Self-Helpless

Reinventing Midlife: Career, Identity, and Aging Your Way with Sherri Dindal


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Delanie Fischer chats with Gen X viral content creator and entrepreneur Sherri Dindal about midlife transformation — diving into the fluidity of identity, purpose, and the realities of reinvention. Sherri opens up about her bold career pivot in her 40s, leaving behind a 26-year career as a corporate investigator to pursue entrepreneurship, and how she’s released the baggage of societal expectations while redefining what work, aging, and success truly mean to her.


Discussed in this episode: 

  • Why Staying Loyal to a Company Might Screw You
  • Hitting the Wall of Dread and Exhaustion in Your Job
  • Corporate Stress vs. Entrepreneurial Stress
  • What Does “Old” Even Look Like — and Who Says?
  • How Media Shapes Our Perception of Aging
  • The Evolution of "Retirement" and What it Means Now
  • What Sherri (52) Wishes She Knew at Delanie's Age (35)
  • The First Steps Sherri Took to Build Her Business
  • Guidance for Creators (Social Media or Otherwise)
  • You're Never Too Old (or Too Late) to Reinvent Yourself
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    Mortality Awareness: Meaning, Motivation, and Your To-Die-For Life with Karen Salmansohn: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/2367345e/mortality-awareness-meaning-motivation-and-your-to-die-for-life-with-karen-salmansohn

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