Late Bloomer Living Podcast

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. 

EP 78: Get Busy Living with Lynn McNutt

Lynn McNutt is an actor, singer, mover, creator, writer, wanderer, and wayfarer.  Lynn has over twenty five years of experience as a professional actress and singer working in national tours, Off-Broadway, and a bevy of regional theaters.  In her 40s she ended up taking several years of time away from her performing career to act as a caregiver for several family members.  After her father died, she found herself needing to walk off the stress and grief, so she embarked on a solo backpacking expedition on the Florida Trail.  For her second act, Lynn is creating her own works, delving into the world of solo-performance telling stories, connecting ideas, and shedding new light on old ones.

EP 77: Tossed and Tumbled Treasure Hunting with Rebecca Thompson

This week’s episode is about discovering joy in the midst of difficult times. Rebecca Thompson’s newborn granddaughter was near death just as the world was beginning to grapple with the Covid pandemic.  Her home organizing business was shut down as was her husband’s business. Like much of the world, they found themselves scrambling to do business online. During a lockdown walk in April 2020, Rebecca’s husband introduced her to sea glass and after collecting for a week, she found out she had a talent for wiring jewelry and set off on a new and unplanned adventure, sharing her creations from an old converted bike shed to people all around the world. Rebecca is now a proud owner of her second business called the Sea Glass Company which not only sells unique and bespoke jewelry, but has expanded into other creative mediums.

EP 76: For the Love of Books with Cindy Burnett

As a child Cindy Burnett wanted to be an astronaut… then she wanted to be a judge… She became a lawyer… then she became a mom… She became a mom who put herself into it with all the energy she’d once put into her career, volunteering for “all the things”.  As her kids got older she realized she needed something for herself.  She’d always loved books and reading…  She got a part time job at a bookstore in Houston then followed her instincts and took massive action towards building a new business around her love of books proving it’s never too late to follow your heart and it’s never too late to start your own business.

EP 75: Letting Go with Lou Blaser

I am so happy to welcome back Lou Blaser who is the editor of the Midlife Cues newsletter and the host of the podcast,  Second Breaks.  Lou wasn’t always a podcast host or media maven… In fact, she used to hate the sound of her own voice, but when Lou asks the question, “What If?”, she has a tendency to follow the question with massive action that leads her to great things.  It’s been a windy path that’s led her to hosting her podcast and writing her newsletter.  It took some time for her to figure out the right path for her, but she figured out a way to channel her curiosity, her love of research, and her reading obsession into something that is helpful for other people and allows her the flexibility she needs to start a new GRAND adventure… which you’ll hear all about in this episode.

EP 74 - Giving Thanks

Welcome to this special Thanksgiving episode…. It's short, but sweet.

It's that time of year isn’t it?   It's time to look back, and at the same time, look ahead.  Let’s talk about the power of gratitude.

EP 73: Learnings and Missteps with Jesse Hernandez

Jesse Hernandez is the host of the Learnings and Missteps podcast where he and his co-host Rene dig into the stories of the men and women who have built careers in the construction industry in an effort to Enhance the Image of Careers in the Trades.  His real super power comes from his desire to help other people.   He worked his way up in the construction industry, first becoming a Supervisor and Foreman, then learning how to train and develop other tradesmen as they make their way up to the next level of their careers.  Learning to develop other people led him to his own major transformation that was years in the making.

EP 72: This is Sixty! with Gail Gensler

Gail Gensler is sixty years old and still in “beast mode”.  What is beast mode you may be asking?  Well, Gail’s favorite workout, even with an arthritic shoulder is boxing!  For Gail, it’s all about mindset.   Her goal as she enters her 60s is to inspire women her age to dress, act, feel, and exercise the way they want.  In the past year and a half she’s reinvented herself as a pro-aging fitness enthusiast and lifestyle influencer on a mission to break down the barriers of institutional ageism.  She got tired of seeing advertising that always seemed to showcase impossible standards of youth and beauty and decided to do something about it.