Late Bloomer Living Podcast

EP 20: Linda Ruel Flynn - A Legacy of Joy

Linda Ruel Flynn was taking care of her sick mom and was tasked with keeping her mom’s flower pressing gift business up and running when her mother was too sick to do the work.  In the end, her mom passed away leaving Linda with the decision about what to do with her mom’s business.  You see her mom had always wanted her to take over the business, but that’s not what Linda wanted… until she did it at the age of 50.  She ended up doing things quite differently than her mother would have, finding true joy and love of the process. 

EP 19: Jon Stewart - It’s Now or Never

Jon Stewart of JStu Music retired early from a career in Information Security to pursue a lifelong dream to be a songwriter and now he’s released 5 albums since 2017. In this episode, we talk about how he positioned himself to meet other songwriters during the Covid shutdown and how he tapped into all the project management skills he has acquired in his career working in the IT Industry.  It just goes to show that when we make a shift in midlife and jump into something new, we bring with us a lifetime of experience that we can apply to our new adventures.

EP 18: Emily Clement - Life By Design

Under the full moon in March of 2017, Despite the strong advice of a few friends, Emily Clement decided to burn a lifetime of her journals in a backyard fire.  The book burning created an amazing chain reaction. Helping her to purge the toxic thoughts, beliefs and stories that didn’t serve her.  She then took massive action.  She quit drinking alcohol, adopted a puppy, took an intense business course, rebranded her business, let go of one-sided friendships, took herself to Cancun, and spoke at her first TEDx event.

EP 17: Doug Motel - Playing the Game

Doug Motel is an award-winning playwright & actor, author, coach, artist and a popular international speaker on the subject of storytelling for business. He’s kind of the quintessential “renaissance man”... Last year, he was leading a workshop in Hawaii and had a personal revelation… He'd spent the year exploring all his passions and going wherever his creativity took him.  During that workshop, he realized he needed to “pick a lane” as he puts it. That inspired him to launch a new business, at the age of 58, capitalizing on all of the marketing expertise he’s garnered over the years and making his tools and tactics available to help new businesses tell their story.

EP 16: Kevin Lane - From Idea to Reality

Kevin Lane turned his passion for sand castles into a toy that builds not only sandcastles but family memories... and he did it in his late forties.  He's the Inventor and Founder of Create a Castle which just won the coveted “Toy of the Year” award.  But, he didn't do it alone.  His wife, Laurie, stepped up to help make it all happen by taking on operations for their web design business, Code Hounds.  Both of them had to step into being a beginner in order to keep an older business running to pay the bills while they built a new business.  Who says you can't be an "overnight success" in midlife?

EP 15: Kimberly Minor - Trust your Gut

Are you one of those people who makes it look easy to do “all the things” when inside you’re really struggling? That was Kimberly Minor, my guest this week.  For most of her adult life she found herself in the role of that person people look to to get through a crisis, both in her business and private life…. At some personal cost.

EP 14: Joe O’Callaghan - I Too Can Stretch And Let Myself Be Open

This week I’m talking to a dear friend, Joe O’Callaghan.  Joe has worked for 20 plus years in the Stamford, CT Public Schools where he is currently the Dept. Chair for Social Work with a specialty in trauma and grief counseling.  Today we are talking about his own journey inward… and starting to write poetry as part of his contemplative practice.  

EP 13: Discomfort, Uncertainty and Beginner’s Mind

I'm going solo in this episode to talk about my journey producing a podcast so far, how to embrace being a beginner and move through all the uncertainty and discomfort that goes with it. 

Episode 12: Susan Bernstein - Head AND Heart​

This week we’re talking to Dr. Susan Bernstein. Once upon a time, she was a corporate consultant...a road warrior…. regularly booking 80 hours a week and putting everything she had into climbing the corporate ladder. After a car accident and a few other wakeup calls she realized that she was on the wrong path. 

 She went back to school to get her PhD in Somatic Psychology and now she’s an executive coach and leadership consultant who coaches business leaders to identify their emotional obstacles, working with them to develop strategies and practices so they can tap into their wisdom to fuel their careers in positive ways. Her approach is all about tapping into the mind/body connection.

Episode 11: Allan Misner - Getting Fit After 40

This week we’re talking about fitness with Allan Misner. He’s the host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, for which he has interviewed hundreds of health and wellness experts with a wide range of specialties.  He wrote the award-winning book, The Wellness Roadmap: A Straightforward Guide to Health and Fitness After 40. He also owns and operates a gym called Island Fitness in Bocas del Toro, Panama.