by Hélène | Dec 18, 2017 | Expert Interviews
In your speaking and writing, you often tackle taboo topics. What drew you to write about women who choose not to have children? Personal experience. It took me 5 years to make the decision not to have children myself, and I wanted to use the insights I gained to help...
by Hélène | Dec 4, 2017 | Expert Interviews
You’ve been in the field of adult learning for the last 17 years. Why is learning important, especially as we age? Labor economists predict that by 2025, 60% of all jobs in the US will require some form of postsecondary credential, and most jobs will be disrupted by...
by Hélène | Nov 13, 2017 | Expert Interviews
What was your motivation for writing your newest book, Your No Fear Career? I wrote this book when my marriage to my business partner was falling apart. I was facing a totally new reality of being a single parent to our teenage daughter and running the company on my...
by Hélène | Oct 30, 2017 | Expert Interviews
You’ve released a new compilation of essays called The Bitch Is Back, featuring many of the writers from your first anthology, the New York Times bestseller The Bitch in the House. What was your motivation behind your new book? The first anthology, The Bitch in the...
by Hélène | Oct 2, 2017 | Expert Interviews
You are a relationship coach. Tell us more about your work. My work as a relationship coach grew out of my personal experience, actually. I was working as a therapist, was married, and had two young children. And then I got divorced. In that process, I came to...
by Hélène | Sep 18, 2017 | Expert Interviews
You write and teach about ageism. What has made you so passionate about the subject? I wasn’t originally passionate about ageism. Quite the contrary. I was looking for progress stories. “Midlife Exhilaration,” the first mainstream article I wrote, for the New...