
James Cusumano: Helping Others Find Purpose
What is your life’s purpose? My Life Purpose is to draw on decades of personal and professional experiences to create specific means for anyone to find and follow their Life Purpose. My motivation for this purpose is my strong belief that as more people find and...

Great Pajama Jobs Without the Commute: An Interview with Kerry Hannon
You recently released Great Pajama Jobs: Your Complete Guide to Working from Home. How did the idea for this book come to you? This was a global movement before the pandemic. Workers of all ages had begun to demand more autonomy and flexibility in their work lives,...

Deborah Williams: Midlife Makeup Expert
You help women feel beautiful and confident as they age. What are some of the greatest misconceptions women have about makeup in midlife? I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that just because we are getting older doesn’t mean we can’t look amazing. I find...

Hilary Levey Friedman: Beauty Pageants and Feminism
You are the author of Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America. What led to your interest in beauty pageants? I have never competed in a beauty pageant... But my mother was Miss America 1970. So you could say pageants are in my DNA. More...

Cameron Huddleston: Author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk
You are an award-winning journalist with a recently released book: Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances. What was the problem you wanted to address with your book? I wrote Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk...

Helping Build Our Self-Worth: Anne Ockene Boudreau
So many of us struggle with self-esteem/self-worth issues. What is at the root of this, particularly for women 40+? An important note to discuss before I delve into this question is the distinction between self-esteem and self-worth. Although frequently used...

Helping Us Move Beyond Trauma: Ilene Smith
You work with people who have gone through trauma. How do you define trauma and how does one know if they’ve been through a traumatic experience? When we think about trauma in our lives, we often refer to an event: a burglary, the unexpected death of a parent, an...

Advocating for Women in Film: Naomi McDougall Jones
You are an award-winning actress, writer, and producer, who has been a longtime women-in-film activist. What issues have you seen and experienced as a woman in Hollywood? Ha! Well, it took me an entire book to begin to adequately answer that question. The short...

Helping Us Heal from the Inside Out: Jessica Baum, Licensed Counselor
When you work with women in midlife and beyond, what are the biggest issues you see in your practice? One of the biggest things I have seen with this age group is mothers who feel lost when their children grow older. They were very involved in their roles as mothers...

Stephanie Krikorian, Celebrity Ghostwriter, Self-Help Enthusiast and Author of Zen Bender
You are a celebrity ghostwriter, award-winning journalist, and Emmy-nominated reality show creator. Now you’re out with your first book, Zen Bender: A Decade-Long Enthusiastic Quest to Fix Everything (That Was Never Broken). What was the catalyst for this book? Zen...