by Hélène Stelian | Sep 23, 2019 | Next Act for Women
After being fired from her job at 58, Nancy listened to her calling to provide a service to seniors and launched her business, Memoirs Plus, where she captures elders’ stories in a beautiful memoir keepsake. Tell us a little about your background. I grew up in...
by Hélène Stelian | Apr 16, 2019 | Next Act for Women
Raised in an affluent family in Brazil, Karen and her then-husband Henry were abducted at gunpoint and brutalized for 45 days before the ransom came through. At 57, Karen decided she needed to share her story of survival and speak out against torture. Her new memoir,...
by Hélène Stelian | Dec 3, 2018 | Next Act for Women
When her husband, at 55, decided he was burned out at work and wanted to go overseas to work for Peace Corps, Joyce chose to join him on his placements abroad as a “trailing spouse.” She recounts her struggle with uprooting her home and career in midlife, not to...
by Hélène Stelian | Nov 26, 2018 | Next Act for Women
The death, in quick succession, of her father and ex-husband led Jane to finally get serious about finishing and seeking a publisher for her memoir. In Broken Whole, she explores dating post-divorce and comes to terms with her life’s journey. Tell us a little about...
by Hélène Stelian | Oct 17, 2018 | Purpose Stories
What is your life’s purpose? My life’s purpose it to be a living, breathing, walking manifestation of love. How are you living your purpose? By writing and publishing my life story, and by taking such good care of myself that I go out into the world filled up and able...