From Farm Roots to Healing Hands: Stacey Harley on the Power of Nature | Podcast Rebloom

In this episode of Podcast Rebloom, Vanessa Bright sits down with Stacey Harley, founder and Environmental Wellness Steward of Naturez Daughter LLC.

Stacey is a Native Black herbalist, sustainable farmer, and environmental steward of Piscataway Conoy descent, raised in the rural farming community of Harwood, Maryland. In this conversation, she shares her story of growing up in an agriculturally rich family, the work she is doing today to reconnect Black and Indigenous communities to the land, and the exciting projects ahead.

We talk about: 🌿 Stacey's childhood on the farm and the ancestral knowledge passed down through her family 🌱 The mission of Naturez Daughter, from community garden installations to herbal healing workshops 🤝 Her Rooted and Rising workshop series with the Maryland Reentry Resource Center, supporting returning citizens through nature-based healing 🌼 Roots & Remedies, Sow & Grow, Historical Black-Owned Farm Tours, and Native Plant Identification Walks 💚 What's next for Naturez Daughter, and why nature truly is a form of therapy, restoration, and empowerment

This conversation is a beautiful reminder that healing, growth, and reinvention are always within reach when we reconnect with the earth and with ourselves.

Connect with Stacey Harley: 📧 [email protected] 📱 @NaturezDaughter 📞 443.994.3992

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What does it mean to truly care for the land beneath your feet? In this episode, I sit down with three women doing exactly that.  They represent Master Gardeners,  Tree Troopers, and a Watershed Stewards.  The conversation gets real, rooted, and deeply personal.

We talk about why planting native species isn't just a gardening trend — it's an act of love for future generations. We explore what it means to hold land in trust for our children and grandchildren, and why that responsibility belongs to all of us, not just the experts.

I also get personal about how these three women helped spark my own journey as a Watershed Steward, what I didn't know, what surprised me, and why I kept going. If you've ever felt called to do something meaningful but didn't know where to start, this one is for you.

And for my Rebloomers? This episode is a direct invitation. Midlife is the perfect season to put your hands in the soil,  literally and figuratively. When we tend the earth, we tend ourselves.

In this episode we cover:

• Why native plants matter and what happens when we replace them with ornamentals
• The idea that "we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors — we borrow it from our children"
• How everyday people (not just experts) can become environmental stewards
• Where to start if you're curious about Master Gardening, Tree Troopers, or Watershed Stewardship in Maryland

Whether you have a backyard, a balcony, or just a big heart — there's a place for you in this work.

Career transitions don't have to feel like starting over,  they can feel like stepping into what was always meant for you. In this episode, I sit down with William Craig III, career transition trainer, coach, and workforce development professional who has literally turned career reinvention into an art form.

William has coached hundreds of professionals through the messy, uncertain middle of job loss, career pivots, and self-reinvention, and he brings a signature clarity to a process that often feels overwhelming. With his Four R's framework, he helps people stop spinning and start moving with purpose. Whether you've been downsized, burned out, or simply outgrown where you are, William has a strategy for you.

We talk about the tools, mindset shifts, and practical steps that get you hired, and one conversation that intrigued me: what if AI could serve as your personal career case manager? We explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the job search, and how smart women 50+ can use it to their advantage rather than fear it.

If you've been wondering whether it's too late to pivot, start over, or finally do the work you were made to do, this episode is your answer.

In this episode:

• William's Four R's formula for career transition
• Why most people get rejected and what they're missing
• How to position yourself powerfully in today's job market
• Using AI as a career strategy tool — not a threat
• What workforce development looks like for women reinventing after 50

Connect with William Craig III on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/williamwcraig3

What does it take to build a movement around financial empowerment — and make it fun? Meet Shay Cook, founder of Crusaders for Change® LLC and the creative force behind Baltimore's beloved Tickle My Money Bone!® — an annual event that makes talking about money feel less like a chore and more like a celebration.

In this episode of the ReBloom Podcast, Vanessa Bright sits down with Shay to talk about her journey as an entrepreneur, why financial literacy matters so deeply to women in midlife, and what it looks like to build community around abundance, not scarcity.

Whether you're just starting to get serious about your finances or you've been on the journey for years, Shay's energy and wisdom will meet you right where you are.

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Think the aches and pains that showed up at 50 are just part of aging? Think again. Jen Balducci, PT and founder of One. Physical Therapy in Annapolis, MD, has spent 25+ years helping people get to the root of their pain — not just manage it. In this episode, she shares why pain in midlife is not inevitable and what women can actually do about it. 

Before the guests. Before the conversations. Before all of it — you deserve to know who’s behind this podcast.

In this first episode, Vanessa Bright sits down with you and tells the whole story. Not the resumé version. The real one.

From the classroom with locked doors inside a Maryland women’s correctional facility, to founding the Maryland Reentry Resource Center and GreenLift, to building Reentragent inside the Johns Hopkins Innovation Lab — and why all of it led to ReBloom.

Vanessa also talks about what it means to build as a Black woman founder, the Michael Jordan no one invested in, her son’s asthma and the quote that changed how she sees the earth, dating after fifty, line dancing in cowboy boots, and why she built a podcast called ReBloom.

Because blooming isn’t always linear. Sometimes you have to go dormant before you can come back deeper and more yourself than before.

This episode is for every woman who has been through something hard and is still showing up.

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You know something needs to change. Now let's build the plan.

Something has shifted. A marriage. A career. A season of caregiving. A quiet but persistent sense that the chapter you've been living has closed and a new one is waiting to be written. You can feel the change. What you need now is a plan — not a vague intention, but a real, grounded, written roadmap that connects where you are to where you want to be.

That's exactly what this workbook gives you.

The ReBloom Life Plan is a guided workbook developed by Vanessa Bright, LMSW — educator, social entrepreneur, and host of the ReBloom Podcast. Drawing on two decades of work helping individuals navigate the most significant transitions of their lives, this framework has been adapted for women over 50 who are done drifting and ready to design their next chapter with clarity and intention.

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This is not about starting over. It is about starting from everything you have already learned — which is a far more powerful place.

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Hosted by Vanessa Bright, LMSW — social entrepreneur, educator, founder of MDRRC and GreenLift, and host of the ReBloom Podcast.