Episode 71: From Novice To Expert: How A Desire For A Different Way Of Life Became The Best Teacher Of All With Deborah Niemann

career mindset Nov 15, 2020

Having zero experience in farming, with her only exposure with animals in raising two cats and a poodle, my latest guest Deborah Niemann bravely took on the challenge of moving to the country in 2002 to start growing organic food. Although the move was a long time dream of Deborah's, she was a complete novice and learned as she went.

Her desire to grow her own food, turned into raising and breeding goats for her family's dairy needs that include milk, cheese, butter, yogurt and even soap. Deborah’s first 2 goats quickly turned into 20, and her desire to make a simple chévre launched a new career helping others raise goats and learn to be more self-reliant and create a more sustainable life.

Naturally, she encountered lots of difficulties while raising goats without experience. She had goats die, have difficulty getting pregnant & staying pregnant, and often found no vets who could help her. So she began researching on her own and decided to share her knowledge...

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Episode 69: Turn Your Experiences & Wisdom Into A “Mighty Tiny” Book with Lin Eleoff

career Nov 08, 2020

Today's guest, Lin Eleoff is the founder and Queen Badass of The Woman UP Project, a training company dedicated to promoting an entrepreneurial lifestyle for women. She inspires women to break free of the rules and limiting beliefs they were taught to follow for so many years. Lin is a business coach who teaches coaches, consultants and experts, and is widely considered to be a "coach's coach."

Lin is also lawyer and former television news journalist. Now her main life mission is coaching women to build powerful and profitable online businesses. From her words, ‘I teach women how to treat life like a business. Businesses have goals and expectations and outcomes. If they don't, well, they go out of business.’ A strong message that she is very passionate about. She has also written several books about diet, life coaching and business.

In Lin's latest endeavor, she teaches women how to write a mighty, tiny book because she believes a book is one of the most...

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Episode 66: Tips from a “Joy”-filled Aussie Who Loves “Nerding Out” with Joy Pereira

career mindset Oct 25, 2020

Joy Pereira is the Founder and Chief Creator at Joy Pereira Creative, where she mentors and guides employees, new entrepreneurs and business owners to take action, pivot, develop unique ideas, passion projects and side hustles; to achieve creative growth, momentum and establish new foundations, through online programs, 1 on 1 and creative frameworks in the digital space.

She also facilitates online communities to collaborate, connect and transform their careers and lives by supporting women to be seen on social media and Go Live on camera to amplify their work, life and business and brings a wealth of diverse production experience, creative leadership, technical expertise, and processes that include well-being and mindfulness practices.

Joy has worked across a diverse range of productions over the last 23 years at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Her theatrical and event experience as a Production Stage Manager at the forefront of performance, has seen her lead and deliver thousands...

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EP64: A Business Inspired By A Special Birthday Gift with Nancy Nelson

Do what you love and find your joy! This episode is a great reminder to all of us that we have no idea what will happen when we just do the things we love. And when we do, the universe responds and opportunities open up.

My guest Nancy Nelson has an inspirational story of a late in life business that fell into her lap when she wasn't even looking! It all started with her love for crafts and wanting to find a unique birthday gift for her grandson.

So she found an old kid's table at a thrift store and dressed it up with a colorful mosaic. Little did she know, that the gift, which she posted on social media, would lead to lots of compliments and a business idea, as people started to notice and appreciate her work.

To see Nancy’s work and connect with her, you can reach her through:

Website: https://www.whimsiesbyjubilee.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/whimsiesbyjubilee/

If you'd like to connect or reach out to ME, you can find me at:

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EP62: Turning A Mother’s Philosophy Of Life Into A Book with Heidi Herman

After a 30-year career in telecommunications, where she authored magazine articles, white papers, and technical assessment reports, in this week’s episode, my guest Heidi Herman turned to fiction writing full-time, as inspired by her mother’s example. She likes to call herself a second-generation life adventurer, a philosophy she learned from her exuberant Icelandic mother. Whether it's learning to fly an airplane, paragliding in Iceland, or attempting to create recipes to make vegetables tasty, Heidi believes every experience in life is to be savored.

 

Listen as she shared her story on how she jumped into early retirement to pursue her passion in writing fiction. Not only that, she also opened up about the impact of her father's cancer diagnosis; stage three esophageal cancer at the age of 88. He beat the odds and overcame it, which altered Heidi’s thinking to balance more 'responsible living' with 'enjoyable living' and making the best out of your life.

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Episode 61: From Clueless To Purpose-Driven In 7 Weeks with Heidi Riter

career mindset Oct 06, 2020

What a great story of commitment and perseverance! I have no doubt you will be inspired by the changes Heidi has made, over a very short time this summer, and is now waking up motivated and energized.

Please reach out to Heidi on social media if you like this episode and let her know. And if you're curious about her podcast "Acres of Life Lessons" and would like to listen, you can find it here.

Don't forget to leave her a review!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/heidi.riter

If you'd like to connect or reach out to ME, you can find me at:
Website: www.notyouraveragegrandma.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/LaurieColvinWright
Instagram: www.instagram.com/not_your_average_grandma
Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/NotYourAverageGrandma

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EP59: Ice Cream & Sex (But Not The Kind You Think!) - A Sexagenarian Shares Her Lifelong Dilemma of Loving Food and Hating Exercise

Today you'll hear an inspirational story from Esta McIntyre who dealt with a lifetime of weight challenges due to the bad habits passed down to her by her obese parents. But the late-in-life fitness transformation she shares just goes to show you that it's never too late to get in shape OR start a new career. 

Esta is 65 years young, a food lover and non-enthusiastic exerciser. She is very passionate and committed in helping people find their “Custom Fitness Blueprint" in achieving their fitness goals. 

She's also the founder of My Health Studio in Westlake Village, a 15 year old boutique fitness and wellness studio offering the finest in group, semi-private and private fitness, CPR and wellness education.

Her story is a true evidence that determination and strong mindset is the key to achieving whatever you desire. She completed her training from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Precision Nutrition as well as many other respected accredited institutions....

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EP56: A Mother’s Love Of Celebrations That Inspired A Late-in-Life Business Idea with Lisa Bader

Did you know that the things we love as a child can inform us of a future path? But often, life takes ahold of us and drives us in a different direction, only to realize much later in life, when we wake up one day feeling less than fulfilled on the chosen path. 

We fail to see a connection between our past experiences and the path we are meant to walk. And like Lisa, sometimes the universe intervenes when we get a whack on the side of the head, which in her case, was a health crisis.

It's like Oprah says: "if you don't pay attention to the whisper, it gets louder and louder and louder. I say it's like getting thumped upside the head." This "thump" gives us pause to consider the alternatives that would not have been noticed had the universe not intervened.

We often look at a health crisis as just that - a crisis - instead of an opportunity, a gift from the universe, to assess where we are in life and how we would live differently if...

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EP54: Going From Medical Devices to Hypnosis: Tackling Problems from the Inside vs. the Outside with Christine Marie Pizzuto

career health Sep 06, 2020

Today's guest Christine Marie Pizzuto, was in a career for 29 years only to realize that the job she' was doing was not something that really sparked her.

Christine's journey started back in 2009 when she decided to finally listen to that small voice that was sending her nudges to do more in life. In 2011 she started training and she eventually opened her business in 2013.

Now, she's a Board-certified hypnotist & Life Mastery Consultant with a deep understanding of what drives and motivates behaviors. Christine has helped countless of individuals create the changes in their lives that they never thought they could make. She has also developed a proven, repeatable system that helps her clients create highly successful businesses and  thrive in every area of their lives! She’s known as the 'Results Expert'!

Her message is to inspire YOU to listen to that 'still small voice' inside that we all have. She believes that when you discover who you REALLY are, and who you...

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EP52: Sex After 50: When Sex Therapy Becomes Your Midlife Career Change with Jessa Zimmerman

career health Aug 23, 2020

This week my special guest is Jessa Zimmerman, a certified sex therapist and couples’ counselor. She specializes in helping couples who have a good relationship but who are avoiding sex because it’s become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured. She educates, coaches, and supports people as they go through her 9-phase experiential process that allows them real world practice in changing their relationship and their sex life.

Some may consider sex an uncomfortable topic, but it's a fact of life when you are in a love partnership, and Jessa's aim is to educate everyone to evaluate their sex lives and have a goal of a healthy and intimate sexual connection with their partners.

She also shares her story about her first marriage that ended in divorce and how that forced her back into the workforce and ultimately led her back to school to follow an unrealized passion. She got her Master's Degree and became a certified therapist and then became interested in sex...

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