The top three ingredients for building a business in your 50s are:


❣️ curiosity
❣️ tenacity
❣️fearlessness


That's the exact recipe Stacy Valner used to start a brand new business, from scratch at the age of 55.


Stacy is a mother of four, wife, founder of PHASE ONE, a non-profit dedicated to supporting ground-breaking Phase I + Phase II clinical cancer research, and now entrepreneur and CEO of the luxury brand, Meadow.


Over the past 20+ years, Stacy has filled her cup by raising millions of dollars through her foundation. It gave her a sense of purpose and it's where she learned to build her support system.


But when her 4th child left for college she got a little antsy. She was craving something new and maybe even a bit more feminine, creative, and pretty.


Sound familiar?


Then March 2020 happened and her "empty nesting" travel plans were no longer an option.


She was missing the luxuries that only a hotel room can bring and thought to herself, how can I bring that feeling into my home?


So, her idea...

Women in their 50s are coming to terms with their mortality, and their legacy, and thinking about “what do I want to be when I grow up?”


Have you ever found yourself uttering these words inside your head:


❣️ What's truly in my heart?
❣️ What's my purpose?
❣️ Is there more for me?
❣️ What's next, if in fact anything?


So many of you have made decisions that didn’t always put you first. And because of that, you are redefining life as you knew it. 

And because of that, you are feeling a bit stuck, maybe a little lost, and questioning if is there Life Beyond Ambition.

If you are at a crossroads and struggling with your life’s purpose, today's episode is for you. 

I will be sharing with you how to identify your inner voice, share what you already know, and how you can monetize your mission. 

Being a part of this exclusive club, what I like to call “the what’s next generation,” is a special place to be. You have raised the kids and have prioritized everyone around you and it’s time ...

Reidentification at any age is hard. But for those of us in our 50s and beyond, your regret can sometimes stop you from becoming your best possible self.

Have you ever felt this way?

However, there are those rare times when someone walks into your life and reminds you that it's never too late to tap into your zone of genius.

My client, Andrea Daniels, CEO of Brightside Referrals, found her lane over 12 years ago and has been tapping into her niche ever since.

In this week's episode, we sat down and talked about how asking for a little help (from me) changed her perspective and why there is no better time than now (in her 50s) to scale and grow her business.

As a senior care placement specialist, she will walk you through the process and demystifies what senior living actually is. Her job as a problem solver is to look for ways to find solutions for the next phase of one's life.

You will hear how she and I collaborated in a creative way to take her business to the nex...

 Let's get real for a second.

I am going to let you in a little secret,.


You will never, ever, ever be done.

If you can wrap your head around this, being an entrepreneur might just get a little bit easier. 

The bigger question is, how do you be okay with that and what do you need to do in order to continue moving forward? 

In this week’s episode of the podcast, I am sharing 5 tips on how you can attack you can reframe productivity and eliminate distractions.

By the end of this episode, you will better understand how to recognize your small wins as progress and use that as the vehicle to keep you moving in the right direction. 

In addition, I give you a few tips on how to temporarily eliminate what’s holding you back, prioritize what’s important now, and outline your life pie.

There is no one magic pill to success.


Nor is there one system that works for all.


Uncovering parts of many ways to do the thing you are trying to do will ultimately help you develop...

As an entrepreneur and business builder, it's not uncommon to lose your voice.

Do you struggle with telling your story, sharing your narrative, or explaining what you do and who you help?

Developing your core message at any age is difficult, let alone in your 50s. But, when you are able to tap into your purpose, the storytelling gets a little bit easier.


In this week's episode of the podcast, I am chatting with Zafira Rajan; a narrative brand strategist and storytelling guru. As a personality-driven copywriter, she helps her clients find their voice and uncover their creativity through the writing process.

She teaches that sharing the quirky stuff matters. And in doing so, one is able to get more vulnerable in sharing the stuff that makes them extraordinary and unique.

By the end of this interview, my hope is that you will have a few more tools in your toolbox to unblock your voice and start a righting ritual that will reclaim your creativity.

Here are a few key takeaways...

Do you remember the game, follow the leader?

I can almost see my 7-year-old self, marching in a line, following every move that the "leader" was telling me to do.


When I started to scale my business and add digital products, group experiences, and outside opportunities, I spent a lot of time listening and following those that have done it before me.

Because they had been financially successful( or so they say), I thought that they had all the answers. The truth is, I already had all the answers inside of me but didn't see them or have the confidence to believe them. It took me a while to follow my gut and when I did, that's when everything shifted.

I am privileged to be able to talk to lots of people who are either simply thinking about an idea, expanding what they already have, or starting from scratch and I have learned, that there is no one formula, blueprint, or recipe for how one gets to where they want to go.

In this week's podcast episode, I will show you how y...

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

Most of you have more than enough talent and resources to build your business, but what holds you up, is where and how to begin.

In this week's podcast episode, Shelley Levy takes the seat in our client spotlight. She is an artist who had an amazing journey painting her path to success.


As a dear friend and client, Shelley and I worked together to cast a wider and bigger vision. As someone who was teaching art, both privately and in groups, I showed her how she could scale that knowledge.

The truth, as a team of one, her earning capacity has a ceiling on it. But in our strategy sessions, I helped her reframe her mindset to see what is possible.

Because she was open and ready to grow, in a very short amount of time, together, we built a new framework for her website, outlined several digital courses that will be launched this year, crafted a new marketing strategy, and most importantly, elevated her confidence to go bigger....

Are you familiar with the beach ball of death, {{ first_name }}?

If you are a MAC user, then you might be all too familiar with the spinning beach ball that occasionally slows down your productivity.

I say "occasionally" with caution.

By the time people come to me for help with organizing their digital filing cabinet (a.k.a. their computer), the spinning beach ball of death is out of control.

And no...you don't need a new computer!!

You simply need to create some order out of the chaos of your computer.


In this week's podcast episode of Get Your Shit Together, you will learn my process for how I started tackling this beast of a project.

My hope for you is that you walk away with a little bit of inspiration to do the same. This step-by-step approach could be the difference between feeling as though you need to buy a new computer or saving the one you already have.

Here are a few key takeaways.

📍 Creating order out of chaos is liberating
📍 Why hoarding old files ...

Want to know a fun fact?

Back in the day, I was a food blogger. That was where I learned how to use digital media. It was a trial-by-error kind of thing, but because I have always been super curious, I was eager to discover and understand how this world worked.

Being a trailblazer is a fun trail to be on. And because of that, I was a beta tester for both Instagram and Pinterest. So much has changed since then. But one thing we know for sure is that social media (love it or hate it), it's not going anywhere.

In the beginning, as a food blogger, Pinterest was a great vehicle to build community, drive traffic to my blog and recipes, as well as be inspired by all the amazing content and information that that platform shared.

As I pivoted more into consulting and showing others how they could not only strategize, but monetize their gifts, talents, and expertise, I used Pinterest less and less.

My identity was dormant and in Q4 of 2022, I wanted to change that. With close to ...

Most people today work 24/7 without even realizing it.

As a creative and visionary, if you are not working 80+ hours a week, I can bet it is something very close to that. This is exactly why so many of you are experiencing burnout.

I have a client who knew she was on the brink of exhaustion and I truly do feel she got to me just in the knick of time. Her schedule is crazy, but what's worse is that she does not have a clear path to her systems and because of that she's flying by the seat of her pants.

That's no way to live.

Right now, I am forcing her to take a small step back and embrace a little pause. It's in those small moments when you can truly prioritize what's important. It's there that one finds balance.

And that's the key to avoiding burnout.

In this episode, I share 5 key tips that will help you stay on track, reach those milestones and goals, and hopefully eliminate the negative self-talk trap. It's hard to do, I know, but it can be done.

Here are a f...