Beverly Willett is the author of “Disassembly Required: A Memoir of Midlife Resurrection,”  a June 2022 pick by the world’s largest book club and nominated for Georgia Author of the year. From rural schoolgirl, to big city entertainment lawyer, to stay-at-home mom, securely ensconced in a fashionable part of Brooklyn, Beverly Willett achieved the American Dream. And then it came crashing down. But as she reluctantly put her dream house for sale, surrendering her hopes for a life that hadn’t turned out the way she imagined, the world opened back up. And Willett leapt toward it, embracing uncertainty. Kirkus Reviews called her memoir a “triumphant journey to new beginnings.”

Willett has also written for the nation’s top publications including The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, AARP Magazine, The Guardian, and more. In 2016, she gave a popular Tedx Talk entitled “How to Begin Again.” At work on her first novel, Willett now makes her home in Savannah, Georgia. 

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Donna Y. Ferris is the author of "We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This" and a speaker on navigating change, grief, second-chance love, writing, and the meaning of success after COVID. She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Duck, North Carolina with her husband and dogs–and spends as much time as possible with her two Musketeers in Pittsburgh (the home of her beloved Steelers). 

In addition to continuing to work in corporate America, Donna teaches yoga, leads retreats and workshops, provides transformation coaching services, and writes (for publications including Elephant Journal and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) as side hustles. She is currently working on an amnesia mystery novel and a non-fiction book about navigating change. 

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Mississippi native Karen Hinton is the author of Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men & Power. Her memoir is about how girls and women are impacted by sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, abuse and discrimination, told only through colorful, funny and tragic stories about herself and the girls and women she knew from age 16 to 61. People Magazine recently featured Karen's story, which also has been covered extensively in other broadcast and print media. Her website, www.penis-politics.com, provides additional media, as well as a number of book reviews.

Penis Politics has been called a "Stand by Me for girls” with its evocative story of four teenage girls, growing up in small town Mississippi in the 1970s, harboring a secret that reverberates through their lives. One of the girls, the shining star among Karen and her friends, is raped by a school official in the bookroom; she quits school and commits suicide years later. Karen leaves Mississippi for a career in journalism and politics, but the echoes of Mississippi are never far behind her as she becomes a powerful public relations and political operative in Washington and New York City.

She served as a communications aide to many Democratic politicians. She was a press secretary for former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, the late DNC Chair Ronald Brown, and former U.S. Congressman Mike Espy, the first Black Congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1986. 

Known for never ducking a fight, Hinton was at the peak of her career when a catastrophic brain injury from a freak accident confronted her with the battle of her life. Emerging from a coma, learning to walk and talk again, Hinton was determined to “speak up, not shut up” on issues involving women, men and power in politics.

Hinton regularly contributes guest columns to the New York Daily News and other publications, focusing on the topics of #MeToo, sexual harassment in politics and skewering big oil, big banks and other bullies whenever possible. Earlier in her career, Hinton was a journalist in Mississippi and Colorado, a cocktail waitress in Aspen and a high school teacher in Mississippi. 

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Maggie Sarachek’s expertise is counseling and teaching people to find strength through community. As a social worker in a New York City high school, she specialized in the development of youth leadership as well as counseling individuals and families. Maggie has also worked as a special-education advocate, helping families to access services for their children and teens. She became a full-fledged anxiety sister in her mid-twenties while dealing with debilitating anxiety attacks. Since becoming an anxiety sister, she has become the wife of an anxious husband and the mother of two anxious kids proving that anxiety is, indeed, contagious.

Abbe Greenberg started talking at nine months old and hasn’t stopped since. She has gotten two degrees in the communication field as well as a certificate in Adult Education and a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing. In addition to her more than 25-year career as a professor, Abbe has served as a divorce mediator, a Myers-Briggs trainer, a motivational speaker and a communication consultant as well as a teacher development coordinator for several educational institutions. When she is not teaching, writing, researching, or panicking, she spends time with her Anxiety Sister (Maggie), her anxious husband, and her three anxious kids.

Connect with the Anxiety Sisters:

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Book: The Anxiety Sisters' Survival Guide
• The Spin Cycle Podcast

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After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Commerce, Chris Kwan began her adult life as a Certified General Accountant. She soon realized that this career was doing nothing to fulfill her passion for fitness, nutrition, and helping others. Pursuing this passion, Chris earned certifications as a personal training specialist, a life coach, nutrition coach, and consistency coach. She made a drastic change in careers and now has over 20 years of experience in personal training, nutrition, and lifestyle coaching.  

She owns and operates both Core Ten Physical Evolutions (an exclusively private personal training studio in North Vancouver, B.C.) as well as Healthy Habits Nutrition & Lifestyle Coaching. Chris is passionate about helping women in midlife break free from the cycle of yo-yo dieting caused by cravings, mindless emotional eating, and unhealthy habits. Her unique approach results in better health and guilt-free self-care, leading to better health, less stress and more self-confidence for life … all without dieting or deprivation. 

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• Free guide

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Susan Salenger is the author and researcher behind Sidelined, How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health. Sidelined examines the many ways in which some women manage and sometimes mismanage their healthcare. (Release date, April, 2022). Susan explores how women, typically the medical gatekeepers for their families, tend to be extremely conscientious about taking care of themselves, yet at the same time inadvertently undermine their own care. They often hesitate to call the doctor when they don’t feel well and worry that their doctor visit will take time away from their families or work. They may hesitate to ask doctors the necessary questions and don’t always comply with the doctor’s instructions. Salenger’s research reveals how conflicted many women are about the medical decisions they ultimately make. 

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Susan attended UCLA to study English. After graduation, she worked alongside her husband Fred for 25 years at their production company, Salenger Films, which produced corporate training and development films distributed worldwide. Today, at age 79, Susan lives in Northern California to be near her incredible family which includes her two daughters, four grandchildren, a cat named Max and a dog named JD (Salenger). When she is not speaking about her book or spending time with family and friends, you will find Susan power lifting to stay in shape.

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Sheree Clark is a Midlife Courage Coach who calls her practice Fork in the Road. Sheree says she became a courage coach because she believes “it takes guts to live the second half of your life for you, when you’ve lived the first half for everyone else.”

Sheree has written and presented on topics ranging from managing regrets and finding your passion to overcoming career burnout. A serial entrepreneur, Sheree owned a successful advertising agency for over 25 years before pivoting to become a life coach when she was in her 50s. But Sheree didn’t abandon the creativity of the advertising world when she started her coaching practice. She’s well-known for her fun talks and presentations as well as the unique exercises she’s developed to help clients in achieving their goals.

In her personal time, Sheree enjoys spending time in her art deco home which has been featured in a variety of publications. Sheree and her Maine Coon cat Lotus also work on their yoga poses.

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• Website 
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Here's a list of some of the guest Sheree talks about:

• Natalie Matushenko | Website
• Dr Michelle Peticolas, Death Doula | Website
• Laura Davis | Book: Burning Light of Two Stars | Website
• Tracey Malone | Book: Divorcing Your Narcissist, You Can't Make this Shit up! | Website
• Dr Michelle Sands, naturopath | Website
• Colleen Kochannek, entrepreneur | Website
• Lisa Copeland | Book: The Winning Dating Formula for Women Over 50 | LinkedIn
• Maria Hill, empath and highly sensitive person | Website
• Lorraine Miano | Book: The Magic of Menopause | Website

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In addition to being an internationally-certified Pilates, Barre, and Hatha Yoga instructor, Emma Jory is also a certified health coach and online instructor specializing in women's health, specifically pre & postnatal programs. With over 17 years of teaching experience, she is the creator of ePilates Online, an online global fitness business.

Emma is the former owner of Emergy Pilates Lounge, in Sydney, Australia. In 2014, she sold the business and launched her ePilates Online business. As an online instructor, she connects with over 40,000 of her members by offering 300+ classes (10-55 minutes), and builds a community to help them transform their health.

Internationally, she’s been featured in Parenthood and Pilates Style Magazine, and has taken the stage as an expert professional at Malaysia's Murfest and Sacred Postpartum summit, and was a podcast guest on The Purpose Effect and The Conscious Connections.

Originally from Australia, Emma now lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with her husband and pups.

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Angela Dorsey, Founder of Dorsey Wealth Management, is a fee only financial planner in Torrance, California providing Wealth Management and Retirement Planning for Women and Couples.

Angela has a certificate in Financial Planning from the College for Financial Planning, an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and a B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola Marymount University.

Angela is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Registered Investment Advisor. She is a member of NAPFA (National Association of Personal Financial Advisors).

Angela created Dorsey Wealth Management because she had a lifelong passion for financial planning. She enjoyed helping others better understand and organize their finances, then put a plan in place to achieve financial goals.

While helping her friends, who were smart and successful women, she noticed many didn’t have the knowledge and confidence to manage their personal finances well. As a result she found that many of them felt embarrassed and ashamed about their finances, while promising themselves to get their finances in order “someday.” From this experience, she saw the need for financial planning for women. 

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In 2011, Lisa Weldon cut a map of Manhattan into 20 pieces and walked one piece per day until she covered the entire island. After walking each day, she came home and recorded her findings in her blog, then shared her words and photos through social media. It was from this experience that she learned the power of storytelling.

The next year, she spent thirty days walking every arrondissement of Paris. Huffington Post invited her to chronicle her walks, then published her first submission on the front cover of their “Living Fearlessly” section. Oprah’s network, Harpo Productions, caught wind of her walks and invited her to give Cindy Crawford advice on turning 50.

And now? She's just released her memoir. It’s the story of a 58-year-old woman who reinvents herself by taking 30 days to walk through the pieces of her life. 

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• Website
• Social media handle: @LisaWeldon

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Walker Thornton is an author and public speaker advocating the idea of Aging Unapologetically™. She helps women embrace the next stage of life with joy and abandon and a touch of practicality. Her approach to talking about sex and aging is refreshingly positive. Walker writes for several women’s websites; her book, Inviting Desire, a Guide for Women Who Want to Enhance Their Sex Life, can be found at Amazon, and other online booksellers.

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• Facebook
• Book: Inviting Desire, a Guide for Women Who Want to Enhance Their Sex Life 

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