Old Chicks Know Sh*t Podcast

Making the Leap from Corporate to Entrepreneurship

It feels like more and more midlife women are opting out of corporate and turning towards entrepreneurship to fight workplace ageism but also to find passion and purpose in their life. 
In this weeks episode I chat with Hilary Decesare who is the founder of The Relaunch Co. And a 3x best selling author of the book Relaunch: Spark Your Heart to Ignite Your Life. We talk about why more women are opting out of corporate life, the joys and potential pitfalls of transitioning from  to entrepreneurship, how to know if it’s right for you and how you can employ Hilary’s 3 HQ formula to reimagine possibility for both your personal and professional life.  
If taking the leap to entrepreneurship  is on the radar for your next chapter  this episode is for you. 
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Hilary DeCesare is an award-winning business expert, 3x internationally best-selling author, and founder of both The ReLaunch Co. and The Fired-Up Entrepreneur Signature Course.
This former Silicon Valley CEO is widely recognized for her work in neuropsychology and is on a mission to empower mid-life women to experience joy and reimagine what is possible both personally and professionally with her innovative framework, the 3HQ™. Through her signature courses, private coaching, and ever-growing community, Hilary has helped thousands of women reinvent their lives, businesses, and relationships so they can show up as their best selves every day.
Hilary’s work and insights have been featured on ABC’s The Secret Millionaire, as well as NBC, The Huffington Post, Forbes Coaches Council, The Hallmark Channel, Fox, and Yahoo Finance. She hosts both “The reLAUNCH Podcast” and Radio America’s “The reLAUNCH LIVE” and is a frequent guest lecturer at Cal Poly San Luis Opispo
https://therelaunchco.com/
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https://www.amazon.com/RELAUNCH-Spark-Your-Heart-Ignite-ebook/dp/B0B2WZKBDB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=H5X0KCWQPOWF&keywords=relaunch+hilary+decesare&qid=1673630808&sprefix=relaunch%2Caps%2C1533&sr=8-1
 
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

If you listen to only 1 podcast episode this year let this one be it.  This might be my most favourite conversation yet. I’m speaking with Nancy Sokol Green who is the founder and executive director of a global education program called Brain Highways. She is also the author of book called Connection mode - How to Change Your Brain For A Better Life, which as far as I’m concerned should be required reading for everyone. 
 
Todays conversation is about how limiting beliefs, negative thoughts and bad habits can keep us stuck as a result of patterns in our nervous system. Nancys work shows that we have the power to shift these patterns to create the life we want to live. This is an especially important episode if you you’re in the process of creating some thing new in your life and feeling stuck or finding yourself facing fears and doubts about what’s possible.  I know you are going to love this episode as much as I do. 
 
Nancy Sokol Green is a former classroom teacher, teacher trainer, and author of innovative educational programs used in schools nationwide. In 1999, she created and implemented Brain Highways in the public schools, which has since evolved into the international Brain Highways Global program.
https://www.brainhighways.com
Connection Mode: How to Change Your Brain for an Easier Life https://a.co/d/95D1HIU

How People Pleasing Keeps You Stuck

I am a recovering people pleaser. I spent most of my life living by a list of shoulds and the expectations of others. I checked all the boxes of being a good wife, mother, employee, daughter, sister... you name it. I never stopped to consider what I actually wanted; what was important to me. And well, we know how that turned out... hello divorced, unhappy, burnt out corporate executive. I know I am not alone in this because I hear this story from women all the time. 
This week on the podcast I talk with Amy Green Smith who is a Hypnotist and NLP coach who specializes in helping people break free of people pleasing to live happier, more fulfilled lives. We talk in depth about why we do it, how it keeps us stressed out, stuck and unhappy as well as practical tools and strategies that can help us live our most authentic lives. 

Creating A Win-Win Divorce

Today on the podcast were chatting about resolving conflict and in particular we are talking about divorce.
If you have been through, or are going through the process of divorce you know that its probably one of the most difficult and contentious conflicts we will have to face in our lives.
Todays guest is Kim Korven, a former lawyer, judge and self proclaimed conflict avoider turned conflict mediator/consultant. While Kims work helps families navigate all kind of conflict we dig deep into divorce on this episode.
Having stepped away  from the legal processes of conflict and divorce Kim has developed a people first approach to helping people navigate difficult situations with the goal of creating win-win scenarios for everyone involved. 
This is an insightful episode that will leave you many Aha’s and hopefully some useful tools and resources that may be of use before during and after your divorce or any other family conflict. 
The divorce script:  https://www.thegentlewaydivorce.com.
https://www.theconflict.ca
 

A Practical Guide To The Chakra System For Your Best Life

You’ve probably heard about Chakra’s  in either the context of yoga or meditation but do you really understand what the Chakra  system is and how it impacts your day to day life?
 
Todays guest is Dr Susan Corso who is an expert on the Chakra system  and how it relates to our physical, mental and emotional well being. how we show up for ourselves and our lives.  She shares practical applications and tips for understanding our how we work with energy to improve our lives. 
 
This is fascinating conversation that sounds woo woo  but it’s really just about our energy and how we use it. I share some of my  personal experience with chakras and Dr. Susan provides some key insights and clarified some things for me.
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Dr. Susan Corso is a metaphysician, an intuitive, and an author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has had a spiritual consulting practice for over 40 years. Her latest nonfiction are the eight Energy Integrity workbooks; they teach applied, practical knowledge of how your chakras reflect your past, how your chakras can be changed in the present, and how to use your own human energy system to create your future. Her fiction crosses genres and is about people who are conscious creators. She lives in the Hudson River Valley in Cupcake Manor with her beloved husband and her familia, Smooch.
 
Free Chakra guide:http://chakras.susancorso.com/
 
https://www.instagram.com/peacecorso/
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrSusanCorso
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susancorso/
https://susan-15721.medium.com/

Life is short. If Not Now When?

Todays episode is a solo episode. Its s reflective episode about how short and precious our life is.  Life short. What are you choosing for your next chapter?
 
 

TheTop Money Blocks for Women

If you look at the stats of how women fair in retirement compared to men, it's not pretty.  There are many reasons for this but one of the most important is that we haven’t taken the lead role in our own money story. We've been taught  "don't talk about money" and to rely on partners, financial planners and others "smarter" and "more knowledgable"  to lead the way. 
Todays guest Tania Vasallo leads a global community of  high-achieving women working to become financially empowered and Independent. She shares the top mistakes that women make when it comes to money and what we can take control of our financial future.   It’s a lively conversation that takes us deep into all the reasons women are sometimes not as comfortable with money as they should be.
If you're feeling called to take more control of your financial future this is an episode you wont want to miss.
 
 
 
Tania Vasallo is the founder of The Courage To Be Happy, a global community of high-achieving women entrepreneurs working to become financially empowered and independent. She also hosts Increase Your Income and Impact, her signature live event to help women expand their businesses and mindsets. 
Free Download: Womens Top Money Mistakes https://bit.ly/3UzRWXs
https://www.thecouragetobehappy.com/
 

Following your Heart to Passion and Purpose

Today’s episode is an inspiring story about following your heart even when it doesn’t quite make sense.  Genevieve Piturro walked away from a very successful career as a television marketing executive to found a national non-profit organization called Pajama Program to make sure that all children living in shelters had pajamas and books so that they could experience, if even for a night, her favorite childhood memory of pajama and story time.
Genevieve shares how a voice inside her led to a completely unexpected path that has now become the most important work of her life. We talk about inner knowing and trust as she shares the ups and downs of this journey that has lit her soul on fire and forever changed her life. 
This episode gave me all the feels. If you want a hefty dose of inspiration and to awaken to possibility and purpose for your own life this episode is for you.
 
About Genevieve:
Genevieve Piturro was a successful television marketing executive in New York City for twenty years when a little girl’s question changed the course of her life forever – and she jumped off the corporate ladder. She began delivering pajamas and books to children in shelters and in 2001 founded Pajama Program, a non-profit which has been recognized nationwide for both its success and Genevieve’s story.
Genevieve has been interviewed most recently on Hallmark's Home & Family, on OPRAH, TODAY, GMA, The Early Show, CNN, Fox & Friends, O Magazine, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal and she rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell in 2016.  She has been the recipient of many local and national awards.
An international speaker, personal strategic coach and author, Genevieve has made it her mission to inspire men and women across the globe to listen to their heart-voice connection in pursuing their passions to achieve success. Besides the amazing credentials and accolades, Genevieve remains a very remarkable and engaging speaker.
https://www.genevievepiturro.com/
https://pajamaprogram.org/