Aging with Purpose and Passion

Finding Strength in Adversity: Caren Paskel’s Path to Self-Belief

• Beverley Glazer • Episode 124

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In this inspiring episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Caren Paskel shares her extraordinary transformation from a shy, anxious teenager to a woman of unshakable self-belief. Her journey began with yoga, a practice that sparked a spiritual awakening and became her anchor through life’s storms. When she met David—her soulmate and a bold dreamer 12 years her junior—Caren’s world expanded. Together, they built a life and businesses filled with purpose, defying doubts about their age gap.

Facing Terminal Illness with Courage

Everything changed when David was diagnosed with brain cancer. Caren opens up about the raw reality of caregiving, running businesses during a pandemic, and leaning on community support to survive. “When you share what’s really going on, people know how to help,” she says. After losing David, Caren channeled her grief into action—selling their home, letting go of possessions, and moving across the country to pursue dreams she’d long deferred, honoring his legacy by living boldly.

Finding Purpose After Loss

Caren’s philosophy of seeking “blessings in disguise” offers hope to anyone navigating life after loss. “When I choose to see the blessings, more keep coming,” she reflects. Her story is a powerful lesson in resilience, especially for women over 50 facing grief, transitions, or the urge to rediscover purpose. Caren proves it’s never too late to reinvent yourself and live with passion.

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Speaker 1:

Welcome to Aging with Purpose and Passion, the podcast designed to inspire your greatness and thrive through life. Get ready to conquer your fears. Here's your host psychotherapist, coach and empowerment expert, Beverley Glazer.

Beverley Glazer:

Are you ready to embrace your inner strength and step into the next chapter with new purpose? Well, welcome to Aging with Purpose and Passion. I'm Beverley Glazer and I'm a transformational coach and catalyst for women over 50 who need confidence to take that leap and create the life they know that they deserve. And you can find me on reinventedpossiblecom. In today's episode, I'm joined by Caren Paskel, a best-selling author, speaker and founder of Karen Paspo, self-evolution, youthful Longevity and the Self-Evolution Education Foundation. Karen has dedicated her career to guiding others towards self-mastery. Get ready to be inspired by this conversation and learn how to live with intention. Embrace your inner strength and step into your next chapter Welcome.

Caren Paskel:

Caren Welcome. Thank you so much, Beverley. It's so great to be here.

Beverley Glazer:

It's terrific to have you and your story is so empowering, particularly for older women who go through a lot of this. So, karen, you started your journey very young in spiritual growth. What attracted you to that?

Caren Paskel:

I was an introvert and the baby in the family as well. So there was a lot of commotion, having an older brother and sister of eight and 10 years and a lot of you know teenagers in the house and I'm this baby, so it was really loud and there were, you know conflicts and all this stuff going on in the house. So I kind of stayed to myself and watched. I was called the little pitcher with big ears and I kind of took everything in. I was very quiet and I also my nature was artistic. I was creative as a child and I loved projects and arts, doing things on my own versus playing games with kids so and I was also athletic. Those were the two things, but I loved doing things by myself. So you know, it was pretty easy to be in my little creative zone and that's kind of. You know where that started for me. And could you ask the question again?

Beverley Glazer:

And could you ask the question again your journey to yoga and spirituality.

Caren Paskel:

Yes, so that that I was thinking yoga, spirituality they're one in the same. But yoga came to me because, during all of the stuff going on in my house when I was about 16, I started to have panic attacks and anxiety. And that's when my mom said hey, you might really like this yoga class. It was a friend of the family who had a studio and I went and took the class and it was really outstanding. So I don't think I had much spiritual understanding before that, even though I went to Sunday school, even though I, you know, we went to temple. That didn't draw me in.

Caren Paskel:

It wasn't until yoga class that I met myself in a different way, and so that's when the spirituality began. It was like I had this introverted nature, I had this creative side, but the spiritual part and aspect from within wasn't recognized until I was about 16. And immediately when that was turned on, that really shifted me inward. I just wanted more and more of that peacefulness and I was drawn to kind of questioning what is this and where can I find it outside of the yoga class, you know? So that opened me up to this whole new world.

Beverley Glazer:

And you got married, and it was a short-lived marriage, and then you found your soulmate. Tell me about that.

Caren Paskel:

So, and yes, I wasn't fully evolved enough. You know, I mean this is a lifelong journey of evolution. But at the time of my first husband I really didn't love myself. My self-worth was so low and so, because there was this other person who loved me so much, that was why I said yes to being in a relationship with that person, even though it was so unhealthy for me. It filled the void of I don't love myself, but this person does. I was really on the spiritual journey. So I grew a lot in that relationship and I outgrew the relationship pretty fast, especially when I got into the philosophy of yoga and understanding the universal laws of life. Of yoga and understanding the universal laws of life. That really changed everything for me and I realized I no longer could be in an unhealthy relationship if I wanted to love myself and grow and that was stunting my growth. So that was a big let go and release for me. That took over eight years because I knew this person was wrong for me at the very beginning. And so now in my life, if I know anything is out of alignment, I don't wait eight minutes, I know right away, because that will take even longer and get harder the more you keep it, you know. So when I was free for a while, single, it allowed me to really learn how to love myself, to be more independent in my love.

Caren Paskel:

I went through a dating phase and I kind of got over it and was like you know what I just enjoy being on my own. I'm not going to do these apps and people setting me up and all the things and meeting all these people, my yoga students not a good idea. I'm just going to, I'm happy alone. Like this is frustrating and it's kind of stressful. And as soon as I had that detached mentality, that's exactly when I had one more date lined up from maybe a month ago, where I had met someone who seemed nice and we had planned to meet. I kind of forgot about it and he reached out and was like hey, we were supposed to meet. I kind of forgot about it and he reached out and was like hey, you know we were supposed to meet, do you still want to? And I was like, yeah, okay, Because it was. It was in a public event, it was an arts event, like a music, and it would be fun anyways, just to go, and I just didn't care anymore if. If it worked out or not, I'm like I'm just going to go have this experience and if it doesn't, if it's not good, then I'll just enjoy the day by myself and say goodbye.

Caren Paskel:

Well, what happened was he appeared. I remember seeing him a little bit of distance off and I think he saw me and we met eyes and his face just lit up. His smile was so big and I just got a smile on my face and the first thing he said to me was that you look way better in person. So it was just really funny. And he had this confidence in this air about him that I recognized the energy from afar, this belief in himself. That's all I can say. You know this, this determination and this perseverance within, and it was so, um, it was radiating and it was just I wanted to be around that and I knew that that was something I was lacking that self-confidence and that, um, that just that drive. He had it and that belief in himself. So it was really love at first sight. I mean, I've never experienced anything like it from that moment on. That was it.

Caren Paskel:

We were together all the time. Within one year, we were engaged. Within two years, we were married and we, like we, I think we prolonged the engagement. He just wanted to take me off the market.

Caren Paskel:

But this man came from completely different side of the tracks, very different upbringing. He was 12 years younger than me, so huge differences. But the main thing that the both of us had was that we both just wanted to keep growing ourselves, even if it was in different ways or different modes, or maybe he listened to different speakers and podcasts and teachers, but we had those elements in our life and we just constantly wanted to keep expanding ourselves. And for me, I knew that I needed someone like him to do so, to move me in some of the ways that I was hiding and staying really small. And I know that he needed me in a lot of ways to have that love and support from somebody that he didn't really have from kind of a broken up family and be on his own, so young, having to take care of his brothers and sisters. So I was really stable and grounded for him and I think he needed that source of love and light.

Caren Paskel:

So we were really. We complimented each other and it was. We were just off to the races. I mean, it was just a fairy tale. You know all of it, all of every part of the beginning stages and our wedding, and, and it just was incredible, and our businesses, we were opening businesses at the same time. So wow, wow, wow, and then you know we'll get to the next part. I'm sure you have a question about it.

Beverley Glazer:

Oh, yes, for sure. He became your business partner and he became your everything and what happened. Let's get to the next part, because I'm sure everybody is listening.

Caren Paskel:

Well, interestingly enough, we were in totally different businesses but we helped each other go our separate ways, because I was into yoga, he was in real estate, all of these things. So we had our independence, which was really beautiful. So we weren't together all the time, which is why we were both so happy, because then when we were together, it was quality time. So we had a really incredible relationship and I don't think either of us had ever experienced anything like it and everything was going so well. My business was going so well, his business was going so well and we were both in the beginning stages. We bought our first home together and we were living in that home. We actually he surprised me.

Caren Paskel:

He wasn't really a big dog lover. I had two dogs One of them passed away and he surprised me with a Great Dane puppy. This is my all time like favorite fantasy dog and he's actually with me right now. He's still alive, onyx. So that's really lovely that I got to have him and Onyx was only two weeks I think we brought him home. He might have been 10 weeks old, so two weeks been with us and my husband came inside from grilling some chicken. He had told me that he felt weird, like his right hand felt a little numb or tingly and you know he worked out a lot. Also, like the night before it was Father's Day, we had a lot of company, it was hot outside, he had some drinks, so I thought maybe he was a little dehydrated and I said, well, you know, it's Sunday, it's Father's Day, you know, let's wait a minute, I'll get out of the shower. And if you're not feeling well, we know it's Sunday, it's it's father's day, you know, let's, let's wait a minute, I'll get out of the shower and if you're not feeling well, we'll go to the hospital.

Caren Paskel:

So when I came downstairs, he came inside and he just, I remember I was on one side of the gated kitchen and he was on the other, bringing the tray, the kind of passing it to me he started convulsing and I, yeah, and I just I thought it was a joke. Like I said to him are you, is this a joke? Like, are you joking? And because I was, did not, you know, I didn't know what was happening, I managed, I don't even know how it was like subconscious mind just came over right and acted. It was like I grabbed the tray somehow, put it on somewhere. I had my phone in my hand, he I couldn't catch him. He was over 200 pounds. He smashed into the wall and fell. His nose was bleeding, his mouth was foaming and he was hardly breathing. It was like a like a forced breath. I thought I thought he was dying. So I had I called. I said Siri, call 911. And I got 911 on the phone. She guided me through some steps.

Caren Paskel:

By the time EMS came he was regaining consciousness. And so then they had said they thought it was a seizure. I thought still dehydration, I had no idea what was coming. We went to get you know, went to the hospital. He got a CAT scan and they said it showed a mass in his brain. And at the time the only person who was available was his best friend, matt, who lived near that hospital. And he came and met me and he said to me Karen, I think I know what this is. And he said my mom died of brain cancer. And I just said no, that's not it, that's there's no. Like I didn't believe him, I started panicking and crying and I just said no. I called my sister. She said Karen, just take a breath, you don't have any information.

Caren Paskel:

He got an MRI and it showed an orange size tumor in his brain. So we didn't know if it was cancer. We didn't know anything more. We just had to get the brain tumor removed. So he had the surgery and then we found out that it was not benign, but it wasn't the worst grade or stage either. It was called brain cancer, but it was a grade two. I think it was an astrocytoma, and what they said is it was kind of confusing, but they said we will just monitor it, he doesn't need any treatment, let's see how things go. He'll have to be on anti-seizure meds. You'll have to drive him for six months and if he doesn't have a seizure then he can drive all this stuff.

Caren Paskel:

So the surgery went well and he actually. I mean, it was complicated, there was so much healing to be had and so much to deal with with the medications and the rehab. But he did really well because he was young and he was strong, he was only 28. And so he really was fighting hard to get his life back and his health back. And and then you know, we thought everything was going to be good and we were hoping for the best, because every MRI showed better and better results and the tumor shrinking and shrinking to the last little bit which they thought might've just been scar tissue, and at that one year mark he started to have some symptoms and he started not to feel right. He didn't want to get an MRI. We had planned a huge trip overseas and he just said I'm going to call the doctor and see if I can postpone the MRI because if something's wrong we're not going to go on this trip. And I want to go on the trip no matter what, because that's how he was right Live your life to its fullest. Kind of a person. Every day matters and it could be your last.

Caren Paskel:

So we went on this trip to South Africa. We started in Amsterdam, we ended in Paris and it was very chaotic. He was struggling and the whole time having seizure symptoms. He had a seizure at one point, scared me to death. I had to drive. I had to learn how to drive a stitch shift there. He taught me because he couldn't use his right hand and I was basically just stressed in survival mode.

Caren Paskel:

The whole trip I did my best to take care of myself but there was no one we knew there. There was no help anywhere. No hospitals, nothing, no doctors that I knew to help him. So, if anything happened, I just felt very, very alone, and so a matter it could have been weeks, and that was you know had to be taken out immediately. Another surgery, and the news was the worst news, at least that's what you know. We were told hey, this is a grade four glioblastoma, you have nine to 12 months to live with treatment, and so that was pretty much, I think, the most devastating life-shifting moment that I had, because it was just nothing I had ever thought could ever happen, especially him being so young and having no prior health issues and everything going the way that it was. So that really jolted us even more. And, yeah, so that's.

Beverley Glazer:

Yeah, but you had businesses together. So, besides the health issues I mean the health issues take priority, but you had businesses together you had to keep your life together. How were you able to manage those both sides of what was going on?

Caren Paskel:

So I had my own business. I did. I had two yoga studios and I almost had a third one, but one of the decisions I made when he first got diagnosed is to not open the third one. We spoke about that and we reevaluated our lives and we said putting more on our plate either one of us is not smart. So I got out of that lease. I lost, you know, maybe 10 grand, because I'd already put money down, and it was worth it, though, to not have that extra stress and work. We didn't know the pandemic was coming either, so when, when David got diagnosed only a few months into this with the second tumor, the pandemic hit, so I had to shut down my studio. I ended up closing another one, the one that was open. It was almost easier because I didn't have to manage so much with the pandemic. The studio was closed down and I taught yoga classes online, and that's just how I kept it going classes online, and that's just how I kept it going.

Caren Paskel:

But there was, you know, a lot of people forego all their responsibilities to take care of somebody, and that can actually be more stressful, because you need to keep yourself focused on some other aspect other than what's going on. That's a challenge, because that will help you face the challenge. So when I taught a yoga class, it saved me. It helped me refocus on the fact that this isn't my only and everything that I have. I also have my own life. I also have these abilities to teach and help others and I have, you know, talents and gifts to share, and that was a way of caring for myself. So I asked for a lot of help. Lots of teachers took my classes, but I wanted to still do work, and when I could, I did. And when I needed to take some time and he needed more of me or we had to travel because we had to go to Duke University, then I did that. So I really.

Caren Paskel:

It was, you know, juggling, but I learned so much about self-care that, even though it changed, even though I couldn't have a five-hour morning like I have now, to just take as much time as I need with all my spiritual disciplines, I still managed to practice my meditation and my movement and my studies in the morning, even if it was 20 minutes or five minutes. And then I also have dogs, so it forced me to go outside and walk and breathe the fresh air and make sure that I kept myself up, because, you're right, there were so many things on my plate that he couldn't even help with anymore and I was really just navigating alone. And so one of the things I had to open up to is asking for more help than I even wanted, because I didn't want to be bombarded by the families, and there's just so many families. He had two sides and I have mine. I have Jewish families, so you know what that's like, and it's just lots of everyone wants to know everything every second, and so I had to start sending emails and just say please stop texting me. So I set a lot of healthy boundaries. That was one way to help myself through.

Caren Paskel:

All of this is to say when you text me and say, how are you? That makes me feel overwhelmed because I'm never just doing great here and so I don't know what to say to that. Or when you say how's David doing? Let me just send you an email and give you an update weekly when I have time, so all of you are in the loop. Please don't send me questions. Please don't send me anything sad, that doesn't help me. Funny things.

Caren Paskel:

I asked for what I needed. I was really strong, and David helped me with that because he was that epitome of self-belief. So there was this shift that started to happen when he got sick and he couldn't be all that he could be. I kind of decided okay, I'm going to tap into this confidence, this belief in myself. I can do way more than I thought, I can be way more than I thought, and I'm just going to tap in to this ultimate resourcefulness within me, but also the network that I have around me. Because why is it, why is a network important if you don't ever call onto your network when you really need it right?

Beverley Glazer:

Oh yeah, oh yes. And how did the yoga community and your community support you, karen?

Caren Paskel:

Oh my gosh, that was the greatest blessing. So I think one of the things that people love about my yoga classes because I'm not like one of the greatest, you know, technical anatomical yoga teachers but it's my authenticity anatomical yoga teachers but it's my authenticity and I really share my story and I share the truth about what's going on to help connect with my students, because I know they're universal themes and so I never held what was going on in, I just let it all out. I really became more visible and transparent in my teaching. I talked about what was happening with me, what was happening at home, and everyone knew what was going on. So instead of like kind of pretending that everything was okay or saying, oh, I don't want to like burden anyone, I shared the truth and people were grateful and thankful.

Caren Paskel:

But what I noticed the most is that when you share what's really going on, that's how people know how to treat you and know how to help you, because you've let them know. And so I was out in the open and I felt so much more loved and supported, rather than like holding it all in and then dumping it out in other ways or just you know, that was my way of releasing and it felt good, but it also helped other people. I got so many people to say thank you for sharing. I'm going through the same thing, or I didn't even know people were in the same situation that I would have never known, or they just lost a loved one, or wow, your resiliency, you're inspiring me, or how can I help? So the community was a lifeline, it always has been, and I had that before he even got sick, which was vital, and I held on to it even through the pandemic. I'm still. I still have my community, I'm still creating community, so it is a huge aspect for healing and support in my life.

Beverley Glazer:

What you've also done since David has died is you've gotten rid of all the clutter, everything around you, and completely reinvented your life, your location, everything. Now, many women, particularly older women, going through what you've gone through, would never do that. They want to hold on to the memories. They don't want to change anything. They don't even want to scale down from their homes to an apartment. How did you get your head around letting go?

Caren Paskel:

Well, david inspired me to think bigger. I was a smaller thinker because, as going back to my initial, your initial question, where I was talking about being introverted, so it's just really interesting I was so small to stay safe. That's what I thought. Right, if I'm in this bubble, I'm protected. So when David came along, he just he didn't gently like, he like really, because I didn't, I the gentle wouldn't have worked for me. He had to put his foot down and just say you need to go do this, like. Or if I was complaining about something, he'd just be like stop complaining and go do this. He was a doer in the sense of not like busy, busy, hurry, worry. He was just like this is my dream, so I'm going to go take action to get it and make it happen and I'm not going to procrastinate and hesitate. So I used to just be like I really want, you know, to be this amazing person and to reach my potential and to live in Colorado. But I stayed small because it protected me. I wouldn't get hurt, I wouldn't have to deal with this uncertainty, the unknown and all the things right that I have to now work through, because there was so much dealing with David's businesses when he died was. I mean, that took years to deal with. And then the house was not even the house that we were supposed to stay in and we were supposed to flip this home. So I ended up with this huge, huge, massive house with both of our businesses that we closed down stored in the house. So it's taken me well a full year just to remove all of that from my home, layer after layer after layer, and dealing with the house and all the problems that it had to even put it on the market and sell it.

Caren Paskel:

Most people would just be like I'll just stay put, you know, and but I believe in myself so much that's really what it is that I know that I'm worthy of living my dreams and I know that my soul, that's what my soul desires. So, tapping into that and thinking about always, I think about what would David say, what would David do? Because when he was with me it was so much easier to go big because I had a partner. So that's what I have to really envision as I meditate on it and I talk to him all the time. He gives me signs all the time because I'm tuned into it and so I don't feel alone. I feel like we're doing this together and now even more so, I really have a desire to live out my full potential. For him, to honor his life, because I'm like he had 30 years here how can I honor those 30 years? He wanted to really change the world. How can I honor that? By being the best version and living the best life and inspiring others. So if I don't move myself, that's the question really how can I move someone else? So, making these bigger moves? I feel empowered to share that. You can do it too. If I did this, so scared I'm all alone.

Caren Paskel:

Somehow, some way, I made this move happen. I got rid of everything. I only brought my clothes. I have nothing so that I could just move into a fully furnished rental, because simplification it's. It is easier and more conducive and enables freedom, and that's that's the ultimate. I just want freedom, right, I think we all do, and that comes from within you and understanding what you need to really thrive, and it could be a whole different environment, and if it is, I encourage you. It's not going to be easy, but when you get there I could cry because I'm here right, because I spoke to you, beverly.

Caren Paskel:

We had our little intro meeting before I was here. So now we're meeting and it's like that just a few weeks. And I made it. And when I step outside and I see the mountains, I cry, because this is always a place I wanted to be. And I stopped waiting for the permission and what everyone thought and wanted of me and I just said no, if David was here, he would say I don't really care about what anyone else wants me to do or thinks we're going to do this, because this is what we know is right for us. And so that's what I did.

Caren Paskel:

And again, it's about expanding myself and I felt that where I was in my environment, I had outgrown it, I knew it and I was stuck, like you were saying. I felt like I couldn't grow fuller and be healthier and happier. I never I don't set a bar for my happiness and healthiness. I threw the bar away. There's no more bar. It's just. Every day there's more room to grow till the end. If tomorrow's my last day, then so be it, but today I'm going to grow, and so that's just. That's just how I roll now.

Beverley Glazer:

Erin, you said so much in this short time that we spoke, but what comes through? In spite of the pain, there's no anger. There's so many women that go through this kind of pain, and then, when they have to get rid of three businesses that they're left with, et cetera, et cetera. There is so much stress, so much anger, but what you have throughout this whole thread is love, love, love, love, love, and so what you've done was turn these difficult times into blessings. And how can you encourage other women to do the same?

Caren Paskel:

Well, I will recommend my book, the Power of Self-Belief, because it really shares the story about how someone who has that power of self-belief can inspire yours. And so, now that I've been inspired, now I can inspire someone else's and the story is just incredible. But there's a lot of teachings that I believe will be very, very helpful, and one of the power thoughts in my books is seeing the blessings that are in disguise. And so I have been in a position where I haven't seen the blessings and in that position I am stressed, I am sorrowful. There is lack of luster and joy in my life and I decided that's not how I want to live. When I choose to see the blessings in life, it's amazing how many more blessings come from that. And now that's all I see.

Caren Paskel:

Even in the challenge, even in the chaos, even in the storm, I always know there's a silver lining. I'm always grateful because there's pairs of opposites and that challenge I'm going to grow from, I'm going to learn from, I'll be guided in some way, shape or form. I just see life as an opportunity. Now there is no challenge, it's just okay. What do I have to learn here? And I'm so thankful for this opportunity to grow. So I just made a choice and you know, I think anybody can, that's how I mentor my clients is just to help reframe the brain, the neuroplasticity, to change how we look at it, Because usually people grow up and they're, you know, in lack, and when you're in lack all the time you don't see the blessings. You're in that scarcity and that shuts down your reception and your abundance. But as soon as you come into that gratitude, it's like you start to become grateful for just everything.

Beverley Glazer:

Wonderful, thank you. Thank you so much, karen Paschal. Karen Paschal is a best-selling author, speaker and founder of the Karen Paschal Self-Evolution Youthful Longevity and the Self-Evolution Education SEE Foundation. She has dedicated her career to guiding other people towards holistic transformation, empowerment and self-mastery. Here are a few takeaways from this episode. First, believe in yourself. It's the key to overcoming challenges and creating lasting change. Balance set boundaries mind, body and spirit. This builds for resilience and whenever life goes up and down and life's toughest moments, open up opportunities for growth.

Beverley Glazer:

If you've been relating to this episode, think of one small thing that you can do to brighten up your life. Perhaps it's writing positive affirmations, embracing a hobby, learning a new skill, practicing yoga and meditation, just to give yourself some balance and calm. For similar episodes on reinventing yourself after grief and loss, please check out episode 108 and 121 on aging with purpose and passion. And if you've enjoyed this episode, you may also like Women Over 70 Aging Reimagined. These are stories that shatter the myth that we become irrelevant as we age. That link, by the way, it's in the show notes too. So, karen, where can people learn more about you and find out about your book?

Caren Paskel:

What are the links? Thank you so much. So you can go to my website, karenpaschalcom. That pretty much has everything there. You can find my email, get in touch with me. My book is on Amazon. It's in bookstores as well the Power of Self-Belief I would love you to have it and also on Facebook. I have a wonderful community with so many beautiful opportunities ageless health tips, youthful longevity masterclass. So please find me. It's called the Community for Self-Transformation and Beverley will have the links for you. And, yeah, I'd love to connect with anybody who's interested.

Beverley Glazer:

Yes, if you didn't get those links Caren said it they will be on my site too. That's reinventimpossiblecom, and they'll also be in the show notes right beneath this episode. And now, my friends, what's next for you? Are you going through the motions or are you really passionate about your life? Get from stuck to unstoppable. A free checklist to unlock your full potential and that link is also in the show notes too. You can connect with me, Beverly Glazer, on all social media platforms and in my positive group of women on Facebook. That's Women Over 50 Rock. And if you're looking for guidance in your own life, I invite you to explore reinventedpossiblecom. Thank you for listening. Have you enjoyed this conversation? Please drop a review, share it with a friend and always remember that you only have one life, so live it with purpose and passion.

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