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Hey Redesigners and welcome to another episode of Women Over 50 - A Life Redesigned.
I am your host Shelly Drymon and this is the podcast where I have conversations with women who are in the world doing amazing things, and busting through the stereotypes of what it means to be a woman over 50 today.
Today's guest is Neeahtima Dowdy is the creator and host of We’re Not Dead Yet: Women Rocking their Next Chapter, a YouTube series for and about women over 40, 50, 60 and beyond who are reinventing themselves, discovering new talents, and dreaming new dreams.
https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotDeadYetWomenRockingNextChapter (Her YouTube series is fantastic and I highly recommend you go give it a watch! )
Neeahtima grew up singing and dancing, and as a teenager was an Apprentice to the Dallas Ballet. But having been raised by a single mom, “starving artist” was not an attractive career, so she chose to pursue another track and was a first-generation college student.
After earning a Bachelor of Journalism and working in both reporting and public relations in college, she enjoyed a career in a myriad of roles: writing, editing, corporate communications, branding, political campaigns, and finally a VP at a public affairs consulting firm.
Marriage and motherhood then took center stage, as she raised three busy red-headed children and managed the family enterprise. She, nevertheless, continued to use her skills in ways outside the family, from founding a mom’s group, to serving in church leadership, to creating and teaching a middle school musical theater group.
An habitual do-it-yourselfer, Neeahtima is known to design and sew an evening gown, refinish furniture, install landscaping, or build out an entire unfinished room.
After a couple of decades of taking pride ensuring that others flourish, Neeahtima is seizing this next chapter to dream her own new dreams and inspire other women to do likewise.
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