Getting older isn’t something to dread. It’s something to celebrate. We dig into the wisdom and strategies for living boldly and on purpose.</p>WHY LISTEN?</p>This podcast is for the professional woman over 50 who’s ready to reinvent herself, reclaim her purpose, and design a life on her own terms. Whether you’re navigating a career change, reigniting long-neglected dreams, or redefining what success looks like in this stage of life, this podcast will inspire and equip you with tools to thrive.</p>WHAT YOU’LL GET</p>Each episode explores topics like midlife mindset shifts, second-act careers, purposeful relationships, entrepreneurship after 50, surviving grief, and living with confidence, clarity, and joy. You’ll hear inspiring stories and advice from women who have designed their life, their way so you can do the same. </p>YOUR HOST</p>I’m Gloria Grace Rand, your Midlife Empowerment Guide. This show allows me to share what I’ve learned about embracing this incredible season of life.
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June 16, 202635 min
Confessions of a Midlife Self-Saboteur
Started strong, then quietly stopped and judged yourself for it? You’re not alone. In this episode, I confess my status as a midlife self-saboteur when it comes to food and my business – and the fear of success hiding underneath it all. Plus, you’ll hear about five simple tools I’m employing to help myself and other self-saboteurs get off the hamster wheel, one day at a time.
If you’ve ever set a goal with the best of intentions, made real progress, and then watched yourself quietly slide back into old patterns, this episode is for you. We’ll talk about why self-sabotage after 50 often isn’t a willpower problem at all. Sometimes it’s fear of failure. Or fear of success. Together, we’ll move through the emotions that come with this kind of honesty: frustration, shame, relief, and ultimately hope. I’ll walk you through the tools I’m using right now to interrupt the cycle and close with a light language transmission to help release whatever might be keeping you stuck.
Wherever you are in your own cycle of starting and stopping, I hope this conversation reminds you of something important: you’ve done this before, and you can do it again.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why self-sabotage often shows up as a fear of success, not a fear of failure — and what to do when you notice it
A simple 5-minute pause practice (I use the Triple Flame app) to interrupt emotional eating or procrastination before it takes over
How to use curious, non-judgmental journaling to uncover what’s really driving a behavior you want to change
A mirror affirmation practice to remind yourself: you’ve succeeded before, and you can succeed again
Why “one day at a time” might be the simplest and most powerful tool for breaking any cycle — in your health, your business, or your life
Resources & links mentioned:
Triple Flame app (created by the team behind The Gene Keys) — used for guided 3/5/10-minute pause practices
Soulful Women’s Network — free Facebook community: bit.ly/soulnetwork
Related podcast episode – Midlife Habits that Stick: Start Small, Stay Consistent
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Book a 1:1 Light Language session: bit.ly/LLEpodcast30
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Before you click away, take one breath, place a hand on your heart, and ask: What is one small, loving choice I can make right now instead of the one I’ve been making on autopilot?
June 9, 202645 min
Midlife Reinvention: Declutter to Design with Tracy Hoth
You might think midlife reinvention starts with a vision board. Actually, it starts with clearing out what no longer belongs. If your spaces are holding the weight of who you used to be, this conversation with certified life and organizing coach Tracy Hoth will show you exactly where to begin.
Tracy and I explore the profound connection between your physical spaces and your capacity to design a life that fits you now. Tracy shares why identity, not clutter, is the first real obstacle, and how shifting what you believe about yourself unlocks the ability to let go. Together, we dig into practical systems, the emotional side of downsizing and inherited belongings, and the surprising ways that organizing your home spills over into how you show up in your relationships, your business, and your sense of self.
Whether you’re downsizing after a major life transition, sorting through a loved one’s belongings, or simply ready to stop walking past the same pile every morning, this episode meets you with warmth, humor, and a clear place to start.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why the identity you hold about yourself — “I’m a collector,” “I’m a piler,” “I’m just messy” — is the invisible wall between you and the spacious life you’re designing
Tracy’s S.P.A.C.E. method (Sort, Purge, Assign Homes, Contain, Energize) and how to use it on anything — your closet, your inbox, your digital files, even your mind
How to approach decluttering like a project with a start and end date so it stays contained and actually gets finished
The research on clutter and cortisol: why your body is responding to the mess even when your mind says it’s fine
The 15-minute declutter challenge: a free tool Tracy created that makes more progress possible than you think and builds the momentum to keep going
How small organizing wins ripple outward into decision-making, relationships, and the courage to take the next step in your reinvention
About Tracy Hoth
Tracy Hoth is a certified life and organizing coach helping women simplify their homes, lives, and businesses through practical systems and mindset shifts, so they can focus on what matters most. As the host of the top 1% globally ranked Organized Coach Podcast, she empowers women to declutter with confidence, create systems that last, and step into the role of Organized Life CEOs. Her signature S.P.A.C.E. method makes organizing feel accessible, doable, and even joyful — no matter where you’re starting from.
Connect with Tracy
Website: simplysquaredaway.com
Podcast: The Organized Coach Podcast
Resources & links mentioned:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Tracy’s free 15-Minute Declutter Challenge: simplysquaredaway.com/declutter
The Organized Coach Podcast
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace Rand: EngageWithGloria.com
Join the Soulful Women’s Network community: facebook.com/groups/soulfulwomensnetwork
Get my free Personal Power Archetype Quiz: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
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Soul Invitation: Look around the space you’re in right now. Ask yourself: does this space reflect who I’m becoming or who I used to be? That’s your starting place.
June 2, 202636 min
A Centenarian’s Guide to Designing a Life You Love
She’s 101 years old. She still swims. She goes to Zumba. And she bakes her own bread every week. Betty Morris isn’t an anomaly — she’s a blueprint for designing a life you love. This week’s solo episode is for the woman who doesn’t just want more years, she wants more life in those years! I’m sharing Betty’s four foundational practices for becoming a centenarian, plus one more that I’ve added from my own journey. Whether you’re in your 50s, 60s, or beyond, these practices are ones you can implement today, in whatever form calls to you.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why consistent movement, in whatever form you enjoy, may be the single most important thing you can do for longevity right now
How community connection literally adds years to your life, and creative ways to find (or build) yours
The gratitude practice I use every night before bed, and why being grateful for the hard things is the real spiritual work
How to treat yourself in ways that nourish your body and soul, not just your sweet tooth
Why a daily spiritual practice like meditation, journaling, and/or energy work is the hidden pillar of physical health that Betty didn’t mention
Resources & links mentioned:
YouTube channel for strength training exercises tailored for women 50+ youtube.com/@HT-Physio
Meetup.com — find local groups and communities around shared interests
GloriaRand.com — learn more about Light Language sessions for midlife women
Previous episode: Breaking Free from Loneliness: Community After 50
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Book a private Light Language session with me: bit.ly/LLEpodcast30
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace Rand: EngageWithGloria.com
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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May 26, 202638 min
How to Open Your Heart and Receive in Midlife
You’ve spent decades giving, doing, and managing. But when was the last time you truly let yourself receive? Today, we’re exploring the surprising connection between what you can’t see and what you haven’t yet allowed in, and how choosing to open your heart might be the most powerful act of design you can undertake in midlife right now.
In this deeply personal solo episode, I take you into the second pillar of the L.O.V.E. Method by sharing the story of how a single workshop exercise unearthed a childhood memory that literally and figuratively restored my vision after 40+ years of wearing glasses and contact lenses.
This conversation is for the high-achieving, heart-centered woman who has been living through the lenses of past conditioning without realizing it, and is ready to stop over-correcting and start allowing. You’ll walk away with a light language transmission, a practical homework assignment, and a new understanding of what it really means to design your life, your way.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
How the physical act of not wanting to see can become a metaphor and a literal pattern for blocking the gifts available to you in midlife.
Why women, especially high-achieving nurturers, are wired to give but struggle deeply to receive — and how this shows up in business, relationships, and even a simple compliment.
A light language transmission to help you dissolve old protective patterns and open to clarity, even if you’ve never experienced energy work before.
One simple piece of homework that will shift how you move through your week.
The journaling practice I use every morning to stay connected to my higher self and invite wisdom in, even on the days I don’t know what to write.
Resources & links mentioned:
Live. Love. Engage. by Gloria Grace Rand — available at gloriarand.com and on Amazon
Morning Pages practice — inspired by The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Previous episode: “Letting Go to Live on Purpose After 50” (Pillar 1 of the L.O.V.E. Method)
NewRealityTV.com — available on the Roku and Amazon Fire apps
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace Rand: bit.ly/over50coaching
Learn more about light language: https://bit.ly/litelanguage
Get my free Personal Power Archetype Quiz to help you start designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
Schedule a free 15–20 minute chat: engagewithgloria.com
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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May 19, 202637 min
Stop Settling: How to Simplify Your Second Act
You didn’t stumble into this life by accident, but you may have stayed in it longer than your soul intended. This episode is a gentle but direct invitation to stop settling, start pruning, and simplify your second act in a way that finally feels like you.
If you’re a woman over 50 who knows you’re living a life you didn’t consciously design, you’re not alone. And you’re not stuck! In this solo episode, I’m exploring the concept of quintessence: that essential, truest version of your life that gets buried under decades of obligation, complexity, and saying yes when your soul was whispering no.
My conversation today was inspired by the Gene Keys Pulse newsletter on Gene Key 23, which moves from complexity to quintessence through the path of simplicity. I’m sharing four practical shifts to help you move from overwhelmed to purposeful. We’ll talk about body wisdom, the courage to say no, getting back to analog rhythms, and the quiet power of the pause. I’ll also share a few minutes of light language to help you drop out of your thinking brain and back into your essence — because sometimes the most radical act is stillness.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why the equation ‘complexity = anxiety, simplicity = serenity’ is the most important math you’ll ever do for your wellbeing.
How your body already knows when your life is out of alignment, and why learning to listen is the first step to redesigning it.
The four-step framework for moving from an overfull, reactive life to one that feels like yours: the Pruning Audit, Analog Rhythm, Design from the Pause, and the Handmade Life Commitment.
Why saying no is not selfish — it’s self-full — and how to do it with grace and without over-explaining yourself.
How returning to hands-on, analog activities can quiet the mental noise and bring you back to your own creative wisdom.
Resources & links mentioned:
Gene Keys by Richard Rudd — genekeys.com (subscribe free to the Pulse newsletter)
Gab.ai (all-in-one AI tool referenced in episode)
Morning Pages practice (from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron)
EngageWithGloria.com — Schedule a free 20-minute call with Grace
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace: gloriarand.com
Take the free Personal Power Archetype Quiz to start designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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TRANSCRIPT
Gloria Grace:
Namaste.
Many of us reach our 50s and realize that we’ve accidentally built a life we didn’t actually choose. We didn’t design it. We got here almost on autopilot, you know, following society’s unwritten rules, reacting, saying yes to everyone else’s priorities. And if you feel like that’s you and you’re on this merry-go-round, well, guess what? Today’s episode is your permission to stop.
Because we’re going to talk about why the most successful women aren’t the ones piling more onto their plate. They’re the ones with the courage to prune it back to the quintessence. It’s time to stop stumbling and start living on purpose.
What Inspired This Episode: Gene Key 23 and the Path of Simplicity
Gloria Grace:
Today’s episode is actually inspired by my listening on one of my daily walks to this week’s Pulse newsletter about Gene Key 23, which moves from complexity to quintessence. And it’s the path of simplicity.
Now, if I’ve totally thrown you and you’re like, Gene Keys — what? What is she talking about? Let me give you a very short explanation, because they can be complicated. What the Gene Keys are — they’re something that was created by Richard Rudd, and they are a map of 64 human archetypes based on our DNA, that show how our shadows can be transformed into gifts and at their highest level, into spiritual qualities.
Something that Richard called a siddhi. So you can learn more about the Gene Keys because there’s a lot to dive into. And you can actually subscribe to the Pulse newsletter, which is free, by going to genekeys.com — and I will have that in the show notes.
So that was sort of the impetus because he, in this recording about Gene Key 23, kept talking about designing your life. And I’m like, well, that’s what I talk about on the podcast. So I’m gonna share a bit of what I learned from him and how I’m interpreting it for you today.
Living on Autopilot: How Women Over 50 Accidentally Built Lives They Didn’t Choose
Gloria Grace:
Here’s the deal. We built a life we didn’t necessarily consciously design. As we age, we’re dealing with mortgages, kids, your career. And there are a lot of expectations about how you’re supposed to act and behave. I mean, heck, I even remember back in my 20s, when you first get married — then there starts to become the pressure: well, when are you going to have a kid? And so then you either do, or I did in my case. And then sometimes I feel like our life kind of gets on this hamster wheel.
I worked full time. I used to work at a television station down in Miami, and I was on the staff of the Nightly Business Report. So I did that for many years. And then I was raising two children. And then life starts to happen, and then you reach a certain point where it’s like, is this all there is?
The Shadow of Complexity: When Doing More Leads to Feeling Less
Gloria Grace:
Let’s put this in context of what the Gene Keys were talking about — Gene Key 23, which talks about this shadow of complexity. It really is like this hamster wheel. We’re always doing. Maybe you’re volunteering. I remember when the kids were in school, I volunteered to write a newsletter for the school — gathering information and putting that together, sending out press releases when they had events. And then there was Girl Scouts for my daughter. And again, I’m working full time at the same time, and cooking meals, doing the laundry.
It gets to be so complex. And our lives are just moving so fast. One of the benefits of being older now is that we can start to take a look at this and say, hmm, okay. That’s how my life was. Do I want to continue doing that?
Do I really want to keep up this rat race — or do I want to start slowing down and enjoying life? And then eventually you get to a point where maybe you’re no longer working, and you can start doing some of those things that you thought about in your 20s and early 30s. You’re like, yeah, someday I’ll get to that. Well, perhaps someday is here.
And even if you are younger and you’re listening to this podcast, don’t put off stuff. I didn’t travel to Europe for the first time until I was in my 50s. My sister had gone in her twenties. My son has now gone in his 20s. But my point is, it’s never too late or early to design your life your way.
Complexity Equals Anxiety: Your Body’s Wisdom as a Compass for Simplicity
Gloria Grace:
How do we move from this complex life toward more balance? I prefer the word harmony, actually — because well, I guess I’m a musician, so that’s probably one reason why I like harmony better. But I feel that there’s always stuff going on in your life, the good, the bad, the complex, the not so complex. And it’s not always easy to have it be perfectly in line.
But if you can have things be a little bit more harmonious in your life — figure out where are these areas that are feeling too complex — and I’ll tell you, a good clue is if you are finding that you are stressed. That’s a really good indicator when your body starts reacting: a backache, perhaps, or a headache. Your body knows. It sends signals when things are out of alignment.
Literally, for me, when my back is out of alignment, it’s usually because there is something else in my life that is out of alignment. And so rather than rushing to make that appointment with the chiropractor like I used to do, now I sit with it a little bit. I get curious. What’s going on in my life right now that’s out of alignment? And the last couple of times this has happened, I’ve figured it out. As soon as I made an adjustment in my lifestyle — whether it was cutting back or spending more time in meditation — within about two days or so, the back was better.
The Equation That Changes Everything: Simplicity Equals Serenity
Gloria Grace:
One of the things that Richard talked about in this recording — I loved this. He had this equation: complexity equals anxiety. Simplicity equals serenity.
I love that. That is so powerful. When life gets complex, that’s when we tend to start feeling stressed and anxious. And if we can figure out — am I juggling too many balls right now? Am I saying yes when I should be saying no? — then when you can start to release some of that and have a more simple life, maybe even just a simple day, the peace and serenity that can come from that. It’s a wonderful gift to give yourself.
So you don’t need a total life overhaul. Instead, it’s ...
May 12, 202644 min
Bold, Audacious Living: How to Stop Playing Small After 50
Does this sound familiar? You’ve done everything “right” and still feel like you’re holding yourself back. Today’s guest wants you to know that after 50, it’s time to stop playing small and consider that the boldest chapter of your life isn’t behind you. Rather, it’s waiting on the other side of a single courageous step.
Audley Stephnson built his entire philosophy around one word: audacious. From an unexpected internship that led nowhere, to becoming the commissioner of a Canadian basketball league, to launching a podcast that grew to 600+ episodes, Audley’s journey is a masterclass in what becomes possible when you stop waiting for permission. In our conversation, we talk about how to recognize the thread of courage that’s been running through your own life all along, how to challenge the beliefs that no longer serve you, and how sharing your messy, imperfect, real story can be the very thing that gives someone else permission to begin.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
What “audacious” actually means and why it’s self-defined, not one-size-fits-all (this reframe alone might change everything for you).
How to spot the red thread of courage that’s already running through your life, even if you haven’t recognized it yet.
A powerful tool for challenging the beliefs that once served you but are quietly keeping you stuck in patterns you’ve outgrown.
Audley’s BOLD Framework — four principles for outlasting adversity, living your truth, and choosing growth even when life is hard.
Why sharing your story — not a polished, finished version, but the real one — is one of the most powerful gifts you can give another woman.
How we are all “undefeated” by our hardest moments — and how that reframe can shift everything when you’re in the middle of a valley.
If you’ve been sitting on a dream or a pivot, this episode will remind you that you’re already more audacious than you think.
About My Guest
Audley Stephenson is the host of the Audacious Living Podcast, with over 600 episodes dedicated to helping people live life boldly through real conversations and purposeful action. He’s also the author of Living Your Best Audacious Life Ever: How Unleashing Your Inner Greatness Can Change the World. From his early days as a sports podcaster with media credentials in NBA locker rooms, to serving as commissioner of a Canadian basketball league, Audley’s life is a living example of what happens when you say yes before you feel ready. He lives and breathes the philosophy that audacity — in whatever form it takes for you — is always worth it.
Connect with Audley:
Website: bestaudaciouslife.com
Podcast: Audacious Living Podcast
Book: Living Your Best Audacious Life Ever (coming Fall 2026)
Resources & links mentioned:
The BOLD Framework: Better than yesterday | Outlast adversity | Live your truth | Disrupt the norm
Gloria’s L.O.V.E. Method: Let go and let God | Open your heart to receive | Value your uniqueness | Embrace your divinity
Podfest — the podcasting conference where Gloria and Audley first met
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace at gloriarand.com
Take my Personal Power Archetype quiz to help you identify your strengths for designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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TRANSCRIPT
Gloria: Namaste. Today’s guest is an amazing gentleman that I met a while ago. His name is Audley Stephenson, and Audley is the host of the Audacious Living Podcast with over six hundred episodes dedicated to helping people live life audaciously through bold conversations, real stories, and purposeful living. He’s also the author of an upcoming book, Living Your Best Audacious Life, set for release in spring of 2026. And actually, by the time you’re watching this episode, because I did prerecord it, it’s probably out already. So I’ll make sure that I have the link in the show notes for you. So I hope that you are ready for an energizing conversation about purpose, courage, and what it really means to live boldly and dare I say, design your life your way. Because Audley and I are both focused on doing that. And I’m going to bring him on to tell you sort of where his focus is in particular. So let me bring him up here right now. There you are. Welcome to Design Your Life Your Way.
Audley: Oh, Gloria. This is wonderful. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you for taking the time to have this conversation. I just love these chats and I’m always a big fan of them because, you know, at the end of the day, you and I will engage in conversation and who knows what people will hear, what they’ll take away from it and how they’ll better their lives. And we may never, ever know. That’s the world of podcasting — we never know. But the idea, the whole idea of being a part of someone’s process in a small way, it’s really exciting.
Gloria: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. And it’s like — I always come to these things with some questions, but if your answers take me somewhere else, I’m going to go down that trail because I don’t have to be married to these things. You and I met at Podfest. And when I found out what your podcast was about, it was like, oh my gosh, we’re kindred spirits. My focus, of course, is for women. And your focus is on men. And I love the word audacious. I wanted to actually tell our audience what it is because I left out a little bit of your bio — I want you to really talk about this. So, Merriam-Webster defines audacious as intrepidly daring and recklessly bold, contemptuous of law or religion or decorum, or marked by originality and verve. So I would love for you to tell our audience, what does living an audacious life really mean to you? What does it mean to be audacious?
What It Means to Live Audaciously: A Self-Defined Path
Audley: I really believe — and it’s funny, it’s a word that I absolutely love — it’s defined my life. Didn’t really know it at the moment, but when I started to really get awoken to what audacity truly means, I’m like, well, I think I’ve been doing that. To me, it’s stepping out of your comfort zone, taking risks, doing things differently, going off the beaten path — if you will. All of these things encompass what it truly means to live an audacious life. And the most important thing in all of that is that it’s very much self-defined. How I define audacity for myself could be very different from you or Tom or Sally — but that doesn’t diminish it in any way, shape, or form. And so yeah, it’s just going out and trying that thing you’ve never, ever done before. Taking that leap, taking that chance. It’s quietly guided my life. I didn’t know it was there, but man, when I realized it, I’m like, oh my gosh, I’ve got to tell the whole world. And you know, we podcast and we talk, we write books and that kind of stuff, and we encourage individuals to embrace that way of living.
Gloria: I love that. Now, was there a particular moment or experience that really guided you on this path of audacity?
From Sports Intern to NBA Locker Rooms: The Origin Story
A Dream, a Handshake, and an Unexpected Beginning
Audley: Yeah, I know — I’ll try and condense the story as much as possible. I truly believe our life is a collection of experiences. They all kind of feed and shape who we are in this present moment. And my life was no different. So I’m going to go back a few years because it was back in 2007. I’ve always been a big basketball guy — basketball was a big part of my world. And I was also a big fan of broadcasting. I decided one day that I was going to work for a sports channel here in Toronto called The Score. It was an all-sports channel. And I was like, man, I’m going to get on there and they’re going to love me, and I’m going to talk about basketball through this internship. It’s going to be wonderful.
Audley: And it was a good experience. I sat in the archive room — this is VHS tapes, running around lugging tapes and archiving — the old school way. They don’t do that anymore. But that’s how I started. And at the end of that assignment, no one offered me a job. I didn’t become an on-air reporter or a broadcaster in any way, shape, or form. They were very appreciative of what I had done and said, thank you very much, all the best — I got kind of a nice handshake and off I went. And I remember leaving going, oh, that’s kind of anticlimactic. Oh, okay. Oh, well.
Podcasting Before Anyone Knew What Podcasting Was
Audley: And the most interesting thing that happened while I was there is I met a gentleman by the name of Dave Mendonca. Dave was an on-air reporter, and I was this guy just full of energy who loved basketball. So we had this natural synergy. About a year after my time with the sport channel ended, Dave and I reconnected on this thing called Facebook — so we’re talking 2008 ...
May 5, 202634 min
Why Women Over 50 Need Community to Thrive
Are you feeling a lack of connection or community in this season of life? The women over 50 who are most alive have one thing in common, and it’s not a morning routine or a business strategy. It’s each other. In this edition of Design Your Life, Your Way, I dive into the essential need for deep, authentic connection for women in midlife.
This solo episode is for the woman who feels something is missing from her life. Not achievements, but a true sense of belonging. I share the personal story behind the creation of the Soulful Women’s Network: how a “kick in the gut” moment led me to build a space where spiritually minded women can mastermind, grow, and thrive together. We talk honestly about why community isn’t a luxury but a lifeline, and how to find — or create — the kind of sisterhood that actually holds you.
Key topics covered include:
The Importance of Community After 50: Why we need to move past loneliness and find our “people” to navigate transition, grief, and growth.
The Origin Story: How I navigated the shift from local in-person networking to building my own unique, soul-centered community.
How to Build Your Own Group: Practical advice on determining your end goal, choosing your platform (Facebook, Meetup, etc.), and enlisting help.
Designing Your Own Path: Why it’s okay if an existing community isn’t the right fit and how to take the “bull by the horns” to create what you need.
Light Language Activation: I close the episode with a channeled light language transmission intended to help you release what no longer serves you and align with your soul’s highest good.
Whether you are looking for a community to join or feeling called to start your own, this episode provides actionable insights on how to foster the sisterhood you deserve.
Resources & links mentioned:
Search for the Soulful Women’s Network by name on Facebook or visit bit.ly/soulnetwork to see if our community is right for you
Related episode: Breaking Free from Loneliness: Community After 50
Community platforms mentioned: Facebook Groups, Meetup, Skool, Heartbeat
Book a 30-minute private Light Language session with Gloria Grace: tidycal.com/gloria3/single-light-language-session
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Get my free Personal Power Archetype Quiz to start designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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Share this with a friend who’s been feeling disconnected or lonely in this season of life.
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TRANSCRIPT
Namaste. Do you know what many women in their 50s and 60s who have designed their life their way have in common? They stopped doing things alone. They found their people a community of women who understand that this season of life is really ripe for possibilities and they know how to hold space for one another through these crazy transitions we go through, through self doubt, through grief, and through growth. So that’s what we’re going to be talking about today. And specifically what I created the Soulful Women’s Network to be, to be this place where space spiritually minded women over 50 come together to connect, to grow, and especially to thrive.
Not despite of their age and experiences, but because of them. Now, I did talk a little bit about this group in a past episode. It was actually called Breaking Free from loneliness, community after 50. So I encourage you, if you haven’t listened to that one or watched it on wherever you watch the podcast, we’re on YouTube and it may even be on new reality TV. Now you can, you can watch it there.
But today I thought that I wanted to really go into more detail about Soulful Women’s Network. And my intention, my hope is that you’ll consider joining it. And if it’s not what’s right for you, that’s fine too. And maybe it’ll inspire you to create your own group because again, we need community and, and not all communities are right for every person. So if you want to join mine, yay, I would love to have you join it.
But if not, that’s okay too because you may find, like I did, that you may find that you’re called to start your own group. And I think that’s just as amazing. So let me tell you, let me tell you a story right now. So you know, if you got a cup of tea or. I’m a tea drinker, so I always say cup of tea.
But if you’re a coffee drinker, you can have coffee. And let me, let me, let me tell you a little story about, about how this, how this idea came from. And it’s going back a couple of years. So for those of you who are regular listeners or watchers of this show, you know that I have, I separated from my husband in 2022 and when I did that, I moved to Melbourne, Florida. And so it’s a lovely, lovely community.
Finding Authentic Community: The Women’s Prosperity Network
And I was so excited about. One of the reasons I was, I’ll say one of the reasons I, I, I chose this location was because it would be closer, it would be a much closer drive for me to attend meetings of the Women’s Prosperity Network, which was an organization and I’m still a member of, but I’ve been a member of this organization for years and years and years now, probably. Oh my gosh, let’s see, 10 years, 12 years, I don’t know, it’s, it’s been a long time. And one of the reasons I joined that group in particular was because they, we would have meetings at a local restaurant and we would get together and mastermind. It was a place for really, what they talk about is to be real, where you can be real, you know, not put on a phony front like a lot of people, a lot of networking, business networking groups.
I would say in particular, sometimes when you go to them, it’s like everybody’s just putting on this real, you know, front about, oh, business is great and you know, and then they want to be able to enroll you in their business, etc. Etc. Well, what attracted me to WPN is the fact that we could be real and say, you know, hey, this, I got this issue going on with me and my business. Can you maybe, can you give me some ideas on how to fix it? And we would brainstorm.
I love masterminding. And that was what really attracted me to it. Now, of course, in 2020, as we all know, the world shut down and a lot of organizations, a lot of networking groups had to pivot for those who were meeting in person and start meeting online. And so that’s what Women’s Prosperity Network did. They started having more.
I think they were already doing some meetings online, but they really embraced it and, and, and went, you know, full fledged because we couldn’t meet in person anymore.
But by 2022, you know, things were opening up again and there was a local group that I had and actually I was, I belonged to the Orlando chapter and so I would go to meetings there, but I also would occasionally drive for an hour to come to the Brevard chapter because I knew some of the women who regularly attended that one and they were lovely women, they had become friends and I liked the atmosphere over there. It’s, it’s nice to be able to go to different chapters of an organization where, you know, that meet in different areas because then you get to meet new people. So, and, and, and there was a really good energy at the Brevard Chamber or chamber. Not the chamber, the chapter, the chapter. And so I was like, yes, this is great.
Midlife Disappointment and the Loss of In-Person Connection
Now I’m moving, I’m moving to Melbourne. I’ll be able to, as it turned out, drive like less than 10 minutes from the location of where, where they were having their meetings. I was like so psyched about it. Just one problem.
The organization WPN Women’s Prosperity Network decided that they didn’t want to have any more in person chapter meetings. They wanted to move everything online and so they decided to close down all of the local chapters and so my lovely Brevard chapter would be no more and we weren’t going to be able to meet in person.
Talk about a kick in the pants. A kick in the gut. It was so. I was so disappointed. I really was.
I was just so disappointed because, you know, this was, this was, you know, I wouldn’t have to drive an hour anymore, you know, and I would get to see people in person. And as much as Zoom was so great for helping to keep us connected to people and enable us to connect with people all over the country, all over the world, I mean, was wonderful. I mean, and, and in effect in 2020 is when I, I started the end of 2019, but definitely in 2020 I started my Live Love Engage podcast. So which you can find old episodes of that. And so it was great.
I loved being able to connect with people, but I wanted to see people in person again. I wanted to give my friends a hug. You know, we, hugs are so. There are scientific studies have shown that hugging someone is really good for your physical health as well as your mental health, frankly. So I was disappointed, needless to say, that they weren’t going to be meeting in person anymore....
April 28, 202635 min
Letting Go to Live on Purpose After 50
You’ve probably been holding on longer than you should — to a belief, a relationship, a version of yourself that no longer fits. This episode of Design Your Life, Your Way is about what becomes possible the moment you finally let go and live on purpose after 50.
I’m starting a brand-new series with this episode: a monthly deep dive into each pillar of my L.O.V.E. Method, the heart of the Life on Purpose Framework that I use in coaching. We’re starting at the very beginning: Let Go and Let God. This conversation is for the woman over 50 who has spent decades staying in situations that no longer serve you, or quietly carrying the belief that you’re not quite worthy of the life you want. I get real about letting go of the limiting beliefs I’d been carrying that prevented me from living my life in a way that serves my soul.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why letting go of the belief that you’re not worthy of happiness is the first and most powerful step toward designing your life your way
How people-pleasing keeps you from the life your soul is actually asking for, and how to start loosening that grip
What 17 years of meditation taught me about listening to my own inner wisdom and acting on it
The difference between feeling fear and being controlled by it, and why ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ is more than a bumper sticker
You’ll also receive a live light language healing transmission — a multidimensional energy healing practice I use with my clients — designed to help you release whatever has been keeping you stuck. Come ready to breathe, reflect, and begin designing your life, your way.
Resources & links mentioned:
Live Love Engage: How to Stop Doubting Yourself and Start Being Yourself — my bestselling book where the L.O.V.E. Method was born
My YouTube channel where you’ll find additional light language videos: youtube.com/@gloriagracerand
Previous podcast episode: How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot After 50
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties on Netflix
NewRealityTV.com – where you can watch episodes of Design Your Life, Your Way
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with me: gloriarand.com
Join the waitlist for our Good Grief Women’s Retreat: goodgriefretreat.net
Get your free Personal Power Archetype Quiz to start designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
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TRANSCRIPT
Gloria: Namaste. Have you ever considered what you need to let go of in order to design your life your way? Well, that’s what we’re going to talk about today. Specifically about. Yeah. Letting go and letting God. Because that is the. Let go and let God is the L in the love method that I wrote about in my best-selling book, Live Love Engage, how to stop doubting yourself and start being yourself. And it’s what I teach when I teach, when I, when I guest on other people’s podcasts. And it’s what I use in my elevate and empower coaching program for women over 50.
And I thought it would be a good idea, especially because I know on my old podcast Live Love Engage, we. I have talked about the love method a lot and I thought it was time to do it here because I know that the. We do have some new listeners. And thank you to all of you who have been downloading the podcast or, or watching us on YouTube or even on new reality TV as well. So I so appreciate all of you.
Embarking on a Journey of Self-Discovery
And I thought it was. I wanted to start doing periodically here and, and actually, frankly, I plan to do this like once, once a month over the next four months. We’re going to go through the first, the, the letters of love, because in the love method, love is an acronym. So. So like as I said today, we’re going to focus on letting go and letting God and how that really ties into designing your life your way.
And I want to share my experience because I know that this, this whole thing was given to me because I wasn’t living my life the way my soul wanted me to. Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. And I was, I was making some notes today. I was. One of the things that came up for me was among the things that I had to let go of. And I’m already starting to get teary-eyed thinking about this. And I was going to do some other things, but let’s just jump right into the meat of it here. Letting go of the idea that I wasn’t worthy to be happy.
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Rediscovering Worthiness
Golly. Okay, so I still clearly have to work on this, I think, because I think that is why this is making me so emotional. There’s still part of me that doesn’t quite believe that yet. Maybe. Or maybe it’s happy tears. Yeah. You know what? Let’s reframe this. Yeah, that’s happy tears. My soul is so happy that I am living life a lot more in line with what it has wanted for me for a very long time. There you go. Yeah. See See, and that’s. Thank you, God. Thank you, source, the universe, whatever you believe.
But for me, I. I still. I still come back to God. I was. I was raised Catholic. I’m not practicing anymore, but I still. Still believe in God. And because there is something I can’t. I, I. I don’t. I can’t not believe. I know I don’t like using double negatives, but I can’t not believe that there isn’t something out there. That is why we’re here. You know, frankly, so, so, yeah. So letting go of that, yeah, this. This I’m not worthy to be happy crapola, limiting belief is. Is. Is ridiculous. And if you are feeling any of that out there right now, I’m talking to you. I’m gonna get close to the microphone right here. Stop it. Just stop it. You are worthy no matter what situation you’re in in your life right now, no matter what challenges you may be facing.
Practical Steps to Redesign Your Life
And. And the whole idea of, like, sure, design my life my way. Yeah, easy for you to say, Gloria. I. I can’t do that right now because of xyz. You know what? Okay, you don’t have to design it your way today, but you could start planning it. And I talked about this a little bit in our last episode when I talked about, how do you know when it’s time to change? You know, how do you know when. When you hit that pivot point? So go back if you haven’t. If you haven’t watched that one or listened to it, go back and check it out.
But let’s focus still on letting go. So I think one of. One of the. One of the main sticking points in why I settled for so long in and how my life was looking. And I would say especially after my wonderful two amazing kids, my. My son and daughter, after they moved out of the house, because when they were still living there, you know, I. I really had a. A purpose of, you know, being a mom. And, you know, and I’m still their mom. And. And. And they still do come for me to advice for advice occasionally, thank goodness. I. You know, but they are. They’re Both in their 30s now, and, you know, l. And doing a darn good job of it, I must say. So I must have done something right as a mom. That’s what my sister used to say anyway. She’s like, Gloria, yes, you’re doing better than our mom. So don’t. Don’t give yourself such a hard time. And I so appreciate that, Michaela. See, I can still hear you saying that even though you’re not here physically in the world to tell me that anymore.
Breaking Free from Family Patterns and Expectations
But where was I? Oh yeah, okay. So, yeah, so I was settling in my marriage, especially after the kids moved out and they were, you know, well on their way of living their own lives. And, and I think one of the main reasons was that I had this belief and, and, more often [than not], intention when I did get, when I did finally get married was that I wanted to be the one person in my family who was going to stay married, gosh darn it, because my parents had gotten divorced.
Their divorce, actually I was checking on this today was what I suspected. After 40 years of marriage, they finally had their divorce become official. They were separated before that. My, my brother, he, he got married once and then got his marriage annulled, whatever. And then my sister, well, got married twice and got divorced twice. So. So there wasn’t this really great track record of successful marriages in, in my family, even though I knew other people who in my life who, who did manage to stay married till death do you part type of thing. So I was determined I was going to be that one, you know, I was going to be the sibling, you know, to. And so I really, I think that’s why I was. Even though I wasn’t happy about certain things in my marriage, I put up with them because okay, sure, I was raised this good cathing girl even though again, I didn’t have the best cath like role models but my in laws were good, they were practicing C...
April 21, 202641 min
How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot After 50
It’s not unusual for a moment to arrive after 50 when the life you’ve built stops fitting who you’ve become. This edition of Design Your Life, Your Way is all about learning to trust that inner knowing to pivot, even when it asks everything of you.
There often comes a time in midlife when the life you’ve been living no longer feels like your own. Maybe it’s the marriage that drifted, a career that lost its meaning, or simply the growing ache of wanting something more aligned with who you are now. As you’ll learn in this conversation, I reached a pivot point in my marriage that came about after years of inner work and courage-building. I also share the slower, sacred pivot in my professional life from SEO copywriter to midlife empowerment guide and light language channel.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Why the pivot point often arrives not as a crisis, but as a quiet, undeniable knowing — and how to honor it.
How years of inner work (meditation, journaling, coaching, retreats) can lay the foundation for courageous life changes.
The role clarity plays in knowing not just when to change course, but which direction to move.
How Gloria finally found the courage to leave a 30-year marriage — and how that decision helped both of them.
Why your professional pivot may be a divine download waiting for you to catch up to it.
A live light language transmission to help you release what no longer serves you and invite clarity in.
Whether you’re standing at the edge of a major change or just beginning to hear the whisper that something needs to shift, this episode will help you recognize the signs, trust your inner wisdom, and take the first step toward designing your life your way.
Resources & links mentioned:
Laurie Jacobson’s episode: Midlife Rebirth: Silence & Self-Love for a New Start
Brand Clarity Workshop Series* with Tiffany Neuman: https://app.heartbeat.chat/yourlegacybrand/invitation?code=E24EE5
Book a complimentary 15-minute Light Language session: https://tidycal.com/gloria3/lightlanguageintro
*FYI – I will receive compensation if you sign up for Tiffany’s workshop.
Design Your Life, Your Way – next steps:
Learn more about working with Gloria Grace Rand: gloriarand.com
Join the waitlist for our upcoming Good Grief Retreat: goodgriefretreat.net
Get your free Personal Power Archetype Quiz to start designing your next chapter: bit.ly/PersonalPowerQuiz
If this episode spoke to you, leave us a review.
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Share this with a friend who’s standing at her own pivot point.
Connect with me on LinkedIn @GloriaGraceRand to continue the conversation about midlife, meaning, and living on purpose.
TRANSCRIPT
Namaste. How do you know when it’s time to change course in your life or your business? We’re going to be talking about that today. We’re going to talk about this pivot point and how you can, I guess, prime yourself for recognizing it or just be. Yeah. Yeah. How to prime yourself for recognizing it. Yeah. That’s what I’m going to say. That’s, that’s my plan. And that’s what I’m sticking to it today. Oh, goodness. Yeah.
well, I tell you, it’s this is an interesting thing I want to share. I’ll share a story from my life because it’s been, at least for my personal life. And then we’ll talk about, we’ll talk about the business side of it as well. for me, it’s been a little stranger, shall we say? About. Well, no, actually. Okay, you know what? Yeah, I’ve got lots of examples. I’m just. I’m realizing it today. I mean, I know I always come prepared with some notes about where I want to go today, but, but I’m just thinking now that. Yeah. How do you know when it’s time to change course?
A Marriage of 30+ Years and the Moment Everything Shifted
Well, for me, in my personal life, I mean, one of the big one of the big changes that I made a course correction, I guess, if you will, or definitely a maybe not a course correction, but a definite, definite pivot point for me came about when I knew I was four years ago. Four years ago. No, I guess even five years ago now. Yeah. It was. That’s right. It was five years ago. It was five years ago. And it was January of twenty twenty one, as a matter of fact. Yeah. That’s right. So it was five years ago. And, something happened and and I’m not going to go into it, but there was just something was happening in the world, let’s just say. And the way that my, my, my significant other, my husband reacted to what was going on. Shook me to the core. And I realized at that moment that our values just weren’t in alignment anymore.
I had put up with a lot of a lot of things. And of course, he puts up, he had, you know, we’ve been married at that point, you know, well over thirty years. And, you know, we each have our faults, you know, nobody’s perfect. And I put up with a lot from him and he put up with a lot from me. But I’d also been unhappy for a long time, seriously unhappy in my marriage. I there were there were things about it, you know, you know, we got two kids and, and of course, when they were younger, I. And even I think probably when they were younger, I was fine. But it was like, as the years go by, there are certain times and certain things that, you know, I realized that I was putting up with a lot of stuff for a long time.
When You Realize You Married Your Mother
And I also had realized that my husband, shared a lot of the same characteristics of my mother, God rest her soul, not necessarily the good characteristics. you know, and I wanted to say, you know, a a lot of times we, you know, girls marry their father. Well, I’m I’m married. My mother, frankly. and I should have known because, I mean, their birthdays are one day apart. you know, just decades apart, but one day apart the same month of the year. So the same astrological sign and that, that that was the clue right there. But you know, when you’re young and you’re in love, you overlook these things.
And so we, you know, we raised two kids together. And, and for the most part, things were, were going okay. But as the kids got older, you know, got to middle middle school and high school and, and I had also started my business, around this time as well back in. Well, yeah. And so I started a business and didn’t get a lot of support from him at the beginning. And so like I said, there were things that just kind of kept piling on.
The Fantasy That Kept Her Going — Until It Couldn’t
And I and I used to, daydream of, frankly, leaving him and moving in with my sister. And even though that would necessitate moving to Arizona and I lived in Florida and I liked being closer to the ocean, so I wasn’t sure I really wanted to live in the desert. And then in the end of twenty sixteen, my sister passed from cancer. So. I didn’t have that fantasy, you know, that fantasy was over now. And it’s like, okay, so what am I going to do? Am I going to continue making the best of it and stay in this marriage because I really, I really did want to I, that was has had been my intention because everyone else in my family has gotten divorced.
My parents got divorced eventually. My brother, well, he. He did get married, but then he wound up getting his marriage annulled. and then my sister got divorced. So not very good role models there. Now, frankly, my in-laws, they stayed married. they, you know, until until my mother in law passed. So they, they had a long marriage. In fact, they, they were married over forty years, as I recall. Yeah. We went to a forty. They, his, their daughter, my, my sister in law had thrown them a fortieth anniversary party. So I guess I did have and then I did have some other good friends that were another good, wonderful couple, that actually were godparents for my kids and, you know, they were a good role model for me.
The Inner Work That Made the Pivot Possible
But so as I said, my intention was to stay married, but I started really just feeling like I was putting up with a lot. And, and, and part of what was going on in my life at this time was that I was, I was doing some work on myself. So starting in two thousand and nine, I started my meditation practice and spending a lot of time getting to know myself again, getting to know and to trust my feelings. And then, around the time when my sister had, was diagnosed with, with cancer. And then after she passed, I was, I started really doing a lot of personal development work. I was in a mastermind that offered different personal development courses. And so it was really, I was really growing as a person. But that other person in my marriage wasn’t and, and didn’t really show any desire to want to do anything.
And so that was really and, and I know that this is sort of a trope, you know, it’s, it’s the age old thing, you know, one person is growing, you know, and the other, you know, the, oh, we’re, we’re drifting apart type of thing. Well, yeah, it’s, it’s, it’s, it happens. And it really was happening for me because I was. I was doing a lot of work on ...
April 14, 202643 min
Recovery, Magic & the Power of Community After 50
Have you ever felt something was broken inside of you after hitting a low point in your life? Sunshine Witchski spent years believing that until sobriety taught her that rock bottom was really the foundation she’d been building on all along. This episode is for any woman who’s ever had to burn something down to find out who she really is. As you’ll learn from my conversation with Sunshine…
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