Age Sister

In this episode, I'm sharing my conversation with Melanie Campbell and Donna Carbell in our latest Midlife Women at Work Fireside Chat: Rethinking the Meaning of Wellbeing.

We talked all about:

✔️ Background information (e.g., how midlife is defined, why midlife women are a key demographic focus, current stats on intention to leave, and self-reported health)

✔️ The work-life challenges facing midlife women in the new normal

✔️ How well-being has changed since the pandemic began

✔️ Some of the well-being issues that have shifted for women at work

✔️ Tips and strategies to help  continue to progress to more senior positions in the company while balancing work and mental wellness

✔️ Ageism and the impact of gendered ageism

✔️ Ideas for employers especially around including midlife well-being as part of a recruitment strategy

If you would prefer to watch the video version, just visit https://www.cardeahealthconsulting.com/fireside-chat-wellbeing

In 2008, Kristine took an AmeriCorps job running a meal program for unhoused young people.

Almost 50 hungry youth arrived on Kristine’s first night. What happened next was terrifying for

a young, small town white woman. Her purse went missing, there were fights and screaming

guests. Kristine vowed to never return. But then something unexpected happened. A 17-year-

old guest instantly turned the chaos into quiet, polite behavior with a single phrase. This began

Kristine’s journey of learning from those she served, people living in constant threat and

conflict. Through their mentoring and hundreds of incidents, she began to see conflict as a

place to deepen a connection and counter social inequity.

Kristine has since trained thousands of people how to respond not react, lean in and not lash

out. She particularly enjoys working with women who are naturally skilled at de-escalation

after they debunk the false narratives around gender roles. In her free time, she hangs out with

her backyard ducks and sculpts scrap metal.

To learn more about Kristine’s mission to create “conflict resolutionaries” wherever she goes,

see https://www.seattleconflictresolution.com

For the past 16 years, in her role as a Trainer, Facilitator and Speaker, Tisha Reid has worked with companies across numerous industries  and with people from all over the world, to grow and develop their employees professionally and personally. Through those experiences, and her passion to see people grow into leaders, she decided to start her own training company; REID Training Group. Using  her gifts as a storyteller, she expertly weaves in relatable experiences and life lessons to connect and engage with her audience while delivering informative and impactful learning through the use of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® to inspire and motivate others. She  is also the founder of Building Tomorrow's Leaders, Today, a six-week program that provides the youth and young adults of today with the skills and competencies needed to thrive and develop into the leaders of tomorrow.

A strong believer in training as a foundation for setting people up for success, Reid loves adding value to others and works within a Servant  Leadership mindset. Reid has used her facilitation and development skills to help past clients such as The East Scarborough Storefront, The Scarborough Hub, the Working Women Community Centre, TD Bank, and Clarins Canada and has worked as a Trainer/Facilitator  at Carnival Cruise Line, Canada Post, Johnson Controls, and Elections Ontario.

Reid graduated from Seneca’s Adult Education - Staff Training and Development program with High Honours and has also served on the board  of directors for the non-profit Black Business and Professional Association as a vice-chair.

When she’s not training people for success, you can find her cooking, travelling, and shopping!

You can find Tisha here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tisha-reid-legoseriousplayfacilitator

www.reidtraininggroup.ca

Sonia Lewis co-founded ASCRIBE Educational Consulting on February 13, 2009, while sitting in a booth at Stage Coach Restaurant in Sacramento, CA, while having birthday brunch with a friend. They wrote a mission and vision statement on napkins. Sonia channelled how supported she felt at age 7 when she daringly challenged liberty and justice for all. Core to her dream for ASCRIBE was to lean on equity and resources for the most marginalized in the community. A former high school Social Studies teacher and Program Director, Sonia took a leap of faith into the world of entrepreneurship. She is a visionary and isn't willing to accept the norm, as the standard we are forced to accept. Sonia has been described as fearless and unflinching; driven by the integrity of hard work; a dreamer and problem solver; and a bully to the bullies with power and influence. 

You can find Sonia at:

www.ascribesuccess.com

FB/IG: @ASCRIBEsuccess 

Twitter: @AscribeEd

Terre Short is a human potential developer who has more than 30 years of leadership experience, a Master’s in Business Administration/Healthcare Management, and her Professional Coach Certification (PCC). Terre excels at distilling leadership skills into actionable steps, including precisely choosing the right words to influence and inspire others. She coaches leaders of Fortune 500 Companies on how to look inward and embrace inner wisdom to excel outwardly and overcome challenges. She leans on the content in her book: The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter in helping others become their best selves. Through stories and examples, she humorously leads listeners to own their “Personal Podcast” or inner narrative. She speaks on a wide array of topics that all lead to bringing out brilliance – of oneself and those around them. She has been interviewed for various mediums including Fast Company and NPR and her book was a 2020 American BookFest Finalist and won the Bugbee Falk Book Award.

Her Socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/terreshort/

https://www.instagram.com/thrivingleadercollaborative/?hl=en

https://www.thrivingleadercollaborative.com/

https://shortgroup.thinkific.com/collections

Marilyn Gilbert-Mitchell, MA, MEd, MEd  Marilyn Gilbert-Mitchell, a 23-year educator, believes all students can pursue education beyond high school.  Though many may not attend college, they all need preparation for productive and positive lives. As founder of MGM College Services LLC, she provides college and career planning services for 7th-12th grade students and families.   Since focusing on college planning, Marilyn Gilbert-Mitchell has directly assisted 250+ students in securing 1,200+ college acceptances and over $16.4 million in confirmed scholarships.  She expands college knowledge and resources in visits and has toured over 200 campuses.  Her life's missions are helping students WIN with college and supporting families through these and other transitions.   Gilbert-Mitchell embeds skills and experiences acquired during 30+ years in corporate, college, cultural, community, and high school arenas. Her background is strengthened by a bachelor’s degree in English; three master’s degrees; certified in College Admissions Counseling; and as an Illinois licensed educator. As a serial learner, she is always growing and sharing her expanded knowledge with others.   “With proper planning, college is more than possible.”

Robin Rosenberg, Ph.D., is CEO and Founder of Live in Their World, a company that uses, in part, virtual reality to address issues of bias and incivility in the workplace and upskill all employees, as well as leaders in particular, for respectful engagement. She is a clinical psychologist, and prior to starting her company, she had executive coaching and psychotherapy practices, wrote college textbooks, and taught psychology classes at Harvard University and Lesley University. She's combined her interest in immersive technologies with her coaching and clinical experiences to foster in employees a deeper understanding of how and why other people may feel slighted or marginalized, and how to approach such interactions differently.

Her website: https://www.liveintheirworld.com/null-services

Download a free e-book: https://www.liveintheirworld.com/publications

Anastasia Vladychynska is a Certified Customer Experience Consultant, founder of Vladychynska Consulting, and professor at Kyiv Mohyla Business School. She helps top-tier brands keep their customers through reinventing their employee and customer experience so that they can disrupt their industries. Anastasia has worked with McDonald's, MaxMara, KENZO, BNP Paribas bank, Jabil (Fortune 500) and others with her simple system to revolutionize their company’s customer and employee experience. Her methodology covers everything from strategy to culture to help them through their company service transformations. Anastasia’s customers generate an average of 20-30% more profit after implementing her simple methodology. 

Today, Anastasia is helping her 100 girlfriends who (like her) had to flee Ukraine and are stranded now in Europe without accommodation, jobs and support. 

If you'd like to help Anastasia and the women that she's supporting, please register for one of her fantastic webinars at: https://vladychynska.com/service_master-classes 

Or, visit her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nastya.vladychynska 

Her Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-vladychynska-622443a/ 

Her Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXXOYKyGpkngUYvn1hqyXKQ