Ok you 10-ers. We talk a lot about our midlife, but what about the the decades that begin in our 70s? This week’s guests are 10 X 7 and 8 pro-aging advocates . Catherine Marienau and Gail Zelitzky. This unique duo captures the essence of women aging through their award-winning weekly podcast, “Women Over 70, Aging Reimagined.” They will break down what life can be like as we approach our third chapters, and give Laurie and Michelle advice on what they would tell their all 10 X’s 5 women. Let’s G...
May 20, 2024•52 min•Season 8Ep. 156
Ok all you 10-ers! There are many of us in our second chapters who struggle with our relationships with our partners. Cue in highly regarded Strategic Relationship Consultant, Stephanie Mintz. A licensed marriage and family therapist, Stephanie will discuss strategies to identify if you relationship is in trouble, and how to get things back on track. We chop up the dynamics of empty nesting to loss of intimacy to finding new common ground on date nights and collective passions. Stephanie’s work ...
May 06, 2024•58 min•Season 8Ep. 155
Ok all you 10-ers! This week we talk about something we all struggle with at some point in our lives: confidence. In this episode we interview Karol Ward an award winning inspirational speaker, therapist and executive coach. Karol debunks the the myth about confidence that either you have it or you don’t, and gives our audience advice and tips on how confidence can be developed. Combining the insights of psychology with proven professional development experience, Karol shares how to overcome str...
Apr 29, 2024•51 min•Season 8Ep. 154
Ok all you 10-ers. How many of you struggle with the need to please other people? This week’s guest is Janice Burt, who is a sought after international speaker and author of “Kicking the People Pleasing Habit.” In this episode, we will break down Janice’s 6 steps to eliminating people pleasing behaviors, as well as characteristics to identify if you are in the lane of focusing too significantly on wanting to please others in your life. Janice was awarded the Catalyst of Courage award by The Los ...
Apr 22, 2024•56 min•Season 8Ep. 153
Ok all you 10-ers! What is the one thing most of us, ESPECIALLY the midlife mavens, can relate to? SLEEP ISSUES. This week Laurie and Michelle will talk with nationally renowned Sleep Specialist, DR Angela Holliday Bell. Dr. Holliday-Bell is a Board-Certified Physician, Certified Sleep Specialist, Speaker and Founder of the Solution is Sleep LLC. As someone who formally suffered from insomnia herself, she understands the transformative power of good quality sleep and how obtaining this regularly...
Apr 08, 2024•41 min•Season 8Ep. 152
Ok all you 10-ers! We are bringing a brand new topic into Studio 50— Street Safety for Women. Many of us get complacent, or take for granted our personal safety, which can be a significant and even fatal mistake. Who better to sit down with Laurie and Michelle in Studio 50 to get the inside lane on this important topic than the authors of the renowned, best selling book “Street Smart Safety for Women,” and TEDx headliners Joy Farrow and Laura Frombach. From mindset, to preparation and considerat...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 151
Ok all you 10-ers! With new technologies, Ozempic face syndrome and a consistent flow of new trends, we are back to discussing how to look as good as we feel with another award winning and world renowned facial plastic surgeon, DR. Mark Karolak. With over 3,000 surgeries performed without General Anesthesia, Doctor Karolak has received the Compassionate Doctor and Patient’s Choice Awards in consecutive years. He has been featured and recognized along with his procedures on E!News, Bravo TV, Peop...
Mar 25, 2024•52 min•Season 8Ep. 150
Ok All you 10-ers this week we are tackling the biggest sports phenomenon on the planet... PICKLEBALL. It’s all the rage with us midlifers and has become a huge social beacon for us all. Who better to discuss dinking, lobbing and the dreaded “kitchen” than Julie Johnson, 2021 number one female player on the APP tour and top ranked senior player in the world. Both of Julie’s children play professionally and her son is the current reigning National Singles Champion and her 17 year old daughter is ...
Mar 11, 2024•46 min•Season 8Ep. 149
Ok all you 10-ers, we are bringing another groundbreaker into Studio 50. This week Laurie and Michelle will sit down with Hall of Fame Sportscaster, Linda Cohn. Linda has served as a SportsCenter anchor since joining ESPN in 1992. She is ESPN’s longest-tenured SportsCenter anchor and in early 2016 was recognized for anchoring her 5,000th SportsCenter , the most of any anchor in ESPN history. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Sports Media Association (NSMA) Hall of Fame. In 2008, Cohn a...
Mar 04, 2024•59 min•Season 8Ep. 148
Ok all you 10-ers! We are delivering a topic into Studio 50 that many of us are obsessed with: TRUE CRIME. Whether we lean into docuseries, binge streaming shows or podcasts, over 1/3 of mainstream audiences are consuming true crime. We are bringing two of the best to chop it up with Michelle and Laurie. Co-Hosts of the award winning, hit true crime podcast "Small Town Dicks," Yeardley Smith and Detective Dan. Small Town Dicks is a podcast about the big time crime that's happening in Small Town ...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 147
Ok all you 10-ers, today we bring you an unforgettable story of survival, courage and processing loss and grief. This week’s guest is Ruth Wariner. Ruth is an internationally renowned speaker and author of The Sound of Gravel, an instant New York Times bestseller, which People Magazine called “heartbreaking, haunting, yet ultimately uplifting.” Ruth is the thirty-ninth of her father’s forty-two children, and she details her tumultuous childhood, as well as coming of age in a polygamist family in...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 146
Ok all you “ten-ers,” Laurie and Michelle are bringing you a guest and story that exudes the message of resiliency, courage and the importance of supporting and paving the way for other women. This episode’s guest is Kristin Baker. Kristin is a retired Army Colonel, former Military Intelligence Commander and the first female Commander of Cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Kristin has spent over 30 years breaking ground for other women, and it hasn’t been easy. We will di...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 8Ep. 145
Ok all you 10-ers, we are bringing in a little piece of greatness into Studio 50! She is 2 time Emmy Award Winner, 8 time Gracie Award Winner, 9 consecutive NYT Best Selling Author and the financial expert who not only carried her own hit show, but has been a fixture alongside the Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Brian Williams shows. If you haven’t guessed her yet, it’s none other than Suze Orman. Suze has been called “a force in the world of personal finance” and a “one-woma...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 144
Ok all you “Ten-ers,” Laurie and Michelle are bringing you a topic that EVERYONE is talking about— the growing issues with border control, illegal immigration and the overwhelming impacts from the influx of undocumented migrants. Immigration issues have been stated as the number one issue in America, and who better to chop it up with the ladies in Studio 50 than someone who has planted herself on the frontlines for the past year. Cue in Southwest NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley. Ali has bee...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 143
It's midlife mayhem and we are talking about it. We bring guests Bridgett Garrett and Colleen Rosenblum hosts of the hit podcast "Hot Flashes & Cool Topics" to chop up some key conversation points on the midlife and menopausal lane. From mood swings (aka "seeing red") and hormones to parenting adult kids and empty nesting to preparing for health hurdles, we sling our thoughts into the arena for discussion. Aging is a privilege and we talk about why, and how our next chapters are filled with ...
Nov 16, 2023•43 min•Season 8Ep. 141
In this episode, we talk preparing for and making the most of the empty nester phase of life with Donna Korren, Founder of Empty Quester. Donna is a Tedx speaker, motivational coach and brand consultant for the 50+ demographic. Her “What’s Next?” Workshop teaches women how to create a next chapter that they absolutely love after their kids fly the nest. Donna recently joined TikTok @emptyquester and is steadily growing a following there, confirming her belief that women over 40 are seeking advic...
Nov 14, 2023•34 min•Season 7Ep. 135
What has happened to our democracy, and why does it seem nothing gets done? In this episode we bring on US Senate candidate and Democrat Juan Dominguez and Author and Republican pundit Kira Davis to chop it up from both sides of the aisle. We talk about all issues on the political landscape, to include the shrinking middle class, the haves and have nots, taxation, failing policies and the progressive movement. It's a respectful mashup and exchange of ideals and points of view. We have a little f...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 8Ep. 140
Welcome to Season 7 Ten-ers! All new format with “5” key recommendations and takeaways from our guests in each episode. This week’s guest is Christine Buzan, posing tips expert and creator of “Look Good In Photos.” Seen on Good Morning America, Access Hollywood and more, Christine gives 5 critical tips (which all have multiple tips within them) on how to feel comfortable and look your best in front of the camera. *Posing (crossings, arm placement) *Mindset of photo taking *Finding Angles *Lighti...
Oct 29, 2023•37 min•Season 7Ep. 116
In this episode, we talk how we can look more youthful on the outside to match how young we feel on the inside with Facial Plastic Surgeon and Skincare Expert, DR. Amir Karam. DR. Karam gives us 5 important considerations, recommendations and hard facts about preventing and combating the aging process. Using the pillars of skincare, loss of volume and laxity, DR. Karam discusses what works and what to avoid, in order to correct the inevitable aging factors we all face. DR. Karam discusses the ha...
Oct 16, 2023•48 min•Season 7Ep. 127
n this episode, we talk cooking/entertaining with Chef Adrianne Calvo. Chef Adrianne is a nationally acclaimed, chef, author, mega restaurateur and an Emmy Nominated Culinary Producer, who has been featured on Food Network, CNN, the Today Show and Good Morning America, to name a few. Chef Adrianne will give the audience 5 simple and easy tricks and recipes to make your family and friends think you have been toiling all day in the kitchen, but they are easy to perform and efficient for all novice...
Oct 09, 2023•29 min•Season 7Ep. 124
In this episode, we talk how to more effectively parent and manage personal relationships with DR. Donna Kashani, a nationally acclaimed Psychiatrist, DR. Kashani gives us 5 key takeaways on how to communicate, engage and proactively avoid negative emotions when we deal with our children, family members and friends. DR. Kashani gives us a roadmap for identifying our parental styles, how to observe versus react to situations and how to navigate between intentions and perceptions. Get Ready To Be ...
Oct 02, 2023•45 min•Season 7Ep. 131
In this episode, we talk preparing for and managing through caring for our aging and/or ill loved ones with Lauren Reynolds, Founder and CEO of At Home Nursing Care. Lauren give us 5 key takeaways for ensuring we are properly equipped logistically, financially, legally and emotionally for when the time arrives where we are faced with supporting our loved ones with additional care. From advanced directives for our adult children to considering long term home healthcare insurance, Lauren gives us ...
Sep 25, 2023•38 min•Season 7Ep. 133
In this episode, we talk about the most effective workout and wellness activities for those of us looking down the barrel of middle age with Tamilee Webb. Tamilee is best known for her iconic video series, “Buns and Abs of Steel,” and has worked with numerous individuals, organizations and brands to effectively design and coach personal fitness plans. Tamilee with give 5 key takeaways we need to integrate into our midlife routines, including weights, protein, mindset and techniques. Get Ready To...
Sep 18, 2023•34 min•Season 7Ep. 122
n this episode, we talk how empowering and beneficial it is when women lean on one another and provide each other with support, inspiration and strength. Brooke Baldwin is a former anchor on CNN who has made it a personal journey to explore groups of women of all ages, races, religions and socio-economic backgrounds who band together. Brooke gives a very honest take at where women work best together, and the key considerations and goals we should have when forming our own relationships and “hudd...
Sep 11, 2023•41 min•Season 7Ep. 126
This week's Guest Interview is Cynthia Bailey-- Mother, Actress, TV Personality and Women's Health Advocate. You might know Cynthia from her over a decade long run on the popular reality series RHOA, but she is so much more. In this interview, Cynthia talks about her days as a TV personality, but also talks about her evolution as a woman, her appreciation for health and life, the beauty and struggles women face in midlife, as well as her goals as a person, partner and professional. Cynthia is ca...
Sep 05, 2023•52 min•Season 5Ep. 113
This week's guest is San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan. In this episode, DA Stephan will give a harsh, real and experienced landscape of the current drug epidemic. From fentanyl to marijuana, we dive into the issues families face and how horribly dangerous experimentation can be. DA Stephan breaks down the issues, what to watch out for and gives the audience five key takeaways to stay informed, avoid costly mistakes and both communicate and support your loved ones. It is a must listen f...
Aug 28, 2023•40 min•Season 7Ep. 118
We all remember Jane Mancini from the popular television series "Melrose Place." The adorable girl next door who every woman wanted to either be, or be friends with. Actress, model and author Josie Bissett, joins us in Studio 50 to tell her story from "back in the day," as well as, share her journey of personal growth through the Hoffman Process and retreat. Many of us second chapter women are leaning into different retreats as a method for releasing negative behaviors, moods and self talk. Josi...
Aug 21, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 91
In this episode, we talk with Rachel Thomas who is a personal survivor of human trafficking and an example of how anyone can become a victim. Rachel tells her story of how a successful, “girl next door” can become manipulated into the abusive, tragic and emotionally devastating world of human trafficking. Rachel provides 5 major takeaways to parents, adolescents and young adults to help us become aware of the dangers. From social media precautions, identifying warning signs and how to effectivel...
Jul 17, 2023•35 min•Season 7Ep. 129
The self proclaimed "most hated dad in the world" comes to the Quad to give his side of the story on his intentions and actions with his son Madden AKA Baby Gronk. Cue in Jake San Miguel and his son Madden, who have become a social media sensations and one of the more controversial ones at that. We ask dad, Jake the tough questions and he gives his why's and what's really going on. We get young Baby Gronk on for a cameo to ask "kid" questions, and all around this interview provides surprises. If...
Jun 21, 2023•42 min•Season 7Ep. 123
In this episode, we talk the world of being both an elite athlete and student with WNBA Player, Maddy Siegrist. Maddy was a prolific high school basketball player who continued her education and athletic goals at Villanova University, eventually becoming the all-time career leading scorer in the Big East and the third overall pick in the 2023 Women’s National Basketball Association draft. Maddy will give perspective, do’s/don’ts and recommendations for both parents and aspiring athletes in this ...
Jun 12, 2023•34 min•Season 7Ep. 120
