In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with Women over 50, Becky Berry (that’s me) talks with author Laura Carroll.

When Laura’s publicist reached out to me about interviewing Laura about her book, “A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women from History Who Never Had Children,” I jumped on the opportunity. Women’s history is one of my absolute favorite topics. And I love that Laura included the goddesses of ancient Greece to Sally Ride.

Laura is a veteran writer who has written several books including, “Finding Fulfillment From the Inside Out” on changing careers and “Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples without Children By Choice.”

In our chat, Laura and I talk about how she chose these 100 women from the 300+ she had researched, the importance of reclaiming women’s history, and the current trends in forcing women to have children.

I was particularly struck by the number of female secular martyrs she included. It’s a topic a lot of books avoid.

The book is fascinating, and our talk was enlightening. Hope you enjoy it!

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with Women over 50, I (Becky Berry) talk with therapist and author Marcia Naomi Berger.

When Naomi's publicist reached out to me about reading her book, "The Bipolar Therapist," I was intrigued. As someone who spent 20+ years in therapy, I was interested in learning about what it was like for a therapist to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

The book is beautiful, heart breaking, and uplifting. Naomi shares her journey with bipolar disorder in a time when mental health wasn’t a priority and was massively, universally stigmatized.

In our interview, Naomi and I talk about the importance of close friends who are willing to speak truth to us when we’re in denial. We cover the critical nature of finding the right doctor to treat you.

We also talk about the importance of hearing stories of people who have struggled with mental illness. This book is a validation for both people with mental illnesses and their families and friends.

When reading the book and again in our conversation, I was particularly struck by her bravery in sharing this story.

It’s important that she did because people need to know you can struggle with a diagnosis, deal with it, and overcome the negativity you’ve encountered around it.

You can find Marcia Naomi Berger's books at independent bookstores, on Amazon (including Kindle), and at Barnes & Noble.

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Y'all. I'm so excited that I got to chat with Diane Gilman in this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with Women over 50!

We talk about her life experience, including her experience with breast cancer in her 70's.

When you listen to our conversation, you will understand why she titled her memoir “Too Young to be Old!”

In our wide-ranging conversation, we talk about being a first generation American, the importance of our families of choice, what it's like to be a silver-haired glamour girl, and pivoting from a brilliantly successful career as QVC's Jean Queen to a new career as a podcaster.

Diane shares how her old ways of thinking fell away with her cancer diagnosis and she became something shiny and new.

There's a truism that goes something like this: We only get more like our true selves as we get older. Diane and I are here to tell you that's true - and it's a powerful thing!

She left us with 3 life lessons:

**Avoid living in an age ghetto. Seek out women of all ages and you'll stay relevant and contemporary.
**Be always alert to recognize why you're here on earth and do it.
**There's no calendar for life - it's what we make it. Our age doesn't matter. As we have the courage to tear down our barriers and abandon our limiting beliefs, anything is possible. We're never through learning.

If you enjoyed this interview with Diane Gilman, you'll love her memoir, “Too Young to Be Old: How to Stay Vibrant, Visible, and Forever in Blue Jeans: 25 Secrets from TV's Jean Queen.”

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Website: TheDianeGilman.com
YouTube: Youtube.com/@thedianegilman
Facebook: Facebook.com/thedianegilman
Insta: Instagram.com/thedianegilman
Tiktok: Tiktok.com/dianegilman4

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with women over 50, I (Becky Berry) talk with Beverly Pimsleur.

After listening to the podcast, Beverly reached out to me to share her story.

Beverly is the embodiment of She's Not Done Yet. She's in her late 70's, has written a memoir and is looking for an agent, and is keeping busy as an activist for the Democratic Party.

We had a wide ranging conversation covering the political situation in the Ohio college where she was a professor after the Kent State massacre (1972), widowhood, taking over her husband's business as a widow in the 80's, the importance of constant activism, and we compare abortion stories that happened across a generation (Beverly's in 1962 and mine in 1982).

We decided that there's no arc to activism, instead, it's a straight line in the geometric sense - the line never ends.

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with women over 50, I chat with Nina Manolson, creator of Body Peace®.

Nina's publicist reached out to me and I was drawn immediately to the feminist ideas represented in her approach. I was particularly excited to speak with Nina because I've always struggled with my appearance, weight, and all the things women agonize over about themselves.

Nina helps people end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is. She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace approach. She brings her 30 years experience as a therapist, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Body-Trust® Guide, and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.

Her courses, coaching, and poetry positively change the conversation that women are having with their body. She also writes Body-Poems as a way to encourage a shift in the way women talk to, and about their bodies.

We start with Nina reading one of her Body-Poems, She Let Herself Go (5:25). Nina started writing Body Peace® Poems because the culture is defining the conversation we women have with our bodies. Her poems reclaim our body's voices and change the conversation.

I love it when she talks about being in a practice of being at peace with our bodies. She also touches on the way we women are trained to center ourselves on others' opinions.

I also share my body mantra with Nina: "Every day I treat my body a little better. I exercise a little more and I eat a little better."

Nina also has a Body Peace® app, available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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Nina's website and Body Peace® App: https://ninamanolson.com/bodypeaceapp/

FREE Practicing Body-Peace® Journal: https://ninamanolson.com/body-peace/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/NinaManolsonBodyPeace

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/ninamanolson/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ninamanolson

Free Nourished Woman Nation group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishedwomannation

Body-Peace® Poems https://ninamanolson.com/body-poems/

Free Resources https://ninamanolson.com/freebies/

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with women over 50, I (Becky Berry) had the great pleasure of talking with my friend Valorie Baylis.

Valorie is an Atlanta-area technology veteran and digital implementation specialist who's worked at big companies (AT&T, WebMD) and small start-ups. She's currently a freelance project manager at Delta Air Lines, hence the extremely cool photo!

Valorie and I met when she attended a meeting of Next Chapter for Women, a Meetup a friend and I founded in 2016. Our meetup turned into a private group and we're still going strong 8 years later.

I've also worked with Valorie as she's negotiated career changes over the last 8 years.

She's brilliant - a great speaker, friend, and thinker. She's a University of Michigan alum and huge Michigan football fan. We've had a couple of moments when Michigan played UGA. Since we're really good friends, it always works out!

As you listen to the podcast, you'll notice Valorie has a great voice. She's also a singer.

In this episode, Valorie and I talk about the nature of friendship and how social media can help us stay connected to far flung friends. She shares a great story about a pod she and some girlfriends created during COVID that continues with daily text.

I particularly enjoyed our conversation about welcoming the possibility of new friendships forming as we age.

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with women over 50, I (Becky Berry) talk with author Kathy Elkind about her awe inspiring trek hiking 1,420 miles of the GR5.

After reading Kathy's memoir of the trip, To Walk It Is To See It: 1 Couple, 98 days, 1400 Miles on Europe's GR95. Her memoir reads like the best journal you could imagine.

After reading it, I couldn't wait to talk with her!

So you know, the GR5 starts in the Netherlands and proceeds through Belgium, Luxembourg, the whole length of France, and finally across the Alps.

I don't think I can describe the book better than I did in my Amazon review:

This beautiful work is the story of a couple walking the GR-5 for 98 days. It’s a beautiful, well-written memoir with descriptions of their surroundings that bring them to life. But it’s so much more. It’s the story of a woman who goes out on a trek and finds herself again. I was struck with the way being outside and physically active helped Kathy reacquaint herself with her core beliefs and thoughts - and her ability to know the path even though she can’t speak it. My absolute favorite part of the book is her ability to describe in concrete terms how to give ourselves self-compassion. The whole book is uplifting and inspirational, particularly the thread around her determination to come back to herself. It’s more than reclaiming her inner child; it’s about the woman owning the inner child because she always listened to her. Her inner child was her solace. I cannot recommend this book enough.

In our interview we talk about self-compassion and sloughing off the sludge of the noises and expectations painted on us as women.

We also talk about marriage and how her marriage changed and evolved on that 98 day trek.

Plus, we dive into what it's like to write a book when you've had dyslexia your entire life.

Enjoy!

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Website: https://kathyelkind.com

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In this episode of She's Not Done Yet: Conversations with women over 50, I (Becky Berry) talk with author and farmer Jane Lee Rankin about her amazing journey to her alpaca and llama farm!

Jane Lee and I had a great time talking at Apple Hill Farm, her alpaca and llama and donkey and chicken and many other animals - farm in Banner Elk, NC (I said the wrong name in the podcast). You'll hear some of the animals in the background, along with the delightful wind you'll hear in the background occasionally.

After reading Jane Lee's memoir, Farm Family: A Solo Mom's Memoir of Finding Home, Happiness, and Alpaca's, I couldn't wait to talk to her.

Her memoir reads like a coming of age story where she comes back to herself through her journey through cancer treatment, to motherhood, and finally to farm owner.

We talk about her determination to honor her inner child, never losing sight of her and always listening to her. And, how, in the flow of her life, she comes to embody the adult version of that little girl.

We also talk about the value of being grounded, and, more than that, being grounded in reality. Jane Lee shares how keeping the farm going reacquainted her with the reality of life - no matter how bad your night was, the animals have to be fed the next morning.

Her story is interesting, compelling, and filled with nuggets of wisdom.

Enjoy!

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Apple Hill Farms

Website: Apple Hill Farm: https://AppleHillFarmNC.com

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Jane Lee Rankin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jane.l.rankin.1

Instagram: @janeleerankin

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-lee-rankin

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