by Hélène Stelian | May 29, 2018 | Next Act for Women
After a 10-year string of personal crises, including navigating breast cancer, Stephanie took stock of her life and committed to her passion for writing. In her first novel, The Next, she writes about love in all its forms—lost and found again, familial, canine,...
by Hélène Stelian | May 21, 2018 | Next Act for Women
After a career in PR, it would take the encouragement of a fellow writer for Lisa to take the plunge. She completed an MFA in writing at 48 and had her first book—a memoir about her journey to rediscover her dad after his death—published 10 years later. Tell us a...
by Hélène Stelian | May 14, 2018 | Next Act for Women
Let’s catch up with three women who have been featured here in the last few years and find out what’s new: Bonnie Hillman Shay of Mariposa Photo Organizing; Judi Schindler and her first book Husbands: An Owner’s Manual; and Lena Georas’s...
by Hélène Stelian | May 7, 2018 | Next Act for Women
After her time as a homeschooling mom had “run its course,” Maura chose to reinvent in midlife. Today she is an author, podcaster, speaker, and course creator—all aimed at “the advancement of the human race.” Tell us a little about your...
by Hélène Stelian | Apr 16, 2018 | Next Act for Women
A friend’s suicide was the final push Kerin needed to accept an appeal to run for office—in midlife. She did and won the election! Tell us a little about your background. I was born Kerin J. Sturino in Chicagoland, into a devout Roman Catholic family. I was the...
by Hélène Stelian | Apr 9, 2018 | Next Act for Women
Tell us a little about your background. I was born in the US and was about to begin first grade when my family moved to Germany a few years following WW II. Under the Marshall Plan (The European Recovery Program), military families were being sent overseas and an...