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Inspiring stories of midlife women redefining their next chapter. From entrepreneurs launching new ventures to authors publishing their first books, hear candid insights into overcoming mindset blocks, procrastination, and the ups and downs of pursuing a passion-fueled career and life.
Host Lynette Turner uncovers the deep desire many women feel to redefine themselves after years of caregiving, working a 9-5, or navigating significant life changes.
Through these honest conversations, you'll hear empowering stories about the courage it takes to reinvent yourself and the profound fulfillment that comes from following your passion.
It is where listeners gain confidence by hearing relatable stories of reinvention and courage. And an invitation for midlife women to transform their beliefs about midlife into a time for personal growth, expression, and transformation.
Lynette covers topics like finding a purpose, balancing motherhood and ambition, building a successful business or side hustle, and finding the courage to reinvent a lifelong career. The real-life stories in this podcast will help you in designing your second act.
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Welcome to Midlife Women Entrepreneurs! In this episode, Lynette Turner and guest Patricia Drain address the unique challenges faced by women in midlife, particularly in the context of layoffs and the subsequent job search. We explore how these events can profoundly impact a midlife woman's self worth and self confidence. Tune in for valuable career advice and insights on navigating these pivotal moments. New: Join me and other midlife women entrepreneurs in my new community!! Link: https:/...
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs Midlife can crack the old identity. Kids leave, jobs shift, relationships change, grief hits. Suddenly you can’t “logic” your way into peace, and you start asking everyone what to do. In this solo episode of The Break It Down Room, inside the Midlife Women Entrepreneurs podcast, I break down the 3 signals behind your biggest choices, intuitive hi...
Corinne Goble, CEO of the Association of Women’s Business Centers, explains why waiting to explore funding until you urgently need it leads to fewer options, more stress, and rushed decisions. She walks you through what “capital-ready” really means, why clean financials and a simple forecast matter, and how to decide between loans and investors (including the real cost of equity). You’ll also hear how AI and platforms like TikTok and Instagram can help you test ideas faster, but why fun...
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs Have you ever felt tired, but it’s not your body, it’s your energy? In this episode, I break down what happens when you’ve lived in “get it all done” masculine energy for years, and how that can quietly turn into burnout, numbness, and feeling disconnected from yourself. I share my own realization from January 2025 and the small shifts I’ve been ...
You can know exactly what you want next. You can even have a plan. And then you freeze. In this episode, mindset coach Kathleen Quinn helps you name what’s really happening in that moment and how to move again without needing a perfect plan or a perfect level of confidence. We talk about the question that cuts through the spiral fast: “What story am I telling myself right now?” You’ll hear how Kathleen caught herself freezing while launching a new offer, what she realized about credibil...
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs A song can bring you back in seconds. Not just to a memory, but to a version of you. In this Break It Down Room solo episode (inside Midlife Women Entrepreneurs), I share how music can act like a key to your “memory room,” bringing up both good and hard moments in a way that helps you feel more connected to yourself. This episode includes a simpl...
If your skin feels drier, duller, or more reactive in midlife, you’re not imagining it. Your hormones shift, your skin’s needs change day to day, and a lot of “good skincare” habits can quietly backfire. In this episode, a PhD skincare chemist breaks down what’s really happening as you move through perimenopause and menopause. You’ll learn the difference between dryness and dehydration, why over-cleansing can disrupt your glow, and how the skin microbiome fits into inflammation, sensitivity, ...
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs Did you miss your chance to start a business in midlife? If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s wondering whether it’s too late to reinvent yourself, start a side hustle, or launch something of your own, this episode is for you. In this solo episode of The Break It Down Room inside the Midlife Women Entrepreneurs podcast, I challenge one of the big...
If you’ve been stuck in cravings, food noise, or that “I’ll start over Monday” loop, you’re not broken. You’re probably carrying more stress than you realize, and your nervous system is trying to find relief. In this episode, Sandy Zeldes breaks down what “hidden stress” looks like in high-functioning midlife women, why willpower keeps failing, and how cravings can be driven by emotional need instead of true hunger. We also talk about why this often hits critical mass in midlife, why chronic ...
![[Solo] The Story You Inherited Is Holding You Back | Midlife Women](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/qw19gz12jrm3vtd16mazquhd21bn?.jpg "[Solo] The Story You Inherited Is Holding You Back | Midlife Women")
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs If you want the companion worksheet and prompts for Episode 4, come into my Skool community. It’s where you’ll turn this episode into real momentum, with simple tools, reflection threads, and support from other midlife women moving through big life shifts. This episode helps you reconnect with yourself so you can move forward with more calm...
In this episode of Midlife Women Entrepreneurs, Lynette Turner sits down with a business coach to explore why writing the book first can help midlife women find clarity, confidence, and direction. Many midlife women feel invisible without realizing it. It shows up as second-guessing yourself, staying quiet, or freezing when you try to turn an idea into a business. You may know you want more from this chapter of life, but you don’t know what to offer, where to start, or how to use your experie...
![[Solo] Reconnect With Yourself in Midlife](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/re5r5oftrhkm3219b79zt5dy5c8z?.jpg "[Solo] Reconnect With Yourself in Midlife")
**New** Join my Skool community for Midlife Women Entreprenuers (its free to join!) Learn more here: https://www.skool.com/midlifewomenentrepreneurs If you want the companion worksheet and prompts for Episode 3, come into my Skool community. It’s where you’ll turn this episode into real momentum, with simple tools, reflection threads, and support from other midlife women moving through big life shifts. This episode helps you reconnect with yourself so you can move forward with more calm...
When parts of your business drain you, don’t quit, fix the part that’s broken. In this episode, Toni Shelaske shares how she sold three high-volume stores after 16 years, kept what she loved, and rebuilt her work around purpose. You’ll learn a simple audit process, Spark, People, Direction, Cash to decide what to keep, what to cut, and how to pivot without guilt. You’ll learn The moment that tells you it’s time to pivotHow to audit Spark, People, Direction, CashGuardrails for a values-a...
![[Solo] Overcome Self Doubt in Midlife](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/sfykqejfjpa9s670vrzauvyktz7z?.jpg "[Solo] Overcome Self Doubt in Midlife")
**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 episodes will drop on Tuesdays. This is where I take the lessons from over 100 conversations I’ve had with powerful, inspiring midlife women and go deeper. Not into business tip...
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, and why the story “I’m not talented enough” is almost always a mindset problem, not a reality prob...
![[Solo] Reclaiming You In Midlife](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/dnbemcos30dwea64aq0lwx941qhq?.jpg "[Solo] Reclaiming You In Midlife")
**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 conversations I’ve had with powerful, inspiring midlife women and go deeper. Not into business tip...
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 safety net is a myth, how to reframe “starting over” as transferable brilliance, and what it takes t...
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 struggles women carry, the pressure to be perfect, and the hidden grief that shows up when your ide...
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 journey from perfectionism and burnout to a near-death wake-up call that forced her to see her life di...
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 midlife) learn to paint realistically with zero “natural talent.” They talk about how creativi...
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