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On The Second Chapter, serial careerist and founder of Slackline Productions, Kristin Duffy, chats with women who started the second (or third… or fifth!) chapter in their careers and lives, after 35.
We’ve just launched season 2, so have a listen on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you like to listen. Of course we’d love to hear what you think- and if you love the show, please leave us a 5-star rating and review on podchaser or Apple podcasts.
Kim Rahir has a pretty incredible story – after an exciting career as an international journalist, she faced not one, but two devastating and frightening health scares. She fought back through resistance – literal resistance – and became a champion weightlifter. Kim now helps other midlife women to get stronger, both physically and mentally. You...
We’re back, BABY! In this episode, Kristin speaks with Christina Braver. Christina studied and worked in psychology, then spent many years working in healthcare technology. Now, she’s writing sex-positive, (very) steamy books that might challenge your idea of a romance novel… especially when you take into account that she’s a practicing, lifelong Christian. You can...
Happy 2024! I’ve got an amazing episode for you this week: Welcome back Jen Zwinck, Kelly Dunham, and Amanda Cupcake. Toward the end of the year, I asked some of my favorite guests and yours of 2023 to share a little bit about what they’ve been up to since they’ve been on the podcast and...
The Five Theatre Girls: five women from Doncaster, who were never professional actors but just performed on one of Great Britain’s most revered stages. Sandra, Christine, Ruth, Sharon and Sally were part of The Odyssey: The Underworld at the National Theatre of Great Britain, the culmination of a project that has brought amazing change to...
For Alison Wearing, experiencing a big change at age 12, her father coming out as gay in the 1970s, led to big changes in her adult life as well. Alison and Kristin talk about how Alison became a writer after failing English in school, how the dismissal of her second manuscript led to her taking...
Amanda Rudd, aka Amanda Cupcake, started out in fashion but the fast pace and stress led to anxiety and health problems. She did something she thought she’d never do (listen to the podcast to find out what!), which has allowed her to discover that sometimes the best fashion model is a cupcake and success isn’t...
Joanne Hardcastle’s unexpected midlife success as an interiors guru and content creator led to, amongst other things, her appearance on Interior Design Masters, interior design’s answer to the Great British Bake-Off. Joanne’s current chapter, which she’s calling “the fun chapter” of her life, only happened after the ups and downs of life, love, and loss....
Despite a “having it all” life in New York City, under the surface, Amber James was anything but happy. A pandemic, two health crises, and a family death led Amber to take a risk, blow up her life, and start all over again. “I think that’s why I’m sharing my story now is I want...
Christie Hayward is living in two worlds- the one that she loves to reminisce about and share with audiences in her show, Memories of the Early 1950s, and the one where she’s checking things off her bucket list, including presenting the show at her first Edinburgh Fringe at age 77. And it’s not just performing-...
A limb difference at birth meant Kim Hughes’ confidence was shaken at an early age. Years in a career that just wasn’t right for her and a lifetime struggling to settle, finally changed after a relationship catastrophe in her forties. Now 51, Kim has gone to the front of the class literally (she’s a yoga...
