Midlife Women Entrepreneurs

In this episode, I sit down with SEO and AI search expert Cinthia Pacheco, founder of Digital Bloom IQ. Cinthia runs her agency from Argentina while raising her daughter and serving clients around the world. Her story shows what’s possible when you take a risk, start before you’re ready, and build your business one simple step at a time.

You’ll hear how she moved from a South African digital agency to building her own company, how s...

What if the real reason you feel stuck in midlife isn’t your goals, it’s your self-worth?

In this raw and powerful episode, Debbie Dobbins shares how she went from burned out and disconnected to fully aligned with her feminine power and purpose. 

After losing millions and facing a deep personal reckoning, she realized mindset alone wasn’t enough.

This conversation is about what it really takes to rise in midlife: shifting your energy,...

What happens when the business you built becomes the thing that breaks you?

In this episode, Lynette sits down with Charity Brown a serial entrepreneur, author, and founder of The Happy CEO, to talk about what it takes to reinvent your life and business after burnout. 

Charity shares her journey from teenage mom and high school dropout to running multiple restaurants, hitting rock bottom, and rising again by doing the deep inner work...

What if your childhood photo albums held the key to healing generational pain?

In this intimate conversation, Lynette Turner interviews Haleh Shoa, founder of Picturli, a boutique photo archiving and legacy preservation studio based in Los Angeles. Haleh’s own story of escaping Iran as a child, rebuilding life in the U.S., and searching for identity, led her to create a business rooted in memory, meaning, and healing.

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Helene Clarkson was a 40-something mom with no design background, a former actress burned out from the business, and a woman who simply wanted better travel clothes. What started as a “how hard could this be?” idea turned into Helene Clarkson Design a global travelwear fashion brand now shipping worldwide.

In this episode, Helene shares how she:

• Launched a fashion brand in midlife with no formal training
• Went from failed prototype...

What if the barriers holding you back weren’t yours to begin with? In this powerful conversation, Lynette Turner sits down with Simon Calderbank, a UK-based breakthrough coach who helps women leaders shed decades of masculine conditioning and reconnect with their intuitive power.

Simon shares how being raised by three women shaped his life mission, why he wrote the viral blog post “Addressing the Elephant in the Room: The Wh...

What if the fear holding you back is actually your teacher?

In this powerful episode, wellness mentor and self-leadership coach Courtney Townley reveals how midlife women can stop outsourcing their worth and start coaching themselves through fear, fatigue, and self-abandonment.

After 30 years in the health space, Courtney has learned that women don’t need more discipline, they need more nourishment. We talk about the truth be...

When Lana Starchuck was unexpectedly laid off in midlife, she didn’t crumble, she recalibrated. A writer, keynote speaker, and 1,000-jump skydiver, Lana turned one of life’s scariest moments into her most courageous leap. In this episode, she joins Lynette to talk about navigating rejection, building resilience, and why midlife reinvention isn’t about starting over, it’s about finally becoming who you were meant to be. Tune...

Anisa Crespo looked like she had it all: the job, the hustle, the family. But deep down, she knew she was spread too thin and missing the life she was meant to live. In this episode, she shares the moment her daughter asked, “Do you still love us?” and how that one question cracked her open. From juggling multiple side hustles to building the Million Dollar Mom Society, Anisa reveals how she walked away from security, trust...

What do you do when you're a stay-at-home mom with three kids, no extra income, and a closet full of gently used baby clothes? If you're Rhea Lana Riner, you start small and scrappy and change everything. In this episode, Rhea shares how solving her own problem led to a nationwide business  -> Rhea Lana's with 120+ franchises. From ironing secondhand clothes in her living room to fighting the federal gover...

What if laughter was your secret superpower? In this episode, Lynn Harris, founder of Gold Comedy, shares how she built a thriving online community that helps women use humor to build confidence, tell their stories, and feel seen again. From doctors to grandmothers to entrepreneurs, Lynn’s students are proving that comedy isn’t just for stages it’s for healing, storytelling, and showing up unapologetically in midlife. If yo...

What happens when the kids leave and the silence echoes louder than you expected? In this honest and powerful episode, award-winning columnist and author Rita Lussier shares her story of reinvention after motherhood and the unexpected emotional unraveling that came with it. Through heartfelt conversation and personal essays from her book And Now, Back to Me, Rita explores what it means to lose your role, your rhythm, and so...

Is your marriage falling apart or are you finally waking up? In this powerful episode, therapist and author Dr. Becky Whetstone joins Lynette to expose the real roots of midlife crisis, the five stages of a dying marriage, and how conformity kills your soul (literally). From toxic relationships to feminine-masculine energy dynamics, this is a wake-up call for midlife women who are done performing and ready to reclaim their ...

What if AI could be used not to replace you, but to reflect your brilliance? In this episode, Christiane Witt, co-founder of SoulXAI, shares how midlife women entrepreneurs can turn their lived wisdom, values, and visionary thoughts into strategic systems using AI.

Learn how to create your “business brain” with Claude or ChatGPT (or any LLM for that matter!), simplify VA onboarding, and escape burnout without losing the hear...

Author and former psych nurse Marla Miller is helping women finally write the stories they were too afraid to tell. In this powerful conversation, Marla shares how she walked through midlife heartbreak, found her voice through writing, and teaches others to do the same. Her novel Sweet Spot: Now and Then is fiction based on truth, a story of reinvention, bravery, and becoming your future self. Whether you're dreaming o...

What happens when the life you built no longer feels like your own? In this empowering episode, DeShawn Wynn shares how she went from a thriving business owner to a woman on a mission to live with purpose. After the sudden death of her father and a soul-shifting trip to Ghana, DeShawn stopped sleepwalking through life and started designing a new one. She opens up about trusting intuition, healing ancestral wounds, and creat...

What if passive income was easier to build than you think? In this episode, Lynette sits down with direct sales expert Leslie Hocker to talk about how midlife women can create new income streams without starting over. With four decades of entrepreneurial experience, Leslie shares how to choose the right business model, why mentorship matters, and how to build confidence through products you actually believe in. Whether you’...

Jennifer Jensen spent nearly three decades climbing the corporate ladder (often without formal authority) while battling burnout and imposter syndrome. In this powerful conversation, she opens up about her midlife reinvention, the hidden leadership gap no one talks about, and how women can stop playing small and lead with confidence. Whether you’re managing a team or managing your life, this episode is packed with practical...

If selling makes you cringe, this episode is your permission slip to try something new.

In this empowering conversation, Lynette sits down with Julia Brooks a sales coach and twin mama who left behind bro-marketing culture to teach women how to sell with authenticity, ease, and connection.

You’ll learn how Julia built a business that aligns with her values (and her twins’ nap schedule), why "overcoming objections" d...