Midlife Women Entrepreneurs

You’ve been responsible for a long time. But there’s a quiet midlife moment when you realize you’ve also been postponing what you really want. In this episode of Midlife Women Entrepreneurs, I sit down with Tim Packer, a former Toronto police detective who walked away from the “safe” path to become a successful artist, teacher, and author. We talk about the one word that changes everything, yet, a...

**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers ( its free to join! ) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs Hey, beautiful souls. I’m Lynette Turner, and welcome to The Break It Down Room, a solo series inside the Midlife Women Entrepreneurs podcast. These short action oriented epsiodes will drop on Tuesdays. This is where I take the lessons from over 100...

After 25 years in corporate HR at Pfizer, Johanna Danaher’s role was unexpectedly eliminated. In this episode of Midlife Women Entrepreneurs , Johanna shares what really happens when a long, successful corporate career ends overnight. We talk honestly about grief, fear, identity loss, and the quiet wake-up call many midlife women aren’t prepared for. This conversation explores why the corporate sa...

Midlife reinvention sounds exciting until you’re the one sitting in the middle of it. If you’ve ever felt stuck, lost, or unsure who you are anymore, this conversation will feel familiar. Today’s guest is a midlife author who rebuilt her identity more than once. She left a career, raised kids, started a business, closed a business, and found her way back to writing. Her novels explore the quiet st...

What if money isn’t the problem at all? What if it’s the mirror that shows you the thoughts, beliefs, and patterns shaping your life? In this episode of Midlife Women Entrepreneurs , Lynette sits down with Scarlett Stanhope, known as The Biz Hippie , to explore how your money habits reflect your identity, your safety, and the stories you’ve carried since childhood. Scarlett shares her powerful jou...

What if confidence isn’t something you’re born with but something you build, one brushstroke at a time? In this episode, Lynette sits down with Kevin Murphy, a master illustrator and founder of Evolve Artist, whose work has appeared in National Geographic , LucasArts , and even for the Rolling Stones.  After decades in the art world, Kevin now helps people from all walks of life (many starting in...

You’ve done the mindset work. Read the books. Tried the affirmations. So why are you still battling that voice in your head that says you’re not good enough? In this episode, Clinical Hypnotherapist Christina L. Woods breaks down how your inner critic actually works and why traditional self-help doesn’t touch the deep patterns that keep smart, capable women stuck.  Christina spent 30 years in corp...

What does it actually mean to trust yourself again, especially after burnout or identity loss? In this episode, I talk with Martine Cohen, a former corporate attorney who was forced to rebuild her life after a traumatic brain injury. She didn’t go back to the old path. She created a new one. We explore what happens when the life you built no longer fits and how to reconnect with your inner voice....

In this episode, I sit down with SEO and AI search expert Cinthia Pacheco , founder of Digital Bloom IQ. Cinthia runs her agency from Argentina while raising her daughter and serving clients around the world. Her story shows what’s possible when you take a risk, start before you’re ready, and build your business one simple step at a time. You’ll hear how she moved from a South African digital agen...

What if the real reason you feel stuck in midlife isn’t your goals, it’s your self-worth? In this raw and powerful episode, Debbie Dobbins shares how she went from burned out and disconnected to fully aligned with her feminine power and purpose.  After losing millions and facing a deep personal reckoning, she realized mindset alone wasn’t enough. This conversation is about what it really takes to...

What happens when the business you built becomes the thing that breaks you? In this episode, Lynette sits down with Charity Brown a serial entrepreneur, author, and founder of The Happy CEO, to talk about what it takes to reinvent your life and business after burnout.  Charity shares her journey from teenage mom and high school dropout to running multiple restaurants, hitting rock bottom, and risi...

What if your childhood photo albums held the key to healing generational pain? In this intimate conversation, Lynette Turner interviews Haleh Shoa , founder of Picturli , a boutique photo archiving and legacy preservation studio based in Los Angeles. Haleh’s own story of escaping Iran as a child, rebuilding life in the U.S., and searching for identity, led her to create a business rooted in memory...

Helene Clarkson was a 40-something mom with no design background, a former actress burned out from the business, and a woman who simply wanted better travel clothes. What started as a “how hard could this be?” idea turned into Helene Clarkson Design a global travelwear fashion brand now shipping worldwide. In this episode, Helene shares how she: Launched a fashion brand in midlife with no formal t...

What if the barriers holding you back weren’t yours to begin with? In this powerful conversation, Lynette Turner sits down with Simon Calderbank, a UK-based breakthrough coach who helps women leaders shed decades of masculine conditioning and reconnect with their intuitive power. Simon shares how being raised by three women shaped his life mission, why he wrote the viral blog post “Addressing the...

What if the fear holding you back is actually your teacher? In this powerful episode, wellness mentor and self-leadership coach Courtney Townley reveals how midlife women can stop outsourcing their worth and start coaching themselves through fear, fatigue, and self-abandonment. After 30 years in the health space, Courtney has learned that women don’t need more discipline, they need more nourishmen...

When Lana Starchuck was unexpectedly laid off in midlife, she didn’t crumble, she recalibrated. A writer, keynote speaker, and 1,000-jump skydiver, Lana turned one of life’s scariest moments into her most courageous leap. In this episode, she joins Lynette to talk about navigating rejection, building resilience, and why midlife reinvention isn’t about starting over, it’s about finally becoming who...

Anisa Crespo looked like she had it all: the job, the hustle, the family. But deep down, she knew she was spread too thin and missing the life she was meant to live. In this episode, she shares the moment her daughter asked, “Do you still love us?” and how that one question cracked her open. From juggling multiple side hustles to building the Million Dollar Mom Society, Anisa reveals how she walke...

What do you do when you're a stay-at-home mom with three kids, no extra income, and a closet full of gently used baby clothes? If you're Rhea Lana Riner, you start small and scrappy and change everything. In this episode, Rhea shares how solving her own problem led to a nationwide business  -> Rhea Lana's with 120+ franchises. From ironing secondhand clothes in her living room to...

What if laughter was your secret superpower? In this episode, Lynn Harris, founder of Gold Comedy, shares how she built a thriving online community that helps women use humor to build confidence, tell their stories, and feel seen again. From doctors to grandmothers to entrepreneurs, Lynn’s students are proving that comedy isn’t just for stages it’s for healing, storytelling, and showing up unapolo...

What happens when the kids leave and the silence echoes louder than you expected? In this honest and powerful episode, award-winning columnist and author Rita Lussier shares her story of reinvention after motherhood and the unexpected emotional unraveling that came with it. Through heartfelt conversation and personal essays from her book And Now, Back to Me, Rita explores what it means to lose you...

Is your marriage falling apart or are you finally waking up? In this powerful episode, therapist and author Dr. Becky Whetstone joins Lynette to expose the real roots of midlife crisis, the five stages of a dying marriage, and how conformity kills your soul (literally). From toxic relationships to feminine-masculine energy dynamics, this is a wake-up call for midlife women who are done performing...

What if AI could be used not to replace you, but to reflect your brilliance? In this episode, Christiane Witt, co-founder of SoulXAI, shares how midlife women entrepreneurs can turn their lived wisdom, values, and visionary thoughts into strategic systems using AI. Learn how to create your “business brain” with Claude or ChatGPT (or any LLM for that matter!), simplify VA onboarding, and escape bur...

Author and former psych nurse Marla Miller is helping women finally write the stories they were too afraid to tell. In this powerful conversation, Marla shares how she walked through midlife heartbreak, found her voice through writing, and teaches others to do the same. Her novel Sweet Spot: Now and Then is fiction based on truth, a story of reinvention, bravery, and becoming your future self. Whe...

What happens when the life you built no longer feels like your own? In this empowering episode, DeShawn Wynn shares how she went from a thriving business owner to a woman on a mission to live with purpose. After the sudden death of her father and a soul-shifting trip to Ghana, DeShawn stopped sleepwalking through life and started designing a new one. She opens up about trusting intuition, healing...

What if passive income was easier to build than you think? In this episode, Lynette sits down with direct sales expert Leslie Hocker to talk about how midlife women can create new income streams without starting over. With four decades of entrepreneurial experience, Leslie shares how to choose the right business model, why mentorship matters, and how to build confidence through products you actual...