Leveraging What You’re Good At: A Guide For Women 59+ (Part 3 of 4)

The journey towards retirement or slowing down in business doesn’t have to mean leaving behind what you’ve built over the years. Your talents, skills, and what you’re good at can become the cornerstone of an enriching and fulfilling encore. We’ve already explored passion and mission. This blog post delves into the vocation element — recognizing and embracing what you’re good at. Embracing Your Vocation: Being a seasoned working woman, you’ve…

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What The World Needs: Embracing Purpose in Your Encore Years (Part 2 of 4)

As a working woman looking towards your encore years, you may reflect on your legacy and how you can continue to make a positive impact. This phase of life offers an opportunity to align with something greater than yourself. In Ikigai, the Japanese concept “what the world needs” provides an inspiring framework for this journey. In my last post, we explored the element of passion. Today we’ll explore the mission…

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Finding Your Passion: A Path to Ikgai for Women 59+ (Part 1 of 4)

If you’re a woman aged 59 or older, you might be at a stage in life where you’re considering shifting gears in your career, getting ready for your encore. It’s both an exciting and somewhat daunting time. But there’s a Japanese concept offering a meaningful guide to this transition. It’s called Ikigai and translates to “a reason for being.” Ikigai is about finding joy, fulfillment, and balance in the dimensions…

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Unretire: Your Encore Awaits

Traditionally, retirement is associated with an end, a finale to the vibrant song of your working life. However, retirement doesn’t signal a quiet fade-out for today’s accomplished women approaching this phase. Instead, it begins a thrilling “encore” performance, brimming with the promise of new adventures and meaningful pursuits. Here’s how to take the first steps to join the ranks of the unretired: The Encore Mindset: Encore refers to a repeated…

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What You Think of Me is None of My Business

PEOPLE PLEASING IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME. I first heard the title of this post spoken by Wayne Dyer. It was a long time ago, but I believe the message and meaning more even now:  Be true to yourself and stop living to please other people. If you want to be genuinely contented in your life, it’s the only choice. Still, when I first heard it, I didn’t integrate…

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A Pathway To Purposeful Living: For Business Women Ready For Their Encore

You have years of wisdom, ingenuity, and grit as a savvy businesswoman. With your encore life in front of you, you stand at a pivotal point: The business landscape where you are or have been may no longer have the same allure. You’ve been at it for 30 or 40+ years, after all. But you also don’t want to be idle or lose a sense of purpose. I recently stumbled…

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Jane’s Journal

Thought I’d share a journal entry today (with permission). It’s from a woman, Jane, in her 60’s who started a business early in her life and has been working it ever since. See how this lands for you:   Today, I found myself standing in front of the mirror, questioning what comes next. I’ve spent so much of my life, almost 40 years, building my business, a company I’m truly…

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9 Reasons To Smile More

Anyone can smile, but many people aren’t smiling as often as they could or should. That’s too bad because smiling can do a lot for you (and feels great!) For just a moment, think of all the people you know and how much they smile. What do the people who smile a lot have in common? What about those who rarely smile? Smiling is free, pleasurable, and benefits you and…

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