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“A noted TEDx Speaker, author of Ohio House Bill 50, she was a daughter of poverty in a country where expectations of young women like her was low, but she wanted more, she wanted to learn. When she came to the United States the compassion of her teachers affected her so much that she would eventually become a teacher and live a life of compassion. Come in and listen to Leila Kubesch’s story, how the idea of “never having lunch alone” moved her outside her box and completely changed life. Come and hear a wealth of amazing advice from this learned, loving, and wise F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Courage, compassion, and acceptance
• The big lesson she learned from her students
• The promise she gave her grandmother
• Impact of students who long for acceptance
• Cultural differences of eye contact
• How to refill your own well
• Lunch with the homeless

Quotes She Served Up:

• “When we teach young students’ acceptance, they have a sense of belonging and then they become leaders.”
• “The well of love is never empty”
• “Have the courage to be disliked”
• “You will never regret the mean things you never said”
• “No matter how noble your idea someone won’t like it”

What Changed Everything: Compassionate Teachers and a TEDx Talk

Advice for Her Younger Self: Share joy and kindness and good things will come

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://leilakubesch.com/
• TEDx Talk Cincinnati: “How to Dream Big and Pass it On”
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leila-kubesch/
• Twitter (now “X”) : https://x.com/KubeschLeila
• Email: [email protected]

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“The product of two parents who did not finish high school, she was a shy introverted young girl who loved school. Without the resources growing up, she dreamed of traveling. The college seed would be planted in her heart by a high school teacher. By the time she finished graduate school she would come out of her shell and become an elementary school teacher when she would recognized an unmet need. Come and hear the story how she rose from not thinking about attending college to earning multiple degrees, and finally becoming a high-level school administrator. This is Barbara Ann Mojica’s story, a history lover, a special ed teacher, and another inspiring F50Woman.” 

We Talk About… 

• Journey through her career to a 1-day retirement to “Little Miss History” 
• Motivation for teaching special education 
• Needs in our education system today 
• The effects of social media on our children 
• Benefits of a multicultural teaching environment 
• People who helped her journey to success 
• Barbara’s children’s books 

Quotes She Served Up: 

• “With each downside I became more resilient.” 
• “When we learn history, we discover ourselves, …our place in the larger world.” 

What Changed Everything: Threat of losing her teaching contract | Dissolution of her Ph.D. program 

Recommended Book: Little Miss History | https://amzn.to/3rMeIxO 

Contact Information:  

• Website:  https://www.littlemisshistory.com
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVUU3m8cCeBUr2wxHAQi6Lw 
• Blog: https://bamauthor.me/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bamauthor/ 

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“A woman over 50, this woman wrote a book about the Ukraine called “Sunflowers Beneath the Snow” and she’s donating portions of the proceeds to help those effected by the war. But, as a young girl she wanted to be a brain surgeon, an Olympic ice skater, and an author. Somewhat of a multipotentialite,  it wouldn’t be until this educated and confident woman fell into and climbed out of the darkness of abuse that her life would prosper. Come and listen to how she got out, rode tandem across the country and prospered. This is Teri Brown’s story, and she is a writer, an author, a self-proclaimed desk-jockey, and another strong and amazing F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• How her career as a writer kicked off
• Emotional abuse
• Re-marriage
• Healthy minded weight loss
• Riding across the country
• Challenges of turning 50
• Timely book about Ukraine

Quotes She Served Up:

• “Everybody should have an adventure.”
• “If you’re still breathing… and you still have a desire to, then go do it”
• “Being in nature reminds me that your problems are much smaller than the world”
• “Having a grateful spirit changes how you feel about life”

What Changed Everything: Divorce the second time

Advice for Her Younger Self: Remember who you are, keep that top of mind and stay true to that

Advice for Her Older Self: Don’t let little things get in your way, continue to remember who you are

Recommended Book: Bible 

Daily Have To Do: Eat chocolate, Be in nature

Teri’s Book: “Sunflowers Beneath the Snow”

Contact Information: 

Website: https://www.terimbrown.com/

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“She was the first person from her family to go to college and graduate, but this young girl was broken early after being assaulted as a child. Traumatized, on that innocent but unimaginable day in first grade, her brain was forever changed. As a result, she grew up insecure and struggling for identity, finding her value by getting involved and being seen. Her road was long. But through the fire of “odd eating disorders,” depression, and “suicidal tendencies” she was finally able to dig her brain, one load at a time, out of the “icebox.” This is Sue Bowles story. She’s a hope coach, a survivor, and a thriving and God filled F50Woman.”

We Talk About…·Life as a young girl 

• Her four-decade journey through healing of childhood abuse
• Eating disorders
• What happened when she finally told her truth
• The value of your track record and consistency
• How to help your daughters to open up
• The value of the open conversation
• Mirror work
• Anger with God

Quotes She Served Up:

• “Sometimes we have to go through the hard stuff so God can get us where we need to be.”
• “I have learned how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable”
• “God is writing a story through other people’s lives…”
• “We are disappointed with God when he doesn’t do what we want him to do”
• “I am valuable to God. I am the pearl of great price.”
• “God is at work in your story just like he’s at work in every other person’s story”

What Changed Everything: A question from a professor

Advice for Her Younger Self: “Dare to believe that you matter”

Event Mentioned: Walking stick retreats

Movie Mentioned: Raggamuffin

Recommended Books: 1.  The Bible | 2. “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek

Sue’s Book: “The Space Between”

Daily Have To: Morning Time

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://www.suebowles.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SueBowlesCoaching/
• Facebook (My Step Ahead): http://bit.ly/2Ry6ubx  
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-bowles-a8649913/
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/MyStepAhead
• Twitter (My Step Ahead) http://bit.ly/2U30v02
• YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC4DmlBMM91B-Jsa9Ww3h5BA

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“This young girl’s first big dream was to become a navy fighter pilot, her second big dream was to become a police officer like her father, which she finally did. After rigorous training to get into the police force, she rose in the ranks through dedication and hard work. The journey was hard, and long, and it was all she wanted it to be, until it wasn’t. So, she left the police force and became an activist. But her life would be forever altered after being attacked by a stranger. This is Greta McClain’s story, a former police officer, activist, and survivor. She is one strong, resilient, and purpose filled F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Her experience as a police officer
• Why she left police work
• Surviving assault
• Best way to help victims
• The first time she told her survival story
• Building a non-profit and advocacy
• How to help others to heal
• The prevalence of sexual violence
• Her struggle with God
• Suicidal behavior clues

What Changed Everything: A social media hashtag

Recommended Book: The Bible

Contact Information: 

• Website: www.silentnolongertn.org

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What’s Next for You with Maxine Johnson

“The oldest of three children, she was a spoiled daddy’s girl who love sports. As a young girl, her parents ensured she was always productive, they kept her active, and she was always pushed to lead. Unbeknownst to her, all of that would ripen her into the leader she is today. And today she’s an HR executive, a pastor, a business owner, a writer, and a public speaker, a leader on every one of her life’s stages; at her job, in her business, spiritually, personally, and professionally. Come in and listen and hear how she does it all. This is Maxine Johnson’s story. Always pushing to be her best, she is one energetic, insightful, wise, and powerfully humble F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Why she was always pushed to the front
• Transferability of HR skills and Ministry skills
• How to show up at work spiritually
• Lessons learned: overcoming, visualization, prayer for God’s will
• Look at who you have always been to know what you should be doing
• How she came to know God
• How she found her coaches
• Getting past the wall of others resistance
• Biggest lesson from being a single mother
• Biggest challenges she helps leaders with

Quotes She Served Up:

• “When you give you give your best there are no regrets”
• “God said, ‘It’s not about your convenience.’”
• “You have to have that good team around you (when) you’re supporting everyone else” 

What Changed Everything: Cousin’s invitation to church

Advice for Her Younger Self: You won’t always get your way, everybody doesn’t always like you, and it’s okay to be yourself.

Maxine’s Book: “Helping a Sister: 5 Critical Components for Creating Global Communities of Change”

Recommended Book: “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz 

Daily Have to Do: Pray

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://maxineljohnson.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @MaxineLJohnson; https://www.instagram.com/maxineljohnson/

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Finitude with Tammy Euliano

“She was raised by a working dad and stay at home mom. Driven, she was very competitive and got overly involved in everything. As she grew, she wanted to do something to change the world but was unsure what exactly that would be. She would grow to become a doctor, and after dealing with patents, promotions, lots of papers, she quit and decide to start writing medical fiction. It was long journey with twists and turns. Come in and hear what happened to change the direction of her life at 50. This is Tammy Euliano’s story, and she is one smart and highly educated introvert and a transformed F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Journey to becoming a fiction writer
• Revelations from her daughter after adulthood
• Quitting on a dime at 50
• Empty nesting
• Valuable character traits of her mentor 
• Challenges of being a mentor
• Advice: 80% worktime, mommy-days, and date nights
• Anesthesiology and writing similarities and differences

Quotes She Served Up:

• “You are not the first to land on the planet...”

What Changed Everything: A Hike in Sedona, Arizona

Advice for Her Younger Self: Do not take yourself too seriously

Recommended Book: “Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman

Have to Do Every Day: Hugging my Husband

Tammy’s Book: “Fatal Intent”

One Message for the World: Make Someone Else Smile

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://teuliano.com/

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“She was born into a loving family of rebels who taught her that education was key. And, when she got older, she set out to fulfill that teaching. But her plans would be averted after she became a teenage mom. She would end up struggling through divorce and wrestling through single motherhood. Nevertheless, she rose. Cindy earned both her Bachelors and Masters degrees, she wrote a book, and started several businesses all between the ages of 40 and 60. Come and hear how learning to “Not Fight Mad” changed everything for her and how it can change your life too. This is a story of doing the unplanned and unexpected. This is Cindy Villaneuva’s story and it’s a story of continual overcoming and perseverance from another strong, resilient, calm, and God fearing F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Overcoming life’s challenges
• Finally having a relationship with her dad since 50
• Being an adopted-parent and a stepparent 
• Translating life as an at home mom into a high-level profession 
• The power of children to inspire strength in us
• Mentors and the power of a mother’s message
• Martial arts, a metaphor for life
• 6 Steps to success from her book

Quotes She Served Up:

• “You are Never Too Old. It’s never too late”
• “Life after 50 is just starting”
• “You have to take one step to see the next step”
• “There is more to me than the tragedies and bad mistakes”
• “When you fight mad, you miss opportunities, and you don’t see what’s coming”

Daily Must Do: Thank God

Cindy’s Books: 

• “Don’t Fight Mad”
• “Bread Pudding in Barcelona” (book in process)

Recommended Book: 

• “Bitten Potential” by Shawn Acore
• “Think Again” by Adam Grant
• “The Power of Regret” by Daniel Pink

Contact Information: 

• Website: www.cindyvillanueva.com
• Cindy Villanueva - Home | Facebook
• Cindy Villanueva - Home | LinkedIn

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“She was born into a family of wealthy entrepreneurs which empowered her to follow her passions early. Born and raised in Italy, she was passionate about American culture which ended up taking this disciplined rebel on a solo journey across the United States. But her family’s business, like so many others during the economic downturn, would go bust and she would have to reinvent herself from that high powered successful dominant woman she was into the lifestyle designer she is today. She didn’t just change her career she changed he live and now she lives the Dolce Vita lifestyle. Come in and learn how she transitioned and how she teaches leaders, like you, to do it too. This is Angela Santi’s story, and she is one disciplined, energetic, and dynamic F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• 4 Pillars of the Dolce Vita Lifestyle Model
• What it means to be a “disciplined rebel”
• How to live a committed and lighthearted life
• Working as a woman in a high scale male dominated industry
• How to define priorities and go with the flow
• Marriage of flexibility and rigor
• Embracing your crazy
• The value of mentors

Quotes She Served Up:

• “I couldn’t afford to stay stuck”
• “It’s impossible until someone comes and says it’s possible”
• “If you don’t prioritize yourself nothing else goes well”
• “When you prioritize your distractions, you are telling yourself that you are last in your own que”
• “If you come to a point in your life that you do not like it anymore, no matter how far you have come, stop.”
• “You have to become the leader of the team in your head.”

What Changed Everything: Loss of her family business and a desire to take back her quality of life at 50

Have to Do Every Day: Yoga

Recommended Books: 

• The Compound Effect, by Darren Hardy
• Do Nothing, by Celeste Headlee

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://angelasanti.it/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelasanti/

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“She lived on four continents by the time she was 16. She was the first girl to fully board at a boy’s boarding school. Back and forth between different countries her challenges as a young woman would culminate in finding her mother dead on the bathroom floor. Yet, through travel, trauma, and untapped feelings she still rose to become a software engineer, finding comfort in its logical and predictability. Now finishing up her stint as a full-time mom she has found more than inner peace, she says her body has been transformed, the shape of her skull has changed, and her spine has straightened. Come and hear how it all happened and how it can work for you too. This woman is passionate about spreading hope to the world. This is Ann Hince’s story and it is almost unbelievable but true. This is a story of overcoming from one incredible and straightforward F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping technique
• How to quiet your mind and find peace
• Becoming aware of the physical sensations attached to emotions
• Why wearing tight clothing is not best
• First step to starting the journey to emotional freedom and peace

Quotes She Served Up:

• “The things we don’t want to look at... is the dis-ease inside us.”
• “We can always bring it back to ourselves and how we feel about it.”
• “Emotions are just stuck energy”
• “The tears stuck inside that you repressed as a child are still in there.”

What Changed Everything: A negative reaction from other moms at her child’s school

Advice for Her Younger Self: Emotions are just stuck energy, find a way to let it release -And- Do not wear tight clothing.

Recommended Book: “Untethered Soul,” by Michael Singer

Ann’s Book: “A Pathway to Insight”

Contact Information: 

• Website: https://annhince.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTc4hb7ZKvih1LlRHK0cUjg/featured
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnHinceWisdom

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