Late Bloomer Living Podcast

EP 98 Finding Your Creativity at Any Age with Maggie Smith

In a career that’s included work as a journalist, a psychologist, and the founder of a national art consulting company, Maggie Smith now adds novelist to her resume with the publication of her debut, Truth and Other Lies.  She never considered herself creative, but signing up for a creative retreat opened new worlds to her. 

EP 97: Midlife Uprising DAY ONE!

Today is Day One of the Midlife Uprising Summit.  This is a short episode with some inspiring sound bites from our speakers accompanied by an original song composed by Dana Benningfield who started composing music in midlife. 

EP 96: May the 4th Be With You

What does Star Wars have to do with Late Bloomer Living?  Listen to this super short (and silly) episode to find out!  Hint: It has a little something to do with embracing your “weird”.

EP 95: It’s About Who You Can Become with Michelle Oliver

Michelle Oliver has been building businesses, professionally training, and coaching within the small business sector for 34 years. An avid student of personal development for more than 30 years.  She offers a transparent conversation and relevant, valuable content with the intention of benefiting women in mid-life as they learn to value and bet on themselves and take the Entrepreneurial Leap.

EP 94: Better Than Fine with Lori Saitz

Lori Saitz is the CEO of Zen Rabbit and host of the podcast “FINE is a 4-Letter Word.” She’s an award-winning writer, speaker, and broadcaster as well as a nationally recognized expert in using gratitude and meditation as shortcuts to success.  Mourning the loss of both her mother and the end of her business had her questioning everything.  After 22 years of marriage and life, she was wondering where the girl she used to be had gone?  Her life was “FINE” but she felt stuck and lost.  She ended up deciding that “Fine” was definitely not good enough.

EP 93: Is This All There Is? with Julie Scott

Julie Scott is a Self-Expansion Guide, Speaker and Author.  Her mission is to help mature women prioritize their needs and gain confidence so they can stop worrying about "being enough" and just start living life.   After years of struggling with body image, people-pleasing and over-giving, Julie learned to uncover the beliefs and patterns that were holding her back. In doing so, she turned her life around and is now more confident than ever!  And now, she’s all about helping her clients feel good about themselves in mind, body and spirit. 

EP 92: I am Enough with Jen Robinson

If you could design a best friend who was equal parts motivational speaker, beauty expert, style coach and comedian, then her name would be Jen Robinson.

After turning 50 this year and being constantly discouraged by the messages projected to women over 40, Jen set her intentions toward creating social media “playgrounds” that celebrate women—and Making Up for Glossed Time was born. A rally cry for a pro-aging revolution, her platforms promote radical self-love and encourage women of all ages to live out loud.

EP 91: From Surviving to Thriving with Jaime Legagneur

Jaime Legagneur aka Producer "Jemmy” discovered podcasting in 2014 and has grown her business, Flint Stone Media (along with the Florida Podcast Network), hosting/producing podcasts and managing podcast networks. She is a podcast producer, coach, speaker, and industry expert who earned the privilege of being the first Podcasting Instructor for the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and was the recipient of Podfest‘s 2020 High Achiever Award. Jaime’s midlife reinvention journey began in her mid thirties… She recognized early that she wanted more challenge, excitement and freedom than corporate America was ever going to provide her.  She’s a single mom and a powerhouse and I can’t wait for you to meet her. 

EP 90: Work With Your Nature with Jill Cruz

Is losing weight one of those things that’s constantly on your mind? Have you lost weight only to find that it comes back? Have you ever gotten to the point where you don’t even enjoy food anymore because there’s so much shame attached to it?  Jill Cruz, MS, CNS helps women over 40 that hate dieting to lose weight and feel great without being deprived. Jill has a Master of Science degree in Human Nutrition and is a Board Certified Nutrition Specialist. Jill combines her strong science-based background with tons of practical nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle guidance, helping women achieve greatness AND happiness. She is on a mission to guide women to reach their wildest dreams for their health while loving the food they eat and the life they live.

EP 89: Giving Yourself Permission with Kim White

Kim White is the Founder & Fierce Leader of the My Sexy Business Team.  She’s a serial entrepreneur who has spent her life doing things no one gave her permission to do.  She found true love at 50, and travels full time across the US with her sexy cowboy in an RV.