Top tips for starting a home business in midlife
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Reinvention
Inspiring women making big, bold changes in midlife and beyond.
Coping With Grief And Helping Others – Lisa Richards
Lisa Richards talks about her midlife reinvention as a Grief Recovery Specialist and healing herself after a tragic life event at 19.
From Barrister To Performance Coach – Hattie Voelcker
Hattie Voelcker had a long career as a barrister before retraining to coach performers to be their very best.
You’re Never Too Late To Be Great: My Actor’s Life
Glynis Wozniak writes about following her life-long dream of being an actor and making dreams a reality.
Building Businesses in Midlife – Caroline Jackson
Meet Caroline Jackson who’s built a portfolio of diverse businesses in midlife including an Indian restaurant, a company making bras for women with small breasts (Little Women) and a dive centre!
On Becoming A Model In Your 40s – Rachel Peru
Become a model in your 40s? Why ever not? Rachel Peru shares her fabulous journey.
Combining Two Passions: Photography and Travel – Julie Lovegrove
We talk to professional photographer Julie Lovegrove whose midlife overseas volunteering experience took her on a whole new business journey, leading fellow travelers on photography trips to Africa.
From Nurse To Novelist – Ann Russell
We talk to Ann Russell who worked as a nurse and midwife in the UK and Western Australia before becoming a novelist.
The incontinence comedian – Elaine Miller of Gusset Grippers
Incontinence expert, Elaine, talks about her Edinburgh fringe comedy show Gusset Grippers and her mission to stop us all leaking. It’s a hilarious ride!
Finding Hope Despite Chronic Illness – Bev Roberts
Bev Roberts tells how chronic illness lead her to becoming a well-being coach and writing a book to help other sufferers find hope.
Helen Pollock – How I Set Up Language School Little Dragons
Helen Pollock tells how she went from language learning and PR to setting up a school specializing in teaching children Mandarin.
Queen of Pubs – Helen Lees
We talk to Helen Lees who took her passion for the brewing industry and turned it into her own business, MyPubGroup.
Jennifer Milius – Becoming An Author, Speaker & Coach
Jennifer Milius swapped corporate life for being an author, coach and motivational speaker. She tells us all about it.
On Becoming A Midlife Sex Educator – Walker Thornton
Walker Thornton talks about her mission to help older women find the resources and inspiration to live fully expressed sexual lives.
Helping Women Build Self Confidence – Nanette Irvine
Nanette Irvine shares her mission to help women build self confidence and her own midlife journey from pharmaceutical sales to psychology to coaching.
From Empty Nest To Starting A Business – Inkpots Founder Gill Pawley
We talk to Gill Pawley who turned her life around and found new purpose setting up Inkpots, helping children and young people tell stories through words and pictures in writing workshops.
A Year Of Adventure! How To Reclaim Your Own Life
How Mary Mayfield decided to live a year of adventure, recreating her own life rather than borrowing from her now grown-up children’s.
How Melissa Talago Discovered The Joys Of Walking In Midlife
We talk to brand storyteller Melissa Talago who discovered walking at 40 and has set up a global community to connect and inspire women walkers in midlife and beyond.
Finding Purpose Through Adversity – Louise Ennis
How cancer survivor Louise Ennis found purpose through adversity, reinvented herself, took up running and began transforming the lives of other survivors.
Discovering Sport in Midlife – SUP Adventures
Jo Moseley of the blog Happy Healthy 50 writes about discovering sport in midlife and the enormous fun she has doing stand up paddleboarding in the sea.
On becoming a humanist celebrant for a different kind of funeral
A look at Kate Domaille’s path to becoming a Humanist celebrant in midlife and how a Humanist funeral can be a welcome alternative to a religious one.
Trumping Frumping – Midlife Rebels With A Cause
Alana Kirk champions the midlife rebels not content to be put in their place that she found at Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond.
Louise Coppin’s life of dog rescue in Portugal
An interview with Louise Coppin who has dedicated her life to dog rescue in the Alentejo region of Portugal, giving canines a new lease of life, often after they’ve suffered abuse.
From music marketing to being a chef – Claudia Cevenini
Claudia Cevenini tells us about her journey from music marketing executive to life as a chef, via Milan, London and Los Angeles.
Beautiful lingerie after breast cancer – Millie Lingerie
Sue Pringle is on a mission to enable women to have gorgeous lingerie after breast cancer. The first prototype from Millie Lingerie is in development.
Passing on skills – Alice Prier’s dressmaking life
Alice Prier shares her journey from costume design, to her own fashion business, to passing on her pattern cutting skills to the younger generation.