Late Bloomer Living Podcast

EP 88: Express Yourself Through Fashion with Elysha Lenkin

Elysha Lenkin is a personal fashion stylist who helps women look current, feel confident and stay true to themselves. For over 20 years, she’s worked as a stylist on photo sessions with a wide variety of well-known brands, celebrities and publications.  Over time she realized that she wanted to bring a more holistic approach to styling to help real women use the clothes in their closet as a tool to express themselves and look at themselves in a whole new way impacting how they interact in the world.

EP 87: Celebrating Her Mother’s Story with Caroline Nadine Helsing

Caroline Nadine Helsing has an adventurous soul.  She gets that from her mother.  Caroline began her varied career path as an international model and actress.  Before she turned 30, she founded an internationally renowned pet products manufacturing company. After selling the company, she parlayed what she learned in front of the camera to her work behind the lens for leading philanthropic organizations to document through her photography, their medical missions, while traveling to remote areas of Mexico and Peru, as well as deep within the Amazon jungle.  Now, in her forties, she’s written her first book, a tender and funny memoir about her mother’s life titled Unapologetic - Tales of the Original Party Crasher in which she examines and celebrates her mom's story through the clues and memories that were left behind after her mom passed away. 

EP 86: Adventure Calling with Eileen Sinett

Eileen Sinett, is a Leadership Communications Specialist and Speech & Presentation Coach who facilitates workshops to help professional leaders and knowledge experts  “up their presentation game”.   Eileen is 71 years old and recently sold her marital home MANY years after the actual end of her marriage.  She’s moved to the country and has plans to travel and do a little personal exploration.  She’s not by any means retired, but after many years of carrying a load of responsibility, she’s finally taking time to get to know herself and pursue new adventures.

EP 85: Closing the Generational Divide with Janet Granger

Janet Granger is a marketing expert who noticed first hand the growing generational divide between older workers and younger workers.  She also noticed that as she aged she was being passed over for promotions and opportunities.  She became fascinated with the idea of intergenerational empowerment, so she left her corporate job to launch a consulting business where she offers a variety of services including working with Human Resources departments to identify ways in which they can close the generational divide.  Her most recent book is titled Ok Boomer! Revelations of a Baby Boomer Working With Millennials.  But she didn’t stop there.  She just created a new platform specifically designed to help students and younger workers to discover and navigate an early career in digital marketing.

EP 84: Give from Your Overflow with Natascha Hardee

Natascha Hardee likes to say that just because you are a woman over 50, it doesn’t mean it's time for you to pick out a casket and quit life. She has over 50 years of experience as a fitness trainer and in occupational therapy. She’s a dancer, a certified life coach and speaker.  She has recently become the Clubhouse Moderator Mentor for Midlifers and has no plans on slowing down anytime soon! Natascha specializes in guiding women 50 and over how to transition to the next phase of their lives without guilt, shame, or fear. She is committed to being a resource for seasoned women who desire to live a sexy, healthy, and vibrant life holistically.

EP 83: Turning Pain Into Purpose with Sarah Gallagher

Sarah Gallagher knows something about the journey through grief and how to pick up the pieces and move forward.   Her husband died when she was in her late thirties and her son was 2 1/2 years old.  It wasn’t expected.  She was devastated.  He was her soulmate and his death left her with so many unfinished plans… like plans to have another child.  Redefining her life goal as a solo parent gave her strength.  She decided to go ahead and have the second child they’d always dreamed of.  With time, she found herself reaching out to help other young widows.  Over the years she has turned her pain into purpose and is now offering grief coaching for other widowed, solo parents.

EP 82: Finding Creative Sanctuary with Nina Hart

It’s never too late to unleash your creativity.  Nina Hart is an author and creativity coach.  Nina considers herself to be an improvisational writer – she was a blocked writer until she rediscovered the curious part of herself who could play, experiment, and explore.  She is passionate about helping artists and writers find their voice and reclaim the hooligan kid spirit that most people have buried under an “adult” veneer. Nina is the founder of a unique method of teaching writing called “Writing from the Top of your Head,” which combines group Creativity Coaching with creative writing.

EP 81: The Power of Yes with Channa Silva

Channa Silva has had a successful career in tech in the telecommunications industry but his real passion is music.  During the Covid shut down he found himself missing the live music experience and the community of concert goers that he loved so much, so he started hosting zoom calls where they could talk about music and connect.  That simple act of bringing together a community of music fans has led him down a whole new path and now he’s the host of a podcast called Channa, Channa, Channa.  And he’s not stopping there.  I can’t wait for you to hear his story.

EP 80: Are You in Alignment with Your Current Assignment? with Nina Obier

Nina Obier knows a little bit about how to find clarity when you feel off track or muddled.  She’s done it more than a few times and now she teaches other women to do the same.  Nina is an Author, Coach, Speaker, and JOY Seeker.  As the Founder of Success Simplified, her mission is to provide action-oriented tools and strategies so that her audiences and clients gain the ability to remove doubt, discouragement, and distraction to replace it with clarity, confidence, and commitment.

EP 79: Reinvention: It’s Not About Changing Yourself...

Reinvention: It’s not about changing yourself… It’s about changing how you think about yourself.  

You are already amazing!  You are already powerful beyond your imagination.  If you set your intentions every day you will be amazed at what starts to happen.   Your brain will go to work for you.  You will start to find evidence for your “shiny new thoughts” which will reinforce them and give you energy and motivation to take new action… to try something different… to try something new.