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Beginning Writer at 44, Bestseller At 55 with “Firekeeper’s Daughter” Author Angeline Boulley: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 11
Have you ever found yourself thinking it’s “too late” to start a new career path or passion project? (Guilty.) If you can relate, you NEED to listen to this episode with Angeline Boulley, author of the runaway bestselling novel Firekeeper’s Daughter. Angeline had the idea for her book at 18, and then, as it does, life happened. She started a career and raised three kids, all the while the story was taking shape in the back of her head. At 44, she finally decided it was time to sit down and get the story down on the screen, and she spent the next ten-plus years honing her craft and shaping…
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Recharge Your Life with Meaghan Murphy: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 10
Have you ever noticed how all the pieces of your life seem to go together? When your house is a mess, your head feels like a mess; when you’re worried about your relationships it’s hard to focus on work or play, and all of it can drain your energy and leave you spiraling downward into negativity. In this episode of the Mother of Reinvention Show, I talk with Meaghan Murphy, Editor-In-Chief of Woman’s Day Magazine, about what she learned about positivity, energy, productivity and more while writing her book Your Fully Charged Life. She’s full of practical and doable ideas that will help you “charge up” all areas of your…
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Reinventing With Intention With Christine Koh: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 7
When you’re already juggling a dozen projects, how do you make space and time for something new – especially if you have no idea how it’s done? That’s the dilemma author, podcaster, business owner, designer, and all-around renaissance woman, Christine Koh, found herself facing when she decided to add “getting bylines in major publications” to her repertoire. There was just one problem: Christine didn’t actually know how to do that. But by getting intentional about her goal and reaching out to her network for help, she quickly added “published in the Boston Globe, CNN, and The Washington Post” to her already-illustrious bio. In this episode of Mother of Reinvention, Christine…
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The Accidental Activist – How Regular People Can Make Change For Good, with Karen Walrond: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 6
Injustices seem to be piling up all around us – and yet the noisy, polarized world we inhabit can make it really hard to know how or when to use our voices. So how do we find the courage and conviction to speak up and take action when we know something is wrong, while staying positive and open? Today Karen Walrond, author of the upcoming book The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How To Work For Change Without Losing Your Joy, identifies the formula: courage to be vulnerable (and sometimes, wrong); curiosity to be interested in other people’s experiences, and compassion to really listen and build bridges, not walls. If you’ve been feeling…
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Living in Alignment with Zeena Dhalla: Mother of Reinvention, Episode 2
What does it mean to live in alignment? It could be literal: standing up straight, with your body’s skeletal and muscular systems properly lined up. Or it could be figurative: doing and saying the things that “line up” with your values and goals. This discussion with Zeena Dhalla, founder of VerticAlign Posture Coaching, is a lesson in both. Zeena has a fascinating story of many pivots, from working in the entertainment industry to going from “barely active” to running a marathon, to becoming a fitness instructor and eventually, a gym owner; to writing a book and now focusing her career on posture and ergonomics. Along the way, Zeena and her…
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2021 is the year to embrace sisu, the Finnish art of grit
Roughly translated, the Finnish word *sisu* means resilience, courage, fortitude. While *hygge* invites us to linger by the fireplace under a blanket, protected from the driving snow, *sisu* demands that we strip off our clothes and propel, naked, into the snowbank. And right now, there's something about that flavor of grit and determination that just seems more appropriate than cocoa and candles, yes?
