The Geeky Grandma with an Encouraging Nudge

Episode #17 Laurie Wright , also known as Not Your Average Grandma , is a certified Master NeuroCoach whose mission is to help passionless empty nesters, who wake up most days feeling unmotivated and frustrated about their less-than-fulfilling lives, get clear on who they really are and what they truly desire so that they feel energized and excited about their next chapter, in a way they may have...

Episode #16 Kathy White's BIO: Born in the UK to a Canadian Mother and British Father, Kathy has been back and forth from UK to Canada many times. She currently lives on Vancouver Island. She took her first yoga class at the age of 25 in Victoria BC, from there moved to Spain and then settled in the Spiritual Community of Findhorn in Scotland where she met her husband, and they raised their tw...

Biography Ruth has been a yoga and meditation teacher for over 14 years, and guiding others as a mindset and life coach for 8 years.  She started living out her dreams by opening her own yoga studio which she had for 11 years, and now teaches yoga and meditation online in addition for her full-time coaching business.  Her divorce in 2010 was the catalyst for her own reclamation and since then she...

Martha Davis Alexander JD, Mediator, CFLC, Adult Children of Divorce Biography: Martha spent 50 years figuring out how to leave her parents’ divorce to parents and not carry around the guilt, anger, and trepidation that remained from their divorce. She went to law school and spent decades practicing family law to stop the emotional backlash from the divorce crash into the kids. Now, she helps indi...

Inger Nordin is from Sweden and she has 35 years of experience in corporate. She retired at age 65, but soon found out that she was bored with life. Her slogan is "It’s never too late to start over - I did it when I was 65 - what’s your excuse?," as noted in the title. She knew that she had more in her to give.  She is a life-long learner, and she started taking various courses after she reti...

Eliana Gilad's Biography : Healing voice mentor, therapeutic singing pioneer, author and creator of "Find Your True Voice", Eliana Gilad helps heart-centered professionals to embody their voice and confidently express it, no matter what “they’ll say”. Having lived through three wars and social unrest in the Middle East, Eliana knows how to thrive through uncertainty. Gilad developed a medically pr...

Biography Linda Bjork is a best selling author, speaker, host of "Linda's Corner" podcast, and founder  of Hope for Healing non-profit charity.  Some of her books include “Crushed: A Journey Through Depression,” and Amazon best seller “You Got This! An action plan to calm fear, anxiety, worry, and stress.”  Linda’s personal mission is to empower people to become their best selves. h...

Liz Sumner is on a mission to help people feel good about themselves and their accomplishments. She works with women who are fed up with feeling stuck and disappointed, and who are ready for support to feel productive and deeply satisfied. A recovering procrastinator herself, Liz understands women who struggle with motivation and are quick to say, “It’s probably too late.”   But that’s not tr...

Biography Margaret Agard is an award-winning author, former executive in the high tech industry and mother of eight children, step-mother to seven (they were never all at home at the same time!) She is a Christian mystic and Reiki Level II Healer.   She is currently writing her third memoir titled Love: Becoming One with Parker, from her house next to a lake in Florida– viewing lake, not swim...

Missy Quinley Bauder, Author. Misty Bauder found her retirement path by doing the things she loves to do and by paying attention to the things she values most. Here is her biography: I worked for 33 years in the VA Public School system in 5 different localities across the state. I began my career as a teacher working with students with special needs at the middle school and high school levels then...

Melissa Conkling is a Certified Hypnotist, NLP Practitioner and Life Coach. Driven by her intuition and her own personal transformation, she takes pride in providing the best hypnosis possible, guiding her clients to create powerful changes in their lives. As a hypnotist, her goal is to empower women to become the best versions of themselves and live their lives from a place of confidence, joy and...

Our guest for this episode is Lori Pino. She is an author, holistic life coach, and healing artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, whose mission is empowering others to live on purpose with purpose. She has just published a book titled Haight Words: Voices from the Street, wherein she attempts to bring light to the depth of humanity existing before our eyes--the homeless in our communities--compe...

In today's episode Jill McCarthy interviews Rene Estes, who is also known as The Video Mentor. Finally, the "GEEKY" Grandma interviewed a kindred soul allowing their mutual love of photography, still, & video, software & editing to come out and play. Rene begins by sharing tell us about chapters in her life as a means of background information. That helps us to see the path see took on bec...

EPISODE 004 -Jenny Leigh Hodgins - Author/Composer/Creativepreneur GRIEF WARNING It has been a long time since I last posted an episode.  My mom passed away on Oct. 23rd, 2020. The very grief explains why it was so difficult for me to get through the editing of this episode. During this season of grief, I  taught a class called "NO REGRETS" in which the participants had to create a legac...

Today's episode is an interview with brand new author Richard Haiduck. Richard Haiduck is a former life sciences executive and mentor. Richard had a dream in his heart to write a book since he was 7 years old.  While that dream stayed hidden for decades...it reemerged in his retirement.  After listening to many of his buddies tell about the neat things they were doing in their retirement...

We all start somewhere.  I started quiet, shy, and very insecure. I've been blessed with many mentors along the way.  They have helped and encouraged me in many ways, but ultimately what was always deep inside of me begins to blossoms, and I'm on my way.   I am sharing today's episode of talking with an old college friend as a demonstration that transformation is a process.  So...

Welcome new listeners.  Do you need encouragement?  Have you spent your entire life and career meeting everyone else's needs?  The kids are flying the coop, and retirement is right around the corner.  How about your dreams? Do you remember them? Would you like to find them once again?  Do you need a group of sisters or like minded women to belong to?  Are you a bit on...