Aging with Purpose and Passion
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Aging with Purpose and Passion: The acclaimed weekly podcast for Women Over 50 seeking Reinvention, Clarity, and Empowerment in Midlife and beyond. Host Beverley Glazer, M.A., ICF Certified Empowerment Coach, and guests share authentic stories and practical tools to help you find your purpose and design a life that truly lights you up.
AGING WITH PURPOSE AND PASSION offers expert insights and practical mindset tools to help you navigate midlife transformation with courage and clarity - one powerful story at a time.
Each episode features real conversations with extraordinary women over 50 who’ve turned challenges into change and setbacks into reinvention.
WHAT YOU'LL GET:No clichés. No sugarcoating. Just honest, heartfelt stories of reinvention, resilience, empowerment, and challenge from women rewriting what it means to age with purpose and grace. You are never too old to live with passion!
- Second Act Inspiration: Stories of successful career shifts, new love, ageism, and creative awakenings.
- Transition Coaching: Expert guidance on navigating the empty nest, loss, and changing identity.
- Practical Tools: Actionable steps to build confidence, define your next chapter, and embrace healthy aging.
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You’ve spent decades winning. Then, the phone stops ringing. What now? Today on Aging with Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks to Stacey Dutton about what happens when Hollywood says you're "done"—and how she pivoted to a life of sovereignty. We’re pulling back the curtain on the "invisible wall" with Hollywood powerhouse Stacey Dutton. After 30 years managing multi-platinum stars and casting major TV hits, Stacey found herself being reduced to “someone’s mom” on set. She didn't ...
What if the hardest label you ever received became the catalyst for your freedom? In this episode, Dr. Neja Zupun, a PhD and Global Energy Master, shares her journey from a “special needs” childhood in socialist Slovenia to surviving an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis with only a 5% chance of survival. Neja reveals why she chose to love her disease rather than fight it, and how she used energy work, spiritual alignment, and laughter to become cancer-free for 13 years. Key Topics Discussed:...
Is retirement the finish line or your most creative chapter? Senior digital nomad Jannette Anderson reveals how to turn your wisdom into wealth and freedom after 50. Stop being "invisible" and start your boldest act yet. [See More] What if retirement isn’t the finish line, but the start of your most creative chapter? In this episode, we sit down with business expansionist and senior digital nomad Jannette Anderson to explore how mature professionals can reclaim their autonomy. If you’ve felt ...
Can intuition be your most practical tool for reinvention? New Orleans psychic medium Cari Roy joins us to demystify empathy and intuition, showing you how to set empath boundaries and trust your "felt-knowing" to make clearer life choices. How do you distinguish between a "gut feeling" and true intuitive guidance? In this episode, we sit down with renowned New Orleans psychic medium Cari Roy to explore how a lifetime of sensitivity—rooted in a family of numerologists and astrologers—became a...
Is it ever "too late" to heal? Linda Landon reveals how she transformed a childhood of "shame and shutdown" into a life of vibrant pleasure after 50. We explore how to rewrite negative stories about sex, use Human Design to find your rhythm, and why menopause is actually a portal to your most "juicy" years yet. Restoring Intimacy & Desire After 50 In this episode, we tackle the reality of intimacy after 50, offering a roadmap to restore low libido and reclaim sexual wellness. Linda ...
Cat Greenleaf: Life after Talk Stoop. When your identity vanishes, how do you find sober purpose? Job loss, reinvention, & restorative housing. What happens when the job that defined your life vanishes overnight? We sit down with Cat Greenleaf—the former host of NYC’s beloved Talk Stoop—to explore the unvarnished truth of losing status, facing depression, and finding reinvention through hard, humane work. Cat shares the scrappy birth of Talk Stoop on her Brooklyn steps, the wild ride of s...
Scent isn’t just beauty—it’s memory, mood, and identity. And Sue Phillips has turned it into a science. Internationally renowned fragrance expert Sue Phillips joins us to share how scent can elevate confidence, trigger healing, and reconnect you with the parts of yourself you’ve forgotten. From her beginnings in South Africa to creating fragrances for Tiffany, Burberry, and celebrities around the world, Sue’s journey is a masterclass in reinvention. We explore how fragrance taps directly...
When was the last time you did something that made you feel truly alive? Patti Shales Lefkos was 68 when she set out alone for Nepal—and eventually trekked to Everest Base Camp at 79. Adventurer, writer, and humanitarian, Patti shows how purpose can grow with age when you follow curiosity one small step at a time. From childhood summers on a remote island without electricity to leading outdoor programs for inner-city students, her life has been shaped by resilience and the wild. A post-retire...
What if life after 50 isn’t decline—but your most powerful reboot? What if life after 50 isn’t decline, but a biological awakening? In this conversation, OBGYN and Hall Center founder Dr. Prudence Hall reframes menopause, midlife and women's health through a root-cause, functional medicine lens. Dr. Hall explains how hormones act like the body’s software—and what happens when estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone drop in midlife. She breaks down biodentical hormones in clear language, sepa...
If your past still decides who you get to be, this conversation will break the spell! Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the w...
What if confidence comes from play, not perfection? Therapist, storyteller, and improv coach Jude Treder-Wolff shares how creativity can rebuild courage, calm anxiety, and spark transformation at any age. What if the fastest way to feel confident isn’t control, but creativity? In this episode, therapist, storyteller, and improv coach Jude Treder-Wolff reveals how improv therapy, expressive arts therapy and playful daily habits help people break free from perfectionism, quiet fear, and navigat...
What if the dream you set aside is still waiting patiently for you? In this inspiring episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, we explore reinvention after 50 with singer, songwriter, and vocal coach Barbara Lewis, whose story is a masterclass in resilience, creativity and healing. From early acclaim to life’s toughest pauses, Barbara shows how women over 50 can reignite passion, rediscover purpose, and reclaim joy through the power of music and midlife transformation. Whether you’re seekin...
What if a thousand-pound mirror could show you who you really are? Through the wisdom of horses, Sue Willoughby helps women over 50 move from self-doubt to grounded power. This is reinvention, leadership, and healing — all in one unforgettable story. In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Sue shares how horses read our energy, boundaries, and truth without judgment — and how that reflection can unlock confidence after 50, emotional resilience, and real self-trust. We talk about mi...
What if losing everything was the moment you found yourself? Renee Balcom—former dot-com CEO turned healthcare advocate—shows how reinvention, resilience, and purpose can rise from total collapse. In this episode, we meet Renee Balcom, a former Silicon Valley CEO during the dot-com era who lost it all — company, marriage, identity — and built it back stronger than ever. Her story is a powerful example of midlife reinvention, emotional resilience, and how purpose often hides behind our hardest...
What if “limited vision” became the spark for a more expansive life? Suzi K. Edwards’ journey spans a legally blind childhood in the Caribbean, New York’s fashion scene, large-scale public mosaics, and beloved children’s books pairing kids and rescue dogs. Through creativity, resilience, and daily practices like gratitude and breathwork, she turned challenges into growth. This episode explores confidence through ability, sustaining creativity in midlife, and using synchronicity to open new do...
What if aging isn’t a slow fade… but your next rise? In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Mary Coleman, creator of The Whole Woman and a 40-year veteran of the beauty industry, to explore how daily riturals can transform midlife from self-critique into confidence, purpose, and joy. Mary’s story begins in rural Ireland, where helping her brothers with their acne sparked a lifelong passion for skincare rituals, natural beauty, and hilistic welllnness. From opening a Cork City clinic duri...
What if the pain that nearly broke you could become the source of your greatest strength? That’s the powerful story of Alx Uttermann, whose journey from childhood trauma and family loss to becoming a renowned spiritual healer offers hope, resilience, and transformation for women over 50. Growing up in rural Missouri, Alx lost her mother young, endured an abusive stepmother, and left home at 15. Years later, everything changed when she met Sri Kalashwar, a miracle healer from India. His teachi...
For women over 50, caregiving can feel invisible — but it can also uncover resilience, healing, and even unexpected joy. When her mother was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Katrina Prescott’s life changed overnight. Exhausted and overwhelmed, she faced caregiver burnout, grief, and the painful realities of family caregiving. But in the crucible of caregiving, something unexpected happened: resilience, forgiveness, and a stronger mother-daughter relationship began to emerge. In this power...
What if your voice was stolen—and you had to fight to reclaim it? For women over 50 searching for reinvention, empowerment, and healing from trauma, Diane Wyzga’s journey shows how finding your voice can transform silence into strength. A survivor of incest, Diane turned her pain into purpose. She shares how personal growth after 50 and storytelling for women helped her break the silence and step into authentic expression. From Navy nurse at just 21, to lawyer arguing before Supreme Court jus...
The fastest-growing group facing homelessness today? Women over 50. In this episode, we reimagine what housing and financial security could look like when profit meets purpose. Dionne Payn, founder of Women for Housing, shares how ethical property investing and social impact real estate are creating affordable housing solutions and pathways to midlife financial resilience. Whether you’ve feared outliving your money, struggled to see homeownership as possible, or want your investme...
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