50, NOT DEAD

In this episode, we speak with Michele Simon, JD, MPH; a workplace trauma lawyer, author, and fearless advocate for women in the food industry. Michele has always been one to call things as she sees …

Barbara Birke brings an impressive depth of experience to her work as a holistic health coach.  Sports scientist, mindset coach, nutritionist, health coach with a background in the sporting goods ind…

Beth Henkes is the Founder and CEO of The Idea Hound and truly brings order to disorder with expected organization and assessment skills but adds creative flair that allows her to achieve unexpected …

Nova Newcomer is the Director Community Relations and Mariners Care Foundation spent a lifetime getting prepared for this role. Nova's love of baseball began as a child. During two years in Foster Ca…

Shana Kahn spent 24 years in the fashion industry and in her early forties saw her opportunity for growth and promotion continually and blatantly diminish. 
 
 In her words,  it was with shock and awe …

Shaema Talib, Vice President Strategy & Product in the Tech Industry and adjunct professor at two universities highlights  how drive and passion far outweigh age when she hires employees. 

Self profe…

Harvard Business Review Editorial Audience Director, Nicole Smith, shares insights on writing the HBR article titled I was a Manager in an Ageist Workplace.    Nicole also just moderated an event wit…

Lys Hardy says her age is her superpower.  I love her already.

CEO and Founder of a groundbreaking new platform called Wemxntr.com, Lys and her partners are unapologetically focusing on women and min…

Wynona Benson is not 50.  Not even close.  This working mom of 4, adjunct professor and runner, shares what it is like at the opposite end of the age spectrum.  Facing ageism as an Asian American, Wy…

At 50, Barbara Simon-Evronsoglu's department, in a large, white-male dominant company, was dissolved.  She watched from the outside as it was reconstructed by a younger man.  Initially crushing, Barb…

Gabby Nelson is the founder and lead consultant of Rodenhus Group where she “un-gnarls large, global communications problems. "  

Prior to going solo, Gabby was the senior most Communications Leader a…

While looking for a resume to update in 2013, Kristen Falso-Capaldi landed on a treasure trove of writing she'd begun years before. It re-ignited a creative spark in her that blossomed from writing (…

Heather Schwenneker is an Industrial & Organizational Psychologist with more ideas for moving forward than a car salesman!  Using her own layoff as both an example and an exercise in positivity, Heat…

After becoming an SVP in a major athletics brand, Dagmar Chlosta was given a 360 degree review by her peers.  The summary of all of the feedback can be boiled down to this: she was a woman, and she w…

Lesley Stewart Armstrong understands change. She understands proactivity. She understands that you must actively and continually level-up. After doing "all the right things" she was told to not menti…

Meryem Olgun is a Bloomingdales Corporate Executive, and a self-proclaimed accidental influencer.  She is bound and determined to help women succeed.  Holding her grandmother's story of strength clos…

Deb Schad has a lot of experience working in the weeds.  Listen in as she describes how difficult it is when strategic decision makers don't understand the impact their decisions have on the people d…

Claire Midwood knows what it is like to experience that awkward question "what are you up to" when you are between jobs and figuring out what to do next....all while still having to pay the bills.

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Going from Silicon Valley start-ups to Stanford, Meredith Vaish knows all about hard work.  Pleasing, Proving and Perfection led to a physical response so severe she was told she had to quit working.…

Cat Valyi believes in thinking about age in a different way.  She shines brightly and is incredibly inspiring.  In our interview you will learn about being both prepared for career change and in char…