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If you’re a woman over 50 who’s been told (or told yourself) that your biggest opportunities have passed, this show is your wake-up call. The reality is that this season of life can be your most authentic, courageous, and fulfilling yet. I’m sharing my own story of asking for a divorce after 30 years of marriage in my early 60s, alongside inspiring examples of women who’ve done TED Talks at 21 and 78, proving that your dreams don’t have an expiration date.
Whether you’re yearning to write that novel, change careers, leave an unfulfilling relationship, or finally pursue the creative passion you shelved decades ago, you’ll discover why now is exactly the right time. You’ll walk away with practical steps to get clarity on your “why,” overcome self-sabotage, and take your first baby steps toward designing your life, your way.
You’ll discover:
- Why “starting over” after 50 is often a return to your truest self (not a failure or a setback).
- What your unfiltered words reveal about unconscious limitations around age, worthiness, and possibility – and how to transform them.
- A simple confidence-building path to get clear on your why, gather support, and take one baby step.
- A daily practice (even 15 minutes) that helps you stay consistent, so your next chapter actually gets built.
Plus, I’ll share a Light Language transmission to help you release limiting beliefs and step fully into this powerful chapter.
Resources & links mentioned:
Let’s Talk Fabulous Show — “Unstoppable at Every Stage: Rewriting the Age Narrative” featuring Macy Baxi, Tasha Garcia, Deb Krier, and Sharla Lee Shults
Watch the episode here: youtube.com/@letstalkfabulousshow or on e360tv.com
Podcast Guest Gloria Coppola – Author, retreat leader, and novelist who started writing fiction in her 60s while traveling the world (featured in the Live. Love. Engage. podcast).
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TRANSCRIPT – Starting Over After 50: Your Best Years are Now
Why Age Shouldn’t Define Your Dreams
If you have ever thought that it is too late to start over, you know what? Stop that. It’s never too late. And for that matter, it’s never too early either. I’ve learned that lesson just yesterday.
No, not yesterday. Day before yesterday. That’s right. Today’s Tuesday as I’m recording this. And on Sunday, I was we hosted a panel discussion or another show that I am a part of.
It’s called the let’s Talk Fabulous Show. And we talked about this subject that I want to talk about today. Our show was entitled Unstoppable. At every Stage Rewriting the Age Narrative. And I found four amazing people to be on this show and they were amazing.
So I encourage you, I will have the link to this show in the show notes because it, it live streams on e360tv network and it also goes out on social media. So I’ll drop like the YouTube link in there so you can check it out. But anyway, the point is I had on four lovely women, all of different ages. And I have the youngest is I think 20, 22 or 24. Her name is Macy Baxi.
Breaking Age Barriers: From TED Talks at 21 to 78
She did a TED Talk, people, at the age of 21. I haven’t done a TED Talk yet.
And she has wisdom way beyond her years, let me tell you. Then I had someone who’s a little bit older, Tasha Garcia, who also is an amazing person who I just met at an event called Podfest, where all different podcasters from all over the country and possibly all over the world came to Orlando, Florida, and she actually hosts a podcast that’s called what is it? I have for her card somewhere here, it’s called Generations. See, I have her card. It’s called Generations Woven.
And, and she had. And she does this with her, with her mom and another woman. So they have like three generations that they’re talking about. So I thought she would be perfect to be on the show. And she was.
So. And then we had, you know, two other women who are a little bit older, kind of one, one is closer to my age and one’s even older than that. She’s pushing. She’s going to be celebrating her 80th birthday this year. So we had Deb Krier, who is a cancer survivor, someone who has not let cancer stop her from doing some amazing things after the age of 50.
So she’s an amazing woman. And then we have Sharla Lee Shults, who she did a TED Talk at the age of 78. So this is what I’m saying, folks. It is never too late. For you to do something that you want to do.
And, and I’m, I will say I’m case in point as well, because even though I haven’t been on the TEDx stage yet, I did write a TEDx talk at one point, but I didn’t get it. Haven’t have it, it hasn’t been approved the couple places I applied. And I think I’m going to rewrite it next time around. But my point is, I’m digressing. I apologize.
Making Major Life Changes After 60
My point is, is that at the age of 60, I guess it was. Yeah, that’s right. Because I’m going to be 64. Maybe I was 15, whatever it was. A couple years ago I made a change in my marital status.
I, you know, have been married for over 30 years and decided that we, you know, he’s a lovely man and we just aren’t aligned anymore. We’re just not aligned anymore. And so I asked for a divorce and we wound up separating and we’ve been separated ever since. And when I first went public about that on, on social media, I was surprised and how many people thought I was so brave for doing that.
Finding the Courage to Start Over in Midlife
And I think I even mentioned this last week. So. But I didn’t really think of myself as brave. I just knew that this was something that I’d been thinking about for a long time. And I finally came to the point where I said I gotta do it.
And I did. So I didn’t let how old I was stop me from that. And there are so many other instances if you go and do any kind of search on Google and see how many people who are successful in their careers, whether it’s an author or they’re an entrepreneur, were just about any industry you can find. Many of them did not find that success until they were after like their 50s or their 60s. And what is, I think, famously was it Colonel Sanders, I think even started his chicken business, you know, Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC I guess is it’s officially known now.
I think he was in his 60s when he started that.
So age doesn’t have to define you. You can start over at any time, whether you’re young or whether you’re older, it doesn’t matter.
How to Overcome Fear and Start Making Changes
Okay, so I know I’m hearing you. I’m feeling this in my head. You’re going like, okay, yeah, sure, great, great for you. But how do I go about doing that? So I, I want, I want to make a change, but I’m afraid or, you know, what are people going to think of me if I do this thing, maybe I want to start this business or I want to change careers or I want to write that book.
You know when they say that, you know, I want, I rent, want to write a novel or something like that. And, and I tell you, I know somebody who again, is in their 60s who is writing novels. And, and she travels the world, she does retreats. She’s an amazing person. I think I actually did interview her on the podcast, now that I think about it.
I think in, in the old version, live love engaged version, her name is Gloria Coppola. Check it out. I think was a couple years ago now.
But yeah, she writes, she writes novels and it’s very cool.
So. Excuse me. So what do you do if you, you feel you’ve got a dream, you want to do something different, you want to change your life, you want to design your life your way? How do I get started, Gloria? I know you’re asking me that, right?
Like, what the heck? What the heck?
Step 1: Get Crystal Clear on Your Why
Well, I tell you, I think the first step before you do anything is to really get clear on your why.
Why do you want to do.
And why is that important?
If you’re not clear on why you want to make a change, why you want to do something, why you want to start a new project or a new career or change your relationship or whatever it is, if you’re not really clear on that, why you want to do it, then you’re probably. A term is coming up in my mind here or a phrase. You know, it’s. Whatever you’re going to do is going to be half assed. Okay, we’re just, I’m not going to miss words here.
It’s going to be half assed and you’re gonna find ways to even sabotage yourself a little bit, maybe even not a little bit, maybe just frankly sabotage yourself, and you’re not going to get it done. You’re not going to follow through. And.
Yeah, you know, and again, I’m thinking back in my own life here because.
Understanding Self-Sabotage and Settling
For, for a long time I wasn’t satisfied in my marriage, but I didn’t do anything about it because my why wasn’t strong enough. So I just kind of kept settling and just, you know, didn’t do anything about it and, and just stayed in that unhappy place, which is not great, don’t recommend it. And I think that’s probably one of the reasons why I kept going up and down in my weight so often because of that. Because I was, I wasn’t honoring my soul, what my soul wanted. I would feel it Feel those little nigglings like, you know, you’re really not happy.
Why are you doing this to yourself? And I’d be like, shut up. Shut up. No, I don’t want to make change. That means that I’d have to, like, you know, do something and really change my life radically.
And, ah, that’s scary, right?
Yeah, it is. It is scary.
The Power of Personal Development and Coaching
That it’s worthwhile when you finally can build up the nerve to do it. It’s so worthwhile. And for me, how I got there was starting to take better care of myself, and not just physically, but emotionally and mentally is that I started doing a lot of different programs and I was personal development programs, and I was doing different. Seeking out different types of healing modalities and working with coaches and having someone else listen to me and parrot back to me what I was saying that I wasn’t really hearing because I had blinders on. Not only blinders of what I, you know, don’t see, but also what there’s blinders for what you don’t hear.
You know, I would say things and I had a wonderful coach who would say, did you hear what you just said? I’d be like, what? And she’d repeat it back to me. I go, no.
I think sometimes, probably guilty of this on this podcast sometimes too. I get. I get excited and talk fast instead of stopping and thinking a little bit before I speak.
Uncovering Your Limiting Beliefs About Yourself
And when you don’t think before you speak, things blurt out that, Oh, they reflect. Oh, yeah, this is important. I’m getting emotional here. When you think without speaking.
Sorry, this is really emotional. This is really important. I may even getting God bumps. As a dear friend of me likes to say, when you speak without thinking, that reflects the unconscious beliefs that you have about yourself.
Yeah. You notice my nose is getting red if you’re watching me on video, because I’m tearing up here.
How Your Words Reveal Hidden Self-Judgments
That just really, really hit home for me. And I don’t know that I’ve ever even really had this realization even come to me before. And that’s why it’s really having a big impact on me emotionally. So let me say this again. Let me, Let me pause and let’s reset and so I can really have you get this.
So as I said, I would be in a coaching. I would be working with my coach, and I would say something, it would just blurt out of me, and she would stop me and say, did you hear what you just said? And I say, no or what? And she would repeat it back to me and it would be Something that was very judgmental about myself, I think, or disempowering, something like that.
And so what that meant was, and again, this is why it’s so important to think before you speak is because when you, if you don’t, what tends to come out, if it is something that’s disempowering or overly self critical of yourself, let’s say it reflects some deep seated, often unconscious beliefs that you have about yourself that you have just been so. They’re so ingrained in you that you don’t hear them, you don’t realize that you’re even speaking them. And that is why doing some type of work on yourself, whether it is working with coaches, whether it is doing some type of healing work, you know, there’s, there’s all types of things like, you know, theta healing, there’s light language that, that I do, that I, that helps me tremendously now in the last few years because I’ve done like all of this work on myself is that now I catch myself. I catch myself and I’ll. The thought will start to come in and I’ll be like, wait a minute, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That’s not who I am. Now claim that limiting belief about myself anymore.
Challenging Age-Related Limiting Beliefs
So I know we got off our age topic, but it still kind of relates to this, I think, Because it’s about not letting your age stop you. And, and there are limiting beliefs about age. I mean, people still have, There will be people in our culture sometimes that still say, especially I think in the, in the west that say you’re too old to do something or you’re too young, but, but you’re never too old. You can do stuff. But again, where do you get the courage for that?
Rediscovering Dreams You Put on Hold
Because it does require courage to, to do something. Because even if you can get over the fact that, okay, you know, I’m 60 something, or I’m 50 something, or I’m 70 something, you know, whatever, and I want to do this new thing. I want to do something that I haven’t done before or something that I was gonna do. And then I decided to get married or I decided to pursue this career. And I still, when I was young, when I was in my teens, I always dreamed about going to Paris and becoming an artist, or I always dreamed of writing the great American novel, or I just dreamed I was going to be a photographer.
Whatever it is, You could still do that.
And it might seem scary to do something like that. And I get that it might feel really scary to do that. But here’s the thing too, so get clear on your. Why, why do you want to do this first? And then know that stepping out of your comfort zone and it might be to just do a little baby step towards this big thing will give you the confidence to move forward.
Taking Baby Steps Toward Your Big Dreams
So let’s say you, you’ve always enjoyed taking pictures, but now you’d like to really pursue that, but you don’t know how to start. Well, there’s things you could do. You can, you can research, you know, hey, we can go on to Google or go on to Perplexity or whatever and say, you know, okay, how do I become a professional photographer? You know, what’s the first thing to do? Or you find someone, maybe you’ve got a friend who is one.
Finding Mentors and Doing Your Research
Or maybe in your, you know, if you’re an active person on LinkedIn per se. Per se. No, that’s not what I’m trying to say. Whatever. If you’re active on LinkedIn, for instance, you could go search for a photographer.
Maybe you got someone in your, that’s already in your connections, who is one, and you could ask them about it and say, how did you start? Because one of the best ways to make a change and to do something different is to follow in the footsteps of someone who’s already done it and possibly see if they will mentor you.
And also you could just again, start with maybe just doing some little baby step. Like I said, I mean, research is the first, is a good first step. Maybe it’s just being more taking a trip and just taking pictures and, and just, and then maybe showing them to some friends and saying, what did you think of these? Do you like them? You know, is this something that you might consider buying, you know, just do some research and feel it out a little bit.
Getting Support from a Midlife Empowerment Coach
And get, you know, talk with, talk with a coach if you have, if you don’t have a coach, find one and, and talk to them about it and see what other ideas they might have. And in fact, you can, you could run it by me. You know, I am, I am a midlife empowerment coach, so. Well, Midlife Empowerment Guide is my official title. But go to EngageWithGloria.com and let’s have a chat about it.
And you know, because sometimes we think it’s totally crazy idea and maybe it is, but maybe not. But you just need to have somebody else to validate it for you. And that might be all you need to be like, okay, I’m off and running. Yes. And, oh, and Here’s a good example of that.
Writing a Book: Getting Past Creative Blocks
So I have had this idea about writing another book, and I’ve had it for a while now, and I. I’ve. I kept stopping and starting it and starting it and stopping, and I haven’t been able to move forward. So when I was at podfest recently, there was a representative of, from a publishing company called Morgan James. And so I scheduled an appointment to talk to her and I ran by the idea for the book with her because I thought, you know what, Let me see if this is viable, because maybe the reason I’m stopping is because it’s not the greatest idea and I should just give it up.
Well, she listened and she offered me some advice on sort of where I was getting tripped up and why I wasn’t able to continue with it. And so I’m like, okay, well, now I could start working on it again. So I have a little bit, but I’ve got. I gotta get myself into a routine where I can spend some time every day on it. And that brings me to another suggestion for you too.
Creating Daily Habits to Achieve Your Goals
Even though I know they say in podcasts you should be giving. Helping people out with the why, not giving them the how. But today I’m going to give you a little how.
Spend a little bit of time every day moving towards your goal, because that’s how it’s going to get done, that’s how it’s going to get accomplished. So, yeah, so I need to follow my own advice. And it’s been like a couple days since I started writing that book, so I gotta get back to it. I’ve got to put it on my calendar. Yeah, that’s a really good idea.
The 15-Minute Daily Practice That Works
Yeah, put it on. If you have. If you’re a person who either likes a, you know, physical calendar or you do Google Calendar, for instance, like I do, although I do have physical calendars, too. Write it down. Bookmark that time that you’re going to spend.
Maybe it’s even 15 minutes, even if it’s just 15 minutes a day that you’re going to work on whatever it is that you want to do now that you want to move towards doing so. And, and this actually was how I got my. My book, Live Love Engage, written, was that I had a coach who recommended spending at least 15 minutes every day. And even if you weren’t writing, thinking, thinking is good too. You know, just sitting and thinking about it, because sometimes we need to do that.
The Importance of Stillness and Inner Wisdom
And in our, in our busy world, we don’t give ourselves enough time to be still, you know, I’D like to use this phrase and it’s not. It’s not mine, but it’s a very good one. Be still and know. So take that time to be still and let your inner wisdom come up and inspire you with ideas on how to move forward.
I’m gonna take a drink of water for a second. I’m gonna pause and let you ponder everything we’ve talked about so far today.
It’s Okay.
A Light Language Healing Transmission for Clarity and Confidence
So here’s what I want to do in the time that we have left today, before I close up this episode is I want to share with you, as I mentioned, one of the modalities that I have found to help me with clarity and confidence in helping me to move forward this. And not let age stop me from achieving my dreams and living the life, designing the life that I want to live and living it is to share light language. And it’s. This is a.
What is Light Language and How Does It Work?
For me because it’s also a written modality, but for me it’s a sound. Sound healing modality. Sound energy. Sound is energy and it affects. There’s lots of studies that have been shown about how singing and toning and all of this really does help.
Well, it affects our. Affects our bodies, it affects our emotions. And, and this is what I’m going to be sharing with you is, is a message of love. And what I always encourage my clients when I’m working with them, when I’m sharing light language with them, is for you to set an intention that the message that you’re going to hear here will be one that is for your soul’s highest good. And, and so whatever that looks for you, so you can set an intention and say, I would love some clarity on my next steps.
I would. I would love to find a way to have the confidence to. To not let age be a barrier to me anymore and to do the things that I want to do. So set that intention and also realize that what you’re going to hear, don’t worry about what it sounds like. Just.
Setting Your Intention for Healing
Just allow it to speak to your soul. Allow it to speak to your heart. And you can close your eyes if you like. So if you are driving while you’re listening to this podcast, pause and come back because it is nice to just be able to shut out the outside world and just let, let the sounds come in and touch your heart and. Yeah.
And then just, you know, breathe and, and just know that you are loved, you are whole, you are amazing. You no matter how old you are and that you have so much to give. I know you Do. Because if you’re listening to this podcast, I know you are a heart centered person and, and I know that you want what’s best for probably everyone in your life and maybe everyone in the world as well. So.
But you also deserves some TLC as well. So let this message be your TLC for today. All right, so.
So I’m going to set that intention that what is going to come through today is for our soul’s highest good and highest good of all concern.
Oh, okay.
Wow.
Reflecting on the Light Language Experience
Goodness. I’ve. I don’t think I’ve ever had one of those come through on this podcast before.
There’s a lot of stuff going on in the world right now and.
Yeah, I know I needed that.
I hope you let me know if how that affected you because. Oh my. That, that was, that was a lot. Wow.
Final Thoughts: You Have the Power to Choose
Thank you for listening. I hope today’s message, I hope not only the light language, but I hope, hope my message today for you about not letting age stop you and, and know that you can start over at any time.
How old you are, no matter how young you are.
Oh, I just remembered. Yeah. This was something that Sharla said in our show on Sunday. It’s a choice. You have a choice.
Taking Back Your Power from Society’s Expectations
You can choose whenever. Sorry. You can choose to, to take action. You have that power. You can choose.
You don’t have to let society tell you what to do. You don’t have to let your, your children tell you what to do. Because I know you probably, probably aren’t dealing with parents so much, but maybe, you know, if you’ve got some older parents out there, don’t let them tell you what to do anymore. You’re a grown up. I know you are.
You respond to the show. You know, you’re likely over 50. So you know, and I know. Parent. No matter, you know, we’re still kids.
No matter how old we are. My mom always said that I was still her baby. Even when I was in my 30s, she still got me her baby.
Getting the Support You Need to Make Changes
Just don’t let that stop you. You have so much to offer and know that there are resources out there to help you so you don’t have to go out there alone again. If you want to, you know, chat with me, you can do that. If you know somebody else who’s a coach, reach out to them or a counselor or a minister or whoever it is, or a good friend or a family member, get some support. Get some support and go out there and make a difference.
How You Can Bring More Love Into the World
Today. The world needs us. The world needs love. The world needs more joy, more peace. And it starts with you.
It starts with you. It starts with me. Let’s commit to bringing more love and joy into the world. Today, just in your neighborhood, do whatever you can. Call a friend, call a family member, call a neighbor, knock on their door and say, hey, how you doing?
Do you need anything? Now, if it’s cold, be careful. If it’s snowing where you are. And we’re going to get some really cold weather in Florida. We’ve already had some cold weather this morning.
It was 30 degrees colder this morning than it was yesterday. Okay. And it’s going to even about 20 more degrees colder over the weekend they’re talking about. I didn’t sign up for this. I left Michigan for Florida for warm weather.
But it’s still not as bad as it is other places I saw. Canada is like inundated with snow and they’ve had cold weathers, cold temperatures all over the place and ice. And be careful out there, folks, okay? Whenever you’re dealing with, be careful. Be love.
Your Call to Action: Be the Change
Be the change you want to see in the world.
If you don’t like what you’re seeing in the world, you don’t like that, it starts with you. Be kind. Be peaceful. Speak out. If you see injustice, speak out carefully.
But be kind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
See you next time.