The Second Chapter

This week, Kristin talks with Jane Porter who, despite several job trajectories, felt that she didn't "get started" in life until a horticulture course led her to start her own business. 

Now happily self-employed, Jane makes her living helping people live in beautiful outdoor spaces... and inspires people on Instagram as "Planty Jane".

You can find Jane on Instagram @plantyjane

For garden consultations: https://calendly.com/plantyjane

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On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

This week, Kristin chats with Jane Shepperd, who left a high-level nursing career at 34 to go to drama school. After several years of success in acting, including performing in the West End and stints on successful TV programmes like The Office, Jane changed her focus once again towards helping other actors land their dream roles as an agent.

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- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

This week, Kristin chats with Lynn Keddie, who was born with a paintbrush in her heart, but worked in a management consultancy company and as a publisher for ELLE DECORATION before finally following her life calling. Her calling led her to not one, but two, forms of art after 35.

If you'd like to see Lynn's work or learn more, you can find her here:

https://www.lynnkeddie.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lynnkeddiepaintings/

https://www.facebook.com/Lynnkeddieart

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- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

Kristin chats with Jo Robbens, who went from international horse groom (and a varied career) to family photographer, after 35.

Jo left home at 16 to become a horse groomer on the international circuit and kept running- away from home, relationships and commitment- until love and a family of her own helped her to find her true calling and stop running.

To see Jo's work, visit:

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- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

Kristin chats with Shelley F. Knight, a once upon a time nurse turned published author, podcaster and community builder, who provides expertise in positive change, spirituality and grief. 

She is author of Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Book (November 2018), host of Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Podcast, and is a freelance writer for international magazines. Her own losses, including death of a loved one and a series of miscarriages, led Shelley to explore grief and positive changes she could make in her life... and to a whole new passion and career.

Shelley is passionate about encouraging individuals on a transformational journey towards positive changes, particularly following times of loss in their life, be it the loss of a known and trusted way of life, or loss of a loved one.

She has set up the Good Grief Northampton Death Cafe to provide a safe space for people to share their experiences of grief with others, and an accompanying Facebook page to support others beyond her home county of Northamptonshire.

For more on the many positive changes that Shelley is making in the world, you can find her at:

https://shelleyfknight.com/

Shelley F. Knight - Life Goes On Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/shelleyfknight

Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/positive-changes-a-self-kick-podcast/id1499710422

Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Book

https://linktr.ee/shelleyfknight

Good Grief: Northampton Death Cafe Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/NorthamptonDeathCafe

Good Grief: The A to Z Approach of Modern Day Grief Healing

https://linktr.ee/shelleyfknight

Shelley F. Knight Twitter

https://twitter.com/ShelleyFKnight

Shelley F. Knight Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/shelleyfknight/

Satsang Sisters - Spiritual Empowerment for Women Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/satsangsisters

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- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

Of course we’d love to hear what you think- and if you love the show, please leave us a 5-star rating and review on podchaser or Apple podcasts.

Laura went from physics to geology to journalism, with a Rhodes scholarship along the way, but finally found that she was ready to make trumpet her full-time career at the age of 52.

In this episode, we hear about how serendipity led Laura to science journalism and why a life event made her realise that it was finally time to take her trumpet more seriously.

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Subscribe, review and share The Second Chapter- wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts or on podchaser.com

- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

Of course we’d love to hear what you think- and if you love the show, please leave us a 5-star rating and review on podchaser or Apple podcasts.

This week, Kristin talks with Laura Garwin, who turned professional trumpet player at the age of 52.

Laura went from physics to geology to journalism, with a Rhodes scholarship along the way, but finally found that she was ready to make trumpet her full-time career. In this episode, we hear about her humble musical beginnings, her resistance to study physics in the footsteps of her famous father, and why geologists are more fun than some musicians. 

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Subscribe, review and share The Second Chapter- wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts or on podchaser.com

- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

On The Second Chapter, founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35. You’ll find inspiring stories, have a few laughs, and maybe even be motivated to turn the page on your own second chapter!

Of course we’d love to hear what you think- and if you love the show, please leave us a 5-star rating and review on podchaser or Apple podcasts.

On this week's episode, Kristin talks with Gillian Broderick, who went from teaching to actor's training at the age of 50. Now 58, Gill has since gone on to act in several films (and we haven't even mentioned her athletics coaching yet!)

Gillian's film roles include Madame Web in Spiderverse fan film, Spider-Man 2: Another World, which has received over 1.3 million views on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n_NjP_Ulq28

Subscribe, review and share The Second Chapter- wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts or on podchaser.com

- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

In this week's episode, Kristin chats with Hannah Mary KcKinnon, whose second chapter is pretty literal! 

After a transatlantic move and business start-up failure left her questioning what was next, Hannah Mary went from a successful CEO to suspense novelist. Since making the leap, Hannah has written four best-selling novels (with the fifth scheduled to release in May 2021 and a sixth on the way), as well as starting a lockdown project, First Chapter Fun, which shares the first chapter of soon-to-be released books of all genres- and is doing a great job growing our "must-read" list. 

You can find Hannah Mary McKinnon all over, including:

Website:          www.HannahMaryMcKinnon.com

Facebook:       www.facebook.com/HannahMaryMcKinnon (@hannahmarymckinnon)

Instagram:   www.instagram.com/HannahMaryMcKinnon/ (@hannahmarymckinnon)

Twitter:   www.twitter.com/HannahMMcKinnon (@hannahmmckinnon)

Goodreads:      www.goodreads.com/author/show/15144570.Hannah_Mary_McKinnon

Bookbub:   www.bookbub.com/authors/hannah-mary-mckinnon

Subscribe, review and share The Second Chapter- wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts or on podchaser.com

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- If you like what we do, buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thesecondchapter

- youtube.com/slacklineproductions for audio and video content,

- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass

This week on The Second Chapter podcast, Kristin talks with Tracie Root, who left corporate life in Silicon Valley and found her new calling after a personal family tragedy in her early 40s. A weight loss transformation led her to think more seriously about empowering others while making more time for her family and her own fulfillment, adventure, and joy.

Now Tracie is a coach, community builder and speaker and helps women around the US move from Stuck to Shining Bright, so they can Be Bolder and Brighter, live in their authentic truth, and THRIVE.

For more about Tracie, you can find her at www.TracieRoot.com and https://www.gatherinsantacruz.com (she offers free gifts on both sites- woo hoo!) She also loves to connect on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tracie.tree.root

Subscribe, review and share wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts or on podchaser.com

- For transcript, go to thesecondchapterpodcast.com

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- Twitter: @slacklineprodu2, Instagram: @the_second_chapter_podcast,

- On Facebook as Slackline Productions #womenover35 #wearebadass