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#65: 12 in 12 podcast interview – Principal Marianne

23 mins Marianne Franzese, grade school principal, is on board the 12 in 12 train. She joins us because she has always thrived in circles of women. And because she is ready to do something bold. She’s been going through a lot of change, experiencing loss, feeling vulnerable. having to let go. Her creativity has been dormant. Now, she’s ready to let her creative process emerge from what she calls, the “fertile void.” She asks...

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#64: Where Did I Go? When Caretaking Becomes Your Identity, with Eszti Roemer

44 mins This week’s podcast guest, Ezsti Roemer shares how seven years ago she was living her life, taking care of her children, seeing her friends, and enjoying her husband, when her mother had a sudden and unexpected stroke.  In a moment’s time the self-sufficient mother that Eszti counted on for her entire life, was gone.  The mother that remained, needed Eszti for constant support.  Eszti showed up for the challenge.  But she lost herself along the way.  She shares...

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#63: Twist to Curiosity

11 mins The curious mindset puts us in wonder and keeps us out of catastrophic predicting.  By being curious we also stay out of stuck, rote experiencing.  We see things differently, notice new things about those we love, and feel more alive.  Make this twist: choose awe over automatic.  It makes life so much more interesting.  PLAY PODCAST

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#62: Vigilante Momma: Embracing the Wild with singer songwriter Lilly Cataldi

41 mins Late one night, Lilly’s Muse gave her a shove and woke her up to make art. So she dove into her ancestral energy, conjured up her feminine power and started to sing. And howl. For Lillian Cataldi, the chapter beyond raising children, caretaking aging parents, and working to live, is a wild one. Lilly embraces her Crone power, listens closely to her inner voice, and is having a blast becoming the next version...

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#61: 12 in 12 with Jane Emmer

13 mins Jane Emmer is making some big shifts. She is leaving a full time job as a school director to go out on her own. She is entering the world of the social entrepreneur. It’s a big move. For decades Jane has assisted children, teens, and young adults in understanding and improving their executive functioning skills. She helps students get organized, focus their attention, and sharpen their capacity to take in information and learn....

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#60: Re-Start Strong. Second Career Entrepreneurs with Andrea Minkow

35 mins Starting over or starting up isn’t easy but when you work withAndrea Minkow, things seem possible. She helps women start second career businesses and she makes sure they start strong.  Andrea is a master in getting women to own their expertise, confront fear, be creative, and do the hard stuff. She is an invaluable source of energy and has spot-on advice. Listen in as she teaches us how to stop comparing ourselves to others and avoid the perils of the “cool girl swirl.” https://andreaminkow.com  PLAY PODCAST

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#59: Make Art Of Change

7 mins Why do we resist change as we get older?  It’s not going to stop, no matter how hard we dig in.  Instead, we can embrace change like the artist, creators and evolvers that we are.  Here’s a creative action for all of you.  Take an object, something, anything static.  Disrupt it.  Destroy it.  And then… make something new of it.  Life is a mosaic.   Be an active work of art. Send us...

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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.

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