Fifteen Minutes With Amy and Faith

In this episode, we chat with Tamar and Sue, the Gen X friends behind Calling All Cupids, about why they started a podcast about love. They share how it began, how matchmaking became part of the story, and a surprise that proves Tamar might actually be a real-life Cupid!

This episode features a conversation with our colleague and friend, career coach Richard Taliaferro. We discuss repurposing strengths to create meaningful next chapters, the challenges of perfectionism and facing contention with curiosity.

In this episode, your hosts discuss the undeniable holiday creep, as holidays like Halloween seem to be celebrated earlier and earlier every year. We also talk about the impersonality of Halloween and how this could be a symbol of a shift in our cultural mindset.

This episode features a conversation with our colleague and friend, career coach Richard Taliaferro. He will talk about his work assisting others in repurposing their strengths, meeting roadblocks with curiosity and the challenges of perfectionism.

In this episode, your hosts discuss the undeniable holiday creep, as holidays such as Halloween seem to be celebrated earlier and earlier every year. We also talk about the impersonality of certain holidays and how this could be seen as symbolic of a cultural shift in mindset.

In this episode, your hosts discuss the undeniable holiday creep, as holidays like Halloween seem to be celebrated earlier and earlier. every year. We will also talk about the impersonality of the holidays as a possible symbol of a cultural shift in mindset.

This episode features a conversation with our colleague and friend, career coach Richard Taliaferro. He will talk about his work assisting others in repurposing their strengths, meeting roadblocks with curiosity and the challenges of perfectionism.

In this episode, we will talk about the undeniable holiday creep as holidays like Halloween seem to be getting pushed out earlier and earlier. We will discuss holiday celebrations then and now and how times have changed. Is the holiday creep a real life example of our constantly shifting and evolving culture?

In this episode, we will speak with midlife coach Jill Pakledinaz about helping women create meaningful next chapters, her Midlife Secret Society and the important topic of making friends in our fifties and beyond.

In this episode, we will discuss hair dyeing (or the choice to go gray) as it relates to us as Gen Xers. We will also talk about how our hair speaks volumes about who we are and how our upbringing has influenced our hair choices.

Your hosts are joined by coach Robin, a life coach for women 45 and over! This episode is all about shedding old labels, challenging (the many) misconceptions about midlife and living this next chapter fiercely!

Why doesn’t customer service feel the same anymore? In this episode of Fifteen Minutes with Amy and Faith, we explore the experience gap in modern customer service — from frustrating visits to the bank to confusing interactions at retail and beauty counters. Through these stories, we ask: Are we somehow responsible? Did Gen X’s embrace of convenience and technology change the way service works tod...

In this episode, your hosts will discuss what it looks like to chart a new course or blaze a new trail in your 50's and beyond! Amy and Faith will also touch on their personal experiences with this concept as it relates to their life coaching journeys. Calling all Gen Xers to get inspired and ready to begin this exciting new chapter of our lives!

In this episode, you will hear all about Amy's visit with Faith and her family. We will also discuss why this in-person meeting was so momentous for us both as co-hosts of a podcast and in the broader context of this digital world in which we all live.

This episode discusses a phenomenon common to most Gen X parents: the empty nest! We will talk about how expectations are often very different from reality!

In this episode, Faith and Amy will discuss the challenges of helping your anxious child navigate significant transitions, such as leaving home for college! Also in this episode, possible strategies for coping with anxiety to help our children or even ourselves!

This episode will discuss a topic that hits home for one of our hosts. We will explore the challenges and changes to the family structure when an adult child moves back home.

Midlife is messy, hilarious, and full of change—and nobody talks about it! Join Amy and Faith as they dish on adulting children, aging parents, shifting friendships, and rediscovering yourself—all through a Gen X lens. In this pilot episode, they introduce themselves, share why they started the podcast, and explore the realities of the “sandwich generation.” From long-term relationships to persona...