What if life after 50 isn’t decline—but your most powerful reboot?

What if life after 50 isn’t decline, but a biological awakening? In this conversation, OBGYN and Hall Center founder Dr. Prudence Hall reframes menopause, midlife and women's health through a root-cause, functional medicine lens.

Dr. Hall explains how hormones act like the body’s software—and what happens when estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone drop in midlife. She breaks down biodentical hormones in clear language, separating them from older synthetic options, and explores how hormones impact brain health, heart health, bone strength, metabolism and mood. 

We touch on myths, safety, labs, inflammation, and the lifestyle factors—sleep, stress, movement, nutrition—that make treatment more effective. You’ll also hear practical steps to advocate for your care and approach aging as a second act of strength, purpose, and energy.

If you’re tired of feeling dismissed, exhausted, or confused by conflicting advice, this episode offers a clearer path forward for women over 50 and healthy aging.

Resources  

For a similar stories on reclaiming entergy after 50 check episode 141 and 145 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Dr. Prudence Hall – OBGYN, Founder of The Hall Center

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Beverley Glazer – Transition Coach & Host

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If your past still decides who you get to be, this conversation will break the spell! 

Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the wound and start telling the truth.

Dr. Nicki opens up about decades of emotional recovery, caregiving her husband through cancer, rebuilding life after loss, and finally finding healthy, mature love with clarity and boundaries. Her Stuck No More method helps you understand the beliefs that keep you repeating old dynamics—and how to choose self-worth, emotional safety, and connection at any age.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in your story, this episode offers the mindset shifts, recovery tools, and self-understanding needed to change the meaning of your past and reclaim your life.

Resources  

For a similar stories on changing your story, check episode 144 and 149 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Dr. Nicki Monti – Psychotherapist, Author & Founder of Stuck No More

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What if confidence comes from play, not perfection? Therapist, storyteller, and improv coach Jude Treder-Wolff shares how creativity can rebuild courage, calm anxiety, and spark transformation at any age.

What if the fastest way to feel confident isn’t control, but creativity? In this episode, therapist, storyteller, and improv coach Jude Treder-Wolff reveals how improv therapy, expressive arts therapy and playful daily habits help people break free from perfectionism, quiet fear, and navigate major life transitions with resilience.

Jude takes us from discovering the magic of New York as a kid to her early work in psychiatric hospitals, where she saw how small, consistent creatve actions create real emotional healing. We explore the origins of improv in Chicago settlement houses with Viola Spolin, and how those same structures still teach presence, trust, and courage today.

She shares powerful tools you can use right now: playful storytelling exercises, curiosity-based choices that calm the nervous system, and creativity practices that restore energy during grief, illness, or reinvention in midlife. Jude’s stories, including her “miracle on 57th Street,” show how creativity rewires self-belief and opens new possibilities.

This episode is a guide to aging with purpose and passion: use structure to feel safe, play to feel alive, and small creative steps to create change that lasts.

If this conversation inspires you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a creative reset, and leave a review with the smallest “yes” you’ll try this week. Your next scene starts the moment you choose it. 

Resources  

For a similar stories on aging and creativity, check episode  127 and 154 and The "Women in the Middle®" hosted by life coach Suzy Rosenstein and focuses on helping women in midlife, navigate life changes, set goals, and find happiness. 

Jude Treder-Wolff – Therapist, Storyteller & Improv Coach
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Beverley Glazer – Transformation Coach & Host
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What if the dream you set aside is still waiting patiently for you? In this inspiring episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, we explore reinvention after 50 with singer, songwriter, and vocal coach Barbara Lewis, whose story is a masterclass in resilience, creativity and healing. From early acclaim to life’s toughest pauses, Barbara shows how women over 50 can reignite passion, rediscover purpose, and reclaim joy through the power of music and midlife transformation. Whether you’re seeking growth, self-discovery or a nudge to finally find your voice again, this conversation reminds you—it’s never too late to rise.

Barbara traces her journey from rigorous opera training and early success to a bold choice: walking away from roles that didn’t fit and creating her own truth through original music. That decision—equal parts courage and conviction—sparked a lifelong mission to help others uncover their voices. Her story weaves through 9/11 in New York, losing her husband, and finding her way back to song through teaching, mindfulness, and daily creative rituals.

We talk about how singing reconnects us to body, mind, and spirit. You’ll learn why breath is the most powerful form of emotional reguation, how sound changes your mood, and why community and conndection are essential to staying vibrant as we age. Barbara shares simple tools—gratitude, humming, morning pages, and movement—to restore confidence and joy, one note at a time.

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to begin again, this episode answers with a resounding no. The point of power is now.

✨ Listen for:

• Practical ways to rebuild confidence and creativity
• How to use music and mindfulness to heal
• Why perfection is the enemy of joy
• Daily actions to reignite your spark after 50

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Follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a nudge, and leave a quick review to help others find Aging with Purpose and Passion.

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For a similar stories on aging and creativity, check episode 120 and 127 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

Barbara Lewis – Singer, Songwriter & Vocal Coach
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What if a thousand-pound mirror could show you who you really are? Through the wisdom of horses, Sue Willoughby helps women over 50 move from self-doubt to grounded power. This is reinvention, leadership, and healing — all in one unforgettable story.

In this episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, Sue shares how horses read our energy, boundaries, and truth without judgment — and how that reflection can unlock confidence after 50, emotional resilience, and real self-trust. We talk about midlife reinvention, calm leadership, and what it means to step back into your own authority when life has shaken you.

You’ll hear Sue’s path from quitting high school twice, to breaking into tech, to building a completely new chapter through equine-assisted coaching. You’ll also learn how this work helps women in major life transitions stop performing, stop people-pleasing, and start leading from presence.

✨  In this episode you'll learn how healing with horses can reconnect you to purpose, power, and who you actually are.

Resources  

For a similar story on the power of being heard check episode 144 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

Sue Willoughby – Coach, Speaker & Founder of Willoughby Coaching
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What if losing everything was the moment you found yourself?
Renee Balcom—former dot-com CEO turned healthcare advocate—shows how reinvention, resilience, and purpose can rise from total collapse.

In this episode, we meet Renee Balcom, a former Silicon Valley CEO during the dot-com era who lost it all — company, marriage, identity — and built it back stronger than ever. Her story is a powerful example of midlife reinvention, emotional resilience, and how purpose often hides behind our hardest seasons.

Renee shares how bankruptcy led to clarity, how caregiving opened her eyes to broken healthcare systems, and how she founded Scroll Care, a trusted network that helps families navigate aging, caregiving, and complex medical decisions with dignity.

You’ll learn how to:

• Turn career collapse into career transformation, 
• Rebuild after failure with purpose and integrity
• Use your transferable skills to start again
• Find peace and direction through service, not status

If you’re a woman over 50 seeking clarity, caregiving support, or courage to reinvent yourself, this episode is your reminder: your story isn’t over — it’s just getting interesting.

✨ Subscribe, review, and share with someone ready for her next chapter.

Resources  

For a similar story on caregiving and reinvention check episode 127 and 145 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

Dr. Prudence Hall – Founder, The Hall Center
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Beverley Glazer – Life Transition Coach & Host of Aging with Purpose and Passion
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What if “limited vision” became the spark for a more expansive life?
Suzi K. Edwards’ journey spans a legally blind childhood in the Caribbean, New York’s fashion scene, large-scale public mosaics, and beloved children’s books pairing kids and rescue dogs. Through creativity, resilience, and daily practices like gratitude and breathwork, she turned challenges into growth.

This episode explores confidence through ability, sustaining creativity in midlife, and using synchronicity to open new doors after 50. It’s for women over 50, creators, and anyone ready to reclaim their spark and see their future through a wider lens.

Resources  

For a similar story on finding your joy, check episode 127 and 145 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.

Beverley Glazer – Transition Coach & Host of Aging with Purpose and Passion
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Suzi K Edwards – Artist, Author & Creator
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What if aging isn’t a slow fade… but your next rise?

In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Mary Coleman, creator of The Whole Woman and a 40-year veteran of the beauty industry, to explore how daily riturals can transform midlife from self-critique into confidence, purpose, and joy.

Mary’s story begins in rural Ireland, where helping her brothers with their acne sparked a lifelong passion for skincare rituals, natural beauty, and hilistic welllnness. From opening a Cork City clinic during a recession to navigating skepticism and tight finances, she built her work on consistency, community, and care. When COVID hit, she reinvented her business with online classes and a mission rooted in soul care — showing midlife women that aging confidently starts from within.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why avoiding the mirror first thing protects your mood
• How 30-second wellness rituals boost confidence all day
• The nine-day rule that resets habits for lasting change
• How to highlight what you love, support your skin barrier, and use color with intention
• Why community and mindset shifts matter more than perfection

Mary offers a realistic, empowering approach to beauty after 50  — one that celebrates presence over perfection and helps women over 50 feel radiant, supported, and strong.

✨ Midlife is a reset button, not a stop sign. If you’re ready to trade guilt for grace and perfectionism for progress, this conversation gives you the tools, rituals, and perspective to age well with confidence and clarity.

🔸 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a friend who’s ready to step into her next chapter. 

Resources  

For a similar story on claiming your worth, check episode 144 and 147 and if you like podcasts for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

Mary Coleman – Founder of The Whole Woman

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What if the pain that nearly broke you could become the source of your greatest strength?

That’s the powerful story of Alx Uttermann, whose journey from childhood trauma and family loss to becoming a renowned spiritual healer offers hope, resilience, and transformation for women over 50.

Growing up in rural Missouri, Alx lost her mother young, endured an abusive stepmother, and left home at 15. Years later, everything changed when she met Sri Kalashwar, a miracle healer from India. His teaching was simple but life-changing: healing trauma, resilience, and spiritual transformation aren’t mystical gifts — they are learnable skills available to anyone.

Today, Alx is known as a “healer’s healer”, guiding practitioners, caregivers, and midlife women through burnout prevention and daily energy cleansing techniques that protect their health while serving others. Her practical wisdom blends energy healing with lived experience, helping women reclaim the strength in adversity they’ve often forgotten.

💡 In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How to turn trauma healing into empowerment and service
• Why women over 50 are primed for resilience and renewal
• Practical tools for burnout prevention and daily energy cleansing
• How to move from brokenness to transformation and turn wounds into wisdom

✨ Alx’s story is a reminder that no one is beyond hope. Whether you’re a healer, a caregiver, or simply a woman navigating midlife empowerment, this episode shows how your deepest wounds can become your greatest gifts.

Resources  

For a similar story on healing and Reinvention, check episode 133 and 137 and if you like podcasts for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

Alx Uttermann – Global Spiritual Healing Leader
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Beverley Glazer – Transformation Coach & Host of Aging with Purpose and Passion
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For women over 50, caregiving can feel invisible — but it can also uncover resilience, healing, and even unexpected joy.

When her mother was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Katrina Prescott’s life changed overnight. Exhausted and overwhelmed, she faced caregiver burnout, grief, and the painful realities of family caregiving. But in the crucible of caregiving, something unexpected happened: resilience, forgiveness, and a stronger mother-daughter relationship began to emerge.

In this powerful conversation, Katrina shares:

• How caregiving after dementia diagnosis reshaped her relationship with her mother.
• Practical caregiver support strategies, from finding respite care to practicing self-care for caregivers through conscious breathing.
• How resilience through caregiving challenges created space for healing and forgiveness.
• The inspiration behind her viral series “Things Not to Say to a Caregiver,” which has reached over a million viewers and opened crucial conversations about grief and compassion.

For anyone who has felt unseen while caring for a loved one, Katrina’s story is validation and hope. Her message is simple but powerful: “You’re doing the best you can in the circumstances you’re in, with the tools and resources you have right now.”

Resources  

For a caregiving story that inspired millions, check episode 139  and if you like podcast for women over 50 The Late Bloomer Living Podcast embraces change and sparks joy, to live playfully at any age.  Meet inspiring guest who share practical, real-world tips. 

Katrina Prescott – Caregiver Advocate & Storyteller

🌐 Website: katrinaloveprescott.com                                                                      💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katrina-love-prescott-5799157                              📘 Facebook: facebook.com/katrina.prescott                                                      📸 Instagram: @katprescott                                                                                    🐦 X (Twitter): x.com/prescottkatrina

Beverley Glazer – Transformation Coach & Host of Aging with Purpose and Passion
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