Beautiful Second Act

It's never too late to do that thing you've only dared to dream of. Whether you are in midlife or beyond, I challenge you to live a life of passion and purpose. Join me, Patti Diener, for a Beautiful Second Act, where I'll invite you to hear stories that will whisper to your soul, and sometimes prick your skin with goosebumps. There's real talk here, from inspirational, supportive, creative, and sometimes hilarious guests.

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Episodes

Better Health, Better Looks, Better Sex / Dr. Madison Fandel ND

If you are in midlife or beyond then this is an essential podcast episode for you! I sat down with Dr. Madison Fandel, who specializes in regenerative joint therapy, hormone balancing optimization and replacement, and so many other treatments. Although she sees patients of all ages, including athletes, she specializes in many treatments that help people of a certain age to live their best life, including having better sex! Give a listen and I'm sure there will be at least one, (if not many) trea...

Jun 17, 2021•24 min•Ep. 8

What's Your Vision For The Life You Want? / Setting The Intention with Patti Diener

Do you have a vision of the future life you want to create? Living with the anchors of your past will not propel you forward towards the life you want unless you start feeling good about it now. In this episode, I speak about your mood, and how the feelings you have will effect how you think, and what you ultimately create for yourself. I share about how I turned around my life filled with anxiety and anti-depressants, into a life that attracts wonderful opportunities, insightful mentors, and a ...

Jun 15, 2021•24 min•Ep. 7

Loving Change In Midlife / Rhonda Vargas Interview

Rhonda Vargas loves change. She embraces it. Never one to live a stagnant life, Rhonda has owned businesses, sold them, worked for other companies, and started all over again running her own online business in the middle of a pandemic. If that isn't enough, she and her husband decided to sell their home in Northern California, where they were settled with many friends, and moved to a town in Arizona where they only knew a few people. Being a cancer survivor, Rhonda wastes no time in life. She sa...

Jun 10, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Perfectionism Is Overrated! Learn to accept yourself

In midlife and beyond, we've hopefully learned that trying to be perfect is unattainable, and a bit ridiculous. This stressful way of being only creates a life of disillusionment , and cannot give you the ease and peace that accepting yourself just as you are does. In this episode, I talk about how after a lifetime of trying to control situations and striving to be as perfect as I could be, I am finally in a place of flow and joy, enjoying myself just as I am. We've reached midlife (or beyond), ...

Jun 08, 2021•16 min0

Being Greek and Living Your Best Life/ Dena Paskaly Interview

When you grow up in a huge Greek family, there are no secrets, but there is a whole lot of fun. Join me, as I interview Dena Paskaly, a midlife business woman, who lives every day as if it were her last. She's a traveler, owns a successful, and busy gated senior living community, and is the most fun person I have come across. She has two beautiful grown daughters, and she and her partner, Ari, have traveled the globe. Being Greek, Dena had a unique, if not fascinating upbringing, where having 32...

Jun 03, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Why Are We So Resistant To Change? / Patti Diener

Hey it's Patti. In this solo podcast, I go over all the reasons why I think change is good, and question why as a society we have had such resistance to something that is inevitable. If we can just get out of the way and accept what IS, then we can embrace the good things change can bring about. It's ok to make a change in your life, even late in life. It's also, not only OK, but better for everyone around us if we are true to our own heart's calling and do that thing that we really want to be d...

Jun 01, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 3

How Cancer Came To Save Her Life / Willow Star, (formerly known as Keri Vaca) shares

After 26 years of marriage, two kids, a home in the heart of San Francisco, and what looked like the "perfect life," Keri Vaca left her marriage. Two days later she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer, which the doctors said would take her life. This interview is about one woman's fight to save her life, in more ways than one. She said she was dying way before her diagnosis, in the life she was in. So, much to the chagrin of some of her doctors, Keri chose many unconventional met...

May 27, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Why I Started A Podcast? Live Your Best Life

Welcome to the very first episode of Beautiful Second Act! I am Patti Diener, and wanted to tell you I'm jumping in with both feet! I've never done this sh** before and technology is something I navigate on a tightrope. But scared or not, I'm doing it to bring you my honesty, my passion, and in this episode, pull the curtain back on why I started this whole circus. In our second half of life, we know ourselves far better than our 20-30 something selves, and we understand better how life is short...

May 27, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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