emotional center, why bespoke scents are rising, and how Sue helped hundreds of people regain their sense of smell after COVID. She breaks down fragrance families—fresh, floral, woodsy, ambery—and explains how to choose a scent that reflects your personality, lifestyle, and mood.

Sue also shares how she rebuilt her career multiple times: from global beauty executive to founder of Scenterprises and The Scentarium, to pioneering smell-retraining therapy during the pandemic. Her story is a reminder that your senses can guide transformation at any age.

You’ll leave with practical tools: how to pick a signature scent, how to use perfume for grounding and energy, and how a simple scent ritual can shift your emotional state in minutes.

Tap play to rediscover your senses—and maybe yourself.

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Sue Phillips – Fragrance Expert & Scentrepreneur™

📧 sue@suephillips.com
🌐 https://www.suephillips.com
📸 Instagram: @scentfullysue | @scenterprises | @suephillipsfragrance | @therealsuephillips
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuePhillipsFragrance
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suephillipsfragrance/
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuePhillipsFRAGRANCE
🐦 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scentfullysue

Beverley Glazer MA– Transition Coach, Psychotherapist & Host

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Patti Shales Lefkos was 68 when she set out alone for Nepal—and eventually trekked to Everest Base Camp at 79. Adventurer, writer, and humanitarian, Patti shows how purpose can grow with age when you follow curiosity one small step at a time.

From childhood summers on a remote island without electricity to leading outdoor programs for inner-city students, her life has been shaped by resilience and the wild. A post-retirement shift into journalism led to 200+ published features and, ultimately, to Nepal—where trekking turned into service and her nonprofit Nepal One Day at a Time rebuilt schools and futures after the 2015 earthquake.

In this conversation, Patti shares the real playbook for late-life adventure: how to acclimatize safely at altitude, choose ethical guides, buy travel insurance that actually protects you, and write “fear plans” that turn imagined disasters into manageable steps. We explore what travel reveals about shared humanity—and why courage at any age begins with one tiny yes.

If you're craving more meaning, movement, or momentum after 50, you’ll leave with practical ways to start today: a five-minute nature reset, a new trail to explore, or a choice that nudges you toward the life you’ve been postponing.

Subscribe for more conversations on aging with purpose and passion—and share this episode with someone who needs a reminder that it’s never too late to go farther than you imagined.

Resources  

For a similar stories on fulfillment in later life check out after episode 151 and 154  of Aging with Purpose and Passion and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Patti Shales Lefkos – Journalist, Author, Adventure Traveler & Humanitarian

📧 pattilefkos@shaw.ca
🌐 https://pattishaleslefkos.com

Beverley Glazer – Transition Coach & Host

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What if life after 50 isn’t decline, but a biological awakening? In this conversation, OBGYN and Hall Center founder Dr. Prudence Hall reframes menopause, midlife and women's health through a root-cause, functional medicine lens.

Dr. Hall explains how hormones act like the body’s software—and what happens when estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone drop in midlife. She breaks down biodentical hormones in clear language, separating them from older synthetic options, and explores how hormones impact brain health, heart health, bone strength, metabolism and mood. 

We touch on myths, safety, labs, inflammation, and the lifestyle factors—sleep, stress, movement, nutrition—that make treatment more effective. You’ll also hear practical steps to advocate for your care and approach aging as a second act of strength, purpose, and energy.

If you’re tired of feeling dismissed, exhausted, or confused by conflicting advice, this episode offers a clearer path forward for women over 50 and healthy aging.

Resources  

For a similar stories on reclaiming entergy after 50 check episode 141 and 145 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Dr. Prudence Hall – OBGYN, Founder of The Hall Center

📧 info@thehallcenter.com
🌐 https://thehallcenter.com
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/drprudencehall
📘 https://www.facebook.com/thehallcenter
📸 https://www.instagram.com/thehallcenter

Beverley Glazer – Transition Coach & Host

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Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the wound and start telling the truth.

Dr. Nicki opens up about decades of emotional recovery, caregiving her husband through cancer, rebuilding life after loss, and finally finding healthy, mature love with clarity and boundaries. Her Stuck No More method helps you understand the beliefs that keep you repeating old dynamics—and how to choose self-worth, emotional safety, and connection at any age.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in your story, this episode offers the mindset shifts, recovery tools, and self-understanding needed to change the meaning of your past and reclaim your life.

Resources  

For a similar stories on changing your story, check episode 144 and 149 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Dr. Nicki Monti – Psychotherapist, Author & Founder of Stuck No More

📧 d r n i c k i @ s t u c k n o m o r e . c o m
🌐 https://www.stucknomore.com
📘 https://www.facebook.com/stucknomore
📸 @drnickimonti
💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnickimonti

Beverley Glazer – Transformation Coach & Host📧 Bev@reinventImpossible.com
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What if the fastest way to feel confident isn’t control, but creativity? In this episode, therapist, storyteller, and improv coach Jude Treder-Wolff reveals how improv therapy, expressive arts therapy and playful daily habits help people break free from perfectionism, quiet fear, and navigate major life transitions with resilience.

Jude takes us from discovering the magic of New York as a kid to her early work in psychiatric hospitals, where she saw how small, consistent creatve actions create real emotional healing. We explore the origins of improv in Chicago settlement houses with Viola Spolin, and how those same structures still teach presence, trust, and courage today.

She shares powerful tools you can use right now: playful storytelling exercises, curiosity-based choices that calm the nervous system, and creativity practices that restore energy during grief, illness, or reinvention in midlife. Jude’s stories, including her “miracle on 57th Street,” show how creativity rewires self-belief and opens new possibilities.

This episode is a guide to aging with purpose and passion: use structure to feel safe, play to feel alive, and small creative steps to create change that lasts.

If this conversation inspires you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a creative reset, and leave a review with the smallest “yes” you’ll try this week. Your next scene starts the moment you choose it. 

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For a similar stories on aging and creativity, check episode  127 and 154 and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

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Barbara traces her journey from rigorous opera training and early success to a bold choice: walking away from roles that didn’t fit and creating her own truth through original music. That decision—equal parts courage and conviction—sparked a lifelong mission to help others uncover their voices. Her story weaves through 9/11 in New York, losing her husband, and finding her way back to song through teaching, mindfulness, and daily creative rituals.

We talk about how singing reconnects us to body, mind, and spirit. You’ll learn why breath is the most powerful form of emotional reguation, how sound changes your mood, and why community and conndection are essential to staying vibrant as we age. Barbara shares simple tools—gratitude, humming, morning pages, and movement—to restore confidence and joy, one note at a time.

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to begin again, this episode answers with a resounding no. The point of power is now.

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• Practical ways to rebuild confidence and creativity
• How to use music and mindfulness to heal
• Why perfection is the enemy of joy
• Daily actions to reignite your spark after 50

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For a similar stories on aging and creativity, check episode 120 and 127 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

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In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Sue shares how horses read our energy, boundaries, and truth without judgment — and how that reflection can unlock confidence after 50, emotional resilience, and real self-trust. We talk about midlife reinvention, calm leadership, and what it means to step back into your own authority when life has shaken you.

You’ll hear Sue’s path from quitting high school twice, to breaking into tech, to building a completely new chapter through equine-assisted coaching. You’ll also learn how this work helps women in major life transitions stop performing, stop people-pleasing, and start leading from presence.

✨  In this episode you'll learn how healing with horses can reconnect you to purpose, power, and who you actually are.

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For a similar story on the power of being heard check episode 144 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

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In this episode, we meet Renee Balcom, a former Silicon Valley CEO during the dot-com era who lost it all — company, marriage, identity — and built it back stronger than ever. Her story is a powerful example of midlife reinvention, emotional resilience, and how purpose often hides behind our hardest seasons.

Renee shares how bankruptcy led to clarity, how caregiving opened her eyes to broken healthcare systems, and how she founded Scroll Care, a trusted network that helps families navigate aging, caregiving, and complex medical decisions with dignity.

You’ll learn how to:

• Turn career collapse into career transformation, 
• Rebuild after failure with purpose and integrity
• Use your transferable skills to start again
• Find peace and direction through service, not status

If you’re a woman over 50 seeking clarity, caregiving support, or courage to reinvent yourself, this episode is your reminder: your story isn’t over — it’s just getting interesting.

✨ Subscribe, review, and share with someone ready for her next chapter.

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For a similar story on caregiving and reinvention check episode 127 and 145 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

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This episode explores confidence through ability, sustaining creativity in midlife, and using synchronicity to open new doors after 50. It’s for women over 50, creators, and anyone ready to reclaim their spark and see their future through a wider lens.

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For a similar story on finding your joy, check episode 127 and 145 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

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In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Mary Coleman, creator of The Whole Woman and a 40-year veteran of the beauty industry, to explore how daily riturals can transform midlife from self-critique into confidence, purpose, and joy.

Mary’s story begins in rural Ireland, where helping her brothers with their acne sparked a lifelong passion for skincare rituals, natural beauty, and hilistic welllnness. From opening a Cork City clinic during a recession to navigating skepticism and tight finances, she built her work on consistency, community, and care. When COVID hit, she reinvented her business with online classes and a mission rooted in soul care — showing midlife women that aging confidently starts from within.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why avoiding the mirror first thing protects your mood
• How 30-second wellness rituals boost confidence all day
• The nine-day rule that resets habits for lasting change
• How to highlight what you love, support your skin barrier, and use color with intention
• Why community and mindset shifts matter more than perfection

Mary offers a realistic, empowering approach to beauty after 50  — one that celebrates presence over perfection and helps women over 50 feel radiant, supported, and strong.

✨ Midlife is a reset button, not a stop sign. If you’re ready to trade guilt for grace and perfectionism for progress, this conversation gives you the tools, rituals, and perspective to age well with confidence and clarity.

🔸 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a friend who’s ready to step into her next chapter. 

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For a similar story on claiming your worth, check episode 144 and 147 and if you like podcasts for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

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That’s the powerful story of Alx Uttermann, whose journey from childhood trauma and family loss to becoming a renowned spiritual healer offers hope, resilience, and transformation for women over 50.

Growing up in rural Missouri, Alx lost her mother young, endured an abusive stepmother, and left home at 15. Years later, everything changed when she met Sri Kalashwar, a miracle healer from India. His teaching was simple but life-changing: healing trauma, resilience, and spiritual transformation aren’t mystical gifts — they are learnable skills available to anyone.

Today, Alx is known as a “healer’s healer”, guiding practitioners, caregivers, and midlife women through burnout prevention and daily energy cleansing techniques that protect their health while serving others. Her practical wisdom blends energy healing with lived experience, helping women reclaim the strength in adversity they’ve often forgotten.

💡 In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How to turn trauma healing into empowerment and service
• Why women over 50 are primed for resilience and renewal
• Practical tools for burnout prevention and daily energy cleansing
• How to move from brokenness to transformation and turn wounds into wisdom

✨ Alx’s story is a reminder that no one is beyond hope. Whether you’re a healer, a caregiver, or simply a woman navigating midlife empowerment, this episode shows how your deepest wounds can become your greatest gifts.

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For a similar story on healing and Reinvention, check episode 133 and 137 and if you like podcasts for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

Alx Uttermann – Global Spiritual Healing Leader
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When her mother was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Katrina Prescott’s life changed overnight. Exhausted and overwhelmed, she faced caregiver burnout, grief, and the painful realities of family caregiving. But in the crucible of caregiving, something unexpected happened: resilience, forgiveness, and a stronger mother-daughter relationship began to emerge.

In this powerful conversation, Katrina shares:

• How caregiving after dementia diagnosis reshaped her relationship with her mother.
• Practical caregiver support strategies, from finding respite care to practicing self-care for caregivers through conscious breathing.
• How resilience through caregiving challenges created space for healing and forgiveness.
• The inspiration behind her viral series “Things Not to Say to a Caregiver,” which has reached over a million viewers and opened crucial conversations about grief and compassion.

For anyone who has felt unseen while caring for a loved one, Katrina’s story is validation and hope. Her message is simple but powerful: “You’re doing the best you can in the circumstances you’re in, with the tools and resources you have right now.”

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For a caregiving story that inspired millions, check episode 139  and if you like podcast for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

Katrina Prescott – Caregiver Advocate & Storyteller

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A survivor of incest, Diane turned her pain into purpose. She shares how personal growth after 50 and storytelling for women helped her break the silence and step into authentic expression. From Navy nurse at just 21, to lawyer arguing before Supreme Court justices, to storytelling consultant, every chapter of her life became part of her reinvention after 50.

Diane reveals how childhood trauma silences intuition and shapes choices for decades—and how reclaiming your story creates courage, resilience, and transformation. Her life embodies adventure and empowerment stories for women over 50: skydiving, scuba diving, flying planes, and walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago. When she nearly abandoned her pilgrimage, a note from a friend reminded her: “The fact that you showed up is well done.”

For every woman wondering if her best years are behind her, Diane offers a challenge: “How do you know?” These conversations remind us that trauma and empowerment at any stage, and that sharing our stories builds community, resilience, and hope—story by story.

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For similar stories on finding your voice over 50 Check out episodes 132 and 143 and if you like podcast for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast  embraces change, sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Host Yvonne Marchese chats with inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips for navigating midlife and beyond. 

Diane Wyzga – Storytelling Consultant, Speaker & Host of Stories From Women Who Walk
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Dionne’s own reinvention — from her Jamaican Pentecostal roots in the UK to becoming a global leader in ethical property investment — makes her mission even more powerful. She proves that investing with purpose can deliver strong returns while also creating community housing solutions that change lives.

Through collective models like community homeownership, intergenerational living, and collaborative land acquisitions, Dionne shows how women traditionally excluded from the market can access financial independence  and long-term security.

If you’ve ever worried about your financial future in midlife or wondered whether you’ll be secure in the years ahead, this conversation offers practical strategies, fresh perspectives, and inspiring possibilities .

🎧 Ready to rethink what homeownership and investing can look like for women? Listen in — and check out Dionne’s book Ethical Property Investing on Amazon or visit women4homes.com to be part of the solution.

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For similar episodes on financial empowerment, check out episodes 118 and 134 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. And if you're a caregiver navigating the challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia, I highly recommend that you listen to Fading Memories. This podcast will give you insights and guidance on communicating, managing stress, navigating grief and loss and prioritizing the wellbeing of both caregivers and those they love.

Dionne Payn – Founder of Women4Homes

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Your brain is wired for joy — stress just blocks the signal. That’s the foundation of Emotional Brain Training (EBT), a neuroscience-based method for stress relief, trauma healing, and emotional resilience created by Dr. Laurel Mellin. 

With 40 years at UCSF, Dr. Mellin developed practical tools to rewire the brain for joy, strengthen mental health, and support midlife reinvention.  Her research shows there are five levels of stress in the brain, each requiring a specific emotional resilience tool. By matching the right tool to your stress level, you can shift from survival to joy — naturally, without medication.

Dr. Mellin reframes trauma as “pre-joy” — not permanent damage, but a doorway to wisdom, compassion, and growth. Whether you’re healing after trauma, managing relationships, or rebuilding in midlife, EBT offers proven strategies to reset stress circuits and reclaim joy.

Through her personal stories — from professional setbacks to finding love later in life — Dr. Mellin demonstrates that joy isn’t random. Joy is a brain skill you can practice, strengthen, and carry with you for life. 

🎧 Ready to reclaim your natural state of joy? Listen and begin your own journey with Emotional Brain Training. 

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What happens when a farm girl from Saskatchewan who learned to lead turkeys at age five grows up to face childhood trauma, domestic violence, and decades of silence—only to transform it all into tools for empowerment?

Carol Metz Murray’s story is one of trauma recovery, resilience, and women’s empowerment. As the founder of the Naked Leader Institute and a five-time bestselling author, Carol reveals the profound cost of silencing your voice—and the liberation that comes when you reclaim it.

From surviving childhood sexual assault to an abusive marriage she knew she shouldn’t enter—even on her wedding day—Carol’s journey is both heartbreaking and inspiring. A turning point came when her husband threatened her with a gun, pushing her to escape with her four children. For decades, unhealed trauma showed up as workaholism, until her body and spirit simply couldn’t continue. The healing breakthrough came years later, when a chance encounter with a childhood friend validated her abuse experience after 45 years of carrying it alone.

For women over 50 navigating midlife reinvention, Carol’s message is clear: healing after abuse and overcoming childhood trauma are possible. By reclaiming your voice and embracing authentic leadership, you discover that your deepest wounds can become your greatest gifts.

🎧 Ready to reclaim your voice? Connect with Carol through the Naked Leader Institute and discover how women can rise from surviving domestic violence and trauma to living with self-worth, resilience, and authentic power.

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For similar episodes on breaking the silence, check out episodes 114 and 133 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. 

And if you're a caregiver navigating the challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia, I highly recommend that you listen to Fading Memories. This is a podcast that will give you insights and guidance on communicating, managing stress, navigating grief and loss and prioritizing the wellbeing of both caregivers and those they love.

Carol Metz-Murray – People Possibilities Strategist & Founder of the Naked Leader Institute
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Diana Esther Berschader's journey from Soviet oppression to spiritural empowerment is a blueprint for midlife reinvention and women's transformation after 50. 

Growing up Jewish in Cold War Russia, Diana’s childhood dreams were crushed—first by illness, then by anti-Semitism that barred her from medical school. But during a harrowing illness, she heard her first “inner whisper”—a voice of courage that became her lifelong companion. That whisper guided her family as they fled the Soviet Union with 48 hours’ notice, just three suitcases.

Through refugee camps in Austria and Italy, and eventually life in Australia and beyond, Diana learned this truth: the real journey isn't across borders, it's into your own heart. 

Now the creator of The Diamond Within, Diana teaches that—like carbon under pressure becoming a diamond—we too can transform challenges into brilliance. For women over 50, her message is clear: after decades of prioritizing others, it’s time to honor your own dreams.

In this episode, you’ll hear how to see emotional sensitivity as strength, practice heart-centered living, trust your inner wisdom, and turn trauma into resilience. Diana’s story is both inspiring and practical—a call to reclaim your voice and embrace the extraordinary life you deserve.

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For similar episodes on body wisdom, check out episodes 110 and 133 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. 

And if you're a caregiver navigating the challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia, I highly recommend that you listen to Fading Memories. This is a podcast that will give you insights and guidance on communicating, managing stress, navigating grief and loss and prioritizing the wellbeing of both caregivers and those they love.

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After 30 years in corporate real estate and community development, Nori Jabba thought her credentials and experience would open doors. Instead, she faced constant rejection—code for ageism in the workplace.

Refusing to accept defeat, she contacted hiring managers for honest feedback. The truth was a wake-up call: many women over 50 were being dismissed as poor listeners, too quick to share wisdom without hearing new perspectives. That insight sparked a total career reinvention after 50, where meaning, balance, and fulfillment became more important than titles.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Midlife career transition strategies that work
• Overcoming age bias and getting hired after 50
• Job search strategies for women 50+ 
• Turning “too much experience” into an advantage
• Resume tips for older job seekers 
• Confidence tips for women 50+
• Finding meaningful work in midlife

If you’ve been hitting career roadblocks and wondering why, this conversation will give you answers—and a way forward.

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To hear similar stories on challenging the work environment after 50, check out episode #128 and #130 of Aging With Purpose And Passion and If you are  navigating the complex, journey of caring for a loved one with dementia, the Fading Memories podcast offers clear, compassionate guidance on everything from effective communication to managing stress and coping with grief. This podcast provides the empathy and self-care strategies you need to find strength and clarity amidst the challenges.

Nori Jabba – Author, Speaker, Housing Coordinator
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When Andrea Nakayama’s husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer while she was seven weeks pregnant, her world shattered. What happened next would spark a global movement in functional nutrition—and a new approach to midlife health and healing.

In this powerful episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Andrea shares how deep grief led her to reimagine wellness, build resilience, and teach thousands to trust their body’s wisdom.

You’ll learn:

🔹 Why one-size-fits-all health plans fail (and what works instead)
🔹 Andrea’s “3 roots, many branches” framework for lasting change
🔹 How to decode symptoms as messages—not flaws
🔹 What women over 50 can do right now to restore energy, balance, and clarity

Andrea’s story proves healing isn’t about perfection—it’s about partnership, personalization, and paying attention.

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For similar episodes on health and empowerment, check out episodes 87 and 93 of Aging With Purpose And Passion and, if you love podcasts for older women, The Late Bloomer Living Podcast inspires you to find joy, embrace change, and live playfully at ANY age. Every Wednesday, Yvonne Marchese interviews inspiring guests, who’ve dared to reinvent themselves and experts who provide valuable guidance on navigating the unique challenges of midlife and beyond. 

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In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, we explore what happens when success stops working for you—and how to step into reinvention with clarity, courage, and joy.

Caroline’s story is one of reinvention after burnout. Her award-winning opera career demanded perfection. But behind the curtain, she was unraveling. The highs of performance came with a steep cost—financial instability, burnout, and a deep sense of misalignment. So she walked away. And started over.

💥 The turning point? Realizing that burnout is a workplace issue, not a self-care issue. As she puts it, “You can’t yoga your way out of systemic burnout.” That insight changed everything.

Caroline’s “diva training” became the foundation for her second act: using the leadership, presence, and emotional intelligence she developed onstage to coach, consult, and inspire high-performing women. Today, she helps others reframe perfectionism, reclaim confidence, and thrive without burning out.

🧠 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The truth about burnout (and why high performers don’t see it coming)
• Why perfectionism is the enemy of reinvention
• How Caroline shifted from overachiever to high achiever with boundaries
• What midlife women can do right now to stop settling and start living fully

🎙 Hosted by Beverley Glazer, a leading midlife reinvention expert, this episode is a must-listen for women over 50 navigating career change, burnout recovery, or personal transformation.

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To hear similar stories on letting go of a dream and reinvention after 50 check out episode #112 and #132 of Aging With Purpose And Passion and If you enjoy this podcast, I recommend  "Older Women & Friends" with award-winning host Jane Leder.  "Older Women & Friends" is a podcast that sets the record straight, dispels the myths, explores the many contributions older women make, and the wisdom they have earned and are anxious to share.

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What if your biggest adventure began at 90?

Ramie Liddle and her husband, Tim, had been living a quiet, nomadic life in their Airstream trailer. But when Tim’s father passed suddenly—and his 90-year-old mother, Norma, was diagnosed with uterine cancer—everything changed.

Norma said, “I’m 90 years old. I’m hitting the road.” So they did.
No chemo. No nursing homes. Just a cross-country adventure that turned into a caregiving revolution.

What began as a small Facebook page became Driving Miss Norma—a viral social media sensation and bestselling book shared by millions around the world. Through Ramie’s lens, we witness a new model of end-of-life care: one built on dignity, choice, and love.

In this inspiring episode, Ramie shares:

• How caregiving became a global story of hope
• What people misunderstand about aging, dying, and legacy
• Her reinvention after 50—from grief to boat captain to motorcyclist
• Why saying yes can radically change your life—at any age

Whether you're navigating the realities of caregiving or dreaming of a reinvention chapter in your 50s, 60s, or beyond—Ramie’s story reminds us it’s never too late to start over.

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To hear the beginning of this incredible story and learn more about Norma, Ramie, Tim, and their therapy dog Ringo, Check out #21 of Aging With Purpose And Passion. 

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Adoption, trauma-informed parenting, and midlife motherhood collide in this powerful episode with Brighid O’Shaughnessy—licensed social worker, adoptive mom, and longtime mental health advocate. If you’re parenting through trauma, over 40 and navigating adoption, or working with vulnerable families, this conversation is a must.

Brighid shares her story of adopting a toddler from Haiti as a single woman and the unforeseen journey that followed: parenting a child with fetal alcohol exposure, complex trauma, and deep attachment wounds. Her hard-earned insights dismantle the fairy tale of adoption as a simple fix and reveal what true healing takes—for children, families, and systems.

"I have a boat that doesn’t have a bottom," she says, quoting adoptees. "You can pour all the love in… but it still sinks."
That truth drives her mission: to educate, to advocate, and to break the silence around what adoptive families really face.

🎧 In this episode:

• The reality of older adoptive parenting 
• What schools and therapists get wrong about adopted children
• The myth of “love heals everything”
• How Brighid’s new book and theater project are reshaping professional training on adoption

This isn’t just about parenting. It’s about telling hard truths, creating better systems and supporting with compassion and clarity. 

For similar episodes on reinventing your life over 50 check out stories on healing and trauma check out episodes 127 and 131 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and you may enjoy "Older Women & Friends" with award-winning host Jane Leder. She takes a deep dive into the joys and challenges of being an older woman. "Older Women & Friends" sets the record straight, dispels the myths, and explores the contributions and the wisdom women are anxious to share. janeleder.net.

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