Late Bloomer Living Podcast

Janet Granger is a marketing expert who noticed first hand the growing generational divide between older workers and younger workers.  She also noticed that as she aged she was being passed over for promotions and opportunities.  She became fascinated with the idea of intergenerational empowerment, so she left her corporate job to launch a consulting business where she offers a variety of services...

Natascha Hardee likes to say that just because you are a woman over 50, it doesn’t mean it's time for you to pick out a casket and quit life. She has over 50 years of experience as a fitness trainer and in occupational therapy. She’s a dancer, a certified life coach and speaker.  She has recently become the Clubhouse Moderator Mentor for Midlifers and has no plans on slowing down anytime soon! Nat...

Sarah Gallagher knows something about the journey through grief and how to pick up the pieces and move forward.   Her husband died when she was in her late thirties and her son was 2 1/2 years old.  It wasn’t expected.  She was devastated.  He was her soulmate and his death left her with so many unfinished plans… like plans to have another child.  Redefining her life goal as a solo parent gave her...

It’s never too late to unleash your creativity.  Nina Hart is an author and creativity coach.  Nina considers herself to be an improvisational writer – she was a blocked writer until she rediscovered the curious part of herself who could play, experiment, and explore.  She is passionate about helping artists and writers find their voice and reclaim the hooligan kid spirit that most people have bur...

Channa Silva has had a successful career in tech in the telecommunications industry but his real passion is music.  During the Covid shut down he found himself missing the live music experience and the community of concert goers that he loved so much, so he started hosting zoom calls where they could talk about music and connect.  That simple act of bringing together a community of music fans has...

Nina Obier knows a little bit about how to find clarity when you feel off track or muddled.  She’s done it more than a few times and now she teaches other women to do the same.  Nina is an Author, Coach, Speaker, and JOY Seeker.  As the Founder of Success Simplified, her mission is to provide action-oriented tools and strategies so that her audiences and clients gain the ability to remove doubt, d...

Reinvention: It’s not about changing yourself… It’s about changing how you think about yourself.   You are already amazing!  You are already powerful beyond your imagination.  If you set your intentions every day you will be amazed at what starts to happen.   Your brain will go to work for you.  You will start to find evidence for your “shiny new thoughts” which will reinforce them and give you en...

Lynn McNutt is an actor, singer, mover, creator, writer, wanderer, and wayfarer.  Lynn has over twenty five years of experience as a professional actress and singer working in national tours, Off-Broadway, and a bevy of regional theaters.  In her 40s she ended up taking several years of time away from her performing career to act as a caregiver for several family members.  After her father died, s...

This week’s episode is about discovering joy in the midst of difficult times. Rebecca Thompson’s newborn granddaughter was near death just as the world was beginning to grapple with the Covid pandemic.  Her home organizing business was shut down as was her husband’s business. Like much of the world, they found themselves scrambling to do business online. During a lockdown walk in April 2020, Rebec...

As a child Cindy Burnett wanted to be an astronaut… then she wanted to be a judge… She became a lawyer… then she became a mom… She became a mom who put herself into it with all the energy she’d once put into her career, volunteering for “all the things”.  As her kids got older she realized she needed something for herself.  She’d always loved books and reading…  She got a part time job at a bookst...

I am so happy to welcome back Lou Blaser who is the editor of the Midlife Cues newsletter and the host of the podcast,  Second Breaks.  Lou wasn’t always a podcast host or media maven… In fact, she used to hate the sound of her own voice, but when Lou asks the question, “What If?”, she has a tendency to follow the question with massive action that leads her to great things.  It’s been a windy path...

Welcome to this special Thanksgiving episode…. It's short, but sweet. It's that time of year isn’t it?   It's time to look back, and at the same time, look ahead.  Let’s talk about the power of gratitude.

Jesse Hernandez is the host of the Learnings and Missteps podcast where he and his co-host Rene dig into the stories of the men and women who have built careers in the construction industry in an effort to Enhance the Image of Careers in the Trades.  His real super power comes from his desire to help other people.   He worked his way up in the construction industry, first becoming a Supervisor and...

Gail Gensler is sixty years old and still in “beast mode”.  What is beast mode you may be asking?  Well, Gail’s favorite workout, even with an arthritic shoulder is boxing!  For Gail, it’s all about mindset.   Her goal as she enters her 60s is to inspire women her age to dress, act, feel, and exercise the way they want.  In the past year and a half she’s reinvented herself as a pro-aging fitness e...

Karen Briscoe built an enormously successful real estate business in her fifties.  She is the principal owner of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group with Keller Williams which has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 250 Top Realtor® teams in the United States.  Even with all the markers of personal success she felt as though there was something more that was hers to do.  She felt...

Nicole Lewis-Keeber is an expert in helping business owners understand how unaddressed trauma can hold them back in their business.  We talk about the sneaky ways that trauma can show up and about how she learned to set strong boundaries in her life thanks in large part to getting certified in Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead program.  After many years in practice as a therapist Nicole realized it was t...

Richard Haiduck is a former life sciences executive and mentor, and now has an active retirement. He is immersed in challenging the boundaries of his own retirement, while observing the experiences and areas of curiosity of his fellow retirees. At age 7, he was sure he wanted to be an author. Now, 66 years later, that dream has become a reality. He has written a book called Shifting Gears: 50 Baby...

Dara Goldberg of Lovin' Midlife was a Founding Partner and Vice President of a management consulting firm that worked mainly with nonprofits and philanthropies to help them increase their funding base and develop growth strategies.  She loved her work until she didn’t.  After beating herself up and a lot of soul searching, she eventually found the courage to walk away and is currently on the verge...

Amy Feierman was 38 when she realized she wasn’t happy anymore in her very successful business as an Amazon seller and coach.  Prior to that she had loved her business, but it was starting to feel more like a “J.O.B.”  than the entrepreneurial endeavor she had started out with.  She realized she needed a change and it was going to require her to get out of her comfort zone to explore her next move...

Kimberly Coleman is someone who recognizes that she has participated in her own miracles. Her Christian faith is a lynchpin for her, she sees God’s work in her life everywhere, but she also sees that she is a powerful force in that equation, that her actions deliver results, that her actions have delivered her through some difficult times.  Even if you aren’t a “believer”, I contend that you have...

Johanna Walker is a public speaking coach and storytelling expert who helps entrepreneurs and leaders craft talks and presentations around stories that matter, but that’s not the career she planned on.  For years, she worked as a multi-disciplinary artist, eventually finding her way to the stage. Her body of on-stage work spans over 20 years - including performing at poetry slams, creating solo th...

Cat Corchado joined the Air Force as a young, single mother and served a full 20 years. She retired when she was 42 years old and found herself unprepared for the transition to civilian life.  She found that her 20 years of military project management experience did not translate to getting hired for a comparable civilian position. She ended up becoming a personal trainer and a Pilates instructor...

Welcome to Season 2 of Late Bloomer Living!  After a brief break I'm back to talk about where the podcast might go from here.  I will continue to bring you inspiring stories of people who are continuing to grow and take on new challenges in midlife.  In addition, we'll be talking about the tools you can use to get past roadblocks and self imposed limitations.   

Welcome to the LAST episode of Season One…  When I was thinking about how to wrap up the first season, I wanted to do something special for you.  I reached out to a few of my guests from early in the life of this podcast and asked them to send me a short recording to give us an update on their lives since they first sat down to chat with me.  So…. this is officially a “Where Are They Now” episode!

When Charlene Lam’s mother passed away unexpectedly at age 66 from a stroke she found herself unmoored.  As an only child, she was tasked with having to sell and empty her mother’s dream home.  Charlene had a background working with makers, artisans and designers to help them curate and sell their creations. Now, faced with a lifetime of collected, precious items that had been important to her mot...