Are you over the age of 50?  Do you worry about being employable now?  Have  you unexpectedly lost your job despite your strong performance?  Do you have a fear that you are no longer employable due to your age?

A limiting belief many have is once you are over 50 it is hard to get a job, and doubly hard due to our current economy.  Michele Woodward knows the truth about that myth.  Michele is an executive coach, career strategist, and author who has helped hundreds of people with employment after 50.

She also has personal experience of gaining employment after 50.  In the 1980s, Michele worked in the White House for the Reagan administration and more recently she was Executive Director of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, a bipartisan, year-long effort appointed by President Obama.

In this interview we discuss:

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My intention with this interview is to empower and inform you that life is not over after 50.  You may have experienced a sudden job loss or want to do something differently but are afraid because you are over 50.  Michele gives some practical insight of things you can do in this next phase of your life.  Remember your age does not define you.

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Patti Digh was my first guest and final guest for 2012.  Patti and I wrapped up 2012 in this interview.  For those of you new to Patti she is writer, a speaker and a mom.  Her work opens space for people to say a big YES: to their lives – before its's too late.

You see in 2003 Patti Digh's entire life changed.  Her stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer.  He died 37 days later. That experience lead Patti to a renewed commitment to ask herself every morning: what would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live?   Patti is the author of several books including best seller Life is a Verb.

As she mentioned in the previous interview, she asks herself these questions as she shapes her life:

How well did you love?

How fully did you live?

How deeply did you let go?

Did you make a difference?

In this interview we discuss:

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Anger.  Do you find yourself angry?.  Do you not want to be angry?  Do you work hard trying to diminish your anger?

Harriet Lerner is a practicing clinical psychologist and is best known for her work on the psychology of women, marriage and family relationships.  She is the author of eleven books including the New York Times bestseller The Dance of Anger.  You may remember Dr. Harriet Lerner was a guest here before and when we talked about sex in relationships from her latest book Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled.

In this interview, Harriet gives us insight about our anger and how it can actually help our life and is not something to bury.

Things we discussed:

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Success…Change…Inner Desires…Outside expectations….The Journey… Ariane de Bonvoisin is a frequent guest of How She Really Does it.  As she shas mentioned in previous interviews, Ariane climbed tall ladders of success – she graduated from the London School of Economics and Stanford MBA, ran a $500 million digital media venture fund and let's not forget she was engaged to one of People magazine’s most eligible bachelors.

As she connected more with her personal quest to make a difference she founded First30Days.com and Arianestudio.com.  She is a writer, speaker and change optimist.

In this interview we talk about her metaphor – The WoodPecker Syndrome along with:

Before going on air, Ariane mentioned how many people are “not willing to stick it out for long enough and give up at the first stumbling block.”  She also said that creating the life you want, “is not about money, education, age, or connections.  Big change is a culmination of lots of small change.”

I invite you to get out of your own way and start making internal changes with yourself – how you see yourself.  You have power and control over your view of yourself.

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Susan Reid has an interesting personal journey.  She had careers in advertising, running restaurants and teaching at the New England Culinary Institute.  She is now in her fourth career at King Arthur Flour where she started by testing recipes for The Baker's Companion and has since coauthored the subsequent King Arthur books while writing and editing The Baking Sheet.

Susan is talks about how you can learn the no-fail tips to making your favorite holiday treats.

In this interview we discuss:

Here is the gingerbread village my daughter and her friends made this holiday season.  I hope this interview helps with baking tips as well as your mindset to help you get out of your way and spend time having fun in the kitchen.

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Against the odds.  That is the Scott Weltz story.  His story is the American Dream.  Unlike his Olympic teammates, Scott did not have an international pedigree.  Scott talks about his career, the Olympics, why he did not give up and how he was able to make his dream come true.

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His journey from 7 years old to 25 and why stay in a sport that is known as an individual sport

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In the Los Angeles Times article Scott talked about his journey and said “I have a whole different story than he (Michael Phelps) did.  If my journey can inspire someone down the road, that would be great.  If someone could look up to me and say ‘People always told me I couldn’t, but I think I can,’ and they end up doing it, man, that would be amazing.”

My hope for you is for Scott’s journey to give you insight for fulfilling your own pursuits.

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“What do you want from the holidays?” ~ Peter Walsh

Listener favorite Peter Walsh is back.  Peter is an organizational expert, New York Times bestselling author and host of Extreme Clutter on OWN.

Peter and I  talk about reducing stress during the holidays.  Peter will share tips to organize your life through the holiday chaos.

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“You give time for what you believe is important” ~ Peter Walsh

What are you giving time to?  Is it in line with what you think is important?

My hope for you is to enjoy your holiday season.  It took me a few years to get in line with what I wanted from the holidays and how I was actually living the holiday season.  Each year I would tweak and refine and get closer to the vision I had along with the vision my family had for the holidays.  Enjoy!

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Uncertainty + Risk + Emotional Exposure = Vulnerability.

Aren’t those scary words.  Most of us would rather not experience those situations in our lives.  In fact many people have spent years avoiding those situations.  However according to Brené Brown, “it is the vulnerable moments that bring meaning to our lives.”

Brené Brown is the author of New York Times bestseller Daring Greatly and research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.  Brené has been on the show before where we discussed our capacity to love others and worthiness.  In this interview Brené gives us more insight into her groundbreaking work on vulnerability and shame so we can dare greatly in our own lives.

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I hope this interview helps you lean into your own vulnerability and understand shame better.  Doing the things that Brené talks about is a practice.  As you know from this show, it’s not about being perfect or never making mistakes.  It is about practice and tweaking to live your life in alliance with your values.

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Do you worry about how smart you are?  Or do you you learn without being outcome driven?  That is an example of different mindsets.  One mindset can help us get in our own way and the other can help us grow.

Carol Dweck is a world renowned Stanford University psychologist and the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.  Her groundbreaking research is breaking the myths of where success really comes from.

We discuss the power of one’s mindset and how that leads to tapping one’s full potential and we will discuss early identifiers such as GATE, early athletic success and labels.

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I hope this interview gives you evidence that personal self-development is possible for YOU.  Carol Dweck’s research shows us that with a fixed mindset we can get in our own way.  With a growth mindset you provide an opportunity for growth, a willingness to learn and practice without creating a verdict and self-eliminating yourself.  What mindset do you have in the different areas in your life?

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What does courage mean to you?  Do you wish you had more?  Andrea Scher is the author of the popular blog, Superhero Journal.  Andrea teaches an online e-course Cultivating Courage and she discusses her own journey with courage and how you can practice courage in your life.

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I hope this interview helps you know that courage is possible for you.   We can all develop our courage and help it grow like a muscle that needs to strengthen.  If you enjoy this week’s interview, please share it with friends, either by email or using the social media buttons below.

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