Diane Dreher: Helping People Discover Their Potential
What is your life’s purpose? My life’s purpose is using my personal strengths to help people discover their potential and to make a positive difference in the world. How are you living your purpose? I am an author. My book, The Tao of Inner Peace shows people how they...
Carlee Myers, Stress Reduction Expert
You focus on helping people manage stress. How do you define stress? Generally, stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources that individual is able to mobilize. In other words, stress is...
Helping Us Make Peace with Our Mothers: Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor
You are a specialist in treating eating disorders, yet your new book, The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother, deals with mother-daughter relationships. What led you to this topic? My interest in the mother-daughter relationship pre-dates my...
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...