by WomenOver70 | Sep 30, 2020 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Two
Rita Wilkins is a nationally recognized interior design and lifestyle design, expert. Her TEDx Talk, Downsize Your Life, Why Less is More, tells it all. The inspiration for her downsizing journey began in Senegal where for the first time in her life, she experienced...
by WomenOver70 | Jul 8, 2020 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Two, Social Service
Susan, age 71, reflects on the life steps that brought her from farm life in Minnesota, to advanced degrees and licensures in Virginia, to a faculty position in Oregon—a new Ph.D. at age 50. While on sabbatical from her work in marriage and family counseling, Susan...
by WomenOver70 | Nov 13, 2019 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season One
In this episode, Gail, Catherine, and Miriam discuss important lessons learned from profound life experiences. We travel with Miriam from Romania to Israel to Chicago, and through deaths of parents, a departure from her home of birth, and unanticipated motherhood....
by WomenOver70 | Oct 30, 2019 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season One, Social Activism
In this episode, Gail, Catherine and Pam discuss Pam’s unexpected pleasure in moving from a 75 hours-a-week leadership role (for 32 years) to forming new passions. Transferring her leadership expertise as head of a nonprofit organization, Pam is now a Climate Action...
by WomenOver70 | Sep 11, 2019 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season One
In this episode: Gail, Catherine, and Susan explore how Susan’s process for effective change—personal and organizational—emerged through her journey of personal transformation. At age 48, Susan engineered a major life turn, getting her GED so she could leave a...
by WomenOver70 | Aug 21, 2019 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season One
In this episode, Gail, Catherine, and Kathleen discuss the reality that life often does not follow a straight line and derailments can lead to new paths. Kathleen shares her passion for helping adults to continue developing and learning in ways that can be...
by WomenOver70 | Jun 26, 2019 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season One
In this episode, Gail, Catherine, and Judith (age 75) discuss: The myth of being too old to contribute in the workplace Why career coaching during transitions is essential The value-added from formal education and pursuing it for the right reasons; and the joys of...