Best Isabel Alexander Podcasts (2024)

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EP #41: You Are Not Starting Over, You Are Starting from Experience in Midlife with Isabel Alexander 28:19

22d ago28:19

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Today’s episode is with Isabel Alexander. Isabel is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s using her 55 plus years of business experience to navigate the opportunities and the challenges of keeping up with new technologies, new platforms, and new vocabularies. In this episode, you will learn: You are not starting over; you are starting from exper…

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Powered By Three Mastermind | Episode 113 33:21

24h ago33:21

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The Power of Mastermind Groups: Lessons from Six Years of Collaboration In this episode of 'Seasoned Women, Serious Business,' host Isabel connects with her long-time mastermind partners, Lee Woodward and Jackie Ulmer, to discuss their journey over the past six years of meeting almost every Monday. They explore personal and professional growth, vul…

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EP #48: How to Outsmart Your Genes in Midlife with Jocelyn Hill 44:40

2h ago44:40

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Today’s episode is with Jocelyn Hill. Jocelyn is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps women outsmart their genes and cultivate vitality in body, mind, and soul so they can start living their healthiest lives after 40. In this episode, you will learn: How to outsmart your genes in midlife and cultivate vitality in your body, mind, and soul t…

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EP #47: Business Basics for 10K Months: The Soulful and Heart-Centered Way to Organically Grow a 6 Figure Business that Thrives in Midlife with Christine Williams 41:19

3h ago41:19

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Today’s episode is with Christine Williams. Christine is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps women wellness entrepreneurs to build and grow 6-figure businesses and be financially independent, so they never have to feel they have to depend on someone else for their safety, security, or survival. In this episode, you will learn: The soulful …

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Why Do Seasoned Friendships End? | Episode 112 20:22

7d ago20:22

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The Power of Vitamin G: Strengthening Friendships for Success and Happiness In this episode of Seasoned Women, Serious Business, host Isabel Alexander discusses the importance of 'Vitamin G'—a metaphor for the supportive and empowering role of girlfriends in both personal and business life. Isabel shares insights on maintaining and evaluating frien…

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EP #46: Midlife in Montana After Ranching with Meredith McKinney 28:16

7d ago28:16

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Today’s episode is with Meredith McKinney. Meredith is a woman in the middle entrepreneur cattle rancher who changed things up after her kids graduated and now has another business with her husband where she matches buyers and sellers of farm and ranch land. In this episode, you will learn: What midlife in Montana is like after ranching. Life after…

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EP #45: Success on YouTube at 50 and Beyond with Jennifer Lebedev 33:11

7d ago33:11

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Today’s episode is with Jennifer Lebedev. Jennifer is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s been an online English teacher and content creator for over 15 years in really creative ways. In this episode, you will learn: Success on YouTube at 50 and beyond. Success and happiness should be defined on your own terms. Kindness matters -- including ki…

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Why Seasoned Women Soar On Trampolines | Episode 111 22:01

14d ago22:01

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Building Your Virtual Trampoline: The Power of Support Networks In this episode of Seasoned Women, Serious Business, Isabel delves into the concept of a 'virtual trampoline,' which symbolizes the robust and interconnected support system needed for women to succeed in business and life. She discusses the critical elements of this trampoline, includi…

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EP #44: The Importance of Self-Care While Supporting Family & Growing Your Midlife Career Transition Business with Danielle Bradley 30:54

14d ago30:54

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Today’s episode is with Danielle Bradley. Danielle is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s a career coach focused on helping mid-career professionals get hired for their most fulfilling role yet! In this episode, you will learn: The importance of self-care while supporting family & growing your midlife career transition business. How to navigat…

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EP #43: Understanding the Value of Wellness Design As We Navigate Midlife with Gail Jamentz 41:10

14d ago41:10

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Today’s episode is with Gail Jamentz. Gail is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s on a mission to help women design homes that not only look beautiful, but also support their physical and mental well being. In this episode, you will learn: Understanding the value of wellness design as we navigate midlife. Midlife is not a time for women to giv…

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Seasoned Women in Business: The Power of Experience | Episode 110 20:51

21d ago20:51

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Unlocking the Treasure Vault: The Power of Experience for Seasoned Women Entrepreneurs In this episode of Seasoned Women, Serious Business, host Isabel Alexander delves into the unique advantages experienced women hold as entrepreneurs and leaders. Targeting women aged 45 to 75 and beyond, Isabel highlights the profound cumulative value of life exp…

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EP #42: Empowering Parents to Love Their Kids Through Their Addiction in Midlife with Heather Ross 33:36

21d ago33:36

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Today’s episode is with Heather Ross. Heather is a woman in the middle entrepreneur whose purpose always overrides her own discomfort and pushes her forward. In this episode, you will learn: Empowering parents to love their kids through their addiction in midlife. Most of what you hear about addiction is based on stigma rather than science. Make su…

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More Than Your Business Card - Lead, Thrive, and Love Every Stage of Your Life 22:21

28d ago22:21

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Welcome to another episode of Seasoned Women, Serious Business! I'm your host, Isabel Alexander, and today we delve into who this podcast is truly for. If you're a woman entrepreneur aged 45 to 75 (or beyond), juggling the complexities of business, leadership, and family, this is your space. But don't worry, if you're outside this demographic, you'…

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More Than Just A Business - Women and Seasons Above the Bottom Line 18:39

28d ago18:39

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Seasoned Women, Serious Business! I'm your host, Isabel Alexander, and I'm thrilled to launch this new podcast for wise women who are seeking more from life and business. After hosting the Lift As You Climb podcast for the past three years, I've realized the need for a space dedicated to women in their 50s, 60s, …

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EP #40: Resiliency to Turn Uncertainty into an Opportunity in Midlife with Rana Mustafa 23:28

29d ago23:28

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Today’s episode is with Rana Mustafa. Rana is a woman-in-the-middle entrepreneur who helps science professionals build their personal brand, improve their leadership skills, and find their dream career paths. In this episode, you will learn: How to use resiliency to turn uncertainty into an opportunity in midlife. How to conquer challenges. How to …

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EP #39: Saving the Planet Using a Real Estate Licence in Midlife with Carolyn Pistone 37:30

29d ago37:30

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Today’s episode is with Carolyn Pistone. Carolyn is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s the president and managing director of the only commercial real estate service firm in the world that is a certified green business, certified woman-owned business, and B-Corp. In this episode, you will learn: Saving the planet using a real estate license i…

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More Wisdom, More Life - Celebrating Experience, Inviting Growth 7:44

1M ago7:44

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Welcome to Seasoned Women, Serious Business, a podcast created for wise women who seek more from life and business. Hosted by Isabel Alexander, an accomplished entrepreneur and business coach, this series celebrates the collective wisdom, collaboration, and growth of seasoned women. Isabel brings over five decades of entrepreneurial experience and …

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Final Episode of Lift As You Climb: A New Beginning 15:05

1M ago15:05

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In the final episode of the Lift As You Climb podcast, the host reflects on the incredible three-year journey and the 105 episodes that empowered listeners to embrace self-discovery and growth. The podcast, which focused on helping women understand and build their own success, is transitioning to a new and exciting phase. The host shares the import…

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EP #38: Coming Home to Design as My Core Purpose in Midlife with Julie Gibbons 30:10

1M ago30:10

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Today’s episode is with Julie Gibbons. Julie is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s gone back to her design roots and creates branding and web design for women in business. In this episode, you will learn: Coming home to design as a core purpose in midlife. Work on yourself, learn how to unplug from the outside world, and become aware of the d…

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EP #37: Upgrade Your Habits and Upgrade Your Life and Business in Midlife with Jackie Ulmer 34:30

1M ago34:30

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Today’s episode is with Jackie Ulmer. Jackie is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who focuses on coaching on "Peak Performance Habits" to achieve whatever you want in any area of your life! In this episode, you will learn: Upgrade your habits and upgrade your life and business in midlife. Why self-image matters - your current self-image and how it…

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adrienne maree brown — On Radical Imagination and Moving Towards Life 1:20:13

1M ago1:20:13

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The wonderful civil rights elder Vincent Harding liked to look around the world for what he called "live human signposts" — human beings who embody ways of seeing and becoming and who point the way forward to the world we want to inhabit. And adrienne maree brown, who has inspired worlds of social creativity with her notions of "pleasure activism" …

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EP #36: Your Mission to Leave a Legacy in Midlife with Colleen Biggs 32:50

1M ago32:50

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Today’s episode is with Colleen Biggs. Colleen is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps female entrepreneurs draft well-defined plans, align their actions and their objectives, and chart a path to financial prosperity. In this episode, you will learn: Your mission is to leave a legacy in midlife. Why surrounding yourself with positive people…

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EP #35: Becoming an Intentional Entrepreneur in Midlife with Sarah Davies 31:55

1M ago31:55

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Today’s episode is with Sarah Davies. Sarah is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps creatives, coaches, and consultants turn their knowledge and expertise into a profitable business using a logical phased approach. In this episode, you will learn: Becoming an intentional entrepreneur in midlife. Be intentional in your life and business, be …

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“The End of Poetry” by Ada Limón 1:43

2M ago1:43

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An impassioned plea, a yearning for connection — the poem U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote when she says all language failed her. Take in Ada's reading of her piece, “The End of Poetry” — and hear her read more of her work in the On Being episode, “To Be Made Whole.” Ada Limón is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. She’s written six book…

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Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning 1:02:48

2M ago1:02:48

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We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved away from its understanding of death as a failure — where care stops with a terminal diagnosis. Hospice has moved, from something rare to something ex…

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EP #34: Finding Your Authentic Self as an Entrepreneur in Midlife with Juli Madacey 35:34

2M ago35:34

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Today’s episode is with Juli Madacey. Juli is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who coaches women over 40 and helps them feel great, look great, and kick midlife in the ass. In this episode, you will learn: Finding your authentic self as an entrepreneur in midlife. It's never too late to pursue your dreams. You are worthy and deserving of receivin…

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EP #33: Stop Burnout by Anchoring Self-Leadership and Resilience in Midlife with Jill Clay 26:48

2M ago26:48

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Today’s episode is with Jill Clay. Jill is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps both new and seasoned leaders master the art of self-leadership and resilience. In this episode, you will learn: Stop burnout by anchoring self-leadership and resilience in midlife. The importance of knowing what your unique purpose is and not being afraid to so…

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“Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” by Elizabeth Alexander 1:17

2M ago1:17

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Today, a poem with a poignant question to live: “...and are we not of interest to each other?” Carry Elizabeth Alexander’s reading of her poem “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” with you — and hear Elizabeth read more of her poetry in the On Being episode, “Words That Shimmer.” Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, author, and educator. Since 2018, she has ser…

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Luis Alberto Urrea — On Our Belonging to Each Other 59:10

2M ago59:10

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We humans have this drive to erect barriers between ourselves and others, Luis Alberto Urrea says, and yet this makes us a little crazy. He is an exuberant, wise, and refreshing companion into the deep meaning and the problem of borders — what they are really about, what we do with them, and what they do to us. The Mexican-American border was as cl…

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EP #32: Why Midlife Women Business Owners Need to Start Using LinkedIn Today with Karen Yankovich 33:14

2M ago33:14

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Today’s episode is with Karen Yankovich. Karen is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who has a marketing consulting company, focusing on supporting women to grow their businesses with LinkedIn and PR strategy, and is also the host of Good Girls Get Rich Podcast. In this episode, you will learn: Why midlife women business owners need to start using …

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EP #31: How 40 Drinks with 40 People Can Help You Celebrate Midlife with Stephanie McLaughlin 39:48

2M ago39:48

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Today’s episode is with Stephanie McLaughlin. Stephanie is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who helps small and medium-sized businesses get in front of the audiences that count most towards their success. In this episode, you will learn: How 40 drinks with 40 people can help you celebrate midlife. Building a life that suits you perfectly. Mindset…

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Ross Gay — On the Insistence of Joy 59:05

2M ago59:05

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In our world of so much suffering, it can feel hard or wrong to invoke the word "joy." Yet joy has been one of the most insistent, recurrent rallying cries in almost every life-giving conversation that Krista has had across recent months and years, even and especially with people on the front lines of humanity's struggles. Ross Gay helps illuminate…

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EP #30: Becoming an Author of Inspiring Stories for Midlife Women with Kimberly Diede 34:06

2M ago34:06

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Today’s episode is with Kimberly Diede. Kimberly is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s an independent author who offers uplifting stories that encourage women in midlife to never stop dreaming and taking chances. In this episode, you will learn: How Kimberly became an author of inspiring stories for midlife women. That achieving our dreams ta…

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EP #29: Courage in Adversity: Being Resilient & Reclaiming Power and Wealth with Ciel Stevens 31:57

2M ago31:57

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Today’s episode is with Ciel Stevens. Ciel is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s focusing on multi-family real estate as a way to build passive and residual income. In this episode, you will learn: How to find courage in adversity and become resilient and reclaim your power and wealth. How mindset and training of the mind can really help move…

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Janine Benyus and Azita Ardakani Walton — On Nature's Wisdom for Humanity 1:16:20

2M ago1:16:20

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In this all-new episode, Krista engages biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus in a second, urgent conversation, alongside creative biomimicry practitioner Azita Ardakani Walton. Together they trace precise guidance and applied wisdom from the natural world for the civilizational callings before us now. What does nature have to teach us about healing fro…

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EP #28: Building a Gen X Empire While Catching Midlife Curveballs with Mimi Bishop 26:59

2M ago26:59

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Today’s episode is with Mimi Bishop. Mimi is a woman in the middle entrepreneur, who’s on a mission to make Generation X the wealthiest female generation because with money comes power, and with power, we no longer have to accept the unacceptable. In this episode, you will learn: How to handle midlife curveballs. At our age, resilience is not a pos…

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EP #27: Get the Other Big O (Organized!) in Midlife with Gayle Gruenberg 35:02

2M ago35:02

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Today’s episode is with Gayle Gruenberg. Gayle is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who specializes in serving clients who are living with Chronic Disorganization. In this episode, you will learn: How to get organized in midlife. What Chronic Disorganization is and how to recognize it. Why it can be common for midlife age women to deal with disorg…

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Befriend Your Body: A Compassionate Body Scan 11:16

2M ago11:16

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In a time of stress, uncertainty, and isolation, Christine Runyan turns our attention to what often evades our awareness — the response of our nervous systems. As part of On Being’s 2021 Midwinter Gathering, she offered this brief, practical, gently guided practice as an invitation to befriend your beleaguered body, to “blanket it with a little bit…

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Christine Runyan — On Healing Our Distressed Nervous Systems 1:01:11

2M ago1:01:11

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The years of pandemic and lockdown are still working powerfully on us from the inside. But we have trouble acknowledging this, much less metabolizing it. This conversation with Christine Runyan, which took place in the dark middle of those years, helps make sense of our present of still-unfolding epidemic distress — as individuals, as communities, …

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EP #26: Can My Business Still Function if I Retire in Midlife with Kathleen Krueger 36:25

3M ago36:25

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Today’s episode is with Kathleen Krueger. Kathleen is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who went from bookkeeping to a successful writing career and is now working on being intentional about how to transition into her next phase of life. In this episode, you will learn: Your business can still function if you retire in midlife. Figuring out how yo…

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EP #25: Uncovering Potential & Profits in Midlife with Stacey Hylen 35:34

3M ago35:34

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Today’s episode is with Stacey Hylen. Stacey is a woman in the middle entrepreneur whose mission is to give entrepreneurs back to their families and help them do that by helping them scale and add a zero without the hustle. In this episode, you will learn: How to uncover potential & profits in midlife. Why Stacey believes in scaling and adding a ze…

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“Joy is the Justice (We Give Ourselves)” by J. Drew Lanham 14:26

3M ago14:26

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We are overjoyed to share this heart-stirring performance with you, which transpired when we invited the ornithologist/poet/former On Being guest J. Drew Lanham to offer some poetry at a live On Being event in January 2024. We could not have imagined the lightning in a bottle that unfolded — a live adaptation of the title poem that appears in Drew'…

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Lyndsey Stonebridge and Lucas Johnson — On Love, Politics, and Violence (Channeling Hannah Arendt) 1:15:26

3M ago1:15:26

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Here is a stunning sentence for you, written by Lyndsey Stonebridge, our guest this hour, channeling the 20th-century political thinker and journalist Hannah Arendt: "Loneliness is the bully that coerces us into giving up on democracy." This conversation is a kind of guide to generative shared deliberations we might be having with each other and ou…

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New From Poetry Unbound: A Series on Conflict and the Human Condition 11:09

3M ago11:09

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A taste of a special mini-season of Poetry Unbound — bringing contemplative curiosity and the life-nurturing tether of poetry to the very present matter of conflict in our world. In this first offering, Pádraig introduces the intriguing idea of poems as teachers and ponders Wisława Szymborska’s “A Word on Statistics," translated by Joanna Trzeciak.…

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EP #24: When Introverts Choose to Flourish in Midlife with Joanna Rawbone 41:15

3M ago41:15

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Today’s episode is with Joanna Rawbone. Joanna is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who enables introverts to own & play to their strengths authentically while rattling the cages of organizations to shake out the bias that favors the extravert ideal. In this episode, you will learn: When introverts choose to flourish in midlife. Introverted women …

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EP #23: Her Mess Became Her Mission in Midlife with Elaine Williams 44:45

3M ago44:45

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Today’s episode is with Elaine Williams. Elaine is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s morphed all of her entrepreneurial experience in performing into helping women with video marketing and signature talk coaching. In this episode, you will learn: How Elaine’s mess became her mission in midlife. Learning to lean into the nerves or emotional p…

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Colette Pichon Battle — On Knowing What We're Called To 1:02:38

3M ago1:02:38

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There is an ecological transformation unfolding in the places we love and come from. On a front edge of this reality, which will affect us all, Colette Pichon Battle is a singular model of brilliance and graciousness of mind and spirit and action. And to be with her is to open to the way the stories we tell have blunted us to the courage we’re call…

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EP #22: Juggling and Balancing Two Businesses in Midlife with Monique Bartlett 28:14

3M ago28:14

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Today’s episode is with Monique Bartlett. Monique is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s currently a real estate agent and also owns a travel agency. In this episode, you will learn: How to juggle and balance two businesses in midlife. The struggle is real. You don’t know what you don’t know. To believe in yourself. The challenge to find work/…

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EP #21: How Changing My Mindset in Midlife Helped Me See the True Value of My Law Firm with Shahara Wright 31:33

3M ago31:33

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Today’s episode is with Shahara Wright. Shahara is a woman in the middle entrepreneur who’s an experienced lawyer and helps small business owners, like you, save time, money, and effort when it comes to creating and managing legal documents and forms. In this episode, you will learn: How changing her mindset in midlife helped Shahara see the true v…

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Kate DiCamillo — On Nurturing Capacious Hearts 54:16

3M ago54:16

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In her writing, it is Kate DiCamillo's gift to make bearable the fact that joy and sorrow live so close, side by side, in life as it is (if not as we wish it to be). In this conversation, along with good measures of raucous laughter and a few tears, Kate summons us to hearts "capacious enough to contain the complexities and mysteries of ourselves a…

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