Becoming Your Best Version

Kym Wootton is 42 and living in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and two teenage boys. After 20 years in corporate America, she is taking a midlife gap year to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Wouldn't it be fun--and productive-- if we all did that? She spends her days geocaching with her sons, writing her fiction novel, going to hot yoga and discovering what she w...

Emmy Rousseau, Visionary Educator, is the founder of Trinity Transformations and the Holistic Healing Hub. She empowers changemakers, especially educators, to go from feeling flat to in flow, so that they can create the change in the world they were born to make.  Emmy is passionate about helping others realize that putting themselves first is selfless, not selfish. She is here to help us see how...

Christine Jacobsen believes in the power of reinvention. Her first job was as a nurse at Sloan Kettering Institute in NYC.  Within a few years, she embraced her passion of performing and switched jobs to appear in the original Broadway production of “42nd Street.” She also appeared in several movies, including "Endless Love." However, despite eight years on stage, the unpredictable incom...

Stephanie Wolfe holds credentials from the National Board of Medical Examiners as a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She holds a Master Certification in health and nutrition and she served on the staff of the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute as a mentor coach, content writer, and Exam Prep Facilitator for those studying to take their board exam. She is an Approved Provider for Continuing Edu...

Debbie Russell is a lawyer turned writer. She spent twenty-five years as an Assistant County Attorney in Minneapolis, prosecuting numerous high-profile cases and fighting off several nervous breakdowns. At age fifty-five, Debbie took early retirement, giving up a full pension for the freedom of time. She now spends that precious time writing, restoring her property to native prairie and wetlands,...

Amber James is an author, speaker, and former redcarpet reporter. Her work has been featured prominently in CNN, MTV, and Us Weekly. Now, she channels her storytelling prowess into empowering women globally with her wildly popular Instagram @NotesToSelfShop and corresponding 30-day journal, Notes to Self, as well as her courses and other offerings. She currently resides in Pittsburgh with her dog,...

Award winning entrepreneur, Forbes contributing writer, and executive coach, Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., assists professional women to successfully navigate the workplace and position and promote themselves to advance their careers. She is a leading expert in gendered ageism in the workplace. Her latest book, Not Done Yet! How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Their Workplace Power , shine...

Elle Russ is a #1 bestselling author, world-renowned thyroid health expert and thought leader on confidence and self-esteem.  Elle has written for  Entrepreneur  and has been featured in  Success, HuffPost, Podcasting Magazine, Mind Body Green ,  Prevention and more. Elle is the author of the successful book, Confident As Fu*k , for which she offers a free online class and a longer class for a fee...

MARSHA PARCOU  is a businesswoman based in the Seychelles Islands, who is on a mission to empower women from all walks of life to grow through all forms of self-care. As the founder of Fasinasyon, she has created an inspiring complete packaged lifestyle brand that promotes a healthy and holistic approach to the body, mind and soul through a range of services: life coaching, beauty and skincare pro...

KATIE FOGARTY is the host of A Certain Age, an age-positive podcast that helps listeners live their best evolving midlife and that celebrates women who are aging out loud. She is also the creator of the Instagram community AGE OUT LOUD that spotlights women reimagining midlife. A former journalist turned career coach, Katie’s day job helping executives create strong LinkedIn profiles has taught he...

Cybersecurity Awareness expert at Yale University by day, Wendy Battles pursues her passion for celebrating, illuminating and elevating midlife and older women, by night. As the host of the Reinvention Rebels podcast, Wendy interviews brave and unapologetic women, 50-90 years young, who have reinvented themselves later in life to see new possibilities. From traveling solo around the world with a c...

Melissa Kaplan lives in Washington, DC, where she works as an advocate on food security and hunger policy. She studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a master’s degree in comparative politics with a focus on Europe. She has been a passionate student of history her entire life, particularly the World War II era, which helped inspire her to write her first novel, Th...

Beverley Glazer MA, CCC, ICCAC, is a psychotherapist, internationally certified addiction specialist, coach and founder of Reinvent Impossible Inc., a personal development company that educates, coaches and empowers adults 50+ who’ve experienced life transitions that left them feeling powerless, to get grounded and focused, and develop new possibilities built on their strengths. After 30 years in...

Lynn Crook is the author of “ False Memories: The Deception That Silenced Millions .” She earned a BA in French, and an MEd in educational psychology at the University of Washington. She served as community educator and director for a sexual assault agency in southeastern Washington. In 1991, she sued her parents for damages after recovering memories of childhood sexual abuse by her father. Follow...

Cielo Solis, who immigrated from Peru, is a former TV journalist turned online media entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of BLENDtw , a media company focused on producing content that fosters human connection. She has built multiple businesses that earn more than seven figures. Disappointed by the lack of diversity in news coverage, Cielo decided to quit her job in television and make a chang...

Ashley Tresoline is a personal chef who has shared her love of health and wellness through food for more than nine years. After living with multiple sclerosis for a decade plus, Ashley discovered the power of clean eating and knew she had to share it with her community. Her expertise has allowed her to educate all age levels, from 4-100, on the value of healthy, organic, seasonal food and its impa...

Erin Washington is a motivational speaker, podcast host, author and former college athlete who struggled with weight and body image for 20 years. She finally found her best body at 37 after having two kids. Erin promotes a balanced lifestyle of “Squats and Margaritas” and offers tips and motivation to women who are working out but not seeing results. Erin, who lives in Atlanta, hosts the wildly po...

As a featured expert in media, Dawna Campbell is known as The Mind Whisperer combining her past knowledge as a Financial Advisor with her wisdom of the subconscious creation of money to increase your revenue 25% or more consistently. With more than 25 years of combined professional experience, Dawna empowers you to infinite prosperity for a life of happiness, prosperity and love.  She is a profess...

Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. After two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own passage through a fiery midlife portal, she was inspired to write Midlife Emergence to accompany o...

Kelsey Aida is a bestselling author and transformation facilitator who helps women manifest their dream lives and love themselves deeply through the process. She is the author of more than five personal development books, including #ActuallyICan, Affirmations for Happiness, Letters to the Universe, My Pocket Guide to Manifestation and Self-Love for the Modern Woman . She also helps people via her...

Nicole Christina is the host of the multi-award winning Zestful Aging Podcast, an interview show heard in 106 countries. Nicole’s guests are change makers from a variety of disciplines; filmmakers, writers, advocates, poets, musicians, scientists, athletes and entrepreneurs, many of whom are top experts in their fields. She calls herself “the Terry Gross of aging well.” After more than 30 years as...

Anne Scottlin, MA, CPC, is a global impact strategist, award-winning author, actress and speaker. Her passion is powerfully supporting leaders and changemakers to make the world a better place. Anne has been a professional in the industries of personal empowerment and positive change for over a decade. She is a human rights advocate, emotional wellness specialist, and founder of The Meta Mindset p...

A born go-getter from early on, Samantha Tradelius always knew she was destined to do big things. Armed with her brokerage license and natural gift for being a connector, Samantha began her entrepreneurial journey co-founding Commercial Coverage Insurance Agency (CCIA) alongside her husband. From humble beginnings, the pair quickly turned CCIA into a wildly successful business, valued at an impres...

LeAnn Austin lives in beautiful Georgia with her awesome husband and crazy dog Nutmeg.  She has four amazing sons, two incredible daughters-in-law, and two grand-doggies.  She enjoys mowing the lawn, eating smoked meat, walking anywhere, sharing insights on her podcast: Love Tidbits , playing pickleball, watching The Chosen, and spending time with family and friends. She loves coaching,...

Katherine King, a licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a manner of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), has twenty years of experience providing individual, family, and group psychotherapeutic treatment for children, teens, and adults.  She has treated people with Clinical Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Grief and Loss, Attachment Diso...