Highlights of This Episode:
- How the death of Jennifer’s daughter, Grace, eventually led to the start of her midlife reinvention movement
- Why it took Jennifer 20 years to launch her movement, even though she teaches people about “busting through fear”
- What some of the initial challenges were when she started “Life After Tampons”
- What one subject people are not allowed to talk about on Jennifer’s website
- What Jennifer sees as her “dirty little secret” about motherhood
- Why she thinks that many women defer their dreams – and what finally got Jennifer to act on hers
- Why it’s important – and not as scary as you might think – to let people know what you need
- Some things that women who are reaching midlife can think about to help them reinvent themselves and move forward
- One gift of being a woman who has risen from tragedy and survived “the second worst thing that can happen to you”
- The decision that every grieving person has to make along the way
- How Jennifer’s family honors Grace every year on her birthday
- What’s next for Jennifer
“Live your one beautiful life like you mean it.” –Jennifer Boykin (Click to share – thanks!)
About Jennifer Boykin:
Jennifer Boykin, the Creative Visionary and Chief Rabble-Rouser behind the midlife reinvention movement Life After Tampons, speaks, teaches, and writes about “Women Who Rise.” She is a frequent contributor at major Internet sites and she blogs regularly for The Huffington Post. You can find her work at lifeaftertampons.com, where she happily makes trouble for a living.
Jennifer used to spend her life doing what was expected of her, but now she does the thing she most wants to do: help other women at midlife implement the answer to this question: What would you do if you knew you could not fail? To accomplish this, she has built a community where women don’t hide their lack of fulfillment behind their responsibilities to others. Instead, she encourages them to take responsibility for their own happiness and fulfillment.
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