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Grown-Ass Woman's Guide

Grown-Ass Woman's Guide

By: Jackie MacDougall
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The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide empowers women over 40 in taking charge of their lives. If you're ready to ask for what you want and reinvent your life, whether it's through career change, discovering new ways to manage money, or achieving peak physical, emotional or mental wellness through better health and fitness, TGAWG has your back. This stage of life (dare I say midlife?) comes with its own unique challenges. But it also is a huge opportunity to shift your mindset, discover what's next and take action. I'm your host, Jackie MacDougall, CEO of Grown-Ass Creative, and a woman over 50. My mission is to have conversations that help us all create more connected relationships with our partners, family and friends, learn how to feel better in our bodies, build more confidence and become an even better version of ourselves -- because we are more than worth it. Let's do it together.

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Episodes
  • NEW Season, New Focus
    Sep 2 2025

     If you are like millions of other women, you have spent years juggling careers, parents, partners, friendships, bills, maybe kids, and about a million to-dos. You're smart, you're capable, and you're resilient, but sometimes adulting still knocks you on your ass.

    Is this you?

    • You get stuck in overthinking.
    • You people please.
    • You push your own needs to someday while everything else, and everyone else takes priority.

    If you relate, you are not alone. But you are so much more capable than you know. The real question is, are you living up to your potential?

    Consider this season of The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide to be your personal invitation to show up for yourself - to be the boss of your own life. I'll make sure you've got the tools, resources, and the occasional nudge to get things done.

    Note: This isn't about hustling harder, it's about stepping fully into your grown-ass era; organized, aligned, on purpose, and without apologizing to anyone.

    Join me October 6th because The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is back, and in your corner every step of the way.

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    2 mins
  • Speaking as a Side Hustle (even if you're an introvert)
    Apr 11 2024

    Have you considered a career in speaking? Or maybe you’re thinking about speaking as a side hustle or a way to promote your business expertise. If you’re interested in hopping on stage in front of a crowd, this episode is the ultimate guide to getting started.

    We’ll tackle:

    • How to determine the best topic

    • How to stand out and find opportunities, not competition

    • The #1 question: “Can I actually make money speaking?”

    Innovation Women's mission is to help every woman become a speaker. By connecting speakers and subject matter experts to these opportunities, they help women with opportunities to build their brand, grow their businesses and advance their careers. Join Innovation Women today!

    Guest: Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, or, as she calls them, the day job, the night job and the dream job. Carlton is an entertaining, tell-it-like-it-is speaker who speaks extensively (and passionately) about public speaking and how it can be the driving force behind career growth and business success. She's a TEDx speaker; an entertaining startup event host; she's spoken at the United Nations; she's shared the stage with storytelling legend (and NPR's Snap Judgment host) Glynn Washington; and she's been on the main stage for some of the world’s best-known conferences for technical and professional women. Carlton has been featured on CBS News, in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, USA Today and other major media. She was previously the head of global PR at two different enterprise software companies and the head of marketing for a brand devoted to providing positive role models for preteen girls. She’s inspired thousands of technical, entrepreneurial and executive women to take control of their own speaking careers and has worked with event managers around the world to deliver diverse and inclusive events.

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    43 mins
  • How to Tap into Your Own Intuition
    Apr 4 2024

    The following episode includes a brief mention of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

    Imagine being a little girl growing up in Southern California with a world-renowned psychic as your Godmother, only to find out you, too, share a similar gift. That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest. In this episode, you’ll hear her story of self discovery, and you’ll learn how to tap into your own intuition and build stronger boundaries within yourself that can help create a more aligned, intentional life.

    Guest: Dena Paduano is an accomplished intuitive consultant blessed with great intuition and an amazing healing touch. Her psychic gift is purely God given and she has been honing her talent for the past 18 years. Her clientele includes celebrities and professionals from various industries including film, finance, music, medicine, marketing and technology from all over the world. Many of her clients have been booking sessions with her for over ten years. Dena’s method employs psychometry which involves reading a client’s energy, voice, digital pictures and signature. Her approach is kind, objective and personal. Her goal is to help her clients gain insight and awareness to enable them to move forward to work on career, relationships and life vision. Often opening old wounds is necessary for growth but it only works with insight and the tools to move forward. Dena is highly skilled in offering choices and solutions with enlightening clarity and has astounded many clients with her insightful predictions.



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    50 mins
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