Forward After Fifty

My guest today is Diane Watson, financial advisor and author of ⁠She Can Prosper: Unlocking Financial Independence and Empowering Women to Thrive.⁠

Diane is passionate about women's prosperity; her book has all the information needed to create financial independence and prosperity, including financial empowerment for women over fifty.

We talk about financial benefits and what you should avoid, Money beliefs and their impact on financial decisions: gender roles, finances, and education.

Diane says if you have not been looking after your money and are over fifty, it is not too late to start your financial independence journey.

So many women fear losing their independence as they age, and much of that fear is around not having enough money. I encourage you to read Diane's very readable book, where she relates different women's stories. All of these contain tips for us to prosper.

Travelling solo is one of the fastest-growing demographics in the tourist industry. Yet, for some of us who haven't ventured to far-flung destinations by ourselves before, it might seem a daunting venture. Invariably, bucket lists for over-fifties women contain something to do with travel or being in a different environment. A change might mean a holiday or living in another country. So, in this episode, we discuss some ways you can travel solo and discover or rediscover somewhere that's been on your bucket list.

In my book Forward After 50, The Rising Reinventors, I interviewed ten women on various aspects of ageing. The fear of ageing came up with everyone I spoke to, including my guest today Janine Kathleen Shapiro who is the founder of Janine Kathleen and offers Personal Leadership Coaching and Psychic Healing. 

Janine answers some of the fears many of us think ageing might bring. We discuss making changes, enjoying ageing, and understanding the ageing cycle. The challenges of reinventing who you are today and moving beyond the fear of ageing.

Sara Coggiola and I have a lot in common we are both reinventors, coaches, and explorers who live in a different culture than our own. 

I had the privilege to hear the stories of ten inspiring women while researching my book Forward after 50. We discussed many of the aspects positive and negative of being a woman over fifty. However, fear of the changes that age can bring creates negativity and feed into ageism. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Maxine Daniels, whose been continually reinventing herself and breaking barriers along the way. Maxine started life as an actress and worked for ten years in theatre before setting up her own business using actors in training in organisations. At the same time, she trained as a psychodrama/psychotherapist. She worked in the forensic field in prisons and hospitals, delivering treatment programmes. Maxine completed her doctorate at age 50 and still works as a Consultant Psychotherapist in resilience and forensics. She has two daughters in their 20's. One who lives in Madrid, and the other is a jazz trumpet player, leading the way for female trumpeters in a male world!

We're changing the conversation about ageing with mindset coach Janine Kathleen Shapiro and business coach Carol Evans. Why do we want to change after fifty? Why are so many women creating new businesses? Does ageism hold us back from sharing our worth? Are we using, sharing and even recognising our wisdom? These are some of the questions we discuss in this episode.

Do you have a story to tell? All of us do, but for most of us, the thought of putting pen to paper is not an option. It took Julie Scolnik over forty years to write, publish and share her story 'Paris Blue', a memoir of love. 

This episode discusses the role of memory in our lives and how important it is to let the world hear your story as it might make a meaningful difference to someone.

 In this episode, I interview Gail Gibson and Ruby McGuire, the writers of "The Working Women's Guide to Menopause When the Heat is on Don't Sweat It". At last, a book on dealing with your mindset during perimenopause and menopause written in the language you can understand. Women going through menopause in the workforce have not been addressed sufficiently in the past. This book is going to make a huge difference. Learn why in this episode.

Ruby McGuire, Business & Mindset Queen, and Gail Gibson, Performance Coach, co-wrote this book to help working women manage their mindset through menopause. It's full of powerful tips and tools to manage your mindset in your menopause at work and in your personal life.

Copies of the book are available to purchase on Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwells, Book Depository, Foyles, Gardners, Apple Books, and

Nook.

About the authors: 

Ruby McGuire is a Business & Mindset Queen. She is an accredited master coach, accredited master mentor, trainer, inspirational speaker and author. She loves helping her clients across the globe to step up and become leaders (aka Queens) of their businesses by developing leadership skills, ditching self-doubt and creating a success mindset. Ruby has many books to her name, some co-authored, some authored, including the IAPC&M's (International Authority of Professional Coaching & Mentoring) book, How to Win & Keep Clients, Awaken Your True Potential, Ruby's Little Book of Visibility Tips, and her latest books in 2021 being Ruby's Coaching Gems and The Working Women’s Guide to Menopause: When the Heat is On. Don’t Sweat It! 2021.

Ruby has a podcast show, Rock Your Fabulous Biz, where she shares bite-sized tips in a fab and fun way on all things business-related.
She’s a Brit on a mission to live a simpler life without marketing with social media so that she can spend more time in her beautiful Scottish surroundings.

She lives in Scotland with her hubby, little dog and a flock of chickens. You can find her at her pretty online home or satisfying her obsession with pinning on Pinterest! Finally, check out her mini guide to Marketing Without Social Media (an extract from her book, Ruby’s Coaching Gems).

PS. You’ll pretty much always find her surrounded by lots of books or making cards with a cappuccino in her hand (She says, “Preferably Whittards Vanilla Coffee, please”!)