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...
Therese Shechter, Filmmaker Disrupting Norms About Womanhood
Your work as a writer and filmmaker questions ingrained expectations of womanhood. How did you come to take on this role? I was living these expectations every day–and trying to make sense of the pop culture messages about how to do womanhood ‘correctly.’ I felt bad...
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