Not Carol, instead she became a victor with a determination to succeed.

In her early sixties, Carol had the opportunity to recoup serious financial losses. Life gave her a second chance.

Carol wrote her memoir, Battered Hope, as a message of hope and never ever giving up. This pole-vaulted her career, despite the tough life experiences of being gang-raped and left for dead, losing a child, husband being falsely imprisoned, and a cancer diagnosis these could have driven Carol into victim mode, but she became a victor with a determination to succeed and she has.

During this podcast conversation Carol offers a lot of suggestions and advice for listeners certainly if they or others they know are suffering and ready to give up. Carol's personal experiences are of enormous help.

Today in her seventies, Carol is living her dream as an author, an international speaker, and a talk show host of Never Ever Give Up Hope. As owner of two jewellery stores, three online stores, a health coaching business, writing for numerous publications, caring for her disabled husband and rescuing dogs (over 30 to date), Carol says her life is just beginning.

What's her message?

Carol chose to start over and has helped many others be encouraged and challenged to never ever give up hope. She had and has much to offer and found a way to give it away. Today she continues that mission. To learn more go www.neverevergiveuphopenet.blogspot.com

Both host Diana Todd-Banks and guest Judythe cover some fascinating provocative topics about the current world climate and the Invisible Woman.

Invisible women can best be described as those women who have always been really self-sufficient, the person that nobody needs to worry about, so they don't. But now you've turned 60 and have watched everyone else around you achieve amazing things, yet secretly you feel disappointed in yourself and your life. You find yourself out there, invisible, - but that's changing - you're ready to be visible.

Judythe knows, she was invisible once so was the host Diana.

A natural born mystic and a scholar in Afterlife studies, she is a professional Intuitive Medium and Therapist for over 4 decades offering workshops throughout Australia and now the World; as well today Judythe is a highly respected speaker, author, entrepreneur, coach, mentor and consultant on all things Life, Death, Dying and the Afterlife. Judythe focuses much of her professional attention on the Invisible Woman of that generation that lived for everyone else, but themselves. She says and asks, 'Yet, only you can change being Invisible. You've been waiting for that magical journey to begin, the Journey of 'Who am I?' But how do you do that?'

As part of The Invisible Woman Generation herself, she is now teaching women around the world how to live an amazing life and be amazing, now they are free from the shackles of their upbringing. To connect with Judythe and learn more go here: www.invisiblewoman.com.au

Sara noticed many of her 50- and 60-something year old contemporaries were spending a large amount of time and money ensuring that their 80- and 90-something year old parents were cared for and having a good life. Then after a long phone call from a friend Sara turned to her husband and asked "who is going to do that for us? We don't have kids!

That revelation led to her research on single and child-free couples and how they can best prepare for life as an elder. Discovering that almost 20% of baby boomer women never had children, Sara knew this was an area that needed addressing. She also recognised people today don't want to face 20-30 years of doing nothing.

Sara's earlier career formed a strong knowledge base when she focused on the challenges of the retirement transition, having had a 25-year career in leadership and organizational development. Many of her boomer era executive coaching clients­­ became more interested in talking about their retirement plans than their strategic plans! They needed guidance in how to prepare for "life-after-work", a term she prefers to use rather than retirement. Since then (2013) she has devoted her life to writing about and finding unique ways for Solo Agers to thrive and be safe and secure in their later years.

Learn more about Sara here: www.sarazeffgeber.com

As the Relationship & Sensuality Sage, mother of 3, Foxxy worked as a professional exotic dancer for 17 years, gamely sticking with it until the age of 51, before quitting to pursue her new venture.

She saw many women who were curious about their sensuality and have greater confidence in themselves, have a desire to have a voice. From this, she felt the calling to take her life experience and background of struggle overcoming abuse as a child, extreme shyness, a very strict religious up-bringing, and feeling guilt and shame over her controversial job, to help others.

Foxxy understood from a young age, that movement is the quickest and most effective way to tap into your body's wisdom and stay young. She realised by not processing and integrating unfelt (hurts and traumas) emotions mean they stay in your body and show up as aches, pain and dis-ease. She found the book, 'The Secret Language of Your Body' by Inna Segal to be a great resource on her healing journey.

Foxxy took her extensive research and study into personal development, spirituality, energy-work and how the mind works into creating her uniquely developed 'Senserotic' therapy.

She loves to create playful, experiential and powerfully transformational experiences, helping women to break the cycle of being shut-down, repressed and conditioned, so they give themselves total permission to reclaim their true essence and quickly create the life and relationships they deserve.

Known for her signature program – The 9 Archetypes (Expressions) To Unmask Your True Essence Foxxy also facilitates online personal sessions, courses and runs live workshops and retreats.

As an Intuitive Facilitator, Master Results Coach, NLP & Hypnosis Trainer, Energy Healer, Author, Speaker and Artistic Creator, does have a free offer for listeners. Webinar - https://www.lovelifematters.com.au/wfw

That one action we all need to take is to ... PAUSE!

THIS PODCAST TOPIC IS POWERFUL & IMPORTANT with profound information from which we can all benefit, given the current world chaos.

We are being asked to stop and pause and while that action will look different to each of us, as with any piece of chaos, we have an opportunity as to how we to respond to it from fear, or from love? Selina is a teacher of practical spirituality and says clearly a pause is what our world needs. How will you take the advice our planet is being granted? Where do you need to pause in your life? Think about that.

Host Diana, says there are many who are not tuned into practical spirituality but who at this time are eager to do something, to take some action, but what, and asks what could they do to try and respond, even through love? We are creative and productive and have come from the perspective of striving to be independent rather than what is needed now - we need to work from the greater collective – that's interdependence. We need to think differently, act differently but act consciously, and doing so that can open up many opportunities.

In this podcast Selina Maitreya poses numerous profound questions and all are worth you answering them in your quiet time. Contact Selina via her website: www.practicalspiritualitywithselina.com

Books Books Books. Diana Todd-Banks host of Mature Preneurs Talk Podcast discusses the book by the podcast name with the sub-title "How To Have A Productive, Energised, Creative Life After 50." in the book are 21 guests from this program – all over 50 60 70 plus, who have created new income producing ventures, some of which have not existed before. The amazing result is they feel more vital, younger, healthier, happier and financially more at peace. Each contributor can be contacted. During this new season sometimes specialists pertinent to this demographic and topic will also be guests. Get the MPT book on Amazon, Kindle and other online retailers.

Talking books the MPT Host Diana, says many people want to write a book and asks listeners the question – "do you want to write a book, but don't know how, you can't, don't have time or, or... you have other reasons you can't?" She says too many good books don't see the light of day. To ease that Diana, the Mature Preneurs Host, discusses albeit briefly, the quick start program to get a book out of your head. The goal is to help YOU, write and publish your book in a faster, better, less expensive way than on your own.

Go to this address to contact the Host to learn more: www.dianatoddbanks.com/contact2/

Cathy said after retiring and somewhat spontaneously the couple showed a brilliant example of taking the bull by the horns purchasing some land with a house on it in rural northeast Georgia in the southeastern United States with the intention to grow their own food. But there was a catch! Neither had any farming experience, which meant there was a lot to learn. What they did in their first year set the basis for deciding to focus on rare heritage livestock breeds. Cathy chose two breeds well adapted to the southern US climate - American Guinea Hogs and Gulf Coast Native sheep. As well they raised two American breeds of meat rabbits and sold meat, wool, and breeding stock.

For Cathy, history and related stories are a favourite topic of hers, which is why she wanted to learn more about Guinea Hogs. She explored several websites that referenced The Livestock Conservancy, a group, that tracks 180 endangered livestock breeds in the United States. The Conservancy had published a two-page breed profile. Cathy wanted more than that she became so fascinated with the breed Cathy says she wanted to read a whole book about Guinea Hogs. There wasn't one so she decided that if she wanted to read that book, she had better write it first! As with so much in life today, there is so much history that's lost when an 'old timer' passes on particularly in rural areas. This thought taught her a lesson that is necessary at times so Cathy began interviewing old-timers who remembered the hogs before they almost became extinct around 1995. That led her on a twisting winding journey, which resulted in her first book being published in March of 2019 Saving the Guinea Hogs.

Cathy now promotes Guinea Hogs and other heritage livestock, writes about them, and educates the public on the importance of biodiversity in farming to protect our food systems.

To learn more and also about her book go to: http://www.guineahogbooks.com

Selina Maitreya's recovery was miraculous but her earlier life of deep spiritual connection enabled that to occur. A powerful true-life story, it is longer than the usual MPT podcasts but is worth every second of your attention.

Selina recounts her life at 58 prior to July 2013 and says after selling her home she was looking forward to the next phase of her life. The details she mentions are important. Two days before closing on her house she was driving to clean the house when a woman driving a van at 70 miles an hour ran a red light and plowed into the drivers car door, Selina's side. After the jaws-of-life freed Selina from her car, her life took a big turn. No one was able to tell her when or how her recovery would progress except one medical doctor did say it will, ... 'take a tincture of time'! That was the start of the most amazing 6 year odyssey. Unable to perform even the smallest tasks, Selina needed to surrendered to 'her state', and learned how to use that and this difficulty as a tool to go to peace.'

Today having made a complete recovery, Selina shares this: 'How to transform any daily difficulty, even tragedy, into peace. It's a direct result of the last 6 years of learning how to respond to great difficulty from the grace we all have access to. Most over 50s, 60's plus have or may have had physical and situational life delays and interruptions. In this podcast you'll hear Selina describe difficulties or strong emotions as 'alarm clocks' and how to deal with them. Visit www.practicalspiritualitywithselina.com and on the landing page you will find your Gift From Selina: Your New Tools For A Peaceful Life!

John has had a fascinating career, as a volunteer teaching in Tonga, 19 years training and working as a Catholic priest, psychodrama training and work in a drug and alcohol treatment hospital all of which lay the foundation for him to become a compassionate emotional intelligence expert once he hit 50. Getting married when nearly 40 added the icing to the cake of really learning about intimacy and relationships.

Not long after his 50th birthday John decided to rebrand his training business to focus on this one topic – managing emotions. He'd been looking for a niche business idea to give him focus and one day woke up to the fact that his topic had been right in front of his nose for years.

Thriving Under Fire (TUF) was launched as a face-to-face workshop; he wrote a book (2009) and developed an interactive online training version (2013). Having taught thousands of people in many parts of the world including Bangladesh, Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa and of course New Zealand he found he loved this work because it makes such a difference to people's lives which he knows will lead to a greater world peace.

The best tip when dealing with an emotional person is to first calm yourself down, don't get involved with the other persons emotions, breathe deeply; name your feelings (to yourself); ask yourself a complex question, such as, what else might be going on in this person life? Then genuinely acknowledge the other person's feelings. This is very simple to do and during this podcast John provides examples of what he means and how to do that in a meaningful lasting way.

John offers a free weekly blog, short posts with tips on managing emotions, and for Mature Preneurs Talk listeners there's a free eBook you can download: The Power Apology at www.tuf.co.nz/mature

For Sandi reinvention has become a way of life as it has for many people in their 50's and above! By then we've triumphed and overcome numerous traumas – all just a part of life. Sandi said she is a former Miss America finalist, Breck Girl spokeswoman and television/film actress turned author/consultant/speaker: "The Art of Living - Feng Shui YOUR Way". As founder of "True You Makeovers" – a Feng Shui based protocol for midlife reinvention and "Creating your future beautifully from the inside-out" these approaches can produce some wonderful and beautiful results.

Listen to this podcast for the discussion about keeping physically and most definitely mentally alert and fit along as this has tremendous benefits – many who do adopt this approach feel as though they're just getting going in the best sense! This podcast is full of wonderful tips and suggestions that are worth listening to. By remaining a fit, motivated and inspired mid-sixties entrepreneur you never know what's around the corner or what wonderful and unexpected doors may open with the passing days, weeks and months. To receive a free "True Color Assessment Guide" go to Sandi's website sandirosemiller.com