50 Women Over 50

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes award winning newscaster Rita Rich to episode 15 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast .  Rita’s husband, fellow broadcaster Chuck Rich, was 12 years older than her when they got married in the 1980s. And as she entered her fifth decade, Rita’s career took a back seat as she became the primary carer for her aged parents-in-law. A short time after they both passed, Rita...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes Certified Relationship Coach & Sex Expert Ann Bell to episode 14 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast .  Ann’s 50th birthday gave her a sense of urgency about ‘getting stuff done’. So, she sold up and went travelling for two years to live out her own ‘Eat Pray Love’ around the world travel experience. Then she retrained and refocused her career and has launched a whole...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes award-winning author, educator and public health activist Martina Clark to episode 13 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast . Diagnosed with HIV at 28 years of age, Martina thought she’d be lucky to live five more years. Today, she’s 58, living well and loving life! She says her fifth decade has been her happiest and most productive so far. “I’m among the very first peo...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie is taking a holiday break from interviews for the 50 Women Over 50 podcast , and instead has prepared a little Christmas Cracker prize—2022’s top 10 books for women over 50 as recommended by podcast guests. Here they are:  You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero was recommended by professional photographer Anna Epp in Episode 1. Dare t...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes business owner Christine Lefebvre, proprietor of Particular Paint & Paper to episode 12 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast , where she talks about her rewarding career in the building trades and how she has found her place within a community of motorcyclists.  From the very start of working life, Christine has been in the building trades and often is the only woman o...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes financial counsellor Pamela George to episode 11 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast , where she explains how being considered and strategic about all aspects of life has been crucial to her success and happiness.  Pamela’s goal is to educate and empower women to gain control of their finances so they might live their lives to the fullest. From humble beginnings in Tr...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes professional saxophonist and member of Paul Weller’s The Style Council, Hilary Seabrook to episode ten of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast where she shares the highs and lows and lessons of a fifth decade that has been filled with serious health concerns but still has left her filled with hope and feeling optimistic for her future.  Since touring with one of the UK’s...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes Canada’s Money Coach, Judith Cane to episode nine of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast to discuss the idea of retiring.  What will you do and how will you finance it? Judith has worked in financial services for decades. She’s helped hundreds of clients achieve their financial goals and objectives with her high-energy, straight-talking style.  “I'm extremely hopeful abo...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes award winning entrepreneur and best-selling author Julie Cole to episode eight of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast to discuss the concept of ‘me time’ and what it means to an over 50 mom of six who is an internationally renowned business executive.  Julie is a former lawyer who, with a few ‘mom’ friends, co founded Mabel’s Labels, North America’s leading provider of k...

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes Dr. Helen Ofosu, PhD. to episode seven of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast to discuss why many women who are later in their careers are overlooked at work. She is an I/O (industrial-organizational) psychologist providing HR consulting and executive and career coaching. She’s also an adjunct professor of psychology at Carleton University and is the author of the soon t...

Small business owner Michelle VandenBosch, a rebel in the florist industry, joins Sherrilynne Starkie in episode six of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast to discuss taking on life in your own terms as a woman in your fifth decade.  Michelle is the owner of Rebel Petal, a flower shop based in Manotick, just south of Ottawa, Canada’s national capital.  But it’s not like most flower shops (the clue is in...

Award winning author and media personality Kathy Buckworth joins Sherrilynne Starkie in episode five of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast, to discuss life in their fifth decade.  Kathy is the author of six non-fiction books about family life and motherhood and has been an influencer and broadcaster on parenting issues for more than 20 years. When she became a grandmother, she turned her focus to addres...

Licensed realtor Basia Vanderveen joins Sherrilynne Starkie in episode four of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast, to discuss life in their fifth decade.  Basia is on a quest to keep her energy high and sees life as more of a mental state than a physical one. After a 25-year successful career in marketing and communications, she changed tracks to go into real estate. She’s having a blast in her new care...

Organizational Design Consultant and Executive Coach Mary Daly joins Sherrilynne Starkie in episode three of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast, to discuss life in their fifth decade.  When her daughter fell ill with a mysterious disease that took years to diagnose, Mary learned to navigate our complex healthcare system in order to advocate for her daughter and along the way she discovered the healing p...

Certified health and nutrition coach Dyna Vink joins Sherrilynne Starkie in episode two of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast, to discuss life in their fifth decade.  When her successful career in the technology industry ended abruptly at age 51, Dyna innovated a new career path where she could have a positive impact on others. She founded Holistic Nutrition Lifestyle to help women struggling with sympt...

Professional portrait photographer Anna Epp joins Sherrilynne Starkie in the first ever episode of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast, to discuss life in their fifth decade.  Anna provided inspiration for this podcast with her own project in which she set out to photograph 50 women over 50 before her own 50th birthday.  While the pandemic put pay to that deadline, Anna did eventually reach her goal of 5...