Beautiful Second Act

Have you ever felt like there should be  more to life than this? Did you imagine life would be more glamorous, or more exciting than it is? Today's episode is all about when I hit a wall in my early 30's, did a lot of soul searching and spiritual work on myself, only to be confronted once again with the same question in my late 40's of  Is This Really All There Is? Now at 54, I beli...

Just when you feel like you've hit your stride and are feeling pretty good that you might have this life thing figured out...BAM! Menopause. Sally Bartlett is the self-proclaimed Dean of Varsity Menopause. She's the author of  the #1 Best Selling books, Dammit it IS  Menopause, and the sequel, More Dammit it  IS Menopause. In this episode I talked to Sally about how she arrived at writin...

On this first episode of Season 3 we welcome back Willow Star. She's beat Stage 4 Cancer, has totally transformed her life that the doctors said she'd only live 33 months in, and now after 6 years, she's still tumor free! Willow has just made yet another huge leap of faith in her life by leaving the city she's loved and lived in since she was 18 years old, for the mountains and...

This is the final episode for the Anniversary series. So many fun guests were on this past year. Thanks to all the listeners, the guests, and I am super excited for what is to come in year 2! Here are the Apple links to today's episode. You can also listen on Amazon Music, Spotify, IHeartMusic and anywhere you get your podcasts. Margaret Jackson: Midlife 360 Season 2 Episode 6 https://podcast...

This 1 Year Anniversary Celebration had to be cut into 3 episodes to showcase each of the people I've interviewed over the year. Here are the Apple links to today's episode. You can also listen wherever you get your shows.  JLynnBailey - Season 1 Episode 20 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beautiful-second-act/id1579413165?i=1000530808652 Dr. Ellen, The Midlife Whisperer - Season 1...

I can't believe it's already been a year since I started Beautiful Second Act Podcast! Over the past year I've held twenty-seven interviews with fantastic humans, striving to live their BEST LIFE in the second half of life. In Part One of this anniversary special event, I talk about the first eight people. Some of which were on twice to the show in the first year. I'll leave li...

How can we move forward in midlife or beyond when someone we care about doesn't understand our path? Standing alone in our choices can be the hardest thing we do. So often, our loved ones have good intentions of advising us against our longing. They may think what you desire to do is unusual, irresponsible, or plain crazy.  But we don't need permission to change course. If we stay true i...

Do you remember being 13? The year you were old enough to venture out on your own a bit, but still were full of wonder and enthusiasm? Somewhere along the line, we stopped feeling the magic of anything is possible. In this episode I talk about all the things 13 year olds experience that as adults we have forgotten and are too fearful to embrace. I speak of the reasons why we need to get back to fe...

We can all benefit from someone who is fully grounded. Someone who truly knows how to stay present, and has themselves, transformed from always doing the busy work, into finding their Center and living in The Flow. Meet Michanda Lindsey. She is a Life Coach who teaches her clients the power of Presence, Breath, and Transformation.  Michanda's calling is to help others to connect to their True...

Hello Friends! Welcome to another bonus episode of The Reading Room . On the last Thursday of each month I we have a special episode where I share some of my writing with you. I've been writing my whole life and over the years I've saved up quite a few essays, short stories, novellas, and now I write novels. Here on The Reading Room, I might share a sample chapter of what I'm workin...

Why does telling the truth make you unpopular? In today's episode, I talk about all the ways telling the truth effects our relationships with colleagues, our friends, our families, and even ourselves. Truth telling can leave some feeling fear of being compared, alienated, hurt, or disappointed. It isn't always easy to tell the truth, or hear the truth. In this episode I walk through all...

In today's episode we have Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis, a Life Coach, Author, Motivational Speaker, and Podcast Host of Most Memorable Journeys. Through her programs and podcast, Elisabeth hopes to bring more light to the world and help others carry their burden and help them let go of what weights them down. We discuss her early life and how she became a world traveler today. Having traveled...

There are some lessons in life that just take us longer to learn than others. It isn't always easy to let go of things that don't serve us. It also isn't easy to change habits that have shaped us for many years. But it CAN be done. In this episode, I explain what it is that I learned about a decade ago and have since been putting it into practice. I can say I've learned it, but...

Setting goals can sometimes feel like a daunting task. It can be overwhelming to make an exhaustive list of all we wish to achieve. But what if it didn't have to be? A dear friend of mine invited me to get together for a fun activity of goal setting into four categories that would be broken into bite size lists. Monthly goals that we could either check off a list, or carry over into the next...

Welcome to another bonus episode of The Reading Room. On the last Thursday of each month we have a special episode where I share with you some of my writing. As a published author, I am writing all the time. Here on The Reading Room, I share either a chapter from one of my books, a personal essay, or a short story. I love storytelling, and these episodes are small, digestible nuggets you can liste...

What if you turned 50 and didn't have a retirement plan? What if you have worked your whole life and didn't save a nest egg to get you through the second half of your life, or even the last few decades? Today's episode is an interview with a wonderfully knowledgeable woman who found herself at 50 and had no idea how she got there. Midlife snuck up on Christine McCarron, and she had...

Do you still believe you must have a college degree to be successful? Have you ever been shamed for NOT having a degree? In today's episode I dive deep into my thoughts about education and how many very successful humans have chosen to NOT get a degree. How from the time we are children, it is pressed upon us that if we don't go to college we are less than, or won't be as successful...

Do you often feel small? Do you feel that with the big concerns of the world today that there is nothing you can do to change things, or make them better? Today, I had a heavy heart and with all that is happening in the world, it can make me feel sometimes hopeless. I knew I had to turn my thoughts and intentions around. In this episode, I talk of the importance that each of us are responsible for...

In today's episode, we hear about the life of Thomas Dewalt. Having grown up in Marin County, in The Bay Area of Northern California, Thomas worked along side his father in the music industry as a sound engineer. Exposed to people like Huey Lewis, Bob Weir, and Bill Graham, Thomas was fully engulfed in the music scene and learned a trade that would serve him his whole life. He tells his story...

As Don Miguel Ruiz says in his book, THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, nothing other people do is because of you. It's because of themselves. So when others form an opinion about you and judge, it has nothing to do with you. It's on them. As a woman in midlife, I have to say that I am not concerned with what others think of me.  I used to obsess about it though. In my earlier years, I was always conc...

The end of each month in 2022, I air a bonus episode called, The Reading Room. Here I share my writing with you, as this is what I'm doing full-time in  midlife and beyond. We all need to find that thing that lights us up, and fills our hearts with joy. For me, it's writing. This episode is on my new novel, The Clock Tower Of Maple Creek. A small town, contemporary romance novel. In Mapl...

None of us wants to disappoint anyone. The problem though is, far too often we worry more about what others want from us, or think of us, than we take care of our own needs. We make agreements with ourselves and then brake those agreements in the name of pleasing others. In today's episode, Stop Being A People Pleaser, I talk about my journey to my authentic self. I explain how having integri...

Nobody shares the excruciating symptoms of perimenopause. Night sweats, hot flashes, body aches, dry skin, and sleeplessness. Tracy Minnoch Nuku (founder of Sexy Ageing Podcast),is an international master fitness instructor that has always been on top of her game with nutrition and well being, so when she hit her mid-forties and started experiencing strange symptoms, she was surprised her own doct...

Just because we reach midlife and beyond doesn't mean we've stopped being essential. In fact, the women from Hot Flashes & Cool Topics Podcast are spreading the word that we are a very powerful demographic of consumers, and deserve to be heard. In this episode you will hear an engaging conversation I had with hosts of Hot Flashes & Cool Topics, Colleen and Bridgett,  about all th...

I believe everyone has a story to tell. Something to share with the world. Whether fiction, non-fiction as a How-To book, or memoir, I believe everyone has a book in them. In today's episode, I share with you tips on how to become a published author. There are steps that must be taken in order to successfully publish a book and whether you go traditional or self-published, you will find usefu...