GenX Journeys: Reinvention at Any Age with Terry Yoffe

In this week's episode of GenX Journeys, I'm joined by the extraordinary Terry Yoffe — an 83-year-young business and communications coach, speaker, and podcaster who proves that it's never too late to grow, evolve, and reinvent yourself.

Terry's story is a masterclass in resilience: from overcoming childhood challenges, to building a thriving career in sales without experience, to launching a coaching practice at 60, to starting her own podcast at 78, and now stepping onto stages as a speaker.

She brings the wisdom of someone who has lived reinvention again and again — and has the mindset and energy of someone decades younger.

We dive into what holds people back, how to move through fear, why age is truly just a number, and how Gen Xers (and anyone midlife and beyond) can create a powerful next chapter.

I also share a big personal milestone of my own — finally finishing the Marine Corps Marathon after missing the time cutoff last year. Perseverance, discipline, and trusting the process carried me through.

This conversation is packed with insight, humor, tough love, and the reminder that your best chapters may still be ahead of you.

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In This Episode We Talk About:

• My Marine Corps Marathon comeback and what it taught me

• Terry's lifelong pattern of reinvention (60s… 70s… 80s… and still going)

• How to make a career or life pivot when you feel stuck

• Why fear keeps us clinging to the "old trapeze"

• Viewing setbacks as redirection — not failure

• Why Gen Xers tend to feel younger than our age

• The power of self-advocacy and asking for what you want

• What companies gain when they blend younger and older generations

• How to turn inward and identify what's really holding you back

• Terry's latest chapter: speaking, inspiring, and rewriting the rules of aging

 

Connect with Terry Yoffe

• https://trycoaching.com/
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Extraordinary Work: Conversations About Creating Change (available on all podcast apps)

 

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