My latest guest is Debbie Colbourn, who calls herself an adventurer, former sport car racer, mountain climber, world traveler and a grandma of 4. Her resume and interests are long and varied and she says she’s filled with a need to always be learning and trying new things.

A combination of 25+ years as a professional accountant and guiding 1 to 25 million dollar companies through their life stages, along with an education in Kinesiology, an active competition life in performance dog sports and a desire to improve her own dogs’ fitness for competition, led her, in 2011, to create The Summit, a 7,000 square foot training facility and her first online business: The Fit Body Fit Mind Dog.

In this interview Debbie and I talked about:

• How she created boundaries in her corporate work that supported her adventurous lifestyle
• Her very different and interesting hobbies
• Her biggest fear is and the event in her life that created it
• The ‘bounce back-ability’ that is so...

My guest this week is Liberty A. Baldovino, also known as The Youthful Granny, a content marketer who specializes in writing ebooks, whitepapers, case studies, blogs, emails, and assisting clients with content strategies.

Despite Liberty’s busy schedule, she still finds time for her advocacies - encouraging people in her age group to venture into freelancing and teaching writing to kids and adults.

In this episode, Liberty and I talked about:

• The culture she grew up with and what it’s like living in a 3rd world country
• How she transitioned from a low paying Private School Teacher job to a lucrative online freelancing career
• Her plans for her future and her passion for helping other people her age get started with their own businesses.

Liberty is a great example to other people her age that a late-in-life career shift is possible no matter what your circumstances. Her freelancing journey has also inspired her to start an online community she calls, Freelancing for the...

This week is an interview with Lorna Green, who is a yoga teacher and wellness mentor. Lorna uses a combination of yogic wisdom and science-backed mindset techniques to help burnt-out professionals, who can’t stop hustling, slow down so they can stay on top of their game without sacrificing their health, personal life, and mental wellbeing.

Refusing to take life seriously, but serious about the right things, she is on a mission to show people how to worry less and live more.

In this episode, Lorna shared:

• Her early career in the beauty industry and a valuable tool she learned from that experience - a tool more people need to use. 
• Her experience of illness, bankruptcy and the loss of a 16 year relationship and how she overcame these obstacles.
• How she found Yoga and all the wisdom she learned from her that journey.
• Her great tips on how to worry less.

Lorna’s mantra is: “slow is strong, busy isn’t cool and age is just a number.”  Let Lorna...

My guest this week is Christina Rozema who worked in the non-profit and healthcare fields for 20+ years in a variety of leadership roles. Her background is developing strong, authentic teams that can lead organizations forward, supporting teams and leaders in their development, ensuring that change is rooted in shared values, and successfully delivering complicated projects.

Christina refers to herself as a people-first person, but unfortunately that behavior put her last and likely led to her first stress-induced heart attack that happened at work. It was a wake-up call, especially since she was in the healthcare field.

In this episode, Christina and I talked about:

• Her TWO heart attack experiences and what caused them
• Her biggest lesson from those experiences and her resulting perspective shift.
• Important tips on how to reduce the likelihood of a heart attack and what signs to look for if you think you may be experiencing one. 

Christina committed to her personal recovery...

In this week’s episode, my guest Amy Kelly, is the creator and host of In the Middle of It Podcast. She’s a born-and-raised Texas girl with a passion for the next generation. She’s also a Mom, a writer, an educator, and a voracious reader who is dedicated to helping people connect with the teens in their life.

Amy is passionate about supporting middle school parents and teachers on the front lines with teens. shares actionable strategies and relevant resources that create results for the teens in your life. She also loves discovering the stories of teens and what’s shaped them so far.

In this episode, Amy and I talked about:

• How helping her husband with his dream, made her realize she needed her own dream
• The importance of good boundaries
• Helpful tips for all parents (and grandparents!)

Amy lives with her husband and two teens. You can find her listening to U2, watching Gilmore Girls for the millionth time, or hanging on the patio with...

In this episode, I had a wonderful chat with Elizabeth Henson, founder of The Messy Success Podcast, and Shine The Light Society membership, who has become the go-to expert in community management and leadership.

If you have an online business or are thinking about starting one, or just have a desire to create a like-minded community of people you share similar interests with, Elizabeth wants to help you feel confident and excited about creating and growing your own Facebook Group and spending more time on Facebook to build that community.

In this episode, Elizabeth and I talked about:

- How she ended up becoming a Facebook groups expert

- The most important tip to growing your audience and keeping them interested

- An important trick about Facebook groups and engagement you don’t want to miss

- Great ideas for how to build your Facebook group

Elizabeth believes in the power of relationships and finding our own version of success and desires to be creative and operate from...

Today’s guest is Debbie Viola and one interesting thing about her story is that she really didn’t have a business plan… just a burning desire to figure out a way to make money with her art or else she’d have to get a “real” job if I wasn’t successful.

Debbie first picked up a paintbrush at age 40, and hasn’t put it down since. Her local art & decorative painting business has won seven awards, and is still going strong. 

In this episode, Debbie and I talked about:

• The day her whole perspective shifted
• How art evolved into her life
• The ‘live’ art project she did during the start of the pandemic
• Her story of writing her own book

In addition to creating art for corporate and residential clients, Debbie’s greatest joy is teaching others how to find comfort through art. She’s taught thousands locally, and now hosts virtual workshops and a learn to paint club, where women are enjoying video...

Oh my gosh!!!! I get so darn excited when I get to speak to such positive people. I feel the positive energy radiating from these women! They got me all smiley and fired up!!!

It's so palpable! (Can you feel it too?!?!)

I love my students sooooo much - the depth is indescribable in words - and watching their transformations firsthand makes me the luckiest coach alive.

I am so grateful for their trust in me, for the commitment they made a few months ago, and for the effort they've put in to do the work and apply what they've learned.

If you want more inspiration, listen to the other student interviews on the next few episodes. I'm publishing all of these interviews today because in just a few hours enrollment will close and I'll be getting focused on helping my new students get started on their sparked second half adventure.

Click on the following link to learn more and get signed up today before it's too late -> Second Half S.P.A.R.K. School

If you want to be...

More quality time with my students!!! I can think of nothing better than spending 30 minutes chatting with them! 

It's so much fun to walk down memory lane, hearing how they found me on the internet, some stranger offering a free training... And now, because they decided to take a leap of faith, look where they are! Or actually FEEL where they are!!!

It just makes my heart swell with joy to see how much their energy has shifted now that they are living as Sparked Second Half Souls!

Seeing my students get sparked, makes me even more sparked by what I do!!! (Crazy how that works!) And now, hopefully you can be a little sparked from listening to our chat!!!

If you want more of what they have, check out the the following link to learn more -> Second Half S.P.A.R.K. School

If you're being nudged to join, hurry because doors close in just a few hours and I'll be switching gears to help my new students get started on their sparked second half adventure.

You can...

Yes!!! More inspiration and another example of someone who chose to pivot from stuck to sparked and make the rest of her life a not-your-average one!

This is Linda Penny another of my students who has graduated from the Second Half S.P.A.R.K. School™ and is a part of my growing and sparked community of Sparked Second Half Souls.

You may want to catch the video version of this interview on my YouTube channel so you can see how smiley she is! I just love to be around people who are happy!!!!

Check out my 4th and final interview with happy and sparked souls on the next episode! ‍

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