31 mins Listen up. Rochelle Weitzner wants to talk about menopause. It all started with a trip to the beach. Rochelle had a flash that led her on a path to changing the way we think about beauty and aging. Her company, Pause Well-Aging, offers skin care products designed especially for women in all three stages of menopause. But it hasn’t been an easy road. Rochelle has come up against a lot of resistance from an industry...
15 mins Join us for today’s 12 in12 podcast and learn about Dr. Leslie’s mission to influence the way women think about and treat their aging bodies. She believes that we view our bodies through the gaze of society and culture. Her goal is to get the world to consider aging differently. With a new perspective, we just may be able to make peace, at long last, with our own bodies. It’s a big goal. It’s...
38 mins After she turned 50, Randi Levin started asking herself, What’s next? She also began to wonder about legacy. What is it exactly? Can everyone have one? She decided that legacy is more than just something we leave behind. Instead, we can have an impact right here and right now. With a desire to help others she decided to become a life coach. On the day she was signing up for her coaching certification,...
10 mins So you’ve reached 50, 60, 70 or 80 years old, but does this mean your growing is done? Is your future determined, set, or non-existent? We say, no way. On today’s mini podcast we discuss the possibilities that lie ahead for each of us. We humans are prospectors by nature, born with the mission to evolve, even in our later years. Your future self awaits your design. But first you need to envision...
40 mins Twisting the plot is about dreaming big, having faith, and knowing your truth. This week, we had the great pleasure to sit down with the multi-talented Mary Testa; actress, singer, and three-time Tony Award nominee. Turning 65 this year, Mary asks, what’s next? She wonders, how big can a woman in her 60’s dream? Is it possible to create a narrative that is bigger than what you are? We look forward to the...
20 mins Today we speak with another one of our twelve women who will be creating something that matters in twelve months’ time. Up until now, Sydney Price’s life was moving along nicely. Her identity was defined by the possessions she owned, the jobs she held, the relationships she had. Then suddenly, it seemed, everything changed. A divorce, the closing of two businesses, a move to a new apartment and the loss of a loved one brought her to...
40 mins Do you ever have feelings about your aging body? Do you want to have a better relationship with your knees, stomach, wrinkles and hair? Are you tired of hiding and feeling less than? Dr. Leslie Faerstein has some answers for you. She spent four decades working as a psychotherapist pioneering social programs for eating disorders and serving as executive director for various nonprofit organizations. Today, almost 70 years old, she is twisting her...
Each week Dr. Cecilia Dintino and Psychotherapist Hannah Murray Starobin will speak with women who have twisted their plots and discovered that life after 50 can be filled with imagination, inspiration, laughter, and endless possibilities.