Episode 98 of The Op-Ed Page podcast

1. Main Story: Meet Jen Marples, who assures you that you are NOT too fucking old to do what you want.

We cover:

• Jen's revelation that led her to focus on midlife women
• Using the word "fuck" in your branding
• Gender determinism
• Positive and negative representation of midlife women in the media

Jen's web site: https://www.jenmarples.com/

The podcast, You're Not Too Fucking Old: https://thejenmarplesshow.buzzsprout.com/

Jen's bio: Jen is a champion midlife women and a cheerleader for ALL women. She's a motivational speaker, podcaster, business coach and life coach, and leader in the midlife women's empowerment movement. She puts midlife women first and preaches: You're Not Too F***ing Old! to do whatever the F you want! Jen hosts The Jen Marples Show podcast, a top 3% ranked podcast dedicated to helping and inspiring midlife women to embrace and rock the second and best half of life. With over 130 episodes published to date, Jen has interviewed fabulous midlife women who are experts, leaders, celebrities, CEOs, doctors, and authors on all things midlife, including midlife pivots, menopause, careers, career reinvention, entrepreneurship, health, wellness, relationships, community, connection, inspiration, and more! Jen is an accomplished 25+ years PR and marketing executive who ran her successful San Francisco-based agency, Koa Communications, for 12 years. Her firm handled crisis, corporate, and consumer public relations for Fortune 500 and private companies. She's been helping women for decades achieve life and career success and currently offers 1x1 private coaching, masterminds, workshops, and events, and is a frequent speaker nationwide. She lives in Marin County, CA, with her husband and three teens and can be found chilling out most days in a hot yoga class.

1. Quick takes

My newsletter on the virtues of speaking vs. silence, specifically on social media: https://elisacp.substack.com/p/speaking-silence-social-media

Books:

The Agatha Christie mystery novel oeuvre: https://www.historyhit.com/culture/agatha-christies-books-in-order/

The Retention Revolution by Erica Keswin: https://ericakeswin.com/

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: https://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-P1164.aspx

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass

Where to find me:

My website: https://elisacp.com

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Thanks to Ryan Cristopher for my podcast music:

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-cristopher/1479898729

Road Map for Revolutionaries by me, Carolyn Gerin and Jamia Wilson:

https://elisacp.com/books

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