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A podcast offering tips and tricks for reinventing yourself by former More magazine Editor In Chief and creator of CoveyClub.com, Lesley Jane Seymour.
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Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
“In 2015, the influencer industry was a half a billion dollar industry,” says Aliza Freud; “This year it’s projected to be close to $25 billion.” As the founder and CEO of SheSpeaks, a global community of female influencers, Freud connects brands with the social media entrepreneurs who can help them amplify their message. “I think it’s giving women a huge opportunity,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. In fact, in a recent study her company spotted a rising trend of women embracing social media entrepreneurship as a side hustle. In women between the ages of 45 and 54, 30% said they already have a side hustle while 22% said they plan to start one. In this insightful conversation Freud explains why more and more women are looking at side hustles in midlife and how you can take the steps to starting your own!
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Time Stamps:
2:58 – Leaving the job she loved for entrepreneurship
7:20 – How Influencer marketing has evolved
12:20 – The pitfalls of the industry: why women still face a pay gap and other challenges
19:00 – How content creation has changed since Covid
23:00 – The best monetization platforms and side hustles for women
27:30 – Social media and the search for work-life balance among women
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
“Most people think that if somebody from the Philippines is marrying an American, maybe she only wants money,” observed Filipino-born Kristy Yoder. “I’m a living testimony that it’s not true…I hired my husband full-time.” When Yoder first moved to the United States she began working as a freelance virtual assistant in the hopes that entrepreneurship would allow her to spend more time with her loved ones. Yet, like so many of us, she soon experienced the overwhelm of being a one-woman show. After hiring a VA of her own she was able to increase her business tenfold, developing her own agency of virtual assistance based in the Philippines. Moving into a CEO position, Yoder was able to devote more time to her family and other creative pursuits, like hosting the Master Delegator podcast. In this fun and insightful conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour she shares her best tips for finding the right VA to support you, the documents you’ll want to prepare when hiring a freelancer, and the first tasks you should focus on delegating to get the most out of your VA.
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Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
"The thing you might want to do may not be the thing you need to do in order to start the ball rolling so you can reinvent," says Izolda Trakhtenberg. "What is the thing that you need to actually change?" A former NASA Master Trainer, Trakhtenberg has reinvented herself as an author, educator, and master podcaster. She believes in the power of the Fives Cs: Creativity, Curiosity, Compassion, Confidence, and Communication. Thoughtful and illuminating, this conversation between Trakhtenberg and CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour offers both tangible how-tos and stimulating inspiration on how to make your move into your next chapter. Listen in for her best advice on getting started with podcasting, building a community, and telling your story.
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Timestamps:
2:30 - How her childhood shapred her future reinvention
9:00 - How she overcame her public speaking fear and developed her vocal persona
14:00 - Reinvention tips for women in their 40s and 50s
19:00 - Podcasting tips, techniques, and success strategies
28:00 - How to be consistent with podcasting and strategies for engagement
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
"As corny as it sounds, it really is about doing the inner work and knowing who you are," observes lawyer, author, and emotional well-being expert Poonam Bhuchar. "We put energy into going to the gym, we put effort into our relationships, why do we not honeymoon ourselves…why don't we spend the time to get to know who we are and what we want?" A powerhouse reinventor and master of resilience, Bhuchar overcame assault, bullying, and attempted suicide before dedicating her professional life to supporting others on their journey to better emotional health. She is the creator of the SAFE Retreat: Transforming Relationships Through Communication and Understanding, which utilizes holistic practices such as yoga and somatic therapy to help couples work through emotional pain and communicate so they can transform their relationships. Listen in to this rich conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour to learn how Bhuchar took the steps to leave an abusive marriage and empower herself towards her best life.
The SAFE Retreat will take place in December in the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information, visit EmotionallySafe.com. Bhuchar’s book, SAFE from the Pain: Out of the Darkness Into a Life That’s Free, Happy, and Good is available now. Connect with Poonam Bhuchar on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Timestamps:
2:47 - Her personal childhood trauma and healing story
9:00 - Leaving her arranged marriage, pursuing therapy, and improving her communication
16:00 - How therapy and other practices helped her heal her relationships
20:00 - Financial awareness in a marriage (why we culturally assign finances to men)
25:00 - Learn more about the SAFE Retreat
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Is it possible to reinvent yourself as a writer in your second act and also make a sustainable living? Journalist and writing coach Rebecca Weber is proof that you can. Her reinvention took her from Washington, DC to Cape Town, South Africa where she covers social justice, travel, the environment and the arts. Listen in to her conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour as she shares her hard-won insights, expert hacks, and the exact steps you can take to finally make your passion for writing into a fulfilling career.
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
As an entrepreneur, Barbara Viteri was wildly successful: she was regularly featured on magazine covers and television, and yet she didn’t feel fulfilled. “I noticed that the passion we tell everyone to have…was not really a passion,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour in this candid conversation. “It was a bit scary.” Listen in as she shares the personal reinvention that took her on a career whirlwind, how she chose to leave the world of celebrity interior design on a high note and developed the confidence to embark on a new career as a corporate recruiter. Now CNA International’s fastest-growing senior executive recruiter and building a million dollar portfolio in her first year of business, Viterari shares all her tips and tricks that helped her make her reinvention a reality.
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Time Stamps:
2:57: Creating Designerlebrity and becoming a social media star
7:52: When her marriage began to fail and her career didn't feel like enough
12:45: Reinventing after heartbreak
18:00: How to pivot into a new business
22:53: How self-awareness can help your career reinvention
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Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
"If you look at [menopause] in a positive way, you could do anything," says Michelle Jacobs, co-founder of Womanness, a wellness brand dedicated to supporting women going through menopause and perimenopause. "The women I have found are happiest at this time look at it as an opportunity and not the end of something. And that's really what Womanness is all about." When her longtime friend Sally Mueller started to struggle with the unexpected symptoms of menopause, Jacobs and Mueller decided to team up to create real solutions. They reinvented themselves as startup entrepreneurs to create Womanness and grow it into a powerful brand. Listen in to this conversation between Jacobs and CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour to learn how Jacobs reinvented herself, her top product recommendations during menopause, and the surprising insights she found in her research.
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Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
“I am everything without the job. I am everything without the title…I’m a badass. I’m a trailblazer. I’m a lighthouse.” This was the manifesto that led Shelley Paxton to leave her job as Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson in search of what set her soul on fire. “I didn’t believe it for a while,” she tells me, “I had to keep rereading it and saying it out loud.” Now she's on a mission to lead a reinvention REBELution through her coaching and bestselling book, Soulbattical: A Corporate Rebel's Guide to Finding Your Best Life. Listen in as she tells me all the details that supported her journey and shares the exercises from her book that can take you from unfulfilled to utterly empowered.
Free gift! Grab our new ebook, 5 Days to More Time for You! We've packed it full of our favorite time management hacks to help you conquer your to-do list and create more time for the things that matter most.
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
“I can make money and live a good life rather than trying to figure out how to make money,” says Kim Daly, creator of the Millionaire Mindset program, “because it's in that trying time that most startup businesses fail.” Before becoming one of America’s top franchise consultants, Daly had a successful career as a sought-after entrepreneur in the health and fitness industry. Having experienced life at both ends of the career spectrum, she shares her observations in this insightful conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. Listen in to discover the ways franchise business ownership can revolutionize your life and why it’s not just about flipping hamburgers anymore. Plus, gain all of Daly’s tips and tricks to find out if franchise ownership is right for you: she’ll give you everything you need to get started.
Time Stamps:
4:10 - How her personal reinvention led to entrepreneurship
6:00 - Franchising as a career option
11:00 - Finding the right franchise for you
17:00 - Franchise opportunities for older women
22:00 - What you need to know before you start
31:00 - Achieving entrepreneurship, franchsing, and business success
Free gift! Grab our new ebook, 5 Days to More Time for You! We've packed it full of our favorite time management hacks to help you conquer your to-do list and create more time for the things that matter most.
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Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
When Sharon Linder saw a need gap, she left a 32-year career at IBM to jump into the world of entrepreneurship and fill it. After her mother and sisters survived breast cancer, Linder became more diligent about her own exams. It was in the waiting room where she saw the need gap. “The skinny girls were freezing in their little gowns and the big girls were basically falling out of their bigger gowns,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. “I thought, ‘there has to be a better way.’” As a result, she created Get Janes, a collection of dignified and comfortable hospital gowns designed for women and men in inclusive sizes and styles. In this detailed conversation Linder shares the exact process she went through, from exploring the manufacturing necessities of hospital gowns to getting funding for her business. Listen in to get Linder’s best advice for taking action on your own entrepreneurial journey.
Time Stamps:
2:50 - How she saw the need gap during a breast exam
7:56 - Improving patient experience in hospitals
14:46 - The research she did to understand what needed to be changed
20:15 - Becoming an entrepreneur and developing her product
26:46 - Creating Get Janes and selling to hospitals before going public
Free gift! Grab our new ebook, 5 Days to More Time for You! We've packed it full of our favorite time management hacks to help you conquer your to-do list and create more time for the things that matter most.
Join us in NOLA: CoveyClub's Connection Convention
Connect with Lesley Jane Seymour & CoveyClub:
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